Objective

To work as a unix system administrator or web/Unix application developer.

Critical Skills

Experienced Unix System Administrator with extensive background in scripting, C application development and software porting. Extensive knowledge of Solaris, FreeBSD, HP-UX and other Unix Operating Systems.

Software

Languages:

C, Unix scripting languages (sed, perl, shells), Tcl/Tk, Python, Lisp variants, SQL. Also well acquainted with development tools under Unix (make, CVS/RCS, svn).

Operating Systems:

Unix variants (Solaris, HP-UX, BSD variants, Linux), some Windows 95/NT and Macintosh.

Networking Software:

Cisco IOS, Xylogics/Annex terminal servers, HP OpenView, mrtg/rrd and other SNMP-based monitoring tools

System Programming/Applications:

MTAs (qmail and sendmail), X11 programming (Athena and Athena-based widgets, raw Xlib), Unix IPC (BSD sockets, shared memory, Sun RPC), relational databases (IBM DB2, PostgreSQL), DNS (BIND and djbdns).

Hardware

Generic PC hardware, Sun Sparc and SGI workstations.

Experience

Xcess.com,
819 Landmark Plaza,
Lahore, Pakistan

(9/2001 - 10/2002) Position: Technical Operations (part-time contract)

Tasks include setting up and maintaining web servers, proxy servers, webmail apps, mail servers, database systems, and anything else that comes up. Xcess is an ISP with Solaris and FreeBSD servers.
Also responsible for maintaining the telco and network side of things (3Com and Ascend access servers, Cisco switches and routers, software to manage all the above).

CresSoft Pvt. Ltd.,
10 Abbott Road,
Lahore, Pakistan

(11/2000 - 10/2002) Position: Network and Unix Admin

Maintained and provided support to developers for Solaris, AIX, FreeBSD and Linux systems. Designed, implemented, and wrote software to transition users off the central Lotus Notes mail server to a more open solution using IMAP and LDAP. Certified as an internal ISO 9001 QA auditor.
Responsible for

• WAN connectivity issues,
• maintenance of CresSoft's external presence (nameserver zones, FTP access, email),
• day-to-day server support (backups, resource monitoring),
• assisting developers by writing or installing software,
• mail administration using qmail and related tools,
• intranet software development using Python and/or C,
• software to provide external clients with access to internal QA systems,
• operating system or vendor upgrades and security patches,
• server backups.

Whizz Technologies,
74B/II, Gulberg-II,
Lahore, Pakistan

(12/1999 - 11/2000) Position: Senior Network Engineer

Maintained in-office Unix server, managed connectivity with the Internet, and worked with clients to troubleshoot Unix and Cisco networking issues.

Hungry Programmers,
43 Vicksburg,
San Francisco, CA 94114

(6/1994 - 10/1999) Position: Independent System administrator

Maintained a network of FreeBSD and Solaris machines. Shared responsibility for

• building, configuring, and maintaining the news server,
• upgrading and configuring both Solaris and BSD sendmail software,
• maintaining the mailing lists (used Majordomo, SmartList, and ezmlm, at different times),
• operating system upgrades and patches,
• web software configuration and application development,
• configuring and installing qmail and qmail-based software,
• general application porting and installation,
• responsible for maintaining the nameserver software and managing the zones.

First Step Internet,
405 South Main,
Moscow, ID 83843, USA

(9/1997 - 10/1999) Position: Consultant

Assisted in setting up and tuning a Usenet news server.

MM Digital Technologies,
121 Sweet Avenue,
Moscow, ID 83843, USA

(2/1998 - 10/1999) Position: Independent System administrator

Maintained three FreeBSD machines which were used as routers and mail/web servers for the office. Shared responsibility for

• operating system upgrades and patches,
• web software configuration (apache with PHP and PostgreSQL),
• configuring and upgrading sendmail (and later qmail),
• installing VPN software for remote users,
• general application porting and installation.

KUOI, Student Union Building, University of Idaho,
Moscow, ID 83844, USA

(8/1996 - 10/1999) Position: Independent System administrator

Maintained a FreeBSD machine which was used for Web/mail access for a college radio station. Directly responsible for

• daily and weekly maintenance (primarily backups),
• operating system upgrades and patches,
• web software configuration and application development (CGIs and PHP-based scripts for accessing a PostgreSQL database),
• configuring and installing qmail and qmail-based software,
• general application porting and installation.

Computer Services, University of Idaho,
Moscow, ID 83844, USA

(6/1997 - 8/1997) Position: Applications Developer

Designed and implemented a Windows-based Tcl/Tk menuing and installation application for campus-wide Oracle forms access.

(3/1994 - 7/1996) Position: Systems administrator

Provided Unix and network administration assistance for several campus-wide workstations and servers running HP-UX, FreeBSD and Dynix/PTX with a total user base exceeding 10,000 users. Responsible for

• porting 3rd party software to HP-UX and Dynix/PTX,
• maintained DNS servers, including upgrading the server software to ISC's BIND releases,
• writing C applications and shell/Perl scripts to automate account creating and Help Desk tasks,
• building, configuring, and maintaining the campus news server,
• building and configuring the campus web server,
• upgrading and configuring both HP and BSD sendmail software,
• maintaining and developing scripts for the campus list server (using both SmartList and Majordomo),
• worked with networking people on router configuration and network (firewall) traffic issues,
• assisted various departments and colleges around campus on Unix and policy administration issues.

(1/1994 - 5/1994) Position: Lab assistant

Maintained computer labs and assisted users with software problems on PC and Mac-based systems, dealt with Novell servers.

(10/1993 - 7/1994) Position: CMS/MVS operator

Watched over two mainframes, dealt with user and hardware problems, submitted jobs, handled output and backup duties.

Extra-curricular Activities

Officer of the local ACM student chapter (Fall 1994 - Spring 1997)

Substitute DJ at KUOI, Moscow, ID 89.3 FM (Fall 1995 - Spring 1998)