Jack O'Sullivan

IT Specialist

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About Me

With nearly a decade of experience, I am an IT consultant with expertise Cloud, DevOps, Platforms, and Linux systems.

Industries I have worked in include:

  • Software Development
  • Data Center
  • Cyber Security
  • Intelligence

My work has involved both public and private sector clients.

Experience

IT Consultant

Naimuri

June 2022 - July 2023

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Systems Administrator

Secarma

August 2018 - January 2022

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Linux Engineer

UKFast

February 2016 - August 2018

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Junior DevOps Engineer

Bright Future Software

July 2013 - February 2016

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Projects

AWS > Elastic Beanstalk

Identilid

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I developed a series of scripts to ensure that this project works in Elastic Beanstalk. I also created and configured the Elastic Beanstalk for the client.

Cloud Migration

Optimed

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I provided assistance in migrating their existing services to a cloud-based infrastructure as well as providing assistance to development teams on the server-side component of a new product. I also conducted extensive research to find the best cloud-based solution to rendering video.

Web Development

Ostara Biomedical

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I helped develop a responsive static website for a biomedical company.

Web Development > WordPress

Bright Future Software

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I co-developed a WordPress theme which is used as the public facing website at Bright Future Software. I also setup and configured the hosting for the website on AWS.

AWS > Elastic Beanstalk

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My involvement on this project was to develop a series of scripts that ensure the software we were developing could work in a load-balanced, auto-scaling environment configuration, specifically Elastic Beanstalk.

Education

Rochdale Sixth Form College

2011 - 2013

Wardle High School

2006 - 2011

Software I Use

Operating System > Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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I have utilised RHEL and a number of it's derivatives such as CentOS, Fedora, and Oracle Linux in both a personal and professional capacity.

Operating System > Linux

Ubuntu

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I have utilised Ubuntu, primarily as a server operating system, but also as a desktop operating system.

Terminal

BASH

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BASH is the primary terminal I use, and I am very competent at bash scripting for automation.

Clustering

Pacemaker

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I have built a number of active-passive clusters on bare-metal utilising Pacemaker and corosync which have been utilised extensively in production environments.

Database

Percona

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Percona is a database software tool built on top of MySQL and PostgreSQL which features advanced tools for backups, high availability, and monitoring.

Backup

Bacula

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I have operated and maintained large-scale backup solutions built on top of Bacula, a major open-source backup solution.

Web Server

Nginx

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Nginx is one of the most popular web server solutions in the world. I have built multiple solutions utilising Nginx to power websites, load balancers, and Web Application Firewalls.

Security

NAXSI

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NAXSI is a web application firewall which integrates into Nginx. I have build custom configuration for a number of different websites to protect against cross site scripting and SQL injection.

Web Server

Plesk

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Plesk is a control panel for hosting websites. I have installed, managed, and maintained a large number of Plesk instances.

Web Server

cPanel

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cPanel is a control panel for hosting websites. I have installed, managed, and maintained a large number of cPanel instances.

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