My name is Rich Jerrido and I am the person behind 
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Professional Certifications
| • Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) – Certificate #805009430438856 | |
| • Red Hat Certified Datacenter Specialist (RHCDS) – Certificate #805009430438856 | |
| • Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA) – Certificate #502010278100638 | |
| • Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) on RHEL5 – Certificate #805009430438856 | |
| • Certificate of Expertise (Red Hat Enterprise Storage Management) | |
| • Certificate of Expertise (Red Hat Enterprise System Monitoring and Performance Tuning) | |
| • Certificate of Expertise (Red Hat Enterprise Security: Network Services) | |
| • Certificate of Expertise (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization) | |
| • Certificate of Expertise (Red Hat Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management) | |
| • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Windows 2000 | |
| • Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA) on Windows 2000 | |
| • Dell Certified System Engineer (DCSE) on PowerEdge Servers | |
| • CompTIA Network+, Server+, Security+, Linux+ |
Experience
| RED HAT | NEW YORK, NY |
| Solutions Architect | 20 Sep 2010 to Present |
| • Provided a technical point of contact for prospects, customers and the sales team. | |
| • Position and present Red Hat solutions and technical proposals to prospects and customers. | |
| • Lead the gathering of architecture, design, and presentation of solutions to meet the prospect’s needs. | |
| • Research and write the responses to technical sections of RFI/RFPs. | |
| •Drive and support pre-sales pilots, demonstrations, PoCs, evaluations and benchmarks. | |
| QUEST DIAGNOSTICS | WEST NORRITON, PA |
| Linux Administrator/Team Lead | 13 Aug 2007 to 17 Sep 2010 |
| • Served as the Technical Lead for Quest Diagnostics’ Linux team | |
| • Designed, supported, and maintained Oracle Real Application Clusters supporting business critical applications on HP Proliant BL465/BL685 & Integrity Itanium2 platforms on RHEL 4&5 | |
| • Designed disaster recovery plans using EMC’s SRDF replication framework to deliver much lower Recover Time Objectives (RTO) for system recoveries. | |
| • Deployed Red Hat Certificate Server to support Cisco’s Configuration Engine router management product. | |
| • Standardized the environment on RedHat Enterprise Linux.. | |
| • Expanded the environment from 128 to over 280 systems over the course of 12 months. | |
| • Integrated the Linux environment with Active Directory providing a Single Sign On (SSO) solution. | |
| • Using rsyslog & mysql, deployed a custom syslog reporting solution for system alerts and notifications. | |
| • Deployed Redhat Satellite Server with custom repositories to provide a stable management solution for the Linux environment. | |
| • Deployed Active/Active MySQL clusters using Redhat Cluster Suite for supporting internal applications built on the LAMP stack. | |
| ZOG INC | SOUTHAMPTON, PA |
| Lead Disaster Recovery Specialist | 13 Jul 2005 to 6 Aug 2007 |
| • Supported multiple SunGard clients with disaster recovery planning and testing | |
| • Designed disaster recovery plans for Active Directory, Linux, and Exchange 2000/2003 clustered environments | |
| • Developed a recovery package based on the Windows Pre-Installation Environment (Windows PE) for recovering Windows, Linux, and UNIX servers | |
| NET2 TECHNOLOGY GROUP | WARMINSTER PA |
| Network Engineer | 13 Dec 2004 to 20 Jul 2005 |
| • Developed, tested and implemented Linux and BSD based appliance servers for spam filtering and intrusion detection | |
| • Developed consolidated server maintenance & monitoring solution for over 30 servers using VBScript, ADSI, and WMI scripting. | |
| HARMELIN MEDIA | BALA CYNWYD PA |
| Network / Security Specialist | 15 Jun 2004 to 29 Nov 2004 |
| • Managed WatchGuard firewalls and developed network security policy. | |
| • Migrated Domain Controllers from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003 | |
| • Created a custom monitoring system to instantly alert of server issues. | |
| ABBTECH STAFFING | PHILADELPHIA PA |
| IT Specialist | 9 Dec 2003 to 15 Mar 2004 |
| • Helped deploy Windows XP to over 3000 clients | |
| • Installed, configured and repaired workstations and printers | |
| • Custom wrote scripts and software to help manage workstations and printers | |
| UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS | OKINAWA JAPAN, ALBANY GA |
| Network Engineer | 19 Sep 1999 to 19 Sep 2003 |
| • Created routing solutions using Cisco 2600, 3600, 4000 & 7200 series routers | |
| • Implemented multilayer switching using Cisco 5500 series switches | |
| • Implemented public key infrastructure system for secure email and authentication | |
| • Created various scripts to automate most common administrative functions such as installing security fixes, patches and new software | |
Education
| DARTON COLLEGE | ALBANY GA |
| Network Support Specialist | 16 May 2001 to 20 May 2002 |
| Certificate |
| MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS SCHOOL | 29 PALMS CA |
| Small Computer Specialist Course | 7 Mar 2000 to 4 May 2000 |
| Certificate |
| CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL | 29 PALMS CA |
| Diploma | 4 Sep 1995 to 17 Jun 1999 |
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