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Hourly Rate: $55.56

Total oDesk hours:: 1
Location:: Sooke, Canada (GMT-08:00)
English Skills: (self-assessed): 5.0
Member Since:: May 2, 2008
Last Worked:: June 5, 2008
Current Assignments:: 0
Total Assignments:: 0
oDesk Ready:: Yes

Stefan Caunter - sysadmin, perl and shell programmer, email and dns, drupal - Freelance System / Database Administrator, Canada

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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test	Score	Percentile	Date Taken	Duration
oDesk Readiness Test for Independent Contractors and Company Managers	4.60	79%	06/05/2008	17 min
Editing Skills Certification	3.90	73%	05/03/2008	14 min

Job Category Interests
Networking & Information Systems Network Administration Firewalls & Security Server Administration Other - Networking

Skills
Skill	Experience	Level	Last Used	Description
Perl	7 yrs	5.0	2007	http://insurancehotline.com Perl programming to maintain and extend base e-commerce system software on Unix CGI frontend and Win32 middleware Implemented DNS Domain-Keys signing on postfix mail sending gateways to optimize authenticity perception and maximize delivery rates for InsuranceHotline.com originating email Sent bi-weekly subscription emailings to 500,000 recipients using perl and postfix Designed and implemented SEO project with virtual hosting of satellite referrer websites to maximize Google visibility using Apache, perl and DNS Responsible for user management, developer access, all user mail management Significant perl report writing and extensions to reports to executive specification

Certifications
Date Earned	Name	Score	Percentile	Organization	Description
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Employment History
From	To	Company	Title/Role	Description
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Education
From	To	School	Degree	Area of Study	Description
09/1985	04/1990	Glendon College	Bachelors	Linguistics

	Project Title: install move add change Attachment: none Completed: 05/29/2008 Category: Networking & Information Systems > Firewalls & Security URL: http://panoramicfeedback.com/ Description: Ongoing move, maintenance, asterisk installation, firewall configuration for panoramicfeedback.com
	Project Title: Sale Spider Domain Key Signing Attachment: none Completed: 04/02/2008 Category: Software Development > Client-Server Applications URL: http://salespider.com Description: Successful implementation of Domain Key signing for two originating domains for this business social network website. Perl, php, unix, postfix and Bind9 skills used in deployment.
	Project Title: search engine optimization Attachment: none Completed: 03/02/2008 Category: Writing > Copywriting / Editing URL: http://wildreels.com/ Description: php editing, keyword and anchor text editing, general unix-based text editing to optimize for google rank.
	Project Title: Insurance Hotline Attachment: none Completed: 11/02/2007 Category: Web Development > Ecommerce URL: http://insurancehotline.com Description: System administrator and perl programmer Integrated IVR system network to their Windows 2000 network. Migrated original website to RedHat Linux/BSD Unix/Apache/Samba design. Architected backend Unix to Windows quoting system. all network support Certificate management and verification with Thawte CA SSL certificates IP and Domain management through several different network providers at several locations, BIND 9 primary and secondary name servers. Firewall programming (NetBSD ipf) Implemented remote live standby system with continuous secure rsync access. Architected and managed continuous secure rsync remote backups Daily automated remote backups using ssh key exchange access and unix shell programming Implemented network perimeter security system, ssh attack IP based lockout policy programming. Perl programming to maintain and extend base e-commerce system software on Unix CGI frontend and Win32 middleware Implemented DNS Domain-Keys signing on postfix mail sending gateways to optimize authenticity perception and maximize delivery rates for InsuranceHotline.com originating email Sent bi-weekly subscription emailings to 500,000 recipients using perl and postfix Implemented SPF DNS records for InsuranceHotline.com originating email Architected and tuned unix kernel to support website hit rates of 200,000/hour Designed and implemented SEO project with virtual hosting of satellite referrer websites to maximize Google visibility using Apache, perl and DNS Responsible for user management, developer access, all user mail management Implemented nginx http accelerator proxy frontend interface to Apache Maintained current configurations for the following: perl (MIME::Lite, XML, SOAP), apache, rsync, samba, bind, ipfilter, NetBSD, wget, postfix, sendmail, imapd, ipop3d Documentation maintenance for system disaster recovery plan Takeover support included executive level meetings, diagrammed presentations of system design and architecture Provided extensive training and support during transition, attending weekly executive level meetings Significant report writing and extensions to reports to executive specification
	Project Title: gariston asset tracking Attachment: none Completed: 05/02/2001 Category: Writing > Technical Writing URL: http://www.kisp.com/gariston/index.html Description: User manual for Gariston inventory management system, a palm-based scanning tool for inventory taking and uploading to web.

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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test	Score	Percentile	Date Taken	Duration
oDesk Readiness Test for Independent Contractors and Company Managers	4.60	79%	06/05/2008	17 min
Editing Skills Certification	3.90	73%	05/03/2008	14 min