From owner-freebsd-jobs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 6 18:16:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7646110656D2 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:16:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keen@icantclick.org) Received: from mail-gx0-f165.google.com (mail-gx0-f165.google.com [209.85.217.165]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E67C8FC22 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:15:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keen@icantclick.org) Received: by gxk9 with SMTP id 9so577215gxk.19 for ; Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:15:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.151.43.19 with SMTP id v19mr3675519ybj.183.1236362301676; Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:58:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from xpc.icantclick.org (28.248.118.70.cfl.res.rr.com [70.118.248.28]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r28sm1157070ele.19.2009.03.06.09.58.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:58:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 12:58:19 -0500 (EST) From: David Raistrick To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:20:45 +0000 Subject: FreeBSD sysadmin looking for work (Orlando, telecommute) X-BeenThere: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Jobs offered and sought List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:16:01 -0000 My last job just moved to Long Island without me. Anyone need a sysadmin or network engineer? Telecommute or Orlando Florida area. Open to short travel projects as well. Email if you are interested or have any pointers. ;) keen@icantclick.org - Network and Systems Architect - I analyze and diagnose troubled networks and redesign them to be efficient, reliable, and scalable. What I bring to systems and network design is the knowledge that each component is part of the system-users, applications, software, developers, and hardware-and every one has to be taken into account. - Skills And Qualifications - * 10+ years in networking and systems. * Rapidly fire-fight in unfamiliar environments. * Support developers to ensure that software, network and system work together. * SAGE Level III systems administrator and charter member of LOPSA. * Operating Systems: UNIX (FreeBSD, BSDi, BSD/OS, Mac OS X), Linux (Red Hat, CentOS, SUSE, Debian, Ubuntu), Windows XP/2000/2003, and others. Network Products: Cisco, Foundry, Extreme, and HP routers and switches; Trango and other wireless gear; Cisco PIX and ASA, WatchGuard, SonicWALL, NetScreen, Fortinet, GNAT Box, SnapGear firewalls; CacheFlow cache engines; Acucomm DSLAMS; Foundry ServerIron, F5 BigIP, and Cisco CSS load balancers, Internap FCP route controller. * Network Technologies: BGP, RIP, OSPF, RADIUS, DNS (BIND, djbdns), ATM. * Email: Email servers (qmail, Sendmail, NTMail, IMail), mailing list managers (ezmlm, Smartlist, Majordomo), AV/AS (F-Prot, AntiVir, Sophos, Kaspersky, AMaViS, SpamAssassin, Commtouch, Mailshell), development of GNAT Box Mail Sentinel, Courier IMAP. * Programming/Scripting Languages: Shell (sh, tcsh, bash, ksh), awk/sed, PHP, Perl, Python. * Backups: Amanda, rsync, Retrospect, bacula. * Web: Apache, PHP, CacheFlow, RT, ColdFusion, JRun, JBOSS, Apache Tomcat, DBRocket DBML, Microsoft IIS. * Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Filemaker, MS SQL Server, Oracle. * Storage: SAN (FibreChannel and iSCSI), NFS using EMC, Pillar, Brocade, Dell hardware. * Virtualization: VMware Virtual Infrastructure, VMware ESX, VMware Server, Xen hypervisor. - Related Experience - Systems Administrator / Network Engineer July 2007 - present NeuLion and JumpTV Inc., Sanford FL Performed role of both Systems Administrator and Network Engineer as needed, focusing on revamping and stabilizing the server and network infrastructure. Team lead for four sysadmins and one DBA, manager for one network engineer. With my team, maintain an environment of 250 servers in seven colocation facilities, supporting a complex website and content management infrastructure that serves several hundred college athletic department websites, streaming video, and the jumptv.com online television portal. Maintain streaming video content delivery network (CDN) for JumpTV's online television platform. Configure and debug Cisco PIX and ASA firewalls, Cisco CSS, and F5 BigIP load balancers. Architected expansion of one site to 19 racks including cooling, space, and power budgets, including fully redundant core and internal network with diverse internet transit connections. Initiated push for virtualization of server environment, with one third of the servers converted to virtual servers. Maintained peering (BGP) relationships at the TorIX in Toronto, Any2 Exchange in Los Angeles, LINX in London, Equinix in Ashburn, and NAP of the Americas in Miami. Built extensive monitoring and statistics gathering system to warn of failures and provide scaling data. Built central script toolkit for maintenance of system that works with unique environment features. Assisted with phone system consolidation, moving from a mix of Cisco and 3com to an Asterisk open source solution. Initiated Operations and Development documentation repository (wiki) using MoinMoin. Researched and documented system, network, and software architecture for complex 100-server web application using Red Hat, CentOS, Apache, Tomcat, ColdFusion, DBML, and Oracle. Built a trouble ticket tracking system for the Operations team using OTRS. Network Engineer / Systems Administrator December 2005 - July 2007 SKYRIM Inc., Daytona Beach FL Designed a network for a wireless ISP start-up and built a team to install and maintain it. Designed two-city metro Wi-Fi network. Designed, built, and deployed PtMP network for wireless ISP using Cisco, Extreme and Trango. Researched and selected transit providers, colocation facilities, and tower sites. Initiated company-wide documentation project using pbwiki. Hired and managed systems administrator and installation technicians. Performed systems administration of FreeBSD, Ubuntu Linux, and Windows 2003 Servers. Network Architect/Engineer July 2005 - December 2005 PowerCentric Software Inc., Orlando FL Working with the development team, specified a detailed system and network architecture to meet the reliability, redundancy, and availability requirements for the design of web-based software for the insurance industry. Proposed network designs, specified desktop and network hardware for development office. Researched network and database security requirements for SOX and HIPAA. Outlined office and test lab environments. Installed Windows 2003 Servers with JBoss Java Application Server, BlueDragon, and IIS. Installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux with JBoss, BlueDragon, and Apache. Systems Administrator December 2001 - July 2005 Global Technology Associates, Inc., Orlando FL Maintained and upgraded 11 FreeBSD servers, three Windows 2000/XP servers, and a mix of FreeBSD, Windows, Mac OS X, and Mac OS9 workstations. Configured, maintained, and upgraded three Cisco routers and three production GNAT Box firewalls, including four High Availability firewall pairs. Responsible for configuration and performance testing competitor firewalls including Cisco PIX, Watchguard, SonicWall, and NetScreen. Wrote design specifications and performed Quality Assurance testing on prototype hardware. Responsible for all internal and external DNS using BIND and djbdns. Built a IPv6 firewall using ipf and an IPv6 lab network for use by the development department using IPv6 routing, subnetting, and firewalls. Designed distributed and highly available network and systems infrastructure for Surf Sentinel content filtering. Worked with development to ensure software functions were compatible with the network and system architecture. Provided significant input into the design and feature set for the Mail Sentinel AV/AS email proxy. Researched, evaluated, and benchmarked AV and AS SDKs from vendors, providing data that aided in the selection of partners. Installed a second T1, configured BGP, procured an ASN from ARIN, registered route objects, and performed BGP tuning to balance traffic. Designed a company-wide backup system using Amanda, including extensions to maintain 10 days of firewall configurations. Developed a simple High Availability solution for corporate webserver and database server utilizing VRRP. Upgraded existing mailservers and mailing lists to qmail and ezmlm-idx. Redesigned and updated mailing list archives and implemented MnogoSearch for archives and website. Installed spam and virus filtering using qmail-scanner, f-prot, and SpamAssassin. Customized qmail-scanner to redirect tagged spam in accordance with evolving company policy. Installed SSL web-based email for traveling employees using SquirrelMail. Systems Administrator (Contract) 2001 - 2004 Atlasta Networks, Seattle WA Sendmail, BIND and Apache configuration and maintenance under FreeBSD and BSDi. Machine upkeep, and installation and repair of software for clients. Systems Administrator (Volunteer) 1998 - present Type2.Com Hardware and software installation, configuration, and maintenance of a FreeBSD 4.3-R server running Apache, qmail, ezmlm-idx, and procmail serving a hobbyist mailing list with 1500+ subscribers and associated websites. Senior Network Engineer/Systems Administrator June 2000 - April 2001 Digital Wireless Communications, Savannah GA Supported and maintained two Metropolitan Area Networks, customers, and all related equipment, 24x7. Responsible for DNS and emails servers. Built a web-based email interface for customers. Managed three technicians and an admin. Designed and planned migration to a dynamic multi-homed network including three diverse DS3s, BGP, and OSPF. Deployed aDSL through BellSouth. Designed ATM nationwide network using PPPoEoA across dynamically deployed Adaptive Broadband radios for last mile. Designed, configured and deployed Adaptive Broadband ATM topology wireless routers and bridges using both CLIP routing and RFC1483 bridging in two cities. Designed and installed a streaming audio and video server using FreeBSD, Apache, and RealServer 7. Configured, monitored, and maintained multiple Cisco 7206VXRs, 2600 series, and 1600 series routers, as well as Acucomm iDAC DSLAMs and iRACER DSL Modems. Installed, planned and programmed wireless WANs using BreezeAccess Ethernet bridges, Wireless-Inc WaveNet 2458 wireless routers, Wireless-Inc N2X/WaveEX wireless bridges. Instituted a complete network status and stability monitoring system using a combination of Big Brother and MRTG. Configured and installed two CacheFlow cache engines in a forward/reverse proxy setup using WCCP. Recommended email virus scrubbing system using AmaVis, AntiVir, and sendmail. Systems Administrator (Contract) 1998 - 2001 Digital-Galaxy Networks, Seattle WA Maintained and administered BSDi and FreeBSD 3.X servers. Network Engineer 1997 - 1999 Atlasta Networks, Grovetown GA Designed and configured a dialup ISP using Livingston Portmaster 3s, and BSDi servers running Sendmail, RADIUS, and Apache, as well as providing shell space to customers. Installed and configured a Cisco 2525 to our upstream provider. - Certifications - TCP/IP Administration - 2000, Brainbench Linux Administration (General) - 2001, Brainbench If the network was an orchestra, I'd be the guy who makes sure that all the instruments are in place; there are enough flutes, but not too many tubas; and the drummer doesn't end up with a trombone. -- David Raistrick http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html keen@icantclick.org http://www.expita.com/nomime.html