Resume

Carl Caum 3415 Country Almond Way Murfreesboro, TN 37128

Phone: 615-653-0887 E-Mail: carl@carlcaum.com

Objective

Solutions Engineer with proven experience in Linux administration, systems deployment including IaaS, network storage,  configuration management, and more seeks progressive environment.

Technical Summary

Languages

1. Ruby
2. Python
3. Perl

Operating System

1. RedHat/Oracle/CentOS/Debian/Ubuntu Linux
2. Mac OS X

Software

1. Puppet/Facter/Cloud Provisioner
2. git/subversion
3. Jenkins
4. AWS
5. Apache
6. LVM
7. ActiveDirectory
8. Xen/XenServer

Education:

    Middle Tennessee State University    Murfreesboro, TN 37132
            Major: Computer Science
            Minor: Mathematics
            Degree: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Incomplete)

Experience:

     Puppet Labs

               Location: Portland, OR

               Dates: May, 2011 to present

   Title:   Solutions Engineer

1. Teach beginner and advanced Puppet trainings
2. Create custom solutions for customers
3. Speak at conferences about Puppet and DevOps in general
4. Develop Puppet generic Puppet modules for general use
5. Blog about IT subjects around Configuration Management and DevOps

     Lightning Source Inc.
            Location: La Vergne, TN
            Dates employed: August, 2008 to May, 2011
            Title:            Unix Systems Administrator

1. Set up Active Directory authentication on all UNIX platforms
2. Deployed XenServer clusters and migrated critical machines to VMs
3. Deployed Puppet systems management tool throughout enterprise
4. Set up Subversion environment and deployment systems
5. Created tools to aid developers in system integration
6. Designed Puppet and Xen infrastructure for global “micro sites”
7. Set up DRBD and iSCSI storage devices for Xen storage.

 

     Department of Computer Science Middle Tennessee State University
            Location: Murfreesboro, TN
            Dates employed: May, 2006 to August, 2008
            Title:            Linux Systems Administrator
 

1. Set up custom Fully Automatic Installer for Ubuntu and Debian Linux
2. Converted to Apache2 with security measures such as SUEXEC
3. OpenLDAP migration to Active Directory
4. Mail server migration to Zimbra for easier and more robust interface
5. Automated repair systems through SNMP and OpenNMS notifications
6. Created high availability XEN cluster with failover for all essential services
    
   Volunteer Work:

1. Association for Computing Machinery of MTSU:  President (Fall of 2006)
2. MTSU Linux Users Group:  Founder and President (Fall 2006 & Spring 2007)
3. Recycle Rutherford :  Board member  (July 2007 to May 2010)
4. Students for Environmental Action:  Officer  (August 2007 to August 2009)