Brad Derstine
16 Lenape Dr, Sellersville, PA 18960
BDerstine@gmail.com
215-804-9721 (Google Voice)
http://www.bradderstine.com
Objective
I’m a versatile IT professional who has made a career out of learning the necessary technologies and tools to accomplish the tasks at hand. I believe in using the right tool for the job so I keep an open mind when it comes to what technologies to use. I’m looking for a company that will appreciate and take advantage of this education and challenge me to expand my knowledge and keep growing as a professional.
Employment History
August 2010 – Present
MEDecision Inc., ASP Application Admin
Wayne, PA
- Provide 3rd level support for managed, internal healthcare portal application
- Provide system administration support for Linux servers supporting the portal application
- Manage several CA Siteminder instances to secure our internet access for customers/clients
- Provide backup system administration support for AIX servers and applications
- Work with various departments on application requirements and updates
- Created Red Hat patching scheme with Yum, later moving to Spacewalk
- Consolidated acquired resources from former company and migrated to internal environments
- Provide VMware vSphere administration for Linux servers across all development & production environments
- Re-configured several VMware ESX servers into a vSphere 4.1 cluster
- Provide support to other internal departments for development environments
- Follow established policies and procedures for code deployments to test and production environments
August 2010 – Present
PAWSibilities Animal Rescue, Associate Director
Harleysville, PA
- Provide animal care and support to non-profit animal rescue shelter on a part-time basis
- Re-coded and manage the WordPress based website, http://www.pawsibilitiesrescue.org
- Created custom theme template based on a previous static web design
- Consulted on various technologies for services to the property owner
- Currently a board member for the non-profit organization
May 2010 – Present
Owner/Developer, BizzarTech.com
Sellersville, PA
- Started this during recent unemployment to provide computer support and web development services
- Created several projects based on WordPress templates, primarily BizzarPress, http://www.bizzarpress.com
- Consult to small business owners on technology upgrades available to them
- Re-coded several sites hosted for friends and family into WordPress based sites
- If I had to call all my side projects something, I call it BizzarTech, http://www.bizzartech.com
January 2010 – April 2010
SunGard Availability Services, Engineer/Developer
Philadelphia, PA
- Designed and developed second generation managed services portal
- Technologies used included Python, Django, jquery, html/css, javascript, mysql
- New portal heavily integrated into legacy portal to help migrate functionality
- Used iframes and custom integrations to Remedy ticketing system
- I was responsible for most of the framework and ui
- This was a great extension of my previous position at SunGard
July 2008 – January 2010
SunGard Availability Services, Production Support Analyst/Release Manager/Engineer
Philadelphia, PA
- Windows Server 2003/2008
- Responsible for Tier II support of managed services portal application
- Helped design additional requirements for monitoring, logging, and reporting application issues
- Work with different departments to identify sub-system dependencies
- Other departments include Monitoring, Infrastructure, Product Development, Business Analysts
- Create and update documentation that defines architecture and dependencies
- Created small C#.net application to assist with dependency availability monitoring from IIS
- Developed C#.net application to show current system health for dependencies
- performed some basic Remedy troubleshooting related to the portal (users, ticket integration_
- Wrote small, custom C#.net applications for custom projects, mostly SQL data dumps for reporting requests
- Help manage Oracle, Postgresql, MySQL, and MS SQL databases for data integrity
- Assist with code releases including packing, deployment, and testing in a C#.net environment
- Evaluate and troubleshoot code issues in C#.net code base
- Used code revision tools Subversion and Cruise Control to maintain code integrity
- Supported complex .net IIS web server environment, data layer, and other dependencies
- Advised Infrastructure team on changes needed to system and network configurations
- Network changes included DNS, F5 load balancers, firewall, network configuration
- System changes included IIS, SQL server, supporting .net infrastructure
- Created documentation to help evaluate new technologies and testing methodologies
- Managed and supported multiple development environments and code deployment in these environments
Nov 2006 – Feb 2008
Probaris Technologies, Network Admin
Philadelphia, PA
- Linux (Red Hat, Debian), Solaris, Windows Server 2003
- Assumed all roles of IT administration including backups, phones, and data
- Managed the relocation of all IT infrastructure during organization relocation
- Moved server room from 3rd floor to 2nd floor, low downtime, low interruption
- Assist developers with technology questions and improve testing methodology
- Assist users with VPN and wireless connectivity
- Work with marketing to improve website and other technology strategies
- Implemented key IT systems to monitor and report on network and hardware issues
- Used open source and commercial software to replace legacy network systems
- Supported 25 users, locally and remote (DC and Colorado)
- Supported Samba directory services, DNS, Yum/Apt/Up2date, Sendmail/Exim/Courier
- Worked with different virtualization platforms (VMware, MS Virtual Server/PC)
- Managed network infrastructure including router, switches, networking protocols
- Supported mostly Dell hardware
May 2005 – Nov 2006
Answerthink / The Hackett Group, Unix Admin
Conshohocken, PA
- Linux (Red hat, CentOS, Fedora, FreeBSD), Solaris, Windows Server 2003
- Setup and managed the server managed system utilizing MRTG and custom scripts
- Assisted in the migration of Solaris web applications to Linux
- Migrated web server cluster to IBM BladeCenter hardware
- Lead a migration project to VMware to consolidate server hardware and costs
- Worked with different virtualization platforms (VMware, MS Virtual Server/PC)
- Assisted with 5 week Tomcat performance/load testing project
- Performed an actual disaster recovery at DBSI in Bethlehem, PA
- Updated and managed Bash and Perl scripts for backups, monitoring, and code deployment
- Wrote disaster recovery documents and provided information for Sarbox auditing
- Supported 800+ users, locally and remote (Atlanta, Miami, London, India)
- Supported DNS, rsync, Apache, Tomcat, NFS/Samba, Yum/Apt/Up2date, Sendmail, LDAP, SMTP
- Managed Cisco Firewall management, IBM blade center technology
- Supported a variety of Compaq, HP, Dell, and IBM hardware for a variety of projects
- Installed and configured Oracle business suite application
- Managed and supported multiple development environments and code deployment in these environments
Aug 2000 – May 2005
Severn Trent Services, 1st Level Tech Support, 2nd Level Tech Support, Phone Admin, Linux Admin
Colmar, PA
- Linux (Red Hat, Fedora), Windows Server 2003
- Setup and managed the online helpdesk system
- Designed and programmed PHP based Intranet site
- Designed and programmed PHP based file sharing site
- Managed the Siemens PBX phone system and voicemail system
- Written policies and documentation for disaster recovery and Sarbox auditing
- Updated and managed Bash and Perl scripts for backups and monitoring
- Previous positions include first and second level tech support, phone PBX admin
- Supported 100+ users, locally and remote (Texas, London)
- Supported DNS, FTP, Apache, Tomcat, Samba, Yum/Apt/Up2date, Sendmail, LDAP, SMTP
- Assisted with AD administration and the integration of Linux operations within a Windows environment
- Supported a variety of Compaq, HP, Dell, and IBM hardware for a variety of projects
Education
** Note, most of my IT education has come from on the job training through some great mentors and managers.
Montgomery County Community College
2002-2003
Computer Science, and other general courses (Java)
Allentown Business School
1999-2000
Management and Marketing Courses
Upper Bucks Vo-Tech School
1995-1999
Business Information Technology
References
Please contact me for my references.