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

     * Team Lead Backup, Recovery, and Archiving engineer, Lead Linux engineer, SAN Storage engineer
       and UNIX engineer. Provide platform engineering, planning, cost estimation and staff resource planning
       for Commercial accounts primarily in the Utilities sector

 

     * Replaced Enterprise backup system with Legato NetWorker 7.3 for 700+ Wintel and Unix clients,
       using tape silos and disk targets at two physical sites connected via WAN. System backs up 70+TB/week
       and includes Disaster Recovery features.

 

     * Implemented NetApp-based NAS at four remote plants including Legato Networker, DR replication,
       and SnapLock Enterprise for document retention to meet regulatory requirements

 

     * Implemented NetWorker backup environment integrating SAP, Oracle, and HDS 9990 ShadowImage
       protecting >50TB of source data and supporting additional DR requirements.

 

    * 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.

 

    * Critical member of System Administration and Engineering team at SPAWAR SSC-NOLA supporting
      several U.S. Navy enterprise projects. Duties include platform and network planning and engineering
      as well as managing System Administrators and Network Engineers.

 

    * Troubleshoot and resolve performance issues in Navy project's production Apache/Jakarta-Tomcat
      environment. Created monitoring components and trained System Administrators to use them for
      preventative maintenance and resolving future performance bottlenecks.

 

    * Performance tuning of busy community site consisting of HTTP load balancer, Three Apache/PHP
      servers, Two backend replicating MySQL servers, and one static http fileserver. Changes made resulted in
      positive customer satisfaction and increased sales of my client's product.

 

    * Tuning and maintenance of international commercial site including mail server support. Qmail,
      Spamassassin, antivirus, TMDA employed as part of comprehensive solution for customer support email
      accounts.

 

    * 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.

 

    * Developed PHP frontend with MySQL backend to dynamically configure multiple server Apache
      installation with large number of VirtualHosts.

 

    * 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.

 

    * Designed and programmed comprehensive web-based provisioning, customer- and health monitoring
      software package for Gulf Coast DOCSIS cable modem systems utilizing perl, php, xml, sql, and other
      technologies.  This package provided these services for 10 headends and over 55,000 customers
      throughout the Gulf South.

 

    * 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.

 

    * Created an extensive network monitoring system for Hoover, AL city school system fiber network.
      Charter inherited this unfunded requirement from the purchase of the Hoover system from AT&T
      Broadband. Was able to engineer and deliver the solution using surplus equipment resulting in a greatly
      improved customer relationship and reduced ongoing support costs as we were able to pinpoint and
      prevent potential problems.

 

    * 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 OC48 transport interconnect between Hammond,LA and Slidell, LA using Cisco Optical
      networking equipment resulting substantial reduction in data and voice circuit costs across the region.

 

    * 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.

 

    * Maintained Unix, NT4, and Windows 2000 servers in 4 cable headends. On call 24/7 for over 100,000
      public and private IP addresses.

     

    * 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.

 

    * Planned and implemented the move of broadband services components of 3 digital headend facilities into
      new master headend buildings.

 

 

 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