Ryan Finnie
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| 4959 Talbot Ln. #262 · Reno, NV 89509
· 775-771-4472 |
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ryan@finnie.org ·
http://www.finnie.org/
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Core Skills
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Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL) |
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Perl, PHP, Python scripting |
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Apache, nginx, lighttpd web servers |
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MTAs (Postfix, qmail, Sendmail) |
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Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle) |
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Version control (CVS, Subversion, Git) |
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SSL, certificate systems |
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Mass systems deployment |
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Linux OS design and development |
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IP phone system networking (Asterisk) |
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Virtualization (ESX, Xen, UML) |
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Layer 1 networking (Ethernet, ATM) |
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IP networking, IPv6 |
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Cisco IOS, CatOS, PixOS |
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Firewalls (iptables, Pix/ASA) |
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SNMP management |
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DNS (ISC BIND) |
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Static routing, OSPF, HSRP |
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VLAN networking (802.1q, ISL) |
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HTTP, SMTP, FTP, IMAP, POP3 |
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Network monitoring (Nagios, MRTG) |
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Experience
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Canonical Ltd. |
Remote position |
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Systems Administrator - IS Operations |
January 2012 - Present |
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Viddler |
Remote position |
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Datacenter Systems Administrator (contract) |
July - December 2011 |
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Managed systems and network operations in two datacenters, handling equipment purchase decisions and deployments |
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Managed an IP transit migration between carriers within a datacenter |
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Deployed new virtualization solutions |
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Administered systems within a provider-agnostic infrastructure — traditional servers, in-datacenter virtualization, EC2/S3, commercial VPS |
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Joplin Tornado Recovery Task Force |
Joplin, Missouri, United States |
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Volunteer |
May - June 2011 |
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Walk-on volunteer position, assisting in relief and clean-up efforts following the Joplin tornado of May 22, 2011, coordinated by AmeriCorps relief teams |
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Worked in the field, removing debris within the disaster zone |
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Manned the missing persons hotline, taking missing person reports to be sent to search and rescue teams |
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Worked in the donations warehouse, unloading, sorting and loading pallets of donated goods |
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One to One
Acquired Twelve Horses, September 2009 |
Reno, Nevada, United States |
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Datacenter Network Administrator |
Sep 2009 - May 2011 |
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Worked with One to One IT staff to complete infrastructure integration between One to One
and Twelve Horses |
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Managed integration of One To One offices' phone networks into a unified multiple-site
Asterisk-based IP phone network |
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Managed consolidation of Twelve Horses datacenter operations into One to One's
datacenters |
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Network/System Administrator |
Jul 2004 - Sep 2009 |
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Maintained network and approx. 150 Linux servers between two datacenters |
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Built and deployed customer dedicated servers |
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Researched and recommended network and system upgrades and new networks, as needed |
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Installed network monitoring, graphing and network configuration tracking tools |
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Migrated operations and infrastructure to a new datacenter |
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Designed server virtualization solution for consolidated server management |
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Built a multiple-site IP phone network infrastructure using Asterisk |
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Network Administrator (contract) |
May 2004 - Jun 2004 |
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Managed Redundant Networks' datacenter operations until the datacenter property could be
sold |
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Assisted remaining Redundant Networks customers |
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Redundant Networks |
Reno, Nevada, United States |
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Senior System Administrator / Lead Network Engineer |
Nov 2003 - Feb 2004 |
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Promotion, reported to Director of Network Operations |
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All Senior System Administrator functions and responsibilities; in addition: |
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Migrated Foundry customer access routers to Cisco |
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Configured IOS changes for customer installs/changes as needed |
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Designed inexpensive failover router setups for customers using Linux/VRRP |
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Migrated servers from Red Hat Linux 7.x to a custom distribution based on Gentoo
Linux |
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Assisted with deploying iBGP within the Reno core network |
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Remained after operations were discontinued to assist with customer migrations and
network teardown |
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Network Operations Manager |
Sep 2003 - Oct 2003 |
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Temporary assignment, reported to COO/President |
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All Senior System Administrator functions and responsibilities; in addition: |
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Delegated tasks and projects to Network Operations personnel |
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Oversaw customer installations and network changes |
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Represented Network Operations to executive staff, the company and the public |
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Handled Network Operations scheduling and staffing |
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Interviewed candidates for Director of Network Operations |
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Senior System Administrator |
Mar 2002 - Sep 2003 |
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Reported to Director of Network Operations |
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Developed an MIS network for two new datacenters |
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Managed 40+ Linux/Solaris servers across two coasts |
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Set up network monitoring and ticketing systems |
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Managed internal employee network |
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Wrote custom network billing and power control systems |
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Assisted customers with datacenter move-ins and network designs |
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Developed and maintained private and public wireless networks in Reno facility |
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Managed backup systems for both datacenters |
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Installed satellite offices' networks |
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Participated in Reno-area tech community via RLUG and RAWUG |
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Maintained open source/community mirrors and development environments |
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Kefta, Inc. |
San Francisco, California, United States |
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Application Developer |
Jul 2000 - Mar 2002 |
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Developed referral marketing applications with PHP, Python and Perl |
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Worked to develop marketing tie-in solutions for enterprise-class customers |
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Implemented Oracle schemas for both user interaction and backend processing jobs |
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Created a Python-based web server for rapid execution of user interaction requests |
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Tested peer code in a strict quality control environment |
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Maintained and developed kmMail, an open-source version of Kefta's webmail system |
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Associations and Projects
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| This résumé is available at http://www.finnie.org/resume.html |