Curriculum Vitae
Steven Fisk
Functional summary
- OS- Solaris 2.x, Centos 5.x, RHEL 3,4, and 5, SuSe 4.2- 10.1, FreeBSD 8.2, Irix 6.1, NetWare 3.x- 4.11, MS Windows 3.1- Win7
- Software- Shell scripting, Legato Networker, Symantec Netbackup, Nagios, Munin, Drupal, Xen Virtualization, Veritas Volume Manager. Sun Raid Manager, Iplanet Server Suite, Netscape Server suite. Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Web Server (IIS), Doubleclick Adserver, Opendeploy, Apache, Lighttpd, MySQL, PHP, BIND. Sendmail, Cyrus IMAPD, Open LDAP. Livingston Radiusd, INND, Typhoon, DHCPD, SAMBA, ISS Internet Scanner, Tripwire, CyberCop Scanner. MRTG, Webtrends ERS, Vignette Story Server, Conquest Search Engine, Sybase ASE 11.x. Big Brother, Kickstart, VNC, WRQ Suite, REAL Servers, IChat, VMware, Excite Engine, etc.
- Hardware- Sun Ultra Enterprise 4500/4000/3500, Sun E420R/E220R, Sun Ultra 1/2/5/10, Sun SSA 100/110 Storage Arrays, Sun A1000/D1000/A5000 Storage Arrays, Sun LX/SS5/SS10/SS20, Sun DLT7200 Libraries. Various Intel Based Servers (Rackable, IBM, DELL, HP, etc.), Terminal Servers, Network Appliances, SonicWalls, Kemp Load Balancers, NAS, Fiber Channel.
Experience
Setember 2010 – Present A Large Ad Network that will remain nameless New York, NY
- Administer and support development and prod environments, support developers.Responsible for supporting ~200 servers in distributed data centers across North America.
- Environment is FreeBSD, Ubuntu Server, and CentOS on HP, IBM, and SuperMicro hardware
- Applications include but not limited to – NginX, HAProxy, Monit, Nagios, Munin, BIND, MySQL, Drupal, etc
March 2008 – September 2010 American Booksellers Association Tarrytown, NY
System Administrator
- Administer and support development and prod environments, support developers.Responsible for supporting all aspects of organizations hardware, applications, and network for hosting of 230 e-commerce sites.
- Install, configure and update all applications and OS’s.Responsible for 23 servers (physical and virtual), firewalls, load balancers, and switches. Technology uses JAVA, and PHP apps in an apache/oracle/mysql environment on Intel based servers. Centos, RHEL, and Ubuntu Server.
- Applications include but not limited to – Apache, MySQL, Oracle, Postfix, Solr Search, Resin, Open LDAP, Nagios, Munin, Amavis, ClamD, Lighttpd, , PDNS, etc.
May 2004 – June 2006 Parsons TSSC Burlington, MA
Resident Engineer- SWF ATCT Project
- Oversee all phases of construction in field; ensure QC and safety meet standards. COTR authority designated by Contracting Officer.
- Manage RFI Log, Submittals, Change Order Log, Construction Log, Transmittals, andcorrespondence between FAA and contractor. Review Submittals and Contract Drawings. Oversee all contractors during airside phase of projects, driving on AOA, cabling, duct bank, splicing, etc.
1/2002-2/2004 Infodesk Tarrytown NY
Sr. Unix System Administrator
- Administer and support development and prod environments, support developers. Responsible for systems security at the OS and application levels
- Install and Update code and libraries from CVS and source, create RPM’s anddocumentation for applications (run books)
- Responsible for 30+ sun servers (Linux and Solaris), 8 Sun Workstations, and 10 Linux servers running proprietary code parsing and delivering real time streaming data feeds. Technology uses XML, SOAP, JAVA, PHP and C++ apps in an apache/oracle/mysql environment on both Sparc and Intel based servers. Solaris 8 and Red Hat 8.0.
- Applications include but not limited to – Iplanet Suite, LDAP, Oracle, Apache,BigBrother, MySQL, BIND, etc.
August 2001– November 2001 Cybear/Physicians’ Online Tarrytown, NY
Sr. Unix System Administrator
- Returned to POL environment to help lead the site forward with new technology and applications.
- Responsible for systems security at the OS and application levels.
- Hardware- Sparc 10, 20, 1000, Ultra1 & 2, 220R, 420R, E4000, and E3500 servers. Sun SSA100 and 110 storage arrays, A1000/5000 storage arrays, DLT7200 libraries. Intel servers (Linux/SCO)§
- Software- Solaris 2.6 and 2.7, Redhat and SuSe Linux, SCO OpenServer 5.0.4, Legato Networker, Veritas Volume Manager. Sun Raid Manager, Netscape Server Suite. Apache, BIND, Sendmail, Cyrus IMAPD, DHCPD, ISS Internet Scanner, CyberCop Scanner, MRTG, Webtrends ERS, Radiusd, Vignette Story Server, Conquest Search Engine, various homegrown middleware and applications.
- Troubleshoot and tune applications with developers.
- Architect and deploy systems as needed, tune system performance, create monitoring tools with shell and perl.
- Responsibilities similar to earlier POL experience, at present solely responsible for all aspects of Operations concerning development, QA, and production Solaris environments. Also implemented rollout of Doubleclick Adserver to replace proprietary ad systems.
July 2000 – August 2001 Iwon.com Irvington, NY
Unix Systems Engineer
- Evaluate and debug open source application solutions for the 5th largest site on the internet
- Architect and built a three tiered open source interoperable Instant Messaging platform. Worked with developers in the community and internally to refine the applicationand address scaling issues. Was sole technical person for all aspects of hardware and software implementation of dev, QA, and prod environments. Technology is based on an XML parsing engine/router, written in C.
- Hardware- Sparc 420R’s, E4500’s, E6500’s and Intel based linux servers.
- Software- Solaris 2.7, RH Linux 6.2, Open Deploy, Net Cool, OpenLDAP, INN, internally designed tools, Perl, shell.
- Design and architect application environments with developers. Install, tune and monitor systems as needed. Work with project and product managers to ensure timely delivery of products and address end user and business requirements.
July 97 – July 2000 Mediconsult/Physicians’ Online Tarrytown, NY
Unix System Administrator
- Administer all aspects of 24/7 Operations in a 40+ server Sun environment.
- Responsible for security at the OS and application levels, obtained ICSA certification.
- Hardware- Sparc 10, 20, 1000, Ultra1 & 2, 420R, E4000, and E3500 servers. Sun SSA100 and 110 storage arrays, A1000/5000 storage arrays, DLT7200 libraries. Intel servers (Linux/SCO)
- Software- Solaris 2.6 and 2.7, SCO OpenServer 5.0.4, Legato Networker, Veritas Volume Manager. Sun Raid Manager, Netscape Server Suite. Apache, BIND, Sendmail, Cyrus IMAPD, DHCPD, ISS Internet Scanner, CyberCop Scanner, MRTG, Webtrends ERS, Radiusd, Vignette Story Server, Conquest Search Engine, various homegrown middleware and applications.
- Troubleshoot and tune applications with developers. Architect and deploy systems asneeded, tune system performance, create monitoring tools with shell and perl.
1981 – 1984 United States Navy Norfolk, VA
Aviation Hydraulics Specialist
- Troubleshoot and repair aircraft hydraulics systems for Naval Aircraft Squadron
- Graduated top of class, 2 meritorious advancements, 2 commendations
- Navy Expeditionary Medal for participation in multi national peacekeeping taskforce – Beirut, Lebanon 1983
Education
May 2000 Vignette Software San Francisco, CA
- Story Server System Administration Class·
September 1998 Sun Education Center New York, NY
- Sun Solaris Advanced System Administration course·
June – Sep 1996 Compulearn Carmel, NY
- Novell CNE Training Class
- CNA Certification
Interests
Unix/Linux, Internet technology, Photography, writing, reading, motorcycling, backpacking, cooking, gardening, Music History, and many more…
