Name: |
Spans |
First name(s): |
Sten S. |
Date of Birth: |
January 16, 1979 |
Place of Birth: |
Utrecht, The Netherlands |
Marital Status: |
Single |
Nationality: |
Dutch |
Drivers License: |
Yes |
Curriculum Vitae
Personalia
Education
Title |
Institute |
Duration |
Diploma |
| MCSE | Azlan | 01-1999 - 05-1999 | Yes |
| Study CKI | University of Utrecht | 09-1997 - 08-1998 | No |
| VWO | St. Bonifatius College | 09-1991 - 08-1997 | Yes |
Work Experience
01-1999 - 06-1999 - Acto B.V.
Position: Developer ERP Software
- AIX Servers
- C-ISAM Database software
- CQCS development platform
07-1999 - 09-1999 - Acto B.V.
Position: Junior Systems Administrator
- Administration Windows NT servers
- Novell Network
- Groupwise Email platform
09-1999 - 10-1999 - Universal
Position: IT Infrastructure Migration Employee
- PC Imaging using Ghost
- Novell network
- Token-ring network
12-1999 - 08-2000 - Azlan Network Services
Position: Junior Engineer
- Customer consultancy
- MCSE
09-2000 - 03-2004 VuurWerk Internet/Versatel
Position: Senior System Administrator Linux/FreeBSD Hosting Platform
- 30-40 Linux servers ( Redhat 5, 6, 7, RHES 3 and Debian )
- 10-20 FreeBSD servers
- NetAPP NFS Cluster
- 5 MySQL servers
- 5 DNS servers
- 2 Radius servers
- NIS, FTP and Shell servers
- Redundancy Solutions using VRRP and custom software
- Development and Administration of custom backup solution
- Maintenance, Development and tuning of webserver software ( WN and Apache )
- /16 IP Allocation
- Hardware purchasing advice
- Administration and development of VuurWerk standard cgi's ( C )
- Development of Systems Administration software ( Perl, Bash )
- Security tuning ( firewalls, TCP wrappers, vroots, kernel patches, capabilities )
04-2004 - 10-2005 Easynet Nederland
Position: Senior System Administrator Linux/FreeBSD Platform
- 30-40 Linux servers ( Redhat 7, Fedora, RHAS 2.1, Gentoo and Debian )
- 20-30 FreeBSD servers
- Administration FreeBSD vlan routers
- Redundancy Solutions using CARP and LVS (Keepalived)
- Development and maintenance of new Shared Hosting environment
- Development and maintenance of new Managed Mail Environment (Postfix)
- Development and maintenance of Nagios and Cacti server for Ilse
- Custom Apache Modules and Patches
- Linux and FreeBSD Kernel Modules
- Hardware purchasing advice
- Development of Systems Administration software ( Perl, Bash )
- Development and Maintenance of several Web interfaces
- Technical Support and Guidance for the Department
11-2005 - 12-2008 BIT BV
Position: R&D Architect
- NetAPP NFS/ISCSI Filers
- Redundant DNS/NTP using CARP and now BGP
- Custom Debian/Ubuntu PXE Code
- CFengine Platform (svn, scripts and modules)
- Debian/Ubuntu Package Building Infrastructure
- Rsync and Fibrechannel based backup solution
- Multithreaded Perl SNMP poller
- Nagios Inplementation (custom checks, failover and nagios patches)
- Redundant LDAP Deployment and Integration
- Custom Apache Module Development
- Custom Linux Security Module Development
01-2009 - 10-2010 GeNUA mbH
Position: Software Developer
- Linux Kernel Development
- OpenBSD Kernel Development
- Security Daemon Development
- Software Packaging
Skills
Software
- Extensive Experience with Debian, Ubuntu and RedHat ( 6.X, 7.X, RHES 3 ),
FreeBSD ( 4.x - 8.x ), Solaris ( 8, 9, 10 ), OpenBSD - Hands-on Experience with Tru64, IRIX, AIX en HP-UX
- Expert Webserver software knowledge ( Apache, WN )
- FTP ( proftpd, vsftpd, pureftpd ), NIS ( FreeBSD, Linux ),
DNS (TinyDNS, BIND, PowerDNS), Radius, LDAP, MySQL, PHP - Expert Unix Shell scripting knowledge
- Extensive Perl experience (scripting and web-based tools)
- Extensive CFengine Experience
Hardware
- Extensive Experience running NetAPP Filers, hardware ( F760, F810, F840, FC9, DS-14 ) and software ( Ontapp - clustering, virtual interfaces, snapmirror, nfs, cifs, http )
- Technical knowledge of Intel hardware ( smp, acpi, scsi, ide, fcal, atx )
- Experience running Sun hardware, Dell servers, Alphaservers
- SNMP Network Management (Custom threaded poller, integration )
Security
- Hardening ( suid strip, custom vroots/jails, minimal install, privilege seperation, etc. )
- Kernel Patches, Custom Kernel Modules
- tcpwrappers, firewall software ( ipchains, iptables, ipfw, pf )
- OpenSSH, key-based autorisation
Networking
- IP Management IPv4 and IPv6
- VRRP, CARP, BGP
- 802.1q Vlans, also on Linux/FreeBSD/NetAPP/Solaris
- Ethernet ( Intel, 3com, Sun, Cisco, Broadcom )
- Low-Level Ethernet Multicast (LLDP, CDP, EDP, FDP)
Interests