
Platform Engineer at JumpBox Inc
Columbus, Ohio Area

Platform Engineer at JumpBox Inc
Columbus, Ohio Area
Linux, Open Source, Virtualization, Cluster Computing, AWS (EC2, S3)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
I design, implement and maintain virtual appliances and the internal infrastructure necessary to maintain a library of virtual appliances.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 2 months)
I helped managed 50+ Linux Desktop users, 200 node High Performance Computing Cluster used for image processing, several apache servers with perl, php, and python apps, large-ish (1TB) MySQL and PostrgreSQL databases, centralized kerberos/LDAP based authentication, +50 TBs of NFS and AFS data storage.
This was a NASA funded project that handled data for both MER rovers, THEMIS on Mars Odyssey, TES on Mars Global Surveyor as well as a few terrestrial projects.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)
Installation and management of assortment of Linux systems. Include Apache, LDAP, and Blackboard Administration.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Wireless industry)
August 2004 — May 2005 (10 months)
Design, deployment and configuration of initial stage Municipal Wireless (WiFi) Network
None , Computer Science , August 2000 — May 2003
Upper level undergraduate, and some graduate coursework in Computer Science. Mainly in Operating Systems, Distributed Systems and Computer Security. Including two publications on wireless network security.
BS , Physics , August 1994 — May 2000
Undergraduate Physics Research Award - Medium Energy Nuclear Physics Research
ASU Linux User Group, Phoenix Linux User Group, Phoenix Puby Users Group, Refresh Phoenix