Curriculum Vitae

(Summary) 

Marital Status:                           Single  

Qualifications

BA (Comp. Sci, Psychology, Journalism) (Rhodes)

Unix / Linux Security Diploma (LearningTree International)

MCP + Internet, MCSE 

Skills Summary

I have over 5 years of solid commercial experience in the areas of Linux/UNIX system design, system administration, network administration, security, Internet development, high availability, clustering, capacity planning and support. I also have solid and commercially proven skills in internet development with Open Source tools such as PHP, MySQL, XML, HTML, JavaScript.   

Specialities

Linux/Open Source clustering and high availability, web farms, databases, security, networks 

Skills Shortlist

Operating Systems:                   Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Windows, Mac OSX, Mac OS

Programming:                            PHP, Perl, Bash, XML, (D)HTML, JavaScript

Databases:                                MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, MS Access, Informix

Webservers:                              Apache, Zeus, thttpd, MS IIS

Email Systems:                         Sendmail, Postfix, Cyrus, MS Exchange

Other:                                       Bind/DNS, CVS, RCS, TomCat, rsync, NFS, Cisco IOS  

Employment History             (Current Employment) 

Position:                                  Systems and Website Manager

Globalvision (Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7BP) 

Period of Employment:            September 2001 – current (Available on 2 April 2003) 

Responsibility:                         Ultimate responsibility for all internal and external systems.  

Successes

Planned and implemented the move of mission critical systems from failing and inadequate infrastructure to a secure and scalable load balanced cluster architecture with centralised resources and a modular design. Recovered from security intrusion and compromise caused by outdated systems. Implemented proper development practices. Redesigned, secured and optimised globally spread network to one easily manageable location. Added critical backup and file server functions with enhanced security. Developed and implemented Security Policy. Developed and implemented service monitoring tools.  Used and customised Open Source tools to keep costs low and software quality high, including the development of a custom Linux distribution with an optimised kernel. Negotiated and managed business relationship with International ISP.  

Full CV and references (including past employment and contacts) are available on request.

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