James S White 2806 Waywood Drive Murfreesboro, TN 37128 (256) 476-2619 james@jameswhite.org SUMMARY Twelve years experience with a multitude of computer systems, steady progression in systems design and implementation, strong emphasis on open technologies and protocols including GNU tools and Linux and their integration with proprietary systems; RELATED WORK Asurion, Nashville TN, Infrastructure Architect July 2006 - March 2008 * Core responsibility was the design and documentation of the Linux and VMware ESX infrastructure as well as third-level support for all Linux and VMware issues. * Grew a network of a dozen linux systems to over 200 hosts * Automated deployment and configuration of Linux and ESX Servers using kickstart and cfengine * Redesigned the ESX infrastructure and created a migration plan to move from ESX 2.5.x to ESX 3.5 * Designed AJAX-enabled web interfaces with perl to delegate server deployment to operational staff The Bank of New York, Nashville TN Implementation Engineer March 2006 - July 2006 * Core responsibility included support of hundreds of systems including AIX, Solaris, Windows NT/2000/2003/XP Servers and RedHat EL 3 in a WAN spanning the eastern United States, from Tennessee to New York. * Responded to critical events reported by IBM Tivoli Business Systems Manager. * Applied patches and application updates in accordance with Sarbanes/Oxley. Rezult IT Sourcing Solutions, Nashville, TN Unix Systems Administrator, Contractor with Caterpillar Financial Nashville, TN July 2004 - March 2006 * Core responsibility included support of Linux, Solaris and HP-UX systems in enterprise-level data centers. * Deployed VMWare ESX server farms on IBM eServers and xSeries Blade Centers * Automated deployment of self-healing system configurations with cfengine. * Implemented a self-configuring distributed monitoring system. * Developed custom network monitoring tools using object-oriented perl and XML. * Directed programmers on development of systems management software. * Performed systems administration duties supporting Oracle eBusiness Suite on Linux * Deployed user-mode linux and xen servers to small business units Global Anti-Piracy Solutions Montgomery, AL Network Administrator March 2002 - March 2004 * Core responsibility included administration of local and remote Microsoft and Linux based networks. * Designed and implemented firewalls with Linux and iptables to insure quality of service. * Worked closely with customers to integrate e-commerce sites with proprietary distribution systems. * Installed monitoring software and systems to increase security and performance tune servers. Global Anti-Piracy Solutions Montgomery, AL Project Engineer July 2000 - March 2002 * Core responsibility included development of software delivery system to prevent illegal redistribution. * Developed cross-platform tagging library and tracking system for WIN32 Portable Executables. * Authored UDP and raw-socket TCP/IP applications under Linux * Designed encrypted file transfer systems for piracy resistant software installation. * Developed software for CD-ROM duplication auto-loaders and jukeboxes in perl. ITC^DeltaCom, Auburn, AL Network Engineer December 1999 - July 2000 * Core responsibility included administration of Solaris, IRIX and Microsoft servers for web hosting clients. * Designed and implemented the installation of a new e-mail, web hosting, and DNS system that supported over 500 companies and over 10,000 email accounts. * Automated IRIX high-availability server fail-over to bring system uptime to 99.9% * Handled second-level support for enterprise customers. Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, AL Unix Administrator January 1998 - December 1999 * Core responsibility included the network administration of heterogeneous Solaris/Microsoft servers/clients. * Migrated all services to new servers while maintaining near 100% service up-time * Performed system backups that insured the integrity of medical research and clinic data. * Developed automated phone system to handle and direct support calls to email and pagers. Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, AL Student Computer Support Specialist March 1996 - January 1998 * Core responsibility included supporting over 100 users and machines in the Large Animal Clinic. * Configured Microsoft Windows clients to inter-operate with UNIX services. * Instructed faculty and staff on the utilization of network services. EDUCATION Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Auburn University Auburn , Alabama Graduated July 2000 Associate of Computer Information Systems Calhoun Community College Decatur, AL Graduated August 1994 RELATED HARDWARE EXPERIENCE Routers: limited experience with Cisco 2500 series routers. Servers: IBM [eSeries,xSeries,PC Compatable], Sun [4m,4u], HP 9000 servers [N class] Switches: Foundry Network's ServerIron and Hewlett Packard switches. Network Monitoring: Big Brother, SNMP, MRTG, NESSUS, Nagios, Big-Sister Backup Hardware: Exabyte and HP tape drives, Amtren auto-loaders, NSM and Powerfile Jukeboxes SAN: IBM shark and HP-VA RELATED OPERATING SYSTEMS VMware: VMware ESX 2.5.x 3.5.x, Vmware Server UNIX: Solaris, HP-UX, limited experience with Irix, AIX Linux: over ten years hands-on experience with Linux [RedHat, Debian, Immunix, and Slackware]. BSD: limited experience with OpenBSD, FreeBSD, OS-X Windows 98, NT, 2000, and XP: over eight years administrating Windows Desktops and limited experience with Server 200x, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft ISA, and Active Directory RELATED SOFTWARE C, Microsoft Visual C++, Perl, HTML Programming Languages Bourne Shell, C Shell, awk, sed Scripting Languages BIND Domain Name Server OpenLDAP, Sun Iplanet, Fedora DS Directory Servers Apache, IIS, Weblogic, Iplanet, Web/application Servers Sendmail, Postfix, Exim, E-mail Servers Oracle[9i, 10g], PostgreSQL, MySQL, Sybase Database Servers Solaris Jumpstart / RedHat Kickstart / Debian FAI Automated OS installation Samba Windows PDC, file sharing, and print sharing Server Veritas NetBackup data recovery software Cfengine configuration management Virtualization VMware [ESX,GSX,WS], Xen, User-mode Linux REFERENCES Available on Request