Jay B. Parker

Skills

• Unix enterprise systems administration: Linux, Solaris, others
• Systems programming: C, Perl, Unix shell scripting
• User technical support and training
• Web design and application development: Perl, PHP
• Database programming: MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL
• Apache webserver administration
• DNS/DHCP administration and debugging
• Enterprise network configuration and administration
• Unix systems and network security: configuration, incident response
• Identity management system and LDAP directory design and configuration
• Training and ability in graphic design and photography

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering

• Mississippi State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Herrin-Hess Engineering Scholar, Magna Cum Laude graduate

Employment

Systems Group Manager

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock / Computing Services
• Manage staff responsible for university's central Solaris, Linux, and Windows systems

Linux Systems Consultant

• Red Hat, Inc. / Global Professional Services
• Red Hat (www.redhat.com) is a technology company providing Linux and Open Source enterprise software and services
• Provide on-site technical expertise and training to Red Hat customers with emphasis on Red Hat layered products, Linux systems programming, and problem solving
• Assigned to long-term (13 months) customer engagement at large NYC investment bank as Dedicated Enterprise Engineer. Assisted grid computing operations team on projects including system monitoring, deployment, application migration, and fault analysis for over 10,000 Linux compute servers in six global datacenters. Assisted software development teams with cross-platform development, open-source library integration
• Trained and certified to teach Red Hat training courses

Unix Systems Administrator/Programmer and Project Manager

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock / Computing Services
• UALR (www.ualr.edu) was an 11,000-student public metropolitan university with emphases in business, law, and information technology.
• Responsible for 30+ production and development Unix servers in central university datacenter, running Solaris and Linux. Responsible for support of Unix applications including Apache, Subversion, jabber, MySQL, PostgreSQL, VMware, LDAP directories, and Sun messaging/calendar server
• Responsible for hardware, operating system, and systems programming support on university finance/student/employee database system
• Guided programming staff through two-year migration of SCT Banner student/employee/finance database system from VMS to Unix. Trained programming and systems administration staff in Unix fundamentals and shell programming
• Responsible for systems, application, and database administration for WebCT online course teaching system running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle. Developed and supported WebCT integration with student database system
• Developed processes, trained programming staff, and supported use of Subversion source code management system within department
• Project lead for ongoing Identity Management project, intended to replace current account management system with a independent, standards-based identity repository and enterprise directory based on a combination of in-house code (Perl, PostgreSQL, Oracle) and customized vendor applications (Sun Directory Server, Sun Identity Manager, Java, XML)

Network and Unix Systems Administrator/Programmer

Assistant Manager of Network Services

• Mississippi State University / Information Technology Services / Systems and Networks
• MSU (www.msstate.edu) was a 16,000-student public university with strong research and engineering programs.
• Member of Network Services group consisting of seven network/systems administrators with shared responsibility for two areas: campus network configuration and monitoring (6000+ hosts, 350+ network components, Cisco and FORE/Marconi, ethernet and ATM), and Unix systems and application support (40+ Solaris and Linux servers; DNS, DHCP, Apache, Samba, LDAP, Oracle)
• Systems programming responsibilities included developing and maintaining software projects such as web interface to university LDAP directory, multiserver user account administration tools, user-friendly Unix shell environment configuration system, online course system/student database integration (WebCT/SCT Banner), Cisco router IP access control list management system, and other network/systems administration and web programming projects. Technologies used included Perl, C, PHP, MySQL, and Oracle.
• Management responsibilities included supervision of three to seven datacenter operations employees, functioning as liaison for network/systems administration group in manager's absence, and project supervision for several internal software development efforts.
• Other specific responsibilities included administration of Veritas NetBackup DLT/LTO backup system, Apache web server administration, and WebCT course management system administration.

Lecturer

• Mississippi State University / Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Taught one lecture section of EE 3732, Software Tools for Electrical Engineers, during fall/spring semesters concurrent with employment by ITS
• Course content included introduction to Unix using Cygwin environment for Windows, review of C programming, and introduction to Perl programming

Laboratory and Facilities Manager

• Mississippi State University / Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• MSU/ECE (www.ece.msstate.edu) was a large academic department with around 50 employees and 750 students housed in a 95,000 square-foot building.
• Managed activities related to the department's infrastructure, including coordination of graduate assistants in teaching laboratories, administration of inventory and key control, coordination of building maintenance, and administration of security and surveillance system
• Shared responsibility for departmental computing systems, including migration of administrative desktop systems to Windows NT from Unix environment and development of departmental website with integrated database system
• Supervised several student workers in facilities- and computing-related positions

Network and Unix Systems Administrator

• Mississippi State University / Department of Aerospace Engineering
• MSU/ASE (www.ae.msstate.edu) was a small academic department with around 20 employees and 100 students.
• Performed routine installation, administration, and user support tasks on a heterogeneous departmental network consisting of Unix, Novell, and Windows hosts while an undergraduate student; responsible for webserver administration and website content

Certifications

RHCA - Red Hat Certified Architect

• Certificate #804006690122905
• Five additional Certificates of Expertise are required to add the advanced RHCA designation to an RHCE certification: Deployment and Systems Management, Directory Services and Authentication, System Monitoring and Performance Tuning, Network Services Security, and Enterprise Storage Management

RHCE - Red Hat Certified Engineer

• Certificate #804006690122905

RHCI - Red Hat Certified Instructor