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Benjamin A. Zvan
An experienced IT professional with the skills and knowledge needed for success in this position. Years of practical experience working in Unix-like, and Windows environments with concentrated experience in Red Hat Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X.
Experience
Software Administrator - University of Minnesota - 2006—present
Introduced changes in procedure and architecture for the University's J2EE Web Applications that improved reliability and ease of maintenance. This included implementing the Tomcat Manger and Java Ant tasks for deployment of Web Applications and changing directory structure to improve consistency among environments. Rapidly studied and deployed new, commercial software such as STAT and Xythos. Improved repeatability of procedures by creating extensive documentation and improving error reporting in scripts used for automation. Made recommendations to monitoring team to improve the performance and acceptance of automated monitoring. Showed a dedication to continuing improvement by attending training wherever opportunities existed. Daily responsibilities included migrating new code, updating software and configurations, environment maintenance, and troubleshooting problems.
Self Employed - Zvan.net - 1992—Present
Self-employed in a variety of consulting and contract work. Operate a small Internet hosting service with 99% uptime. Maintain DNS, web and email servers. 5Provide server-side scripting, site construction, maintenance and design.
Senior Technician C & D Communications, Inc. 1995—2006
Designed, installed and maintained telephone systems for businesses throughout the Twin Cities area. Regularly upgraded software and hardware to keep customers’ systems running smoothly and securely. Worked with vendors on complex troubleshooting issues. Documented procedures for other technicians and for non- technical staff and customers.
Systems: Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Software: Apache, Tomcat, OpenSSL, JBoss, IIS, Kintana, sendmail, postgreSQL, WebLogic
Languages: Perl, sh, PHP, SQL, some Java and C
Education
University of Minnesota
Currently working toward a BS from the College of Continuing Education.
Red Hat
Red Hat Certified Technician (RHEL 4) – Feb 2007
New Horizons Computer Learning
Tomcat 6.0 Administration – Jan 2008
Microsoft IIS 6 Administration – September 2008
Oracle University
BEA WebLogic Server 9/10: Administration – October 2008