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SUMMARY
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Career system & storage administrator in
diverse industries. Supported systems from tens of thousands of
customers to a few dozen employees. Recognized for deep system
knowledge and troubleshooting ability. With the right book, I'll
learn anything!
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SKILLS
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Operating Systems:
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GNU/Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Ubuntu, Debian), HPUX,
Solaris, AIX, MS Windows, NetWare 2.x-6.x
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Network Hardware:
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Cisco PIX, load-balancing hardware, routers,
switches, various firewalls
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Computing Hardware:
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SAN storage and fabrics, Alpha, Sun (various
models), x86 PC, HP Itanium and L/Z-class, IBM AIX M/B/P-series
and x86 Blades, NetApp
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Network Services:
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DNS, DHCP, SMP (Postfix, Exim,
Sendmail), CVS, RCS, VNC, CMS, Apache, clustering, OpenLDAP, IMAP
(Cyrus, Dovecot, Groupwise), Tomcat, NIM,
Kickstart/Jumpstart, license servers, Oracle Application Server,
Symantec OpForce and NetBackup, Veritas Volume Manager
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Languages:
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Perl, Bash, SGML, XML, HTML, OpScript, AKWF
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Storage:
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Sun 7000-series (StorageTek), Network Appliance
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EXPERIENCE
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Sr.
UNIX & Storage Administrator
Oracle
Americas Salt Lake City, UT 2008-Present
Installed
& maintained operating systems & hardware in
several-thousand-node IT Grid. Technologies included: Kickstart,
PXE, various Dell & Sun hardware, Oracle Enterprise Linux
4/5, Oracle Virtual Server 2.X, Xen, paravirtualization,
NFSv3/v4, Oracle Enterprise Manager, IPMI/DRAC automation,
DNS/DHCP & more.
Compute
hardware supported includes Sun x4170/v40z/v440/e450/, Dell
1950/R900/2950/6950, IBM S8500/P550/P570 & more.
Managed
dozens of Sun 7000, Network Appliance , and Pillar Data storage
appliancesincluding hardware, configuration, and monitoring.
Created
storage automation scripts in perl, python, bash, and akwf
(ECMAscript)
Supported
mission-critical 24x7 Tier 3 data center environment
Primary system
administrator for http://support.oracle.com/
(My Oracle Support/MOS) disaster recovery site in Salt Lake City
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UNIX
System Administrator
Oracle
USA/Siebel Salt Lake City, UT 2004-2008
Maintained over
1,600 AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Sun Solaris systems, including
hardware troubleshooting, kernel updates, and operating system
tuning
Taught UNIX
administration to UNIX novices and intermediates
Managed
NetBackup and Network Appliance VTL data recovery solution for
multi-terabyte global storage
Created
rapid system deployment methods for Redhat, Oracle Enterprise
Linux, and SuSE with Kickstart and OpForce
Maintained
over 1,600 AIX, HP-UX, RedHat/SuSE/Oracle Enterprise Linux, and
Sun Solaris systems
Trained and
mentored system administrators overseas
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Sr.
UNIX System Administrator
American
Investment Bank Salt Lake City, UT 2002-2003
Architect
over migration from legacy NetWare/Win32 to GNU/Linux
infrastructure
Implemented Cyrus
IMAP, OPENLDAP, and WebCalendar, saving $18,000 verses GroupWise
upgrade
Replaced
Checkpoint Firewall-1 with iptables, poptop, and IPSEC on
GNU/Linux, resulting in a one-time $11,000 cost saving and $7,000
annual savings
Designed and deployed Plone/Zope-based
content management system to assist in IT training for 200+
person organization and 10-person IT staff
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Engineering
System Administrator
Talk2
Technology Salt Lake City, UT 2001-2002
Integrated
and administered HP-UX, GNU/Linux, Solaris, and Cisco PIX
firewalls for VOIP and SS7 telephony applications
Deployed CVS
(Concurrent Versioning System)to replace Microsoft Visual Source
Safe, reducing source repository downtime from several hours per
month to nothing.
Built HP-UX and
Sun Solaris DS3-based telephony gateways, bringing expertise
in-house and virtually eliminating vendor support calls.
Sun Solaris administration for Oracle 8i on
440, proprietary telephony software and devices on Sun Blade
hardware
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VLSI
Integrator (Member, Technical Staff)
Velio
Systems Milpitas, CA 2001
Glued
perforce SCM and Bugzilla together, bringing software revision
management techniques to VLSI silicon design on Sun Solaris
back-end
Built SAN (
Storage Area Network) on Sun StorEdge 3000 to house perforce
database to store over three terabytes of chip designs
Trained employees on bug life cycle, allowing
integration of two formerly separate teams on opposite sides of
the nation
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Lead
System Administrator
Excite@Home Orem,
UT 1999-2001
Managed
sysadmin crew on 24-hour shifts, overseeing approximately fifty
Sun servers and fifty Sun, GNU/Linux, and BSD workstation-class
machines
Designed Veritas
NetBackup disaster recovery routine for seven terabytes on EMC
and Network Appliance hardware; repeatedly prevented data loss
despite hardware failures
Wrote and enforced
data security policies for e-commerce division; not a single
customer record was ever exposed
Reduced Apache
memory footprint by nearly 80% (from 34 MB per fork to 7 MB)
through optimization by use of virtual hosting database for over
3,000 customers
Implemented WCCP (Web Cache Control Protocol)
gateway services on Cisco 7200 & Cisco LocalDirector for web
acceleration; handled several hundred nodes on Cisco 9600 switch
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Assistant
Network Administrator
Singletrac/Atari Salt
Lake City, UT 1997-1999
Drafted &
implemented DLT autochanger backup system on Novell & Win32
Administered C
programming, Mac Protools audio, and SGI IRIX (UNIX) workstations
Worked with team to design and build
GNU/Linux & Apache-based content management system
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Systems
Engineer
Las
Vegas Computers Las Vegas, NV 1996-1997
Jockeyed a
screwdriver in on-site, for hire PC consultation on Novell, SCO
UNIX, and Microsoft Windows 3.X/95/NT systems
Migrated 100-node
legal firm from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95, eliminating
communication barriers between lawyers and clients
Implemented fax gateway with optical
character recognition
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Sales
& Technical Support
Interactive
Satellite Internet Service Rigby, ID 1995-1996
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EDUCATION
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TRAINING
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Bachelor
of Science, Information Technology
Salt Lake City, UT 2011 (attending, est.
graduation 2015)
Oracle
Database 10g Administration
Oracle USA, Inc. Colorado Springs, CO 2010
ITIL
Foundations
Oracle USA, Inc. Sandy, UT 2009
Symantec/Veritas
OpForce
Oracle USA, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT 2006
Siebel
7 Essentials
Siebel Systems, Inc. Sandy, UT 2005
Pre-Bachelors
BYU Idaho Rexburg, ID 1994
Networking
with Windows NT
National Radio Institute Washington, D.C. 1996
Microsoft
Certified Professional
1999
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VOLUNTEER
SERVICE
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GNU
Organization Webmaster 2003-2004
Mozilla
Foundation Documentation, Bugzilla 1998-2003
Ute
RC Association Webmaster 2004-Present
Utah Heli
Association Webmaster, flight instructor 2010-Present
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CONSULTING
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Bugzilla
installation and configuration, various (2004-present)
Drupal
installation, modification, maintenance, various (2004-present)
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