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Resume for Randall Brian Smith

Email: perlstalker@falconsroost.alamosa.co.us

Skills

• Operating Systems: Unix (FreeBSD, BSD/OS) plus some experience with Linux (Gentoo, Red Hat and Debian), Windows 95/98/ME/NT/XP, Windows 2000/2003 Server.
• Programming Languages: Perl/CGI/mod_perl, PHP, HTML, Unix shells and tools, SQL, C/C++, Java, Visual BASIC and BASIC.
• Server Software:
  • Web Servers: Apache, Microsoft IIS
  • Mail Servers: courier-mta, Stalker CommuniGate Pro
  • Database Servers: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server 7/2000
  • Miscellaneous Servers: bind, qpage, ProFTPd, gnu-radiusd, net-snmp, Rodopi, Clam Anti-Virus
• Network Tools: MTRG, Nagios, rrdtool, Network Watchman

Work History

• 1999-Present - Amigo.Net, Alamosa, CO

  Title: Systems Administrator/Programmer

  Responsibilities:

  • Develop, test and deploy new services for customers.
  • Develop, test and deploy new, web-based tools for internal use.
  • Build and maintain web server for 100+ web sites.
  • Build and maintain email servers to handle email for approximately 12000 accounts.
  • Build and maintain RADIUS servers for dial-up authentication for approximately 6700 dial-up users.
  • Build and maintain DNS servers which are authoritative for aprroximately 280 domains. Setup secondary domains for common RBLs.
  • Build and maintain billing servers to handle automated billing of Amigo.Net customers. Link billing server to RADIUS and email servers to automatically add, delete, modify and disable accounts based on billing status.
  • Build and maintain broadband diagnostic servers for troubleshooting broadband customers and backbone links.
  • Build and maintain the web server for Colorado State Courts.
  • Troubleshoot backbone and customer wireless/DSL problems.
  • Work with schools to examine web, spam and virus filtering solutions.
• 1998-1999 - Amigo.Net, Alamosa, CO

  Title: Technical Support

  Responsibilities: Dialup, email troubleshooting. New account creation and setup. Customer service.

Open Source Contributions and Projects

• 2004-Present - vuser

  Project administrator and lead developer for vuser, a console-based application that is used to manage users and domains for the courier mail server.

• 2003-Present - Network Watchman

  Project administrator and lead developer for Network Watchman, a web-based application used to monitor broadband customers and backbone systems.

• 2003-Present - SpamAssassin+SQL SquirrelMail plug-in

  Develop and maintain a plug-in to the SquirrelMail web-mail system to allow users to modify selected SpamAssassin settings.

• 2002 - Linux in Schools Lab Test

  Built a demonstration school lab at Adams State Collage to examine the feasability of deploying Linux in a school lab using older machines and terminal servers.

Non-Technical Volunteer Service

• 2004-Present - American Red Cross, SLV Chapter Board Member

  Served on the Board of Directors for the San Luis Valley chapter of the American Red Cross and as chairman of the Human Resources committee.

Education

• Adams State College, BSci Mathematics with an emphasis in Computer Science, Alamosa, CO
• Arvada West High School, Arvada, CO

Notes

• Willing to relocate within Colorado.
• Willing to telecommute full time.