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Jesse Trucks has worked in a startup, at an ISP in the 90's, as the single IT guy, and as part of an organization with nearly 150 system administrators maintaining more than 5,500 enterprise servers. He has, also, managed a team of systems administrators for a consulting firm, and recently worked on a team doing Unix systems related research and development for new projects and products, process improvement, and advanced technical assistance for internal clients and coworkers. Currently, Trucks works with special purpose supercomputers supporting computational biochemistry for a research company.
He has extensive security experience in incident handling, intrusion detection, policy development, monitoring, and implementation management, and he is well versed in Disaster Recovery planning and testing. Trucks advocates for extensive documentation, strong security, change control, and professionalism.
He has served as an elected member of the League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA) Board of Directors since 2007, and he assists the LOPSA Education Committee by teaching at training events. Trucks has taught more than a dozen classes at various conferences, including four of the 16 classes at each of the LOPSA Sysadmin Days events. He was a Local Mentor Instructor for the SANS Institute SEC-506: Securing Unix/Linux course, and he has held a GCIH certification and currently holds a GCUX Gold certification. In addition, he serves as a member of the SANS Advisory Board.
Jesse Trucks resides on a farm near Endicott, NY and is available for teaching or presentation engagements in any location.
• Oversee daily data center operations
• Supervise supercomputer installation
• Manage daily production supercomputer and cluster operations
• Monitor and control datacenter cooling and power infrastructure
• Support Rocks HPC Linux clusters
• Develop and maintain policy, process, and procedure documentation
• Design and implement internal training manuals and live sessions
• Configure and install routers, switches, firewalls, and other networking equipment
• Write and maintain internal applications using PHP, Perl, sh/ksh, and/or MySQL
• Analyze and evaluate network security systems
• Rebuild compromised systems and networks
• Assist clients with technical infrastructure management
• Build and maintain servers (Debian, OpenBSD, OS X, Ubuntu)
• Provide technical support and architecture design for client/server solutions
• Consult on work flow and data flow procedures
• Implement custom system and network automation
• Configure and install routers, switches, firewalls, and other networking equipment
• Build custom applications and web sites using PHP, Perl and/or MySQL
• Researched and developed technical solutions
• Generated and maintained system, process, and procedure documentation
• Deployed and managed Solaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers
• Designed, managed, and implemented medium to large scale technical projects
• Performed internal Veritas product technical support as subject matter expert (SME)
• Veritas Cluster Server management and design
• Automated reports and processes using shell scripts, Perl, Oracle, and/or MySQL
• Provided advanced technical support to Operational Support team
• Designed and managed server and network architectures
• Supported systems for Oracle, MySQL and MS-SQL RDBMS
• Recruited and developed Systems Administration Team
• Managed U.S. Systems Administration Team
• Maintained Unix, Linux, and Windows systems for multiple clients and internal departments
• Developed and maintained practice, policy and procedure documentation
• Installed and upgraded Unix, Linux and Windows servers
• Managed enterprise storage (SAN, NAS, EMC, iSCSI)
• Administered enterprise backups (NetWorker, NetBackup)
• Managed client expectations and needs
• Served as liaison between Project Managers and Systems Administration staff
• Consulted on security issues and incident handling on both internal and client systems
• Maintained system and network monitoring platform using NimBUS
• Developed and maintained task automation using shell scripting and Perl
• Lead Security Administrator for an organization with over 5,000 Unix and Linux servers managing the Security Team
• Developed and managed security policy and procedure documentation and training programs
• Coordinated audits for policy and regulatory compliance (e.g. SOX)
• Created and delivered security related reports and presentations
• Provided mentoring and training for Unix systems support and security staff
• Responded to security events and incidents
• Managed and designed Veritas Volume Manager and VCS configurations
• Designed, implemented and managed Disaster Recovery procedures
• Evaluated, designed, tested, recommended, coded and/or implemented Unix security solutions and process automation systems
• Assisted in security threat identification and patch management
• Managed Solaris and RHEL systems
• Implemented centralized security management and tracking tools, including Symantec SIM
• Evaluated centralized log analysis solutions
• Constructed and maintained comprehensive firewall solution
• Maintained Internet publishing systems using: Harris, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, Solaris
• Researched and developed new products and technologies
• Built database systems for maintaining dynamic workflow and product delivery (MySQL)
• Managed new product and system implementations
• Trained newspaper editors and reporters on Web site content delivery systems
• Created custom system processes for data conversion and product delivery to outside vendors
• Managed Internet connectivity and servers (Red Hat Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris)
• Trained madison.com staff to use Real Media Open Ad Stream ad delivery system
• Rebuilt compromised networks for security and stability
• Created and maintained e-commerce systems
• Built and managed Internet servers for internal and client use
• Trained clients on network and server maintenance
• Determined hardware/software needs for internal company solutions
• Managed IT policies and processes
• Assisted in corporate strategic planning
Named “Most Valuable Technician” for 1998
• Developed and maintained network and system security infrastructure
• Created and maintained technical policies and procedures
• Improved customer service through customer surveys, staff training and customer contact
• Hired, trained, and managed technicians for dialup and dedicated support positions
• Trained staff and clients on Internet and networking skills and technologies
• Maintained e-commerce applications
• Built and maintained servers and workstations, including DNS, mail, HTTP, NNTP, and FTP
• Maintained 11 city Wide Area Network (WAN) in southeast Wisconsin
• Maintained office telephony system, including programming and troubleshooting
• Managed departmental budget – 25% of company revenue and spending allocations
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