Jonathan Arehart
P. O. Box 3840, Austin, Texas 78764-3840, 512/447-7806 (home), 512/565-6793 (cell), jonathan@arehart.net

Desired Opportunity

• To work for a small to medium sized company which is involved with and using open source [1] and/or free software [2], where I can learn new skills and technologies and face new challenges, and that has an open working environment.

Work Experience

• May 25, 2003 - July 27, 2007: Network and Systems Administrator for International Studies Abroad (ISA) [3]. Duties involved administering and supporting sixteen remote Linux servers around the world as well as thirteen more and related network and SAN gear at ISA's headquarters in Austin, Texas. Also, supported thirty-five or so local users and assisted with support of users in overseas offices. Software involved is Windows XP and 2000 (in English and Spanish), a replicated LDAP directory, IPsec VPNs, IMAP and web-based email, and custom database driven websites on Apache.


• January 22, 2002 - November 15, 2002: Network and Systems Engineer for Mach 10 Hosting. One of a team of two in charge of about 180 customer machines for Mach 10's hosting and co-location business. Duties involved Intel-x86 based system builds and installs; network design, buildout, and maintenance; e-mail and DNS setup and maintenance; Apache web server configuration; custom software installation; MySQL database configuration; all manner of troubleshooting software and hardware; and direct customer support.


• October 2, 2000 - May 11, 2001: Test Technician for Dell [4] in the Linux Systems Group. Employed through Spherion [5] to test Red Hat [6] Linux [7] on Dell's PowerEdge server hardware. Ran various system and stress tests on shipping hardware and software as well as on pre-production hardware and pre-release software. Assisted other groups within Dell with Linux questions and issues. Found and documented problems and assisted engineers with development of solutions and/or workarounds. Testing and other work covered Dell's complete server line - one to eight CPUs and 128 MB to 64 GB of RAM on Intel IA-32 (x86) and IA-64 (Itanium) architectures. Also covered were 3Com and Intel 10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet NICs in their fiber and copper varieties.


• June 1, 2000 - September 29, 2000: Network Systems Administrator at Travis High School (Austin ISD) [8]. Responsibilities include maintaining the Netware 5 server and NDS tree; maintaining Windows based workstations and network-delivered images of said workstations (via Altiris' ImageBlaster product); maintaining the Linux based firewall/router/web-cache server; and maintaining Ethernet network infrastructure. Also add and modify software that is delivered to workstations using Novell's Z.E.N.Works product. Work with an Apple engineer to develop a desktop security, system restoration, and software delivery model for Travis' Mac OS based machines.


• July 1999 - Present: Senior Network Analyst for Texas Information Services (TxIS) [9]. Duties include maintaining Linux based web, mail, ftp, and DNS servers; registering domains; adding domains to said servers; doing customer support. Wrote curriculum for and taught Linux firewall training class, and did client site support, maintenance, and setup of Linux servers. Built, upgraded, and maintained Intel and AMD based computers both for TxIS itself and for clients. Also configured and maintained Cisco and Pipeline (T1 and ISDN) routers for Internet access and for WAN/MAN connectivity. This varied over time from full time consulting (originally) to occasional weekend work (currently).


• September 1996 - May 1999: Technology Assistant at Austin High School (Austin ISD) [10]. Installed and maintained hardware, software configurations, and networks. Assisted in administration of networks. Responsible for training users and troubleshooting software, hardware, and networks. Helped design Austin High's technology plan. Member Austin High Technology Committee. Co-designer and former Webmaster of Austin High's web site. Also wrote documentation for various tasks such as image scanning and presentation setup.


• 1993 - September 2000: Self employed computer consultant. Duties include setting up computers, software, networks, and peripherals; modifying and establishing configurations; troubleshooting problems with software, hardware, and networks; teaching/training in the use of systems once set up or fixed; advising clients on software and hardware purchases; and designing and maintaining web sites.

Skills

• Operating a variety of software packages including: Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, the GIMP, Netscape, OmniWeb, Mozilla, Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Analog, Webalizer, Wusage, AWstats, Word Perfect, AutoCAD, Photoshop, GraphicConverter, PageMaker, e-mail software, file compression utilities, ftp, telnet, and ssh clients, VMWare, BBEdit, ClarisWorks (now AppleWorks), PageMill, and HyperStudio.


• Repairing, installing, building, upgrading, and maintaining many kinds of hardware such as: Macintosh systems and clones thereof, x86-based PCs (Intel, AMD, etc.), and Apple IIs.


• Installing, configuring, and maintaining operating systems (environments) including: Linux (versions 2.0.x - 2.6.x), Mac OS (versions 6 - 9), Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT 4, Windows NT Terminal Server Edition, Citrix MetaFrame, Windows 2000/XP, OpenStep, and X-Windows.


• Using operating systems such as: Solaris, FreeBSD, BeOS, and all those included above.


• Setting up and/or using network related hardware and software such as: Apache, BIND (DNS), Samba, Netatalk, ntpd, sshd, tcpdump, Ethereal/Wireshark, MRTG, Squid, MySQL, PostgreSQL, FreeS/WAN, OpenLDAP, Ethernet hubs and switches, modems, Cisco and Ascend (now Lucent) routers, Novell Netware, LANtastic, entry level Hewlett Packard SAN gear, and various TCP/IP implementations.


• Extensive experience with HTML and basic experience with CSS for the creation and maintenance of web sites.


• Basic programming experience in C, Pascal, PHP, Perl, and Python.

Education

• University of Texas at Austin [11], Fall 1996 - Spring 1998
• Graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School [12], Austin, Texas, May 1996

Activities

• Photography as a personal hobby [13], 2002 - Present
• Periodic volunteer work for Equality Texas (then LGRL) [14], Summer 2003 - Fall 2004
• Volunteer technical support for CTTC Linux class, Fall 2000 and Summer 2001
• Volunteer for Out Youth Austin [15]: computer support work and co-webmaster Summer 1996 - Fall 1997
• Volunteer for PFLAG/Austin: Webmaster, December 1996 - December 2003 [16]

Awards

• Out Youth Austin, Youth Volunteer of the Year, Fall 1996
• National Honor Society, inducted Spring 1995, member 1995 - 96
• National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student, Fall 1994
• Japan - U.S. Senate Scholarship Recipient [17] from Texas for Youth For Understanding [18] Exchange Program to Japan, Summer 1995

Date

• October 12, 2007

URLs

• [1] http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
• [2] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
• [3] http://www.studiesabroad.com/
• [4] http://www.dell.com/linux/
• [5] http://www.spherion.com/
• [6] http://www.redhat.com/
• [7] http://www.kernel.org/
• [8] http://www.austinisd.org/schools/details.phtml?id=022
• [9] http://www.txis.com/
• [10] http://www.austinisd.org/schools/details.phtml?id=014
• [11] http://www.utexas.edu/
• [12] http://www.austinisd.org/schools/details.phtml?id=014
• [13] http://www.clarkk.net/photos.shtml?favorites&1
• [14] http://www.equalitytexas.org/
• [15] http://www.outyouth.org/
• [16] http://www.pflag-austin.org/
• [17] http://www.yfu-usa.org/ao/scholarships/jusse.htm
• [18] http://www.yfu.org/