Joshua Mardis Senior Systems Engineer Tampa, FL United States [email protected] VisualCV: http://www.visualcv.com/moiiqgp Summary Fourteen years experience in multiple facets of Information Technology. Enterpri se systems subject matter expert for full system lifecycle evolution. Leader of professionals to transform customer requirements into technical solutions utiliz ing innovative cloud environments. Prior experience includes end-to-end architec ture of network, and software; installation, configuration and integration of en terprise services, operating systems, network infrastructures, and system hardwa re. Specialist in systems design, gathering requirements, extensive research, ma tching customer needs to real system solutions. Objective To partner with a leading-edge organization that can embrace the culmination of my vast technical experience to engineer, harmonize, and revolutionize enterpris e IT systems. I desire to lead a team of technical professionals to forge novel and state-of-the-art results. My peak potential would be fulfilled in a Research and Development domain. Skills Operating Systems / Hypervisors Linux, Unix, IRIX, Ubuntu, Redhat, Fedora, RHEL, SUSE, DSL, Knoppix, BusyBox, Ge ntoo, SLAX, Fedora, Solaris, AIX, BSD, BeOS, Windows 3.11, Windows NT 3.5, Windo ws NT 4, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Wi ndows 7, VMware Server, ESX, ESXi Network Services TCP, IP, UDP, Trunking, Tagging, LAN, WAN, WLAN, SAN, DAS, Ethernet, Routers, Sw itches, VTL, TACLANE, Crypto, VPN, Firewall, DSLAM, Content Engine, DSL, ATM, Et herchannel, IEEE 802.1q, ISL, VTP, STP, DNS, DHCP, Radius, SNMP, SSH, Telnet, Up date Manager, Exchange, Proxy, SQL, IAS, DOCSIS, Cable Modem, Netgear, Linksys, Cisco Systems, Foundry, Juniper Enterprise Hardware Sun Microsystems, IBM, NetApp, HP EVA, C-class, Dell, Tyan, Supermicro, Verilink , Microsoft, Symantec, McAfee, Citrix, Fujitsu, NEC, DotHill, Brocade, Emulex, M cData, 2X, PostPath, Nortel, Intel, AMD, ATI, EMC, nVidia, LSI, Xenocode, Thin C lient, SAS, RAID, Cisco UCS Enterprise Software VMware VI3 (vCenter, VirtualCenter), Sun Secure Global Desktop (Tarantella), McA fee Antivirus Enterprise, Symantec Antivirus Enterprise, LeoStream Connection Br oker, Sun SunRay, ThinApp, Microsoft Office, Bakbone NetVault, FastScale Compose r Suite, Xenocode Application Studio, VDI, Provision Networks, Secure Global Des ktop (SGD), Tarantella, NAS, iSCSI, SMTP, MAPI, IMAP, POP, LDAP, Active Director y, Thin Client, Perl, Scripting, Jumpstart, Kickstart, NFS, FTP, TFTP, ETCH Concepts & Techniques Cloud Computing, Grid Computing, Clustering, High Availability, Dynamic Resourci ng, Distributed Computing Web Development SCRUM, Agile Development, Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML, Adobe Flex, GridGain, Gig aSpaces XAP, HTTP, Apache, ASP, .NET, PHP, CGI, Tomcat, JBoss, Glassfish, Atlass ian (Greenhopper, Fisheye, Bamboo, Jira, Crowd, Clover, Crucible, Confluence), S pring, Rapid Application Development (RAD), Rabbit MQ, Active MQ, JSON, DHTML, X HTML, CSS, Eclipse, Netbeans, IntelliJ IDEA, API, REST, WSDL, WADL, Webtop Certifications: CompTIA A+ (CompTIA) Jan 2011 CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA) Jan 2011 CompTIA Server+ (CompTIA) Jan 2011 CompTIA Security+ (CompTIA) Jan 2011 VMware Certified Professional (VMware) Oct 2007 VMware Sales Professional (VMware) Oct 2007 Sun Certified System Administrator (Oracle) Jul 2007 Work History: Senior Systems Engineer Thermopylae Sciences and Technology Miami, FL, United States May 2009 - Present Supported TST Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) by assisting the Web development team in the architecture of enterprise services for mission critical opertations. Ass isted in the design of cloud based applications utilizing SCRUM agile methodolog y process. Provided system support to the Technology Integration team. Created i nnovative system solutions to provide a foundation for customer software product s. Engineered business processes tailored to customer needs. Augmented the maint enance team in support of DGCS "Peso" system. Assisted the team in technical implementations and upgrades. Sole integrator and maintainer of team d evelopment network. Development environment consisted of Cisco UCS blade system, Cisco 6120XP Fabric Interconnects, HP EVA and MSA storage systems, Cisco MDS Fi bre channel switches, with VMware as the foundation platform. Accomplishments: 1. Architected, installed, and configured a full featured development environmen t. Features included: continuous integration (CI), Java documentation (JavaDocs) , JavaScript unit testing (JSUnit), Java Unit testing (JUnit), SCRUM agile develop ment process (Jira w/ Greenhopper), Web Application Testing (Watij), Functional testing (Selenium). 2. Deployed an enterprise virtualization solution on customer's classified netwo rks. 3. Assisted the lead database administrator in the architecture of a unified dat a access layer for production environments. 4. Assisted in the development of an end-to-end software lifecycle process. 5. Successfully migrated 3 networks of legacy services from static physical hard ware to high density Cisco UCS and HP C-3000 blade systems and VMware virtual platforms. Consultant VirtaCORE San Antonio, TX, United States Aug 2008 - May 2009 Self-employed Virtualization Consultant. Provided technical solutions for custom ers seeking the benefits of a scalable, tightly integrated, and finely tuned vir tual systems. Achitected end-to-end design services for customers integrating cl oud-based platforms into new or existing systems. Accomplishments: 1. Installed and configured Sun Secure Global desktop solution for UTSA customer . 2. Assisted in the troubleshooting of LDAP related authentication issues. 3. Provided customers with on-the-job training for technicians and administrator s. Senior Systems Engineer SecureTek Group San Antonio, TX, United States May 2007 - Aug 2008 Lead systems engineer in the architecture of solutions that utilized hypervisors (VMware VI3/vSphere, Citrix Xen, Microsoft Hyper-V, Redhat/Qumranet KVM), opera ting systems (Redhat Linux, Solaris Unix, Microsoft Windows), enterprise applica tions (vCenter, SunRay), networking (Ethernet, FC, Infiniband), and hardware (Bl ade Systems, SAN, NAS, VTL) technologies. Creator of innovative system designs t o increase ROI, reduce TCO, consolidate and virtualize hardware and software, ea se and simplify system management, while maximizing the efficiency of the datace nter environment. Provided administrative support for corporate and customer solution s. Interfaced with clients and assist customers in developing a deeper understan ding of the benefits of virtualization products. Instructed customers on the pro per procedures and best practices for more efficient datacenter. Architected vir tualization solutions for small, medium, and enterprise IT environments. Maintai ned awareness of current IT trends and have foresight of technologies leveraging virtualization technologies. Tightly integrated customer's core systems into a virtualized, cloud computing environment. Accomplishments: 1. Integrated virtualization services to Department of Defense and commercial customers nationwide. 2. Designed, built, and supported tier 2 class datacenter environments for corpo rate infrastructures. 3. Key provider of technical solutions for Tech Pak and DataCenter Pak products. 4. Innovated new solutions and expanded business opportunities with the research done in desktop and server virtualization technologies. Level III System Adminstrator Perot Systems Government Services San Antonio, TX, United States Dec 2005 - May 2007 Defined business specific build components and automation to support client buil ds for Redhat Enterprise Linux (v3+), Sun Solaris OS (v2.6+), and Microsoft Wind ows Server (v2000+) environments. Provided support for junior L2 administrators with hardware, storage and network problems as necessary and perform root cause analysis. Assisted clients in debugging application problems and issues. Assiste d with escalations from Level 1 Ops and Level 2 Junior SA staff. Participated in engineering and technical reviews of new hardware and architecture. Communicate d with global technology and business partners. Rotated on call coverage includi ng off hours support. Provided testing and evaluation of new builds, hardware an d technical solutions provided by engineering. Reviewed metrics on tickets close d, escalated and incidents to identify opportunities for improved automation of alerts and or documentation for L1/L2 technicians. Accomplishments: 1. Utilized networking experience to provide advanced network solutions in regar ds to server side system configuration to create a more efficient, redundant server / network topology and streamline data processing. 2. Created a tightly integrated cross-platform, clouding computing system that boosted server utilization and efficiency while saving on costly system upgrades and system refresh costs. United States Air Force Network Infrastructure Technician San Antonio, TX, United States Dec 2004 - Dec 2005 Installed networking and telecommunication equipment for classified customers wo rldwide. Assisted in monitoring efficiency of the network infrastructure. Organi zed and maintained cabling of networks for customers. Maintained inventory of el ectronic equipment in telecommunication closets. Maintained inventory of uninsta lled electronic equipment. Assisted in configuration and maintaining district's network electronics. Documented customers network configurations for data