To whom it may concern, I have over 6 years experience administering UNIX operating systems such as Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, and AIX (RS/6000). I am currently a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), and have extensive experience in UNIX security, intrusion detection systems, and UNIX system programming in C and PERL. I have developed open source tools for various UNIX security and system administration tasks.
I currently live in Pembroke Pines, FL and I am a US citizen. My location preference is the South Florida area, but would also be interested in relocation to cities on the east coast. Attached below is text format of resume. Word format available here: http://www.cse.fau.edu/~valankar/resume.doc Thank you for your consideration. Viraj Alankar US Citizen, No sponsorship required 17175 NW 23rd Street Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Phone: 954-392-8988 Cell Phone: 954-937-1300 Objective * Currently seeking a position that will utilize my system administration, security, and programming skills. Experience Senior System Administrator, February 2000 - August 2002 IFX Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL http://www.ifxcorp.com * RADIUS (OSC Radiator) design, implementation, and maintenance in a production environment providing authentication to over 1 million dialup users in South America. Developed clustered authentication system designed in PERL to replace pre-existing design. * Administration of 100+ Redhat Linux, Solaris, AIX, and FreeBSD servers. System types include Sun E420s, Integrix Sun clones, IBM H80s and S80s, RS/6000, Cobalts, and other Intel-based systems. * Intrusion Detection monitoring with Snort/ACID and automated patch updates to all servers. Setup centralized syslog infrastructure and processing of data with tools internally developed to find suspect behavior. * Routinely perform vulnerability assessment of systems, and provided incident handling and response for attacks on our systems. * Programmed many tools in C and PERL for system administration, automation, and security purposes. * Firewall administration with IPFilter (FreeBSD/Solaris) and iptables/ipchains (Linux). * Implemented automated installations with Kickstart/Jumpstart. Always installed servers with the assumption that they will be unprotected on the network and therefore must be very secure. Wrote policies and procedures for securely deploying Linux, Solaris, and AIX in hostile, non-firewalled environments. Example Red Hat Linux 7.3 In stallation policy available at: http://www.cse.fau.edu/~valankar/linux_sec_7.3/ * MySQL and Oracle database administration for many core services such as RADIUS authentication and WWW. * Solaris 2.7 CommuniGate Pro clustered mail server administration for over 1 million users regionwide. Facilitated migration methods from outsourced mail hosting providers. Developed statistical spam analysis tools (CG spam_filter.pl) to stop spam from locally hosted domains immediately before damage is done. * Setup high volume outgoing mail subsystem using open source mail systems such as Postfix. * Setup, maintenance, and operation of company-wide services such as DNS (BIND v8), mail (sendmail, UW-IMAPD, qpopper), WWW (Apache/SSL), Samba, and DHCP (ISC). * Administration of Network Appliance F760 & F840 clustered NASes, EMC Symmetrix, and other storage subsystems. * Setup 24x7 NOC monitoring and trouble ticket systems using open source tools such as Netsaint, Bigbrother, Request Tracker, as well as commercial tools such as Netcool and Footprints. Developed internal monitoring systems deployed throughout South America. * During this position also maintained open source packages that were developed on the job, responding to user suggestions, and integrating improvements in the software. Systems Programmer, February 1999 - February 2000 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL Computer Science and Engineering Department http://www.cse.fau.edu * Oversee and maintain the continual operation of 10+ Solaris servers, 30+ Solaris workstations, and 90+ Windows NT based PC workstations. * Implemented host-based and network-based security monitoring tools on UNIX servers and workstations. * Integrated UNIX environment with Windows NT by using Samba domain controller support when this support was in early development stages. This provided robust and simple administration of NT clients and users, and provided a means to find bugs in the Samba system that were communicated back to the developers of Samba. System Administrator, August 1997 - February 1999 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL Computer Science and Engineering Department http://www.cse.fau.edu * Administration of Solaris and Windows NT servers and workstations. * System-level administration of Oracle database systems. * Programmed CGI (PERL/PHP) and WWW interface to MySQL database allowing faculty/staff to lookup and modify stud ent information for Computer Science Department. Consulting Experience UNIX System Administration, August 2002 present IFX Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL http://www.ifxcorp.com * Software development of complex dialup authentication modules in PERL. * Provided maintenance and support for UNIX systems from previous employment. * Wrote documentation of all systems and services for transfer of knowledge to other personnel. Practice Exam Author, September 2002 Boson Software, Tampa, FL http://www.boson.com * Wrote 200 question practice exam for Red Hat Linux Certified Engineer preparation. UNIX System Administration, August 2002 Florida Memorial College, Miami, FL http://www.fmc.edu * Setup classroom of 20 Ultra 5 SPARC workstations with Mandrake Linux for an introductory UNIX course. Continuing Education Instructor, March 1999 Pratt & Whitney, West Palm Beach, FL * Taught PERL programming course to facility employees. Operating System Experience * Red Hat Linux (up to v8.0) * Solaris 2.x * AIX 4.3 and 5L * FreeBSD * Windows XP/2000/NT Programming Experience * C (especially UNIX system programming) * PERL * Shell (Bash) * SQL Development Projects * Love contributing to the open source community by developing free and useful software. * Worked with many open source packages throughout whole career such as PHP, PERL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL and free operating systems for development, testing, and implementation. * Believe that the best suggestions for improvements come from actual users of software, and routinely respond to bug reports and feature suggestions reported by users. * Always stay up to date on new packages by other developers who contribute to the open source community, and also submit bug reports and patches for packages I myself use. * Developed many tools in C and PERL for security and system administration, including: - incident.pl Widely used security incident reporting tool based on best practices. - remote update.pl Automated remote administration via SSH tool for UNIX systems. - CG spam_filter.pl Spam filter for CommuniGate Pro that performs statistical analysis of mail volume/recipients to determine spamming and prevent it immediately. - xmftp X/Motif FTP Client written in C designed as a User Interface graduate course project. * Information and source code available at: http://www.cse.fau.edu/~valankar/ Certifications * Red Hat Linux Certified Engineer - RHCE #: 807302847805442 Education Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (GPA 3.7/4.0) References Name: Mahesh Neelakanta Employer: IFX Corporation Title: Director of IT Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 305-512-1118 Name: Daniel Salama Employer: IFX Corporation Title: Chief Technology Officer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 305-512-1117 Name: Craig Yap Employer: America Online Title: Principal Systems Administrator Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 703-265-0981 Name: Mohammad Ilyas, PhD Employer: Florida Atlantic University Title: Associate Dean Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 561-297-3454
