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Dedicated, results-driven IT professional with over 10 years corporate experience and an additional 10 years personal experience. Experience includes building networks from designing, purchasing hardware, cabling, configuring components such as firewalls, switches, gateways and routers all the way up to managing operating systems and writing administration tools in PHP.
Platforms: Debian/Xandros, Red Hat/CentOS, SuSE, FreeBSD, Solaris 2.5/2.7 (x86 and Sparc),
Amazon EC2 Cloud, KVM Virtualization
Server Applications: Zimbra/Scalix (collaboration), MediaWiki/TWiki (authoring), Sendmail/PostFix/Courier/Exim (email), INN/Cnews (nntp), Bind (DNS), Apache w/PHP/SSL (WWW), MySQL (database), TWIG (Webmail), FreeS/WAN (IPSec), FreeRadius (auth) and OpenLDAP (LDAP Server)
Hardware:
IBM Blade Systems, HP Proliant, DELL PowerEdge, SUN Fire, Tyan,
SuperMicro, Cisco,
Sonicwall, Ascend, Dlink, Linksys, and Livingston, Analog, xDSL,
ISDN, "Cable Modem", Wireless APs, Bridges
& Routers, CAT5/6 Ethernet cabling and LAN installation, Fibre SAN, PC Tower and Rack
configuration and assembly
Languages: PHP, bash, perl, 6502, 8086 & 68000 Assembly Language, C and C++
Tools: Monit, Munin, Nagios, MRTG
Primarily responsible for installation and maintenance of all public and internal production servers including firewalls, DNS, DHCP, web, file and email servers. As Scalix is primarily used in non-Debian environments, the Scalix aquisition required me to get familiar with Red Hat style systems again since Xandros is primarily Debian based.
Performing and creating testing strategies to test Xandros Desktop (a Linux based desktop Operating System, designed to replace Windows in an office environment). Involved with testing primarily the hardware compatibility and networking aspects. Logged bugs in Bugzilla database.
Created the bibliography plugin for the Women’s Learning Partnership website.
Performing and creating testing strategies for The NetWinder OfficeServer (a small footprint, low heat, low power, internet server-in-a-box, based on the Linux RedHat OS). Reporting bugs in Bugzilla database.
Daily maintenance of customer accounts including virtual domain (DNS, web, email and ftp) services, as well as programming, application/system configuration, and installation of ISDN and ADSL equipment for new customers. Operating Systems in use included Solaris, Solaris x86, and FreeBSD.
Rideau
Campus,
Computer Systems Technician Diploma