For clients I advise, manage and maintained IT department. Managed Servers and environments and Support staff. Develop solutions. Basically CTO for hire for companies needing a CTO/system administrator/support manager, we fill any and all required needs. OCC: On-Call-Chief that is not needed to be full-time, or is... whichever is your need.Server security, including OS patches, control panel updates, filesystemmanipulation to prevent hacks, monitoring servers for possible intrusion,custom software patches, installation/upgrade/maintenance of firewalland brute force detection software.Server stability and functionality. Develop custom utilities for managingtasks. Due to the number of possible mistakes that can be made, Irewrote key commands to prevent things such as accidental removal ofimportant directories and other possible accidents. I wrote customcommands to make commands that were very long, very short, toprevent mistakes.Custom development of scripts for whm/cpanel. I developed scripts thatwould allow you to perform certain things from whm, that normally wouldrequire ssh access. The scripts I write for such things, are secured to thepoint that only root access will allowCustom development of php applications for the site. Which includeddevelopment of an uptime system, allowing the customers the ability tosee the server load at any given time.Custom php development tools for customers. This was done for clientswho requested certain things that normally would not be able to be donewithout ssh/root access. The scripts were made to allow the user tosetup things such as shoutcast, without root access.Custom daemon development including Firewall unblock system(secured and vetted).Using Virtuozzo and OpenVZ, maintain a small network of VPS systemsProvide advice to companies and clients for solutions to their uniquerequirements.

I develop applications as needed within the BDP infrastructure.Communicated with Staff to implement solutions that best fit their needs.Work with Vendors to integrate 3rd party solutions.Built and maintained applications with VBscript (excel spreadsheet, extensive validation and email).Built an LDAP server for themWorked with Key players from operations to help make decisions on the best tools to develop and use to optimize performance and ease of resources.

I worked as a PHP Developer and Project lead for the web team. Responsibilities include:Maintaining code.Answering tickets and responding to issues.Fixing BugsDeveloping new features.Migrating code from different versions of phpAssisting in SQL management.Attend meetings and plan for future projectsProvide accurate estimations on work to be performed.

Develop solutions for FWWD clients and code out scripts for the application. Build a CMS, a statistics engine, an API system and unique datasets for a client. Maintain Servers being used and update code according to needs. Write a series of scripts to gather data to be used as a report and generate statistical data from the gathered data ... this job requires many hats to be worn at the same time.

I continued the development of the php/js/html and css platform currently being used by Kraftwurx and Digital Factory. I also maintained the network and performed system administration tasks as needed. Setup monitoring and failsafe designs to maximize performance. Managed all packages, utilities and software on the server. Performed necessary server fixes, and updates as needed. Kept team informed of stability of network and expanded network with flawless failover.

Php Developer and devops engineer working on a platform for energy curtailment. Mainly supporting an existing code base, adding functionality and meeting the clients needs.

I started out as a system administrator and as such I had to migrate clients from old plesk systems to cPanel servers.This had to be done in stages. Also had to build the tools to make this possible with every tech.Utilizing VM software, migrate from redhat 3 to KVM, from KVM to Centos 6 with cPanel on OpenVz.At that point, I was promoted to Technical manager. Develop the software for centralized DNS able to be used by both Plesk and cPanel,Develop other utilities to migrate the sites, and manage the Servers for various tasks.Setup and customize Nagios for monitoring over snmp with security.Setup Central gateway server so techs will not login directly to machines.Convert Modernbill to WHMCS for billing.From there, I was promoted to CTO, to fill the role that was much needed. I mapped out the move forward and started on a few different projects for the company. Put together teams of administrators and developers to further a few projects, maintain the environment and plan out future phases.

Provide custom setup for automation of seedbox clients. This included:Development of a user management system from the base LinuxUser management, including the ability to do things such ascreate, suspend, terminate, unsuspend, activate and deactivatespecial features, quota management, FTP, http, custom daemonfor downloadingDeveloping and deploying control panel daemon integrated intoCart system which grants the owner the ability to managemultiple servers from the carts admin panel.Develop and deploy custom daemon to alleviate the http protocolfrom traffic.(daemon does all the work on another port), as wellas eliminating the Limits built into Apache.Statistic generationCreate custom FTP application to provide a routing system forFTP, allowing increased speeds by redirecting traffic through abackend connection, which has greater throughput then thepublic side.Edit and maintain custom version of a php based interface for atorrenting system.Adding application features and command line scripts thathandle the various functions needed.Using the Cron system to handle automated checking of certaincriteriaSecuring access with access hashes(accross the API)

Administrate Ruby on Rails servers, Cluster configurationDeploy application and maintain tier'd development structure.Provide technical support to clientsDebug and investigate problems with the application.Investigate and provide feedback for various third party applications to beused.Employ customizations to servers to resolve issues.

Provide technical advice.Develop code to tie into an Custom API systemClean up code from previous developers.Debug system problems.Provide advice on different approaches to problems and solutions.Provide support on technical issues out of the scope of the developers.Develop Joomla websites as the php developer with the other members as Designers.

Failed Startup Where I performed the following:Setup and deploy Support suiteSetup interfaces for support staff including internal chat system. Bots for Billing verification, Secure login with SSH tunneling, and logging. Phone systems with voicemail, through asterisk.Created base level server setup, and deployment.Write documents on handling support and clients.Managed staff

Custom work with Voip softwareAssisted with development of php interfaceAdvised on Security implementationNetwork design and structureDevelop API scripts for carriers

Provided support for customers through their support interface.Wrote scripts to assist in debugging issuesFind issues with the software and provide patchesRepair issues on in house servers/networkMonitor staff at lower levelsCreate procedural documents for repairing issues and replying to customersprovide advice to other technicians on issues.Provide shift reports for managersAnswer phones when needed(when a level 1 could not resolve their issue or I was specificly asked for).Create custom solutions for common problems. Example: I created a bash based script which replicated chkservd's functionality. When chkservd had an issue, running my script would tell you where it was, and log all details to help easily determine the causeof the issue.Write web based applications for within the network. I was asked to develop a script (accessed within the cPanel office network), that would allow the person to write the daily meeting logs, and other scripts as well

Develop applications and website software based on php CMS (Joomla/wordpress/Mambo and others) and custom developed. This is a very wide range of development needs as I code for whatever the client needs at the time.

Answer tickets using Kayako(level 1,2,3)Answer Live Chat when needed and/or requestedAnswer the Phones for clients when needed and/or requested.As the technical manager, it was my responsibility to make sure everyone was performing their job as required, as well as train those on issues they were unable to resolve.Resolve issues related to billing unless they required ops mgr approval.Perform security updates, audits and network checks throughout the networkResolve any issue not able to be resolved by other techsCreate custom solutions such as an audit check system for the entire network, which was previously done manually. I created a script to audit the entire network, which allowed me to do other things while it was running.24/7/365 Emergency contact, and resolve any issue that was an emergencyCreate a custom solution to actively monitor the other techs while in SSH.(you can tail a file, and it will show you every key stroke, as they make it).Communicate with unhappy/unsatisfied clients, and do what is necessary to resolve their complaint/issue.Monitor the clients testimonials/feedbacks to make sure they are getting the service required.Monitor/maintain and develop tools and utilities for the network of serverswhich spanned accross datacenters and countries(England, US, China).