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Dave Purks is listed as Sr Technical Director, Utility Computing at Cogent Communications, a with 1533 employees, based in Herndon, Virginia, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at cogentco.com, phone signal with area code 202, 877, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Dave Purks.
Dave Purks previously worked as Principal Systems Engineer at Psinet and Sr Unix Administrator at Alcatel Data Networks. Dave Purks holds B.S., Biology With Micro Option, Chemistry Minor from Virginia Tech.
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Over thirty years experience in Unix system administration (hardware and software), primarily on Solaris but including Linux, HPUX, and FreeBSD. Skilled developer capable of rapid tool development using Perl, C, and other unix intrinsics. Extensive experience deploying and managing monitoring tools such as Netcool/CIC and BigBrother. Responsible for highly available enterprise-level DNS, mail, and web applications. Knowledge of a wide range of physical devices from Sun, Dell, EMC, Network Appliance, JetStore, Clariion.
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Virginia, United States
Cogent's Utility Computing product provides dedicated servers to customers who need managed Linux-based servers and want to take advantage of our high-speed optical network. I am responsible for pre-sales engineering, hardware procurement and logistics, installation, 24x7 monitoring and failure resolution.
Created architectural plans for all projects involving Unix systems within IS department; evaluated hardware solutions for best fit; worked with vendors to get hardware ordered; installed hardware, OS and configured EMC. Implemented departmental system monitoring using Micromuse Netcool and Concord’s SystemEdge to monitor the health of IS resources. Designed, implemented and tested applications for asset tracking tool and employee directory services, using Cold Fusion, Oracle, and Java. Provided security monitoring of Unix servers and implemented appropriate modifications to vulnerable systems. Implemented Control Tower software on strategically placed servers to eliminate the need for multiple monitors and to track console events. Negotiated terms for IS hardware and software contracts and acted as both Technical and Administrative contact for those contracts. Provided application support to development engineers working in Perl, C, and Unix scripting.
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Dave Purks holds B.S., Biology With Micro Option, Chemistry Minor from Virginia Tech.
Dave Purks is listed with skills including Co Location, Servers, Security, Solaris, High Availability, System Administration, Operating Systems, and Shell Scripting.
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