Level 3 Systems Administrator at Site5 LLC
Greater Detroit Area
Level 3 Systems Administrator at Site5 LLC
Greater Detroit Area
Over 10 years of experience supporting, configuring, maintaining and administering Linux and Windows systems, specializing in production VPS systems based on the Xen or XenServer platform. Proficient with Linux (Debian and Ret Hat based) and Windows operating systems as well as web server technologies including PHP, Apache, cPanel, MySQL, Postgres SQL and multiple MTA's (e-mail systems). Currently employed in a Linux only environment.
I am also interested in tech-sales. My broad range of technical knowledge coupled with my ability to expertly deal with customers on a personal and professional level would make me an ideal candidate for this area of work.
Linux System Administration in 500+ server environment, Xen, XenServer, CentOS/RedHat, Debian, OpenVZ, Customer Satisfaction, LAMP, cPanel, technical support, computer networking, Web Hosting, computer repair, customer relations, bash scripting.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Test, configure, optimize and manage a fleet of VPS (Xen) servers for production use on mission critical systems. In addition, "regular" systems administration tasks on cPanel servers supporting over 250,000 web sites. Tasks include advanced troubleshooting, shell programming, server configuration/setup and fixing about anything that can go wrong with a Linux server.
(Internet industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Provides centralized management for the growing number of sites and services provided by jemmilleNetworks.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Content, design, and implementation of all aspects for jemmille.com
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2007 — August 2009 (2 years )
* Setup/test/manage CentOS based Linux servers for production environment with over 200 servers.
* Fully manage a clustered network of VPS (Xen and OpenVZ) systems and provide primary support for these systems.
* Create custom guest images for VPS environments
* Helped to create and currently maintain a set of custom scripts to facilitate server build outs.
* Manage, repair, and analyze various hardware, software and code issues in a Linux environment for a medium sized web hosting company.
* Communicate with customers via web ticket system and phone in a professional and courteous manner.
* Solve network related problems and prioritize requests so all customers receive the highest level of satisfaction.
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
March 2001 — April 2002 (1 year 2 months)
Responsible for monitoring systems and running tape based backup systems.
(Higher Education industry)
August 1998 — March 2001 (2 years 8 months)
Responsible for general technical support to students in the various computer labs around campus.
Secondary Education , Geography, History , 2003 — 2006
Computer Science , Networking Technologies , 1998 — 2002
New Technology, Operating Systems, HTML, Soccer