KEVIN DONALD
LONDON
Summary
Experienced IT professional with extensive expertise in IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, and Linux systems, complemented by proficiency in Microsoft Windows environments. Demonstrates strong capabilities in server management across IBM Power, Dell, and HP Proliant platforms. Skilled in programming languages including PERL, KORN/BASH SHELL, C/C++, JAVA, and SQL, alongside advanced knowledge of cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure and google Cloud. Adept at utilising IBM WebSphere Application Server to optimise system performance. Committed to leveraging technical skills to drive innovation and efficiency within enterprise IT infrastructures.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer
ASML
04.2020 - 01.2023
- Provided Redhat Linux support running on ASML Servers managing internal chipmaking processes.
- Assisted the migration of internal applications utilizing docker containers and deployments using Ansible.
- Supported the migration and Upgrading the Linux estate to remain compliant to global security policies.
- Supported the onboarding of new applications within the department.
- ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment.
Linux DevOps Engineer
ING NL
04.2018 - 04.2020
- Main role is within the infrastructure team providing support for the main trading application where I am performing transformation projects.
- Migrating the internal departmental applications utilizing docker containers and deployments using Ansible.
- Assisted with the implementation of Azure Cloud virtual instances.
- Additional tasks involve implementing and responding to security events, managing WebSphere instances, ansible scripting and documenting.
- Managed VM ware instances including upgrading.
- Analyzing performance and using vMotion to better spread CPU load.
- ING is a global bank with a strong European base.
AIX Engineer
ATOS NL
11.2016 - 01.2018
- Role responsible for the roll out and support of new Power 8 (S822) Served as 3rd Level engineer (SME).
- Daily tasks involved SAN/OS data migrations and creation and support of VIO(Virtual) servers.
- Additional support of PowerHA 7 environments.
- Additional support for Red Hat 6 servers. Both environments are set up in a High Availability configuration.
- Provide support and guidance for PERL scripting.
- Provided limited support for SAP application.
- Atos is a global leader in digital transformation.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Ingenico ePayments
04.2015 - 09.2016
- Lead technical engineer of the Linux platform responsible for the full lifecycle management (deployment, configuration, licensing, security, patching) of Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on VMware virtualization technologies supporting DTAP Role was split 20% daily operations; 80% project/enhancement support.
- Performed detailed system performance evaluations from a RHEL and VMware perspective.
- Supported the role out of Puppet configuration management tool.
- Created and responsible for the team Agile Kanban board and daily stand-ups.
- Supported junior colleagues providing technical guidance and assistance which included setting up HLTD (High Level Technical Designs) documents as part of project support.
- Provided support for penetration testing external.
- Documented all processes on the WIKI and setup a documentation ethos.
- “Payment. Knowledge. Growth”
AIX Build Engineer/Administrator
Accenture
01.2015 - 03.2015
- Short term contract to design and setup new Power8 servers including VIO Servers, NIM server, AIX7.1 LPARs & WPAR 5.2.
- Assisted in the migration of PowerCentre. Resolved issues within the current environment.
- Provided Documentation to allow offshore team to replicate creation of VIO Servers and LPARs and support AIX 7.1.
- “High Performance. Delivered”
AIX Engineer/Architect
IBM NL
09.2011 - 09.2014
- Role involved investigating, designing and implementing the migration of AIX 5.3 and AIX 6.1 LPARs running a combination of WebSphere, Oracle, DB2, SAP, etc. on old Power5 and Power6 hardware onto new AIX 7.1 LPARs on Power7 (if necessary with PowerHA 7.1) for ABN AMRO Bank in the Netherlands.
- This also entailed supporting the WebSphere and DB2/Oracle admins.
- Documented the design/architecture & approach for approval by the end customer (ABN AMRO).
- Wrote perl/ksh NIM scripts to instantly create 500+ LPARs to adhere to build documentation.
- Performing complex performance investigation of the new platform, AIX 7.1 and PowerHA 7.1.
- Performed 3rd Level problem resolution as required on existing AIX and HACMP implementations.
- Final project (ongoing) involved migrating Redhat 5 implementations using KVM and VMware.
- “Building a Smarter Planet”
Frame Administrator
Citibank
09.2010 - 04.2011
- Provided critical frame support for Citibank’s EMEA IBM pSeries servers located in multiple datacenters supporting power5, power6 and power7 IBM servers.
- Tasks involved frame firmware updates, HMC upgrades and problem resolution.
- Responsible for the automated allocation, installation and upgrade and handover of new/existing LPAR instances into the estate.
- Created/updated procedural documentation for use within the team.
- “Global reach, local focus”
UNIX Architect/Engineer
Euroclear UK & Ireland
07.2008 - 09.2010
- Role primary contact responsible for +400 AIX instances running primarily on (power 5) p595s but also p570s & p550s with EMC Symmetrix storage, leveraging virtualization technologies (VIOS).
- Installed, Supported, documented, evaluated, upgraded & migrated AIX & VIO environments.
- Architected dev/test, [pre]production environments.
- Responded to security alerts and created scripts for reporting/monitoring of environment.
- Created/Amended hardening scripts.
- Evaluated AIX 6.1 & IBM Systems Director.
- Provided 3rd line support to complicated AIX issue including performance related problems.
- Also provided 3rd level support for Solaris 10 environments and RedHat Enterprise 5.3/5.4 systems.
- “The Euroclear group is the world’s leading provider of domestic and cross-border settlement and related services for bond, equity, fund and derivative transactions.”
AIX Systems Administrator
VISA Europe
04.2007 - 07.2008
- Role involves providing BAU and project based support for number of IBM pSeries systems.
- Also involves supporting Solaris 8, 9 & 10 environments.
- Conducted proof of concept evaluation of data centre management software.
- Installed, configured, troubleshot, migrated, upgraded & documented HACMP 5.1/5.2/5.3/5.4 clusters.
- Built, upgraded & supported virtualized AIX 5.1-5.3 partitions running on IBM hardware including p550, p570 & p595.
- Applied security fixes based on vulnerability assessments.
- Developed PERL scripts to interrogate and audit the estate and to analyze performance issues.
- Adhered to VISA Europe’s support and change control mechanisms using Remedy.
- “Visa Europe provides the brand, systems, services and rules that enable electronic payments between millions of European consumers, businesses and merchants.”
Unix Systems Administrator
Atos Origin Belgium
09.2006 - 03.2007
- Role involved advising, managing, implementing & documenting security policy and features such as user account monitoring.
- Developed security solutions using perl and commercial products to handle password management.
- Supported 150 AIX4.3, 5.3 & Suse Linux servers for the European Commission’s Customs and Taxation environments for member states.
- Implemented hardware/software configuration and management.
- Performed technical support and general troubleshooting.
- Installed software, applied patches, managed file systems, monitored performance and troubleshot alerts from commercial, open source and locally developed monitoring tools.
- “Atos Origin is a leading international business and technology integrator providing integrated design, build and operate IT solutions to a base of large global clients in carefully targeted industry sectors”
Unix Systems Administrator
The Carphone Warehouse Plc.
05.2005 - 09.2006
- Current role is providing production and project-based support for numerous AIX5L, Solaris 8 and RedHat Linux environments.
- Supported WAS v5.1 implementing automated installations & deployments, liaising with developers in troubleshooting production and development issues.
- Administration of AIX partitions creating, building and deploying AIX 5.2, 5.3 via NIM.
- Virtual IO server creation. Platforms include p690, p595, p650 p570, JS20 Blades.
- Supported online websites and J2EE applications running on Tomcat, JBOSS, Apache, IBM HTTP Server & ServletExec.
- Platforms include Sun Fire v210, v240, v440, IBM HS20 Blades.
- Enhanced monitoring of the estate via Nagios and implemented a centralized logging environment.
- Configured external storage on ESS Sharks for addition onto AIX and RedHat servers.
- “The Carphone Warehouse is Europe’s leading independent retailer of mobile phones and services”
Systems Administrator
ActivCard UK Ltd
08.2004 - 05.2005
- The role was to provide AIX 5L, Solaris 9 & Windows 2003 System Administration support for an ISV (Independent Software Vendor).
- The role also involves supporting WebSphere Application Server 5.1.
- For both UNIX and Windows platforms.
- Installed and configured new Solaris, AIX and Windows servers.
- Provided scripts for the installation, configuration, and deployment of WebSphere for UNIX and Windows using both ws_ant and wsadmin (jacl).
- Created scripts in KSH and PERL to aid in support of backup, CVS and other automated tasks.
- Supported a number of Linux servers administering and trouble-shooting apache and Sendmail.
- Created a monitoring portal using Nagios, SNMP, MRTG and rrdtool.
- Performed administration of Windows 2003 Active Directory domain including creating group policies and administering and resolving DNS and DHCP issues.
- Investigated UNIX and Windows related issues.
- Supported developers in day-to-day System Administration duties.
- Supported colleagues with my knowledge of UNIX, WebSphere and scripting.
- “Global provider of identity assurance solutions”
UNIX Administrator
Q Data Europe Ltd
09.2003 - 07.2004
- My primary role was providing AIX (4.3 & 5L) and WebSphere (v4) support for a number of J2EE CRM projects based on Chordiant 5.5 for Lloyds TSB.
- “IT Solutions by Quality People”
Senior Operations Engineer
EzGov UK Ltd.
04.2001 - 06.2003
- My primary role was a Solaris System Administrator and a J2EE Administrator providing support for over 2 years in a 24 x 7 production environment.
- Supported 5 separate Government J2EE applications running on 3 different environments.
- “EzGov is a global leader in bringing the business of government online”
Education
Certificate of Higher Education - Software Engineering
University of Engineering Westminster
01.1997 - 01.1999
GCE ‘A’ Levels - Chemistry, Biology
Islington Form Centre
01.1995 - 01.1997
GCSE’s - Mathematics, Information Technology, English Literature & Language
Newington School
01.1994 - 01.1995
Skills
- IBM AIX 433, 5x, 61, 71; IBM VIO 13, 14, 15, 21, 22; Sun Solaris 7, 8, 9, 10; Linux Kernel 24, 26, 3 (Red Hat Enterprise 5/6/7, SuSE Linux Enterprise, Gentoo); Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, 2010, 10
- IBM Power 5,6,7,8; Dell servers & blades; HP Proliant servers
- PERL, KORN/BASH SHELL, SED, AWK, TCL, C/C, JAVA, HTML, XML, JSP, SQL, ANSIBLE
- Iplanet/Sun One Application Apache/IBM HTTP Server v13, Stack v20, 22
- F5 Big-IP Load Balancer Sun SSH (Server and client), FTP IBM Cluster 32 HMC v3, v6, v7 & v8 IBM
- Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g PowerHA (formerly) IBM HACMP (Server, Client, SQL) 53, 54, 71
- IBM Systems Director 52, 63 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6/7
- IBM WebSphere Application VMware vCenter 55/6
- Server V40, V51 (ND), v61 Redhat Satellite 61
- (ND), 85 Microsoft Azure Cloud
Websites
Certification
- Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect Course - 2026 Currently Studying
- Gateway Qualifications Level 3Diploma in Networking and Cyber Security
- Oracle Cluster 3.2 Administration Course [ES-345]
- IBM eServer Certified Specialist – pSeries AIX System Administration
Languages
Basic Spanish, Basic French, Basic Dutch
References
Supplied upon request.
Activities & Interests
Interested in diving and travel.
Timeline
Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer
ASML
04.2020 - 01.2023
Linux DevOps Engineer
ING NL
04.2018 - 04.2020
AIX Engineer
ATOS NL
11.2016 - 01.2018
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Ingenico ePayments
04.2015 - 09.2016
AIX Build Engineer/Administrator
Accenture
01.2015 - 03.2015
AIX Engineer/Architect
IBM NL
09.2011 - 09.2014
Frame Administrator
Citibank
09.2010 - 04.2011
UNIX Architect/Engineer
Euroclear UK & Ireland
07.2008 - 09.2010
AIX Systems Administrator
VISA Europe
04.2007 - 07.2008
Unix Systems Administrator
Atos Origin Belgium
09.2006 - 03.2007
Unix Systems Administrator
The Carphone Warehouse Plc.
05.2005 - 09.2006
Systems Administrator
ActivCard UK Ltd
08.2004 - 05.2005
UNIX Administrator
Q Data Europe Ltd
09.2003 - 07.2004
Senior Operations Engineer
EzGov UK Ltd.
04.2001 - 06.2003
Certificate of Higher Education - Software Engineering
University of Engineering Westminster
01.1997 - 01.1999
GCE ‘A’ Levels - Chemistry, Biology
Islington Form Centre
01.1995 - 01.1997
GCSE’s - Mathematics, Information Technology, English Literature & Language
Newington School
01.1994 - 01.1995