FabriceNye
IT Consultant
 

842 Portwalk Place
Redwood Shores, CA 94065-1818
(650) 280-6823
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IT Services
I specialize in providing the following services to my clients:
Architect and build UNIX-based infrastructures from the ground up
Setup of LAN/WAN and configuration of firewalls
Maximum automation of monitoring and routine tasks, with extensive use of scripting (Bourne, Perl, SQL, CGI)
Seamless integration of Windows and UNIX domains (single sign-on, file sharing, etc.)
Multi-platform systems administration, operating system tuning, upgrades, patch applications; backup recovery planning and execu-tion; system event monitoring; space management & capacity planning
Determine and implement backup requirements
Setup of naming services setup (LDAP, AD, DNS, NIS)
Draft and edit systems documentation and policies
 
Core Skills
UNIX systems administration expertise, managing Solaris, AIX, Linux, etc. since 1989
Web design and CGI programming experience since 1994
Heterogeneous networks integration (multiple UNIX flavors with Windows & MacOS)
Strong knowledge of Internet protocols (LDAP, DNS, NFS, NIS, FTP, Sendmail/SMTP, DHCP, Samba/CIFS, etc...)
Proficiency in multiple languages (Perl, JavaScript, HTML, Shell, C)
M.S. degree in Computer Science
 
Consulting Projects
 
The following assignments were performed on a consulting basis.
Weidlinger Associates
Los Altos, CA
June 1996 - present
Multi-platform system administration (including Solaris, Linux, IRIX, HP-UX, & Windows)
Study, proposal, installation & configuration of new Linux server infrastructure rollout (migration from Solaris)
Integration of UNIX and Windows domains (Active Directory to LDAP translation, DNS replication, single sign-on)
Software and operating system installation (automatic SuSE install via AutoYAST)
Configuration of subsystems (NIS, DNS, LDAP, Sendmail, NFS, Samba, NTP)
Backup policy configuration, implementation, and monitoring (Veritas NetBackup, BackupExec, Retrospect, and standard ufsdump)
Network and systems monitoring (Big Brother, Ganglia, MRTG, SNMP)
Administration task automation (shell & Perl scripting)
Creation of central CVS repository for network-wide configuration files (using Cfengine)
Firewall & proxy server installation and configuration
Installation of OpenPBS cluster batch queueing system
Writing of IT documentation
 
Catapult Communications
Mountain View, CA
April 2001 - October 2002
Installation and configuration of an international, multi-site virtual private network based on Netscreen VPN equipment
Collaborated with IT managers at each site to synchronize the configuration and company-wide usernames/userids, and to propagate and replicate a distributed naming service (NIS, LDAP)
Installation of a 1/2 TB Sun fileserver
Sendmail configuration for a multi-domain mail server
 
Globalpress Connection
San Jose, CA
October 1999 - October 2002
Redesigned existing web site, adding new sections and menus, inserting new graphics and generally cleaning up the look of the site
Created registration forms using CGI, Perl and MySQL
Trained in-house staff on web site maintenance using Dreamweaver
 
Other Clients
iSharp, Redwood City (www.isharp.com) Nov. 1999 - April 2000
Unity Church, Palo Alto (www.unitypaloalto.org) Oct. 1997 - Oct 2000
Aurigin, Cupertino (www.aurigin.com) Sept. 1997 - June 2000
Centerpoint, San Jose (www.centerpoint.com) Aug. 1999 - January 2000
Silicon Valley Shelving, San Jose (www.svseq.com) Nov 1996 - January 2000
Quantum Corporation, Milpitas (www.quantum.com) Aug. 1998 - Sept. 1999
Whole Tomato Software, Capitola (www.wholetomato.com) Oct. 1997 - Apr. 1999
CANEC, San Carlos (www.canec.org) Sept. 1997 - March 1998
Ensemble Solutions, San Jose Dec. 1997 - Apr. 1997
Parallax Graphics, Santa Clara May 1996 - June 1996
Whistle Communications, Foster City May 1996 - July 1996
Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Sept. 1995 - Apr. 1996
 
 
Employment Experience
Blue Martini Software
San Mateo, CA
Senior Operations Engineer Sept. 2001 - Sept. 2002
Responsible for the AIX infrastructure, network installation management, configuration and troubleshooting
Improved the automation of the IT processes using Perl scripts for system status monitoring, quota checking, log file processing, etc.
Configured and customized the Big Brother monitoring system
Managed the Solaris JumpStart infrastructure for unattended installs
Reconfigured and customized Sendmail 8.11 to be more secure and pass messages to virus filtering software
Built a graphical user-locating system using building maps, CGI forms and LDAP queries
Managed Veritas NetBackup UNIX backup system
Trained junior system administrators by giving weekly "tech talks"
 
iSharp
Redwood City, CA
UNIX Technical Lead / IT Architect Apr. 2000 - Feb. 2001
Provided leadership for a 3-person team of UNIX system administrators
Built the UNIX server infrastructure for the company from the ground up
Maintained a WAN composed of 3 sites and multiple remote offices
Installed and managed a network of 6 co-location sites around the country, using 2 providers for redundancy; defined standard processes to allow hands-off installation
Created the initial corporate-wide intranet structure
Installed and configured core services such as DNS, NIS, NFS and Sendmail
Automated replication and change tracking of network databases company-wide using Perl scripts and CGI forms
 
Pure Software
Sunnyvale, CA
Webmaster & Corporate Networks Manager 1994 - 1995
Built a world wide web server to disseminate information throughout the company, providing a consistent interface across all platforms. (This was an intranet before the word intranet was invented)
Developed sophisticated scripts to search data files and provide a user-friendly interface to the data (employee directory, request status, e-mail aliases, newsletters, etc.)
Managed the router configuration for the whole company, and maintained the e-mail, DNS, NIS, NFS, SLIP and FTP configurations for remote offices
Implemented switched Ethernet for increased bandwidth in R&D
Added FDDI backbone as inter-building link
Senior System Administrator 1992 - 1994
Grew the company infrastructure from a 16-SPARCstation Ethernet to a 200+ node worldwide operation, backing up 100+ GB of data, over 5 hardware platforms and 8 different operating systems
Supervised a team of 3 sysadmins to provide quality user support
Developed a trouble-ticket system available to all users over e-mail and later via web
Connected the site to the Internet, configuring SMTP, DNS and FTP access
Installed European office and provided networking to corporate HQ over a leased line
Provided ISDN solution for connection of telecommuting individuals
Managed the installation, maintenance and administration of UNIX systems and third-party software
Developed system administration policies and tools for more efficient UNIX management (system resources and disk onitoring, network load monitoring, etc.)
Interfaced with vendors to evaluate, procure and implement new software and hardware products
 
Schlumberger
ATE Division
San Jose, CA
Systems & Network Administrator 1989 - 1992
Operated a heterogeneous subnet of 60 workstations and 4 servers within a network of 400+ nodes and 10 servers; Suns, Solbourne, IBM-PC's (PC-NFS), Macintoshes (AppleTalk), VAXstation
Managed and documented TCP/IP network running NFS, NIS, DNS, UUCP and Usenet
Installed operating systems and third-party software packages; Provided support to and trained SunOS users
Maintained user accounts and backed up mass storage; Automated routine tasks with Bourne Shell scripts
Installed and configured new computers and printers; Troubleshooted hardware and maximized uptime
Investigated and recommended new equipment purchases
Database administration (INGRES RDBMS) and SQL programming
Created application software releases, oversaw source control and defined installation procedures
Software Engineer 1988 - 1989
Maintained and enhanced current software products (in the domain of automated test equipment)
Assisted with administration and maintenance of computer systems
Resolved software change requests, worked with customers, application engineers and customer support engineers to identify and fix known software problems
Developed and automated regression test cases
Promoted portability of programs between VAX/VMS and Sun/UNIX
Promoted software quality for code readability and reusability
 
Education
UCSC Extension
Graphic Design  
Curriculum: Advanced Photoshop Artistry; History of Graphic Design; Macroeconomics
 
Stanford University
Honors-Coop Graduate Program  
Curriculum: Computer Networks & Data Communications; Operating Systems; Parallel Computing Architecture; Databases
 
E.N.S.I.M.A.G.
M.S. Computer Science  
Curriculum: Algorithms & Software Engineering; Compiler Architecture; Operating Systems; Robotics & Artificial Intelligence; Numerical Analysis; Statistics
Languages: C, Pascal, Lisp, Fortran, Basic, assembler