[ale] Re: OT: Another one bites the dust...

[Trey Darley]

Like a fool I neglected to attach my resume.

--Trey 

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Trey Darley
Unix Systems Administrator
Net-HOPPER Division
Spirent Communications
770-446-9266 ex. 325
770-446-7355 fax
Work <tdarley at net-hopper.com>
Home <rilke at bellsouth.net>
Title: Trey Darley's Resume





Trey Darley
1571-J Holcomb Bridge Road, Norcross, GA 30092
Work: (678) 225-1325 Home: (770) 797-9463
Cell: (678) 472-8844
rilke at bellsouth.net


Career Objective
To utilize my networking and Unix systems administration experience in a flexible, stimulating environment and to broaden my horizons by working with bright people.


Experience
UNIX Systems Administrator Net-hopper Division, Spirent Communications, December 2000 - Present

Responsible for supporting the Development Team in a dynamic environment. Frequently called upon to provide technical assistance to the QA and IT departments. Support included both infrastructural work on servers and networks as well as research and short-term problem solving for these groups. Demonstrated initiative, reliability, versatility, and a drive to help these teams succeed.

Specific accomplishments and duties include:

  Upgraded main production server from SparcServer5 to an UltraSparc5, from Solaris 2.5.1 to Solaris 2.8.
  Extensive work with Solaris DiskSuite (metatool) to provide redundancy in a software RAID. 
  Installed and maintained testing/QA platforms in HP/UX (9, 10.10, 10.20, 11.00), Solaris (2.5.1, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8), AIX, Linux (Slackware and Redhat - multiple revisions of both).
  Reseached and applied software and OS patches.
  Administered MySQL (Open-Source SQL server).
  Setup remote Customer Support Site for Trouble-ticketing, Feature-requests. Included scripted routines to check server availability and alert administrators if it failed.
  Implemented network accessible cdrom burning server w/ scripted menu interaction.
  Data Recovery.
  Implemented backup / recovery procedures.
  Excellent familiarity with the Macintosh operating system. Very good familiarity with Windows (95 - 2000).
  Good familiarity with *BSD. 

  Built Linux-based router. Moved production network from hubs to VLANs hooked into a Catalyst 5505. The subnets were connected via 802.1Q trunk ports to the linux router. Included custom kernel work, network driver hacking. The resultant network made extensive use of variable length subnet masks.
  Scripted Automatic nightly mirroring of Perforce Branch Changes to Remote Ftp Server.
  Built and administered a BIND 9 DNS server and a DHCP server, including integrating a web-interface for adding / moving hosts in DNS.
  Implemented Open-SSH based VPN.
  Administered Linux mailserver (Sendmail).
  Used a variety of network diagnostic tools, including Shomiti Surveyer, TCPDump, various other sniffers.
  Administrated Apache Webserver, Samba, Proftp servers.
  Worked with Cisco, Extreme, Bay Networks, ADC, Nortel Switches.
  Firewall configuration and administration.
  Familiar with networking security concepts - such as host-based intrusion detection systems.
  Troubleshot network connections.
  Familiar with TCP/IP, UDP, SNMP.

  Developed Linux-based menu screens for SNMP agent for Gigabit Ethernet Switch using Curses and Perl.
  Administered Perforce (repository).
  Worked with CVS (repository).
  Worked with RCS (repository).
  Administered Software License Generation, Distribution, and Archiving (FlexLM).
  Automated media generation of new releases.
  Administered Bugzilla (Bug / Feature Tracking package).
  Scripted in Perl, Bash, Bourne, Csh, Python, Jython (Python implemented in Java - with access to Java classes).
  Developed reporting module for Net-hopper's software package, Pathmaster.
  Used IBM's Visual Age IDE.
  Worked with InstallAnywhere package management.
  Worked with Makefiles and the various GNU build tools.
  Worked with gcc compilers.
  Worked with Cygnus.
  Familiar with Java concepts and some classes.
  Worked with sed and awk.
  Did some development work with CGI and HTML.
  Familiar with many of the issues pertaining to various JREs and JDKs.
  Protoyped a remotely deployable rig to aid in development against switches physically offsite.

  Mentoring and training of team members - related to Networking, Unix, and various applications.
  Customer Demonstrations.
  Selected vendors and specified equipment purchases.
  Wrote documentation for internal use and publicized system changes.
  Advised others on hardware and software solutions to meet their current and future needs.


Assistant Manager AIS Computers, September 2000 - December 2000
Responsible for Macintosh sales, ordering, customer relations and support. Repaired customer hardware. Made calls on customer sites and to replace faulty hardware and network equipment.

Assistant Network Administrator Frank Cawood and Associates, April 1992-August 1994; June 1995-July 1996
Supported about 85 Mac users. Was integral in move from LocalTalk to Ethernet. Managed AppleShare and Quickmail servers. Supported UUCP gateway and NT boxes. Filled helpdesk requirements. Did software diagnostics and hardware repair / upgrades.  Some database and scripting work.

English Teacher Moscow Department of Education, September 1994-May 1995
Worked at School 1285 in Tushino District. Taught seventh grade. Also regular substitute teaching in other grades. Was involved in an after-school program for troubled youths. Did work remodeling a rundown orphanage complex.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature, University of Georgia - Athens. Coursework in Russian, East-Asian, African Literatures, Linguistic / Translation Theories. Russian Language (1996 - 2000).


Professional Associations
Usenix - The Advanced Computing Systems Association.
SAGE - The System Administrators Guild.

References
Available upon Request.