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Ian Johnston
Seattle, Washington
ian at dangerpants dot com
Objective
I am interested in long-term employment in a Unix-heavy
environment, developing cool, interesting projects in Perl or
C/C++/Java. Stuffy corporations and droning sweatshops need not
apply.
Work History
Adobe Systems, Inc, Seattle, WA; 10/2000 to present. Unix
systems administrator, Information Services. Primary duties
include medium-scale Perl development, focusing on directory
integration (AD, NIS, LDAP), as well as NTP administration.
Working with all versions of Solaris, as well as Linux, Windows
XP and Mac OS X.
Adobe Systems, Inc, Seattle, WA; 2/98 to 10/2000. Build
engineer, InDesign QE group. Working with NT 4.0 and MacOS 8.6
systems, using Visual C++ 5.0 and MetroWerks CodeWarrior.
Extensive Perl scripting. Helped in setup and administration of
Perforce version control system. Unix-based webserver
implementation and maintenance.
F5 Labs, Seattle, WA; 6/97 to 11/97. Systems Administrator,
working with BSDI 2.1 and 3.0 systems, performing all aspects
of administration for a small company.
Tektronix, Wilsonville, OR; 7/95 to 9/95 and 6/96 to 9/96.
Administrative programmer with Color Printer Engineering
Group, specializing in Perl coding and compilation of programs
(such as Motif and X) for Solaris, IRIX and SunOS.
Law Offices of Langlie & Goddu, Woodinville, WA; 5/85 to
5/88. Computer file backup technician. Carried out weekly
file-system backup onto 5.25" media.
Other Experience
Experience administrating small heterogenous Unix/Windows
network environment since 1993. General experience with Unix
from 1991.
Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
Computer languages: Perl 4 and 5 (including CGI), C, C++, and
Bourne shell. Please don't ask me to write Perl 4.
Markup: HTML, TeX, MediaWiki and Confluence Wiki
Operating system experience: Linux, Solaris 2.4 - 10,
OpenBSD, MacOS 9 and X, and some Windows 98/NT/2000/XP.
Experience with numerous Unix services, including
sshd, DNS/bind, NFS, NTP, HTTP, and FTP.
Education
Solaris 8 System Administration II class, 2/01.
Dual Bachelors Degree (BA/BS) in Liberal Arts and Computer Science,
June 1997.
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. 1992 to 1995 and
1996 to 1997. Courses included Computer Science, Filmmaking
and Liberal Arts.
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1995 to
1996. Courses: Celtic Civilization, Scottish Gaelic Language
and Computer Science.
Gymnasium Tonndorf, Hamburg, Germany. 1991-1992. 12th class
instruction, emphasis on German language and music.
High School - Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, OR. Graduated
1991. College preparatory courses. Extracurricular activities
included photography and drama.
References available on request.
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This document last updated May 18, 2007
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