Sean Philip Korb
3116 Glenridge Rd.
Raleigh. North Carolina 27604
email:spkorb@spkorb.org
(919) 790-0851
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a systems administration position in a mixed
Solaris and Linux environment.
EDUCATION
BS. Computer Engineering, BS. Computer Science N.C. State University
Minor in
Mathematics. Focus on multimedia technologies, artificial intelligence,
networks, digital systems interfacing, robotics.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming Languages
- Compilers and Interpreters:
C++, Perl, Pascal, C, FORTRAN, Prolog, BASIC.
- Assembly Languages:
MC68000, i8086, MC68HC11.
- Hardware Languages: Verilog and AHPL
- Database Languages: SQL for Oracle, Sybase and MySQL
Operating and File Systems
- Unix Operating Systems: Solaris, BSD, HP-UX, Digital
Unix, AIX, and IRIX.
- Microsoft Operating Systems: NT 4.0 and 2000 Server, Citrix Metaframe extensions to Terminal Server.
Remote administration and unattended installation using Perl.
- Linux Operating Systems: Red Hat, Debian for i386, Sun, Power PC.
- File Systems: VxFS, NFS, UFS, CIFS, AFS, MFS.
- Software: Solaris Jumpstart, DiskSuite. Linux Jumpstart, Systemimager. Nagios/Cacti system performance monitoring. Apache, Tomcat, Subversion, Bugzilla, Sun Grid Engine.
- Certifications: Veritas Cluster Server, Veritas Storage Foundation, Veritas Netbackup, Netapp SA
Hardware
- Workstation/Server Platforms: Sun UltraSparc servers including Netra T1,
X1, V100, E450, E410,
V880, V480, 420R, Sun
Sparc and Ultra Workstations, SMP x86 Pentium and Athlon based workstations, Power PC and HP platforms.
- SAN/NAS Equipment: Brocade Silkworm switches, Compaq HSG80, NetApp FAS940, HP XP9000, Sun Photon 5200,5100,5000, Sun 6130.
- Network Equipment: Cisco IOS 12.1 PIX firewall, Cisco 3600, 2600 routers, 1900 switch, AS5300 RAS, 3Comm 10base2 and 10baseT repeaters
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Syngenta Biotechnology Inc
Unix Systems Administrator from June 2002 to present.
IT support and administration for Linux and Sun
systems. Oracle and Bioinformatics data processing software installed
and maintained. Administered Network Appliance 940, HP and
EMC SAN environments. Assisted developers with compile
environments and revision control. Implemented Sun Grid Engine and
OpenMosix on 74 node Linux compute cluster.
Disaster recovery systems architected to
protect 27TB research data.
GlobespanVirata Inc
Unix Systems Administrator from May 2001 to April 2002.
Conducted IT suppport for engineering staff. Administered Linux and
Solaris build servers in production environment. Certified to administer NetApp Data
Ontap filers. Developed internal request tracker for software group.
Administered internal internet services such as DNS, NIS. Administered bootp and dhcp
for diskless clients.
Developed inventory database (IRM) and monitoring software (Netsaint) for
site.
Interadnet INC
Unix Systems Administrator from July 2000 to April 2001.
Architected deployment of Solaris and Linux systems for development, test, and
production environments for serving 3rd party web middleware. International
load balancing of web and application nodes. Certified in Veritas
NetBackup. Administered NetApp 760 cluster. Support for development environments
and systems integration of developed software for production. Systems
monitoring and self response scripting. RAID subsystems deployment and
management. Netscape Enterprise, LDAP, Resonate,
Oracle, MySQL and in-house software integrated and deployed.
Interpath Communications, Inc.
Systems Engineer from June 1999 to July 2000.
Engineer for large scale Application Service Provider. Integration of software systems into Virtual Private Applications.
Y2k Development and testing for vendor supplied packages. Solaris and Windows NT consulting resource. Cisco AS5300 RAS configuration and modem pooling.
Software and hardware architecture planning.
Acceptance test plan design. Custom OS installation and configuration for
enterprise class Solaris and NT servers.
North Carolina State University
Systems Programmer II from August 1996 to June 1999.
Information Technologies & Engineering Computer Services
Lead programmer for large scale distributed heterogeneous environment: Administered and secured Unix
and Windows NT servers and clients, developed administrative software and utilities, installed networked
software, managed backup procedures, configured printers, managed
network, ordered equipment, managed part and full-time help.