Dale Ghent
2600 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21218 US

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge of many UNIX-type operating systems (SVR4 and BSD) as well as associated services and security problems, with a focus on Sun Solaris.
• Strong knowledge of network and inter-network topologies, hardware, and protocols.
• Three years' experience with end-user technical support, supporting all types of leased-lines and analog dial-up connections.

Certifications

• Sun Certified Solaris Administrator (SCSA) for Solaris 8.
• Sun Certified Network Administrator (SCNA) for Solaris 8.
• Sun Certified for SunFire Workgroup/Enterprise Server Maintenance.
• Sun Certified for T3 Storage Hardware.

Professional Experience

• Digex, Inc. 5/2000 - Present

  UNIX Operations Engineer - Fourth level support for customer servers using high-end Sun Microsystems hardware running Solaris 2.6 and above. Tasks include troubleshooting complex problems both hardware and software related, systems design, and implementing RAID and HA systems and applications.

• eLance, Inc. - 1/2000 - 4/2000

  Senior Systems Engineer - Design, development, and deployment of backend Oracle databases, frontend web servers, and supporting infrastructure in a high-availability environ using Sun and x86 hardware for a high-capacity e-commerce site.

• Onyx Networks (formerly Pacific Gateway Express) - 8/1999 - 12/1999

  UNIX Systems Engineer - Design, development, deployment and maintenance of Internet servers consisting primarily of Sun Solaris for an international backbone ISP.

• Intermedia Communications - 8/1996 - 8/1999

  IP Backbone Engineer - Testing various equipment (routers, router cards, servers) for reliability, performance and initial integration into the Intermedia/DIGEX backbone (5/1999 - 8/1999).

  Systems Services Engineer - Main role to upgrade and maintain the NetNews systems for DIGEX and general operations (8/1997-5/1999).

  Systems Security Administrator - Handling company security (including making/enforcing policy, securing machines and networks, and investigating break-ins/probes) (4/1997-8/1997).

  Customer Support Team - Troubleshooting PTP, frame relay, FNS, and SMDS circuit problems and issues, as well as answering customer's technical questions (8/1996-3/1997).

• Frederick Network Technologies (FredNet) - 8/1995 to 8/1996

  Internet WAN/LAN Administration, including setup and maintenance of Point-To-Point T1, Frame Relay, ISDN, and POTS technologies and services.

  UNIX System Administration (setup and maintenance of various servers and services, security and networking).

  Customer Technical Support and Sales.

Technical Experience

Operating Systems:

• Solaris 2.5 - 9
• IRIX 6.2 - 6.5.x
• SunOS 4.1.4
• Linux 2.0 - 2.2 (RedHat 4.1, 6.2, 7.2)
• FreeBSD 2.2.x
• NeXTstep 4.x

Hardware:

• Sun SPARC and UltraSPARC workstations and servers
• Sun StorEDGE, MTI, and EMC Symmetrix mass-storage systems
• Silicon Graphics Challenge S, O2 and Origin 200/2000 servers
• Cisco IOS versions 11.x and 12.x running on various related hardware
• Ascend Communications Pipeline 50, 400 and Max 4004 ISDN Access routers
• Livingston Portmaster terminal servers and IRX routers
• Designing and making cables and cable plants

Services:

• Apache 1.3.x and 2.0; and many associated modules
• iPlanet 4.1
• MySQL
• Sendmail
• BIND/named
• Veritas Volume Manager, File System, NetBackup, and Cluster Service
• Solstice DiskSuite and Sun Volume Manager
• MP3 Streaming services
• SunMC
• Kerberos V administration

Programming Languages:

• Perl
• UNIX Shell scripting (Bourne, C Shell)
• PHP
• Limited C

Other Skills:

• Debugging system core dumps and fault analysis of SPARC/Solaris systems
• Integration of heterogeneous servers and systems
• Performance metering and planning improvements