Gary G. Des Roches
985 Spring Place Road, White, GA
30184
678.270.4060
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Computer
professional with over 15 years of experience installing and configuring
operating systems.
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Experience
installing,
configuring and writing python scripts for HPSA / Opsware
Automation
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Solid
8 years of experience in maintaining various UNIX / Linux operating systems and
as a network support engineer, combined with automation tools such as HPSA /
Opsware provide me with an excellent background for creating automated
solutions to enterprise compute problems.
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Expertise
with more than 10+ years of experience in korn Shell Scripting, using the
typical UNIX programs of awk,sed
Perl, and Python.
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Demonstrated
capability to lead teams while under pressure to troubleshoot interdepartmental
technical issues, identifying hardware, configuration, patching, database and application
problems using troubleshooting techniques and system metrics.
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Adapt
quickly and creatively to new technical issues.
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Outstanding
communication skills, interfacing with the highest levels of management, peers,
users, and external suppliers including large national and global
companies.
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Exceptional
commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.
COMPUTER LANGUAGES:
Scripting using ksh, awk, sed, Perl, c, BASIC, Pascal,
Python
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Computer Information
Systems
Associate
Degree in Applied Science
Graduated
"With Distinction" from
Riverside Community College, CA
CERTIFICATIONS
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IBM
PSeries AIX System Administration
Computer
certificates include:
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Systems
Administration and Network I
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Systems
Administration and Network II
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Systems
Administration and Network III
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Shell
Programming
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Perl
Programming
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Network
Node Manager
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HP-UX
Troubleshooting
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Veritas
Cluster
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Veritas
Volume Manager
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Worked on HP Server
Automation (HPSA/Opsware) versions 7.86 and 9.13
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Assigned to a project to
migrate servers from old mesh to new mesh
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Write scripts in python
and korn shell to verify installed HPSA agent and
versions of software application on Windows and Linux servers
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Worked on HP Server
Automation (Opsware) version 7.84 and 9.04
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Use HPSA CLI interface to
determine job failures
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Track software install
for more than 40,000 servers
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Troubleshoot software
install from both HPSA and manual installs
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Write python scripts for
custom automation in HPSA using the pytwist
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Worked on HP Server Automation
(Opsware) version 7.84
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Performed routine HP Server
Automation (Opsware) tasks such as adding users, installing and troubleshooting
agents on UNIX, Linux and Windows computers, adding and reconfiguring HPSA.
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Install patches
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Create and wrap for use
with Opsware scripts for purposes such as “world writeable files”
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Create audits for use
remediating file permissions and verifying compliance
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Prepare for upgrade to
(Opsware) HPSA version 9.
Maintain Solaris and HP-UX servers including software and
hardware troubleshooting, patching, installation of Solaris and HP-UX, and
recommendations for technical refresh. Experience includes installing Solaris
with Jumpstart, Solaris zones, and zfs file systems.
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Worked on HPSA / Opsware
version 7.5
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Install and configure
HPSA / Opsware Satellites.
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Install, configure, and
test the beta version of Business Service Automation Essentials.
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Troubleshoot HPSA /
Opsware dataminer and database issues.
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Performed routine HPSA /
Opsware tasks such as adding users, installing and troubleshooting agents on
UNIX, Linux and Windows computers, adding and reconfiguring HPSA / Opsware
groups to satisfy business requirements.
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Gave a class on HPSA /
Opsware software discovery.
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Created some Perl scripts
to query OIDs and status of codecs for a graphical interface.
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Perl and korn scripting
for systems administration, SOX requirements, security, uptime monitoring, and
custom ftp applications.
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Build,
maintain, patch, and update Solaris, HP-UX, Red Hat, SuSE, and CentOS servers
for Ceridian.
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DNS
administration backup.
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Use
Power Broker groups when adding new administrators.
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Add
LDAP authenticated users.
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Work
with storage group to increase space utilizing BCVs
Consulting
Engineer
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Install
HPSA / Opsware 6.5 Server Automation System software
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Recommend
Server Automation System infrastructure
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Provide
consulting services to meet specific customer requirements
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Lead
teams of experts in operating systems, database, applications and networking to
resolve enterprise wide problems.
Build
Team
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Install
and configure Unix operating systems.
Systems
Team 2001 - 2005
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Maintain
large numbers of Solaris and HP-UX servers over a 9 state region
Disaster Recovery Specialist,
HP-UX Systems Administration
(1999 - 2001)
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Member
of the highest level UNIX Response Center Engineers.
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Performed
disaster recovery of systems belonging to Fortune 500 customers such as AOL,
MBNA, Wal-Mart, and others.
Response Center Engineer, HP-UX
Networking
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Assisted
customers in resolving network issues including NFS, NIS, and DNS problems
between systems inside a local area network.
Unix Systems Administrator, LaserJet
Test Group
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Shortened
test time per board by 35 seconds by specifying $500,000 in upgraded test
system computers, saving the factory about $400,000 a day.
Board Test Programmer, United States Project Center
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Programmed
complete analog and digital tests as a board test programmer for companies such
as Raytheon, Hughes Aircraft, and General Dynamics.
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, Plattsburgh, New York
Precision Measuring
Specialist
Repaired and calibrated electronic and
physical/dimensional measuring equipment.