*rd John Oliver

Linux Systems Engineer at VNS

Location

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Industry

Computer Networking

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Linux Systems Engineer at VNS

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Network Engineer at FGM, Inc

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Network Engineer at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems

Systems Administrator at FGM, Inc

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IT Specialist at Verimatrix

Linux Systems Administrator at Systran Software, Inc

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Systems Administrator at Impact Engine

Production Technologist at Hitachi Data Systems

Systems Administrator at Connectnet

Sr. Desktop Support Specialist at DENSO International America

Network Administrator at Abtech Systems

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Summary

I am primarily a Red Hat Linux systems administrator / networking guy. I am not looking

for new opportunities at this time.

Specialties

Red Hat-ish flavors of LinuxExperience

Linux Systems EngineerVNSJanuary 2012Present (5 months) Fairfax, VA

Network EngineerFGM, Inc.

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry

October 2010 January 2012 (1 year 4 months) Chantilly, VA

Packaging Windows applications for unattended installs for deployment via SCCM. Security

reviews on RHEL 5 with DISA SRRs.

Network Engineer

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems

Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GD; Defense & Space industry

October 2010 January 2012 (1 year 4 months) Chantilly, VA

Subcontractor on ISED contract

Systems AdministratorFGM, Inc.

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry

December 2008October 2010 (1 year 11 months) San Diego, CA

Administered 15 Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Windows

2003 Server, and VMware ESXi 4 Started position with no input or guidance... the lab had

been abandoned with no documentation. Recovered administrative access, mapped services,

addressed legacy applications running under Windows while rebuilding Linux-centric

infrastructure. Kept hosts patched and secured to DoD / SPAWAR requirements, including

SELinux in enforcing mode. Built Kickstart-based script to automate installation of new

hosts. Administered / troubleshot MySQL backends and some Java code. Started virtualizing

new hosts to minimize charges for new physical hosts and conserve data center resources.

IT Specialist

Verimatrix

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry

March 2008December 2008 (10 months) San Diego, CA

Administered 50 Dell PowerEdge and IBM x-Series servers running Red Hat Linux, 20 Sun

servers (v100, v240, and T2000) running Solaris 9 and 10, and 20 Cisco 2960 switches in a

lab environment supporting the development of IPTV conditional access software. Worked

with streaming video and multicast network traffic. Implemented Kickstart and jumpstart

servers as well as an OpenLDAP server for user authentication. Attached several Linux

servers to an iSCSI SAN.

Linux Systems AdministratorSystran Software, Inc.

September 2006March 2008 (1 year 7 months) San Diego, CA

Administered 30 Dell PowerEdge servers (x6xx through x9xx) running Red Hat Enterprise

Linux, as well as several Dell managed switches, Cisco 28XX routers, and Cisco PIX / ASA

firewalls. Deployed VMware Server to greatly increase server utilization and decrease

hardware requirements. Migrated legacy services to virtual machines. Built new colocation

environment and migrated web services from old facility. Assisted users with Linux,

networking, and Windows issues.

Systems Administrator

Impact Engine

20062006 (less than a year) La Jolla, CA

Administered twelve HP Proliant servers (DL360 and DL380) running CentOS Linux with

Systems Insight Manager. Built clustered content server based on LVS and IPVS to handle

projected web server load of several million hits per day and stringent uptime

requirements. Managed several Cisco 29XX switches.

John has 1 recommendation (1 manager) including:

3rd Marcus A., Software Architect, Impact Engine Inc

Production Technologist

Hitachi Data Systems

Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

February 2004July 2005 (1 year 6 months) San Diego, CA

Mastered CDs of documentation and microcode for Hitachi enterprise storage arrays. Tested

software and microcode under Windows, Red Hat Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX.

Systems Administrator

Connectnet

Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

March 2000April 2002 (2 years 2 months) San Diego, CA

Responsible for approximately thirty Solaris, Red Hat Linux, and FreeBSD servers

providing DNS, web, and mail services to ISP customer base. Acted as lead for technical

support staff. Responded to abuse and security incidents. Involved in all aspects of

running the data center.

John has 1 recommendation (1 report) including:

3rd Sarah W., Support Technician, Connectnet

Sr. Desktop Support SpecialistDENSO International America

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; Automotive industry

April 1999March 2000 (1 year) Carlsbad, CA

Supported approximately 150 users, mostly mechanical & electrical engineers, in a Windows

NT 4.0 environment with some HP-UX. Duties included providing support to all users,

including engineers and executives; as well as specifying, ordering, and configuring new

systems.

Network Administrator

Abtech Systems

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry

February 1997February 1998 (1 year 1 month) Carlsbad, CA

Provided desktop support to approximately 100 users. Installed Red Hat Linux server that

provided NAT service to users, a sendmail relay, and MRTG monitoring of vital statistics

for six Windows NT 4.0 Servers.

Certifications

Linux+

CompTIA

April 2010

Security+

CompTIA

July 2009

Network+

CompTIA

January 2000

Recommendations For John

Systems Administrator

Impact Engine

John is an extremely capable systems administrator and very detail oriented. Very

comfortable with bleeding edge technologies. August 30, 2007

3rd Marcus A., Software Architect, Impact Engine Inc

managed John at Impact Engine

Systems Administrator

Connectnet

John is highly skilled in system administration, and I learned a great deal from him

during our years at Connectnet and Hosting.com. August 29, 2007

3rd Sarah W., Support Technician, Connectnet

reported to John at Connectnet

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