Folks,
My current position has ended and I'm looking for work. Central Florida
or telecommute only. No relocation. Have telecommute experience. ;)
Thanks.
..david
David Raistrick
1051 End O' The Trail
Geneva Florida 32732
Phone: 407-349-1457 Cell: 407-687-5986
drais@atlasta.net
- Objective -
* A SAGE Level III (Intermediate) Systems Administration, Network
Engineering, or related position that lets me use my knowledge and
experience to make the team successful.
* Available for full time position with 2 weeks notice.
-Skills and Qualifications-
* Managed up to 4 direct reports.
* 10+ years of computer experience.
* 8 years experience with systems and network administration.
* Continually learning new programs and systems.
* Ability to rapidly firefight in unknown environments.
* Operating Systems: UNIX (FreeBSD, BSDi, BSD/OS, Mac OS X, Linux),
Windows XP/2000/2003, and others
* Network Products: Cisco routers and switches, HP Procurve switches;
Wireless-Inc, BreezeAccess, Adaptive Broadband; Cisco PIX, WatchGuard,
SonicWALL, NetScreen, Fortinet, GNAT Box, SnapGear, ZyWALL, and D-Link
firewalls; CacheFlow cache engines; Acucomm DSLAMS
* Network Technologies: BGP, RIP, some OSPF, RADIUS, DNS (BIND, djbdns)
* Email: Email servers (qmail, Sendmail, NTMail), mailing list managers
(ezmlm, Smartlist, Majordomo), AV/AS (F-Prot, AntiVir, Sophos, Kaspersky,
AMaViS, SpamAssassin, Commtouch, Mailshell), development of GNAT Box
Mail Sentinel, Courier IMAP
* Programming/Scripting Languages: Shell (sh, tcsh, bash, ksh), awk/sed,
PHP, Perl, Python
* Backups: Amanda, rsync, Retrospect
* Web: Apache, PHP, CacheFlow, RT, ColdFusion, JBOSS (with Apache Tomcat),
Microsoft IIS
* Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Filemaker, MS SQL Server
- Certifications -
* TCP/IP Administration - 2000, Brainbench
* Linux Administration (General) - 2001, Brainbench
- Related Experience -
Network Engineer / Systems Administrator
SKYRIM, Inc., Daytona Beach, FL
December 2005-July 2007
* Performed general systems administration duties on FreeBSD, Ubuntu
Linux, and Windows 2003 Servers.
* Designed network for small wireless ISP using various technologies.
* Initiated company-wide documentation project using wiki.
* Hired and managed 3 direct reports.
Network Architect/Engineer
PowerCentric Software Inc., Orlando FL
July 2005-December 2005
* Opened a development office in Orlando. Specified desktop and network
hardware for the development team; proposed initial network designs;
researched network and database security requirements for SOX and
HIPAA; outlined office and test lab environments.
* Installation of Windows 2003 Servers with JBoss Java Application Server,
BlueDragon, and IIS.
Systems Administrator
Global Technology Associates, Inc., Orlando FL
December 2001-July 2005
* Provided significant input into the design and feature set for the
Mail Sentinel AV/AS email proxy. Researched, evaluated, and
benchmarked AV and AS SDKs from vendors, providing data that aided in
the selection of partners.
* Responsible for routine maintenance and upgrades of 11 FreeBSD servers,
3 Windows 2000/XP servers, and a mix of FreeBSD, Windows, Mac OS X, and
Mac OS9 workstations. Also responsible for configuration, maintenance,
and upgrades of our 3 Cisco routers and 7 production GNAT Box
firewalls, including 4 High Availability firewall pairs.
* Responsible for the installation of a second T1, configuration
of BGP, and procurement of an ASN from ARIN, as well as registering
route objects. Perform BGP tuning to balance traffic.
* Designed a company-wide backup system using Amanda, including
extensions to maintain 10 days worth of configurations for each
firewall.
* Developed a simple High Availability solution for corporate webserver
and database server utilizing VRRP.
* Upgraded existing mailservers and mailing lists to qmail and ezmlm-idx.
Redesigned and updated mailing list archives and implemented
MnogoSearch for archives and website.
* Installed spam and virus filtering using qmail-scanner, f-prot, and
SpamAssassin. Customized qmail-scanner to redirect tagged spam in
accordance with evolving company policy.
* Installed SSL web-based email for traveling employees using
SquirrelMail.
* Configured and performance tested competitor firewalls including Cisco
PIX, Watchguard, SonicWall, and NetScreen.
* Wrote design specifications and performed Quality Assurance testing on
prototype hardware.
* Experience with IPv6 routing, subnetting, and firewalls. Built a IPv6
firewall using ipf.
* Responsible for all internal and external DNS using BIND and djbdns.
Systems Administrator (Contract)
Atlasta Networks, Seattle WA
2001 - 2004
* Responsible for machine upkeep, and installation and repair of
software for clients. Sendmail, BIND and Apache configuration and
maintenance under FreeBSD and BSDi.
Systems Administrator (Volunteer)
Type2.Com
1998 - present
* As the primary Systems Administrator, I am responsible for hardware
and software installation, configuration, and maintenance of a FreeBSD
4.3-R server running Apache, qmail, ezmlm-idx, and procmail serving a
hobbyist mailing list with 1500+ subscribers and associated websites.
Senior Network Engineer/Systems Administrator
Digital Wireless Communications, Savannah GA
2000 - 2001
* Managed 1 full time direct report, plus up to 3 installation techs.
* Responsible for 24x7 support and maintenance of two separate
Metropolitan Area Networks, customers, and all related equipment.
* Responsible for DNS and emails servers, and built a web-based email
interface for customers. Recommended email virus scrubbing system using
AmaVis, AntiVir, and sendmail.
* Design and planning of migration to a dynamic multi-homed network
including three diverse DS3s, BGP, and OSPF.
* Small scale deployment of aDSL through Bellsouth.
* Preliminary design of a full ATM nationwide network using PPPoEoA across
dynamically deployed Adaptive Broadband radios for last mile.
* Design, configuration and deployment of Adaptive Broadband ATM topology
wireless routers and bridges using both CLIP routing and RFC1483
bridging in two cities.
* Designed and installed a streaming audio and video server using
FreeBSD, Apache, and RealServer 7.
* Configuration, monitoring, and maintenance of multiple Cisco 7206VXRs,
2600 series, and 1600 series routers.
* Configuration, monitoring, and maintenance of Acucomm iDAC DSLAMs and
iRACER DSL Modems.
* Installation, planning, and programming of wireless WANs using
BreezeAccess ethernet bridges, Wireless-Inc WaveNet 2458 wireless
routers, Wireless-Inc N2X/WaveEX wireless bridges.
* Instituted a complete network status and stability monitoring system
using a combination of Big Brother and MRTG.
* Assisted in the configuration and installation of two CacheFlow
cache engines in a forward/reverse proxy setup using WCCP.
Systems Administrator (Contract)
Digital-Galaxy Networks, Seattle WA
1998 - 2001
* Maintenance and administrative duties on BSDi and FreeBSD 3.X servers.
Network Engineer
Atlasta Networks, Grovetown GA
1997 - 1999
* Assisted in the design and configuration of a small dialup ISP
using Livingston Portmaster 3s, and BSDi servers running Sendmail,
Radius, and Apache as well as providing shell space to customers.
Installed and configured the Cisco 2525 to our upstream provider.
- Training -
* September 19-22, 2000 - Onsite Installation/Configuration/Planning
training from Adaptive Broadband and FVC.
* Three days onsite configuration/planning/debugging and one day
pre-deployment training from BreezeCom.
- Volunteer Work -
* 1992 - 1995 Eisenhower Army Medical Center - Ft Gordon, GA
As a Red Cross volunteer in the Medical Photography lab, I performed
direct copy, slide duplication, color and black and white printing, and
architectural photography of the hospital building.
* Received the Red Cross/Michael Brayboy Memorial youth volunteer
achievement award, as well as a commendation from the Department of
the Army for exceptional service.
* 1990 - 1993 National Science Center - Ft Gordon, GA
Assisted visitors with computer and electronics related exhibits.
Letters of Reference available upon request.
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