Robert
V. Coward
9695 Cedar Farm Circle
Fairfax, VA 22031
Home: (703) 282-9974
Cell: (571) 281-3058
Summary: Senior UNIX engineer with over eight years of experience in system engineering and twelve years in UNIX (Solaris & Linux) and Windows based system administration. Most recent experience includes troubleshooting and installing the Oracle 10g Database and application server, in a Solaris UNIX environment, building a secure logging server for 54 UNIX servers and 30 hardware based firewalls, and configuring and maintaining 30 Solaris based Postfix mail servers. Possesses strong engineering problem-solving background, and has moderate programming experience with Java, C#, Visual Basic, HTML, PHP, on Solaris UNIX, Linux and Windows based operating systems.
Availability: February 15, 2010
Clearance: Possesses an active U.S. Department of Defense Top Secret Clearance with SCI (SSBI 03/2007).
Technical
Certifications: Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT #605010289029470).
Technical Languages: Java, C#, HTML, SQL, Visual Basic 6, PHP 5 & 6
Skills: Applications: Sun Java Web Server 8.x, Sun One Web Server 6.1, Tomcat 4 & 5,
Apache 1.2 – 2.2.x, Cold Fusion Server 4.5, Microsoft Visual Studio 6,
Veritas Volume Manager, Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup Software,
Legato Networker
Hardware: Sun Microsystems Sun Fire (3800, v120, v210, v240),
Sun Microsystems Enterprise (5000, 5500, 450, 250),
Sun Microsystems Ultra (5, 10, 60, 80), EMC Clariion 300 SAN,
IBM PC compatible
VMware ESX Server, VMware Workstation, VMware Server,
OpenBSD 3.x, OpenBSD 4.x, SuSE Enterprise Linux,
FreeBSD 6.x, SuSE Linux 10 & 9, Debian Linux 3.x,
Windows NT/2003, XP, 2003
Databases: Oracle 10g, Oracle 9i, Sybase 5, MySQL 4.x & 5.x
Technical
Employment: Navstar
Inc.
McLean,
VA
UNIX
System Engineer
March
2007 – Current
Treasury Communication System
(TCS):
·
UNIX system
administrator at the Network Operations Center based in McLean
Virginia. Acts as
key UNIX based firewall technician.
·
Responsible
for more than 30 UNIX based, clustered firewalls interconnecting more
than 24
bureaus in support of the United States Department of the Treasury
serving
100,000+ customers in 24/7 operations..
·
In charge of
managing 22 mail hubs and 8 mail relays processing 3.5 million emails a
day
using in line spam and virus filter applications.
·
Manages
several UNIX based DNS servers crucial to the timely passage of email
and web
access for the United States Department of the Treasury.
·
Configured
and installed 2 RHEL5 syslog-ng log servers to provide real time
logging data
for 30 Postfix mail servers, 30 Raptor firewalls, and 12 PIX VPN
firewalls in
support of the Treasury Bureau remote operations.
·
Participated
in TCS firewall upgrade. The project migrated 14 Solaris based
firewalls to 4
Secure Computing “Sidewinder” firewall appliances. The transition took
place
with no impact to the more than 100,000 Treasury Department users.
Computer
Sciences Corporation
Falls
Church, VA
Sr. UNIX System Engineer October 2003 – March 2007
Deployment Health Support
Directorate (formerly Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War
Illness):
·
Senior UNIX
system administrator at the Deployment Health Support Directorate.
Operates as
key liaison for application developers and technical support staff.
Maintains,
patches, and administers UNIX server infrastructure, supporting 6 web
services
application developers and 2 Oracle database administrators.
· Responsible for 15 UNIX servers in production, test and development environments. These servers vary from simple web servers to an Enterprise 5500 database server with multiple fiber channel arrays.
· Deployed VMware ESX server to support a testing and development center, hosting 4 Apache/Tomcat based web application servers; supporting a team of 16 web developers and DBAs.
·
Migrated 15
database, and web applications to new hardware platforms with zero loss
of
productivity.
·
Completed
multiple DITSCAP security evaluations with no high or medium
vulnerabilities
found. This included upgrading server infrastructure and software to
support
new functionality or to increase security and accountability for all
servers
across the enterprise.
Defense Information Systems Agency Falls Church, VA
I3 System Engineer May 2000 – September 2003
Defense Information Systems
Agency:
·
Key member
in the deployment of Integrated Imagery and Intelligence (I3) in the
European
Operational Command Theater (EUCOM). Initiated Sybase technical
assessments and
issues resolution forums for the I3 system, helping to develop concise
integration procedures with the Global Command and Control System
(GCCS),
Common Operational Environment (COE). I3 is a suite of Imagery and
Intelligence
processing applications. Using Sybase databases, in the Solaris
environment, to
link both Intelligence data to Imagery data. Providing enhanced
capabilities in
Battle Space management in support of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
· Key source in identifying database installation and configuration issues, resulting in increased database performance and availability.
· Exceptionally skilled at identifying and resolving technical systems issues during testing, evaluation, and installation evolutions of more than 60 applications segments.
·
In support
of the I3 test and evaluation lab, organized and managed multiple
changes to
the I3 test bed architecture, maintaining multiple builds across 4
platforms,
with minimal system downtime. These builds included both Solaris 2.5.1,
and
Windows NT based servers and clients, as well as Windows 2000 and
Solaris 8
hybrid systems.
·
Developed
data backup and restore procedures, utilizing built-in Solaris
archiving tools.
Also developed automated scripts, to perform automated routine system
maintenance and archiving services.
Defense Information Systems Agency Falls Church, VA
GCCS System Engineer December 1998 – April 2000
Defense Information Systems
Agency:
·
Personally
selected to provide critical system administration support to the GCCS
Year
2000 Command Center team because of excellent technical expertise in NT
system
administration and troubleshooting techniques. Ensured GCCS Windows NT
applications operated throughout the transition from 1999 to 2000.
Flawless
performance, no failures occurred.
·
Bench-marked
and conducted system performance analysis on Solaris UNIX and Windows
NT
platforms, using WinRunner and Rational Suite Enterprise tools. Using
this data
to evaluate prospective third party products for inclusion into the
GCCS system
baseline.
·
Conducted
Oracle database load testing, on an Enterprise 5000 server. Creating
custom SQL
scripts that simulated over 1000 users accessing a database at various
time
intervals. Later using a custom UNIX script, this data was used to
assess the
proper infrastructure for a global database system (JOPES 2000).
·
Maintained a
Sun Enterprise Server Suite, consisting of 1 Sun Enterprise 6000
server, 3
Ultra 60 servers, 2 PowerEdge PC servers, 3 PC clients, and 2 Sun A1000
disk
arrays.
US Navy (USS Dubuque LPD-8) Sasebo, Japan
Communications Specialist May 1995 – November 1998
USS Dubuque:
·
Successfully installed, and
administered a
shipboard LAN consisting of 100+ IBM PC Compatible systems.
·
Maintained
multiple email, application, and data storage servers, providing access
for 400
to 800 personnel.
·
Diagnosed,
analyzed and repaired networking problems associated with a multi-node
the
shipboard LAN.
·
Also
maintained a user database of more than 300 permanent personnel and 500
transient personnel.
Education: Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria, VA
Naval Advanced Communications Training School San Diego, VA
March 1995
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