
Server/Network Administrator at Winters Independent School District
San Angelo, Texas Area

Server/Network Administrator at Winters Independent School District
San Angelo, Texas Area
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Perl, Ubuntu, Ajax, JavaScript, CSS, automation, Win32, Cisco
(Education Management industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
(Higher Education industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 9 months)
Assist with administration and support of Windows servers, EMC SAN, and VMware Virtual Infrastructure environments; Develop, implement, and maintain processes and procedures for server technology services; Provide maintenance and support of services such as file/print servers, application servers, domain name services, and electronic messaging; Manage software/hardware acquisition installation and availability for the server environment;
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2006 — January 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Assist IT manager to define web-based application requirements, output needs and security controls; Develop user interface and output prototypes; Recommend technical and procedural design for new or revised applications; Review, modify, and write program code utilizing Perl, MySQL, and various web technologies including JavaScript and Ajax.
• Took initiative to resolve standing issue of interacting with Informix databases through Perl.
• Developed new web application for granting permissions for department’s Informix-based accounting system.
• Completed facelift / new functionality for major Events Management web application (in queue for ~ 4 yrs).
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2004 — January 2006 (2 years 1 month)
Assist in maintaining department hardware/software, develop and maintain databases/web pages using HTML, Perl, Access, and MySQL. Maintain network and user software/hardware, department data backups, software patches, and antivirus updates. Supervise the service of 300+ student organization e-mail accounts and 400+ web accounts. Assist student organizations with website development. Manage and monitor web and e-mail servers. Develop web-based management tools to assist in server management.
(Public Company; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
November 2002 — January 2004 (1 year 3 months)
Develop web-interfaced management and monitoring tools as needed in Perl/CGI, XML, and XHTML for this $24 billion in revenue/yr. company. Assist with configuration of routers, switches, and wireless access points.
* Developed administrative front- and back-end management tools for MRTG (Multi-Router Traffic Grapher), saving the company $11,000/yr.
* Developed and automated a utility to monitor the status of various call center reporting servers (running ALVE Inform Reporter).
* Developed web-interfaced performance monitor of Cognos PowerPlay Enterprise Server and PowerPlay Web Cube.
(Higher Education industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
Perl, Ubuntu, Open Source, VOIP, community technology
The Perl Foundation, San Angelo Perl Mongers (founder), YAPC::NA 2007 lead, Perl Mongers, YAPC::NA
Fish Camp Namesake, Texas A&M University, 2006
Flora Foust Graduate Scholarship, 2005
Quality Award, Elite Solutions Technologies, 2000