Resume

OBJECTIVE

UNIX engineer seeks re-employment in the private sector. I have the proven ability to work alone, as a team lead or team member. I am a driven technologist and creative problem solver focused on project success and excellence.

CURRENT TECHNICAL PURSUITS

• Maintain my home network - including Nextcloud, rsync backups, music services, web services, etc running under KVM.

• Maintain private, hardened VPNs

• Developed and maintain a private web server for my domain (ffilmar.org) all coded in PERL.

• Creation of 'smart' gradebooks in excel for the college faculty

• Completing a paper on the mathematical basis of the Periodic Table

• Developed and in small production of a 'light headset' to offset SAD and sleep disorders.

• Developed the hardware/software for a Brain Entrainment apparatus. Incorporating the NeuroSky Mindwave into home projects.

• Developed and built a Home Automation system (who needs Alexa!)

Relevant UNIX Administration Skills

• Engineering and Provisioning

  • Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.

  • Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures, scripts and packages.

  • Contribute to and maintain system standards.

  • Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks.

• Operations and Support

  • Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.

  • Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.

  • Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media.

  • Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.

  • Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.

  • Provide support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.

  • Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.

• Maintenance

  • Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.

  • Upgrade and configure system software applications per project or operational needs.

  • Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.

  • Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.

  • Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment.

Transferable Skills

• Problem-Solver able to find and implement solutions. Some of my wins are managing help-desks, growing and supported a UNIX infrastructure, editing and producing tool catalogs, and party planning and preparation. I have a lot of skills, can ask the right questions and work the problem.

• Broad Experiences from a lifetime of doing. Car repair, home renovation and construction, electronics design and construction, creative design, academics, athletics, and education - all from on-the-job or on my own. I can dance, teach a class of anything to one or a thousand, write technical or creative copy, handle most anything physical or athletic, meditate, ride a motorcycle or throw a car around a track. I know my way around a gym, the kitchen, repair shops, construction, and stores. 

• Interest in Excellence means I go the extra mile. I read and listen to stay current. I care about design and presentation. Details matter to me. What I don't know I learn. What I can't yet do I practice.

PRIOR UNIX EXPERIENCE

• Desktop support specialist and Senior UNIX administrator

  • Technical interface to the customers: Understand and interpret customer requests, provide timely feedback and response.

  • Manage 150 + user workstations running Linux. Coordinate site upgrades, fix problems, plan outages

  • PERL and shell scripting, LDAP, DNS, NIS, Sendmail specialist

  • automate system administration jobs

• Senior Systems Administrator and Corporate Facilitator

  • Senior Systems Administrator - Senior UNIX admin and planner for UNIX operations

  • Director of DNS and sendmail services

  • Established the facility, hardware, databases and classroom PCs for the Learning Center

• System administrator and Educator

  • Director of Intranet/UNIX administrator, Intranet webmaster.

  • Associate director of the Bio-informatics program at NextGen.

  • Associate editor of an IEEE Journal.

  • Certified Bay Networks Router Specialist.

  • Developed course materials on Internet and UNIX for our clients.

CURRENT POSITIONS

• High School Chemistry and Physics Teacher

  • Streamlined processes of lesson-plan creation and professional-development.

  • Developed lab exercises suitable for every grade and skill level.

  • Gaining proficiency in Classroom Management.

  • Improving Lesson Design and Execution to include Active Learning.

  • Developed Curriculum Guides for courses and supporting coursework.

  • Exceed Professional Development expectations by ongoing self-education.

• Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Physics - Community College

  • rovided structured review of lecture material for lab students

  • Developed review exercises for recitation sections

  • Integrate lab work with lecture.

  • Brought Active Learning into my Chemistry Fundamentals lecture.

  • Lesson Design and Execution

• Pilates instructor- various Fitness Centers

  • Develop specialized routines for clients and classes

  • Good in an all-woman environment retaining long-time clients and attracting new ones

  • Have presened on the National Stage for a fitness organization

  • Practice my Pilates every day for my own health and knowledge

  • Stay current by Continuing Ed and Seminars

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

• Associate Professor of Chemistry and Coordinator of the Faculty Teaching Resource Center

• Director of Graphic Arts at a Tool Distributor

EDUCATION

• AAS Medical Lab Technology

• BS Biochemistry

  • Research: Parameters of Global Models for Living Systems

• MS - Physical Chemistry

  • Research: Modeling Electrophoresis as a Non-Equilibrium System

• Preliminary research, all course-work, and the cumulative exams, Doctoral Program, Biophysical Chemistry

  • Research: Kinetics of Gramacidin Ion Channel Flows using Laser Doppler Velocimetry