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Jason Boxman / - / - / jasonb@edseek.com
Core Skills Secondary Skills
Linux Systems Administration Ruby on Rails
Apache Mongrel Cluster
DNS Perl
PostgreSQL
Platforms
* Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, 3.1, 4.0 / Ubuntu GNU/Linux 6.06, 6.10 on x86
* RedHat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9 / Fedora Core 1, 5 on x86
* Sun Solaris 8 on Sparc
* Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional on x86
Work History
Rails Developer
ELC Technologies – Santa Barbara, California (telecommute) [Mar 2007 – Jul 2007]
- Manage client AWS hosts under RightScale
- Ruby on Rails development
Systems Administrator
Networked Knowledge Systems - Tampa, Florida [Jan 2006 - Nov 2006]
- Development using Ruby on Rails
- Created process for backporting Debian packages to internal Debian fork
- Work with in-house centralized management tool managing farm of several thousand systems
- Responsible for handling trouble tickets for mail systems and IDS
Perl Programmer
Shimberg Ctr for Affordable Housing - Gainesville, Florida [Oct 2003 - Sep 2005]
- Perl programming for Web rollout and Web traffic analysis
- Managing Apache and PostgreSQL
- Deploying security updates and software upgrades on Debian Sarge and Sun Solaris 8
- Suggest, research, and deploy systems and hardware
Network Assistant
Gleim Publications, Inc. - Gainesville, Florida [Nov 2002 - Sep 2003]
- Deployed Nagios for service health monitoring and paging
- Deployed UPS monitoring solution to cleanly shutdown systems
- Perl programming for data migration to MySQL
- Tuned SpamAsssassin spam solution to reduce false positives
- Assembled and upgraded servers running RedHat 7.2, 8, and 9
- Account creation and deletion
Consulting
Linux Administration and Windows support
Executive & Group Benefits - Orlando, Florida [Dec 2003 - Present]
- Deploy and manage mail server with Exim4/Courier IMAP with TLS/SSL
- Deploy and manage Samba solution for data centralization and backups
- Deploy and manage internal and external facing DNS
- Manage Windows XP Home and Windows 98 systems
Linux Administration
TrekWeb.com - Los Angeles, CA [Jun 1999 - Present]
- Manage Apache 2.0 and MySQL
- Migrated install from RedHat Linux 7.3 to Fedora Core 1
- Deployed dspam bayesian spam filter and Sendmail milters to restrict connections
Network Quality of Serivce (QoS) Implementation
Sovereign Technologies, LLC. - Tampa, Florida [Sep 2005]
- Developed Perl based QoS tool to apply QoS policy based on IP
Live Rails Sample
gohideaway.com – Ruby on Rails based vacation rental inventory
Publications
Centralized System Backup using Dirvish, rsync, and OpenSSH
http://edseek.com/~jasonb/articles/dirvish_backup/
Network Quality of Service (QoS) with Linux kernel
http://edseek.com/~jasonb/articles/traffic_shaping/
Mail Server Deployment using Exim4 and Courier IMAP on Debian GNU/Linux
http://edseek.com/~jasonb/articles/exim4_courier/
Education
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida [Aug 2000 - Jul 2002]
Associate Arts Degree, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida [Jun 1998 - Aug 2000]
SANS Institute Intrusion Detection Course, Blacksburg, VA [Mar 2005]