I have experience in the following technologies:
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Operating Systems
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Linux (RHEL/Centos/Rocky, Debian/Ubuntu), Windows Server (2003-2012)
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Authentication
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Active Directory/Entra, Samba, SSSD, FreeIPA, Keycloak, LDAP, Oauth2/Openid
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Configuration Management Systems
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RedHat Kickstart, Debian Preseed, Ansible, CFEngine, Cobbler, Saltstack, Puppet, Foreman, CloudInit
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Backup systems
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Bacula, Symantec Backup Exec, Duplicity, BareOS, PGBackrest
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Databases
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MySQL/MariaDB, Oracle, PostgreSQL
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DNS
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Bind9, PowerDNS
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File Sharing
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Samba, NFS, GlusterFS, GPFS, Lustre
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Mail Systems
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Sendmail, Postfix, Cyrus IMAP, MS Exchange
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Monitoring/Metrics
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Zabbix, Nagios, OP5, Prometheus, Grafana
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Logging
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Elasticsearch, Opensearch
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Scripting
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Perl, BASH, Python, PHP
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Security
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IPtables, PF, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, Clavister, Crowdstrike
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Version Control
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Git, CVS, Subversion
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Web servers
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Apache, Nginx
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Virtualisation
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VMware ESXi, KVM, VirtualBox, Proxmox, oVirt, Xenserver, LXC/LXD
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Containerisation
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Docker, Podman, Kubernetes
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Proprietary Cloud
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AWS
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Gothenburg, Sweden
nShift is a software company that provides delivery book-and-print, checkout handling and other shipping services.
Site Reliability Engineer - Drift Team Lead (2023-2026)
At nShift my duties included:
Leading an all new 4 person Drift/Sysops team for the Delivery product
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Prioritising tasks and focus for the team
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Ensuring adequate on-call coverage during vacation and sickness
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Advocating for the team to upper management for pay and resourcing negotiations
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Interviewing candidates
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Liaising with other teams to ensure a consistent company focus
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Working closely with the core development team to ensure the main application runs correctly
Discovery and documentation of the previous teams' procedures and technology, including:
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Salt configuration and custom plugins
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Supporting hardware in two separate datacentres
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OS (Ubuntu) version upgrades and patching
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Postgres clusters with pgBackRest
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Apache mod_jk, tomcat, and custom deployment and activation scripts
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Modernising workflows and creating new systems to meet changing company needs
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Packaging third-party applications for native OS deployment
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Installing and configuring Prometheus/Grafana and various exporters
Managing AWS Migration of core infrastructure
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Planning migration from Datacentre to Cloud solutions (AWS)
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Evaluating AWS provided services to replace current bespoke solutions
Gridcore AB/Gompute (2017-2023)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Gompute is a High Performance Computing solution, either customer on-premise or hosted in the Gothenburg datacentre.
Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Gompute Infrastructure (2017-2023)
At Gridcore my duties included:
Gothenburg, Sweden
NTT Security provides enterprise security solutions to analyse
traffic and protect client networks.
Technical Operations Engineer: (2015-2017)
At NTT Security my duties included:
Praxis Technology Group AB (2014-2015)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Praxis Technology Group was a start-up that offered remote render-farm
solutions to small VFX companies.
I was the CTO and system engineer/architect. As we had only just
started, most of my work was very hands on.
CTO/System Architect: (2014-2015)
At Praxis Technology Group my duties included:
Bobby Works AB (2010-2014)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Bobby is a digital production company that helps leading brands and
agencies to develop and visualize communication ideas for film and interactive
media.
I worked as the in house System Administer and Technical Support Person.
System Administrator: (2010-2014)
At Bobby my duties included:
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General desktop support for Windows 7 and OS X workstations
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Administering and configuring backups using Symantec Backup Exec and Bacula
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Automating the creation of FTP accounts and administering their use
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Administering the Windows Domain Controller
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Integrating new Linux servers into the Windows domain using Samba3 and SSSD
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Configuring and automating Samba3 for DFS sharing, and virtual file-servers
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Building and Administering the site router/firewall
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Setting up web sites for client projects (hosted both internally and using third parties) and installing and configuring CMS systems (mostly in house designed Wordpress sites)
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Setting up system monitoring with Zabbix
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Touch screen application prototyping and testing using Python
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Movie file conversion for broadcast
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Web development in PHP and JavaScript, including modifications to Wordpress plug-ins
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Evaluating and purchasing of server hardware
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Overseeing the general IT infrastructure and budget
IBM Global Services (2009-2010)
Wellington, New Zealand
IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software (with a focus
on the latter), and offers infrastructure services, hosting services,
and consulting services.
I worked in the Linux service team, supporting a number of off-site
RedHat servers for clients.
Linux Specialist: (2009-2010)
At IBM NZ my duties included:
Whitireia Community Polytechnic (2008-2010)
Wellington, New Zealand
The new Whitireia Journalism programme has a focus on new-media and
Internet technologies. To give students real-world contact with the
technology, the head tutor, Jim Tucker, set up a live, public news
website for the students to display their work.
NewsWire.co.nz Webmaster and Designer: (2008-2010)
At Whitireia Polytechnic my duties included:
Wellington, New Zealand
iPredict is a company that sells Market Prediction software. Their
public website: www.ipredict.co.nz had the second best prediction rate
of the 2008 general election.
They sell the software used on the public site to clients. The client’s
sites are hosted at Victoria university along with the public site.
System Administrator and PHP Developer: (Jan, 2008)
During my four week contract at iPredict my duties included:
TelstraClear Ltd – Enterprise and Government (2007)
Wellington, New Zealand
TelstraClear is the second largest telecommunications company in New
Zealand. The E&G division offers enterprise level support for
TelstraClear’s largest clients.
Unix Systems Administrator: (2007)
At TelstraClear Ltd my duties included:
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Operational System Administration of multiple off site clients,consisting of Linux and Solaris servers
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Installation, configuration and monitoring of RHEL 3 servers for a number of New Zealand based clients
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Support for the in house Systems Management Framework (SMF)
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On Call support of servers
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Research and Development of automation systems for the environment
Double Negative (2005-2007)
London, England
Double Negative is a film post-production facility based in Soho,
London.
Systems Administrator: (2005-2007)
At Double Negative, my duties included:
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System Administration of a heterogeneous environment composed of IRIX, Linux, Windows NT/2000, Mac OS X, and Solaris (with an emphasis on Linux administration)
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Installation, configuration and monitoring of Tripwire and Osiris on the DMZ machines
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Configuration and support of the internal mail and news servers
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Developing wrappers to aid mail administration
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Administration of MySQL server (v4.0 and v4.1)
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Desktop Support
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Administration of Pixar’s Renderman Alfred Tools
Wellington, New Zealand
Weta Digital is New Zealand’s largest post-production facility.
Specialising in special digital effects for film.
Systems Administrator: (2003-2004)
My responsibilities as a Systems Administrator included:
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Building and deploying core service machines, including web, mail and DNS/DHCP servers. Including installation of Linux operating system
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Administration of Network Appliance Filers, Foundry Switches and various Linux and IRIX machines
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Firewall and Web Proxy configuration
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Developing an SMS gateway for Nagios, XMPP and email
Render Wrangler: (2001-2002)
My duties as a Render Wrangler included:
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Administration of renders running on the Linux rendering cluster
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Maintenance of 1500 machines in the Linux based rendering cluster and assisting in the deployment to 1000 new machines
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Designing and implementing tools to assist the wrangling team in administering the Alfred queuing software
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General Technical Support of Irix, Linux and Windows workstations