
Software Engineer at Allston Trading
Greater Chicago Area

Software Engineer at Allston Trading
Greater Chicago Area
Skills
Languages:
C/C++, Perl, BASH scripting, HTML, XML, LATEX, Java, PHP, Javascript, x86/SPARC Assembly, Tcl/Tk
Operating Systems:
Red Hat/Fedora, Slackware Linux, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
Applications:
Apache, CVS/RCS, Subversion, XFree86, MySQL, KDE Dev., Bind DNS, IPTables (NAT/Firewall), Sendmail & Dovecot (SMTP, IMAP/POP3), NFS, Spamassassin, ISC DHCP, mdadm Software RAID, CUPS, Samba, Vim
Miscellaneous:
system administration in various UNIX flavors, TCP/IP networking (ie. routers, smart switches), software configuration management, excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills
Personal Experience and Research 1999 - Current
* wrote various personal-use programs - UNIX scripting, service user-access
* ex-administrator of local gaming community
* assembly and maintenance of computer hardware and networks
* strong network programming, research into Distributed File Systems
* low-level OS kernel/driver understanding (strong ongoing research)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Capital Markets industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
* part of development team for application-layer x86 emulator
* network traffic and binary red-teaming, and tool development
* development and modification of website QA automation software
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2002 — August 2005 (3 years 4 months)
Work was over summers only, during May-August.
* assisted in installation / administration of Red Hat Linux (and Fedora Core) servers
* performed configuration management of systems using UNIX shell scripting, Linux system admin skills
* designed and implemented distributed systems monitor extending mon with Perl, Tcl/Tk
* developed systems administrative web suite using Javascript, HTML, PHP, Perl, and C
* tech. support of network, including wiring/troubleshooting ethernet and token ring
* technical support of software and hardware/peripherals for multiple operating systems
* accepted on-call assistance duty for network repairs
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 4 months)
Worked over summers only, May-August.
* worked in various departments within production facility - shipping & inventory
* data entry and maintenance, training of new employees in hardware systems
Bachelors , Computer Science , 2002 — 2007
B.S., Computer Science (GPA 2.72 / Major (CS) 3.0)
Minor in Philosophy
All new technologies such as Nanotech, BCI, Networking infrastructures, Software Design/Programming/Security, computer services & problem solving