Sean Kelly

Current

Associate Director of IT at Creighton University

Past

Systems Architect at Creighton University
Unix System Administrator (Student) at Creighton University

Education

Creighton University

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Sean Kelly’s Summary

Technologist and computer enthusiast with a diversified skill set and desire to learn. Particularly interested in all things Unix, networking, security, virtualization and programming. Always looking for new ways to apply existing knowledge and gain experience with new things.

Sean Kelly’s Specialties:

Unix/Linux system administration, virtualization, programming, system infrastructure, and system security

Operating Systems: FreeBSD, Linux, VMware ESX, HP-UX, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows 2003
Languages: C, C++, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, shell scripting
Software: ISC BIND, ISC DHCPD, Apache, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Postfix, ...

Sean Kelly’s Experience

Associate Director of IT

Creighton University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Systems Architect

Creighton University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

June 2005 — August 2008 (3 years 3 months)

Planning for, designing, testing, and implementing a secure consolidated system infrastructure with homogeneous hardware relying on virtualization.

Act in a technological advisory role on topics including virtualization, system infrastructure, and new areas of focus.

Oversee and assist with the design, implementation, deployment, and maintenance of a server environment based on VMware ESX and standard hardware configurations.

Assist with University information security initiatives as a member of the Division of Information Technology's Security Solution Team. Duties involve the development of new policies, procedures, and practices to strengthen information security.

Assist with day to day system administration and the transition toward Linux as the standard Unix platform for the University.
Unix System Administrator (Student)

Creighton University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

July 2000 — June 2005 (5 years )

Assisted with the administration of many HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris systems. This included routine maintenance and non-routine work as well.

Designed several systems and applications that became vital components to the University's IT arsenal. Examples include designing and developing the account management and directory lookup system, designing and co-developing a host registration and network management system, and developing many other smaller niche tools to fit specific needs.

Assited with some simple networking work, including troubleshooting network issues involving the Unix servers, detecting some network attacks, maintaining and troubleshooting the campus DNS and DHCP services.

Sean Kelly’s Education

Creighton University

B.S. , Computer Science , 2000 — 2005

Received the Dr. John Mordeson Excellence in Computer Science award for the class of 2005. Received Student Employee of the Year award for the year of 2004.

Activities and Societies:

ACM