Customer Service Active Directory

Chris Blossom

208-***-**** ******@*****.*** http://chrisblossom.com

OBJECTIVE

The position I seek will utilize my administration skills, while allowing for growth and creativity in an engaging, challenging environment.

SKILLSAdministration of Operating Systems:

Windows Server 2003/2008 and Windows XP/Vista/7,

Linux (Redhat 4/5/6, Ubuntu, Gentoo, and Slackware), Unix-Solaris,

VMWare ESX 3.5/4.1 and Mac OS X

Setup/Maintenance of Software:

MS Active Directory, Opscode Chef, Apache, Nginx, Tomcat, IIS 6/7, MySQL,

MS SQL Server 05 /08, Ganglia Cluster Monitoring, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, PHP, PHP-FPM,

Sendmail, Sharepoint 07 /10 and MS Software Update Service (SUS)

Related Skills:

Linux scripting (bash, ksh, zsh), limited HTML/CSS, network topology, multi-homed networks,

iSCSI, ZFS/ext3&4/NTFS, Optimize CIFS/NFS, Quest-Netvault tape backup, customer service

EDUCATION

Boise State University.

Boise, Idaho

Aug 2003-May 2008

B.A.S. Applied Technology: Computer Networking

Minor in Economics

EXPERIENCE

Photronics, Inc.

Boise, Idaho

Sept 2009-Present

Information Systems Engineer 1

Supported the VMWare ESX environment, including terminal servers

Administered Active Directory and Linux NIS authenication

Designed and maintained the local Redhat Linux environment

Supported end users with software and hardware issues

Alternated 24/7 on-call shifts on a weekly basis

Discover Media, Inc.

http://discovermediagroup.com

Mar 2012-Present

Co-Founder, Web Administrator

Managed servers and web content

Designed and executed marketing strategies

Completed search engine optimization

Product research and development

Kegstool, Inc.

http://kegstool.com

Mar 2006-Present

Co-Founder

Product design and engineering

Marketing and product licensing

E-commerce website

Awarded US patent #7950544

Boise State University, College of Business and Economics.

Boise, Idaho

Jun 2003-Oct 2008

I.T. Support Technician

Provided I.T. Support for faculty and staff inside classrooms and offices

Answered questions and resolved technical difficulties via telephone, direct contact and e-mail

Setup new equipment including computers, servers, UPCs, KVMs, and server racks

Administered user accounts in Microsoft Active Directory and Novell Netware

PROJECTS

Global FTP Authenication Q3 2011

Designed and implemented Global Linux FTP servers to authenticate to Active Directory

Wrote shell scripts to create/update accounts

Fracture Linux Cluster Construction Q4 2011

Worked with multiple vendors to purchase thirteen servers and Infiniband network

Installed and configured all hardware and software

ZFS Home Storage Server Construction Q2 2011

Solaris 2011 Express, 8TB of RAID-Z2 storage

Automated media sorting and wrote startup script

INTERESTS

Snowboarding, wake-surfing, mountain/road biking, marathons/triathlons and nerdy things

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