Resume of Erik W. Niklas

Unix System Administrator, Oracle Corporation Canada, 1/05 - present

Job Responsibilities

Provide consulting services to outside companies, including configuration of DNS, mail, backups, Kickstart, and general system administration and troubleshooting.
Perform senior system administration support for 400+ Sun Solaris, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Linux, and Windows 2003, 2008 and XP servers (both physical and virtual).
Develop new solutions as part of an infrastructure team.
Develop and maintain scripts to simplify administration and automate processes.
Develop, maintain, and support VMware, Xen, and Amazon EC2 (AMI) virtual machine images.
Maintain and improve infrastructure to support hundreds of Unix and Windows servers, both internal and for customer projects.
Provide periodic on-call support.

Special Accomplishments

Developed and maintained VMware, Xen, and Amazon EC2 images of Red Hat Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, and Oracle 9i, 10g, and 11g RAC deployed thousands of times for sandbox, development, and production use, requiring minimal administrator interaction.
Wrote scripts to automate configuration of Linux servers across multiple data centers, with over 30 configuration items.
Contributed a vast amount of quality documentation describing internal processes, best practices, tips, and procedures.

Unix System Administrator, Nationwide, 3/99 - 12/04

Job Responsibilities

Install, upgrade, and administer 650+ Unix servers in two data centers, including Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, and Linux.
Write scripts to automate tasks and ease administration.
Maintain a set of Perl utilities allowing front line support to administer user accounts.
Serve as postmaster for a sendmail server supporting 1000 users.
Responsible for periodic on-call support.
Keep skills current by reading periodicals, books and web sites pertinent to the field, and by attending regular training and conferences.
Decide upon and document best practices.
Review and improve security templates.
Mentor junior system administrators.

Special Accomplishments

Wrote a suite of tools to implement password security mechanisms in an NIS environment.
Proved that Linux is a viable alternative in the existing Unix environment.
Designed and implemented the Linux solution.
Created tools to migrate existing DNS zones to a new DNS infrastructure with minimal customer impact.
Migrated central sendmail server to Postfix.
Wrote many authoritative documents, including one used by the entire team to upgrade several hundred servers from Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 8.
Assumed a lead role among a group of sixteen peers.

Intern in Unix System Administration, Nationwide, 2/98 - 3/99

Monitor, maintain, and upgrade many systems, including Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, and DEC Ultrix.
Address customer requests for system modifications and installations.
Help patch and certify several hundred servers for Y2K compliance.
Write a program to allow endusers to safely shut down and reboot workstations.

Operating Systems	Highly competent in Linux system administration (Ubuntu, Red Hat, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Slackware, SuSE, Knoppix, and Gentoo) Some knowledge of HP-UX, AIX, and OpenBSD system administration Intermediate knowledge of Solaris and Windows operating systems
Hardware	Many years of experience with Intel x86 hardware Experience with Sun hardware, including SunFire X4170, X4270, X4200, and X4540 Experience with Dell PowerEdge 1950, 2650, 2850, and R900 servers
Scripting/Programming	Thorough experience with Perl, Bourne/bash shell scripting and HTML Significant experience with CGI and C/C++ Some experience with Java, MIPS assembler, and x86 assembler
Utilities/Applications	In-depth knowledge of VMware, Xen, Oracle Virtual Server (OVS), NIS, NFS, SCCS, DNS, Samba, Apache, Jumpstart, Kickstart, and DiskSuite Intermediate knowledge of VirtualBox, Subversion, Expect, Sun OpenBoot, Veritas Cluster Server, Veritas Volume Manager, Sun RAID Manager, sendmail, Postfix, and CVS Some experience with MySQL and Oracle Applications and databases Experience hosting several virtual domains using the Apache web server
Protocols	Knowledge of common protocols, such as TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, NTP, ICMP, TFTP, ARP/RARP, BOOTP, PXE, POP, IMAP, and SMTP
Administrative	Excellent troubleshooting and logic skills; solid understanding of Unix philosophy Outstanding writing and communication skills Highly security-conscious and proactive Fast learner, self-motivated and highly interested in Unix/Linux system administration Able to operate in a lead role; good leadership and interpersonal skills Able to prioritize projects and work well in a group or alone Experience hardening servers in response to Sarbanes-Oxley legislation Experience with change control processes and ITIL

Erik W. Niklas

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