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$20 USD / Hour
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Switzerland (5:43 AM)
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Joined on August 21, 2008
$20 USD / Hour
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Strong experience in building high-performing web solutions. My expertise covers a wide range of technologies and methods from the infrastructure to the application layer, deeply convinced by the DevOps & "move-fast" culture. Contributor to the Debian Project ([login to view URL]), maintaining some packages, member of the Debian Perl Team. Specialties: GNU/Linux expertise (Debian & derivates, RHEL), kernel internals, Web security and performance, networking, fluent in Bash/Perl/PHP, basic understanding of Ruby/Python. Designing, automating & operating web environments.
Good advise provided on UNIX configuration
Former Client (inactive)
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Professional, trustable.
Halil Ibrahim D.
@halilidemir
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ISTANBUL, Turkey
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Nice JOB. Will look fwd in future
Former Client (inactive)
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Alex was an absolutely AMAZING service provider. He went above and beyond to finish my project completely and on time. He ended up suggesting a better alternative for my issue, and implemented it with ease. He provides excellent communication and very fast response times. I cannot recommend his services more, and I will definitely use him in the future.
Russell M.
@sempron
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Los Angeles, United States
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Experience
Package Maintainer
Jul, 2008 - Present
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17 years, 4 months
Debian
Jul, 2008 - Present
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17 years, 4 months
Package maintainer, member of the Debian Perl Group
Jul, 2008 - Present
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17 years, 4 months
Internet System Administrator
May, 2011 - Nov, 2013
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2 years, 6 months
Nestlé Nespresso SA
May, 2011 - Nov, 2013
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2 years, 6 months
Maintaining, automating and improving our Web infrastructure at scale : - Automating our GNU/Linux infrastructure via Puppet (~200 servers) - Improving our Web platform, changing wheels while driving @100mph. - Developing "Patator" : our internal tool to ship patches on our Web platform multiple times a day without impacting end-users, while keeping focus on security, stability and performance. - Defining technical guidelines on highly-visible digital projects to preserve overall platform performance
May, 2011 - Nov, 2013
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2 years, 6 months
Open Source Consultant
Jul, 2008 - Apr, 2011
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2 years, 9 months
Blue Infinity
Jul, 2008 - Apr, 2011
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2 years, 9 months
Member of the OpenSource Solutions Team, acting as developer & sysadmin. System administration (mission) : - In charge of the design and implementation of a brand new Web infrastructure at scale for a large company. - Defining migration procedures to ensure 100% uptime and same level of performance during the whole process (migration between datacenters, FreeBSD to GNU/Linux, Akamai configurations, Public DNS infrastructure ...). - Providing expertise for new eCommerce integration within the new Web I
Jul, 2008 - Apr, 2011
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2 years, 9 months
Education
MsC - Development, System Administration
2003 - 2006
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3 years

France
2003 - 2006
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3 years
Qualifications
Certified Akamai Administrator (DSA)
2011
Akamai University
Increase site performance and availability via the Akamai platform, resulting in higher conversion rates. It also offers time-saving troubleshooting techniques that leverage Akamai’s Luna Control Center portal. http://www.akamai.com/html/solutions/aqua_ion_curriculum.html
2011
Publications
Puppet - Management de parc
JDLL
Speaker at "Journées du logiciel libre" (OpenSource Days) in Lyon, France on managing an infrastructure with Puppet. Slides available here : http://www.slideshare.net/adedommelin/prsentation-puppet-journes-du-logiciel-libre-2011
Certifications
Freelancer Orientation
Shell Scripting
Nginx
US English
Verifications
On time
100%
On budget
100%
Accept rate
80%