Robert Dubinski
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Summary
Cross-platform engineer with more than nine years of experience working in systems administration, software quality control and task automation in UNIX, Linux, and Windows environments. Experienced with heterogeneous platforms including Sun Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, RedHat Enterprise and SuSE Enterprise Linux. Proficient in Perl and Shell scripts. Self-starter committed to providing the highest level of support to both end-users and product development. Enthusiastic fast learner continuously improving skills.
Professional Experience
NetIQ, San Jose, California / November 2001 - PresentSenior Quality Engineer
Perform cross-platform testing and quality assurance for the flagship AppManager product.
· Serve as lead tester for the AppManager agent on Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, and AIX platforms.
· Write test plans and test cases from engineering specs for new features in a given product cycle.
· Employ a phased-testing approach through acceptance, functional, system, and regression cycles.
· Utilize the TeamTrack tool for defect reporting, and the Test Director tool for test case storage.
· Create helper programs in Perl and other languages to aid automation of testing tasks.
· Interact with developers, technical writers, and project leads and managers at all stages of the project.
· Validate final deliverable and packaging of product to ensure correctness.
· Train new and existing employees on UNIX and Linux.
Senior System and Network Administrator
Consulted as a UNIX & Linux technologist at San Francisco Bay Area firms.
· Subcontracted to Space Systems / Loral (SS/L) via Lockheed as a UNIX systems administrator.
· Maintained the Solaris systems of the 24/7 mission-control rooms at SS/L during satellite deployments.
· Mentored a junior-level UNIX system administrator while at SS/L.
· Contracted to Silicon Perspective (SP), providing Linux system administration for internal staff.
· Developed needed web apps while at SP, utilizing the Linux + Apache + MySQL + Perl approach.
· Instructed a half-year class on the Perl scripting language at TAOS headquarters.
Computer Systems Technician
Served as the sole technical administrator for the Department of Math, Statistics and Computer Science.
· Provided complete service of the 1000+ user, 250+ machine environment.
· Supported a heterogeneous mix of Solaris, Linux, MS Windows, and Mac platforms.
· Programmed numerous task automation systems in Perl, Shell script, C, and PHP languages.
· Developed a custom, embedded Linux solution to improve poor-performing Sun JavaStation thin-clients. This Linux solution saved the department from prematurely replacing the machines. When finally retired in 2003, the improved Linux-powered systems had served faithfully for 7 years.
Education
· Marquette University, Master’s Degree, Math, Statistics and Computer Science
· Marquette University, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science
Applied Skills
Platforms & Operating Systems· Sun Solaris 2.5 - 10
· RedHat Linux 4.x - 9.x
· RedHat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 2.1 - 4
· SUSE Enterprise Linux 8 - 9
· Numerous other Linux distributions
· HP-UX 11.00 - 11.23 (11i v2)
· AIX 4.3 through 5.3 (5L rev3)
· MS Windows 3.x, 95, NT, 2K, XP, 2K3
Languages & Data Representation
· Perl, Shell (bourne, ksh, BASH), PHP
· C, C++, Java
· HTML, XML, SQL, Perl/DBI
Protocols & Services Administered
· SMTP, HTTP, NFS
· DNS, NIS (YP), NIS+
· DHCP, BOOTP, TFTP, RARP, ARP
· SSH, NNTP, IPP, NTP
Database Engines & Volume Management
· MS-SQL, MySQL, Sybase, Oracle
· Solstice DiskSuite, Veritas, Linux LVM
Software Test Tools
· Mercury Interactive Test Director 8
· TeamShare TeamTrack 5.8
Publications
· Robert Dubinski, Linux on the Sun JavaStation-HOWTO, Linux Documentation Project (http://www.tldp.org), 2000