Michael Farace

Current

• Infrastructure Engineering Architect at CafePress.com

Past

• Systems Engineer at Microsoft
• Network Architect at Backblaze
• IT Architect at Mailfrontier, Inc.

• IT Manager at Tradec, Inc.
• Senior Network Engineer at iNetSynergy
• Manager, Security Engineering at Pivotal Integration
• Senior Network Engineer at Remote Network Systems
• Sr. Network Engineer at Edge IS

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Michael Farace’s Summary

I have 22 years experience in IT Operations, specializing in multiplatform connectivity. Windows, Solaris, Linux, most other Unix variants (SUSE, FreeBSD, etc), Mac OS X, Novell and VMS.

Experienced in cross-platform Firewalls, VPNs connectivity (full mesh gobal installations performed), Network design, multi-platform problem resolution, MySQL database setup, product research, vendor management, and facilities.

I have setup both Windows and Linux datacenters, configured most common Windows commercial and Unix Open Source applications (web servers, applications servers, databases, source control packages, monitoring, etc).

I design solutions, with a focus on what is best for a particular company, in their market, based on years of experience solving problems, and seeing what works in the real world.

Michael Farace’s Specialties:

Internet Security, Network architecture and documentation, multi-platform support, Project Management, Vendor management. Also excellent in Facilities management, office moves, liquidations, Physical Security and some phone systems.

Michael Farace’s Experience

• Infrastructure Engineering Architect

  CafePress.com

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)

  October 2007 — Present (1 year)

  Working in the Infrastructure Engineering group (aka Dev Ops), I provide a wide range of multi-platform support.
  
  Current responsibilities include: Developer Support, Release Engineering, Product and Network architecture review and design, and multi-platform support for Dev, QA and stage environments.

• Systems Engineer

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; msft; Internet industry)

  March 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 7 months)

  Systems Engineer for Hotmail Operations, and Windows Live Alerts, and for four months, Acting Lead of my team. Worked closely with Development and QA teams to support all aspects of the software release and deployment cycles: Spec reviews, Deployment Docs, Release Engineering (for Alerts), Software Deployment and Test, bug reporting, etc.
  
  Supported windows core technologies, Windows Live specific code, and Open Source packages like - Tomcat and Hyperic. Supported approximately 1,000 servers in Production and Pre-Production environments.
  
  I was a member of the Change Approval Board, and followed ITIL change control process closely for all deployments, peer approvals and CAB approvals.

• Network Architect

  Backblaze

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2007 — August 2007 (8 months)

  Designed and installed Firewall and VPN infrastructure for BackBlaze's online backup service, consulted on Data Center architecture, development system setup and troubleshooting, and provided on call support for system administration issues.

• IT Architect

  Mailfrontier, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 2003 — March 2006 (2 years 7 months)

  * Responsible for Datacenter Support, Corporate LAN, and Internet Security, and assist with some Facilities issues.
  * Design and maintain multiplatform network (Windows, Linux, Solaris)
  Skills used on a daily basis:
  * Unix support (RedHat 7.3 - Ent 3, and Solaris 7-9)
  * Web support (apache, tomcat, IIS)
  * Network Monitoring (nagios, cacti)
  * Email support (Exchange, Sendmail, Postfix)
  * MySQL DBA work (performance tunning, backups, disaster recovery)

• IT Manager

  Tradec, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 5 months)

  I manage and support the following in my environment:
  I work at a small software development company providing Supply Chain management softwarre to large contract manufactures and OEMS'.
  
  I provide support for the following:
  Firewall and Internet Security, Windows 2000 servers and desktops, Network design, Colocation hosting, VPN support, and anything with a network cable attached.
  
  I pick and manage all my vendor relationships for both IT and Facilities.

• Senior Network Engineer

  iNetSynergy

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  February 2001 — May 2002 (1 year 4 months)

  Senior Network Engineer, also providing PreSales Engineering support for professional services vendor.
  
  Worked on Network Architecture, Security, and various network integration projects involving Windows and Solaris intergration and adminsitration, and Internet Security (Firewalls, VPNs, etc).

• Manager, Security Engineering

  Pivotal Integration

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  September 1999 — February 2001 (1 year 6 months)

• Senior Network Engineer

  Remote Network Systems

  (Internet industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

• Sr. Network Engineer

  Edge IS

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

  January 1995 — October 1997 (2 years 10 months)

  Sr. Network Engineer, responsible for all Unix based Firewall installs, in addition to working on large Novell network installations (multi-city, up to 1,000 people), and being lead on Solaris and HPUX projects, in addition to Windows network support.