Contact Info: ------------- Matthew Schick Cary, NC 27513 Email: matt@excentral.org Mobile: 919.816.2308 Objective: ---------- Work in a progressive organization to provide the best quality experience for end users. Qualifications: --------------- - Network Services: Heimdal, OpenLDAP, Samba, Cups, Sendmail, Postfix, Qmail, BIND, DHCP, djbdns, Cyrus, Courier-IMAP, Cyrus SASL, Apache, Squid, NFS, Net-SNMP, OpenSSH, ProFTPd, Nginx - Security: Snort, Prelude, Iptables, Logwatch, Tripwire, Nmap, Nessus, OpenVPN - Linux Distributions: Gentoo, Red Hat, Suse, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora - Development: PHP, Python, Perl, Bash - Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL - Virtualization: KVM, Xen, VMWare - Automation: CFEngine, Puppet, Ansible Work History: ------------- TheTVDB.com ~~~~~~~~~~~ Vice President, Infrastructure - March 2010 to Present ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Initially worked to solve severe stability issues caused by MySQL bug - Converted site from single Apache/MySQL server to a proper tiered services deployment - Numerous changes to enhance stability and site performance for current usage - Currently building out new infrastructure to handle expected site growth and new codebase - Deploying Ansible and GIT for new infrastructure to streamline management and code deployments Red Hat, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Systems Architect - March 2013 to Jan 2014 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Evaluated and prioritized projects - Built infrastructure to support various service evalutations - Provided guidance and mentoring to junior systems administrators - Key part of working group tasked with planning AM-Q Messaging implementation within Engineering, worked to build reference architecture to fit recommendations Manager, System Administrators - Jan 2010 to March 2013 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Managed geographically distributed team of system and lab administrators - Team responsible for 24/7 emergency call and and 24/5 follow-the-sun support for Red Hat Engineering offices worldwide. - Grew Operations team to include all critical global Engineering sites with a staff of over 30 Admins worldwide - Assisted with migration of Xen virtual machines to KVM Supervisor, System Administrators - July 2008 to Jan 2010 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Light management duties - Planned and executed numerous high profile infrastructure outages for maintenance and upgrades, including cross-departmental coordination - Part of standard call rotation for critical infrastructure - Set and worked monthly outage schedule for standard upgrade and maintenance - Built and maintained initial KVM virtual machine infrastructure for new deployments - Interviewed and helped hire multiple Administrators to provide support for infrastructure expansion System Administrator - March 2006 to July 2008 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Initially hired to support critical build systems, scope quickly grew to include key Engineering infrastructure - Implemented comprehensive configuration management and automation tooling for all systems based on CFEngine using Subversion for change mangement - Built redundant infrastructure for key services (including bugzilla) to reduce downtime and provide basic disaster recovery - Deployed Nagios for monitoring of critical infrastructure, implemented basic call schedule - Planned and implemented initial deployments and migrations of internal services to Xen virtual machines Open Source Software Institute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Senior Technical Adviser - July 2003 to March 2006 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Tested Open Source groupware servers for potential implementation at a local university - Evaluated all potential development and consulting projects - Managed the Special Projects Group - Plan, implement and maintain internal IT infrastructure, local and remote - Created custom GNOME LiveCD to demonstrate Linux desktop viability for the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) - Participated in various phases of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) signed as a result of the LiveCD University of Southern Mississippi, School of Computing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Systems Administrator - August 2001 to March 2006 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Rolled out VMware on Linux for other operating systems in our labs - Xen server used for all testing and migration planning - Supported user base of approx. 25 faculty and staff plus 500 students - Responsible for six servers, 90 lab machines and all networking - Migrated to LDAP for centralized user management - Upgraded from mixed (thinnet, thicknet, cat5) 10 Mbps network thru 100 Mbps to 1000 Mbps - Implemented Samba PDC complete with mandatory policies and roaming profiles, replaced with pGina - Resurrected student LUG and actively participate in regular meetings and installfests - Instituted security and maintenance policies for graduate students working under my supervision - Actively implement equivalent Open Source software where appropriate on lab and office machines - Rebuilt small computing cluster using Etherboot and NFS to provide images running LAM/MPI Independent Consultant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 2000 to Present ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Remote configuration and maintenance of Linux and Solaris servers - Web development using PHP, Perl and MySQL - Local hardware, software and networking support Network Technician ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Microcomputer Systems - September 1999 to December 1999 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Installed networking hardware and did basic troubleshooting of common issues - Deployed multiple machines on Windows NT and Novell Netware networks in schools - Used Ghost to broadcast disk images in labs Service Manager ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Racer Computer Outlet - November 1998 to September 1999 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Handled all hardware and software support - Built significant non-warranty clientele within the first few months - Assisted customers with custom PC configurations and hardware recommendations Education: ---------- - 1994-1996 - Jones County Junior College, Received "Letter J Award" for academic excellence.