Resume

Matt Raykowski

matt.raykowski@gmail.com

Seeking a senior position where I can solve problems and architect new solutions.

PLATO Learning, Inc.
2003-2006
Bloomington, MN
Systems Administrator

Manage the wide area infrastructure, including a managed extranet for outsourced development centers using Cisco routers, firewalls and VPN concentrators.
Manage the EMC CX400 SAN and perform Storage Planning duties.
Planned and manage the Active Directory and both Exchange upgrades (5.5 to 2000 and finally to 2003.)
Assist in PeopleSoft server administration and act as an architect for server solutions such as implementing and managing the PeopleSoft SQL cluster and web application load balancers.
Implemented and manage an enterprise network management platform, including writing custom Java plugins for specialized monitoring.
Manage the technical capacity of the IT SOX compliance including writing reporting software and helping to forge procedures and policies to manage changes.
Manage product development systems including testing environments, CVS, Bugzilla, Sharepoint Portal and StarTeam.

Equus Computer Systems
2001-2002
Minneapolis, MN
Systems Administrator

Maintained a national network infrastructure, spanning 15 states, supporting multiple network protocols using Cisco hardware and a hybrid of frame-relay and VPN.
Worked on a specialized team to migrate from NetWare 5 with GroupWise to Active Directory and Exchange 2000.
Responsible for maintaining all company servers running Windows2000 and various UNIX-based systems as well as being on-call for support and maintenance 24x365.
Implemented dynamic routing with redistribution mechanisms for deployment servers across the national network. This was accomplished with a variety of means such as WLBS, EIGRP and BGP.
Implemented operation-wide enterprise network management and performance trending software on Linux-based machines.

Exelus Network Services
2000-2001
Minneapolis, MN
Senior Network Engineer

Planned a world-class datacenter build for ATM-based data services.
Installed and maintained all ATM and IP routers and switches.
Developed a customer management/billing system in PHP and ColdFusion using MySQL and PostgreSQL.
Planned and implemented management and automation scripting.
Managed the vendor relationships with our ATM providers, upstream data providers and collocation vendor.

Spacestar Communications
1998-2000
Eden Prairie, MN
Network Engineer / Systems Developer

Worked on a team of network engineers that maintained a tri-state IP infrastructure.
Co-planned and implemented a migration from static routing to dynamic routing using BGP and OSPF.
Deployed and maintained customer network and phone solutions.
Implemented a series of network monitoring and billing tools utilizing technologies such as NetFlow Cache and SNMP.
Provided third-tier support for complex customer problems and mentored help-desk personnel.

Academy College
1997-2001
Bloomington, MN

Dell
2003
Austin, TX

Windows 2000, 2003, FreeBSD, Linux (RedHat AS/ES, Debian, SuSE), Solaris 8, SCO, Cisco IOS, Cisco CatOS
Microsoft SQL 2000, Oracle 10i, MySQL and PostgreSQL
Apache 2, Tomcat 4 and 5, JBoss AS and IIS
Checkpoint FW-1, Cisco PIX, Cisco ASA, IP filter, Cisco VPN 3030
Cisco routers (820 through 7500) and Redback SMS
Cisco switches (2900 through 6500), 3Com SuperStack
Cisco CSS Load Balancer, F5 BigIP Load Balancer, Microsoft WLBS and Cluster Services
Cisco IDS 4215, Cisco Security Agent, Snort, Prelude-IDS
NFS, Postfix, Net-SNMP, CVS, Subversion
C++, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, VBscript, Java (Spring, JSF, JSP), UNIX toolbox (sh, awk, sed, grep, etc)

Available upon request.