James C. Kling
521 Tranquil Sound Dr
Cary, NC 27519
Linux/UNIX Engineer
US Army Veteran
jkling@klingsweb.com
(919)789-1604 Cell
Profile available on
linkedin.com
http://www.liniks.com/?page_id=152
Mission Statement: I am seeking a company that is dedicated to safe, secure and efficient use of computing technology. I specifically
am looking to work for a company that values the cost savings in using Linux and Open Source software.
Major Skill Set
Linux – 15 Years
Virtualization
Java
-Redhat and derivatives, SUSE,
Ubuntu, Debian, etc.
Clustering
-VMWare/VCenter/VSphere, KVM,
VirtualBox, Qemu et al.
Perl
Roles:
Administrator
Engineer
Windows – 15 Years
Storage
-All generations from 2.0 through
current. Server from NT3.51 through
Server 2003.
PHP
-LVM, Veritas VxFS, VxVM, Native
LVM MP, EMC, XIV, 3Par
Test Engineer
Developer
Solaris – 5 Years
Bash
Networking (TCP/IP)
AIX/HPUX – 2 Years
Database
SQL
HPC and HA Clusters
- Hadoop, RHEL Cluster, Veritas
Foundation Suite
Standalone Servers
-Sybase, Oracle, MySQL
Macintosh – 2 Years
-OS9 and OSX
Distributed Computing
LAMP
Middleware
-Clearcase, Websphere, JBoss,
Tomcat
Server Security
Other skills: scripting, resource management, Office Suites (MS, Star, OpenOffice, Lotus), Apache, Webservers, Fileservers, Samba, NFS, NIS, LDAP, AD,
Automation, graphics programs, web development and integration, SSH, VNC, FTP, Netware, VPN, SAN, NAS, RPM, DEB et. al.
2011–Present
Peopleclick-Authoria/Peoplefluent
Raleigh, NC
Senior Linux Engineer - Operating system design and implementation, as well as environment wide code and patch
distribution.
Support point for UNIX operations
Security and operations implementations
Developing environment-wide LDAP implementation from scratch
Clustering and HPC, VMWare clusters and storage arrays
Working closely with developers for tuning and application implementation
Current Projects:
Developing environment-wide provisioning capacity via Spacewalk
Designing company-wide LDAP security implementation
Designing Asset management portal for system information and audits
.
2008–2011
Fidelity Investments
RTP, NC
2009- 2011 Senior Linux Engineer - Developed operating system design and implementation, as well as environment
wide code and patch distribution.
Tech Escalation point for UNIX operations.
Hadoop clustering (Big Data / HPC) and Native Linux Clustering
Development of procedures and protocols for Linux environment
Developed multi-use Linux Desktop port for VNC export to provide native Linux tools to
developers and operations
Package maintenance and deployment, building rpms and associating them with software channels.
Provided guidelines and direction for future use and production
Maintained development lab environment to evaluate new products, processes, and system tuning
Wrote scripts to automate common functions
Fidelity – Continued…
James C. Kling – 919.789.1604
2008-2009
Senior Systems Analyst – Linux - Maintained system compliance, security, and environment stability in
a cross-platform, global network, high demand, and extremely high availability environment.
Administrator for 2500+ Linux servers with on-call support for second shift and weekends.
Linux RHEL 2.1, AS3, AS4, and 5 support, IBM, HP, and VMWare ESX environments.
2007-2008
Lenovo International
RTP, NC
Mobile Preload Test Engineer - Linux – Developed Business Linux for ThinkPad notebook PCs.
Primarily SuSE SLED 10.1, but also worked with candidates for Ubuntu and Red Hat.
Developed drivers, loads and procedures to make hardware work “out of the box”
Developed and built package for loads as needed.
Created custom Linux distributions and pre-load environments for large scale clients.
Hardware test engineer.
2006 – 2007
LBA Technologies, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
Chief Engineer - Linux Migrations and Conversions.
Virtualization and proprietary software integration, via Wine, Mono, or emulation.
Maintained production Webservers (CentOS, and Ubuntu), fileservers (Ubuntu and SuSE)
e-mail, FTP and VoIP servers (CentOS).
Linux Servers and Migration from Windows 2000 and 2003 servers to Samba servers or NFS.
2005
IBM
RTP, NC
Systems Engineer
Summer contract between semesters at NC State.
Call center Tier II tech support for large scale network customers, such as: U.S. Treasury Dept.,
IRS, Wells Fargo, et. al.
2002 – 2003
Sprint LTD
Wake Forest, NC
Systems Engineer - Primary contact for medium to large businesses for broadband connections.
Contract position- Broadband included xDSL, T1, ISDN, DSU/CSU, Ocx.
2000 – 2001
Nortel Networks
RTP, NC
Software Tech Support Engineer – First level support for cross platform monitoring suite.
Supported multiple products for managing network communication, including PresideAP and
DFMS / CSA (Later combined with Optivity).
Built, maintained and implemented SQL databases.
Implemented and install hardware and software on customer sites globally.
Maintained systems in HP-UNIX and Sun Solaris environments.
Military Service:
1995-1998
US Army: 3/229th AVN
Ft. Bragg, NC
AH-64A(Apache) Helicopter Crew Chief - Honorable Discharge.
Education:
1998-1999
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Undeclared Engineering
2002-2006
North Carolina State University
Double Major in Political Science and Computer Science
Raleigh, NC