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Tyler Parsons Phone: (630) 544-2527 Email: - omitted - |
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Summary |
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IT engineer with a deep understanding of configurat ion, maintenance, and deployment of common
Linux operating systems. Demonstrated
ability to lead, motivate and develop high performance teams. Proven history of
improving business and technical processes using commercial or Open Source software. |
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Computer skills |
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Languages ·
Experienced in:
Unix/Linux shell scripting (sh,bash,ksh,Perl,expect,awk,sed) ·
Proficient with:
Microsoft Visual Basic, Java Software · Hypervisors:
VMware ESX 2.5/3.x, XEN Source (XenServer | XEN),
KVM · Database:
Oracle, MySQL · Storage: EMC
CLARiiON & Symmetrix
DMX · Linux Server
Platforms: Redhat Enterprise Linux AS (RHEL) v4-5, Debian, Gentoo Linux · Windows
Server Platforms: 2000/2003 · Services: Apache 2.x, Bind 9.x,
MTA (Postfix), Squid, Cyber-Ark, SecurityCenter (Tenable) |
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Experience |
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IT Systems Engineering (IT) |
2008-Present |
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EnovaFinancial ·
Primary
responsibilities: o
3rd level
support to operational staff o
Lead architect for
secure password management o
Lead architect for
internal caching and access control proxies o
Engineered / Packaged /
Documented the following products §
Snort (IDS/IPS) §
Openfire
(Internal Instant Messaging [Jabber]) §
Cyber-Ark (Non-Named
Password Management) §
Squid (NTLM &
Kerberos authenticated proxies) §
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Project Work: o Technical lead for Jabber (Instant Messenger) replacement |
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Distributed Systems Engineering (DSE) |
2006-2008 |
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Discover Financial Services ·
Primary
responsibilities: o
3rd level support for
our operational staff o
Lead virtualization
architect for Linux, Windows, and AIX platforms. o
RHEL v4 design and
support engineer §
kickstart
creation (Pre and Post build process) §
RPM/SRPM modifications o
VMware ESX design and
support engineer §
Developed automated
build process for VMware ESX 3.0.2/3.0.5 §
Defined requirements for
physical to virtual migrations §
Created custom patches
for DST fix §
Developed ESX automated
patching & deployment script using Expect & bash ·
Project Work: o
Technical lead for
Discover’s VMware ESX server upgrade (version 2.5.1 to 3.0.2). o Performed an analysis of industry leading Thin Client manufactures
& products for usefulness within Discover. |
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Resident Assistant |
2004-2006 |
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· Primary responsibilities: o Developed community amongst the members of the hall o Provided a 24/7 support network for residents o Planned, created, and executed weekly actives to drive community and
outside of class participation o
Moderated conflicts
between residents o Worked with fellow resident assistances to create, plan and execute
activities |
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Network
Administrator |
2003-2004 |
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G.W. Berkheimer Co.Inc ·
Primary
responsibilities: o
Developed ASP.NET asset
tracking database and web front-end o
Maintained Workstation
builds o
Hardware procurement
(Printers/Desktops/Servers/Network) o
Maintained WAN links
between 13 sites covering the o
Managed relationships
with SBC, Verizon for both fractional T3�s
and Frame Relay links o
Managed Windows 2000
terminal servers hosting RDP for IBM thin clients o
Maintained Domino v5 o Performed network and user penetration testing using industry
standard tool chains |
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General Systems Administration |
2003-Present |
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Linux Administration o
Expect Scripts: created
and maintain new expect scripts for remote execution and automation o
Monitoring: SNMP polling
and trapping to centralized nagios and cacti o
LVMv2 | Hardware or
Software RAID manipulation/creation o
Single sign-on via
LDAP/Kerberos or Winbind (Active Directory) o
Web Hosting:
Tomcat/Apache vhost configurations making use of
mod-rewrite, webdav, and ldap o
Infrastructure Services:
bind v8-9.x zone configuration and modification utilizing ACL’s, dynamic dns (rndc), and primary/salve
implementations. o
Email Hosting (MTA)
Postfix/Qmail making use of vhost
& SASL in all implementations.
Full spam & virus filtering solutions are deployed utilizing spamassassin, clamav, dcc, and razor2. ·
Networking o
Creation and maintenance
of IPSEC & SSL VPN tunnels (openvpn, raccoon) o
CISCO & Linux VLAN trunking | Bonding | Bridging o
Linux iptables: single server or firewall configurations |
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Education |
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2008-2010 |
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Masters of Business
Administration – Technology |
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2002-2006 |
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B.S., Computer
Information Technology |
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