Trenton
H. Spoolstra
tspoolst@gmail.com
8507
Marmora Ave.
Morton Grove, IL 60053
(773)-220-0569
CAREER SUMMARY
Server
Administrator/Lead with over 16 years experience designing servers
and networks and managing day-to-day administration of servers in
heterogeneous environments.
QUALIFICATIONS
18+ years as an IT professional designing servers and networks.
15+ years firewall security management.
13+ years focusing on Linux/POSIX/Unix based systems.
Advanced UNIX/POSIX knowledge - Owner of a custom LINUX distribution originally based on "Linux From Scratch".
Productive self-starter with a strong work ethic; consistently achieves goals. (See my projects website www.scriptvoodoo.org).
Extensive experience in heterogeneous environments (mixing MS-Windows with multiple UNIX flavors (i.e Linux/Solaris/Aix).
Capable Project Management experience coordinating efforts between customers and internal stakeholders (marketing, sales, and customer service) using Scrum and "eXtreme programming" techniques.
CERTIFICATIONS
LA - Linux Advanced
CCNA - Certified Cisco Network Administrator
A+ - Certified
MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional
EXPERIENCE
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Current Employment, Chicago, IL |
01/2010 - present |
Senior Network Engineer/Security
Officer
Task based programming,
Network Engineering, Security compliance, High-Availability system
design.
Daily administration of Linux, and MS-Windows based systems.
Managing Firewall rules per customer access requirements.
Building custom high-availability servers, routers, firewalls, and vpns using a combination of cisco, arista, debwrt, openwrt, ddwrt.
Designing and Customizing dial-plans for Asterisk pbx voip systems.
Engineering of specialized programs
to handling monthly Regulatory Backup onto ROM media.
to integrate the Zabbix monitoring system with Asterisk for phone based alerts.
to dynamically configure core cisco and arista switches.
Created a custom backup solution providing continuous incremental snapshots via rsync, hard links, and other tools.
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FiServ, Chicago, IL |
01/2006 - 2010 |
Lead Program Engineer
Task
based programming, Security compliance, High-Availability system
design.
Delegated task to project members for building financial processing systems
Designed process flow architectures to comply with business rules and specific application features.
Engineered programs for providing data transmission, user account management, and scheduling.
Maintained daily administration of AIX, Solaris, Linux, and MS-Windows based systems.
Created experimental builds of AIX and Linux systems for use as APL trade processing engines.
Managed Firewall rules per customer access requirements.
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Innovative System Services, Chicago, IL |
12/2000 - 02/2006 |
Team Manager/Systems Engineer/Security
Specialist
Full-time,
clients included Chicago Public Schools, U.S. Gypsum, Qwest
Communications, Motorola, ITT Fluid Technologies, and others.
Created and Presented project plans to customers for network design, network enhancement, infrastructure documentation, and process automation.
Provided necessary coordination of network/security contractors and subcontractors.
Managed research and installation of Veritas HI-Availability Cluster on SUN SPARC systems
Generated yearly Network Security Audits for specific customers
Engineered software tools per customer request for performing mass deployment, auditing, monitoring, bootup control, scheduling, database conversion, and ticket tracking
Directed Server Migration from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Linux(Samba)
Built mixed Email Systems comprising of Novell GroupWise 4.1-6.x, Sendmail 8.x, and Courier email systems.
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Chenoa Public Schools, Chenoa, IL |
06/1996 - 05/2000 |
Network Engineer
Contract,
initial network setup, remote administration, and weekend maintenance
Designed and Remotely Administrated the Grade/High school CAN (Campos Area Network), comprising of Novell Netware 3.12/4.11 and Solaris servers
Managed a server migration project with a staff of 3 employees moving from Novell Netware 3.12 to 4.11
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First Chicago, Chicago, IL |
03/1998 - 02/1999 |
IT Specialist
Contract,
Programming DBA
Built a custom HELPDESK database using MS-Access and MS-SQL
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Sentinel, Downer's Grove, IL |
11/1995 - 03/1998 |
IT Specialist
Full-time,
clients including TransUnion and CBOE (Chicago Board of Options
Exchange)
Server Management for multiple networked sites, comprising of Novell Netware 3.12 and Solis
Design and Administration of Email Systems bridging GroupWise 4.1-6.x and Sendmail 8.x
Providing tutorial classes and level 2 support for a more than 4000 user base using MS-Windows 3.x/95/NT4.0 workstations, AS/400, S/390, and HP Unix terminals.
Printer Service/Repair - Hewlet Packard Laserjet printers
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American Express, Normal, IL |
11/1990 - 03/1994 |
IT Specialist
Contract,
Network Administration
Novell 3 and Lantastic Administration
TECHNICAL SKILLS SUMMARY
- extensive knowledge in all areas listed and more
PROGRAMMING:
6806
Assembly, 8086 Assembly, APL, Basic, C, C++, C#, COBOL, HTML, Java,
Java Script, MS-DOS Batch script, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Quick Basic,
Korn Shell script, Bourne Shell script, Power Shell script, Unix
Shell, Tcl/Tk, Visual Basic, Visual C++, WebMethods, Z80 Assembly,
XML
SOFTWARE:
Apache
Webserver, Autosys, Bash, Bind, BorderManager Proxy, CentOS,
CheckPoint Firewall, Citrix Metaframe, Courier Email, Debian, DNS
Bind8, E-Project, FreeBSD, Gauntlet Firewall, Gentoo, GPG, GroupWise
5.x-6.x, HP-UX 10.x, IIS 3-5, IBM AIX 4.x-6.x, iptables, kernel KVM,
Knoppix, KSH, Linux IPfilter (Firewall), Linux From Scratch, Linux
Redhat/Trustix, Lotus Notes 4.x-6.x, Mandrake, MS-DOS 3.x-7.x,
MS-Office 97-2007, MS-Windows 3.0-4.x(98)/NT4.0/2000/XP, MySQL,
Novell Netware 3.0-5.x, Oracle, OS-390, OS/2 Warp, PIX Firewall, PGP,
Postfix, PostGreSQL, Qemu, Qmail, Raptor Firewall 6.5.0, Redhat,
Samba File Server 2.2.x, Sendmail 8.x, Service Center Peragrine,
Slackware, Solaris 2.6-8.x, Solaris Containers, Stellent Content
Server, Suse, Ubuntu, VCS Cluster, Veritas, VMWare, WebMethods,
Webserver - Apache, Xen, Zenworks 1.1-2
PROTOCOLS:
3DES,
CDP, DHCP, DNS, DSL, EIGRP, ESMTP, ETHERNET, FRAME RELAY, FTP, FTPS,
HDLC, HTTP, HTTPS, IGRP, IMAP4, IPX/SPX, IPSEC, ISDN, NETBIOS, NCP,
NDM, NFS, NTP, PPPoE, POP3, RIP, LESS, RDP, SAN, SCP, SFTP,
SHTTP(SSL), SMTP(EMAIL), SNMP, SPLIT-T, SSH, TCP/IP, TOKEN RING,
VOIP
HARDWARE:
Intel
PCs (Compaq, Dell, Gateway, IBM), UNIX remote boot terminals, SUN
SPARC Servers, EMC-CLARiiON, Routers & Switches (3COM, Bay,
Cisco7500/4500/2500, FlowPoint, Nortel, SonicWall, Tiara 4000/6000,
Buffalo), Wyse, Winterm, Linterm