Senior Operations Developer at MyYearbook.com
Greater New York City Area
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- Senior Operations Developer at MyYearbook.com
- Owner at Owl Advisors, LLC
- Director of Information Technology at AddThis.com
- Editor in Chief, Python Magazine at Marco Tabini Associates Publishing
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- Infrastructure Architect at Raytheon
- Systems Administrator at Princeton University Dept. of Computer Science
- co-Author - Linux Server Hacks, vol 2 at O'Reilly Media
- Editor in Chief at php|architect Magazine
- Systems Engineer at Continental Resources
- Systems Engineer at Sybase
- Consultant at Conversion Services International
- Systems Engineer at Conversion Svcs. Int'l
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Brian Jones’s Summary
I architect, design, deploy, maintain, and integrate systems and services. I also develop tools to aid in all of that, as well as to more generally help sysadmins get their work done where I can. I also perform on-site training in various focus areas including beginner-to-advanced Linux administration and database-related topics.
Brian Jones’s Specialties:
LDAP, SQL, DNS, DHCP, system security, Linux, database design, Python, Perl, systems management policy and procedure, architecture, planning, and training
Brian Jones’s Experience
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Senior Operations Developer
MyYearbook.com
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
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Owner
Owl Advisors, LLC
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Through my company, Owl Advisors, LLC, I provide IT advisory services, project management, consulting, and on-site speaking/training.
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Director of Information Technology
AddThis.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
-- Align technology with business goals,
-- Develop and present a vision for the technological direction of the company, and manage personnel and projects to execute on that vision.
-- Work quickly, on myriad projects spanning infrastructure, systems, and software development, within a budget, and with an eye toward rapid growth, and rapid change.
-- Motivate and foster the potential of great techologists. -
Editor in Chief, Python Magazine
Marco Tabini Associates Publishing
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
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Infrastructure Architect
Raytheon
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2007 — November 2007 (4 months)
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Systems Administrator
Princeton University Dept. of Computer Science
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2001 — August 2007 (6 years 1 month)
Day-to-day infrastructure administration. CUPS, DNS, DHCP, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, NIS, LDAP, NFS, SMB, NTP, logging, Veritas NetBackup, NetApp, VMWare ESX Server, U-Wash IMAP, Sendmail, network/system/environmental monitoring, et al. Linux/Solaris environment.
Primary roles: Day-to-day infrastructure admin. Directory services architect; database administrator, developer and schema designer; admin tool and web service developer using Perl, Python, and PHP. -
co-Author - Linux Server Hacks, vol 2
O'Reilly Media
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2005 — 2005 (less than a year)
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Editor in Chief
php|architect Magazine
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years )
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Systems Engineer
Continental Resources
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year )
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Systems Engineer
Sybase
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
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Consultant
Conversion Services International
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year )
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Systems Engineer
Conversion Svcs. Int'l
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year )
Brian Jones’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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