Steven Emmert

Working as a liason between developers and QA testers to resolve application issues and provide verification for procedures. Responsible for creating Remedy tickets for issues found in testing and coordinating those changes with the National IT group in the Federal Reserve System. Created documentation for our team’s procedures and setup a shared repository for that information. Due to the sensitive nature of the technologies being used for our nation’s electronic payment system, I cannot divulge detailed information on the specifics of our environment.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Contractor at Thomson Reuters supporting Websphere and native Java applications. Routinely deployed applications to either WebSphere or native Java applications running on Tomcat. Support LDAP configuration using Bash shell scripts. Oncall support for troubleshooting loading and searching of legal documents in the WestLaw infrastructure.

Talent Software Services

Contractor at United Health group and participated on a team to migrate over 1500 LPAR’s from one datacenter to another using NIM scripts. Our team also participated in physical server moves including Solaris servers running zones and participated in on call rotation every 14 weeks.

Robert Half International

Supported a large unix environment including AIX, Solaris, Suse Linux, and RedHat in addition to supporting Veritas volume manager, Veritas cluster, and HACMP for AIX. Configured and used Hitachi’s shadow image and shadow copy utilities for migration projects. Supported SAP environment including writing scripts to dynamically reallocate memory and CPU resources for BCP testing. Built and configured 5 HACMP clusters on p550 servers. Reconfigured TSM to backup over dedicated network interfaces.

Thomson Reuters

Part of a support team that supported 30 java applications running on WebSphere 4.0 application servers. Supported promotion and rollout of code from one environment to the next in a promotion of 5 environments; development, system integration, user acceptance testing, production, and failover. Used ClearCase scripts to manage deployment of EAR files and logically restructured our deployment scripts. Built the 3-tiered web-hosting environment from the initial phase, which included installing AIX to the WellsFargo standards, installing WebSphere on the app servers, setting up and configuring iPlanet, assisting with Oracle installations, and migrating 15 apps from WebLogic to WebSphere. Installed MQSeries, SSL certificates and configured webserver plugins. Acted as primary web engineer to assist IBM with implementation of HOLOSOFX BPM Suite. Assisted IBM with documentation on how to run BPM in a 3 tiered environment and created internal documentation for production support. Assisted with implementation of IBM HostPublisher in Websphere. Ran performance testing using Introscope to monitor specific methods and also used the performance analyzer built into Websphere to monitor heap sizes as it relates to garbage collection. Built strong working relationships with development teams to help implement standards by being open minded to issues while still addressing our concerns.

Wells Fargo

Worked as a team lead of 3 people to transition AIX support from onsite IBM contractors to full time employees and other non-IBM contractors. As team lead, I was part of a larger group of 16 other contractors whose overall goal was to take control of all aspects of the IT department. Took over ADSM daily responsibilities for 2 ADSM servers running on Winter Hawk nodes. Documented HACMP application servers. Supported daily system administrative duties such as system backups and file system reorganization for 30 RS6000 servers ranging from 7 SP nodes to 4 HACMP clusters. Supported and executed Tivoli software distributions once a month to 1400 PC’s on the network.

Tek Systems

Worked as an AIX Unix Administrator for Blue Cross Blue Shield in the health care industry. Responsible for general system maintenance. Wrote shell scripts to monitor system performance. Supported 60 IBM RS6000 servers. Worked on a team of 4 system administrators. Performed OS upgrades from 4.2.1 to 4.3.3. Fixed problems with 128 port async cards and RANDs by upgrading from 4.2.1 to 4.3.3.

Compuware

Wrote Perl scripts to generate reports from Veritas backup log files. Upgraded AIX 4.2.1 to 4.3.2. Migrated data from one RS6000 platform with mirrored disks to a different RS6000 architecture using a RAID disk array. Setup and configured the RAID disk array and successfully migrated the data from the previous platform. Advised on purchases of new computer hardware. Created documentation on disaster recovery procedures. Installed Solaris 7 on an Ultra 5 and partitioned the hard drive without DiskSuite tools or any volume manager. Wrote other Korn shell scripts to help automate Veritas daily reports. Monitored disk usage and CPU utilization. Attended a 3 day Windows NT administration class. Took an online CGI/Perl course.

Nims Associates

Supported 10 AIX servers (2 R40’s, 2 59H’s, 6 43P’s) and acted as the sole system administrator. Voluntarily wrote hot and cold backup scripts to backup an Oracle database for Time and Attendance and Automated Line Control projects. Configured and tested HACMP scripts, testing for failure in every HACMP component in a cluster of R40’s. Installed Oracle 8i on AIX and Linux. Implemented a PPP dial-up connection on an AIX server. Configured Netview and developed a custom enterprise in Netview to display messages for custom SNMP traps being sent to the Netview server by IBM programmers. Installed AIX upgrades and applied PTF’s. Wrote backup scripts to backup our systems and send a SNMP trap message to the Netview console for operators to monitor. Reconfigured Netview console’s CDE desktop to be most user friendly for operator interaction. Supported local DNS on AIX servers.

Mitsubishi Motors

Worked at Ford Motor Company on a team of 4 system administrators which supported AIX, HP, and Sun platforms running Netview and HP Openview. Performed AIX upgrades and Sun/Solaris upgrades. Added new hardware on the Solaris platform. Reconfigured Veritas Netbackup and reconfigured the supported robotic tape drives. Performed backups, added and removed users. Supported DNS/NIS/NFS. Wrote a Perl script to mirror two directories on two servers for disaster recovery. Wrote disaster recovery documentation. Upgraded AIX from 3.2.5 to 4.2.1.

National Tech Team

Supported desktop software on 400 PC's and fixed most PC related problems. Performed memory upgrades, OS upgrades. Wrote SQL scripts. Imported data from Oracle to Lotus123 to Dbase IV. Wrote database applications in DBASE III+,IV, Visual DBASE, Clipper. Administered a Unisys server. Backed up data, added users and hardware. Wrote lessons and taught a beginning course for Windows 3.1.

Army Corps of Engineers

WebSphere 7 Administration

IBM

HAM Radio License

Iowa