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Last 6 mos.
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Hours:
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4
Assignments:
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1
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Location:
Greeley, CO, United States (GMT-07:00)
English Skills:
(self-assessed)
5.0
Member Since:
August 13, 2008
Last Worked:
December 7, 2008
oDesk Ready:
Yes
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Aaron Johnson
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"
Seasoned Linux and UNIX systems administrator
-
Freelance
System / Database Administrator
,
United States
"
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Overview
Résumé
Work History & Feedback (1)
Tests (12)
Portfolio (0)
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Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Hours
Feedback
49172
11/2008 - 12/2008
Creation of Ubuntu installer for Squeak application
4 hrs
4.4 Aaron was great, unfortunately he had some other things going on and I had to hire someone else. I'd do business with him again in the future if he...
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Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
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(12 items)
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
Unix Test
4.90
100%
TOP 10%
1st Place!
08/14/2008
11 min
Redhat Linux 9.0 General Test
4.90
99%
TOP 10%
3rd Place!
10/12/2008
10 min
Networking Concepts Test
4.60
98%
TOP 10%
08/14/2008
12 min
TCP/IP Test
4.50
98%
TOP 10%
10/06/2008
36 min
U.S. English Basic Skills Test
4.90
97%
TOP 10%
08/15/2008
12 min
Job Category Interests
Software Development
Scripts & Utilities
Networking & Information Systems
Network Administration
Server Administration
Skills
Skill
Experience
Level
Last Used
Description
Firewall design and implementation
10 yrs
4.0
2008
UNIX and Linux systems administration
17 yrs
5.0
2008
Tech lead on a 24 server fully virtualized, highly available HP-UX deployment. Built two dozeon HP-UX servers using Integrity Virtual Machines software. Removed single points of failure using MC/Serviceguard. Architected FibreChannel SAN including remote replication of data to a backup site. Wrote extensive documentation allowing junior admins to maintain the server farm. Crafted an extensive monitoring system to proactively alert systems staff to potential problems preventing outages.
Certifications
Date Earned
Name
Score
Percentile
Organization
Description
No Certifications
Employment History
From
To
Company
Title/Role
Description
07/2006
Present
- confidential -
UNIX systems administrator / Independent Contributor
Manage approximately 70 AIX, HP-UX, and Linux servers spread across 10 sites.
Architect and deploy ServiceGuard high availability clusters running SAP and RedPrairie warehouse management applications.
Deploying robust network monitoring systems based on Nagios.
Maintain systems availability in an environment where unexpected downtime costs $15,000 per minute.
Administer HP and IBM SANs.
Provide oustanding support to non-technical end users as well as IT programming staff.
03/2005
06/2006
IBM (on contract)
AIX Systems and Security Administrator / Independent Contributor
Maintained hardware and operating systems installations in a 1000+ server environment.
Responsibilities included:
Responding to pages and repairing system failures
Interfacing with company internal and external auditors
Maintaining compliance with established corporate security policies and procedures
Training new team members in standards, tools, policies, and procedures used in our group.
07/2001
12/2003
Shuffle Master
Systems Administrator and Network Architect / Independent Contributor
11/1999
03/2001
tummy.com, ltd.
Linux Systems Administrator and Web Application Developer / Independent...
07/1997
07/1999
Hewlett Packard (on contract)
Software Process Engineer / Independent Contributor
Education
From
To
School
Degree
Area of Study
Description
06/1980
Present
Self taught
Other
Computer science and management information systems
I have been fascinated with computers since before grade school and have been almost entirely self-taught. Areas of concentration have included (chronologically) BASIC programming, database design, MS-DOS, Novell networking, UNIX, C programming, filesystem implementations, Internet technologies, system and network monitoring, large network (500+ servers) administration.
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Hourly Assignment History
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Hours
Feedback
49172
11/2008 - 12/2008
Creation of Ubuntu installer for Squeak application
4 hrs
4.4 Aaron was great, unfortunately he had some other things going on and I had to hire someone else. I'd do business with him again in the future if he...
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
No feedback given
Fixed-Price Assignment History
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
Feedback
Fixed-Price Assignment History is empty
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
Unix Test
4.90
100%
TOP 10%
1st Place!
08/14/2008
11 min
Redhat Linux 9.0 General Test
4.90
99%
TOP 10%
3rd Place!
10/12/2008
10 min
Networking Concepts Test
4.60
98%
TOP 10%
08/14/2008
12 min
TCP/IP Test
4.50
98%
TOP 10%
10/06/2008
36 min
U.S. English Basic Skills Test
4.90
97%
TOP 10%
08/15/2008
12 min
Unix Shell Script Test
3.90
91%
TOP 10%
11/10/2008
31 min
Internet Security Test
3.50
87%
TOP 20%
10/06/2008
16 min
Python 2.x Test
4.00
82%
TOP 20%
10/22/2008
37 min
CISCO Test
4.00
78%
10/31/2008
38 min
Firewall Concepts Test
3.75
72%
10/17/2008
12 min
Email Etiquette Certification
3.80
67%
10/06/2008
7 min
oDesk Readiness Test for Independent Contractors and Company Managers
08/13/2008
8 min
