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James S White 2806 Waywood Drive Murfreesboro, TN 37128 (256) 476-2619 james@jameswhite.org SUMMARY Twelve years experience with a multitude of computer systems, steady progression in systems design and implementation, strong emphasis on open technologies and protocols including GNU tools and Linux and their integration with proprietary systems; RELATED WORK Asurion, Nashville TN July 2006 – March 2008 Infrastructure Architect Core responsibility was the design and documentation of the Linux and VMware ESX infrastructure as well as third-level support for all Linux and VMware issues. Grew a network of a dozen linux systems to over 200 hosts Automated deployment and configuration of Linux and ESX Servers using kickstart and cfengine Redesigned the ESX infrastructure and created a migration plan to move from ESX 2.5.x to ESX 3.5 Designed AJAX-enabled web interfaces with perl to delegate server deployment to operational staff The Bank of New York, Nashville TN March 2006 – July 2006 Implementation Engineer Core responsibility included support of hundreds of systems including AIX, Solaris, Windows NT/2000/2003/XP Servers and RedHat EL 3 in a WAN spanning the eastern United States, from Tennessee to New York. Responded to critical events reported by IBM Tivoli Business Systems Manager. Applied patches and application updates in accordance with Sarbanes/Oxley. Rezult IT Sourcing Solutions, Nashville, TN July 2004 – March 2006 Unix Systems Administrator, Contractor with Caterpillar Financial Nashville, TN Core responsibility included support of Linux, Solaris and HP-UX systems in enterprise-level data centers. Deployed VMWare ESX server farms on IBM eServers and xSeries Blade Centers Automated deployment of self-healing system