RHODORA RICAFRENTE-BORLAS
Mandaluyong City 1552
Philippines
Email
Address: rai@ricafrente.com
Summary: A Red Hat Certified Linux Engineer with
a penchant for travelling the world and discovering food. A blogger and amateur
photographer every now and then but most of the time, a Unix System
Administrator who plans of starting an independent animal shelter for abandoned
cats and dogs.
System
Administration Skills
System
Administration:
- Fedora/Red Hat/CentOS
Linux
- SUSE
- AIX
Service Administration:
- Apache, MySQL,
PHP, SSH, BIND, Postfix/Sendmail, Squid, MRTG, DHCP,
FTP, IPTABLES,
Scripting:
- Bash, Perl, PHP
Professional
Certification
Red
Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
– Certificate Number: 805008627634893
Work
Experience
UNIX System Administrator - OIST Department (2009 - Present)
Asian Development Bank, 6 ADB Avenue,
Mandaluyong City
Main
responsibilities include setup, hardening, maintenance and monitoring of
Linux/AIX servers.
·
Handles
the deployment of server monitoring tool using Nagios.
·
Currently
deploying the department monitoring dashboard using Nagios and Nagvis.
·
Worked
with the SWIFT Virtual Printer project that aims to conserve paper by
converting SWIFT messages to a PDF file.
·
Research,
testing and rollout of updates and patches on development, staging and
production servers.
·
Coordination
with other IT teams during maintenance activities.
Linux System Administrator II - IT Department (2005
– 2009)
US Auto Parts Network Inc., Pasig Office, 6F RCC
Center 104 Shaw Blvd.,
Main
responsibilities include setup, securing, maintenance and monitoring of Linux
(Red Hat, Fedora and CentOS variants) production and
development web, database and email servers and ensuring that maximum uptime is
achieved by taking necessary actions to prevent downtimes.
Other key
performance areas include:
·
Setup,
securing, deployment and monitoring of company e-commerce and static sites in coordination
with the development team.
·
Maintenance
of SSL certificates and domain name registration, network connections between
servers.
·
Coordination
with data centers that house company’s servers in making sure that hardware are
in optimum performance level.
·
Development
and implementation of server backup scripts in Perl or Bash for monitoring
systems and task automation.
·
Research,
testing and rollout of updates and patches to production servers.
Technical Support Engineer - IT Department (2003
– 2005)
Intl. Family Food Services
Inc. (Shakey’s), AFP-RSBS Industrial Park, Taguig City
·
Received
commendation from Franchise and Business Development Department.
·
Performs
setup, implementation and maintenance of Linux servers for ShakeysPizza.ph
domain (Email and proxy server).
·
Provided
over-the-phone and on-site technical support by installing/troubleshooting
personal computers and laptops, dial-up configuration and LAN setup
(Restaurants and Head Office).
·
Handles
store sales checking and uploading and user assistance in accessing datawarehouse.
Applications Support Engineer - IT
Technical Services, Contractual Employment (March 2003 – August 2003)
SMART Communications Inc. 11/F
·
Provided
over-the-phone and email support for SMART employees nationwide in their
concerns regarding installation, configuration, troubleshooting and/or repair
of workstations and notebooks.
·
Coordinated
with the other IT groups for transferring and updating of job orders and
reports.
Trainings
and Seminars
Character
References
1.Roy Gerard Warren
Peña
Product Support Engineer –
Link2Support (Libis,
2. Jay de Vera
Network Support Engineer – Sykes Asia
Inc. (