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 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 Windows Server: 2003/2008/2012/2016 Linux: RedHat/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 & 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 Administration of the ASP (Application Service Provider) data center infrastructure, including but not limited to the next task: hardware install, troubleshooting, and repair, install new software, upgrade 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 Administration of ISP data center infrastructure, including but not limited to the next tasks: hardware install, troubleshooting, and repair, install new software, upgrade 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 Computer Architecture Professor Taught students the philosophy of design in computer. Showed how the hardware design could limit the software development. Introduce to micro-computers’ design. |
| CERTIFICATIONS | Cisco: CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate). CompTIA: A+, Network+ Conectiva: Linux System Administrator I and II. BrainBench: 23 certification earned, included 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, Mecanical-Electrical Engineer, December 1995. PEDRO RUIZ GALLO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, PERÚ, Bachelor of Mechanical-Electrical Engineering, August 1993. |