Summary

I have built systems ranging from serious gaming rigs to Production quality systems. Have experience with Linux and Windows Administration, plus scripting experience for both. Recently moved the YouSendIt webapp systems from custom flash drive based to Enterprise Servers supporting stronger hardware and more monitoring capabilities. We have also moved our Quality Assurance  and Stage environments to VMware ESX servers. 5 years Experience using various Linux distributions, 7 years Experience with Microsoft Windows Server/Client environments, 10 years experience with Computer Hardware Experience, 1yr experience with Force10/Cisco Equipment.

Background

YouSendIt, Inc. Campbell, Ca 2006-Present

Operations Systems & Network Administrator

• Experience planning the migration to a new data center including server density, power utilization, data center layout and nvironment growth Planning and Management.
• Maintained the hardware of ~200 CentOS Servers.  Moved production site from old consumer grade hardware to reliable & redundant equipment. Worked with servers ranging from custom built flash-based servers to Dell Enterprise-class servers.
• Worked with predominately CentOS (4.6 – 5.2), Redhat, Fedora and Ubuntu. Created Kickstart server to easily deploy and Install OS and packages. Limited scripting with Bash and ruby.
• Limited experience with Puppet and custom built Inventory Services .
• Experience with Groundworks, Nagios, MRTG and Sitescope monitoring tools.
• Have worked with Force10 switches and Cisco routers: VLAN, VTP, STP, Etherchannel, HSRP, General Routing and Switching.
• Worked with Multi-context Cisco Firewall, specifically ASA 5580-40. Configured Firewall with Threat Detection and MPF, Remote and Site-to-Site VPN.
• Setup and Deployed Cisco MARS 110R for monitoring and log analysis.
• Build Centralized Loggings server for Network appliances.
• Built Redundancy from hardware to network in the Operations and IT environments.
• Experience with in depth DataCenter Planning and Logistics. Have managed multiple DC expansion projects and relocations.
• Installing and managing Atlassian Products including Jira, Confluence, Fisheye, Crucible and Crowd.
• Virtualization Products: VMware ESX & ESXi, Xen, Oracle VM (Xen) clusters with iSCSI backend.
• SAN experience: Worked with custom-built iSCSI servers and limited experience with Dell equalogic.
• Worked with Dell Blade Servers.

IT Engineer

• Maintained the Internal IT needs for 70 employees and 50 remote employees. These included Windows XP, Mac OSX, Various distributions of Linux. Improved the domain with redundant DHCP, DNS, DC, WINS & Exchange.
• Migrated company from workgroup to Domain. A domain consisting of 4 DC and 3 Exchange 2003 Servers.
• Limited web programming with Rails, PHP, Javascript.
• Build and maintained multiple VMware ESX & ESXi 3.5 servers. Running over 90 hosts collectively.
• Experience with Symbol WAP, Cisco ASA Firewall & Cisco Core Switching

Group1Internet San Jose, Ca 2005-2006

IT/Technical Support Technician & Web Developer
Was the Lead Technical Support Technician for mDaemon Email Servers and the Window Server we sold. Was in charge of redesigning the Intershield 5.0 Server including moving to Windows XP, Updated mDaemon Server, Intershield Software & Operating optimizations. Designed and implemented the Intershield store for purchasing servers and service contracts. InterShield was purchased by AltN, owner of mDaemon, in 2006.

Rosendin Electric San Jose, Ca 2000-2005

IT/MS Access Programmer
Worked with various departments including Billing, Purchasing, Cost Accounting, Marketing, Business Development and Estimating. Built the corporate Project and Work Order Tracking system and its integration into the Accounting process. Designed various databases for internal use including a Phone listing, Training Database, Licensing Manager and Marketing Resources tracking.