Information Technology Skills:

UNIX: Solaris 2.6-10, Linux 2.4/2.6 (Red Hat/Novell SuSE), Tru64 Unix 4.0, BIND 8/9, Apache 1.3/2.2, shell scripting, some HTML and web CGI programming, working knowledge of TCP/IP networking, Internet mail services, network/sockets programming (primarily in C), system security practices

Specializations: C coding experience, Unix/Linux APIs, network sockets and protocols (TCP/IP)

Interests: System and network security, application development, operating system design and tuning, network and system design

Exposure: Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, LDAP, Radius, Kerberos, EMC, NetApp, NetCool, IT Guru, Ethereal, Visual Studio, Moodle, Big Brother, WebCT, SQL, Java, Perl, and C++

Experience:

Earthlink, Inc., Atlanta, GA (6/2001 - 9/2007)

System Administrator/Engineer - Part of a team that managed customer production systems and Internet services

• Performed tuning of various server systems significantly increasing performance
• Wrote administration tools including log rotation and unified console access interface
• Developed in-depth knowledge of TCP/IP network protocols such as ESMTP/SMTP, POP, IMAP, HTTP/SSL, FTP, NFS, and DNS
• Mentored and helped train junior administrators
• Oversaw software and OS installation and setup
• Resolved software and hardware problems
• Assisted with system patching and security hardening
• Worked mostly with Solaris 2.6/7/8/9/10 and Linux 2.4/2.6 (Red Hat)
• Also worked with Solaris Jumpstart setup and OnTap 6.x (NetApp)
• Configured and administered systems running Apache, Exim, BigBrother, and BIND
• Used Remedy ticketing system for daily issue tracking and work requests
  

(Note: Earthlink merged with MindSpring Enterprises (below) in 2000 keeping the Earthlink name.)

Software Projects: (includes work at MindSpring)

• Log rotation and archiving system (coded in C)
  
• Console logging facility for integrating multiple backend serial console systems into a single frontend interface (coded in C)
  
• Account management and distribution system for production web systems (coded in C)
  
• Monitoring scripts for various types of production services (HTTP, SSL, etc .) and system conditions (coded in Shell, C, C++, and some Perl)
  
• Disk tree synchronization tool to perform backups and data transfers (coded in C)
  
• Common Libary of useful functions (coded in C)
  

GCEduNET/EIS/WER, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA (11/1994 - present)

System Administrator - Consultant (contract)

• Set up Unix side of GCEduNET including writing a user account management system in C
• Performed system maintenance and troubleshooting
• Customized source code to fit functional and security needs
• Wrote maintenance utilities (in C/C++ or Shell)
• Set up and maintained DNS server (BIND 8),
• Set up and manage web server (Apache 1.3.x/2.2.0) and FTP server (ProFTPd) for faculty web pages
• Maintained the Unix side of the WebCT system including upgrades and backups
• Built and updated Solaris software packages
• Worked mainly with Sun SPARC systems running Solaris 2.6-9

Software Projects:

• User management system for GCEdunet customers (coded in Shell and C)
• CGI based control panel for campus staff+faculty to manage their web accounts

Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (10/1999 - 2/2001)

Systems Software Engineer - Member of the Unix system administration group

• Designed standardized procedures for new system installations
• Helped analyze and tune security configurations
• Built and installed Solaris software packages
• Helped manage backup software system (Legato)
• Assisted with WebCT performance tuning
• Worked with Sun SPARC and UltraSPARC hardware running Solaris 2.5 up to Solaris 8.

Flexmedia, Inc. Atlanta, GA (7/99 - 8/99)

Systems Engineer - Primary software engineer and system architect

• Designed e-mail outsourcing system from scratch
• Designed system network infrastructure
• Installed OS and prepared systems for production or testing environment
• Assisted in developement of multi-threaded specialized proxy servers (POP3/IMAP) written in C and which interacted with MySQL databases on the backend.
• Worked with Sun Ultra SPARC clones running Solaris 7

Software Projects:

• POP/IMAP proxy server using a MySQL backend (coded in C, Posix threads)

MindSpring Enterprises, Atlanta, GA (10/1996 - 3/1998, 9/1998 - 7/1999)

Web Hosting Engineer - Unix system administration for web hosting group

• Installed system software installation for new systems
• Helped resolve software and hardware problems
• Performed some minor Perl scripting
• Initiated performance tuning where possible
• Wrote system monitoring and centralization tools (C/C++)
• Performed minor Oracle database administration
• Worked with Linux 2.x, Digital Unix (Tru64) 4.0, Sun Solaris 2.x (SPARC/Ultra).

Computer Science Department, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA (4/1994 - 10/1996)

UNIX System Administrator - (student worker)

• Maintained UNIX machines and performed troubleshooting
• Installed and customized new software
• Provided technical support to users
• Worked with Sun SPARC systems, NeXT computers, and some HP-UX 9.0

Brown & Williamson Corporation, Macon, GA (4/1994 - 10/1994)

Technical Support Assistant - (Internship)

• Upgraded PC hardware
• Assisted with LAN network installation and setup.

Education:

B.S., Computer Science (12/1995)
Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA

A.S., Computer Science, Engineering Technology, Physics (6/1992)
Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA

Certifications: ITIL Foundations (2006)