Sean W Ellis sellis@totallygeek.com

SUMMARY Computer professional of more than fifteen years experience, with an extensive background in network operations, data communications, systems engineering, host auditing, service security, and software development. I work equally well alone and in groups, am always considerate of decision impact, focused on goal completion, self-sufficient, and positive. SKILLS Network Switching / Routing / Security / Load Balancing Foundry, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco routers, Pix, Juniper, NetScreen, NetScaler Data Communications Concepts IP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, IS-IS, IGRP, RIP, VLAN, 802.1X, 802.1D, IPX, IPSEC, PPP, NAT, GRE, ACL, TAC/ACS+, Radius, IPTables, policy-based routing, QoS, VLSM Data Communications Methods Ethernet, Token Ring, Wireless, T-1, DS3, Optical Carrier, ISDN, CWDM Operating Systems Linux, Unix (AIX, Solaris, OpenServer, OpenBSD, FreeBSD), Netware, Windows Software Development PHP, Perl, C, Bash, HTML / CSS, SHTML, CGI Databases MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle Groupware and E-Mail Groupwise, Domino, Sendmail, Spamassassin LAN Services Samba / CIFS, NFS, Apache, DHCP, DNS, SSH EMPLOYMENT HISTORY DreamWorks Animation 06/2007 to Present Senior Network Engineer Los Angeles Area Design, implement and maintain LAN/WAN for multiple production studios and attached partner networks. Switch platform is mostly Foundry, with egress routing and security being Cisco. Consolidated multiple Checkpoint, NetScreen and Cisco firewall rules and VPN connections onto tandem Cisco ASA’s Configured BGP for multiple Internet connections Upgraded campus switch platform from HP ProCurve to Foundry gear MobiTV 02/2006 -- 06/2007 Manager / Architect, Data Center Operations San Francisco Bay Area Responsible for all functions of MobiTV global data centers, content ingestion sites and hosted equipment; including network connectivity, security, load balancing, service monitoring, and host provisioning. Migrated production environment from 120 system hosted environment to 500+ system collocation site, building L2/L3 infrastructure for high availability Developed management console for video encoding system, used to launch more than one hundred channels Managed support team with on-call schedule for 24x7 administrator coverage Designed logical network segmentation using VLAN’s, configuring access control lists for all L3/L4 traffic; 802.1Q trunks to limit host cabling, and load balancing for appropriate services Turned up more than twenty high-bandwidth IPSEC tunnels for telcos and wireless carriers; developed custom VPN monitoring system with automated problem remediation First Victoria National Bank 11/2000 -- 02/2006 Senior Network Engineer and Data Services Officer Victoria, Texas Design, implement and maintain LAN/WAN for multiple bank processor and more than twenty-five remote sites. Ultimate responsibility for data communications at all OSI layers; Cisco, Avaya, and MCK voice systems; and Netware, Linux, Unix, and AS/400 servers and services. Sole network administrator while assets grew from 400 million to 1.1 billion Migrated network from IPX and NETBIOS to standardize on IP Conceived and executed plan to provide digital phone service to all branch locations, centralizing administration; first using PBX-over-IP, later implementing VoIP Worked on development efforts to eliminate multiple Unix vendors, provide single-purpose secure lobby kiosks for customer access, monitor critical network services, offer forms database and intranet information repository, and curtail email spam Aloe Software Group 12/2000 -- 02/2006 Owner / Consultant Victoria, Texas Provided initial capital and credit. Was responsible for company’s initial network design and customer implementation issues, being an application service provider for multiple Texas public school districts and education service centers. Lead three-person development team over eighteen months, creating trend analysis software on speculation, with input from Texas ESC Region III, using LAMP (PHP) Consolidated school district resources within Region III, lowered support system count from more than eighty to eight, implemented email spam controls with custom control panel for district administrators, and centralized domain name services Attended Texas Association of School Administrators conference, demonstrating software solutions from booth Drafted documents submitted to sealed bid openings for multiple school districts Office Systems Center 03/1995 -- 11/2000 Systems Integrator / Unix Developer / Internet Services Manager Victoria, Texas Technical lead for computer services company. Provided customer solutions via hardware, software, custom applications, and Internet services. Principal developer of Criminal Law Attorney Support System (CLASS), originally in C, later in Perl with PostgreSQL, now used by more than ten percent of Texas districts for hot check and criminal case management Developed document imaging system, used by several banks and the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority Migrated leather products company from NTX to Datamodes on Netware, using Dataflex to consolidate inventory with five acquired companies Positioned company as a business-only Internet provider by designing a solid network and hosting infrastructure; training staff on Linux administration Migrated more than fifty networks from Netware to Linux-served environments Bit Solutions 07/1993 -- 03/1995 Owner / Consultant Corpus Christi, Texas Worked on initial network and Unix host design for Internet Connect Services, Testenger Internet, Texas Crossroads, and Victoria Internet Providers. Provided networking consultant services for Mobil Oil, Corpus Christi Caller Times, and others. Worked extensively with LANtastic and Netware on small local area networks. Vidi Software 02/1992 -- 07/1993 Software Developer Bryan, Texas Developed terminal program for automated client software updates. Built eBBS system for product update distribution. Migrated system to Wildcat! BBS software, developed custom doors using Turbo Power Libraries and Pascal. Developed VMS and Unix software using C programs and shell scripts. Texas A&M University 08/1991 -- 12/1991 Systems Operator College Station, Texas Provided user support as a volunteer in the Sparc and IBM labs. EDUCATION Certifications Cisco Certified Network Associate CCNA 06/2005 Red Hat Certified Engineer RHCE Enterprise 803004681810779 02/2003 Red Hat Certfied Engineer RHCE 807202159704715 02/2002 Tarantella Enterprise Administrator 06/2001 Leviton Certified Fiber and Copper Network Installer 04/2001 Certified Novell Engineer CNE 5 08/2000 Certified Novell Engineer CNE 4 05/2000 CompTIA A+ 05/2000 Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer Netware / Proliant Specialist 10/1998 Certified Novell Engineer CNE 3 07/1998 Certified Novell Administrator CNA 3 02/1996 Training Advanced Juniper Networks Routing M/T Series 10/2006 NetScalar Load Balancing 10/2006 Web Site Development and Design 03/2002 Avaya G3Si Administration 02/2001 Collegiate Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Physics 1991