My name is Ashley Wilson.

I am seeking contract work in infrastructure architecture and administration

I have over nine years of tech experience.

 

I have experience with the maintenance and administration of Cisco VoIP equipment along with Cisco switches, routers and firewalls as well as production DNS and web application server administration (Windows Server and Linux).


Strengths:

Crisis mitigation and resolution, fast learner, reliable, deadline-obsessed

Ashley Wilson



Email:
Homepage: http://ash-wilson.com
Blog: http://ashwilson.typepad.com
Tel. (423) 961-8047

Recent Employment History

    BaseNine
  • 1516 Riverside Drive
    Chattanooga, TN 37406
  • (866) 379-3581
    Network Administrator
    April 2009 to Present
  • Engineer and implement network design changes at the direction of the Network Architect
  • Assembled a thorough monitoring and change management system to offer transparency into availability and efficiency metrics
    Network Administrator
    September 2006 to March 2009
  • Ensure maximum availability of all corporate intranet services and public e-commerce web sites
  • Provide help desk services for end users; including desktop, network, and mobile device support
  • Assist creative and developer teams with various aspects of UI design, layout, and testing
  • Implemented a robust NOC to monitor all important aspects of server, application, and network health.
  • Built a stable, robust network infrastructure from scratch during a period of rapid growth, using a mixture of Linux and Windows servers and Cisco network hardware.
  • Selected, installed, and configured network equipment, servers, and network cabling.
  • Used Cisco ASA and PIX products to build a VPN to allow seamless access to company resources from different geographic locations.
  • Evaluate, select, and negotiate the purchase of all IT infrastructure and end-user equipment.
  • Used VMware ESX to rapidly deploy development and production virtual machines.
  • Centralized user account management and provisioning, as well as user access control policies using Microsoft Active Directory and other Microsoft products.
  • Brought all production infrastructure from a commodity hosting environment to machines owned and operated by Smart Furniture's IT department in a local hosting facility,substantially increasing web site speed and reliability in the process.
  • Developed, implemented, and maintained a social network marketing plan to increase sales through brand awareness
  • Responsible for managing all IT and telecommunications bills
    Computer Technician
    February 2003 to December 2006
  • Network infrastructure design and implementation
  • Helpdesk operator
  • Manage Windows Server Active Directory domain, Group Policy
  • Built VPN infrastructure to provide access to client database for more than 56 locations in and around Chattanooga, TN using OpenVPN
  • Implemented secured WiFi hotspots in various locations across main campus
  • Built proof-of-concept and presented proposal for total multimedia presentation system integrating digital whiteboard and touchscreen technology, along with a bunch of other features in one enclosure

Familiar Technologies


    Microsoft

  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows 2000 Server and Professional
  • Group Policy
  • Windows XP
  • Microsoft Office 95-2007
  • IIS
  • RAS/RADIUS
  • DFS
  • NT File Replication System

    *nix Flavors

  • CentOS (RHEL5)
  • Open SuSE
  • Debian
  • Solaris 10
  • VMware ESX Server

    Software Packages

  • MRTG
  • Nmap
  • Openfire XMPP Server
  • Apache HTTP Server
  • Tomcat Servlet Container
  • BIND
  • Alterpoint Network Authority Inventory
  • Shorewall
  • Fishbowl Inventory
  • Subversion
  • Eclipse IDE
  • Dreamweaver
  • Symantec AV Corporate
  • VMware Workstation
  • MySQL
  • OpenOffice
  • Scribus
  • Gimp
  • Inkscape

    Language Familiarity

  • XHTML/DHTML, CSS
  • Shell scripting
  • Javascript
  • Perl
  • Java
  • Flex
  • ASP


    Conceptual Proficiency

  • IPSEC and SSL VPN
  • ACLs
  • Policy-based routing
  • WAN Acceleration
  • Network engineering/capacity planning
  • DR/COB planning
  • Virtualization (hypervisor/hardware)
  • SEO
  • Web layout (HTML from concept)

Published Work