Depending on my current schedule and prior commitments, I may be available for short-term freelance or longer term contract work. You can contact me by email at jsm@surniaulula.com to discuss your needs, and the ways I can help you.
UNIX SysAdmin and Integration Services
I can provide UNIX Systems Administration services, including installation, modifications and upgrades, performance tuning, and general support for Oracle/SUN Solaris, Linux (Oracle, RedHat, CentOS, Mandrake, Debian, Ubuntu, and many others), Mac OS X, and IBM AIX. Most of my 20 years experience has been with Solaris and Linux.
Aside from general UNIX SysAdmin services, I also specialize in the integration of UNIX system services (Bind, SNMP, SMTP, FTP, OpenVZ, etc.), web-related applications (Apache, MySQL, WordPress, etc.), and operational applications (monitoring, ticketing, etc.).
Previous Clients and Mandates
Sun Media
Senior UNIX Systems Administrator (Linux) 2012
IBM
Senior UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris, Linux, AIX) 2010-2012
Montreal Exchange
Senior UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris, Linux) 2005-2008
Microcell Solutions (Fido)
Senior UNIX Systems Administrator / Integrator (Linux) 2004-2005
Air Canada
Senior UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris) 2001-2002
Up2 Technologies (Teleglobe)
Senior UNIX Systems Administrator / Integrator (Solaris, Linux) 1998-2000
Montreal Exchange
UNIX Systems Administrator (SCO UNIX, SunOS, Solaris) 1995-1998
Sample Open-Source Projects
Most of the code and applications I write are custom, and cannot be shared with the Open Source community. The following are some of the exceptions, that I continue to maintain in my spare time. I also frequently publish code snippets and UNIX related content on Surnia Ulula.
check-httpd-limits
Perl script to compare the size of running Apache httpd processes, the configured prefork / worker / event MPM limits, the server’s available memory, and project the maximum memory usage by Apache httpd.
otrs-ticket
Perl script to create and update OTRS tickets from Centreon, Nagios, the command-line, or other monitoring tools.
NextGEN Facebook OG
PHP (object-oriented) plugin for WordPress to add Open Graph meta tags for Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc., plus social sharing buttons for Facebook, Google+, and many more.Website Development and Hosting
On a Freelance basis, I may be available to install, configure, modify, customize, and integrate a UNIX-based website infrastructure. Depending on the size and scope of the infrastructure, this may include load balancing, content delivery (CDN), back-end/front-end caching, replication, disaster recovery, cloud services, custom Perl and/or PHP code, etc.
Sample Websites
Sophie Belliveau
A multilingual website using a modified (for multilingual support) version of the Modest theme by Elegant Themes. This website uses back-end multilayer caching and content delivery (CDN) servers.
Underwater Focus
A photography eCommerce website using a heavily modified version of the Work theme by Theme Trust. All webpages are generated dynamically from Adobe XML keywords and Wikipedia content (where appropriate). This website uses Schema.org microdata for Google, back-end multilayer caching, and content delivery (CDN) servers.
Surnia Ulula
A website focused on content and simple design, using a modified version of the Fastfood theme by TwoBeers Crew. The website is mobile-enabled and uses back-end multilayer caching and content delivery (CDN) servers.
