General Info:
Age: 30
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Egyptian
Birthdate: 08 July 1979
Employment Status: Open to opportunities
Contacts Email / MSN: rwxguru [AT] gmail [DOT] com
AIM : rwxguru
Objective:
A career in a well known hosting company, utilizing my skills and experiences while pursuing interests in programming and Internet security.
Skills:
- Extensive experience with administration and security of Linux servers.
- Enjoys working in a team environment.
- Fast learning and adaptive abilities.
- Excellent communication, linguistic, and verbal skills.
- strong analytic abilities.
- Strong initiative toward improvement in all aspects of the business.
Technical Skills:
Operating Systems :
* FreeBSD 7.X
* Slackware Linux 4.0 - 8.1
* RHEL 5 - Centos (4,5)
* Fedora (1 , 2 , 3... 11)
Programming Languages :
* Perl
* Php
* bash/csh
* C/C++
Control Panels :
* Cpanel/WHM
* DirectAdmin
* Hsphere Control Panel
* Plesk, Ensim Control Panel
Linux Application Services :
* Apache Web server/ lighttpd
* FTP services (ProFTPD, Pure-FTPD)
* Mail Services (exim, postfix, qmail,dovecot)
* Database Services (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
* Dns Services (Bind, TinyDNS)
* Iptables/firewalls
Other :
* OpenVZ and Virtuzzo
* Nagios
* r1soft backup
* APF/CSF
Various Accomplished Tasks:
* Compiled general software packages from source, such as Kernel, Apache, PHP, etc.
* Compile kernel + grsecurity.
* Removal of insecure packages and unnecessary software
* Securing PHP/Apache
* Apache / MySQL tweaking for maximum performance
* Created bash scripts to automate certain tasks
* Coding various C++/perl programs for server side tasks like checking hacking attempts, server migrations, complete server restores and lots more.
* Edited and secured iptables rules for system security
* Server auditing, Managing Logs, Disks Management.
* Updated kernels from vanilla source and Redhat RPM.
* Monitoring system workload and maintained a safe working environment for other applications
* DDOS Attack prevention hacks/tweaks
Work Experience:
gawab.net (email provider) 2000 - 2002
* Senior System Administrator
Contact:
r.hassan@gawab.net
* Responsible for stability and performance of the servers
* Coding various perl/c programs as part of the mailing system
espinda.com 2002 - 2006
* Senior System Administrator
Contact:
general_manager@espinda.com
* first admin hired and had done all of the hiring for the rest of support department,
* designed the infrastructure, configurations, etc. of the servers and the eventual server farm,
* creating custom scripts to facilitate work over said server farm. Everything from Level 1 support to
in-depth server administration, planning and designing of how things go.
2mhost.com 2006 - 2009
* System Administrator
Contact:
sales@2mhost.com
* Systems administration and systems design,
* Design of of all servers setup and optimizing it from max performance, configuration, implementation and maintenance of Linux servers.
* Wrote a custom monitoring system, SSH Gateway and a proactive firewall.
Terms of Employment:
monthly salary, payment negotiable.
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