Daniel Kulinski
Objective
Working collaboratively to build and maintain a Linux environment utilizing industry best practices.
Skills
- Linux
- Linux containerization via Docker and docker-machine
- Configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Terraform)
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3,4,5,6,7 and 8 including Oracle Linux
- Ubuntu 8.04LTS through 22.04
- Debian 1.0 Hamm through 9.0 Stretch
- Cluster setup and maintenance via xCAT
- Clustered storage using Panasas, Gluster, GPFS or Lustre
- RHEL Virtualization
- RHEL High Availability Services
- Amazon Web Services (EC2, RDS, IAM, VPC, security groups)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Shapes, Policies, Storage, Network)
- Programming
- Shell scripting in bash, csh, ksh, sed and awk
- Python
- Windows
- Windows Small Business Server 2008
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7
- Networking
- IPv4
- VPN: OpenVPN, IPSec
- Firewalls (SonicWALL, iptables)
- Network switching, subnetting, vlans and design
- Wireshark, tcpdump and netcat
- Applications
- Apache 1.X and 2.2
- MySQL 4.x and 5.x
- PostgreSQL 7.x, 8.x and 9.x
- MS Office (Word and Excel)
- xCAT 1.2 through 2.8
- VMWare Desktop virtualization
- libvirt integration on RHEL
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Jenkins
- Gitlab
Work History
Oracle Inc. - Oracle Advertising
2016-present
Senior Manager
- Collaborate in an Agile environment to manage and maintain core infrastructure for Oracle Data Cloud
- Deploy, troubleshoot and maintain Linux systems utilizing Terraform and Puppet on Amazon Web Services
- Monitor and support Qubole Hadoop application on Amazon Web Services and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Create scripts to poll APIs for usage statics and report to management
- Design and deploy Linux systems management software
- Deploy applications in a containerized architecture (Mesos/Marathon)
- Support and maintain storage appliances (Oracle ZFS Appliance)
- Work closely with teams across the globe.
- Document and peer review procedures
- Managed a global team and provide 5x21 support
Global Geophysical Inc.
2008-2016
Director of HPC Operations
- Managed a team of 5 administrators
- Deploy, troubleshoot and maintain Linux HPC clusters in the US, South America and Canada
- Architect and deploy tape center for Houston HPC center
- Architect and deploy high availability virtualization platform based on Red Hat technology
- Architect, deploy and maintain HPC center to remote office in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- Manage backup and disaster recovery for all offices
- Manage and deploy SonicWALL VPN and firewall appliances
- Support users in all offices including Rio, Dallas, Houston and Poland.
- Support remote access technology such as Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), No Machine (NX) for Linux desktop use, VNC and ThinAnywhere.
- Designed and implemented a batch queueing system for the HPC clusters, including monitoring in a near realtime basis
Ion Geophysical Inc.
2000-2008
Systems Administrator
- Managed Linux deployment and maintenance on HPC system
- Managed Linux and Solaris desktops
- Maintained CVS repository for developer team
- Designed and deployed multifloor network including VLANs and IP routing
- Designed and deployed SonicWall PRO series firewall
Education
Metropolitan State College of Denver
1997-2007
- Studied towards a major in Computer Science