KENNETH MILBERG

585 Flanders Drive                                                                                                  

North Woodmere, NY  11581                                                                                 

Email: kmilberg@gmail.com                      Phone:  (516) 298-6611

Senior Unix (AIX) Technical Consultant

Senior systems professional with over fifteen years of experience architecting, configuring, administering and troubleshooting Unix Systems and networks.  Strong AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, SCO and Red Hat Linux. Solid TCP/IP, Database (Oracle and DB2), Project Management and Capacity Planning skills. Consistently acknowledged for the successful delivery of complex projects on time and on budget in highly diverse business environments.

CORE TECHNOLOGIES

Languages/Protocols:

Oracle (10g, 9, 8), DB2 (EEE), Sybase, Informix, Progress, Crystal, Unix Shell (ksh, csh, bsh), Cobol, RPG III, Mumps, Focus, NFS, NIS, DNS, DHCP, POP3, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, AppleTalk.

Operating Systems:

IBM AIX (SP); versions 5.3 (p590), 5.2 (p690), 4.3, 4.2, SunOS 4.x, Solaris; versions 8,7, RHEL 4, 3 & versions 7, 6.2; HP-UX; versions 11, 10.2, 9.04, SCO Unix 3.2, Netware 4.x, MS Windows; 2000, XP & NT.

Software:

Unix Systems Software (IBM PSSP 3.2, VERITAS Volume Manager/File System, HACMP 5.2, 4.5 (clustering/high availability), Systems Management (Tivoli Storage Manager, BMC Patrol, Big Brother, SAN Volume Controller), WebSphere (IBM Websphere Application Server 6, 5, 4, 3, Commerce Suite version 5.1), Web Server (Apache), HR (ADP, Ceridian), Financial (PeopleSoft, Lawson’s, Solomon, WDS II, Bitech, IFAS, Elite), Time and Billing (Elite, Computron), Editorial (QPS),  Email (Lotus Notes, MS Exchange , GroupWise, Sendmail), Retail (Retek, WMS).

 

CERTIFICATIONS

IBM Certified Systems Expert -- eServer p5 and pSeries Enterprise Technical Support AIX 5L V5.3, IBM Certified Specialist -- eServer p5 and pSeries Administration and Support for AIX 5L V5.3, IBM Certified Specialist –HACMP; Sun Certified –SCSA (Solaris), SCNA (Network); HP Certified –HP-UX administration; Cisco Certified –CCNA; Oracle Certified Professional–DBO.

EXPERIENCE

BORDERS GROUP INC.                                                                                                                    1/06- Present

Midrange (Unix/Linux) Infrastructure Manager

Lead all midrange technology for Fortune 500 company, including all Unix (AIX, Solaris and HP-UX) & Linux infrastructure, AS400’s, DASD Storage (IBM Shark), Middleware (WebSphere), Oracle, MQ and Web initiatives.

§         Developed strategic plan to restructure Midrange Team, consisting of 15 engineers and administrators. 

§         Developed automated scripts using DLPAR Tool Set to automatically move CPUs between partitions.

§         Leading the server consolidation effort from IBM Regatta (p4) LPARs & RS6000s to p5 platform with AIX 5.3 & APV (Advanced Power Virtualization).  Heading capacity planning. Developing plan to deploy HACMP.

§         Architected solution to replace broken existing LDAP infrastructure and deployed new environment.

§         Spearheading effort to redesign and deploy new Web based infrastructure to provide scalability, availability and improved performance. Architected & purchased new infrastructure (hardware & software) to support initiative. 

EMPIRE BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD (WELLCHOICE)                                                                    8/01-11/05

AIX Manager

Hands-on Manager of pSeries (Regatta and p5) and RS6000 Server farm for large 24X7 health-care organization, running Oracle, PeopleSoft, DB2, WebSphere, LDAP, MQ, BMC Patrol and TSM.

·         Led effort to migrate Regatta (p4) LPARs and stand-alone web-servers to p5 platform running AIX 5.3, with micro-partitioning and uncapped partitions.

·         Managed server consolidation project to dual Regatta LPAR environment running AIX 5.2.

·         Designed, installed and configured HACMP cluster environment, with cascading and mutual takeover.

·         Coordinated projects, installed and configured PeopleSoft, Crystal, eTrust and maxMC(Care Delivery).

·     Improved systems reliability by writing scripts to automate process of recycling WebSphere JVMs.

·     Coordinated project to migrate Oracle Financials, from legacy R40 RS6000 Servers to H80 platform.

 

UNIX SOLUTIONS                                                                                                                       9/00-8/01

Unix Systems Consultant

Consulting Engagements:    ·   Fleet Bank        ·    IBM            ·  Webscope

·      Built AIX Servers and configured systems as per stringent Fleet specifications; installed HACMP.

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·        Configured and administered IBM S80s in an SP environment using SSA Disk Arrays.

·        Performed AIX and SP systems tuning and capacity planning, including deallocation of CPUs.

·        Assisted DB2 (EEE) DBA on systems related database issues.

·        Conducted security audit, utilizing various Unix tools and installed IBM SecureWay firewall.

·        Installed, configured and performed systems tuning on Oracle 8i databases.

·        Administered DNS/NFS Services on RS6000s running AIX 4.3 and in a Solaris 7 environment.

·        Installed and configured Cisco Catalyst routers and switches.

·        Creation and configuration of Tivoli management agents. Automated tasks using Tivoli scheduler.

·        Installed and configured IBM WebSphere; Administered Commerce suite and Apache web servers.

 

AMERICAN LAWYER MEDIA, INC.                                                                                                        8/98-9/00

Director of Information Technology/Unix Systems Administrator

Hands on Manager of IT organization for largest legal publishing company in the nation.

·        Configured and administered servers, including Oracle (AIX) and DNS/Sendmail (Solaris) systems.

·        Isolated bottlenecks on Unix servers, Oracle Databases (SGA tuning) and Network (TCP/UDP).

·        Administered PeopleSoft Application Servers and Process Schedulers in three-tier Client/Server.

·        Established redundant systems with HACMP and RAID-5, running NFS on RS6000 Servers.

·        Managed systems infrastructure team; including Unix, WAN, LAN and Data Center.

 

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY                                                                                                                     5/94-8/98

CTO/Unix Systems Manager  (1995-1998)

Technically managed all computer technology, service and support of 2000 users in 30 locations.

·        Project Manager for the relocation of five offices (over 500 persons) into one building.

·        Designed new 2500 square ft. Data Center and upgraded networks to switched 100BaseTX.

·        Planned and implemented frame relay WAN, based on TCP/IP and CISCO infrastructure.

·        Replaced decade old NCR Towers and DG Servers with HP9000 K class servers for five divisions.

·        Administered Unix case tracking systems; tuned systems utilizing HP-GLANCE and Unix utilities.

·        Spearheaded effort to maximize the efficiencies of the Data Center operations team. 

Director of Information Systems and Technology           (1994-1995)

·        Developed Informix financial system on an HP9000, going live two months earlier then projected.

·        Configured/administered Unix systems and provided all database and systems support.

 

COUDERT BROTHERS                                                                                                                          1/94-5/94

Manager, Information Systems

Managed all technology and telecommunications for the firm.

§         Configured and administered Unix HP9000 time/billing systems.

 

DEWEY BALLANTINE                                                                                                                            1/93-1/94

Unix Systems Manager

Administered Unix servers and telecommunications for the firm.

·        Installed and administered new Unix financial and time/billing systems, cutting downtime 30%.

 

D.B.S., INC.                                                                                                                                           7/84-1/93

·        Unix Systems Manager  (1988-1993) Managed and administered SCO Unix & Progress Servers.

·        Systems Administrator  (1984-1993) Migrated all business systems from Burroughs B90 to Unix/WDS-II.

 

EDUCATION: University of Maryland, University College         MS candidate (Aug 2006)

 University of Maryland, University College        BS in Computer & Info Science

AFFILIATIONS:       IEEE/Computer Society, USENIX/SAGE (Systems Admin. Guild), Unigroup of NY..

RELEVENT DATA: Linux/Unix expert at searchopensource.techtarget.com. Published author (techtarget)

                                    of Linux articles. Former Board member at Unigroup (Unix Users Group) of NY.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING:   IBM e-Server pSeries and Linux Technical University 2005, Empire Leadership Development Program 2003, IBM e-Server pSeries and Linux Technical University 2002, PeopleSoft- PeopleTools; CISCO-Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices; IBM-TCP/IP Networking, WDS II administration- Minneapolis.

 


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