Linux system administrator

Web/Linux OS Development, Coordination, and Administration ... especially in a people-oriented organization where there is a need to assure broad cooperative effort through the use of sound planning, strong administration,

2001/up to date
Linux system administrator at Egypt .com (Internet & database solutions Co.)
(RHCA, Certificate number : 604007248711504 )

Working Duties :

Č Establishing a linux based web hosting system for the company's clients.
Č Building a control panel (cPanel alike) for the linux based web hosting (project under development)
Č Building a free web based e-mail service using free software (http://www.egypt.com/freemail), system built using (qmail, vpopmail, mysql, Clam AV, Spamassassin & Horde)
Č Keeping servers running up & healthy
Č Migrating the local network from Microsoft windows to Linux
Č Establishing a department for linux system customer support

Summary of qualifications
(for both linux OS desktop & server environment):

Č Installing linux OS (Using: CDs or localdisk, HTTP, FTP, NFS or Kickstart)
Č Implement a custom partitioning scheme
Č Modifing the system bootloader for dual booting systems
Č Implementing software RAID at install-time and run-time
Č Adding and managing of users, groups, and quotas
Č Designing & implementing local area networking between linux & windows.
Č Configure the X Window System and a desktop environment
Č Installing, configuring & administrating the following network services
i. HTTP/HTTPS
ii. SMB
iii. NFS
iv. FTP
v. Web proxy
vi. SMTP
vii. IMAP, IMAPS, and POP3
viii. SSH
ix. DNS
Č Giving first hand training (how to use the desktop linux system) for the windows users who migrate to linux
Č Installing & updating system software either by software packages (rpms) or from source code
Č Testing & evaluating new linux distros.
i. Implementing migration between different linux distros
ii. I had migrated the company network from mandrake linux to fedora linux(2005)
Č Configuring network printer
Č Configuring filesystem permissions for collaboration
Č Configuring autofs for automounting removable media (USB or CDROMs )
Č Updating the kernel either by RPM or from source.
Č Configure the scheduling of tasks using cron and at
Č Boot systems into different run levels (including rescue environment) for troubleshooting and system maintenance (Using KVM for managed web servers if required)

Education:

B. Sc. In Computational Science (1996)
Cairo university, Faculty of Science,
Computational Science Dept., grade Fair.

Secondary school (1991)
Zahraa helwan secondary school, Cairo,
grade 80%.

RHCA
Certificate Number: 604007248711504

Skills:

Fluent in written and spoken English.
Fair in written and spoken French.
Internet searching

References:

References available on request.