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