Rochester, Minnesota Area
Chris Henderson’s Summary
Chris Henderson’s Specialties:
Red Hat Linux, Solaris, VMWare, Certified MySQL 5.0 DBA, ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT-Service Management, CompTIA Security+
Chris Henderson’s Experience
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Unix Administration Lead
Fastenal
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; FAST; Wholesale industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Manage administration of physical and virtual servers including design, build and maintenance. Implemented Single Sign-On solution for Linux and Solaris Authentication against Active Directory. Assist with tuning, operations and administration of MySQL databases. Administer and configure production web, database, and email servers. Apply consistent, secure and diligent methodologies to ensure production stability.
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Systems Administrator
EarthLink
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ELNK; Internet industry)
June 2000 — December 2006 (6 years 7 months)
Developed security checklists and processes for Dallas Data Center. Maintained corporate source code repository. Worked with developers to implement Domain Keys capability in outgoing mail. Lead SA for mail systems and projects in QE environment. Worked with developers and systems engineers to implement software upgrades and launch new products. Leadership role in installation and maintenance of large installation of Linux servers across 11 data centers nationwide, supporting over 1 million customers.
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Network Engineer
Rural Connections
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
January 1997 — June 1999 (2 years 6 months)
Bring new points of presence online. Program and troubleshoot routers. Program and troubleshoot terminal servers and modems. Install leased line connections and firewalls at businesses. Install T1 and 56k point-to-point and frame relay services.