Sun Microsystems Work Values

Daily Duties at Sun Microsystems:

System Support Engineer Project: Department of Defense (Feb 2005 – Oct 2006) 1 Dedicated on site engineer to the Department of Defense. 2 Responsibilities were for operation and maintenance for a mission critical server room. 3 Supported high-end Sun servers in a SAN environment and communication to third party storage. 4 Technologies used: Solaris 8/9/10, Veritas Volume Manager, Solaris Volume Manager, Veritas File System, Sun Cluster Software, SAN connectivity, TCP/IP with IPMP and Shell scripting Project: America Online (2001 – 2005) 5 Dedicated on site engineer to America Online. 6 Responsibilities included support and maintenance of all Sun servers across three different data centers. 7 These servers were the primary mail servers, mail attachment servers, and streaming audio servers. 8 Support included the installation and configuration of mid-range servers, networking, user administration, Solaris and Veritas upgrades, and first level end user support. 9 Technologies used: Solaris 2.6/7/8, Veritas Volume Manager, Solstice Disk Suite, Veritas File System, TCP/IP, IPMP, Out-of-band connectivity and Sun Cluster Software DC General Territory (1995 – 2001) 1 Support Engineer for the Washington, DC, Virginia, Maryland general territory. 2 Supported various Sun customers throughout the area performing Tier 1 assistance. 3 Primary responsibility was resolution of customer issues which would involve anything from network, storage, or operating system. 4 Technologies used: Solaris 2.6/7, IPMP, Solstice Disk Suite

What they like about Sun Microsystems:

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

Tags

Solaris, RedHat Linux, Veritas, TCP/IP, SAN, networking, SMTP, cluster technology, ZFS, Sendmail, IPMP, DNS, ksh shell scripting, LVM, SVM, SDS, multipathing, bonding, out of band connectivity

Skills

P&L responsibilities, Sales Support, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership , Certified Solaris Administrator, Veritas Volume Manager, Cluster technology, RedHat Linux, TCP/IP, RBAC security, IPMP, Korn Shell Scripting

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