Louis A Cintron, Jr

Cloud Native with head in the clouds. Vaccinated and willing to travel.

San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

About

Systems Engineer-Linux Administrator-Cloud Hosting Insightful results driven engineering a professional with several notable successes in systems administration, database design, database optimization, big data analysis, network administration, and devops. Detail-oriented and highly-collaborative team player eager to solve challenges and to work with teams supporting stack scaling with demonstrable leadership skills for fast-paced environments. Currently serving as a Linux Systems Engineer with The Office of Information for the United States Courts. Areas of Expertise: Customer Service & Relations Leading Change & People Result Driven & Business Acumen Building Coalitions & Teams Project Management Change Management Networking Data Center Operations Branded Hardware Operations Strong troubleshooting skills of very complex systems Ability to explain complex IT concepts in simple terms Ability to manage high priority projects Proven ability to work successfully with limited supervision Technical Proficiencies: ITIL v2 & v3 Foundations Certified CompTIA Certified: A+, Server+, Network+, Linux+, and Security+ vmWare 5.x, 6.x (vSphere, vROPS, vRealize) Systems Administration/Multi-Operating System Oriented Cloud Computing Amazon AWS Kubernetes 1.20+ VMWare Tanzu Kubernetes Containers/Docker Redhat/OpenShift 3.X Redhat IPA (Identity Management System) Git/Github/GitLab TrueSight Server Automation BMC/BSA/TSSA Veritas Netbackup Client Software Cyberark PSP/PSMP Trend Micro Deep Security Manager Tenable Nessus Infoblox IP Manager Smart IT Remedy ServiceNow (SNOW) JIRA Gallup 10 Strengths: Includer Strategic Positivity Woo Achiever Responsibility Learner Analytical Arranger Relator

Experience

  • Systems Engineer-Linux Administrator-Cloud Hosting at Stratus Technology Integration Services
    Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Cloud Hosting and Network Office Linux Administrator for The Administrative Offices of the United States Courts. Hands-on experience with day-to-day Linux (RHEL 5.X/6.X/7.X) and Windows (2008 R2/2012) operations with application installation, support, testing and troubleshooting skills. Hands-on experience with VMware systems administrator (vSphere 5.X/6.X, vROPS, vCenter). Experience working in an ITIL environment, CHNO (Formally CMCO) team DM, RHEL Satellite Administrator/BladeLogic Server Automation support and SME/DTS Change Management team Point of Contact. Key Achievements: Project Management/Change Management Demonstrate ability to communicate to nontechnical audience and technical issues Demonstrate ability to communicate on a technical level to a technical audience Redhat RHEL 6.x, 7.x, 8.x Systems Administrator Redhat OpenShift Redhat Ansible BSA/BladeLogic Administrator VMware System Administration with vSphere 5.x/6.x (performance monitoring, troubleshooting, disaster recovery) Windows System Administration Server 2008/2012 Database Administrator Experience (Informix 11.X & 12.X, MySQL/MariaDB) Kubernetes DevSecOps Team Lead Administrator Security Administrator Team Consultant

  • Systems Engineer-Linux Administrator-Cloud Hosting at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
    Nov 2016 - Jan 2023 · 6 yrs 3 mos

    Cloud Hosting and Network Office Linux Administrator for The Administrative Offices of the United States Courts. Hands-on experience with day-to-day Linux (RHEL 5.X/6.X/7.X) and Windows (2008 R2/2012) operations with application installation, support, testing and troubleshooting skills. Hands-on experience with VMware systems administrator (vSphere 5.X/6.X, vROPS, vCenter). Experience working in an ITIL environment, CHNO (Formally CMCO) team DM, RHEL Satellite Administrator/BladeLogic Server Automation support and SME/DTS Change Management team Point of Contact. Key Achievements: Project Management/Change Management Demonstrate ability to communicate to nontechnical audience and technical issues Demonstrate ability to communicate on a technical level to a technical audience Redhat RHEL 6.x, 7.x, 8.x Systems Administrator Redhat OpenShift Redhat Ansible BSA/BladeLogic Administrator VMware System Administration with vSphere 5.x/6.x (performance monitoring, troubleshooting, disaster recovery) Windows System Administration Server 2008/2012 Database Administrator Experience (Informix 11.X & 12.X, MySQL/MariaDB) Kubernetes DevSecOps Team Lead Administrator Security Administrator Team Consultant

  • CM Replication System Engineer-Linux Administrator at Camber Corporation
    Apr 2014 - Nov 2016 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Cloud Hosting and Network Office Linux Administrator for The Administrative Offices of the United States Courts. Hands-on experience with day-to-day Linux (RHEL 5.X/6.X/7.X) and Windows (2008 R2/2012) operations with application installation, support, testing and troubleshooting skills. Hands-on experience with VMware systems administrator (vSphere 5.X/6.X, vROPS, vCenter). Experience working in an ITIL environment, CHNO (Formally CMCO) team DM, RHEL Satellite Administrator/BladeLogic Server Automation support and SME/DTS Change Management team Point of Contact. Key Achievements: Project Management/Change Management Demonstrate ability to communicate to nontechnical audience and technical issues Demonstrate ability to communicate on a technical level to a technical audience Redhat RHEL 6.x, 7.x, 8.x Systems Administrator Redhat OpenShift Redhat Ansible BSA/BladeLogic Administrator VMware System Administration with vSphere 5.x/6.x (performance monitoring, troubleshooting, disaster recovery) Windows System Administration Server 2008/2012 Database Administrator Experience (Informix 11.X & 12.X, MySQL/MariaDB) Kubernetes DevSecOps Team Lead Administrator Security Administrator Team Consultant

  • CM Replication System Engineer-Linux Administrator at Avaya Government Solutions
    Nov 2012 - Mar 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Cloud Hosting and Network Office Linux Administrator for The Administrative Offices of the United States Courts. Hands-on experience with day-to-day Linux (RHEL 5.X/6.X/7.X) and Windows (2008 R2/2012) operations with application installation, support, testing and troubleshooting skills. Hands-on experience with VMware systems administrator (vSphere 5.X/6.X, vROPS, vCenter). Experience working in an ITIL environment, CHNO (Formally CMCO) team DM, RHEL Satellite Administrator/BladeLogic Server Automation support and SME/DTS Change Management team Point of Contact. Key Achievements: Project Management/Change Management Demonstrate ability to communicate to nontechnical audience and technical issues Demonstrate ability to communicate on a technical level to a technical audience Redhat RHEL 6.x, 7.x, 8.x Systems Administrator Redhat OpenShift Redhat Ansible BSA/BladeLogic Administrator VMware System Administration with vSphere 5.x/6.x (performance monitoring, troubleshooting, disaster recovery) Windows System Administration Server 2008/2012 Database Administrator Experience (Informix 11.X & 12.X, MySQL/MariaDB) Kubernetes DevSecOps Team Lead Administrator Security Administrator Team Consultant

  • Rackspace ()
    • Level I - III Data Center Operations Team Lead Technician Level 3
      2001 - 2012 · 11 yrs

      Managed various data center locations by leading robust operations and maintenance procedures. Developed and maintained customer relationships, and participated in the long-term strategic planning of department. Key Achievements: Provided 24x7 data center operations management. Trained technicians on policies, procedures, and standards. Expert operating systems and hardware troubleshooting. Maintained and promoted a positive work environment.

    • Data Center Inventory Technician
      2001 - 2012 · 11 yrs

      Key Achievements: Designed RMA Procedures for current and legacy hardware which resulted in recovering approximately $60 thousand worth of inventory. Designed and implemented a testing procedure to diagnose and repair Inventory hardware. Designed and implemented testing stations used to diagnose hardware related issues in conjunction with the RMA Procedures. Maintained based level of Inventory to ensure efficient hardware retrieval upon customer requests. Maintained off-site magnetic tape rotation, backup schemes, and procedures regarding Rackspace Tape Backup Solution.

    • Level I - III Data Center Operations Technician
      2001 - 2012 · 11 yrs

      Recruited to build and monitor custom ordered servers while troubleshooting hardware and network problems. Key Achievements: Capacity to build, upgrade, and configure a custom ordered servers with various platforms and configurations Highly effective at monitoring, repairing, upgrades and downgrades to servers. Successfully oversaw all electrical, mechanical and emergency generator systems while reporting as needed. High-Availability (HA) ESXi systems Public & Private Cloud deployment High-Availability (HA) Networking Equipment RHEL 5.x Systems Administrator Windows Systems Administrator