David Christman
San Jose, CA
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What kind of job are you looking for?
I am interested in a job that draws upon my diverse skill set, but also will challenge me with new technologies. I find that the most important aspect of a job is the people - my colleagues and the work environment in general have much to do with determining my enjoyment of a job. From a technical standpoint, my career focus has been Networking and Unix administration and I would like to continue this trend. Ideally, there would be a nice mix of responsibilities to also include storage, security and the many support applications that any enterprise should have.... 
Posted @ 01:45PM, October 22, 2007
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Work history
Network Security / Systems Administrator
tags:
avaya
• unix
• amanda
• cisco
• vpn
• nessus
• voip
• redhat
How would you describe your time at Myer's Internet?
Brought my expertise in networking, systems administration and security to this ASP focusing on the mortgage and real estate industry. I was initially tasked with developing a backup system for the corporate and production Unix environments, engineering a VPN access system for staff remote access and taking on core responsibilities in the rollout of a new VOIP PBX. I successfully implemented all of these technologies and continued to improve and maintain them during my tenure....
LTX
December 2001 to September 2004
Senior Network Analyst
tags:
firewall
• nagios
• fc-al
• pix
• routers
• solaris
• san
• cisco
• vpn
• ios
• unix
• mrtg
• netapp filers
• raid
• lotus notes
How would you describe your time at LTX?
Hired for my mix of networking skills and Unix administration experience. LTX is a combination of software and hardware development environments with a high demand for computing, storage and network resources. I have been able to bring a higher level of performance and convenience to the Engineering community without sacrificing security. I have proven my ability to respond effectively to the problems and changing requirements that are common in a leading edge engineering environment....
Systems/Network Administrator
tags:
lucent
• nis
• netapp filers
• sun
• f5
• tacacs
• nfs
• sendmail
• sparc
• perl
• vpn
• checkpoint
• pix
• legato
• secureid
• cisco
How would you describe your time at Liveworld Corp. (fmr. Talk ...?
Enjoyed great success with this (at the time) thriving dot-com. Brought my eclectic mix of skills to the table and they repaid me by giving me the opportunity to improve my level of expertise with leading edge technologies in a dynamic and challenging environment.
?? Supported 200+ co-located servers running Solaris 2.x, Linux and Windows NT.
?? Experienced with SUN e220/250, e420/450, netra-t1, e4500, uSparc1/2/5, x86 platforms and Sun D1000 and A3500 RAID subsystems.
?? Proficient in installation and configuration of Solaris 2.x on Sparc and x86 hardware.
?? Played integral role in design and implementation of co-located server farm including fully redundant Gigabit network infrastructure.
?? O/S housekeeping including package management, patch level control and log monitoring.
?? Proficient in administration of NetApp filers including OnTap and firmware management, cluster failover setup, volume and snapshot management, snapmirror setup and FC-AL troubleshooting.
?? Designed, installed and maintained enterprise wide redundant SecureID system to improve security and control system access.
?? Configuration and administration of DNS, NIS, NFS, NTP, automount, sendmail, RCS and SSH.
?? Cisco router/switch/PIX/VPN configuration experience including vlan, route, interface, TACACS+, subnets, port groups, nats, access lists, and conduits.
?? Administered Cisco PIX, Checkpoint Firewall-1 and Lucent Brick firewalls.
?? Responsible for all Internic domain maintenance.
?? Wrote PERL and shell scripts to perform log file processing, generate reports and automate system administration.
?? Expert in configuration of F5 BigIP/3DNS load balancers.
?? Experience with Legato backup software and Exabyte 230D/220 and Breece Hill library systems.
?? Installation and configuration of Apache and Netscape web servers including Verisign secure server implementation.
?? Implemented security measures including log monitoring, Securid/TACACS, Firewall monitoring, network packet snooping, system hardening....
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
tags:
networking
• compiler design
• dbms
• c++
• c
How would you describe your time at San Jose State University?
Completed programming projects from design to presentation in a team environment.
Gained invaluable skills project development and coding techniques.
C++ / OOP, Assembly, Pascal, C, O/S, LISP, SCHEME, Networking, Technical Writing, Parallel Computing, DBMS, Compiler Design, Algorithm Analysis
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