Gerald Hevener Email & Phone Number

Fairfax, Va.

Currently employed as a WebOPS Engineer at CustomInk in Fairfax, Va.Manage 300+ servers comprised of bare metal and Amazon EC2 instances.Automating infrastructure on bare metal and on Amazon's Web Services ( AWS ).File storage using Amazon's S3 service.Manage multiple MySQL databases using Amazon's Relational Database Service ( RDS ).Utilize a complete continous delivery pipeline comprised of Chef, Jenkins, Travis-Ci, Test-Kitchen, chef-zero, ChefSpec, Foodcritic, Rake, & Capistrano.

Huntington, West Virginia Area

Performed long-term contract work for Marshall University Research Corporation as a Linux Administrator at Marshall University. Managed approximately 70 Linux servers; consisting primarily of RHEL5/6 and CentOS 5/6 x86 and x86_64.Managed a Linux environment consisting of both physical and virtual machines hosted on an ESX cluster managed by vSphere.Linux server patch management. Maintained RHEL-based internal and external DNS servers, Apache web servers, postfix, cyrus-imapd, MySQL, on-line phone directory, & OpenLDAP services.Wrote several Perl and BASH scripts for the automation of tasks.Utilized a custom PXE/Kickstart/Chef environment to automatically provision RHEL/CentOS servers.Completed projects:1. Migration of legacy mailing list server to a RHEL5-based Sympa mailing list server.2. Authored/Co-authored several RHEL kickstart scripts used in our PXE/Kickstart environment for server provisioning.3. Migrated a legacy directory to a RHEL5-based on-line phonebook directory utilizing the powers of Apache, Perl, and MySQL.4. Developed an OpenLDAP directory along with a Perl script that updates the directory daily, which functions as the back-end of Marshall's mobile EDU phone-book application. 5. Successfully implemented Opscode Chef; an agile open-source configuration management solution. 6. Installation of a Rocks HPC cluster with several compute nodes and GPUs. 7. Configured and deployed Solarwinds LEM; a log & event manager.

Performed office work for Dean of the Graduate College.Fixed office computers and printers as needed.Provided application support to office staff.Left due to graduation and acquiring full time employment.

Utilized strong communication skills to resolve family problems.Led and directed family discussions.Willingness to travel to and from client homes.Completed client paperwork in a timely manner.Left to pursue M.S. in information systems at Marshall University.

FTP files to production systems.Utilized various tools for basic network troubleshooting.Responsible for monitoring production systems in 24/7 environment.Worked with senior management to resolve system/network issues.Prepared various reports for senior management.Left due to corporate site closing down.

Assisted manager in the monitoring of all systems in the production control area.Maintained production control's Access database.Transmitted production files to headquarters via TCP/IP Connect Direct.Left for a more technical position.

Responsible for lab cleaning and weighing of lab rats.Helped students during lab activities.

Graded homework and exams for Introduction to Statistics.Provided assistance to students in the basic math lab.

Cleaned mens' restrooms of freshmen dormitory.

Provided food and cleaned trays for patrons of Berea's Food Service.

M.S., Information Systems

Activities and Societies: Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate College

B.A., Psychology

Activities and Societies: Habitat for HumanityTeaching assistant for Principles of Learning. Teaching assistant for Introduction.