Frank Darmis

Supporting upgrade of ground systems for ng in coordination with the European Space Agencies (ESA, EUSPA) for Galileo: • Analysis & Troubleshooting of Operational Issues • Integration, Verification & Validation Campaigns in representative environments • Design, development, and implementation of virtualized, highly available HW environment requiring network communication with high levels of performance and security. Systems: Sophos - StormShield firewalls, Alcatel - HP switches, Meinberg NTP, Thales Mistral

Manage backup system for the ISS Columbus module project, maintained by DLR-ESA. Install, configure, support, and maintain the Storage Area Network (SAN). Pro-actively manage backup and SAN storage environments by monitoring alerts, troubleshooting hardware and performance issues, provisioning, audit reporting, and patch management for all systems. Assisting also on MPCC, PDC and IGS-WAN subsystems. Systems: mainly Linux, Hitachi SAN & HNAS systems, Cisco Fiber switches, Windows Servers, ESX 5.5 / KVM

Supervising GSOp Network Operations, on the GDDN (Galileo Data Dissemination Network) and MDDN/SDDN . Chairing GSOp GDDN ORB (management of Incidents, Requests & Anomalies). Chairing GSOp NET-CCB (Change Control Board) for the GDDN/MDDN/SDDN: management of Change Request in CMAT/ARTS - GSOp change control management: analysis, approval of changes, & follow-up. Involved in the GDDN evolution.

Systems Administration: Win 2008 server AD - XP Clients,IBM Blade Center,VMware ESX servers,MS Terminal Servers,MS SQL 2008 with various ERPs,Exchange 2003, ISA,Symantec BESR & Netbackup,FC EMC2 SAN.Trend Micro & Symantec Endpoint. 2nd – 3rd Level Support and Systems Servers Setups Networks Administration: Cisco Networking,Hub-Spoke Network topology,VPN with Windows RADIUS & Tokens,MPLS and Leased lines, Multilayered Switching. Wireless implementations. Checkpoint Firewall. Brightmail & Websense.

-Systems & Networks Administration -Management of IT & outsourcing partners -Projects: o Planning new Headquarters technologies and moving the Company o Planning & Implementation of a new infrustructure: Internet Connections-Cisco LAN-VPNs-backup lines,Fax Servers,IP Webcams Security systems,Door Access Control Systems,Terminal/Fax/File Server setups,Server Room setup o Planning of Telecom solutions: Auto Attendance,CTI connection to CRM,Telecom Call Costing,VoIP internal phones to Branch offices