David A. Breiland
4855 Scout Court, San Jose, CA 95136
Phone: 408-889-9332 - E-mail: dave@breiland.net
OBJECTIVE
A position where proven skills with Windows, Linux, and Networking can be utilized to lead a team through challenging projects.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Operations Manager
Everyone.Net, Inc./Proofpoint, Inc, San Jose, CA January 2008 – Present
Responsible for an online Software as a Service (SaaS) production environment with more than 3 million end-users, striving for high availability and high uptime.
Responsible for a cloud E-Mail Security solution, for Global 1000 companies, filtering over 150 million messages per day.
Managed production network consisting of Cisco switches and routers, F5 load-balancers, and Foundry load-balancers
Managed over 1000 production Linux (CentOS) systems for web and email environment, consisting of Dell servers and blade-servers.
Managed production storage systems consisting of Network Appliance (NetApp) and SGI SAN systems.
Implemented production monitoring of all systems, to provide alerting, trending information and to better plan for capacity.
Assisted in department budgeting, capacity planning, and project execution.
Preformed a new datacenter cage build-out and migration for all systems.
Participated in 24x7 on-call rotation.
Senior Linux / Network Administrator
DataDomain Inc., Santa Clara, CA October 2006 – January 2008
Solely responsible for networking, switching, and routing for over 375 users.
Re-designed network from unmanaged switch infrastructure, to enterprise quality redundant equipment.
Overhauled Linux desktop deployment, lowering setup time from six hours to one hour.
Managed Avaya VoIP phone switch and call-center systems for the entire company.
Setup monitoring, alerting, and trend analysis for production systems using open-source software.
Implemented corporate SSL based VPN for remote access.
Provided support for Linux PXE environment of the hardware lab and remote manufacturing facility.
Responsible for user account creation and terminations.
Senior Network Administrator
Penguin Computing, San Francisco, CA November 2004-October 2006
Primary focus was corporate networking, routing, and switching for multiple locations.
Secondary focus was on corporate Linux and Windows production systems.
Re-designed and deployed a new enterprise network, including site-to-site VPN infrastructure.
Implemented Exchange 2003 Server and Active Directory Services.
Deployed LDAP integration of Linux systems with Windows Active Directory.
Managed deployment of Linux demo clusters for potential customers, as well as for trade shows.
Designed and configured monitoring and alerting for production systems.
Provided assistance in the summer internship training.
Responsible for layout of newly acquired datacenter for scalability and flexibility of the departments involved.
Technical Operations Manager
OpSource, Inc (Acquired Accelica, LLC), Santa Clara, CA May 2000-Nov 2004
Provided remote and on-site support for networks, servers, and desktops.
Implemented enterprise wide backup software and system.
Assisted in enterprise wide replacement of network infrastructure and layout.
Acted as on-site lead and sole IT resource for a 300 employee client.
Assisted in the managing of a Fortune 100 Data Center.
On-call 24x7 for over a dozen clients.
Small Sample of Clients:
Hallmark.com: Managed on-site repairs and troubleshooting
Resolved hardware issues with Sun Solaris and RedHat Linux systems throughout the environment.
Diagnosed networking performance issues and latency.
Nuvelo Pharmaceuticals: Managed research and enterprise computing infrastructure.
Implemented and customized a RedHat Linux 7.3 KickStart server. A procedure was then developed for use in mass deployment of datacenter servers.
Implemented parallel computing system using PVM and RedHat Linux machines.
Managed enterprise datacenter with over 200 Linux and Sun Solaris systems.
Implemented infrastructure wide monitoring using Red Hat NOCpulse and NetSaint / Nagios.
Provided desktop support for Windows, Linux and Solaris systems.
PillarData Systems: Managed networking and systems throughout the enterprise.
Implemented and tested temperature sensors for monitoring the server rooms and labs.
Setup and configured networking equipment for overseas manufacturing facility.
Assistant Director of Campus Technology
Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI August 1997-May 2001
Conducted training of staff and students in software applications.
Managed student workers to support computer labs, as well as faculty technical support.
Administered campus wide servers and networks for over 600 users.
Implemented network monitoring servers.
1999-2000 Student Employee of the Year
EDUCATION
Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI 1997-2001
Major: Business Administration
Graduated: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (BBA) May 2001
Courses included business math, operations management, communications and computer programming.
CERTIFICATIONS
FCC Licensed Amateur Radio Operator – General Class (Level 2) – KI6ETL
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