DUSTIN L.

BLACK, RHCDS
Langhorne, PA 19047 www.dustinlouisblack.com dustin@dustinlouisblack.com

SENIOR INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT

More than 12 years of experience with a wide array of systems and applications. Demonstrated ability to analyze requirements and engineer solutions appropriate to the need, always while considering cost, efficiency, and overarching business goals. Proven track record of increasing responsibility in the administration and engineering of advanced systems technologies and concepts. Highly-regarded communication skills; able to translate easily between techno-babble and management speak, as appropriate for the audience and content. Exceptional ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and environments, quickly becoming the goto guy and subject matter expert. Making a positive impact on the world is important to me. I look for opportunities to surround myself with people of great integrity who have familiar and socially-constructive goals. It is important to me that skill and sentiment are equally valued in my work environment. I actively seek out projects that foster my creativity and challenge my intellect.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Philadelphia Insurance Companies Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 01/2010 to Present Senior Infrastructure Engineer (HR title - Senior Administrator) Data center infrastructure technology lead. Principal Linux server engineer, including systems critical to business operation and profitability. Core member of infrastructure architecture team. Senior VMware enterprise engineer. Liaison to Network Engineering, IT Security, and Enterprise Architecture. Data Center Architecture - Technical lead and project manager for multi-million dollar enterprise data center design and implementation in co-lo facility. Virtualization Testing and analysis of tools related to VMware and of other virtualization systems (Xenserver, RHEV). Hands-on production environment build-out. P2V analysis and documentation. DMZ Design - Architected, engineered, and built production DMZ server environment, from hardware spec, procurement, and installation, to complete VMware setup and network integration. Cobbler kickstart provisioning - Defined strict standards for Linux server deployments. Integrated standards into automated provisioning system. Centralized logging - Linux-based rsyslog server for capture of logs from Linux servers, network devices, firewalls, and ESX servers. Leveraged for scripted daily status reporting. SSO - Utilized kerberos and LDAP to integrate Linux servers with Active Directory for authentication and authorization, including shell access and web-tier with Apache. Efficiency expert for allocation of resources and performance tuning of the application and systems stacks (application - middleware - jvm - operating system - virtualization - network - hardware) Java Middleware - Assisted with the design and tuning of JBoss and WebSphere application servers. Cisco Nexus 1000V - Heavily assisted network team with multiple integrations of the virtual switching appliances into HP blade and VMware infrastructure, including Virtual Connect, Flex-10, and ESX 4.1. EMC Symmetrix V-Max - Assisted with Linux, ESX, and Windows server integration with fibre channel SAN storage array. Heavily involved in month-long troubleshooting effort regarding LUN inconsistencies when presented to ESX hosts. Mentor - Worked to develop the skills of other Infrastructure team members.

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Vantage Technologies Yardley, Pennsylvania 02/2008 to 01/2010 Senior Engineer Systems and Operations Architect and engineer of production systems for proprietary SAAS applications. Responsible for developing, testing, and implementing all key IT initiatives. Subject matter expert for Xen virtualization, Amazon cloud computing (EC2 & S3), networking, load-balancing, and provisioning. Administrator of more than 100 CentOS Linux servers and Xen guests, as well as a dozen Windows servers. Chief engineer in the migration of legacy servers to open-source virtualization with Xen on CentOS, drastically reducing energy requirements and increasing server and network efficiency Primary architect for all network projects including load balancing, firewalls, VPN, VLANs, and bonding and trunking Deployment management for all new infrastructure equipment, from rack-and-stack through OS builds and installation of customized application stacks, including Apache, Resin, Java, and in-house applications Provisioning system developed with Cobbler and kickstart, reducing server build-time from days to minutes Upgrade management of OS and application stacks through local yum repositories Red Hat Cluster Suite implemented with iSCSI+CLVM+GFS2 for high-availability shared filesystem as a solution to poor performance over legacy NFS infrastructure Monitoring and trending with tools including Nagios, MRTG, sysstat, pg_top Security champion - Going out of my way to ensure security practices are above the standards prescribed Documentation maintained for both technical and non-technical transfer of knowledge Stateless Linux designed and prototyped for an 80% reduction in storage requirements Load-balancing technology migrated from F5 BIG-IP to Cisco ACE Daily administration of network applications for production use, including DNS, DHCP, SMTP, NFS, CIFS, SNMP, FTP, TFTP, SSH, and MTAs. BASH and PHP scripting for simplified administration tasks SAN & NAS technology implemented with iSCSI for database storage, backups, and Xen guest images Acxiom & EMC Joint Project Conway, Arkansas 10/2007 to 02/2008 Senior Network Engineer (independent consultant) Grid Infrastructure Group Network Engineering lead for a project to develop a commercialized grid processing appliance for data mining. Quickly became the SME for the Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) load-balancing module and Firewall Services Module (FWSM), core components for the appliance functionality. Cisco 6509 core and ATI edge switches engineered to meet specific internal grid VLAN segmentation needs and external uplink requirements, including OSPF routing and EtherChannel bonding Firewall Services Module configured for NAT and PAT, and to secure the internal and external service access of the grid components Composed documentation providing thorough and specific processes for manufacturing and support cases Shell scripting for the management of services on Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers

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Superior Industries International, Inc. Fayetteville, Arkansas 10/2004 to 10/2007 MIS Supervisor Product Engineering Principal for all IT functions of the Product Engineering department for a manufacturer of OEM automotive components. Responsible directly for one Senior Administrator subordinate and indirectly for various staff on a project-basis. Held in esteem for my written and verbal communication skills and ability to translate technology initiatives into ROI analyses digestible by management. Engineered Linux HPC cluster used for manufacturing simulations, including blade servers, Myrinet interconnect, OS kernel tuning, parallel application configuration and tuning with MPICH and OpenMPI, application compilation with gcc, and management with Torque and Maui Completed upgrade of legacy HPC cluster from Red Hat Linux 7.2 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, allowing for updated software with new features and higher accuracy Lead the migration from proprietary HP-UX UNIX workstations to Windows-based PCs for engineering CAD, gaining a 79% performance increase with a 41% reduction in cost Created a comprehensive plan and proposal for replacement of aging hardware with a new parallel HPC Linux cluster for performance gains as high as 76% and a total expected 5-year savings of $1.3 million; proposal was implemented to spec shortly after my leaving the company Developed web-based applications with PHP and MySQL (LAMP) to replace multiple paper-based record systems, improving request response time and enabling a searchable history Active Directory linked for Linux client and web authentication and authorization with LDAP and Kerberos Lifecycle management of numerous engineering applications to meet the strict requirements of our customers, ensuring upgrades were completed within truncated time frames and to defined specifications Auditor of security practices, defining risk and proposing solutions even outside my area of responsibility Satellite engineering offices setup and managed at multiple sites in the US and Mexico Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 03/2002 to 10/2004 General Manager Photo Center Sam's Club #8117 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Managed a team of six in providing professional processing services to area photographers. Consistently improved profit margins month-over-month by diligently refining processes, monitoring sales and processing statistics, and focusing on customer service Systems Administrator Security Operations Home Office Bentonville, Arkansas Member of an Operations support team providing checks-and-balances for the security engineering groups. Responsible for the filtering and distribution of security alerts from vendors and IDS to the appropriate internal teams. Managed the security of Windows servers, workstations, and terminals across thousands of sites around the world. Accountable to strict change management and escalation procedures. Developed scripts, applications, and methods to successfully increase the deployment of up-to-date anti-virus software and definitions from 70% to over 99% of more than 90,000 Windows servers and PCs Aided in the creation of a basic cluster system used for one-hour emergency deployment of anti-virus definitions to 75% of the corporate Windows environment Latco, Inc. Lincoln, Arkansas 04/2000 to 03/2002 Information Systems Manager Principal for company-wide IT operations over sites in six states. Responsible daily for a dozen Windows and Linux servers and nearly 100 Windows desktops. Provided end-user support, administered accounts and domains, managed security protocols, and engineered network infrastructure. Introduced Linux-based technologies to manage Internet resources, resulting in annual operating savings of more than 35%

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Staffmark Training Center Fayetteville, Arkansas 10/1999 to 04/2000 Information Technologies Instructor Teacher of topics from basic PC concepts to advanced enterprise systems administration. Utilized presentation skills to deliver lectures to groups and personal skills to provide individualized one-on-one instruction. Developed and delivered curriculum for A+ and MCSE certification topics Tended to a lab network environment and its migration to a new facility

VOLUNTEER WORK
Oliver Heckman Elementary School Langhorne, Pennsylvania 2009 to Present PTO Board Member Webmaster Technology lead for the Parent Teacher Organization. Design and maintain (within the system constraints) the organization website, keeping up-to-date with current information and events. Organize and format documents and communications. Manage the e-mail system and document sharing through Google Apps. Involved in all board decisions and numerous school activities.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, AND TRAINING

19971999 & 2006 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Red Hat Certified Datacenter Specialist #110-002-771 2011 RHCE RHEL 6 2006 RHCE RHEL 4 Certificates of Expertise: 2011 EX333 Enterprise Security: Network Services 2011 EX423 Directory Services and Authentication 2010 EX436 Clustering and Storage Management 2009 EX401 Deployment and Systems Management 2000 MCSE NT 4 1999 A+, Network+ 2010 Red Hat JBoss Administration 2007 Red Hat Enterprise Security 2005 Hewlett-Packard MC/Serviceguard 2004 Hewlett-Packard HP-UX Administration 2003 Wal-Mart Leadership & Management Skills 2002 Wal-Mart Perl, JavaScript, Visual Basic