Mr
Charles
Nathaniel
Wyble
1350 Victoria Ave Suite 116
Oxnard
CA
93035
818-280-7059
805-984-9983
charles@thewybles.com
http://www.thewybles.com/~charles
To obtain a Linux system administration position with your organization.
Skills Summary
A Linux system administrator with a detailed knowledge of Linux in a wide variety of industries and environments.
A superb communicator who will thoroughly and efficiently handle any situation requiring communication with clarity and
conciseness.
A frequent speaker/writer on a wide variety of I.T and open source matters, as well as a frequent contributer to open source
projects.
System and Network Administration Skills
UNIX Administration
Debian (stable/testing/unstable)
Mandrake
SUSE
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (3/4)
Shell scripting/automation (bash/python/tcl/php/awk/sed)
Linux Server Applications
Apache 1/2
Postfix/Qmail And Cyrus/Courier
OpenLdap/Samba
IpTables/Snort/Nessus/Nmap
Webmin
Courier/Cyrus
Proftpd
Storage Administration
EMC Clarion (cx400 and cx700)
Equal Logic
Promise ISCSI
Server Hardware
Dell 26/28/6850
Hp NetServer
Custom built/whitebox
Networking
Cabling (backbone/serial/desktop/fiber)
Routers (Cisco/Linksys/Dlink)
Load balancing (Cisco/Webmux)
Switches (Cisco Catalyst/Linksys)
I have founded two open source projects, and participated in many more by writing code/documentation and providing user/developer
support.
The Chicago Project
This project produced code and documentation to assist developers working with the Microsoft excel and compound
document/structured storage file formats on non Microsoft platforms. I am the project manager and lead developer
for this project which is now in maintenance mode. (http://chicago.sourceforge.net)
The Open Source Microsoft Exchange Replacement Platform
The goal of this project is to produce code and documentation that will provide a fully open source
drop in replacement for Microsoft Exchange. I am the project manager, and founder.
I work closely with the lead developer and a worldwide team of programmers, documenters, and beta testers.
(http://www.thewybles.com/~charles/oser)
Senior Linux System Administrator
Electronic Clearing House (http://www.echo-inc.com)
October2006
June2006
Senior Linux administrator for a 24x7 transaction processing/ecommerce/
financial services environment. Responsibilities include: Working closely
with the network administration and infrastructure design teams. Ensuring continuous
uptime of multiple high visibility/high impact/high value envrironments including:
A 1TB MySQL database.
A 300 GB Oracle database.
A 1.5 GB Oracle Data warehouse.
A 4,000 store LAMP based ecommerce system.
Deployment of encrypted backups
Designed/tested/documented/deployed an enterprise wide Linux backup system.
All data stored on a central server with ISCSI attached network storage.
Uses GNUPG and tar over ssh. Backups/Restores tested on a weekly basis.
Deployment of core database infrastructure.
Deployed 2 Oracle RAC clusters, each consisting of 3 Dell 6850's. They are equipped with Qual Dual Core
Xeon's and 32 Gb of RAM, running RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 64bit edition.
One environment is for staging and one is for production. EMC attached. This environment is used for
our Data Warehouse, our Transaction Processing Software and our Credit Card Clearing application. It is a
fundamental infrastructure component. The hardware and software was deployed in 3 business days.
File Integrity Checking
Deployment of file integrity checking across 100 UNIX servers using fully open source software.
Used integrit http://integrit.sf.net and some custom shell scripts which were submitted
back upstream for inclusion.
Consultant
February2005
September2005
LAMP Deployment: Deployed a Debian Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP system and educated the System Administration and Development
staff on configuration and use for an insurance company located in Burbank CA.
Corporate Linux Deployment/Migration: Providing on going assistance to a medium sized business with a 100% conversion to
Linux on the Desktop as well as server. Utilizing SUSE Professional 6.5 for desktops and Debian GNU/Linux for
multiple production mission critical servers (Email/File Server/DNS/DHCP). This is for a manufacturing company in
Sylmar CA.
Linux Deployment/Migration: Providing on going assistance to a small software development firm with a 100%
conversion to Linux. Utilizing Ubuntu Linux for desktops and Debian GNU/Linux for
servers (Email/File/LDAP/DNS/DHCP). February 2004-Present
Junior System Administrator
Newroads http://www.newroads.com
March2002
February2005
Disaster Recovery from an Informix Database Failure
Assisted in the design/testing/and execution of a disaster recovery in real time
(on-the-fly). Wrote and documented the use of several utilities that cut down the amount of time to recovery by 30
percent.
Streamlined the FTP Server Configuration process
Streamlined the system configuration and new account creation process for ProFTPD on a mission critical FTP server.
This allowed faster turn around times and freed up I.T. resources. (1 month project)
Deployed open-source Remote Control Software
Deplopyed/Secured/Optimized/Maintained UltraVNC remote control software. This allowed the Infrastructure Support team to more
rapidly respond to users support requests, and by doing so increase compliance with Service Level Agreements and increase
end-user satisfaction. (2 month project)
Network Infrastructure Upgrade
Upgraded the network from hubs to Linksys managed switches to increase network performance and usability/reliability.
No network downtime occurred in the process of the upgrade (1 week project)
Hardware/Software Inventory Solution
Wrote a custom software/hardware monitoring/reporting system to ensure compliance with software licensing and obtain an
accurate overview of company assets for inventory and disaster recovery purposes. (2 month project)
Classes/Courses
Course 319: Technical Writing A Comprehensive Hands On Introduction
Learning Tree International
May 2004
This course showed the entire process of developing clear concise effective technical writing in less time, that meets the needs
of the audience.
Course 364: Introduction to Internetworking Switches And Routers
Learning Tree International
October2004
This workshop presented a conceptual overview of networking fundemntals and technology.