Ian S Samuel, B.Sc. CIS - Sr. Unix Systems Administrator/Internet Consultant - Toronto, ON

E-mail: ian@MrZesty.net

Phone: 416-762-4672

Pager: 416-336-8481

Web Page: http://www.MrZesty.net/

I am self-motivated, self-taught and a logical thinker. I am looking for the opportunity to continue to do Administration and Architecture on Linux/Unix based networks.

Technical Skills

Operating Systems - UNIX (Linux – 8 years, Solaris – 2 years, FreeBSD, NetBSD, BSDi), DOS, Windows (3.x, 95, 98 & NT Server/Workstation, Windows 2000)

Software - Apache, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Netscape Enterprise Server/iPlanet, ColdFusion Server, Sybase, IIS, Samba, Oracle, XML, LAMP, CVS/RCS, DRBD and Intermezzo filesystem replication

Programming Languages - HTML, Perl, Bash/Shell Scripts, Expect, PHP, CFML, SQL, C/C++

Networking - LANs, firewalls and proxies, web servers, Cisco Catalyst switches/routers, WAN (ISDN, T1, DSL), Routing, DNS, Sendmail, POP3, IMAP, qmail, LDAP, postfix, file and print servers, bind/named, dhcp

Work Experience

Consultant

Unix/Linux Systems Administrator

• Linux and FreeBSD consulting for various clients

• Security audits (Nessus, ethereal, software upgrades) and consulting for internal and external threats

• Systems architecture and planning

• Programming and web site support using PHP

• Design and deploy fail-over and load sharing solutions for web servers

• E-mail support for Postfix and qmail-ldap

• KDE configuration and installation for workstations

• Intranet/Extranet planning

• Vinum disk mirroring

Jazz Monkey Media Inc.

Sr. Unix Systems Administrator (January 2001 – present)

• Network restructuring

• Network/System design

• Designed/deployed new server farm (21 Linux/x86 servers, private NFS network, NAS)

• Maintained LAN/WAN and 47 Unix servers (TurboLinux, RedHat, BSDi)

• Brought up new 100 Mbit dark fibre link (100 base-FX), and new bandwidth providers

• Configured multi-homing with 2 ISP’s using Cisco IOS routers and BGP and NAT

• Configured Linux as router and firewall managing > 50 mbits/sec of IP traffic

• Upgraded and restructured DNS and email systems solving problems of inconsistent lookups and lost mail. Migrated to qmail using LDAP from sendmail.

• Full security sweep and lockdown including installing SSH on all servers and adding a management network based on private IP addresses

• Network renumbering to new address space

• ISDN configuration

• Built development servers using Samba, CVS, and software raid-1

• Deployed network management and monitoring tools including Big Brother and MRTG

• Assembled web-mail system capable of thousands of users

Passport Systems Inc.

Web Systems Administrator (April 1999 – January 2001)

• Build and maintain 12 Unix web servers (Solaris 7, Linux, FreeBSD, Apache, NES – Netscape Enterprise Server, Cold Fusion 4.0/4.5, Oracle, Sybase), including managed servers for co-located clients.

• Designed and developed a web-based corporate database for client information, services and call tracking (ERD, programming, user interface design)

• Build and maintain 2 NT web servers (Netscape Enterprise Server, IIS, Cold Fusion)

• Maintain Real Audio server with 400 stream license (Linux – with 2 encoder servers)

• Perl programming, PHP, CFML, Flash Generator, I-Chat, SSH

• Troubleshooting client issues and LAN/WAN

• Office LAN administration (Windows workstations and NT servers)

• Backups (Veritas BackupExec for NT, AMANDA for Unix)

• Replaced Windows NT servers with Linux (using Samba)

Evans Consoles Inc.

Member of IT Support Team/Network Administrator (May 1998 – April 1999)

• Internal help desk support for Windows 95/NT desktops (with Office and AutoCAD)

• Built and maintained a Linux proxy server (Red Hat, Squid, SOCKS, TIS FWTK)

• Maintained HP-UX (9.x – 10.x) Solid Designer stations

• Maintained TCP/IP Ethernet LAN (10/100-base-T and 10-base-2) and NT 4 Servers

• Cabling, hubs, switches, T1 line, ISDN lines, CISCO routers

• Implemented a dedicated Internet connection (ADSL/MVL) and web server (IIS 4.0)

Primetime Internet Communications Inc.

System Administrator/Webmaster (April 1996 – June 1999)

• Built and maintained a UNIX (Linux) Internet server with Web Pages, E-mail

• Apache, FTP, telnet, Real Audio server, DNS

• Shell scripts, process automation, cron

• SQL Database engine (MySQL)

• HTML Programming and maintenance (PERL, CGI, Flash 3, web database)

• 3-tier database: SQL - Perl - HTML Browser

• Multiple domains (virtual hosting)

• Backups using CPIO and tar

Educational Background

• Graduated Magna Cum Laude from DeVry Institute of Technology, Calgary, Alberta with a B.Sc. in Computer Information Systems.

• Networking – Windows NT, Novell, Linux

• Programming – C/C++, Lotus Notes, Java, COBOL, SQL, PL/SQL

• Database – Oracle (DBA), Access, Delphi, Visual Basic

• Systems Analysis

Courses

• FastTrack to ColdFusion (November, 1999)

Interests

• I maintain my own Linux Internet servers at home for DNS, Webmail (IMP/Horde), database, qmail, Apache, file and print servers. Machines are connected in an openMosix cluster.

• I play drums, flute, piano, tuba, bass guitar, and French horn. I enjoy composing and arranging music on the computer, as well as listening to many types of music.

Awards

Alberta Treasury Branches, Bronze Award of Excellence in 4-H. (1993)

Music Festival Awards (Instrumental). (1993-94)

Chief Scouts Award. (1992)

Academic/Scholastic Honors. (1983-1995)