Kevin W. Farrell, OCP (9i,11g)                          

Tel: (804) 695-6951 ● email: kwfarrell@gmail.com ● Security Clearance: Secret, Top Secret:IT-I (Inactive)

 

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE                                                                                                                           

Challenge and grow professionally; over 15 years of increasing responsibilities in Information Technology ..now seeking to apply these years of training and experience to a highly responsible position in specialized area of enterprise data management, administration, programming and web-enabling applications.

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

·           Middleware engineer supporting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (cms.gov) website: primary support for JBoss

(standalone, SOA, JON-sever, etc) install, configuration and administration; secondary support for MarkLogic Databases and RedHat puppet installation and configuration

·           Primary and sole support for MySQL implementations for eCommerce applications and data migration efforts

·           Deep dive MySQL support to include multi-tenancy, replication and clustering as well as more traditional               functions of backup and recovery; all phases of tuning (OS, my.cnf, sql statements, etc), code debugging

·           Extensive work with migration data stores between RDBMS’s for consolidation and especially to Cloud Platforms               using Informatica, Talend, Pentaho Golden Gate and proprietary RDBMS tools (SSMA, MySql Workbench,               SqlDeveloper)

·          Drive application databases migration to the cloud – AWS/RDS and HPCS endpoints

·           Production DBA responsibilities as an Enterprise Architect for installation, configuration,                                     migration, availability, tuning, backup and recovery of business critical databases (PeopleSoft); secondary               support of development and testing on MS SqlServer databases; RAC; XML;              

·           Sole administrator of mid-tier application and web servers to JBoss, Apache,  Tomcat, GlassFish, etc.

·           Primary and sole for LDAP directory support (OID, Apache Directory Studio, ODSSE to include data ETL,               installation, configuration, troubleshooting, replication, ssl, sso, PKI and CaC enable applications

·           Specialized experience in High Availability Oracle databases and Application Server

· Primary support for the full Oracle IdAM suite to include OAM, OIM, OVD, OID

· Open Source Solutions evangelist for cloud computing running MySQL, MariaDB, Linux Apache, (LAMP)

 

SPECIALIZED SKILLS

Computer Language Proficiency    

Advanced - Visual Basic, VBA, PL/SQL, SQL, PLSQL, Java, Unix Scripting, (Korn, BASH), Perl, PhP

 

Oracle Database Product Suite Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g

         ·       Backup and Recovery utilizing RMAN

         ·       High Availability to include Replication, Data Guard, RAC

         ·       Database and Application performance Tuning

         ·       Data warehousing, extraction/transformation/loading

         ·       User Product Suites: Oracle Collaboration Suite, Oracle Internet Directory, Discoverer, Oracle Forms and Reports

         ·       Oracle Golden Gate Replication Services

         ·       Informatica Fast Clone and Data Replication

 

Oracle Identity Management

         ·       Install, configure, administer Oracle Access Manager (OAM)

         ·       Install, configure, administer Oracle Weblogic Server

         ·       Install, configure, administer Oracle Internet Directory Server (OID)

         ·       Troubleshoot Oracle Portal/WCI issues

         ·       Install, configure, and administer Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition

 

MySQL

         ·       Install, configure, administer MySQL on Linux in local installs and in AWS/RDS, HP Cloud Services

         ·       Deep dive performance tune at the database, operating system and statement level

         ·       Proficient in vertical and horizontal scaling

         ·       Install, configure, administer MySQL Replication

 

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Middleware

   ·       Install, configure, administer Tuxedo, Weblogic, Geronimo, Glassfish, JBoss

 

Other RDBMS:Microsoft SQLServer, Informix, Vertica, NoSQL, Hadoop, MarkLogic                                              

Operating Systems:Advanced  - Sun Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, RH Linux

Intermediate – Windows 2000

  Data Security:     Highly familiar with US Government required encryption utilizing Oracle Advanced Security options, to included TDE (column and tablespace level), Oracle Database Vault, AES, DES, wallets (Java key stores), PKI, SSL, SSO, DIACAP, STIGS

Performance Evaluations: Advanced – HP Loadrunner v11.5; Java Virtual Machine tuning; database performance; OS level troubleshooting, SQL statement tuning

 

Intimate knowledge of DoD security and vulnerability methods to include Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), Security Readiness Review (SRR) scripts, and Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

 

One of three DBA’s on HP’s Agile Consulting Team (ACE) – an industry group that includes sysDBAs, Storage/BUR, S/W management, Unix team, Identity & Access management, and other groups. The purpose is to create a virtual team of technical expertise for Delivery to engage during Severity 1 service delivery outages. 

 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

04/2010 to Present: IT Consultant IV - HP Enterprise Services

· Middleware Engineer supporting Combined Medical Services of US Government (CMS/healthcare.gov):  JBoss SME; Puppet installation and administration; MarkLogic Database administration

· IT Generalist for sundry projects throughout HP Enterprise to include Healthcare.gov website; eCommerce applications running LAMP and in various Cloud architects; User Directory store for Navy Enterprise Portal; capacity planning for large HP clients; high specialized consulting assignment for HP clients; Middleware Engineer supporting the Combined Medical Services of US Government (CMS)

·ACE team (Agile Consulting Team):     Special project member for high level assignments to include performance and tuning of applications in RAC environments;   backup and ETL best practice SME; data migration for sundry stores into LDAP v3 Directory Server; migration of data routines to other platforms.  Solutions  provided to the following clients; California Welfare Integrated Network (CalWin); State of New Jersey Consolidated Assistance Support System (NJCass), Bimbo Bakeries USA, intra-Company eComerce applications, ConWay Trucking, Department of Homeland Security

· Extensive work in designing solutions for intra-HP endeavors for cloud computing based on Open Source Software to include MySQL

· Oracle SME for various Government agencies to include NMCI, DoD, DLA, NEIS, DLA

· Architect responsible for planning, installing, prototyping databases (Oracle and Mysql), mid-tier solutions for PKI

· Installed, configured and capacity planned Oracle 11gR databases

· Installed, configured and capacity planned Oracle Identity Management solution to include Access Manager, Internet          Directory, Virtual Directory, Federation, etc.· Assisted in planning and engineering existing DoD data warehouse

· Assisted in engineering and installing Linux environments

· Installed, configured, administered Weblogic Java application server

 

05/2011 to 12/2011 Senior Oracle Database Administrator – Genesis10 subcontractor to Bank of America USA

· One of five teams members supporting BofA Card Database Engineering Division

·  Primary and sole support configuring and later administrating new Integrated Credit and Deposit Platform(ICDP)

hosting SAVVION Business Process Software; on four RAC clusters (production and QA); two reporting servers(Dataguard); 9 QA servers; and 2 development  servers

·  Troubleshoot general database issues to include performance, space issues, patching; on RAC and standalone servers

· Installed, configured, tested, documented, administered Oracle Golden Gate replication services

· Setup, administer and troubleshoot DataGuard failover architectures

· Performance tune application injection from JVM Web Sphere to the back-end database

· Advised developers on the proper use and configuration of Oracle Advanced Security option

 

 

 

 

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03/2010 to 05/2011 ORACLE CONSULTANT – Autonomic Resources first as sub, later as employee to Hewlett-Packard Government Solutions

· One of three teams members on the NEIS (Navy Enterprise Information Services) Identity Management migration team for NMCI

· Assisted in the migration of Navy/Marine Corp personnel information from disparate propriety data stores  into an Oracle Identity Management Enterprise solution

· Wrote conversion routines in Java to Extract Transform and Load data into OID

· Assisted in troubleshooting server issues related to OVD, OIM, OIF, OAM and OID in three environments: development, integration and production

 

· Later transitioning to primary support for the full Oracle IdAM suite to include OAM, OIF, OIM, OVD, OID

· Oracle Application Server 10.1.3.n – SOA, BPEL, ESB, WSM – install, configure and administer

 

06/2009 to 03/2010 Senior Database Administrator– Chesterfield County, VA

·Primary support to County Public Safety Record Management System and GIS; secondary support for ERP system (iFAS)

·Institute 24/7 database support for Police Dispatch Incident Call-In system

·Secondary support for MS SQL databases versions 2000/2005/2008 to include T-SQL, SSIS, and DTS packages 

·Migrate legacy system from IBM DB2 to Oracle 10g running on AIX 5.3

·Plan, institute and mentor RMAN backups and Oracle Grid Control across Enterprise

· Support and performance tune Enterprise GIS system (ArcGis 9.3.1)

 

10/2007 to 06/2009 Senior Consultant– Eiden Systems Corporation

· Contracted to Department of Defense, Defense Supply Center – Richmond, Virginia

· Subject matter expert – Oracle Application Server; PKI and CaC enable applications; Oracle Internet Directory

· Install, configure, troubleshoot, patch, performance tune and maintain Mid-Tier, Infrastructure, and Metadata repositories supporting DoD Defense Logistics Agency

 

· Migrate legacy Forms/Reports/Portal applications to J2EE

· Setup MySQL databases and routine maintenance routines for Proof of Concept

· Support MetaData Repositories on three-node RAC configuration

· High Availability Oracle Application Server powered by Apache, SSO, OID, SSL w/DoD Certs

· Primary support for critical Air Force applications written in Java EAR files and Oracle Forms and Reports

· Unix OS (Solaris) support for J6U, Hill Air Force Base, Ogden Utah

 

10/2006 to 10/2007 Principal Database Administrator – Raytheon Technical Services at NASA

·  Primary Support for 32 production, development, testing Oracle databases for the NASA business division on Sun Solaris servers

·  Install, configure, troubleshoot, performance tune and maintain databases versions 9.2.0 through 10.2.3

·  Primary and sole support for Oracle Enterprise Manager and Oracle Application Server

·  Database developer coding in PL/SQL and Perl for various business applications

·  Secondary DBA support for MySQL databases and Cold Fusion server administration

·  Researched and implemented Oracle’s Transparent Data Encryption at the column and tablespace level using well-      known standards -  Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Data Encryption Standards (DES)

 

10/2005 to 10/2006 Oracle Application Server Administrator – BAE Systems

· Support 16 production web servers and two infrastructure databases for the U.S.Navy Time and Attendance Application (SLDCADA); and sundry development servers on Sun Solaris servers

·Install, configure, troubleshoot, performance tune and maintain the middle tier server farm hosting versions 1.0.2.2 through 10.1.2

·Primary and sole OID (LDAP) support to include installation, configuration, troubleshooting, replication, ssl, sso

·Configure, support, and tune J2EE WAR deployments

. Followed government requirements for data transport/storage encryption through the use of military-grade cryptology  

standards

·Secondary DBA support for backend Oracle databases

 

 

 

 

 

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01/2005 to 10/2005 Database Administrator – Ferguson Enterprises Incorporated

·Production DBA for seven business critical Oracle Databases in support of PeopleSoft Implementation,data-warehouse and other functional installations on HP-UX servers

·Primary support for database backups utilizing automated RMAN routines

·Secondary support for approximately 70 MSSQL and Informix databases

·Application support for sundry business systems for

·Began to support Oracle Application Server installation, configuration and troubleshooting

 

02/99 to 01/2005 Database Administrator – Newport News Public Schools

·Maintain and administer Oracle databases (8i, 9i, 10g) for various enterprise applications on Windows and Sun Solaris servers

·Program front-end applications in Java, Visual Basic, PL/SQL, Perl, Unix scripting

·Develop desktop applications as front-end for Cobal/VSAM mainframe architecture utilizing MS Access, Excel and Visual Basic

·Enterprise level programming in Perl and Unix shell scripts

·Administer and support application servers running Apache, Oracle Forms and Reports, Discoverer, etc.

·Install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot Oracle Collaboration Suite

·Install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot Sun Identity suite of products

·Troubleshoot and assist in network administration

 

1988 to 1999  INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AND SOLE PROPRIETOR

· Operated a fee appraisal/consulting business serving all major lending institutions throughout Hampton

Roads MSA

· Generated detailed written reports for upper-level management decisions regarding mortgage loan portfolios 

 

EDUCATION                                                                                                                                                    

1996 - 1997 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY School of Business

 

1997 - 1999              OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY School of Business/Computer Science   

 

1978             BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE Belmont, North Carolina

        Bachelor of Arts Political Science

                    Minor in History and English

 

 

 1999 -               VARIOUS SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL TRAINING

Enterprise DBA Part 1B: Backup and Recovery Workshop – Oracle University

Enterprise DBA Part 2: Performance and Tuning – Oracle University

Java Programming – Oracle University

Database Programming with Visual Basic – Infotec

SA-239 Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment

SA-225-S10 Solaris 10 New Features for Experienced System Administrators

SA-245 Shell Programming for System Administrators

Sun ONE Directory Server 5.x: Maintenance and Operation

Sun ONE Directory Server 5.x: Analysis and Planning

Systems Management Using Sun Management Center

OracleAS 10g: Enterprise Identity Management

OracleAS 10g: Enterprise Identity Management II

Oracle Directory Services 11g: Administration (pilot course) 

System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System Part I and II Fast Track

Oracle Certified Professional Database Administrator

CompTIA Security+ Certified

Oracle Access Manager: Administration

VILT-LoadRunner 11: Essentials, Level 300

Vertica Introduction

Oracle 11g: RAC and Grid Infrastructure Administration Accelerated

 

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Secret Security Clearance – TSI

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