Attention Recruiter or Principal;
Please review the resume copy below and be in touch with me by phone
or email to discuss op****tunities. I am a veteran developer and
administrator, able to perform a wide range of tasks.
I am available to work either as a commuter or offsite - consultant
depending on the demands of the assignment. Rates are at or below
market and negotiable.
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RESUME
Jerry Sievers
3121 SW 22nd Ave
Miami FL, 33133
305 321-1144
Jerry@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
software developer and programmer/analyst with over 10 years
experience
on business system applications. Familiar with wide variety of programming
languages including, C, C++, Java, Perl, SQL. System administration
experience
on Unix/Linux sup****ting Solaris, Oracle, Peoplesoft and more. Specialist
in
Web backend processing. Engineer of functional testing environments for
diagnostics, security, performance tuning etc. Lead consultant with
exceptional mentoring skill.
Objective
To obtain a contract position developing web content management
applications
involving relational database backend processing.
Status
Currently seeking employment in Miami FL. Travel, relocation, off-site
work
all possible.
Work Experience
September 2000 - Present:
Independent Consultant DBA JerrySievers.com, a sole
proprietor****p. developed CMS on Unix using Apache, Postgres RDBMS
and
PHP scripting language. Firewall development on
Linux/Netfilter. Developed a complete financial data analysis system
using Postgres RDBMS. Managing colocated web and high-security FTP
servers. Implementation of scripted procedures to allow non-tecnical
personnel to manage users. Plan review and critique on a variety of
customer proposals. Screening, hiring and management of development
staff.
June 1997 - August 2000:
UniSoft Consulting on contract to Aon Cor****ation (Senior UNIX
System Administrator). Dealt directly with managers, vendors, users
on a
daily basis. Interviewed applicants for contract and full-time
positions. Handled new machine purchases, equipment lease and sup****t
contract administration. Provided interactive, effective technical
sup****t for all UNIX and peer systems in a production
environment. Traveled abroad to supervise deployment of regional
database
servers. Supervised an Oracle DB benchmarking operation of two
E4000s,
LAN/WAN traffic analyzers and several PCs. Conducted software
evaluations. Acted as Mentor to Junior Development Personnel.
Setup and configured hardware ranging from workstations up to
twenty-CPU
Sun Enterprise 6500 Servers. Capacity planning and real-time
monitoring
of 6, 12 and 20 CPU servers running Oracle and PeopleSoft. Setup a
2-node
High Availability Cluster on Sun E4000s with Sparc Storage Arrays
running
Qualix, Veritas and EVM. Evaluated 400GB Hardware RAID systems from
several vendors to replace an existing EMC. Worked primarily with Sun
Solaris, HP-UX & Linux in a dynamic, growing environment.
Created a graphical utility and Postgres database to process and
display
performance data. Created, modified and/or debugged PeopleSoft
scripted
procedures. Installed Solaris and Oracle plus related middleware and
client software.
August 1996 - June 1997:
UniSoft Consulting on contract to William M. Mercer, Inc.
(Senior
UNIX System Administrator). Team leader. Earned a reputation for
exceptional technical and inter-personal skills, primarily managing a
network of HP9000/800 Servers and HP9000/700 Work Stations.
Responsible
for planning, upgrades, tuning, hardware, software and user sup****t
in a
production environment. Worked with a 180+ gigabyte RAID distributed
storage system. Resolved network security issues. Improved system
reliability by targeting and correcting several long standing
problems. Assisted with a disaster recovery implementation. Migrated
applications for a large scale consolidation plan meanwhile
optimizing
for functional growth. Freed resources to allow taking on a large new
client without additional purchases. Provided valuable input to a
variety
of programming projects. Trained Junior Department Members.
Education
Recent university coursework in; organizing, conflict management, computer
ethics, software engineering and training design.
o BA in Computing. DePaul University.
Related Skills
Independent Web Developer (backend specialist). Wrote HTML/CGI code for
commercial web sites. Architected and implemented all procedures for
complex
forms processing on large (1000+ file) sites. Wrote utility programs
needed
for movement of large amounts of data. Relational database integration to
Postgres, MySql and Oracle. Online credit card processing with CyberCash,
ECHO
and CCbill. Maintain several colocated web servers for contract customers.
o Configured common network systems including NFS, NIS, Auto-mounter,
BIND/DNS, routing and forwarding, Ethernet and FDDI, SLIP/PPP, BNU,
Samba, DHCP, dial-up modems, security measures etc. Expert with all
aspects of the Internet.
o Experienced with several software products including, ClearCase,
ObjectCenter, Remedy, Oracle, Sybase, TeX, GNU Utilities.
o Developed a variety of software applications using several
programming
languages and tools including (C C++ PERL PHP3 JAVA AWK SHELL SQL
HTML
LISP FORTRAN77 TCL MAKE M4 LEX/YACC EMACS etc.). Procedural
programming,
data processing expert. Familiar with GUIs (X11 Window System).
o Designed and implemented a complete Information System for UNIX on a
limited time and monetary budget. Mastered the exploitation of freely
available computer software, do***entation and other resources.
o Designed, built and maintained a growing network of UNIX
workstations,
terminals, software, peripherals and related telecommunication
equipment
for business.
o Installed and configured a WWW server on existing equipment. Wrote
CGI
programs in SHELL, PERL or AWK to allow forms processing.
Languages
Native English, intermediate Spanish.
References
Available upon request.
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