Kevin Jenkins
1130 Bear Creek Pkwy #1708
Euless, TX 76039
US
yoda@endor.hsutx.edu
 Primary Phone: 214.680.6455
URL: http://www.livyathan.net

Perl Scripting / Systems Administration

TARGET JOB Desired Job Type: Employee
Desired Status: Full-Time
Salary: 65,000.00 USD Per Year
Site Location: Off-Site
Description of my perfect job:
Scripting for purposes of system administration, web administration or batch processes. Increasing knowledge and skill in, and learning new aspects of, these areas.
Career Level: Mid Career
Date of Availability: Dec 2002

TARGET LOCATIONS Relocate: Yes
US-TX-Abilene/Odessa US-TX-Austin US-TX-Dallas
US-TX-Houston US-TX-Fort Worth

WORK STATUS US I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

EXPERIENCE 09/2002 - Present Verizon Internet Operations DFW Airport, TX
Grapevine, TX
Systems Analyst: Lead Member Technical Staff - Technical Support
  • Monitor all production servers and networks for Verizon Online to ensure that all critical systems and services remain functional.
  • This includes customer-facing and internal systems.
  • Escalate internally and with other companies when necessary to promote timely resolution of issues.
  • Server Administration in a Linux/UNIX environment including Solaris, Irix, and Red-Hat and Mandrake Linux.
  • Services/servers utilized include NIS, NFS, Apache with PHP, and MySQL, among others.
  • Perl scripting and UNIX shell scripting used for administrative tasks, monitoring, and maintenance.
  • This network includes 2 servers (primary/backup) and 9 client machines.
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    07/2001 - 09/2002 DirectFit Inc. DFW Airport, TX
    Systems Analyst
  • Migrated the existing UNIX servers and workstations from Solaris and IRIX to Linux.
  • Set up an NIS domain for account management and login purposes.
  • Added, updated, and deleted accounts and files for this domain as necessary.
  • Set up several NFS shares for use by the Linux clients in the network.
  • Set up an Apache web server, using PHP and MySQL for content management and storage.
  • Wrote administrative perl scripts used to monitor services and back up data to disk in a tar.gz format, among other tasks.
  • Wrote bash wrapper scripts for use by Operations personnel to ease use of more complicated programs.
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    07/1998 - 06/2001 Leapfrog Technologies Abilene, TX
    Internet Support Technician
    Take customer calls and work with them to correct any problems they have dialing into the internet or that they have using their browser/email. Use of a linux server for various functions.

    08/1997 - 12/1997 Hardin-Simmons University Abilene, TX
    Software/Hardware Technician
    Campus-wide setup of systems (Windows9.x); Software upgrades and troubleshooting; Adding/removing/replacing hardware and peripherals; Setup and configuration of new systems

    EDUCATION 05/2001 Hardin-Simmons University US-Texas-Abilene
    Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor of Business Administration with emphasis in computer science. Graduated with honors.

    AFFILIATIONS 01/2000 - Present Delta Mu Delta (National Business Honor Society) member

    01/1999 - 05/2000 Gamma Beta Phi (National Honor Society) member

    08/1997 - 08/2000 Assoc. of Information Technology Professionals member

    SKILLS Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience
    Perl Intermediate Currently used 2 years
    HTML Intermediate Currently used 4 years
    C++ Intermediate 2 years ago 2 years
    Linux Intermediate Currently used 4 years
    Windows9x, ME Expert Currently used 5 years
    DNS Intermediate Currently used 2 years
    Bilingual-Swahili Intermediate Currently used 6 years


    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Quick learner and enthusiastic about learning and implementing new skills and knowledge. Have obtained a general linux systems administration certification from brainbench.com.