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Jason Boxman / - / - / jasonb@edseek.com
 
        Core Skills                                        Secondary Skills
 
        Linux Systems Administration                       Ruby on Rails
        Apache                                             Mongrel Cluster
        DNS                                                Perl
                                                           PostgreSQL
 
Platforms 
 * Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, 3.1, 4.0 / Ubuntu GNU/Linux 6.06, 6.10 on x86
 * RedHat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9 / Fedora Core 1, 5 on x86
 * Sun Solaris 8 on Sparc
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional on x86
 
Work History 
 
Rails Developer
ELC Technologies – Santa Barbara, California (telecommute) [Mar 2007 – Jul 2007]
- Manage client AWS hosts under RightScale
- Ruby on Rails development
 
Systems Administrator 
Networked Knowledge Systems - Tampa, Florida [Jan 2006 - Nov 2006] 
- Development using Ruby on Rails 
- Created process for backporting Debian packages to internal Debian fork 
- Work with in-house centralized management tool managing farm of several thousand systems 
- Responsible for handling trouble tickets for mail systems and IDS 
 
Perl Programmer 
Shimberg Ctr for Affordable Housing - Gainesville, Florida [Oct 2003 - Sep 2005] 
- Perl programming for Web rollout and Web traffic analysis 
- Managing Apache and PostgreSQL 
- Deploying security updates and software upgrades on Debian Sarge and Sun Solaris 8 
- Suggest, research, and deploy systems and hardware 
 
Network Assistant 
Gleim Publications, Inc. - Gainesville, Florida [Nov 2002 - Sep 2003] 
- Deployed Nagios for service health monitoring and paging 
- Deployed UPS monitoring solution to cleanly shutdown systems 
- Perl programming for data migration to MySQL 
- Tuned SpamAsssassin spam solution to reduce false positives 
- Assembled and upgraded servers running RedHat 7.2, 8, and 9 
- Account creation and deletion 
 
Consulting 
 
Linux Administration and Windows support
Executive & Group Benefits - Orlando, Florida [Dec 2003 - Present]
- Deploy and manage mail server with Exim4/Courier IMAP with TLS/SSL
- Deploy and manage Samba solution for data centralization and backups
- Deploy and manage internal and external facing DNS
- Manage Windows XP Home and Windows 98 systems
 
Linux Administration 
TrekWeb.com - Los Angeles, CA [Jun 1999 - Present] 
- Manage Apache 2.0 and MySQL 
- Migrated install from RedHat Linux 7.3 to Fedora Core 1 
- Deployed dspam bayesian spam filter and Sendmail milters to restrict connections 
 
Network Quality of Serivce (QoS) Implementation 
Sovereign Technologies, LLC. - Tampa, Florida [Sep 2005] 
- Developed Perl based QoS tool to apply QoS policy based on IP 
 
Live Rails Sample
 
gohideaway.com – Ruby on Rails based vacation rental inventory
 
Publications 
 
Centralized System Backup using Dirvish, rsync, and OpenSSH 
http://edseek.com/~jasonb/articles/dirvish_backup/  
 
Network Quality of Service (QoS) with Linux kernel 
http://edseek.com/~jasonb/articles/traffic_shaping/ 
 
Mail Server Deployment using Exim4 and Courier IMAP on Debian GNU/Linux 
http://edseek.com/~jasonb/articles/exim4_courier/ 
 
Education 
 
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida [Aug 2000 - Jul 2002] 
Associate Arts Degree, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida [Jun 1998 - Aug 2000]
SANS Institute Intrusion Detection Course, Blacksburg, VA [Mar 2005]