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Software Engineer -
Akamai Technologies Inc. (7/02 -
6/16)
- Software development (Perl, PHP)
- Rewrote prototype of traceroute analyzer
- Wrote host parser rule generator, determining hostname strings correlated with locations, and finding connections that exceeded theoretical maximum speeds
- Analysis of extensive Internet data from company's vast
global network
- Development of several visualizations of the above
data
- Linux / FreeBSD systems administration
- Development of existing traceroute analyzer in C++
- Prototyping of new traceroute analyzer in Perl
- Data collection, analysis, and visualization for Wired article on
Slammer worm
Linux Administrator / Software Engineer / High Level
Support - Aspre (11/00 - 10/01)
- Supported full range of problems on approximately 1,500
customer Linux servers.
- Built Perl/CGI network monitoring scripts against HP
OpenView's SQL back-end under Solaris.
- PHP/MySQL development.
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- Created multi-user task manager.
- Assisted in development of a software bug
tracker.
- Migrated / customized customers' Perl scripts.
- Maintained internal and customer secondary DNS (Linux /
Bind).
Network Services Consultant - The IQ Group (11/99 - 10/00)
- Administered Red Hat Linux servers: DNS (Bind), Mail
(Sendmail), PPP, Web (Apache).
- Solaris / Linux / Windows (2000/NT/98/95) / Networking
consulting, including:
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- Assisting in administration of several production
Sun/Solaris servers, including installation of business
critical proprietary applications.
- Wrote Perl, HTML, and CGI to generate statistics and
monitor processes.
- Set up a pair of dual dial-up modem load balancing
routing Linux servers.
- Created and maintained Cisco router access list /
firewall.
- Set up and maintained a Sun SPARC / Solaris (2.7)
server.
- Host of the Philadelphia area Linux User
Group.
- Assisted with administration of an AIX 4.3.3 box.
- Windows NT / network administration.
Network Services Support / Admin -
Health Partners (12/98 -
11/99)
- Windows NT administration and support for approximately
350 users in a Windows95/98 client, Windows NT Server
environment.
- Participated in the relocation of all workstations and
servers to new offices.
- Networking (100baseT NICs/hubs/switches, switched gigabit
fiber backbone)
- Tested and trouble-shot applications hosted on Linux
servers.
Networking & Microsystems Support / Network
Administrator -
Volt
Information Sciences (5/98 - 12/98)
- Windows NT administration and support for approximately
300 users in a Windows95 / OS/2 client, Windows NT Server
environment.
- Dealt with a full range of PC related issues in
Production, Development, and Executive environments.
- Assisted in WAN migration from point-to-point IBM
mainframe to (Bay Networks) TCP/IP routed frame relay.
- Trouble-shot emergency shutdown of Sun/Solaris (UNIX)
based telecom system.
- Continued maintenance of PC Inventory and Request System
databases.
- Worked on switch segmented token ring + 10baseT
network.
Networking & Microsystems Clerk Responsible for PC
Inventory -
Volt Information
Sciences (12/97 - 5/98)
- Maintained the company's PC Inventory Database in MS
Access.
- Maintained PC Stock.
- Interfaced with the Director of Purchasing for the East
Coast, located in New York City, on a daily basis.
- Interacted with vendors regularly.
- Worked with executives regularly.
- Assisted the department manager in maintaining the
Request System Database in MS Access.
- Assisted with projects involving Greece, Argentina,
Canada, and interacted with branches across the U.S. on a
regular basis.
- Manned PC Help Line.
- Provided PC Technical support.
- Involved in solving a number of problems that fell
outside the areas of expertise of my coworkers.
- Windows network administration.
Computer User Support -
Montgomery
County Community College (9/95 - 6/96)
- Assisted users with many software packages in a Windows /
Novell environment (word processor, spreadsheet, art,
Internet/web software, etc.).
- Assisted students in creating and debugging C, Visual
Basic, and Pascal programs.
- Maintained printers and other network support
hardware.
- Served as the first line toward solving network problems
and as the communications link with senior technicians.
Education
Montgomery
County Community College (3 semesters 9/95 - 6/96).
Worked on student team that helped create UNIX courses.
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