Mark Richard Hindess
mark @ hindess co uk
Summary
Systems and network administrator with a formal background in computer
science and mathematics. Five years of professional experience as a
systems administrator and one years as an embedded systems software
engineer. Detailed knowledge of systems and network security.
| Operating Systems |
Solaris, Linux, OpenBSD, Irix, AIX, FreeBSD and pSOS |
| Languages & Tools |
Perl, C, C++, Java, Tcl/tk, expect, assembler (several variants),
LISP (several variants), git, Subversion, CVS, RCS, make, sed, awk |
| Protocols |
TCP/IP, ATM, SONET/SDH, SMTP, HTTP, HTTPS, ICP, MGCP |
| Applications |
Apache httpd (with mod_ssl, mod_php and mod_perl), squid, exim, qmail,
sendmail, samba, NIS+, kerberos, snort |
Education
| M.Sc. Symbolic Computation |
September 1994 - August 1995 |
| University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath |
| B.Sc. Computer Software Technology,
Upper Second Class. |
October 1991 - June 1994 |
| University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath |
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A Levels in Computer Science, Mathematics (Mechanics), Physics and
Chemistry. S Level in Computer Science.
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September 1984 - June 1991 |
| Bishop of Llandaff Church-in-Wales High School, Llandaff, Cardiff |
Employment
| Software Engineer |
June 2001 - present |
| IBM, Hursley |
- Working for the Java Technology Centre
- Worked on Apache Harmony project became committer and
Apache Member.
- Systems administration for the development environment,
including subversion, CVS, Apache httpd, Apache Tomcat,
Hudson CI.
|
| Software Engineer |
March 2000 - May 2001 |
| Marconi Communications, Wallisdown Road, Poole |
- Developed ATM networking code in C and PowerPC assembly
language for the pSOS operating system. The development
environment uses Solaris and NT.
- Systems administration for the Solaris development environment,
including performance monitoring, the CVS revision control
system, user administration (NIS+), samba and apache.
- Due to my experience with Linux, I am providing significant
guidance to a project group beginning development using Linux
for an embedded system.
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| Senior Computer Officer |
September 1996 - February 2000 |
| Computing Services, University of Bath |
- Team leader for the "Systems Group"
- Systems administration of Solaris, Linux, Irix and OpenBSD
servers.
- Authentication services, using kerberos4 and kerberos5, for
several thousand users.
- Mail services using exim, qmail, MMDF-II, PP, Cyrus and
sendmail.
- Web services using Apache httpd (with mod_ssl, mod_php, mod_perl
and zope) and boa.
- Proxy and web caching services using socks5, TIS firewall
toolkit, and squid.
- Local area network of Fore ATM equipment and 3Com switches.
- Wide area network of Cisco ATM equipment including maintaining
Cisco access lists for the main campus firewall router.
- Network intrusion detection using snort and argus.
- I was able to significantly improve the stability of the
services by developing tools (using Perl, C, expect, tcl/tk,
Perl/tk, RCS and make) for pro-active monitoring of services.
- I had a keen interest in security and was frequently called
upon to assist other departments in dealing with security
incidents and in recommending improvements to security
procedures.
- I was contacted for advice by colleagues at other universities,
by companies, and by the police.
- I was invited to speak at a JANET Security Workshop.
- I was a member of a steering group for several JANET
security-related projects.
- I had a major rôle in several large projects including
the connection to the Bristol and West of England Metropolitan
Area Network (BWEMAN) and the design and implementation of the
networking and systems (Linux) infrastructure for the
University of Swindon and Wiltshire Project.
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| Part-time Computing Support Assistant |
October 1995 - August 1996 |
| School of Mathematics, University of Bath |
- Systems administration for servers running Solaris, Irix, AIX,
and HP/UX.
- Development of scripts using m4 and Perl.
- Help desk system using MMDF and MH mail system.
|
| Part-time Computing Support Assistant |
June 1995 - November 1995 |
| Computing Services, University of Bath |
- Dealing directly with users solving their problems with
application on Unix and Windows platforms.
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| Part-time Teaching Assistant |
October 1994 - December 1995 |
| School of Mathematics, University of Bath |
- Teaching 68000 assembly language to undergraduate students.
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| Computer Programmer |
June 1994 - September 1994 |
| Intera Information Technology Henley-on-Thames |
- Designing and implementing classes to support
graph drawing using C++ under Windows.
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Experience
My time as a student provided me with an excellent opportunity
to become familiar with Unix (particularly Linux, OpenBSD, SunOS
and Solaris). While I was taught a number of languages (such as C,
C++, PROLOG, LISP variants, and Assembler), I found it natural to
take advantage of Unix tools such as make, RCS, CVS, sed, awk,
Perl, tcl/tk, expect, etc.
While working as a Computer Officer at the University of Bath,
my main areas of responsibility initially included mail services, web
services, DNS services, and general administration of several Unix
servers. These servers were used by several thousand active users,
with differing requirements. I enjoyed the challenge of trying to
meet them. I quickly proposed and subsequently implemented a number
of significant improvements to the services for which I was
responsible.
I took a keen interest in a number of additional areas and quickly
took on responsibility for networking, including extending the campus
ATM network (using Fore ATM equipment). I took a particular
interest in security, of both networks and systems.
References
Details of referees are available on request.