Curriculum Vitae - Dag Wiers - Linux Engineer

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Full name Dag Johan Maarten Wiers Location Ghent, Belgium Phone +32 478 436 299 Email dag linu!"#om Most recent rsum h$%&''dag"(iee"rs'#)' h$%&''lin*edin"#om'in'dag(ieers

Work experience
References available on request

Availa&ility and work interests Dag is an e!%erien#ed and #er,=ed 4inu! s-stem engineer and ar#hite#t (ith e!%erien#e and 1o#us on 4inu! and C%en 5our#e soB(are, %re1era.l- 7ed 8at <nter%rise 4inu! @78<4A, ?entC5 or 5#ien,=# 4inu!" With more than %& years o' experience he is one o1 the 4inu! %ioneers in Belgium and (ell2*no(n (ithin the s%e#i=# 7ed 8at 4inu! #ommuni,es" 5*ills in#lude de%lo-ing, migra,ng and managing 4inu! in1rastru#ture @ser)ers and des*to%sA, %a#*aging 9ni! soB(are, designing and im%lemen,ng s-stem tools, im%ro)ing hard(are su%%ort and automa,ng o%era,onal tas*s using /-thon, shell s#ri%,ng and /erl (ith a$en,on to do#umenta,on, standardiEa,on, %ro#edures and %oli#ies" Dag is availa(le as a 'reelancer 'or contract "or# inside and outside o1 <uro%e, .ut is not (illing to relo#ate on a %ermanent .asis"
May 2010 now (ongoing)

Hewlett-Packard

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Linux system developer/engineer/architect +m%lemen,ng disaster re#o)er- solu,on" +m%ro)ements to installa,on s#ri%ts and We.min modules" /a#*aging im%ro)ements" 0utoma,on and s#ri%,ng" Design and im%lementa,on o1 a sam.a'an,2)irus solu,on" 3rou.leshoo,ng 4inu!, 506'mul,%athing %ro.lem" Best %ra#,#es 1or 4inu! mul,%athing and 506 %er1orman#e" 0ssessment and design o1 4inu! re1eren#e ar#hite#ture" 786 5atellite design" 8/29: *sh to 4inu! migra,on .est %ra#,#es" Design, im%lement and do#ument a ne( 4inu! en)ironment as %art o1 a 5olaris to 4inu! migra,on" Incl. Belgian Fe eral !olice (1"#)$ %e&ia 'ec(nology )ervices (2#)$ *tos +orl line$ )+IF'$ B,! !aribas For-s (.#)$ Belgaco# (12#/)"

Unix system engineer Cn 9ni! and 4inu! s-stems" @e"g" %a#*aging on 4inu!'0+:, im%lemen,ng )arious s-stem and net(or* ser)i#es, general trou.leshoo,ngA, im%lemen,ng hos,ng in1rastru#ture on 4inu!" @e"g" resour#e and a)aila.ilitmonitoring, #a%a#it- %lanning, =re(all 1rame(or*A Consultant Designing and im%lemen,ng solu,ons 1or automa,# de%lo-ment o1 4inu! #lients, /oint2C125ale s-stems, net(or* ser)i#es, #lusters and .ig %arallel storage s-stems 1or digital media %roDe#ts, incl. Real )o6ware$ 7R'$ 87)$ R7*$ 9allata: an +outers$ ;B9

interns(i3 1"""5 )e3 1""" %ec 2000 (0.0 years)

Mind "inux Solutions

AXA Technology Services

Linux system engineer 4inu! migra,on o1 Belgian data#enter to German-" Design and im%lementa,on o1 modular 1rame(or* and in1rastru#ture 1or 4inu! and ;M(are <5:, used 1or de%lo-ing, retro=>ng and )alida,ng 4inu! ser)ers" 3rd le)el su%%ort, trou.leshoo,ng and design (or*"

,ov 200. Mar 2010 (2.0 years)

Founder / Business unit manager 3a*ing #are o1 )arious %arts o1 the organiEa,on, in#luding sales and mar*e,ng" <!%erien#e (ith %roDe#t2management and %re2sales 1or a small @FG head#ountA #onsultan#- #om%an-" Consultant 4inu! and C%en 5our#e #onsultan#- and training 1or se)eral #ustomers in on2site %roDe#ts )ar-ing .et(een F and 3 (ee*s"

<ct 1""" *3r 2001 (1.0 years)

EMC

S SA So#tware $ %insome

Linux system engineer ()(ort assign#ent) +m%lementa,on o1 in1rastru#ture 1or 6o)ell 54<5 4inu! de%lo-ment 1or te#hni#al de)elo%ment (or*sta,ons" +ntegra,on (ith 0#,)e Dire#tor-, 6+5, ?lear?ase, ;M(are 5er)er"

1ul 200. %ec 200. (2 #ont(s)

Consultant 0nal-sis and design o1 an oH2line (e.site genera,on %rogram @1urther de)elo%ed as We.<ngineA and (e.2s#ri%,ng" +m%lementa,on o1 .usiness %roDe#ts" ystem administrator +nstalla,on and o%era,onal management o1 4inu! in1rastru#ture and routers"

su##er =ob 1""2>1"".5 <ct 1"". )e3 1"""

Punch Telematix

Linux system engineer ()(ort assign#ent) Design and im%lementa,on o1 te#hni#al do#umenta,on s-stem" Design and im%lementa,on o1 su.)ersion" /a#*aging 1or 6o)ell 54<5 4inu!" 3rou.leshoo,ng" 0utoma,on"

1un 200. )e3 200. (4 #ont(s)

Provinciale !i&liotheek "im&urg

Euroclear

Unix system engineer De%lo-ment o1 9ni! s-stems and ser)i#es" Design and im%lementa,on o1 management in1rastru#ture @#on=gura,on and do#umenta,on management, #hange managementA" /a#*aging 1or 5olaris, 0+:, 4inu! and ;M(are" ?ustom soB(are de)elo%ment" 3rou.leshoo,ng" 0utoma,on"

%ec 2000 May 200. (1.0 years)

ystem/!et"or# administrator Maintenan#e o1 F2 %u.li# +nternet terminals @.ased on Windo(s 9GA and an +5D6 +nternet #onne#,on" $nternet trainer +ndi)idual training and training in grou% regarding #om%uter use, the +nternet, sear#h2engines and %o%ular (e.sites"

voluntary <ct 1""2 ,ov 1"".

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Skills
'verall 0.ilit- to Jui#*l- learn and understand 1rom sel12stud- or anal-sis Good understanding o1 %roDe#t management and #hange management 3horough e!%erien#e in 9ni! s-stem administra,on, ad)an#ed automa,on and or#hestra,on 3horough e!%erien#e in #on=guring and de%lo-ing s-stems in a s#ala.le and #oherent manner Communication Dire#t #ommuni#a,on s*ills 2 does not o)er%romise or underdeli)er 3eam %la-er 2 listen, share, #oo%erate and learn together as a team Systems architecture <!%erien#e (ith designing 5tandard C%era,ng <n)ironments @5C<A and automa,ng 9ni!2to24inu! %roDe#ts Systems management 3horough e!%erien#e (ith 7ed 8at <nter%rise 4inu! internals, se#urit- .est2%ra#,#es and %er1orman#e tuning and trou.leshoo,ng 3horough e!%erien#e (ith enter%rise automa,on and or#hestra,on using 0nsi.le and 7ed 8at 6et(or* 5atellite and integra,ng (ith enter%rise ?MDB solu,ons '(erating systems $ So#tware <!#ellent *no(ledge o1 4inu! @sin#e F994A in#l" 7ed 8at <nter%rise 4inu!, 5#ien,=# 4inu!, ?entC5, Kedora @.ut also 54<5, 9.untu, De.ian, LA <!%erien#e (ith )arious 9ni! s-stems in#luding 0+:, 8/'9: and 5olaris, mostl- related to %a#*aging, automa,on and trou.leshoo,ng <!%erien#e (ith managing and integra,ng (ith )irtualiEa,on solu,ons, in#l" C%en;M, 78<;'N;M and ;M(are )5%here <!%erien#e (ith #lustered (e.2ser)ers 1or load2 .alan#ing and 1ail2o)er, =re(alling, )irtual %ri)ate net(or*ing @;/6A, .uilding high2#a%a#it-, load2.alan#ing and high2a)aila.le s-stems @+/;5A, disaster re#o)ersolu,ons and net(or* intrusion dete#,on s-stems @6+D5A Programming languages )ctive 4ua sin#e 2II6, /-thon sin#e 2II2, 5P4 sin#e F997, /8/ sin#e F996, Ja)a5#ri%t sin#e F99G, Bash and 9ni! shells sin#e F994, ? sin#e F994, /erl sin#e F994 "anguages Dut#h& na,)e <nglish& Ruentl- s%o*en and (ri$en Kren#h& .asi# s%o*en and limited (ri$en German& no,ons
C(ner o1 )arious .est %ra#,#es regarding 4inu! s-stem and a%%li#a,on de%lo-ments, s-stem maintenan#e and do#umenta,on, s-stem se#urit- and <nter%rise 4inu! in general" <!%erien#e in de)elo%ing and mar*e,ng %rodu#ts using the +nternet and +nternet #ommuni,es <!%erien#e in %roDe#t management and leading te#hni#al teams /resenta,on s*ills 2 e!%erien#e (ith %resen,ng 1or large grou%s in interna,onal se>ngs

<!%erien#e (ith designing 4inu! se#urit- standards and %ro#esses to harden e!is,ng en)ironments <!%erien#e (ith designing 4inu! li1e #-#le management and se#urit- %at#h management %ro#esses 3horough e!%erien#e (ith 7ed 8at *i#*start and %ost2 installa,on me#hanisms 1or ra%id mass de%lo-ment 3horough e!%erien#e (ith .uilding %a#*ages and automa,ng enter%rise soB(are de%lo-ment 3horough e!%erien#e in designing and im%lemen,ng a mul,2#ustomer monitoring and re%or,ng in1rastru#ture 3horough e!%erien#e in #om%iling, installing, and #on=guring o1 9ni! s-stem soB(are, e"g" 6K5, 5am.a, l%d and #u%s, /osOi!, 0ma)isd, Bind, D8?/, :Kree86, 0%a#he, ssh, nt%d, 5nort, Dante, 77Dtool, 6agios, We.min, 7ela!2and27e#o)er, N;M, L <!%erien#e (ith G/K5 #lustering and 506 en)ironments 1or large digital media en)ironments <!%erien#e (ith )arious mar*u% languages @83M4, 5GM4, Do#Boo*, :M4, ?55, 0s#iiDo#, Mar*do(nA +/)4 @3?/'9D/A, +?M/, 07/ and %roto#ols li*e +7?, K3/, 5M3/, 833/, 663/, /C/3, +M0/, D8?/, +/se#, L 5P4 @M-5P4, msJl, /ostgre5P4, DB2 and some Cra#leA

Passive ?Q and Mono 2II3 2 2IIG, 7/G on 05'4II F997 2 F998, ;isual Basi# F997, Ja)a F996 2 F999, !86 0ssem.ler F992 2 F996, /as#al F99F 2 F999, Basi# F988 2 F99I

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Education
Certi#ication *ed +at certi,cation )eri1 7ed 8at ?er,=#ate o1 <!%er,se in /er1orman#e 3uning @78442A 7ed 8at ?er,=ed <ngineer @78?<A 2 5#ore& FIIS 7ed 8at ?er,=ed 5-stem 0dministrator @78?50A 2 5#ore& FIIS Linux Pro'essional $nstitute certi,cation )eri1 4/+ ?er,=#a,on 4e)el 3 @4/+?23A 2 5enior le)el 4/+ ?er,=#a,on 4e)el 2 @4/+?22A 2 0d)an#ed le)el 4/+ ?er,=#a,on 4e)el F @4/+?2FA 2 Junior le)el Brain(ench certi,cation )eri1 4inu! 0dministra,on @GeneralA 2 5#ore& 94S Pu&lic s(eaking + ha)e %resented on )arious o##asions a.out diHerent 4inu! and C%en 5our#e to%i#s, in#luding at the 1ollo(ing #on1eren#es& 4oada-s, 0nt(er%, B< 2 2IF2, 2IF3 Ja%an 4inu! 5-m%osium, 3o*-o, J/ 2 2II9 Kloss9N, 9N 2 2IF2, 2IF3 KrC5?on, Bonn, D< 2 2II722II9 32DC5<, <indho)en, 64 2 2II722IF2 KC5D<M, Brussels, B< 2 2II722II9 4inu!3ag, Berlin, D< 2 2II8, 2IF2 J754, Buenos 0ires, 07 2 2II8 CDK /lug1est, Brussels, B< 2 2IF2 4inu!World <!%o Brussels, B< 2 2II8 4inu!?on <uro%e, /rague, ?M 2 2IFF 4inu!World <!%o 9tre#ht, 64 2 2II7 4i.reCT#e ?on1eren#e, /aris, K7 2 2IFF 4inu!#on1"eu, ?am.ridge, 9N 2 2II7 Technical writing $BM *ed(oo# *esidency- Pough#eepsie- !. /01/20013 ?o2(ri$en an +BM 7ed.oo* a.out the design and im%lementa,on o1 G/K5 @General /arallel Kile 5-stemA in a digital media @.road#as,ngA en)ironment" U5G2467IIV $BM *ed(oo# *esidency- )ustin- 45 /%%/20023 ?o2(ri$en an +BM 7ed.oo* a.out the design and im%lementa,on o1 a 4inu!2.ased de%lo-ment in a .ran#h .an*ing en)ironment" U5G2468F3V )ormal education 5$6 +ogeschool Lim(urg- 7iepen(ee# /%&&8 9 %&&&3 0%%lied ?om%uter 5#ien#e @W Ba#helor degreeA Universiteit +asselt- 7iepen(ee# /%&&: 9 %&&83 ?om%uter 5#ien#e, Fst -ear +eilig +artcollege- +eusden;<older /%&== 9 %&&:3 4a,n2Gree*, 4a,n2Mathema,#s and 5#ien#e2Mathema,#s

Additional activities
Maintainer o1 7/M1orge 7/M re%ositor- (ith more than GIII C%en 5our#e soB(are 7/M %a#*ages 1or 78<4, 5#ien,=# 4inu! and ?entC5 use by #any interna-onal co#3anies an organi?a-ons. Mem.er o1 the <47e%o %roDe#t %ro)iding *ernel module %a#*ages @hard(are dri)ersA use by #any interna-onal co#3anies an organi?a-ons using R@8A$ )cien-Bc Ainu& or 9ent<). 0uthor o1 )arious C%en 5our#e soB(are %roDe#ts in#l" dstat X Ce&ible realD-#e resource #onitoring tool asciidoc;od' X convert *scii%oc #arEu3 irectly into for#aFe <%F ocu#ents unoconv X convert oGce ocu#ents fro# one for#at to anot(er using <3en<Gce>Aibre<Gce Blters mrepo X #anage re3ositories an sync(roni?e fro# various sources dcon' X #aEe (ar ware an so6ware conBgura-on sna3s(ots for troubles(oo-ng an co#3arison "iipresent X using +ii re#otes as a re#ote control evice vmguestli( 2 3yt(on library to access 7Mware Huest )%; infor#a-on ?ontri.utor to )arious C%en 5our#e %roDe#ts in#l" 0nsi.le, 7ela!2and27e#o)er, C%en<4<?, :BM?, 0s#iiDo#, do#.oo*2od1, /ro!-tunnel, s#annedonl <!2mem.er o1 the ?entC5 #ore team 0uthor o1 the KrC5?on 4i)e95B used 1or in1orma,onal dis%la-s and #on1eren#e room #om%uters

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