Scott E. Harney
1425 Melpomene St.,
New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 486-7588 scotth@scottharney.com
Technologies
* Operating
Systems: Solaris 2.51-10, Open Solaris, Linux (Debian/Ubuntu,
RedHat, Slackware, SuSe, Gentoo),
OpenBSD, FreeBSD, BSDI, SGI Irix 6.2, MacOS7.5-OSX, Microsoft Windows NT4.0-2003/XP, Cisco IOS10-12,
VMWare Server/ESX/ESXi 3.x, Sun Xvm Virtualbox, Xen 3.x, Cisco IOS10-12
* Server software:
Apache, Tomcat, Qmail, Postfix, Sendmail, Exim, OpenLDAP, SunONE Directory,
Siebel, IBM DB2, ISC dhcpd, Bind 8/9, MySQL, PostresSQL, OpenSSL, OpenSSH, djbdns, Samba, NFS,
Snort, Cisco CNR3.5-5.0.11, Nagios, MS Clustering Services, Active Directory, IIS4-5.5, MSSQL
* Storage software: EMC ControlCenter 5.x, EMC Solutions Enabler 6.x, Navisphere 6.24.x,
Veritas Command Central 4.3.x, Symmetrix Management Console 6.1.x, Hitachi Storage Navigator,
HDS Device Manager, Legato Networker 7.2.x-7.4.x, Avamar 3.x-4.x, Veritas NetBackup 4.x, STK ACSLS 7.1.0,
Celerra Manager 5.6, Netapp Data OnTap 7.2.x, Veritas VxVM 3.x-5.x, Veritas Volume Replicator, EMC SRDF/A
* Network technolgies:
ISDN, PPP, MLPPP, DSL, BGP, Frame Relay, VoIP, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, SNMP,
DNS, FTP, DHCP, SONET, EIGRP, RIP, IS-IS, Pv6, IPSEC, RADIUS, DOCSIS
*
Programming/Scripting: Perl, Bourne and
C shell scripting, Python, PHP, C, HTML, XML, SGML
* Hardware:
- Sun Servers and Workstations including large scale SunFire E20/E25K through all current hardware -- Sparc, Intel, and AMD.
- SAN Storage Arrays
including Symmetrix DMX2, DMX3, DMX4, Hitachi 9990, Clariion CX3-40, CX3-80, and NetApp FAS270, FAS3020
- SAN Switches including MCData/EMC ED140M Director, Brocade 7500 and Brocade 48000 Director
- Direct Attached Storage Arrays including Sun A5000, T3+, and 3510
- SAN and directed attached tape hardware including StorageTek SL8500, 9310 silo and SL500. STK T10000a, STK 9840b, and LTO2-4 media
- Cisco Routers
including 120xx, 72xx, 26xx, and 17xx.
- Cisco switches
including Catalyst 65xx, 55xx, 35xx, and 29xx and 19xx.
- Intel PC
workstations and servers & Macintosh desktops.
Summary
Highly motivated
network and systems engineer with a broad background building and managing 24/7/365 Enterprise and ISP
environments with a focus on getting the job done for customers. I am a self starter who works well with minimal supervision
and can handle multiple simultaneous projects from design through implementation to operational phases.
Employment
February 2006 - Present: Systems Engineer IV
- SAIC
* Performed a successful Disaster Recovery test of SAP environment from bootstrap to running SAP.
The previous contract company was not able to complete this so this was our customer's first ever
successful DR test of this environment
* Played a key role in moving this SAP/CCS environment from previous contractor site to new customer site
including a second move to a new data center within a 1 year period.
* Played a key role in customer's data center move planning, engineering and implementation.
* Custom developed scripts to automate activities within the backup environment such as sending
tapes for offsite storage and managing on and off-site tape inventories.
* Began implementation of Linux infrastructure for customer to seamlessly bring in Linux hosts
the Unix team to manage. This included implementation of a Xen and VMWare virtual machine environments.
* Engineering, planning, and implementing transition of monolithic SAN storage from two Symmetrix DMX2 frames to DMX4,
to DMX4, Clariion CX3-80, Celerra NS20, Centerra and Avamar.
* Operational support allocating and managing storage from DMX2, DMX3, Clariion, NetApp, and HDS 9990.
* Implemented new web-based documentation system for use by entire Entergy Unix and Storage support team.
* Implemented internal XMPP instant messaging server to facilitate team communications across remote sites.
* Trained team members to use new backup solution including advanced troubleshooting techniques.
* Assisted separate customer BU in backup and recovery audit and in the subsequent of backup policies
and archive procedures to meet new regulatory requirements.
April 2004 - February 2006: Contract System/Network
Engineer - Diamond Data Systems
* Lead infrastructure engineer for SPAWAR SSC-NOLA
. Provide platform engineering, planning, cost
estimation, and staff resource planning for
current and future projects.
* Installed fault tolerant
Fiber Channel and SCSI-attached disk arrays and Solaris 8 Operating Environment
to support Navy project.
* Aided development
and re-deployment of COOP failover environment for Navy network elements and server
infrastructure.
* Implemented Veritas NetBackup across
multi-platform environment.
* Implemented Legato Networker across
multi-platform environment.
* Implemented network-based mirroring system for "bare-metal" recovery
of Windows 2000 servers.
* Performed IBM DB2
database installation and performance tuning for Solaris.
* Implemented Microsoft
Clustering Services and Active Directory Services under Windows 2000 to
support Navy
Project's Siebel-based environment.
* Installed Siebel
environment to support testing and eventual production launch of Navy project.
* Performed network security
analysis of Navy project's environment
* Troubleshoot and tune
Postfix/SpamAssassin/Amavis/ClamAV mail server appliance.
* Replaced corporate MS
Exchange mail system with Solaris and Qmail along with BSD firewall, greatly
enhancing
security and network performance.
October 2002 - March 2004:
Object Technologies Information Specialists
Projects begun under OTIS
at SPAWAR SSCNOLA continued after becoming employed by Diamond Data Systems
May 2000 - October 2002:
Broadband Services Manager (LA), Charter Communications
* Purchased, built, configured, managed
and maintained DOCSIS cable modem ISP in five markets in LA
and AL. Managed entire
data services launch for Charter in LA going from zero to 15,000 customers in.
two years
* Budget forecasting and management
for all broadband services in LA. Also provided budgetary input for
other areas requiring
data services engineering expertise.
* Hired, trained, and
managed future data network engineering staff in LA DOCSIS markets. Also trained and
aided the management
of customer support staff and Regional Network Operations Center staff
supporting LA and the
larger Gulf South regoinal area.
* Engineering and support for
all Commercial Data Services customers in LA. At the time, Charter did not
have infrastructure in place
to support commercial customers so we created one in response to demand and to
tap an additional
revenue stream.
* When @Home threatened
to cut off service to customers in Alabama, I planned and performed a midnight
switch of Montgomery,
AL DOCSIS customers form @Home to Charter HSD with virtually no.
noticeable downtime.
Also particpated in switching the remaining Birmingham, AL @Home COM21.
customers to Charter HSD
with similar results helping to avert the crisis in Alabama.
* Implemented internal
SONET OC12 ring utilizing Cisco UBR7246vxr's, 12012,6509, and 12016 routers
and switches.
* Purchased and turned
up DS3, T1 & OC12 internet connections throughout the state.
* Installed,
configured, and maintained DHCP, DNS, SQL, WWW and mail services.
* Helped maintain Video on
Demand servers providing interactive pay per view to over 60,000 customers.
* Implemented
network-wide backup and recovery procedure.
* Suppported and upgraded
fiber-based ethernet network for the City of Slidell government.
* Implemented
firewalls, Intrusion Detection, and security solutions for servers with direct internet
connectivity.
* Served as an
authority on all TCP/IP, unix, and other "advanced services" networking issues for all
Charter properties in LA.
* Ensured 24/7 personal
availability for major network issues throughout LA.
April 1999 - May 2000:
Chief Technical Officer - Fastband, Inc.
* Managed and maintained
Internet Service Provider network providing web, mail, DNS and other services.
* Hired, trained, and
supervised 24/7 technical support team and network management team.
* Managed secure web
servers for processing credit card customer signups.
* Modified RADIUS
authentication server to provide SQL database accounting for tracking customer
utilization.
* Created and
programmed extensive live 24/7 network health monitoring system.
* Installation and
maintenance of 24/7 web audio and video streaming services.
* Configured and
maintained all remote access servers and routing equipment.
* Implemented
network-wide backup and recovery procedure.
* Programmed database
conversion utility to transform proprietary database into MSSQL.
* Maintained 32 T1
lines.
* Designed and
implemented customer and internal ecommerce solutions.
May 1995 - March 1999:
Operations Manager - Blue Grass Distributing
October 1993 - April 1995:
Asst. Store Manager - Martin Wine Cellar
Education
* Magna Cum Laude
Graduate University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (1993) Bachelor of Arts
* Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron
Delta Kappa, Golden Key and University of Mississippi Honors Program
* Honors Graduate
Brother Martin High School, New Orleans, LA (1989)
* CCNA (2003)
* Siebel training. (2003)
* USENIX/SAGE Member
* Co-founder New Orleans
Linux User's Group (1999)
References available upon request