Aaron Schaefer

Current

• Systems Technician at Wolfram Research

Past

• Site Operator at Purdue University
• Development Director at openBook Technologies
• Network Administrator at UCN

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Education

• Purdue University
• CHS

Recommended

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Connections

82 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog - ElasticDog.com

Aaron Schaefer’s Summary

Network administrator who has worked in environments ranging from large-scale educational institutes to small-scale startups. Also very involved in the open source community, contributing regularly to many large-scale projects.

Particularly interested in security, UNIX administration, and network infrastructure design. Has 7+ years professional IT experience with system administration, technical support, and customer service. Worked full-time and took on numerous consulting jobs while attending school, and graduated with Highest Distinction from Purdue University in May 2009 with a B.S. in Computer & Information Technology, specializing in Network Engineering.

Aaron Schaefer’s Specialties:

- Cisco Implementations
- Content Management Systems
- Customer Service
- Graphic Design
- Open Source Development
- Public Key Encryption
- Security
- Shell Scripting
- Virtualization Software
- VPNs
- Web Development

Aaron Schaefer’s Experience

• Systems Technician

  Wolfram Research

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

• Site Operator

  Purdue University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  April 2003 — May 2009 (6 years 2 months)

  - Coordinated with a team to install, monitor, manage, and maintain roughly 3000 computers, 100 printers, and several servers in a large-scale enterprise environment
  
  - Provided first-tier technical support for 40,000 students, faculty, and staff campus-wide
  
  - Interviewed candidates for parallel Site Operator positions along with other administrative duties related to participation on hiring committee
  
  - Trained employees on operational procedures, customer service, and technical problem solving
  
  - Planed biweekly work schedules for all shift Site Operators and moderated daily time clock transactions and scheduling logistics (check in/out, excusals, transfers, etc.) for 200+ other employees

• Development Director

  openBook Technologies

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 8 months)

  - Administered numerous Linux and Windows boxes running various mission critical services such as Apache, MySQL, Subversion, VMware, and Bind DNS
  
  - Instituted numerous policy changes regarding organizational infrastructure (security, revision control software, backup policies, off-site hosting, etc.)
  
  - Served as the company expert on standards-based web design and best practices for XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, the DOM, usability, and accessibility guidelines (Section 508 & WCAG)

• Network Administrator

  UCN

  (Public Company; saas; Computer Software industry)

  July 2002 — December 2002 (6 months)

  - Handled troubleshooting of all technical problems (hardware, software, peripheral, and phone) site-wide for a company of 150 employees
  
  - Managed individual machines, user accounts, and their associated access rights across the company’s domain using Microsoft’s Active Directory
  
  - Established consistent, automated software deployment procedures, which increased the efficiency of system deployment/maintenance by 800%

Aaron Schaefer’s Education

• Purdue University

  B.S. , Computer & Information Technology , 2009

  Specialization in Network Engineering
  First ever recipient of the annual CIT Alumni and Industrial Advisory Board Scholarship

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Kappa Phi, AITP (Association of Information Technology Professionals), PLUG (Purdue Linux Users Group)

• CHS

Additional Information

Aaron Schaefer’s Websites:

• My Blog - ElasticDog.com

Aaron Schaefer’s Interests:

personal finance, photography, playing guitar, programming, tennis, writing

Aaron Schaefer’s Groups:

Arch Linux Trused User

•    Purdue Alumni
•    aitp - No matter how sophisticated the technology, it still takes people!
•    Factor Developers
•    Bloomington-Normal Twitterers

Aaron Schaefer’s Contact Settings

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