Profile

System Administrator (UNIX), specialized in Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, FreeBSD and Linux (http or application servers, email servers, antispam policy, load balancing...)

Experiences

Head of System Administration team, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon - 10/2011-now

Administration of +230 servers (200 virtualized on VMWare vSphere) and 4 SAN storage, on 2 different locations. Team coordination. ITILv3 good practices implementation.

Security policy elaboration and implementation, as deputy Chief information security officer.

System Administrator, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon - 11/2004-10/2011

Administration of +40 servers running Mac OS X Server, FreeBSD, and Linux at D.S.I. of Université Lyon 2. Main services are: learning plateformes, the virtual office system, all web sites of the university and email infrastructure for more than 40000 users. Hardware includes more than 40 servers, 6 RAID subsystems, a Nortel 2424 application switch, 4 Dlink/Nortel gigabit switches, a fibre channel network, an APC Symetra UPS and a vSphere infrastructure running on top of blade servers and SAN HP EVA 4400.

Migration of critical servers from physical Mac OS X Server to virtualized FreeBSD servers.

System Administrator, Freelance - 11/2003-12/2004

  • Chicago (2 weeks): installation and configuration of monitoring and reporting software for production and development servers, setup of a backup system on disk and tape (Windows Server and RedHat Fedora, Veritas Backup, Zabbix...)
  • Paris (recurring): system administration on XServe/Mac OS X Server (Apache optimisations, backup policy,...)
  • Paris (recurring): system administration on FreeBSD 5.x (production and development servers, monitoring, administration of Mail/HTTP/FTP/CVS/DNS/MySQL/... services, backup policy, documentation, consulting...)
  • Boulogne: consulting and php development

Administrator & web dev., Archange Multimédia, Paris - 12/2000-11/2003

  • Managment and administration of a production server for an online application
  • UNIX administration (FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server)
  • Server administration (Apache, WebDAV and FTP file-sharing, Postfix and Sendmail configuration, MySQL server, DNS...)
  • Installation and administration of tools for the developpement team (CVS/SVN server, bug tracking system...)
  • Dynamic web sites creation (PHP/MySQL)

Web developper, Avenue-média, Paris - 05/1999-12/2000

  • CGI programming for a content management solution (public kiosk and Internet site)
  • Installation, configuration and administration of a Webstar 4 server on Mac OS (Web/Mail/FTP) and FreeBSD
  • Installation, configuration and administration of an AppleShareIP server

Improvement of computer skills (self-taught)

Diplomas

  • Training and certification ITILv3 Foundation, December 2011
  • Training VMWare vSphere: Install, Configure and Manage, February 2010
  • Training Apple Mac OS X Advanced System Administration v10.5, June 2009
  • Training Apple Directory Services 10.5, June 2008
  • ESCOM, Cergy-Pontoise - Chemical Engineer Diploma, 1998
  • ESCOM, Cergy-Pontoise - Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry and Chemical engineering, 1996
  • French High school diploma in Life Sciences with high honors. National Olympiads of Chemistry: Ranked first of Life Science category, 1993

Skills

Languages

  • English: proficient
  • French: Native language

UNIX

  • Mac OS X Server: mastering, 10 years
  • FreeBSD: mastering, 12 years
  • Linux: everyday administration

Computer languages

  • Shell Script (bash/sh): everyday use
  • PHP/HTML: good knowledge
  • SQL, AppleScript, Perl...

Softwares

  • Virtualization (VMWare VSphere)
  • DBMS (MySQL, SQLite)
  • Web server (Apache)
  • SMTP server (Postfix)
  • Email sanitizing (Amavisd-new, Clamav, Spamassassin, greylisting)
  • CVS and SVN, client and server
  • FTP server
  • DNS server
  • Firewall
  • Monitoring
  • Backup...