$Id: cv.txt,v 1.3 2003/02/06 20:33:57 mpk Exp $ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CURRICULUM VITAE MIKE KNELL Address: On request Telephone: On request Internet mail: mpk@uffish.net Date of birth: 16th June 1973 Full driving licence: Since 1992 (no endorsements) Nationality: UK (EU) Citizen Languages spoken: English, German References: Available on request CORE SKILLS 10 years experience of system and network administration UNIX: Extensive Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD. Hardware: Sun machines up to E450 and UltraSPARC III, Intel, network hardware Networking: Extensive range of Internet protocols and services, including IPv6 Languages: shell scripting, Perl, some C Other: System and network security, backups, broadcast networks, large-scale system administration, system and network monitoring, operational support, service planning and development EDUCATION 1985-1991 The Trinity School, Leamington Spa, UK 1992-1994 The University of Nottingham, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering - no degree awarded FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS A Level (1991) German, General Studies (grade A) Physics (grade B) Mathematics (grade C) CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD August 2001 - date Principal Systems Development Officer (UNIX), Information Systems and Library Services, University of Westminster, London - Leading a small group of system administrators with responsibility for support and development of all central UNIX services in the University, including backups, security and central mail and web access services. - Providing assistance and support to other groups within Information Systems and within other departments as required. - Responsible for design and implementation of major system upgrades and updates, as well as day-to-day system management and troubleshooting. - Responsible for long-term system architecure planning and for the development of new services. - Supporting approximately 30,000 user accounts. Feb 1999 - June 2001 System Administrator, Dept. of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin 2 - Member of a team of nine sysadmins. - Responsible for support, deployment and effective management of a wide variety of hardware and operating systems. - Primary responsibility for core UNIX servers and workstations (Solaris, Linux, BSD). - Responsible for backup and security strategy, implementation and incident handling. - Department of approx. 900 machines, 2450 users, NetApp equipment for user filestore. - NT/Windows 2000 and networking. July 1996 - Jan 1999 Computing Officer, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD - Solely responsible for maintenance and support of all departmental PCs. - Windows NT upgrade planning and deployment. - Some system administration and development on departmental UNIX machines. 1994 - June 1996 Operational Assistant, BBC Transmission (now Castle Transmission International), PO Box 98, Warwick CV34 6TN - Working in the Technical Operations Centre - Monitoring and management of the BBC's transmission, telecommunications and data networks. 1992 - 1994 Sponsored student - BBC Transmission, Warwick - Summer placements in Transmitter, Mast & Antenna and Telecommunications Projects sections. 1991 - 1992 Computing and Media Studies Technician, Campion School, Sydenham Drive, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV31 1QH EXPERIENCE Computing UNIX - eleven years, ten in system administration. - extensive Solaris, SunOS 4, Linux (since 1992), OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD. - Some IRIX, Digital UNIX, OSF/1, System V, MacOS X. - Intel and SPARC hardware, including Sun hardware up to E450 and UltraSPARC III machines. - day-to-day system administration - service design, architecture and implementation - long-term planning and infrastructure development - system performance monitoring and troubleshooting - shell scripting, Perl, and some C Networking - Extensive installation, troubleshooting and management (including large networks and broadband telecomms). - Network strategy and development - Higher-level protocols. - Systems integration with NFS, SMB (both using Windows NT/2000 and Samba on UNIX platforms) and X. - Extensive TCP/IP and its related protocols - NIS, NFS, SSH, HTTP, DNS, mail, WWW, and many more network services - Experimental work with IPv6 and BGP. Security - Backups, recovery and security of Unix machines and Internet-connected networks. - Deployment and day-to-day maintenance of an AMANDA installation backing up primary departmental machines - Security procedures and analysis including cases leading to police action and criminal charges. - Machine room operations and management. PC Compatible - Extensive experience from MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 through to Windows 2000 Workstation and Server. - Responsible for strategic planning and successful implementation of a Windows NT upgrade covering over 80 workstations and 350 users, including networking and systems integration issues. The Internet - User of the Internet for a decade, and other online systems since about 1987. - Closely interested in both technical and social issues surrounding digital communications and electronic conferencing. - Active participant on Usenet and the WELL. - Sound understanding of Internet engineering principles and routing. Other relevant skills - Various transmission-related projects while at BBC Transmission. - Have worked as part of a team providing 24/365 management, troubleshooting and operational support for the BBC's 1300-site transmitter network and internal voice, data and broadcast networks. - Licensed amateur radio operator since 1990, with primary interest in digital communications via packet radio. Recently reactivated and upgraded to class A licence (M0GPA). PUBLICATIONS Mike Knell. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Sysadmin. In ;login:, Volume 26 no 3, pp72-74. The USENIX Assocation, Berkeley, USA, June 2001. OTHER INTERESTS Stage and band lighting/sound work Music (both listening and playing) Languages and writing systems Writing Walking and mountaineering Railway infrastructure, operations and signalling ----------------------------------------------------------------------------