MERYLL LARKIN
Kirkland WA 98034
email: alwanza@gmail.com
domain: www.alwanza.net
OBJECTIVE:  Unix/Linux System Administrator, Perl/LAMP/Web Programmer, DBA

QUALIFICATIONS:

Ten years of full time System Administration, including four years as hands-on IT Manager.  Additional areas of focus in programming, website development, website architecture, databases.

Operating Systems:  RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, SCO, Solaris, Alpha/Compaq/Tru64, Macintosh, Windows Server 2003, 2008
Languages:  OO-Perl, Perl/CGI, SQL, HTML, CSS, Java, shell scripting, Python, XML, JavaScript, PowerShell
Databases:  Design & normalization, Oracle, MySQL, RDBMS, Informix, MS Access, Filemaker Pro
More Tools:  Watchguard firewalls, SOHOs, ImageStream Firewalls, VMware, Nagios, RequestTracker,TCP-IP, WAN/LAN, Samba, Facetwin, Sendmail, IMAP, CVS, SVN, ssh, ftp, telnet, Lone-tar, Bacula, Solstice/Legato, Jira, Microsoft Excel, Dokuwiki, Adobe PhotoShop, LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Contract Linux Server Engineer
for client of Redmond Technology, Seattle, Washington 7/11 to 8/11
Contract assignment to create PCI compliant OSSEC server for 60 retail store outlet, communicating with 530 OSSEC clients.  All tasks, including testing and troubleshooting, completed in 14 days (half the client's original estimate).  Project included:  building a dual-software-RAID server (RAID 1 for /boot, RAID 6 for all else) with tested failover, documented and scripted.  Installation and configuration of OSSEC server program on RedHat Enterprise 5.6.  Fully scripted installation of OSSEC agents on Linux POS clients; 3 Windows AD domain controller clients, and several agentless client routers.  Incidentals:  configured sendmail to communicate with Exchange server, server-hardening, automated updates.


Linux System Administrator
QL2 Software, LLC, Seattle, Washington 12/10 to 5/11
Directly supported 30 users (developers, sales, accounting).  Administered 100 Linux servers vms, clusters, SANS, and Windows Active Directory servers.

    * Migration and administration of enterprise level hardware in remote datacenter.
    * 24/7 rotation support of servers and users.
    * Administered DNS, DHCP.
    * Configured Kerberos authentication through winbind.
    * Installed, configured, maintained QuickBooks Enterprise on Linux.
    * Email migration from Exchange to Google Apps plus documentation. 


Linux System Administrator, Senior Computer Specialist
University of Washington, Bothell Campus, Washington 9/07 to 5/09
Directly supported 500 users (students, faculty, staff), 5,000 indirectly.  Administered 25 Linux servers (including 18 VMS) and 65 Linux workstations:  18 web servers, 2 mail servers, 4 database servers, 1 file server.

    * Dedicated System Administrator for CSS dept.  Reworked home directory for added security for student/faculty/group/projects (LDAP and Kerberos authentication).
    * Managed Postfix, Spamassassin, Nagios, Apache.
    * Scripted routine tasks: backups, updates (yum, up2date), system monitoring.
    * Installed and tested applications: java, javah, MPICH, Matlab (2007a 2008b), CVS.
    * Documented installation process, and all difficult or multi-step procedures including Globus recertification.
    * Installed drivers, including proprietary video drivers (Nvidia for 3-monitor; ATI - made into rpm), reprogrammed Ethernet switch.
    * Built 16-1U gigarack in Linux Lab, deployed 16 lab desktop workstations (including network & kickstart installs), built Professors' personal workstation, built dual-boot laptops.
    * Created, published eight Linux Tutorial webpages for CSS students.
    * Adjusted iptables firewall as needed for Condor, PVC, Hadoop.
    * Setup and tore-down and resetup of XBoxes for CSS classes. 


Senior Systems Administrator, Senior Computer Specialist
University of Washington, Genome Center, Washington 9/06 to 9/07
Directly supported 40 users (scientists and assistants).  Administered Unix/Linux and Windows 2003 server-based network with Windows desktop PCs; including 1 Solaris file server, 1 Solaris database server, 7 Linux Compute and Web servers, 3 Alpha compute servers, 5 Windows 2003 Active Directory and Web servers, 6 networked printers, dedicated laboratory computers.

    * Configured and maintained 3 ImageStream firewalls.
    * Administered (DBA) Oracle Database on Solaris, rebuilt database after hard drive failure; converted from 8.1.7 to 10.2.0 and from Solaris to Linux.
    * Provided Solstice backups and restores for database and file server.
    * Capacity and security planning for future needs: determined when to archive, when new hardware was required, found solutions that fit the budget.
    * Enabled various kinds of file and program access for collaborators while maintaining security of systems.
    * Communicated with vendors and tech support (Oracle, Sun, UW) for licensing and maintenance of hardware and software.
    * Created, deleted user accounts and monitored them for size. 


Systems/Network Administrator and IT Department Manager
Alaska Maritime Agencies, Mountlake Terrace, Washington 3/03 to 4/06
Directly supported 100 users, an additional 100 indirectly.  Administered Unix/Linux server-based network with Windows desktop PCs for one local and twelve remote offices:  8 Linux servers, 2 SCO Unix server, 100 desktops, 40 laptops, 5 Watchguard Fireboxes, and 7 SOHOs.  Reported directly to CEO. Manage Unix/Linux server-based network with Windows desktop PCs for one local and twelve remote offices. Evaluate IT requirements, troubleshoot end user issues, and purchase equipment and software for multiple locations. Manage software and hardware for all users. Install and configure servers, desktops, and laptops. Document IT procedures on Intranet. Reporting directly to CEO.

    * Configured and maintained all servers, desktops, laptops.
    * Built and installed 4 Linux servers for file, mail and intranet service.
    * Evaluated IT requirements, purchased equipment and software for all locations.
    * Addressed all end-user issues.
    * Created Intranet (Apache web server) for documentation of all IT procedures.
    * Documented computer procedures and IT tasks on Intranet, coded in HTML, Perl, and Perl DBI and DBD (RDBMS with Informix).
    * Configured and connected Facetwin (SMB) fileshares.
    * Performed Lone-tar tape backups and restores. Integrated email services including Sendmail, MailScanner, and IMAP.
    * Provided email support, special configurations, and lists for users with sendmail, MailScanner, and procmail.
    * Provided support for accounting department with Perl, shell scripting, SQL (isql on Informix), and Microsoft Access. 


Freelance and Home Network Projects, Seattle Washington 2/01 to 3/03

    * Built three Linux/Apache Web servers from components. Web server has been serving live dynamic pages since 8/01.
    * Installed RedHat, Perl, MySQL alwanza.net.
    * Set up two home networks with static and dynamic IP addressing, one wireless. 


Web Developer, IS2 Inc, Lynnwood Washington 8/99 to 1/01
Lead seven-person intranet team of department leads, administration. Created and maintained company-wide intranet:

    * Coordinated meetings to assess content, design, navigation, and architecture needs.
    * Established architectural, coding, and design standards.
    * Coded (HTML, Perl, Javascript) and provided content for 100 of the 400 pages.
    * Coded web applications in Perl-CGI. 


EDUCATION:

Unix/Linux Administration Certification, University of Washington Extension 8/02
Perl Programming Certification, University of Washington Extension, 6/02
Certificate in Computer Programming, North Seattle Community College
B.S. and B.A., University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport Connecticut
Doctor of Chiropractic, Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Whittier California