Edward S. Ritter
44780 Ashlar Terrace #300
Ashburn, VA 20147
(703) 665-0194
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
System Administration : Installation and configuration of BSD, Linux and Windows operating systems. Physical installation and configuration of servers.
Server Administration : Server maintenance scheduling and implementation, server application installation, configuration, and maintenance, web application installation, configuration, and maintenance.
Programming : PHP, Perl, Javascript, XHTML, CSS, Shell scripting.
Networking : UNIX / Linux network device configuration, IP management, BSD firewalls, SNMP configuration and monitoring, wireless device and network configuration, load balancing and fail over implementation using CARP, network design.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The Media Trust Company McLean, VA
System Administrator 2008—Present
Perform routine system administration in support of company's application servers.
ImageWorks Studio Chantilly, VA
Senior Developer / System Administrator 2007—2008
Managed developers in the production of client websites and applications. Administered company servers and maintained corporate development environment.
VisPerNET, Inc. Sterling, VA
Director of Engineering 2005—2007
During my time at VisPerNET I held many roles, as it is a startup company. In this capacity I was a systems engineer, web developer, art director, network engineer, and project manager. I will list my responsibilities according to these categories.
Systems Engineer:
Install, configure and manage FreeBSD, Linux and Windows servers.
Install, configure and maintain server applications including Apache, MySQL, OpenLDAP, Postfix, Jails, PowerDNS, VMWare server, and others.
Co-develop and co-author policies and procedures for network usage, email usage, network and physical security, and change / configuration management.
Install, configure and maintain Voice over IP solution using Asterisk IP PBX.
Install, configure, maintain SATA drive arrays (SCSI and iSCSI) made by Promise Technologies.
Assisted in development of iSCSI initiator for FreeBSD.
Performed bit-level data recovery on SCSI drive array after catastrophic failure with over 90% successful data recovery.
Implemented key based authentication on internal systems.
Web Developer:
Install, configure and manage subversion based code repository.
Design, develop and integrate applications for account management.
Design, develop and integrate applications for centralized server management.
Design and develop PHP based web site framework for site designers and graphic artists to easily implement a standards compliant web site for clients.
Art Director:
Manage and assist graphic artists prepare graphics for client web sites.
Design compositions and concept graphics for client web sites.
Prepare graphics for final use on client web sites and printed material.
Network Engineer:
Plan and implement IP utilization.
Manage DNS records and zones.
Plan and implement domain and host naming conventions.
Administer SNMP monitoring on all systems.
Design and implement network topology that uses CARP for load balancing and fail over.
Project Manager:
Maintain and coordinate communications between clients and development teams.
Delegated project tasks to appropriate development team members.
Coordinate with artists, programmers and engineers to provide project specifications, support documentation and feedback.
BananaNetworks Ashburn, VA
Small Business Owner 2000—Present
Innovate new ways to use open source solutions to produce standards compliant websites. Provide hosting and development of web applications on Linux & BSD platforms.
Full Spectrum, Inc. Herndon, VA
Partner/System Administrator 1999—2001
Produced and maintained corporate websites for application services, web hosting, and domain administration. Administered FreeBSD servers running Apache, PHP, MySQL, Sendmail, and BIND.
AOL Time Warner Reston, VA
Network Operations Center Analyst 1995—2001
Provided telephone based support to customers and support respresentatives. Monitored AOL's web infrastructure. Implemented intranet sites providing team reference material, relevant group links, employee location, time tracking, and a call center performance status. Produced internal Y2K patch tracking system.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.