David Magda
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
dmagda+cv@ee.ryerson.ca

Work Experience

January 2006-May 2011	Autodesk Canada
			Systems Administrator

		o Support global infrastructure of Solaris and Linux servers on Autodesk corporate Unix team

		o Help in integrating Alias infrastructure into Autodesk environment including: web, SMTP, FTP, NFS, FC SAN (EMC to NetApp), Oracle, etc.

		Convert NIS servers from IRIX-based infrastructure to Linux-based infrastructure transparently

		o Change mail routing from IMAP-based Unix infrastructure to Microsoft Exchange mail servers

		o Support EMC NetWorker backup system and StorageTek tape library

		o Remotely deploy and manage 200+ node HPC Linux rendering cluster

		o Partake in rotating 24/7 on-call support


April 2005-January 2006	Alias Systems (acquired by Autodesk)
			Infrastructure Systems Administrator

		o Supervised mail servers and spam filtering appliance

		o Helping in partial migration from a NIS-based authentication system to an OpenLDAP- and Samba-based domain model

		o Helping users with technical problems on Linux, IRIX, and Mac OS X clients for development teams

		o Investigate Nagios host and server monitoring alerts

		o Secondary in responsibility for NetWorker backup system


November 2004-March 2005	Rogers Cable Inc.
         			Unix Administrator

		o Ensuring 24/7 operation of mission critical Oracle databases and Sun ONE application servers

		o Overseeing data integrity and proper running of backups via Veritas NetBackup

		o Helped in upgrading SAN environment and installation of new EMC equipment

		o Arrange a proper environment so that application development and testing can occur with minimal hassle

		o Answering any questions that coworkers may have on Unix


May 2003-October 2004	Mpathix Inc.
			Systems Engineering

		o Rewrote and updated company online support centre and trouble ticket database using Perl, MySQL, and Apache

		o Monitoring and maintaining of deployed systems

		o Developing tools and scripts for system monitoring and maintenance

		o Providing knowledge on the Sun Solaris operating environment


May 2001-August 2002		Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
				Ryerson University
				Electrical/Computer Specialist

		o Assisted in managing over 300 Unix workstations & servers, and several dozen Microsoft Windows systems

		o Primary individual in maintaining network cabling infrastructure

		o Auditing the network for potential security issues and keeping abreast of security updates

		o Upgrading core servers (DNS, Web, SMTP, IMAP, printer/LPR, DHCP) from Linux to FreeBSD

		o Provided support to faculty, students and the Ryerson community

		o Teaching assistant for two sections of a real-time operating systems course


Skills & Qualities

		Proficient in administering and using Unix systems: Solaris (8, 9, 10), Linux, and FreeBSD

		Proficient in several RFC protocols: SMTP (sendmail, postfix, mailman), IMAP (Courier, Dovecot), DNS, HTTP/Web, NFS, NIS/YP, LDAP, DHCP

		Conversant with administrating Samba

		Effective programming abilities in Perl, shell, C; can decode others

		Acquainted with switching equipment (e.g., Cisco, Juniper)

		Familiar with backup administration (NetBackup, NetWorker)

		Good at writing clear documentation

		Team skills; able to work autonomously


Education	1997-2003 Ryerson University
		Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Computer Specialization)


Affiliations	USENIX/SAGE -- Full Member

		IEEE -- Full Member

References	Available on request.