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Bill Moss
info@billmoss.com
Skills

Solaris/UNIX Admin
TCP/IP, Cisco
Firewalls
DNS
Routers, networking, troubleshooting
E-mail, Spam control
SAMBA
Squid Proxy Server/cache
Apache, SJSWS
Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL
LDAP
Code Hacking
PHP, ASP, JSP, Perl, Python, Shell
Java
Search, Indexing
HTML, etc.
Photoshop
Installer scripting
Windows Admin
AXIS network cameras, surveillance
PROFILE

Creative, skilled IT professional with 8 years experience understanding, installing, and maintaining complex computer systems and applications. Effectively communicates with technical and non-technical people. Particularly skilled in:

. Problem assessment, troubleshooting, and resolution
. UNIX system administration
. Database installation, tuning, and management
. E-mail systems, installation, management, spam control
. Website and systems management
. Open Source software administration and utilization
EXPERIENCE

2/2008 - Present New York University
(ITS eServices)
, New York, NY
IT Specialist
Currently focusing on the management of Sun Messaging deployment at NYU. Also experimenting with zones, Access Manager, Identity Manager (IDM), SSO, Solaris Cluster, SJSDS/LDAP, SJSWS, etc.

Upgraded Sun Messaging Server cluster nodes.

9/2002 - 2/2008 MOSS, New York, NY
WEBSITE & SYSTEMS MANAGER
Manage and develop company website and internal systems. Moss is a design showroom in SoHo, NYC. Moss is not my store, that my last name is the same, is coincidental.

Additionally, I build internet, intranet, and e-mail systems (among others), that utilize "open source" software from SAMBA, Spam Assassin, Squid, Apache, PHP/MySQL, TinyDNS, phpMailer, etc.; or using proprietary software, when best solution.

Solaris 9 and 10 (Sparc & x86) system admin, networking, zones (whole and sparse root), Java Enterprise System/Communications Suite, messaging, configuration, etc.

9/2001 - 8/2002 QA SYSTEMS, New York, NY
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
Redeveloped company website, deployed new internal network, and Citrix MetaFrame XP (with NFuse JSP). QA Systems is a software publisher specializing in risk management and insurance.

7/2000 - 4/2001 OPEN MARKET [FATWIRE], New York, NY
APPLICATION CONSULTANT
Advised Open Market's publishing industry customers in the development and implementation of web solutions using Open Market's content management software. Coded in XML scripting language, performed Solaris system administration, maintained and configured application servers, servlet runners, JDKs, web servers, databases, and firewalls.

Regularly installed development and sandbox environments that in addition to content management software often included installing: Solaris, Oracle 8, Apache and NES web servers, and NAS and WebLogic application servers.

11/1999 - 7/2000 OPENMARKET [FUTURETENSE], Acton/Burlington, MA
CUSTOMER SUPPORT ENGINEER
[FutureTense was acquired by Open Market in 1999] Provided phone, e-mail, and onsite technical support for Open Market content management products. This included database configuration, application server tuning, and support for Content Server's XML and JAVA APIs.

. Tuned Golf Digest's application server cluster in NYC.
. Successfully installed Open Market's software on Linux and FreeBSD.

5/1998 - 11/1999 THE WASHINGTON POST (Washingtonpost.Newseek Interactive; WPNI), Arlington, VA
WEB TECHNICAL SPECIALIST
Worked with section editors to create, translate and publish Washington Post content to the web. Assured quality and performance by monitoring and correcting issues related to: download speed, cross browser compatibility, HTML 3.2 compliance, and usability. Explored and implemented new applications of multimedia on web site. Participated in the management of content management and publishing system as well as advertising system. Was technical contact with Google for search integration. Was production's principal participant in team that built Weather application using FutureTense XML and Netscape Application Server 2.1.

. Weather
. The Photographs of Henri-Cartier Bresson
. Apollo 11 30th Anniversary
. 50 Years of Herblock
. Cuba: Special Report
. John Glenn Returns to Space: Special Report
. Partial View: Photo Gallery
. Peace Church, Vietnam
1/1994 - 5/1998 NON-TECHNICAL POSITIONS, Washington, D.C.


MCGRAW-HILL - PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Primarily involved the trafficking of advertising material.
USA TODAY - SALES ASSISTANT
Performed administrative booking and scheduling of national and regional display advertising.
EDUCATION

12/1993 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

BA in English with minor in Government and Politics.
RELATED INTERESTS

. Solaris 10, Free/OpenBSD, Linux, Apache, shell scripting.
. Art, craft, design
. Artificial intelligence, computer assisted bio-chemical engineering and modeling.
. Independent music
. Electronics and RF
. Host several of my own and friend's web sites on my home Solaris machine: Sherman the Dog, Shystee, Mercer-Houston Dog Run Association, PixelSphere, Thai-Noodle, and Jane Freeman's book The Art of the Miniature.

© 2005 Bill Moss