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Systems Manager

 

Solaris Unix specialist 2.5 -2.9. Broad experience of projects gathered over 10 years. Solstice backup and system management tools. Scripting processes, csh. Hardware support experience on Sparc and Ultra style units. Mysql, Apache web server configuration work undertaken. Network integration with PC or Macs using Hummingbird Exceed.

I am looking for a role within a IT using organisation rather than IT development environment. The organisation should be a name I would recognise or be able to associate with easily.

Based in:

United Kingdom

Work experience

20 years in employment in full time jobs

Previous jobs

2000 -    HarperCollins Publishers
Migration of International 24/7 Corpus Service (over 1500 accounts ) from Birmingham University to Glasgow site. Second line support calls for this Service. Training first line support person in necessary skills for support work including Web Page management.
Development of strategy for PC and Unix integration based around software products like Samba and Hummingbird Exceed.
Work on the Migration of Data from Unix MySQL systems to Outlook. Conversion of user files for use within the PC system.
Assisting the Development team with the hardware and software selections for the SQL Server Dictionary data holding system.
2000 - 2000   Motorola
On-site Support Sevices
UNIX/NT Analyst
Working for contracted customer Motorola East Kilbride and South Queens Ferry. Responding to helpdesk calls and assisting users with a variety of standard and in house software applications.
1998 - 2000   Graham Technology
Systems Manager (Internal Systems)
Solaris and Network Administration of 5 Solaris Servers and integration with 5 other brands of Unix Servers. NT Server Management. Provision of user administration including 40 home and mobile PC (NT/95/98) users. Creating connections for remote users between 3COM routers and CISCO Switches. Support for internal GTX systems which front end in house informix applications. Support for remote PC?s via PC anywhere and VPN connectivity. Managing the mail delivery systems for 150 employees in 6 locations from Glasgow to Sydney.
Delivering telephony services, ACD Vector Design, across the company and developing the reporting tools for management requirements.
1997 - 1998   Emap Business Communications
Unix Admin on SUN Sparc Servers 1000 (2) and 5 (1), running Solaris 2.5.1. New User creation, permissions and password file maintenance, 1600 Users. Printer queue/spooler management for 50 printers. Configuration of terminal servers (Spider ports). Disk Array Management. Performance monitoring and tuning.

Support for EBC Accounts software Premier and Computron Financials, Computer Output On Line (COOL) software, on Solaris. Support for CARMS, Credit Control system on NT. Installation of Client software on WAN PC?s. Support of Sussex SOP system including data migration. Supporting Maximizier and SOPLINK on the WAN.

Monitoring Data Flows between machines. Identification and correction of errors on matched accounts between Computron and CARMS. Supplying Data to end Users for further analysis in Excel. Documenting Data Flows and building new feeds as required by the business. Analysis of programs for date details and preparation of testing schedule. Documentation of the results.
1996 - 1997   Emap Construct (part of EBC)
Main responsibility for supporting Sales Order Processing (Advanced Pick Database) running under AIX on an IBM RS 6000. Day to day responsibility for the following operations.. Raising queries with the Support Programmer; Testing the Programmers solutions and releasing to Users. Generating custom reports via Terminal Control Language.
Project Management of migration of all advertising to SUSSEX Sales Order Processing system. Training Users in the system functionality. Conversion of data from Pick database to Maximizer sales Lead Contact Management application.
Implementation of a data feed of advertising history from SUSSEX system to Maximizer using an Access Database.
Leading project to move the production of Whire ?97 onto Maximizer from the Directory account under Pick. Whire ?96 is 350 page directory listing the all UK plant hire companies and indexing them according to equipment availability. (Similar to Thompson directory or Yellow Pages but industry specific).

Education

   BA Hons

Certifications / Courses

SQL Server Administration (5 days) 4 GL course (oracle) (evenings: 10 weeks) NIS+ administration (5 days) Web page authoring (evenings: 10 weeks) Solaris Admin (5 days) ()

Skills

Skill Experience Arrow down Level Last used
UNIX-scripts  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
UNIX (HP, SUN, AIX, SCO etc.)  5 years professional  5 of 5 2007
TCP/IP  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
System Management  5 years professional  5 of 5 2007
System administration  5 years professional  5 of 5 2007
RAID systems  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
IT-Procurement  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Helpdesk  5 years professional  5 of 5 2007
Hardware Engineer  5 years professional  5 of 5 2007
Financial systems  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Documentation  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
DHCP  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Client/Server  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Application Integration/EAI  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Application Deployment  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Word (Microsoft)  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Windows 2000 / XP Pro (Microsoft)  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
web developer  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Training (IT)  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Telecom administration  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Symantec Ghost  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Symantec Firewall  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
StarOffice  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Samba  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
RDBMS  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
ODBC  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Network Engineer  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
MySQL  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Macintosh  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Internet Planning  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
HTML  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Framemaker  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
FileMaker  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Excel (Microsoft)  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
DNS  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Disaster Recovery  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Database administration  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Configuration Management  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Computer Telephony Integration (CTI)  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Citrix  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Change Management  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Business Change Management  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Business Analysis  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Apache  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Accounting  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
XML  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
SQL server (Microsoft)  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Powerpoint (Microsoft)  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Java  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Firewalls  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
CMS (Content Management Systems)  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Cisco  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Call Centre  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Antivirus (strategy)  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Adobe Acrobat  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
VPN    1 of 5 2007
Voice over IP / IP telephony    1 of 5 2007
QuarkXpress    1 of 5 2007
PL/SQL    1 of 5 2007
Database design    1 of 5 2007
CVS    1 of 5 2007
CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)    1 of 5 2007
ASP.Net    1 of 5 2007
ArcServe    1 of 5 2007
Analyst Programmer    1 of 5 2007
4 GL tools    1 of 5 2007
1 = Lowest level, 5 = Highest level

Language Skills

Language Oral Written
English  5 of 5 5 of 5

Job Type wishes

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Job Category wishes

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  • checked Database Administration
    • checked DB2
    • checked MySQL
    • checked Oracle
    • checked PostgreSQL
    • checked SQL Server
  • checked Implementation/Consultant
    • checked BizTalk
    • checked Business Intelligence / Data Warehouse
    • checked CMS Systems
    • checked CRM Systems
    • checked EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
    • checked ERP In General
    • checked ESDH
    • checked GIS
    • checked IT audits
    • checked IT Strategy
    • checked ITIL / Service Management
    • checked Microsoft Dynamics AX / NAV (Axapta, Financials, etc.)
    • checked Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains)
    • checked Network (LAN / WAN)
    • checked Oracle Forms, Oracle PL, Oracle Developer, etc.
    • checked SAP
    • checked SharePoint
    • checked Telephony / Voice Over IP
  • checked Project Management
    • checked Business Intelligence / Data Warehouse
    • checked ERP in General
    • checked Microsoft Dynamics AX / NAV (Axapta, Financials, etc.)
    • checked Other Project Management Positions
    • checked SAP
    • checked Software- & Web development
    • checked Test / QA
  • checked Senior Management
    • checked CEO
    • checked CTO
    • checked Other Top Management
  • checked System Administration
    • checked Backup
    • checked Citrix
    • checked Exchange
    • checked IT Manager
    • checked ITIL
    • checked Lotus Notes / Lotus Domino
    • checked Mac
    • checked Mainframe
    • checked Networks (LAN /WAN)
    • checked SQL Server
    • checked Storage
    • checked Unix / Linux
    • checked Windows Clients
    • checked Windows Servers

Job Location wishes

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  • Europe
    • United Kingdom
      • checked Scotland
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