BARRY BOWDEN

Bbowden NO SPAM @gmail.com

Unix Administrator | Linux Administrator | NT Administrator |Network Administrator

A results driven IT professional with extensive experience in the engineering, administration and support of information systems with a special focus on problem prevention via system monitoring and proactive actions. Strong hands on knowledge of computer systems ranging from Personal Computers to Sun Enterprise level systems with Novell CNE, Microsoft MCSE and Sun System Administrator certifications.

Special qualities possessed that are important to the success of a system administrator:

1. Ability to learn and understand complex subjects quickly.
2. Ability to hold a mental model of how things work.
3. Caution and knowing how to make changes in a way that can be quickly and easily undone if needed i.e. revision management skills
4. Able to not only know a subject, but able to explain it to others in plain English.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Systems	Sun Solaris 2.6 , Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Red Hat Linux, Debian Linux, SCO Unix, Novell, MSDOS
Hardware	Sun Enterprise Hardware, Hard Disk RAID Arrays, Tape Arrays, Intel hardware, DLT tape drives, Laser printers, 100MB switches, Gigabit switches, SCSI drives, IDE Drives, CDROM towers, FAX server
Software	Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Netbackup, Solaris Online Disk Suite, Logical Volume Manager, Progress, Webspeed, Perl, Expect, Apache, Tomcat, IIS, Netscape Fasttrack, NFS, Automount, Java, Cold fusion, PHP, MYSQL, Oracle, Bourne Shell, Tripwire, Bigbrother, Servers Alive, Samba, Qpage, Sendmail, procmail, Ghost, Outlook, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, CA Arcserve, HTML, logwatch, uucp, ntop, top, Sun SE toolkit, Orca, MRTG, MS word, MS Excel , MS access
Networking	TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, HOSTS, SNMP, SMTP, FTP, VPN, SSH

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Voicecom LLC, Atlanta, Georgia

Voicecom is a leading provider of integrated communications solutions with service offerings in messaging, unified communications, call answering, mobile calling and broadcast voice.

Unix Administrator, Team Leader April 1993 - Present

Responsible for maintaining quality of service and availability for Voicecoms backend billing, customer service and provisioning systems. These systems are based on Sun and Intel hardware and are a combination of Database servers and client server configurations. When required recommend, install and configure new hardware and software to meet management expectations. Insure all systems packages and patches properly installed and up to date. Shell scripting used to automate routine tasks and monitor critical processes. Responsible for backup and disaster recovery preparedness using Veritas Netbackup and CA Arcserve. Responsible for user account management.

Accomplishments:

• Designed and managed the infrastructure preparation of data center at 55 Pk Place location.
• Planned and implemented the systems move from Buckhead location to 55 Pk Place location with minimal disturbance to production systems
• Successfully transitioned applications and user environment from Intel based SCO Unix based systems to Sun Solaris systems
• Maintain public facing web servers including SSL certificates and signed software.
• Designed and implemented a system to track domain name and SSL certificate expirations.
• Installed Private gigabit network between Sun Servers for high speed database access and backup
• Designed and implemented automatic system auditing, storing system configuration information in a safe location.
• Designed a Browser based change control database system for myself and fellow System Administrators to keep track of system modifications and document hardware configurations.
• Setup monitoring of production and development systems using combination of open source tools, monitoring everything from room temperature to web site availability.

Norrell Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia

Norrell is an Atlanta based temporary and permanent employment services provider they have since changed their name to Spherion.

Technology Analyst August 1991 - April 1993

Provided remote Unix administration to 200 branch offices each with a local Intel SCO Unix system for branch automation functions. Responsible for insuring uptime and reliable backup. Responsible for automating the buildout of the remote machines to insure consistency between offices. Troubleshooted application and system software problems. Spent time as Progress programmer migrating office automation application from Cobol to Progress 4GL.

Cadnetix/Daisy Corporation, Boulder Colorado

Cadnetix/Daisy was a Colorado based Computer aided design and Computer aided engineering workstation company. They have since been acquired by Mentor Graphics in Huntsville, Alabama

Field Service Engineer September 1987 - August 1991

Traveled extensively across the United States providing hardware and system software maintenance on Unix based proprietary and Sun hardware for large customers such as General Electric, IBM and Scientific Atlanta. Setup and administered Ethernet networks using the "yellow pages" (NIS) name service.

Fisher Scientific, Norcross Georgia

Fisher Scientific is the world leader in providing products and services for Hospital or Industrial Laboratories

Field Service Engineer June 1981- September 1987

Traveled the Southeast installing and servicing computerized and non-computerized instrumentation.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

Perimeter College, Atlanta Georgia, 1981 Diploma Electronic Engineering Technology

Progress Programming ,United Systems Atlanta Georgia

Progress Database Administration, United Systems Atlanta Georgia

Many Unix System Administration courses while employed at Cadnetix

Solaris Certified System Administrator 2002

Microsoft Certified System Engineer 1997

Microsoft Certified Product Specialist 1996

Novell Certified NetWare Engineer 1994