Jan Schaumann jschauma@netmeister.org http://www.netmeister.org Objective: ========== To obtain a challenging and fulfilling position in the field of System Administration (SAGE level III) that allows me to apply my strong Computer Science background and my knowledge of and passion for Unix-based Operating Systems and Open Source to work with as well as develop and support software on and for these platforms. The ideal work environment encourages independent research, should not resemble a Dilbertesque cubicle farm and be located in either New York City or Los Angeles. (Other locations considered for extraordinary opportunities: Buenos Aires, Paris, Berlin, Munich.) I offer an extensive background in all things Unix, enthusiasm to learn new technologies, an thorough interest in Computer Science and an appreciation of the flexibility that is part of a System Administrator's job; strong interpersonal and communications skills, a curious and open mind and strong work ethics. Skills: ======= OS/Architectures: NetBSD, Linux (Debian, Gentoo, RedHat, Mandrake, SuSE), IRIX, MacOS X, some Solaris; amd64, x86, sparc, mips, PowerPC Software: Fluent in all common unix userland tools including shell-scripting (sh, csh, ksh, sed, awk, regular expressions etc.), cvs, ssh, etc.; Programming Languages: C, Perl, shell, Java, PHP, Python, C++, SQL, some Tcl/Tk Toolkits: GTK+/GNOME, Qt/KDE, JDK/Swing/AWT Protocols, Services and Standards: TCP/IP, UDP, SNMP, HTTP, SMTP, NIS/YP, NFS, FTP Solid understanding of SUSv3. Familiarity with routing and switching (Cisco, Extreme hardware). Markup Languages: LaTeX, HTML, some XML, some *roff Spoken Languages: English (fluent), German (native) Willing and able to quickly understand and learn other programming languages, software skills, protocols etc. based on solid Computer Science background, years of work experience and general enthusiasm and personal interest in the area. Publications/Talks: =================== "DST '07 @ Yahoo!", BayLISA, May 2007 "Useless Use of *", SCALE5x, February 2007 "Pondering Live CDs", BSDCan 2006, May 2006 "NetBSD/SoC -- Google's Summer of Code within NetBSD'', NYCBug, October 2005 Report of EuroBSDCon 2004, ;login: The USENIX Magazine, February 2005 "pkgsrc - The NetBSD Packages Collection", NYCBug, February 2005 "NetBSD/Desktop: Scalable Workstation Solutions", EuroBSDCon 2004, October 2004 "Managing Third-Party Software Installation with pkgsrc", Sysadmin Magazine, May 2003 "More than Word(s)" Linux Journal, November 2001 Editorial Technical Review of Chapter 22-26 of "Linux System Administration" by Marcel Gagne, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-71934-7 "Usenet is still a strange place", Linux Journal online, February 2001. "Using Linux to Develop Software for the Palm OS", Embedded Linux Journal, November 2000. Experience: =========== YAHOO! Inc. Sunnyvale, CA September 2006 until present Senior System Administrator, System Architecture Kept too busy writing configuration management and rapid deployment software, maintaining tens of thousands of hosts in dozens of datacenters around the world to write a detailed job description here. ;-) STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Hoboken, NJ September 2001 - July 2006 System Administrator Administration of the Imperatore School of Sciences and Arts Scientific Computing resources, supporting some 3000 users; maintaining, in addition to about 85 NetBSD desktop workstations: * main file-server (IRIX64 6.5), providing NIS/YP and NFS to all workstations via 2.5 TB fibre-channel RAID * NetBSD mail server (postfix, POP, IMAP (imap-uw), SASL+TSL, procmail) * NetBSD apache web server with multiple virtual hosts, interfacing with a dedicated PostgreSQL database server, offering https and a number of LAMP applications (wiki, RCS interface etc.) * state of the art clustered High Performance Computing Facility (NetBSD), providing a large-scale parallel multi-processor environment (PVM, MPI, etc.) * workstation configurations including over 1200 different software packages managed in a centralized build-environment * dedicated FTP and CVS server * various specialized computer laboratories, managing laboratory personnel * Mac OS X based Arts and Technology laboratory (supporting applications such as Alias Maya, Final Cut Studio, Reason, LogicPro etc.), Mac OS X Server offering NFS access to additional 4.5 TB fibre-channel RAID * scalable hardware replacement anticipating future needs * draft proposals together with faculty for research grants (most recently Cisco's Biannual Competitive Equipment Donation Program) * deploy software managment system * write, maintain and extend comprehensive technical documentation (for users as well as professional peers) * port applications across different platforms (debugging of autoconf and make frameworks, perl-, python-, C-code) * countless other tasks that fit no job description STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Hoboken, NJ Summer 2003 - May 2006 Instructor Taught graduate level class ``Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment'', based on the well-known book by W. Richar Stevens, covering such topics as the user/kernel interface, fundamental concepts of UNIX, user authentication, basic and advanced I/O, fileystem, signals, process relationships, and interprocess communication. Developed from scratch and taught graduate level class ``Aspects of System Administration'', covering topics such as hardware configuration, operating system installation, shell programming, security policies, backup deployment and disaster recovery, network design, software installation and maintenance, operating system tuning. (This class played an important role in the certification of Stevens's Computer Science Department as an NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.) ZENTROPY PARTNERS New York, NY June 2000 - September 2000 Senior Programmer SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM New York, NY September 1999 - September 2001 Webmaster SYLLOGY GROUP New York, NY May 1999 - September 1999 Implementation Specialist THUNDERHOUSE ONLINE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS (McCann-Erickson) Frankfurt, Germany April 1998 - August 1998 Freelance Programmer Education: ========== Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) 2005 STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Hoboken, NJ Master of Science in Computer Science (2004); GPA: 3.6 STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Hoboken, NJ B.S in Computer Science (2001); Major GPA: 3.55 PHILIPS-UNIVERSITAET MARBURG Marburg, Germany M.A. studies in Contemporary German Literature and American Studies (1996-1998) Other: ====== Joined the The NetBSD Project as a developer in 2002: * ported NetBSD's pkgsrc tools to IRIX * maintain several packages * maintenance of the NetBSD website and management of www team * member of Communication Executive Committee * member of Admins team Member of USENIX and SAGE. (USENIX Campus Liaison 2005 - 2006.) Member of EFF.