JW Smythe
(an alias)
Objective
  To work as a Linux Systems Administrator, further educate myself through practical experience, and advance my career. I truly enjoy doing things that are seemingly impossible to prove to myself they can be done, in practical ways that can be used in work related applications.
Executive Summary
  Provided with a technical challenge of any sort, I will find a way to solve it quickly, efficiently, and correctly. I can do anything including diagnosing and repairing failing hardware I've never worked with, identifying and correcting software problems, and cleaning up exploited computers. I have been called in on problems with systems I've never seen before, and fixed them in minutes, where other experienced people had been trying to repair them for hours.
Experience Summary
Operating Systems:
  • Linux: Slackware, Slamd64, RedHat, RedHat Fedora, RedHat Enterprise, SuSE, Ubuntu, Mandrake, Familiar (iPaq/ARM)
  • Dos: MSDos, DRDos, PCDos
  • Microsoft Windows: Win3.1, Win3.11, Win98, Win98, WinNT 4.0 WS, WinNT 4.0 Server,
    Win2k Professional, Win2k AS, WinXP Home, WinXP Professional, WinXP64, Windows 2003 Server
  • BSD: BSDi (2.1, 3.0), FreeBSD
  • Digital: Digital Unix
  • Apple OS/X
  • SGI: Irix
  • Sun: Solaris, Solaris x86
  • VN/Linux: My own Linux distribution, based on Slackware.
Networking:
  • Cisco CCNA certified (Cisco ID: .....)
  • Cisco Catalyst Switches (Cat5 and GigE) 2900, 3500, 3550, 5000, 5500
  • Cisco Routers 1600, 2600, 7200
  • Ascent/Lucent Pipeline 150
  • LanMedia LMC1200 T1 card (PCI card in Linux router)
  • Linux PC based Firewalls
  • 802.11b Access Points, cards, and USB devices
  • WAN: T1, T1, T3
  • LAN: 10baseT, 100baseTX, 100baseFX, 1000baseFX(SH)
  • Various home and small office networking products, such as access points, hubs, and firewalls.
Hardware
  • Intel x86 based systems - 486 through P4 Xeon (1,2 and 4 CPU configurations)
  • AMD based systems - 5x86 through Opteron 848 and AMD64 (1,2 and 4 CPU configurations)
  • SGI - Indy and Origin 200
  • Sun - Netra
Mail Servers:
  • Sendmail (many versions)
  • UW (University of Washington) POP3 and IMAP
  • Dovect POP3 and IMAP
  • IMail
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Spamassassin, Mailscanner
  • Lotus Notes
  • Zimbra
Web Servers:
  • Apache (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.0)
  • thttpd (acme.com)
  • Microsoft IIS
SQL Servers:
  • MySQL (3.x, 4.x, 5.x)
  • MSSQL (7.0, 8.0)
  • Postgresql (7.x, 8.x)
DNS:
  • ISC.org's BIND
Programming Experience:
  • PHP
  • Perl
  • ColdFusion
  • Javascript
Professional Experience
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9/2007 - Current
Position held: Director of Information Technology

Location: Tampa, Florida

Duties in this position included:

  • Technical infrastructure management
  • Growth evaluation and planning
  • Technical staff management
  • Development and implementation of internal use software for all departments:
    • Customer service flowchart system for workorder information collection
    • Integration of CS flowchart with web site for online workorder submissions
    • Online asset control system, for fleet vehicles and other equipment
    • Design and implementation of custom customer information and workflow control system
  • Re-development of public web site
  • Design and implementation of LAN/WAN upgrade, utilizing Cisco equipment and fiber optics (100baseFX) between buildings.
  • Installation and configuration of GPS fleet tracking system (GE Security NavLogix)
  • Coordination of bandwidth upgrade with new providers
  • Coordination of VoIP phone system migration between providers and identification of company needs
  • Migration of email server to industry standard system (from Zimbra to Sendmail & Dovecot)
  • Implementation of backup system.
.....
2/2007 - 9/2007
Position held: Systems Administrator

Location: Tampa, Florida

Duties in this position included:
  • Configuration of new servers
  • Debug problems with audio/video streamers for client sites
  • Network diagnostics including connectivity trouble with Tier 1 and DSL providers
  • Configuration of monitoring utilities and implemention of new utilities.
  • LAN trouble diagnostics and redesign of office and intranet lan (80+ machines)
  • Coordination with Tier 1 providers for remote server deployment (multiple cities)
  • Custom coding of "intranet" web site, for systems details, documentation, and coordination of efforts.
  • Design, build, and configure backup solution for moderately sized public network
  • Troubleshooting and repair of all normal aspects of an Internet company (network, DNS, mail, web, etc)
  • On call 24/5 + alternating weekends.
.....
8/1998 - 11/2006
Position held: Senior Systems Administrator

Locations: Tampa, Florida; Glendale, California; N. Hollywood, California; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Duties in this position included:

  • Design, implementation and maintenance of a 150+ server network, for a wide variety of serving tasks, including:
    • Web site with regular traffic in excess of 2 million unique viewers daily across 15 redundant servers in 4 diverse locations.
    • Free web hosting servers with several thousand accounts per server using Apache, including PHP, SSI, and mod_perl, with only FTP access for users.
    • Mail servers which individual servers have exceed 180,000 Emails per day.
    • DNS service for over 30,000 domains.
    • Various SQL implementations, including mSQL, MySQL, and MSSQL, including DBA responsibilities
    • Entire responsibility for WAN and LAN networking hardware purchase decisions, configuration, and implementation, which included T1, E1, T3, 100Mb/s copper, and GigE fiber.
    • Insuring the ability of these servers to run virtually maintenance free for an indefinite time, as some locations had no locally available technicians.
    • Perl programming for tasks including; daily maintenance; full monitoring and paging solutions; automated backup solutions.
    • Multi-level file synchronization using rsync and custom written perl scripts to synchronize between internal and external networks.
  • Maintenance and upgrades of Windows systems, including WinNT 4.0 Enterprise Server, Win2k Advanced Server, WinXP, MSSQL 6.0 and MSSQL 7.0, Microsoft Exchange 5.0 and 6.0.
  • Design and implementation of web based video, including writing java and javascript video programming, and writing a HTML based chat in Perl capable of managing thousands of concurrent users.
  • Web authentication, including flat file, DBM, and SQL based solutions with .htaccess, and custom written solutions.
  • Network security, including firewalls and proper configuration, patching, and upgrading of software.
  • Web site design and programming, including using static HTML, and dynamically generated pages using Perl, PHP, and ColdFusion.
  • Design, hardware selection and configuration of in-house built servers. Servers included x86 and x86_64/Opteron based Linux servers. Other servers included, DELL, SGI, and Sun.
  • Server Operating Systems used included Linux, IRIX, Solaris/x86, WinNT 4.0 Server, Win2k advanced server, and Win2k3 server.
  • Worked closely with multiple Tier 1 access providers for WAN T1 and T3 connectivity, as well as 100Mb/s and 1Gb/s fiber access. The network utilized primarily Cisco equipment.
  • Management of a small staff, which included technical assignment, training, and review of completed tasks.
  • Constant Email and Telephone communications between owners, managers, and other staff to ensure smooth coordination of technical operations.
  • On call 24/7
.....
3/1996 - 8/1998
Positions held: Systems Administration and Technical Support

Location: Tampa, Florida

Duties included but not limited to:

  • Provided second level telephone and email based support to customers regarding their web site functionality, email, and html design
  • Assisted in new user account creations, terminations and maintenance on Unix and Windows NT based servers
  • Configuration and operation of Intel and DEC based hardware support
  • Configuration and maintaince of Web, DNS, mail servers, handing 5000+ accounts and 30,000+ domains
  • Interacted with Tier 1 provider for issues with T3 connectivity on a Cisco 7200 series router
  • System management on systems including BSDi 2.1, BSDi 3.0, Digital Unix, FreeBSD, Linux, and WinNT 4.0 Enterprise Server
  • Wrote initial corporate Tier 2 Systems Administrators Manual.
.....
1/1995 - 3/1996
Position held: Senior Technician

Location: Tampa, Florida

Duties:

  • Build new customer machines, based on in-house predesigned templates, or customer requested configurations
  • Repair customer machines, whether build in-house or by another manufacturer
  • Support customer issues, usually involving customer created problem scenarios
  • Recommend upgrades or purchase options, when the questions were beyond the scope of sales staff
  • Design templates for in-house builds
  • On site repairs of customer servers and networks
Other Jobs
Jobs performed outside of the scope of normal employment at various periods
  • LAN design and configuration.
  • Internet server repairs, subcontracted from various service providers.
  • Internet server administrative assistance, including repairing exploited servers (Linux, Solaris, and Windows)
  • Wireless LAN (802.11b/g) installation and configuration < 20 devices
  • Building and installing Linux PC based firewalls for home and office use.
  • Home PC repairs.
  • Perl and PHP programming.
Certifications


Cisco CCNA ..... Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco ID# .....


http://brainbench.com
Brainbench Transcript # .....

Brainbench Certified Job Roles:


Brainbench Certified Master Level


Brainbench Certified
Test NameScore (0-5)Percentile
Unix Administration (General)4.3686%
Unix Administration (Solaris 9)4.0198%
Linux Administration (General)4.2597%
Linux Administration (RedHat)4.1799%
Server Administration3.9094%
MS Windows 2000 Server Administration3.0267%
MS Windows XP Desktop Administration3.2773%
TCP/IP Administration3.6888%
Internet Security3.5696%
Firewall Administration Concepts3.8493%
Network Security4.1998%
Networking Concepts4.0189%
HTML 4.04.1991%
Information Technology Terminology4.8499%
Apache 1.3.12 Administration4.5594%
PHP 53.8167%
Perl3.5980%
Cisco Network Support3.4080%
Disaster Recovery and Planning3.4079%
Telephone Etiquette3.9798%
Customer Assistance4.3288%
Listening Skills4.4891%
References:
Only available in the full resume. Please request from JWSmythe@Gmail.com

Last Updated: 30-Nov-2007
This resume may be out of date. My current resume always available at http://jwsmythe.com.