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Nathan Wallwork
505-245-7687
Albuquerque, NM 87102-2908
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Summary of Experience
16 years of professional experience:
  System Administrator - mostly Linux, some Solaris & MS-Windows
  Programmer - C, Perl, C++
  Webmaster - Apache, PHP, Perl, Tomcat
  DBA - Most PostgreSQL & MySQL, some Oracle

Summary of Qualifications
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Linux Systems Administration Bash, Shell scripting, RPM, yum, DNS, Postfix, Sendmail, Samba, XFree86 (X11), VMware, Nagios, clustering, cron, Amanda, rsync, tape backups, redundant file systems, firewalls, load balancer
High Availability Linux-HA, Heartbeat, DRBD
Networking iptables, tcpdump, TCP/IP, ssh, VPN, ipsec, ftp, telnet, PPP, SLIP, diald, bootp, rarp, xdm, rsh, uucp, Novell
Computer Languages Perl, C, C++, make, Bison, Flex, Tcl/Tk, Scheme, Lisp, Ruby, Java, Assembly, Pascal, Basic, Fortran, ML, Visual Basic
Database Integration PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MAS90, SAS/ACCESS, DB2, MSSQL
Web Development/Support Apache, XML, XHTML, HTML, mod-perl, SSL, PHP, CGI, Tomcat, WebLogic, Bluestone, Mason, Weblint, Linbot, SFgate, WaisIndex
Hardware Rack mounted PCs, PCs, routers, hubs, Ethernet, RJ-45, Cat 5, NCD, RS-232C, dumb terminals, various DEC equipment
Other Operating Systems MS-DOS, MS-Windows (3.*, 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP), Digital Unix, AIX, SunOS, Solaris, VMS, RSX, NextStep, CP/M

Experience
Senior System Administrator Honeywell FM&T/NM, Albuquerque 2005-10 -- 2007-09
  • Primary responsibility for KO internal application servers
  • Primary responsibility for major security accreditation effort
  • Tech lead for redesign of internal development infrastructure
  • Rebuilt Linux servers, consolidated to single distribution
  • Responsible for Nagios monitoring of 100+ hosts, 150+ services
  • Technical documentation
System Administrator/Programmer CoMeT Solutions, Albuquerque 2005-01 -- 2005-07
  • Primary responsibility for all hardware and network services
  • Redesigned automated build/test with extensive error reporting
  • Standardized build environment, removing Cygwin based assumptions
  • Migrated development team to Linux hosts with virtual XP/Linux VMs
Senior Linux system administrator PNM, IT department, Albuquerque 2001-06 -- 2004-06
  • Primary responsibility for 50 servers
  • Lead admin for all Linux services and security - Apache, backups, clustering, firewalls, ftp, LDAP, Nagios, Postfix, Postgres, Snort, sshd, time servers, Tomcat, WebLogic, and others
  • Tech lead for switching EBiz from Bluestone to WebLogic without downtime
  • Designed and implemented redundant fail-over solutions for EBiz, email, web
  • Responsible for Nagios monitoring of 125+ hosts, 300+ services
  • Supervision and training of Linux personnel
  • Network and security consultation and troubleshooting for other departments
  • Creation and documentation of policies and procedures for IT department
  • Programming support and database analysis for Passport upgrade project
Programming consultant Khoral, Albuquerque 2001-01 -- 2001-06
  • System administration
  • Perl programming
  • Database design and management
  • Software testing/QA
  • Training
Linux system programming Zelerate (formerly OpenSales), Albuquerque 2000-10 -- 2001-01
  • Primary responsibility for Linux servers, security, and network infrastructure
  • Perl programming (CGI)
  • Database management (MySQL / PostgreSQL / Oracle)
  • System administration
  • Network support
  • Hardware support
Linux system administration University of New Mexico, Latin America Data Base, Albuquerque 1998-05 -- 2001-01
Perl programmer - research assistant University of New Mexico, Computer Science Department, Albuquerque 1997-05 -- 1998-04
  • Worked with professor Ackley on CCR, a research project investigating the application of biological, ecological, and generally 'life-like' concepts to the theory, design, construction, maintenance, and evolution of computation and communications systems.
  • Perl programming and Linux support
  • Helped design groupware, a system for computer mediated collaborative activity.
Senior hardware technician Computer Bazaar, Albuquerque 1995-06 -- 1995-12
  • Assembly / testing / repair of PCs
  • Primary responsibility for managing inventory and resolving customer complaints
Hardware technician Digital, PC ServiCenter, Albuquerque 1995-01 -- 1995-05
  • Hardware repair, various DEC equipment
  • Network support
Software engineer - contractor Intel, Software Development Group, Rio Rancho 1990-10 -- 1994-12
  • Supported station controllers and real-time embedded systems required for 24x7 operation of the semiconductor production environment
  • Personally responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of several station controllers - JEPAS, Vickers, Skip Lot Sampler, Hitachi and Anelva
  • Helped design the Zuni station controller language and the Nova and Wet Etch station controllers
  • Database integration (SAS/ACCESS)
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