Scott Thorson Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

CharityUSA,com,LLC , Seattle, WA, 1999 to present(Greatergood.com and Übermind inclusive)Install/maintain/plan our production network of CentOS VM's using Xen Hypervisor 6.5. Current experience: Watchguard firewalls, Juniper switches/firewalls, Cisco UCS, F5, Apache, Tomcat, Nagios, Isilon fileserver, OSX (& Server), Windows, VPN(s), postfix, dovecot, PostgreSQL, DNS, Arista switches, Strongview, PWNE, Aruba, PCI compliance, Jumpcloud, LDAP, Photoshop, InDesign.Previous experience:Firewalls (mostly Watchguard have used SonicWall, Sun software firewalls, OpenBSD pf, some ipnat experience), some Cisco IOS experience, enough to hobble configurations together for a point to point T1's and DS3. Experienced with Apache, Tomcat, mod_jk, Korn shell scripting, Bacula, X11, GNU/Linux, OpenBSD, OS X, Windows, LDAP, Samba, VPN Systems, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, Nessus, Nagios, DNS, Solaris Zones, Xen Hypervisor, LAMP setup, postfix, dovecot. Some tasks I have completed: converted a Sybase database to PostgreSQL using Korn shell/sed/awk scripting, oddly enough this was the easiest way to do it. Much experience with trying to be compliant with PCI security and hardening the network and documentation. Moved our entire production environment from one location to another with minimal downtime.Converted our entire production environment from Solaris servers to Xen Hypervisors on IBM X3550 servers in a matter of a week (with an initial setup time of two months)

Responsible for all Sun systems running the cybermeals site (now defunct, it was originally cyberslice.com, then cybermeals.com then food.com), and all NT workstations. Designed and implemented all Sun equipment (DNS, http, WebObjects, O/S, ntp) and network connectivity from the start of cybermeals (originally cyberslice). Installed and helped design SCO UNIX machines that make all of the phone calls for customer orders. Configured Samba for NT/ 95/98 file services on Sun platforms. Good working knowledge of SQL programming and reporting functions (attaching to Sybase databases). Wrote many scripts (ksh, sed, awk) for billing features and reporting of web-site activity. Configured installed and built most of the PC’s that are used in the office. Designed network and phone connections between San Francisco and Seattle offices. Designed network and machine fail-over in case of disaster. Sun equipment includes Enterprise 4000’s, Ultra II’s, Ultra I’s and Ultra 5/10 systems with Sparc Storage Arrays and Tape Storage Arrays. Good knowledge of Windows NT/95/98 and SCO UNIX.

Company now owned by Philips.Responsible for all HP/UX systems running version 10.x, (700’s and 800’s). Implemented company-wide DNS for all platforms (Sun, SGI, HP/UX, Netware). Stabalized NIS connectivity between all platforms. Helped install ATL’s first web-site and wrote scripts to evaluate the http web logs. Streamlined a process for downloading information from the main databases to the ultrasound equipment (from 15-30 minutes to about 1 minute).

Arlington, Va, Us

Responsible for HP/UX systems running 9.01 and 9.04 (700's and 800's). Head security implementation on HP/UX servers. Write scripts that allow non-UNIX administrators the ability to use a UNIX system (for DOS and Mac administrators). Set up NIS systems on multiple UNIX platforms (Sun, IBM, HP, SGI). Set policies and procedures for creating NIS accounts and migrating data from PC/Mac servers to HP/UX servers running LM/X and Pacer. Senior system administrator for Domain and Resource Project.

Arlington, Va, Us

Responsible for managing the following systems for the Environmental Controls Systems of the 777 airplane: Apollo ring of 22+ nodes running SR10.3 or greater; Silicon Graphics IRIS machines running 4.0.1 or greater using Flythru; Sun/Prime workstations running 4.1.1 or greater using CADS. Troubleshooter for Central 777 Apollo System Administrators.

Arlington, Va, Us

Responsible for managing the following systems for Semiconductor Design Engineering: Apollo/Mentor ring of 40+ nodes running 9.7/6.1 and 10.1/7.0; VAX/VMS version 5.1-1 and 5.2 8800 mainframe and MicroVax; VAX/ULTRIX version 2.0 and 3.0 mainframe and MicroVax. Managed software installation (O/S, main vendor and third party); wrote programs, configuration control; troubleshot hardware and software problems; install hardware; defined disk space requirements and utilization. Other responsibilities included backup archiving of all systems data; hardware configuration control; basic equipment maintenance (printers, terminals, and plotters); and supply ordering and distribution.