Passionate about Linux and open source technologies. Started out as a software developer and migrated into systems administration. Interested in DevOps and actively creating tools and deploying technologies around Puppet, Vagrant, and Docker.

Senior Systems Administrator @ Project lead for Zenoss monitoring system - Performs all work necessary to deploy and maintain the service and assist customers with their monitoring needs. Optimize default thresholds for alerting. Advises team members and provides documentation on system usage. Principal contributor to Puppet automation - Generates tools and best practices for Puppet code development, documentation and workflow. Provides expertise in Puppet development knowledge to other admins. Created a DevOps initiative using Vagrant and Puppet to allow system administrators and application developers to create local development environments that reflect production. Design and implement processes for OS patching and OS provisioning. Continuously improve the operational standards for deploying, patching, and configuring systems. Primary administrator for Middleware Development team - Provide excellent customer service in ensuring the stability of various critical campus services. Analyze complex system problems and provide recommendations to improve performance. Virtual Services team - Help provision virtual servers and act as a resource for other admins on virtual services issues. Deploy cloud servers that integrate with management tools back on campus. From July 2011 to Present (4 years 6 months) Austin, Texas AreaUnix System Administrator @ Install and maintain Xymon and Zabbix monitoring systems. Continuously improve system checks and alerts. Respond to alerts 24x7. Manage load balancers and firewalls utilizing Ultra Monkey and iptables. Configure and maintain Linux application servers running Apache and database servers running MySQL. MySQL database monitoring, replication, optimization, and backups. Remotely install, upgrade, configure and maintain Linux hosts and document all processes. From 2006 to 2011 (5 years) Unix System Administrator @ Configure and maintain internal and external Linux network services: email, DNS, firewall, web servers running Linux, Apache, MySQL, and Perl. LAMP application development utilizing Perl, HTML, CSS, and SQL. Design and implement backup and disaster recovery procedures. Monitor and upgrade security, system, and network performance. Administer Juniper Netscreen VPNs for customers and employee branches. Analyze and resolve problems with servers and application software. From 2000 to 2006 (6 years)

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Information Systems, 3.78 @ Westfield State College From 1997 to 2000 Computer Science @ University of Massachusetts, Amherst From 1995 to 1997 David Chouinard is skilled in: Red Hat Linux, Puppet Automation Software, Zenoss Monitoring System, Bash Scripting, DevOps