[Andy Mills]
[Hippie in Disguise]
[Senior UNIX System Administrator]
Andy Mills
a Senior UNIX System Administrator with over nine years experience
in development, maintenance, security and performance tuning of UNIX systems.In addition she also has substantial experience in networking protocols,
design and implementation of network setup and security.
Technology Specs
During the last nine years, she has worked with several flavours of UN*X.Proteins Including;
Progressing naturally from a newbie, to a luser, to a sudo slave, to root.System Operator, System Administrator, Security Administrator,
all these titles and the knowledge that comes with them come with
a balanced diet of;
SVR4, BSDi, NetBSD, FreeBSD, IRIX, SunOS, Solaris, linux, HPUX, AIX and OSF1.- Minerals including;
TCP/IP,UUCP,NNTP,DNS,SMTP,HTTP,FTP,TELNET,
The BSD R* protocols, SSH, TCPD,NTP,IDENTD,POP,NFS,NIS- Vitamins including;
tkined,Openview,NNM,ITO,RCS,CVS,gnats,keystone,jitterbug,netsaint,ipf, ipfilter
Professional Work Experience
07/2003 - Current -- UNIX Systems Administrator Instaclick Inc. Core Duties:
- installation, configuration, maintenance, and monitoring of FreeBSD servers.
- supporting development and Quality Assurance departments.
- coordination of production releases from development through to production. - managing abuse, postmaster and hostmaster mailboxes.
- coordination of Colocation Partners and affiliates.
- oncall 7x24 Systems and Network Support
12/2002 - Current -- UNIX Systems Consultant MIS Consulting Core Duties:
- performance tuning and securing of RedHat Linux servers.
- documentation of current systems and performance monitoring for current
System Administrator.
- training/mentoring of current System Administrator.
- maintenance of overall system performance and monitoring of RedHat
Linux Systems.
- oncall 7x24 Systems and Network Support
01/2002 - Current -- UNIX Systems Consultant Aurora Cable Internet Core Duties:
- system upgrading, securing and swapping out of old systems
- performance tuning and securing of mostly NetBSD servers.
- managing abuse, admin, hostmaster and postmaster mailboxes.
- support of smail, netsaint, cricket and apache servers.
- training/mentoring of current System Administrator.
- writing test checklists for moving servers into production, including
SSL support and virtual domain support.
06/2001 - 09/2001 -- UNIX Systems Consultant alt.software Core Duties:
- system auditing
- performance tuning, and securing mainly linux servers.
- setting up vpn network, including wins browsing support
- maintenance of all unix systems on a part-time basis, as well as emergency
recovery work.
08/2000 - 03/2001 -- UNIX Systems Supervisor Charles Schwab Canada Co., Core Duties:
- Management, staffing, monitoring and maintenance of the Production Services
Department of I.T.
- administration, maintenance, and monitoring, of HPUX, Solaris and Linux servers.
- debugging and troubleshooting of system, network, and development issues.
- network and system monitoring (tkined,NMN,ITO).
- security administration of all production servers.
- supporting UNIX developers, including mentoring of junior UNIX administrators,
and system operators.
- developing and updating policies and procedures (AUPs,operations docs,
system docs and policies)
11/1998 - 08/2000 -- UNIX System Administrator JDEdwards/Numetrix Ltd., Core Duties:
- server and workstation administration, maintenance and upgrades,
and performance tuning of:
HPUX, Linux, AIX, OSF1, and Network Appliance servers.
- account setup and maintenance.
- DNS adminstration (BIND).
- mail administration (smail and postfix).
- debugging and troubleshooting of system, network, and development issues.
- UNIX/network administration (and support for R&D and QA).
- network and system monitoring.
- CVS maintainer, and security administrator for R&D, QA, and promotion.
- firewall/security administration and monitoring.
05/1998 - 11/1998 -- Senior System Administrator PassPort Online Core Duties:
- server administration, maintenance and upgrades of:
Solaris, SunOS, IRIX, Linux, NetBSD, and BSDi servers.
- mail administration (SMAIL).
- managing abuse, admin, hostmaster and postmaster mailboxes.
- account setup and maintenance.
- staff training and support.
- debugging and troubleshooting of system problems and client setup issues.
- news administration (DNEWS).
- DNS administration (BIND).
04/1997 - 05/1998 -- System Administrator PageActive Inc., Core Duties:
- server installation, administration, maintenance, upgrades and
tuning of: IRIX, NetBSD, and SunOS servers.
- mail administration (SMAIL).
- managing support, admin, hostmaster and postmaster mailboxes.
- network design, administration, monitoring and troubleshooting.
- firewall design and installation.
09/1995 - 03/1997 -- Support System Administrator Sea Change Corporation Core Duties:
- server installation, administration, and maintenance of: BSDi and
BorderWare servers.
- technical voice/email support for BorderWare and BSDi systems.
- internal support and system administration.
- managing support and postmaster mailboxes.
- organization of the support system database.
09/1993 - 05/1995 -- PreSales Tech Support/Account Support UUNET CANADA Core Duties:
- dedicated customer sales and support.
- account setup and maintenance.
- managing info mailbox.
- technical voice/mail support.
- lines coordinator with Bell Canada/Rogers Network Services.
- system administration.
- staff training and support.
- network monitoring.
Educational History
04/1993 Honors Bachelor of Social Work Ryerson Polytechnic University; Toronto, ON
HPUX System Administration for Experienced System Administrators - HP Eductation; Mississauga, ON
Solaris 2.X System Administration - Sun Educational Services; Toronto, ON
Solaris 2.X Network Administration - Sun Educational Services; Toronto, ON
UNIX Shell Programming - Learnix Canada; Toronto, ON
SCO UNIX System Administration - SCO, Trios Training Centres Ltd.; Toronto, ON
Time Management - Franklin Quest; Toronto, ON
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
USENIX
SAGE
ACM
Additional Qualifications
Administration:
- accounts payable, accounts receivable.
- maintaining logs/records.
- staff supervisor and manager.
- policy and procedure developer, manager.Developing Industry Alliances:
- Trade show coordination
- Evaluation of equipment suppliers, products, as well as consultants, and trainers.
- maintaining a good working relationship with a number of suppliers,
service providers and consulting teams in the industry.Sales:
- Pre and Post sales support:
- Quoting services and followup.Social Work:
- In addition to my degree in Social Work from Ryerson,
I was also involved in four placements within the social work field.
- I independently continue studying the field of mental health,
including, addictions, depression, anxiety and women's issues.
Personal:
- outgoing and blunt honest personality.
- hobbies include; pool, music (esp folk festivals!),
drinking coffee, reading, and working on my new house and garden!