VOLKAN I RIVERA
91-13 85TH Ave. • Woodhaven • NEW YORK • NY 11421
Cell: (917) 573 2653 email: info@volkan68.com
Talented LINUX/UNIX Administrator with outstanding technical skills
| OBJECTIVE | Highly accomplished, dynamic, and diligent professional with more than 20 years of extensive experience as a Linux/Unix sysadmin. Demonstrate proven success in executing advanced engineering of systems architecture, combined with technical acumen and the ability to coordinate with diverse applications developers. |
| COMPUTER SKILLS | Windows: 7/8/10/11 Windows Server: 2003/2008/2012/2016 Linux: Red Hat/CentOS/Fedora, Debian/Ubuntu Virtualization technologies: Xen, VMware, VirtualBox, and KVM. Container solution: OpenVZ, Virtuozzo, Proxmox, and Docker. Database engines: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite. MySQL replication master/slave. NoSQL databases: MongoDB and CouchDB. Scripting language: Bash, PHP, Perl, Node, and Python. Programming language: Java, C, C++, and Pascal. Networking protocols: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, NTP, SSH, NFS, Samba, FTP, HTTP, WebDAV, etc. Network monitoring: Nagios, Cacti, MRTG, Munin. VoIP technology: SIP, AIX, Asterisk, FreePBX. CMS based on LAMP: Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, and BuddyPress. PHP Frameworks: CodeIgniter and Laravel Shared hosting control panel: Plesk, CPanel, ISPConfig Email servers: Sendmail, Postfix, Exim & Zimbra Network filesystem: Glusterfs Automation technology: Puppet Mobile development: Phonegap/Cordova, Android Studio. |
| PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE | September 2004 – present INTERCOM ONLINE New York. System Administrator. My main duties are: Maintenance and support of 36 physical servers and over 400 virtual servers, all running Linux. System-wide tuning and troubleshooting. June 2005 – 2012 MEDIKIN Inc., New York. System Administrator and Database Administrator. My main duties are: Administration of the ASP (Application Service Provider) data center infrastructure, including but not limited to the following tasks: hardware installation, troubleshooting, and repair, installing new software, upgrading, and patching systems. I was involved in the development part, for the most important system of the company, migrating the core software of the business from Perl to PHP. March 1996 – November 2002 RED DEL NORTE S.R.L., Chiclayo-PERÚ. Chief Information Officer. My main duties are: Administration of ISP data center infrastructure, including but not limited to the following tasks: hardware installation, troubleshooting, and repair, installing new software, upgrading, and patching systems. Planning and implemented migrating projects from Windows/Netware to Linux. Implemented e-commerce systems. This company was the first ISP in the city. March 1999 – December 1999 CHICLAYO PRIVATE UNIVERSITY, Chiclayo-PERÚ. Professor of Computer Architecture. I taught students the philosophy of designing a computer. Showed how the hardware design could limit the software development. Introduction to micro-computer design. |
| CERTIFICATIONS | Cisco: CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate). CompTIA: A+, Network+ Conectiva: Linux System Administrator I and II. BrainBench: 23 certifications earned, including BrainBench Certified Internet Professional, Web Administrator, Linux & Unix. |
| ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS | PEDRO RUIZ GALLO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, PERÚ, Master Computer Science, April 2002. PEDRO RUIZ GALLO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, PERÚ, Mechanical-Electrical Engineer, December 1995. PEDRO RUIZ GALLO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, PERÚ, Bachelor of Mechanical-Electrical Engineering, August 1993. |