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William Bloom |
7819 W. Port Au Prince
Phoenix, AZ 85381
williambloom@mac.com
(623) 486-9210 |
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Systems/Network administration, system deployment planning, software
development, and integration of mission-critical UNIX systems.
Prefer to remain in Phoenix,
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work experience |
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Snr High Performance Computing Systems Administrator -
General Motors |
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May 19 2014 to Present |
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Lead individual contributor role in systems administration, network
administration, system security managment, operational platform
deployment planning, and development of monitoring tools for a high performance
grid computing system.
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Snr Systems Engineer -
KinetX Inc |
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June 2 2008 to February 14 2014 |
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Contracted to the
General Dynamics C4S Space Network
Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS) project for NASA from September 2011 to
present. Systems engineering on development of software for NASA space network
Fleet and Ground Management (FGM), entailing requirements engineering and
authoring of control documents that define software interfaces for SGSS network
management functions. Tools included IBM Rational DOORS, IBM Rational Rhapsody,
IBM Rational ClearCase, and SmartBear CodeCollaborator.
Participated on a KinetX software development team for the Broad Area Maritime
Surveillance (BAMS) Aircraft Recorder project from October 2010 to
August 2011. Role focused mainly on testing
and verification, including development of test suites for integrated and
acceptance testing as well as authoring of the Software Test Plan (STP),
Software Test Description (STD), and Software Test Report (STR) documents
as defined in the KinetX CMMI project plan.
Participated as an appraiser in CMMI 1.2 SCAMPI team appraisal for successful
attainment of Level 3 certification by KinetX.
Contracted by KinetX to the
General Dynamics C4S
Trusted Virtual Environment (TVE) project from November 2009 to September 2010
as a systems engineer. Development of software in Python, ANSI C, and Shell
for a virtualization platform utilizing VMware that complies with NSA security
guidances and DISA Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIG). Also
engineered a VPN solution for TVE utilizing CISCO ASA and StrongSWAN.
Contracted to the
General Dynamics C4S
Future Combat Systems (FCS) project
from June 2008 to September 2009
as a system engineer. Development of software in C++, Python, and Shell
for a Cross Domain Guard (CDG) solution. Also provided systems
administration, systems integration, and network engineering support for
the development team lab. Significant development work in C++ with
the OpenSSL API, including FIPS enablement. Acquired experience using
IBM ClearCase and Rational Rose RT. Development and target platform is
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.1. Contracted afterward to the General Dynamics
Trusted Virtual Environment project. Then assigned to the
Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Airborne Recorder (BAR) project
development team within KinetX in order to help develop a radar recording system for
an unmanned airborne vehicle (i.e. drone aircraft) to be used chiefly by
the Navy.
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Snr Systems Engineer -
Eldorado Computing Inc |
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Oct 30 2001 to May 30 2008 |
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Lead individual contributor role in systems administration, network
administration, system security managment, and operational
application deployment planning for a health insurance adjudication
ASP UNIX system. Development of software in Perl, Python, Shell, C
for use by administration and support staffs. UNIX training to
administrators and internal support staff. Played key role in
operational development and rollout of production ASP system,
including attainment of >99.9% production availability. Third
tier ASP customer support. Platforms include Solaris/SPARC,
Linux/INTEL, FreeBSD/INTEL. |
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Snr Systems Engineer -
Pegasus Solutions Inc |
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May 28 1996 to Oct 29 2001 |
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Senior systems engineer in principal systems administrator role for
a production UNIX hotel CRS ASP, including security management.
Customers included Hilton, Sonesta, Days Inn, Forte (Europe).
Development of software tools for administration of systems,
participation in application software development architecture
planning. Platforms are similar to above, with addition of
DCOX/Pyramid-Siemens. Maintained >99.9% production availability
for one of the largest ASP CRS systems in the US. |
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Systems Engineer -
AMR Corp |
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Sep 20 1986 to May 28 1996 |
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Systems administration, system software development, network
engineering/administration, systems integration, technical
management for a telemarketing system. Redeveloped 50% of the
telemarketing system software, achieving significant increase in
stability and performance and averting $7M of platform costs. Moved
into management, taking responsibility over five technical
departments and 29 employees in systems programming, network
administration, reporting analysis, system operators, and systems
administration. |
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education |
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University of Texas at Dallas |
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M.S. Mathematical Sciences with
Emphasis in Computer Science
1983 |
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University of Texas at Dallas |
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M.S. Chemistry 1981 |
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North Texas State University |
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B.S Biochemistry 1978 |
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skills |
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System administration of a variety of UNIX systems since 1983. Software
development with C/C++/Objective-C, Perl, Python, Shell, MUMPS, Smalltalk,
Java, sundry assemblers. Experience as a CMMI SCAMPI appraiser.
Software engineering with IBM Rational DOORS/Rhapsody/ClearCase and SmartBear
CodeCollaborator.
Project
oriented, with tangible deliverables in mind and careful attention to customer
needs. Use of a tool-based approach in order to heighten efficiency of myself
and others, and hence leverage existing staff without increased headcount.
Personal emphasis on teamwork and fluent collaboration with coworkers and other
departments. Coworkers, management, and customers have become accustomed to
seeking my help for breakthrough problem solving. Skillful with customers,
internal as well as external. Enthusiasm for expanding knowledge, able to
self-educate. Able to convey knowledge to others. Absence of territorialism.
Experience in leadership, with a style that respects and enthuses employees
rather than bullies
them. |
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