Russ Militello

63 Stover Road Rochester, NY 14624   585-802-9052

http://www.linkedin.com/in/russmilitello

rumi@rochester.rr.com

 

CAREER SYNOPSIS

 

Highly skilled and motivated IT Professional with extensive experience:

 

·         ERP Applications  

·         Unix Administration - w/emphasis Sun Solaris

·         Database Administration Support

·         Software & Systems Engineering

·         Development & Programming

·         Operations Management

·         Software Quality Assurance

·         Service and Support Engineering

·         Software Configuration Management

 

Results oriented with excellent problem solving and communication skills.

Computer skills

 

Languages:

·         Proficient in: Microsoft Visual C++ and C, Perl, PHP, Bourne/Ksh Shell, Cshell, HTML, CGI, 4GL.

·         Familiar with: Java, Javascript, XML and CSS.     

Software:

·         Database (RDBMS): Oracle 9i/11g, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Progress - SQL experience using DBI connects. Utilized MS Access.

·         Platforms: Microsoft Windows® Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, Linux (RedHat & Slackware)

Hardware:

·         Sun StorEdge A1000/D1000, Sun Blades and Enterprise Servers Sun t2000, v240, v490, v890, E6900, E10K, E20K and E25K servers.

·         Some SAN with EMC Clariion RAID. Personal Computing (PC’s)

Applications:

·         MS Office, QAD ERP System, Vertex sales Tax, Remedy, Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Cluster Manager, Sun Volume Manager, RM6 Software for RAID configuration.

Networking:

·         Linksys Wireless (LAN) Router with Time Warner Roadrunner– Model WRT54G and Linksys VOIP Router – Model RT31P2 Vonage

·         Experience working with Frontier’s ADSL. Virtual Private Network (VPN) remote access. AES Router encryption mode WPA-PSK.

Miscellaneous:

·         Web Servers: Apache, Netscape, Sun One. Apache Home Web Server at http://curly.dnsalias.com

·         Configuration Management Systems: CVS, Clearcase, sccs, rcs

·         Problem Tracking Management Systems: Gnats, ClearQuest.

·         Email: Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook.

Education

 

SUNY Empire State College                     BS, Computer Science                            Rochester, New York           1995

 

Monroe Community College                     AAS, Criminal Justice                              Rochester, New York           1977

 

Workforce Development Program             Oracle Certified Professional (7 Month OCP)                                       2004

 

Professional Experience

 

Information Systems II                   IS Applications                        Harris RF Communications      01/2008 - 06/25/09

·         Sun Solaris Unix Administration support including Korn & Perl scripting / Autosys & Cron batch jobs.

·         Creation of desktop App Tools utilizing Cygwin Perltk, ssh, expect, and encrypt/decrypt Perl Modules.

·         Performed systems monitoring for availability, performance, capacity planning and latency problem solving.

·         Application problem resolution via UltraVNC and MSTSC Remote Login Support to user’s PC’s or laptops.

·         Production Application support and Software Change Control initiator.

·         ERP (QAD) System Support and Troubleshooting for Character and GUI mode.

·         DBA (Progress) Support on Sun Solaris Systems for ERP system. Scripts created for alert when down.

·         Progress Character / GUI Mode Programming, Compiling and Promote to Prod for QAD ERP System.

·         CyberQuery Report Creation / Support – (Comparable to Crystal Reports) & Vertex Monthly Tax Updates

·         Responsible for MS SQL Server 2000 with Enterprise Manager & MS SQL Server 2005 – Freedom & Pickpro

·         MS Share Point Wiki /  Web / Database support of Dev, Test and Prod environments

·         Utilized a BMC Remedy Ticket System and provided 7/24 on-call ERP, Unix and DBA support.

 

Unix Systems Administrator            Open Systems                        Excellus BC/BS                        07/2007 - 11/2007

·         Software/Application Project installs and troubleshooting. Web Portal scripting. Project Sudo Installs.

·         Unix Change Control

·         IBM Tivoli Storage Manager -Project Installs/Upgrades -Training in AIX 5L Jumpstart for Unix Professionals.

·         Solaris 5.9 and 5.10 server builds with zones.

·         Unix script generation for automation 

·         Problem resolution of customer issues pertaining to application programming.

·         User adds/modifies/deletes via LDAP

·         Worked in Long Term Care – fixed printer and imaging issues with PDF/postscript/ghostscript conversion and debugging code.

·         Troubleshoot Sun Hardware using ALOM/System Controllers. Created flars of OS for backup purposes.

 

Unix Admin / Infrastructure Assoc    EDS at Xerox                          EDS Direct Hire                         2/2006 - 07/2007
Unix System Engineer/Admin          EDS at Xerox                          Contracted Croop-LaFrance      12/2005 - 12/2006

·         Application Project support pertaining to Unix tools, scripts and 3rd party software adhering to Sarbanes-Oxley -SOX

·         Installation, configuration, management, upgrades, patches and migrations of all Sun Solaris and Linux servers.

·         Problem resolution of customer issues pertaining to Cluster & Non-Cluster systems and application programming on Unix while adhering to strict Security Server tightening. Supported Development, Test and Production Servers.

·         Performed routine monitoring of systems for availability, performance and capacity planning.

·         Worked on Veritas Clustered SAN Systems with Veritas Volume Manager (VEA). - (Upgrade systems from VxVM 3.5 to 4.1)

·         Sun Volume Manager (SVM) for mirrored root disks. Oracle installations and Application Software Specialist.

·         Sun Server consolidation/migration, new builds and decommission. – Projects Lead

·         Server Virtualization projects incorporating Virtual IP’s, DNS Virtual Names, Virtual interfaces, Virtual mount pts.

 

Service Engineer                            Health Group, HCIS                 Eastman Kodak Company         02/2004 - 12/2005

·         Problem resolution of customer issues pertaining to Cluster & Non-Cluster Sun Solaris Unix Systems.

·         Work on Veritas Clustered SAN Systems with Veritas Volume Manager on Sun Solaris Unix Systems.

·         Extensive Oracle 9i problem resolution and SQL queries using Perl DBI.

·         Various experience with Dicom and HL7. Application programming related to PACS Sys 5.

·         Commercialization of procedures and gates related to PACS system 5.x

·         Architect and purchase all Lab Equipment acquisitions. (SER Process)

·         Programmed a Patch Deployment Intranet Website on larry.ko.Kodak.com

 

 

Software Engineer                         Professional Lab Solutions       Eastman Kodak Company                   2001 - 2004

Technical Operations Web Manager for ProShots

·         Delegated SubContractors for day to day ProShots administration and operational tasks.

·         Project Sun Unix Administrator. Responsible for site security. Evaluator/Purchaser/Maintainer of Sun Equip.  for new architecture

·         Converted application program, tools and database from FreeBSD

·         4.1 OS to Solaris 5.8. Created/installed tools and app program mods.

·         Project participant responsible for the migration of the proshots.com image server system from Durham NC. to Kodak.

·         Project participant responsible for the migration of Miller's Professional Imaging server to Kodak building 83.

·         Project Lead responsible for ProShots Marketing web site transition into Kodak.

·         Maintenance of server done via Linux with DSL and Utilization of tools such as Samba and PAM.

·         Manipulation and creation of code for Forum, Lab and Photographer search engines.

·         Experience with Secure Shell (SSH) over a Secured Socket Layer (SSL) utilizing rsync.

·         Implementation experience of SSL Server Certificates. Implemented Cybercash and CyberSource working through Verisign.

·         Encryption and decryption techniques. Public Key initialization.

·         DBA for PostgreSQL Relational Database for Solaris Image Servers. DBA for MySQL Relational Database on FreeBSD OS for Market Site. Familiar with SQL commands and database querying via Perl DBI connect programming.

·         Kodak Intranet Apache Website creation for moe2.kodak.com & ProShots Internet Market Site Maintainer for www.proshots.net

·         Programming in Perl/CGI, PHP, Scripting, and JavaScripting.

·         Marketing and Business reports created by programs that extract data from Databases via SQL Queries.

·          Created CVS (Concurrent Versioning System) and Gnats (Problem Report Management System) and GnuPlot for realtime graphs

Software Engineer                         C&GS Software Engineering     Eastman Kodak Company                   2000 - 2001

·         CMM Level 2 Software Process Improvement Project Participant

·         Programmer to Convert old "C" XView GUI code to LabWindows/CVI CodeBuilder using "C/C++" on a Solaris Unix platform for a Gov't contract.

·         Utilizing Hummingbird's Exceed, Sun's Workshop with TeamWare, DDD debugger and Rational's Clearcase Configuration Management Product.

·         Prior Top Secret Government Security clearance held, debriefed by C&GS Dec. 11th 2001.

 

Systems Engineer                          Academic Computing Systems  University of Rochester             02/1999 - 05/2000
Systems Engineer                          Supporting ACS at U of R         Contracted Croop-LaFrance      11/1998 - 01/1999

·         Unix System Administration of servers and desktops.

·         Utilizing Sun Solaris 2.x for user/application problem resolution.

·         Using laptop computer for Unix win32 clones for programming in Perl and C++.

·         Application Specialist on Unix Servers for Cognos Impromptu and PeopleSoft HMRS report generators.

·         Root access to all Unix Servers and Sudo Administrator.

·         Programming application and system related scripts in Perl, Bourne, Csh and C/C++. Utilize DDD debugger.

·         Total Unix System support for ACS. Problem Tracking Administrator

·         Created programs for database data extraction from Oracle for use by DBA.

·         Created a common user home environment across platforms by scripts.

·         Build tool sets and maintain them across servers

·         Sun Enterprise Veritas Volume Manager and Disk Suite experience

 

 

Systems Engineer                          Danka Services International    Danka Company (DSI)              02/1998 - 10/1998

·         Utilized Sun Sparc 5 running Unix Solaris 2.6.

·         Utilized Lotus notes for mail and databases.

·         laptop computer for Unix win32 clones for programming in Perl and C++.

·         Telnet into other Danka sites inside/outside the Rochester area to trouble shoot either system or programming problems that the SA's may have.

·         Programming, scripting and debugging programs that relate to various printer lanquages such as afp for IBM printers on AIX OS.

·         Job entailed traveling to remote sites when feasible for system administration and trouble shooting as well as programming and debugging issues.

 

Software Engineer                         Engineering Services               Eastman Kodak Company                  1997 - 01/98

·         Wrote and debugged "C" code and Perl scripts on Sun Sparc 5 running Unix Solaris 2.6 for development or QA testing.     (Utilizing Unix and SCSI commands)

·         Implemented and facilitated Concurrent Versions System (CVS) as a Configuration Management Administrator.

·         Developed Makefiles for build process and installation.

·         Implement and use Revision Control System (RCS).

·         Installation, operation and up keep, of NCSA Web Server on my local Sparc for user access via Browsers.

·         Developed and maintain a department Web Site for improving communications. Utilizing HTML frames, tables and forms with CGI scripting using Perl, Bourne or Cshell.

·         Implemented some Java applets and javascript into the HTML.

 

Quality Engineer                            Software Quality Assurance     Eastman Kodak Company                   1996 - 1997

·         Designed Quality Test Plans and Procedures in Frame Maker for IFS (Image Fulfillment System) and KNPS (Kodak Network Printer Server (Oasis) projects. These were derived from the Requirements and Functional Specifications available.

·         Utilized scripting languages included Bourne, Cshell, and Perl. Developed a front end menu driven program in Bourne shell for SQA. emulator testing. The benefit of these scripts was to simplfy the tasks of the Quality Technicians in their QA testing.

·         SQA position required Knowledge and adherence to Kodak Equipment Commercialization Process (KECP) and IEEE specifications.

·         Utilized bug tracking software. Initiated and coordinated corrective action plan. Retested to verify voice of the customer (VOC) adherence. Worked on PC and Unix Solaris 2.5 platform networking environments.

 

Senior Software Technician            ISD Imaging Science               Eastman Kodak Company                   1993 - 1996

·         Worked with Unix 5.5 Solaris 2.5, SunOS 4.1.3, and OSF/1V3.2c operating systems. Working on desktop, Sun Sparc work stations.

·         Utilized scripting languages included Bourne, Cshell, and Perl. Utilization of sed and awk tools. Used cron and many GNU products.

·         Programmed with "C" and "C++" languages and their debugging tools, gdb and xxgdb. Utilize the benefits of revision control through either RCS or SCCS respectively.

·         Brought in application development tools from the Internet and built them for our development area porting them to (3) different OS's.

·         Utilized Netscape and/or Mosaic for browsing the Net. Emacs as a preferred editor and gcc or cc as compilers.

·         Wrote a Perl database and a Motif Gui as work assignments.

·         Used make, and constantly worked with its description files.

·         Various System Administration tasks for the development area.

·         Debugged legacy source code that may have had problems and ported the code to a different OS.

·         Accomplished Software Engineering level type work as a Technician.

 

Additional History:

I worked at Eastman Kodak for over 21 years. I started out in 1981 as a Hourly Quality Control Inspector.  I moved into a Software Technician position and ultimately into, Engineering.

      References upon request.