Senior Cloud & Linux Systems Administrator

A highly experienced 'old-school' Systems Administrator with 20 years in Linux Systems Administration and 6 years managing production AWS environments. Holds both AWS Solutions Architect - Professional and Associate certifications. This individual excels in deep analysis and tuning of server hardware, CPUs, storage hardware, file-systems, and optimizing network traffic flow. They also have experience in cryptography and designing systems for privacy. Their extensive technical expertise covers a broad spectrum including the AWS suite of services, various virtualization technologies (Xen, KVM, VMWare ESXi), comprehensive networking skills (TCP/IP, Cisco, Mikrotik), diverse database management (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis), robust storage solutions (NFS, Ceph, AWS S3), and advanced monitoring systems (Nagios, Zabbix, AWS Cloudwatch).