Lewis Hoffman+Resume+skills

Web Development in Ruby on Rails and Perl


  • problem analysis, database design, application design
  • thorough knowledge of available frameworks and libraries (Rails, Ruby Gems, Mason, Catalyst, CPAN)
  • Web 2.0 interface design and implementation: AJAX, Javascript, CSS
  • revision control and release management in CVS, Subversion and Darcs
  • experience programming Javascript, PHP, Python, Java, C, C++, Lisp, Haskell, Latex, Bash, Visual Basic

Web Services Development in Ruby and Perl


  • design REST, SOAP, or XML-RPC services
  • develop and use XSD and WSDL definitions
  • implement clients and servers

Database Administration: Posgresql and Mysql


  • installation, maintenance, and upgrades
  • performance analysis and optimization at system and application level
  • views, triggers and stored procedures in several languages
  • some experience with Oracle

System Administration: Debian GNU/Linux


  • system requirements analysis
  • hardware, OS and kernel install of server-class systems: 64-bit, multi-processor, high memory, SCSI and SATA software and hardware RAID.
  • web servers and proxies (Apache, Lighttpd, Squid), mail (Exim4), DNS (Bind)
  • security: chroot jails, firewalls (iptables), network & filesystem monitoring
  • shell scripting; backup/restore, system maintenance and monitoring
  • some experience with Red Hat? Linux, BSD, Sun/Solaris, SGI/Irix

Interpersonal


  • excellent written & verbal communication skills
  • calm, centered presence contributes to focused teamwork
  • open, patient, and compassionate in interactions with others