About

A Certified Linux System Administrator with experience in the daily operations, support and maintenance for Linux operating systems, and servers. Managed web services and providing support for Linux system-related issues and requests for all clients.

Experience

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    Associate Infrastructure Engineer

     —    2 days

    H&R Block the leading tax experts.

    • Manage internal systems that are required for daily operations.
    • Not only work with my team to accomplish tasks and projects, but also with many other teams across H&R Block, such as: development, networking, security, and management. Work on-call 24/7 for solutions I am a primary Engineer for.
    • Support Operating systems that are based on Linux & Windows.
    • Troubleshoot multitude of issues and services.
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    Level 1 Support Technician

     —    a year

    Codero a web hosting company based out of Overland Park Kansas. They offer everything from cloud computing to high-performance dedicated servers.

    • Support Customers via Phone, Live Chat, and Ticketing system.
    • Support Operating systems that are based on Linux & Windows.
    • Support cPanel/WHM & Plesk control panels.
    • Troubleshoot multitude of issues and services.
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    Compliance Specialist

     —    2 years

    A2 Hosting a web hosting company based out of Ann Arbor Michigan. They offer everything from a basic website to high-performance dedicated servers.

    • Worked remotely from home.
    • Supported Customers via Phone, Live Chat, and Support Tickets.
    • Monitored Exim mail queues and logs for spam and other malicious activity using nagios.
    • Monitored our IP address for blacklisting issues and handled them based on our policies.
    • Helped to document procedures and policies, regarding compromised accounts and blacklisting issues.
    • Reviewed abusive accounts and proceeded accordingly per our procedures and or policies.
    • Worked with 3rd party abuse companies to take down malicious sites.
    • Created bash scripts to help automate and obtain information from logs.
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    Linux Support Analyst

     —    a year

    A2 Hosting a web hosting company based out of Ann Arbor Michigan. They offer everything from a basic website to high-performance dedicated servers.

    • Worked remotely from home.
    • Supported Customers via Phone, Live Chat, and Support Tickets.
    • Migrated client cPanel accounts from other hosts to our servers as well as internally.
    • Assisted customers with pre-sales and sales questions.
    • Provided server-side support for hosting services.
    • Review abusive accounts and proceed accordingly.
    • Work with 3rd party abuse companies to take down malicious sites.

Education

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    Computer Information Systems concentrated in Cyber DefenseBachelor

     —    4 years

    Baker College

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    Cisco Systems and general IT

     —    2 years

    Four County Career Center

Skills

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    Linux Systems Administration

    • CentOS
    • Ubuntu
    • Scripting
    • Management
    • Monitoring
    • Security
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    Troubleshooting Services

    • DNS
    • HTTP
    • POP3/IMAP
    • SMTP
    • FTP
    • MySQL
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    General IT

    • Networking
    • Technical Support
    • Computer Repair
    • Troubleshooting Hardware & Software
    • Customer Service
    • Documentation
    • Software Installation
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    Automation & Development

    • Bash
    • Git

Certificates & Awards

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    Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA)AWS

    Certified on: 

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    Linux+CompTIA

    Certified on: 

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    LPIC-1LPI

    Certified on: 

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    Collegiate Cyber Defense CompetitionNational CCDC

    Awarded in: 

    Regional contestant

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    PC Servicing & TroubleshootingBusiness Professional of America

    Awarded in: 

    State contestant

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    PC Servicing & TroubleshootingBusiness Professional of America

    Awarded in: 

    State contestant

Interests

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    DevOps & Development

    • Chef
    • Automation
    • CI pipeline
    • Cookbooks
    • Inspec
    • Ruby
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    Linux Administration

    • Bash Scripting
    • Installing & troubleshooting software

Languages

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    EnglishNative speaker

References

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    Available upon request.