For an updated version of this resume, please visit < rel=stylesheet href=" type="text/css">

Stefan Wessels
Web Architect, Linux Administrator, NT Administrator / Linux | Microsoft | Web Design | WAN | Websites | References
General / Name
Stefan A P Wessels
Date of Birth
1979/01/18
Current Occupation
Web Architect, Linux Administrator, NT Administrator, Internext Interactive, Johannesburg
Education
B Average with Academic Certificate - Universitas Primary, Bloemfontein
C Average with Academic Achievement and University Exemption. - Grey College High, Bloemfontein
B.Sc. Comp - University of the Freestate (unfinished - current employment offered during studies)
Languages
English - read/write/speak
Afrikaans - read/write/speak
German - read
Contact

Linux

Slackware / Experience
  • 2+ Years Experience setting up, configuring, maintaining, troubleshooting and recovering multiple Linux installations kernels 1.2.8 - 2.2.6
  • Extensive Slackware, Debian and Redhat experience Installation on IDE, SCSI and PCMCIA based hardware
  • Remote configuration and administration.
  • Security updating, patches and recompiling kernels when necessary.
  • Setting up IP Aliasing, IP Forwarding, Firewalling, Masquerading.
  • Use of Linux Extended filing system and UMSDOS.
  • Setting up serial line communications and routing.
  • Emergency recovery procedures, with minimum amounts of down time.

Sendmail / Experience
  • 2+ Years Experience setting up, configuring, maintaining and recovering multiple Sendmail versions 8.6 up to the newest 8.9.
  • Spam prevention and security aspects.
  • Virtual hosting on multiple multi-domain masquerading servers.
  • Administrating accounts and permissions for over 400 accounts.
  • Usage and resource control.
  • Emergency recovery procedures, with minimum amounts of down time.

DNS / Experience
Setting up and maintaining over a thousand IP's ranging four class C networks.
  • Setting up and registering over a hundred co.za and .com domains
  • Maintaining, upgrading and setting up of primary and secondary domain servers using all flavours of BIND.
  • Setting up correct reverse lookup for all IP's in our range.

Firewalling / Experience
Set-up and installation of Linux Firewall for:
  • Internext Interactive, Head Office, Johannesburg
  • Harmony Gold Mines, Virginia. Harmony Gold Mines Head Office, Johannesburg.
  • Evander Gold Mines Head Office, Evander.

Masquerading / Experience
Set-up and installation of IP Masquerading for:
  • Internext Interactive, Head Office, Johannesburg
  • Harmony Gold Mines, Virginia.
  • Harmony Gold Mines Head Office, Johannesburg.
  • Evander Gold Mines Head Office, Evander.
  • Neumann van Rooyen Attorneys, Head Office, Welkom.
  • St Dominics Primary School, Welkom.
  • St Dominics Secondary School, Welkom.

Proxy / Experience
Set-up and installation of Squid Proxy for:
  • Internext Interactive Head Office, Johannesburg
  • Harmony Gold Mines Head Office, Johannesburg
  • St Dominics Primary School, Welkom
  • St Dominics Secondary School, Welkom.

Microsoft
Windows 95/98 / Experience
2+ years dial-up networking, Windows95 support.
  • Set-up and installation of 25 mobile workstations with distributed internet access and networking.
  • Set-up of 10 workstations with distributed internet access, file sharing and networking
  • Set-up and installation of over 50 networked Windows95/98 machines for inter-office, service orientated purposes.

NT Workstation /

Experience

  • Set-up and installation of over 20 Windows NT Workstation machines for work related purposes. Setting up of security, roaming profiles, remote access and distributed internet access of 15 networked NT Workstations, TC Design Head Office, Johannesburg.
  • Setting up of security, networking and internet connectivity for 10 NT Workstations, SARCDA Head Office, Johannesburg.
  • Setting up of security, networking and internet connectivity for 3 NT Workstations, Internext Interactive Head Office, Johannesburg.

NT Server / Experience
Set-up and installation:
  • Primary Domain Controller, IP Routing/Forwarding, IIS3, FTP, Exchange5.5, Proxy 2 - McDonalds South Africa Head Office, Johannesburg
  • IIS3, FTP - CQI Head Office, Johannesburg
  • Primary Domain Controller, RAS, File serving - TC Design Head Office, Johannesburg
  • Primary Domain Controller, SQL - Internext Interactive Head Office, Johannesburg
  • IIS4, FTP, File serving, Site Server - Internext Interactive Head Office, Johannesburg

IIS3/4 / Experience
Set-up of primary web-server:
  • Handling private intranet and internet, using IIS4 - McDonald's South Africa Head Office, Johannesburg
  • Handling over 100 web sites, using IIS4 with virtual hosting on one IP - Internext Interactive Head Office, Johannesburg
  • Handling private intranet, using IIS3 with ASP - CQI Head Office, Johannesburg

Site Server / Experience
Set-up, creation and generation of usage reports and site tracking using IIS Extended logging. Set-up and implementation of MS Postage Acceptor.
Exchange 5.0/5.5 / Experience
Set-up of primary Exchange-server:
Handling over 500 accounts with web-accessible mailboxes, relaying restrictions, dynamic address books, mail restrictions, internal newsgroups.
Also backup services, maintenance and optimisation, monitoring and year 2000 compliance. - McDonald's South Africa, Head Office
Consultation:
Set-up of anti-relaying measures and security - Senwes Head Office, Kroonstad
Disaster Recovery:
  • Private and Public Information Store Database Corruption caused by hardware failure - McDonald's South Africa, Head Office, Johannesburg MTA
  • Stack Database Corruption caused by UPS Failure - McDonald's South Africa Head Office, Johannesburg
  • Exchange server core corruption caused by hardware failure - Evander Gold Mines Head Office, Evander.

Proxy 2 / Experience
Set-up of minimal port masquerading Proxy, serving 192.168.0.0/24 workstations - McDonald's South Africa Head Office, Johannesburg
RAS / Experience
Set-up of RAS services for field operatives - TC Design Head Office, Johannesburg
Web Design
ASP / Experience
  • 1+ years Database Connectivity using SQL 6.5/7, MS Access and any ODBC compliant database (including Oracle, MySQL)
  • Design, creation and set-up of various relational databases
  • Dynamic text generation and content

HTML / Experience
  • 3+ years HTML 2.3 - 4.0
  • Presented courses in HTML
  • Wrote bimonthly article for national news publication on webdesign.
Applications
  • Allaire Homesite 4
  • Microsoft Frontpage (All Versions)
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver 2

DHTML / Experience
  • 1+ years Style Sheets
  • 1+ years SSI
  • 6+ months Layering
  • 6+ months Incorporating elements of JavaScript, VBScript and server side ASP.

JavaScript / Experience
2+ years JavaScript 1.1-1.4
VBScript / Experience
1+ years VBScript current version
Adobe / Experience
  • 2+ years Photoshop 4-5.5
  • 1+ years ImageReady 2
  • 1+ years Illustrator 7-8
  • 1+ years Dimensions

Macromedia / Experience
  • 1+ years Freehand 5-8
  • 1+ years Fireworks 1-2
  • 1+ years Flash 3-4

3D Max / Experience
1+ years 3D Studio - 3D Max 2.5
WAN
TCP/IP / Experience
2+ years TCP/IP set-up, support, configuration, troubleshooting and optimisation with MS Lanman, Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows NT Workstation, Windows NT Server and Linux.
Routing / Experience
  • 1+ year routing configuration Routing layout for mutli-peered WAN - McDonalds South Africa, Johannesburg
  • Routing layout for mutli-peered WAN - Evander Gold Mines, Evander Routing layout for mutli-peered WAN - CQI Head Office, Johannesburg

Serial Lines / Experience
  • Setting up 56k throttled CSLIP connection between Internext Welkom and Neuman van Rooyen Attorneys, Welkom
  • Setting up 64k throttled CSLIP connection between Internext Welkom and Welkom Internet Cafe

Leased Lines /

Experience

  • Setting up connection between Internext Welkom and St Dominic's Primary
  • Setting up connection between Internext Welkom and St Dominic’s Secondary
  • Maintaining connection between Internext Welkom and St Andrews Secondary
  • Maintaining connection between Internext Welkom and Welkom High

Digital Lines / Experience
  • Setting up connection between Internext Johannesburg and Evander Head Office using Cisco 2501 and Cisco 1601 respectively.
  • Setting up connection between Internext Welkom and Harmony Gold Mines, Virginia Office using Cisco 2501 and Livingstone Portmaster respectively.

Cisco /

Experience

  • Cisco 1601, configuring WAN & LAN interfaces, Static Routing - Evander Gold Mines Head Office, Evander
  • Cisco 2501, modifying and updating routing tables, SNMP Configuration - Internext Interactive, Welkom
  • Cisco 2501, configuring WAN & LAN interfaces, modifying and updating routing tables, SNMP configuration - Internext Interactive, Johannesburg
  • Cisco 1601, configuring WAN & LAN interfaces, modifying and updating routing tables - McDonalds South Africa Head Office, Johannesburg
  • Cisco 1601, configuring WAN & LAN interfaces, modifying and updating routing tables - CQI Head Office, Johannesburg

Bay Networks / Experience
  • Nautilus Clam, WAN, LAN, PPP-Encapsulation, Static Routing - Evander Gold Mines Head Office, Evander

Livingstone / Experience
  • Livinstone Portmaster, WAN, LAN, PPP-Encapsulation. Static Routing - Harmony Gold Mines, Virginia
  • Livigstone Portmaster, WAN, LAN, PPP-Encapsulation. Static Routing – Harmony Head Offices, Johannesburg

Websites
Websites
Completed
or
Under
Construction / Please note these websites are in alphabetical order:
african-products.co.za
barbourthorne.co.za
curiosfromafrica.co.za
dance.co.za
ddw.co.za
fetishmusic.co.za
freezecor.co.za
habitat.org.za
handicraft.co.za
harmony.co.za
internext.co.za
lectromac.co.za
lioncom.co.za
neumannvanrooyen.co.za
rhaddock.co.za
sarcda.co.za
zulucraft.co.za
shisas.co.za/hedgehog
References
Pieter Hugo
CEO – Internext Interactive, Johannesburg
Stefan Schoeman
Technical Head - Internext Interactive, Johannesburg
Kevin Mansfield
Marketing Manager - Internext Interactive, Johannesburg
Yvette Muller
Manager – Marques Systems, Welkom
Nick Lewis
Systems Administrator - McDonald's South Africa
Top | Linux | Microsoft | Web Design | WAN | Websites | References