RESUME

 

ALEXANDER R.

 

www.argalax.com

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OBJECTIVE

 

To obtain a part-time/telecommuting Systems or Database Administrator / Webmaster position that utilizes my extensive experience and wide range of technical skills.

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF SKILLS

 

·         Solid understanding of FreeBSD / Linux and Windows operating systems, their internals, networking fundamentals and security.

·         Extensive System Administration skills, including setup, configuration, upgrades, maintenance, monitoring, troubleshooting and remote administration.

·         Exceptional knowledge of Database Systems – design, architecture, implementation, optimization, performance tuning, administration and maintenance.

·         20 years of in-depth hands-on experience as a systems architect and software developer - analysis, design, architecture, development and management of complex software solutions; thorough experience in full life cycle of software development.

·         Skilled analyst, strategic technical thinker, highly organized and goal oriented.

·         Stable employment history

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

2001                     Webmaster / System and Database Administrator

 - present                Operate several websites                                   Whitby, Ontario

 

Administration of FreeBSD / Linux systems in a hosting environment

·         Complete setup, administration and maintenance of FreeBSD/Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP system stack - FAMP / LAMP

·         Installation, upgrading and patching of the operating system and its components; continually monitoring system performance, analyzing logs and troubleshoot problems

·         Managing domains, DNS (A, MX, CNAME Records), Apache Server virtual hosting

·         Email System Management - Sendmail, SMTP, POP, IMAP

·         Design, implementation and maintenance of the production network architecture

·         Firewall setup and administration (pfSense)

·         System Management Scripts, Cron, Bash, PHP, Perl

·         Design, implement and perform site backup and recovery strategy - periodic backup plans, off-site backup, storage management

·         Remote system administration (SSH)

 

Database Administration

·         Managing multiple MySQL and PostgreSQL databases

·         Database analysis and design – schema and object relationships, tables, indexes, triggers and stored procedures

·         Database deployment, administration, performance tuning, backup and restore, ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting

 

Web Application Development

·         Full cycle of web-based software design, architecture, development and maintenance

·         PHP, HTML, CSS, XML and JScript programming

• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

 

 

2002                     Project Team Lead

 - 2010                Confidential employer                                            Richmond Hill, Ontario

 

Responsibilities and Accomplishments:

·         Acted as Technical Lead for new and on-going development projects

·         Business and project functional requirements analysis, database analysis, systems architecture and design.

·         Full cycle software development, testing and support.

·         Ongoing administration and maintenance of production software and systems

·         Collaborate with clients to identify and document technical requirements.

• Security requirement analysis, authentication and data encryption, Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance

·         Long range R&D, technology, product and vendor evaluation

 

Platforms:                                            Windows / Linux / Embedded Systems / 8051

Programming Languages:                 C / C++, XML, SQL

 

Software Development:

• Software analysis, architecture, design and implementation of the financial transaction processing systems
• XML data exchange systems and integration with 3^rd party enterprise systems
• SMNP / MIB Network Systems

 

Wireless/Wi-Fi:

• Wireless systems infrastructure – analysis, architecture, design, implementation and performance testing
• Hardware selection, evaluation, integration and performance testing – wireless adapters, access points, RF antennas, etc.
• Protocols and standards - 802.11a/b/g/n, interference and frequency allocations
• Security and authentication – WEP, WPA/PSK, TKIP, 802.11i/n, etc.

 

Hardware / Embedded Systems:

• Electronic hardware and circuit design
• 8051 micro-controller firmware development
• Hardware device interfacing - copiers, fax machines, kiosk, controllers.
• USB device interfacing

 

Enterprise System Integration:

·         FedEx/Kinko’s - OTP - Mosaic / Payment Switch / eSocket.POS

·         Staples POS Service Gateway (PSG)

·         Wal-Mart / Sam's Club – ICVerify

·         Office Depot - cXML

·         Authorize.Net

·         TIBCO - BusinessWorks

 

 

1993                Sr. Software Developer / Systems Architect / Team Lead

 - 2002             Umbrella Communications Inc.                                                              Toronto, Ontario

 

                                Responsibilities and Accomplishments:

·         Building technical department team the ground up

·         Administration and maintenance of the mixed Windows, Linux / FreeBSD environment

·         Installation and maintenance of Web, Application and Database Servers

·         System management and maintenance, backups, disaster recovery plans, data archiving and transfer, monitoring for potential performance and security problems

·         Planning growth and changes (capacity planning)

·         Analyzing, implementing and enforcing application security policies

·         Software Development of the large mission critical systems - systems analysis, software architecture and data structures design

·         Programming, debugging, deployment and maintaining of most crucial software modules

·         Design and maintenance of complex Distributed Relational Database Cluster

·         Broad application and database performance tuning, hardware and software troubleshooting

·         Project and application management, software production management, support and maintenance management

·         Lead and manage team of programmers, software developers, and testers

 

Application Development:

• Internet and CD-ROM E-Commerce Multimedia Electronic Catalogs
• Full cycle development and maintenance of complex Mission-Critical (24X7) on-line order processing system with real-time Credit Card processing, customer activity tracking.
• Focus on object-oriented architecture and development of distributed, multi-tiered and multi-threaded scalable component-based applications for the Internet/Intranet/WWW, Client/Server and stand-alone.
• Relational and persistent object databases design and development, data structures, memory management and thread synchronization, data encryption, performance tuning, inter-process communications.

·         Design and development of transactional data storage solution intended for high performance and high scalability when processing large data volumes under high-concurrency conditions.

• Mixing programming languages and technologies to achieve optimum results.

 

Platforms:                Windows, UNIX / FreeBSD / Linux, Novell, MS-DOS, MAC

Languages:                 C / C++ / C#, Visual Basic / VB Script, Transact SQL,

ASP, PHP, Perl, HTML, CSS, XML (cXML / qbXML), XSL, Java.

Databases:                MS SQL Server, MS Access, PostgreSQL, MySQL

 

 

1984 - 1993                Senior Programmer / Systems Analyst

Kiev Technological University                                                        Kiev, Ukraine

 

Applications:                Education, / E-Learning, Business, Finance, Mathematics/Formulas,

                                Engineering, Ecological, Encryption and Copy-protection systems,

                                Development of the plant processes simulation models.

Platforms:                IBM PC, VAX, PDP-11, MS-DOS, Windows, Novell, UNIX, RT-11, VMS

Languages:                C/C++, Basic, xBase, Pascal, Fortran, PAL, SALT, Macro Assembler

Databases:                Designed proprietary relational database management engine,

                                Paradox DB Engine, dBase, FoxBASE/FoxPro, CodeBase, DBUNIT

 

 

EDUCATION

 

1984 - 1992                Kiev Technological University,                                                           Kiev, Ukraine

                                M. Sc. in Engineering

 

1982 - 1984                Electronics Designs and Assembly School                  Ukraine

                                Training Certificate

 

1974 - 1984                High School                                                                                  Ukraine

                                High School Diploma, Honor Certificate

 

On-going:                Various conferences, seminars and technical upgrade courses.

 

 

SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

 

System Administration:

FreeBSD / Linux Systems Administration                                                                    10

Windows Systems Administration                                                                    10

Database Administration (MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL)                      15

Network Design, Administration and Security                                                       10

 

Software Development and Programming:

Software Systems Architecture and Design                                                  15+

Software Development and Programming                                                     15+

Database Architecture, Design and Administration                                    10+

C / C++  (ANSI, Win32 / MFC / .NET)                                                                    15+

HTML, CSS, ASP, PHP, Perl , XML/XSL                                                                            10+

Basic / VB / VB Script                                                                                                     8

Java / Visual J++ / J2EE / J2ME / Jscript / JSP                                                        5

 

Databases:

MS SQL Server / Transact SQL                                                                                  10+

MySQL / PostgreSQL                                                                                                        8

xBase / CodeBase++ / FoxPro, MS Access                                                 10

ORACLE / DB2 / ANSI SQL                                                                                          3

 

Management and Team Leadership:

Technical Team Leader                                                                                     15

Technical Project Management                                                                                      15

 

 

SPECIAL INTERESTS AND HOBBIES

 

·         Open source projects

·         Embedded systems, electronics and robotics

·         Finance and investments

·         Sci-Fi / Artificial Intelligence

·         Honor Certificate in software programming contest, author of several published proceedings

·         Drumming

·         Fluent in English, Russian and Ukrainian