System Manager

Pete!Hanson (***)!***c****!/!Portland,!OR

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PROVEN!UNIX!ADMINISTRATOR!WITH!SUCCESS!MANAGING!AND!

TRANSITIONING!SYSTEMS!IN!DIVERSE!ENVIRONMENTS

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Provides!more!than!10!years!of!experience!with!unix!administraUon!in!an!aroundcthecclock !

environment,!as!well!as!experience!in!programming!and!technical!support.!Demonstrates!success!at!

planning!and!execuUng!major!transiUons!in!hardware,!operaUng!systems,!applicaUons,!and!

environments.!Possesses!excepUonal!technical!abiliUes,!strong!communicaUons!skills,!excellent !

customer!and!sta !relaUons,!and!the!ability!to!adapt!to!change!and!other!challenges.!

! RITICAL!SKILL!SET

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UNIX/Linux!system!and!network!con guraUon!and!administraUon

Server!soEware!selecUon!and!installaUon

Amazon!Cloud!deployment!and!administraUon

TroubleshooUng!and!debugging

SoEware!and!uUlity!development,!maintenance,!and!porUng

Can!explain!complex!technical!issues!to!a!nonctechnical!audience.

! M P L O Y M E N T ! H I S T O R Y!

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Salon!Media!Group San!Francisco,!CA

Apr!1999! !May!2012

System!Administrator!

Maintained!operaUng!systems!and!applicaUons!soEware!for!10!servers!supporUng!more!than!

15000!community,!web,!and!email!users.!Administered!Linux!(CentOS/Redhat,!Fedora!Core),!

Solaris,!and!FreeBSD!servers.!Maintained!security!by!keeping!soEware!up!to!date,!applying!

patches,!con guring! rewalls,!eliminaUng!unneeded!services,!and!monitoring!system!logs!and !

changes.!Monitored!system!performance.!Performed!system!backups!and!ensured!reliability.!

Provided!reports,!technical!advice!and!guidance!to!management.!Communicated!directly!with!

customers!regarding!changes,!maintenance!periods,!and!other!issues.!Achievements!include:

Planned!and!executed!transiUons!from!barecmetal!systems!to!VMWarecbased!data!center!

machines!and,!later,!to!Amazon's!ElasUc!Compute!Cloud!(EC2).

Conducted!several!operaUng!system!transiUons!from!Solaris!and!FreeBSD!to!Fedora!Core!

Linux,!and!later!to!CentOS!(Redhat)!Linux,!including!porUng!of!applicaUons.

Recarchitected!billing,!registraUon,!and!user!provisioning!systems!to!use!Aria!Systems!

soEware!(SaaS)!with!REST!techniques.

Redesigned!and!implemented!our!customer!email!system,!replacing!an!anUque!commandc

line!and!POP!system!with!a!modern!Webc!and!IMAPcbased!system,!while!providing!an!interim!

cutover!period!to!minimize!disrupUons!to!our!3000!email!customers.

Improved!system!and!user!security!by!eliminaUng!unencrypted/insecure!protocols!such!as!

Telnet,!FTP,!and!HTTP!to!encrypted/secure!protocols!like!SSH,!SCP/SFTP,!and!HTTPS.

Converted!a!staUc,!inconsistent!web!site!to!one!that!used!a!consistent!design!with!dynamic!

content!that!could!be!maintained!with!the!MasoncCM!Content!Management!System.

Adapted!conferencing!soEware!for!use!on!mobile!devices

Whole!Earth!'Lectronic!Link Sausalito,!CA

Jan!1994! !Mar!1999

System!Programmer

Designed,!developed,!implemented,!and!maintained!applicaUons!soEware!for!approximately!7500 !

users!on!Dynix!and!Solaris!systems.!Controlled!system!access!by!maintaining!system!logins!and!

passwords,!and!monitored!system!for!unusual!acUviUes.!Served!as!technical!liaison!between !

customer!support!sta !and!system!administrators,!answering!quesUons!and!providing!assistance!

when!possible.!Special!projects!and!events!included:

Designed,!developed!and!maintained!customer!registraUon!and!billing!data!applicaUon

Ported!applicaUons!soEware!between!from!Dynix!to!Solaris.

Worked!with!the!FBI!preparatory!to!the!arrest,!trial,!and!convicUon!of!an!infamous!hacker.

Whole!Earth!'Lectronic!Link Sausalito,!CA

Dec!1991! !Jan!1994

Contractor

Performed!various!customer!support!and!programming!tasks!as!required.!Wrote!the!customer!

user!manual.!Answered!customer!support!emails!and!forumcbased!quesUons.!Hosted!the!

Wellcome !forum!for!welcoming!new!customers!to!the!system.!Developed!small!uUlity!programs !

for!both!customer!support!sta !and!customer!use.

MarFnJMarieGa!Data!Systems! San!Antonio/Kelly!AFB,!TX

Jun!1988! !Sep!1991

MVS!Systems!Programmer

Maintained!mulUple!MVS!virtual!machines!on!a!high!priority!military!intelligence!system. !

Performed!database!administraUon!for!mulUple!Model!204!database!instances.!Controlled!system!

access!and!security!for!both!the!OS!and!database!soEware.!Applied!system!and!soEware!patches.!

Monitored!performance.

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ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE! WORKING!KNOWLEDGE

CentOS!(Redhat) C++!with!STL PosTix

Fedora!Core PostgreSQL/MySQL FreeBSD

Solaris! Nagios NetApp

Mac!OS!X NFS Ruby

Sendmail/Procmail REST Python

Perl Javascript Oracle

Regular!expressions Sun!Pkgadd/Pkgrm DNS/BIND

Bash/Ksh!scripUng Sun!Patch!Manager Windows!7

Apache!Server! Amazon!CloudWatch Csh/Tcsh

Amazon!EC2/EBS Windows!XP XML

Zimbra VMWare AJAX

Squirrelmail Parallels!Desktop MVS

Rsync/Rsnapshot Adobe!Photoshop TSO/ISPF

Unix!Services RSS PL/1

Mason/MasoncCM Apple!Xserve JCL

HTML/CGI/CSS RAID Model!204

C PHP

Picospan TCP/IP

Engaged!Discussions Dynix

Web!Crossing

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US!Air!Force!NoncCommissioned!O cers!Academy

The!College!of!Insurance,!New!York,!NY!(Actuarial!Science)

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Picospan,!PL/1,!POP,!PosTix,!PosTix,!PostgreSQL,!Procmail,!Programming,!Puppet,!Python,!Qpopper,!RAID,!Redhat,!Regular!expressions,!REST,!Rsnapshot,!RSS,!Rsync,!Ruby,!SCP,!ScripUng,!Sed,!Sendmail,!Snapshots,!Solaris,!Solaris!10,!Solaris!2.5,!Solaris!6,!Solaris!8,!Spam!Control,!SpamAssassin,!SPOP,!SQL,!Squirrelmail,!SSH,!STL,!Strace,!Sun!Patch!Manager,!Sun!Pkgadd/Pkgrm,!TCP/IP,!Tcpdump,!Tcsh,!Telnet,!Templates,!Truss,!TSO/ISPF,!Unix!Services,!VMWare,!Web!Crossing,!Windows!7,!Windows!XP,!XML,!Xserve,!Zimbra!CollaboraUon!Server

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