NYC Unix Gig

Req.#: 14955
Job Title: SME,Infrastructure QA/Controls Job Type: Consulting
Duration: 4 months Business: Education/University
Location: New York, NY

Project Description:
Our direct client has an opening for the SME of Infrastructure Quality Assurance/Controls position reporting into the AVP of Internal IT Controls. The position will be responsible for day to day monitoring to ensure that the company's central IT infrastructure operation complies with its policies, procedures, and standards defined for various technology platforms. 

More specifically, the responsibilities are as follows:
Ensure ongoing monitoring for adherence to Standard Operating Environment procedures for Operating Systems, Middleware, Web Infrastructure and Databases.
Review and provide input into the design of Standard Operating Environment procedures.
Function as a source of knowledge on IT infrastructure and IT infrastructure quality assurance standards; build relationships with internal teams and external providers.
Foster progressive improvement IT infrastructure Standard Operating Environments in conjunction with quality assurance best practices.
Facilitate improvement of the IT infrastructure Change Management and Configuration methodology.
Regularly perform reviews of Change and Configuration Management processes for IT infrastructure components to validate compliance. Document non-compliance and escalate as appropriate.
Periodically perform reviews of provisioning and deprovisioning of privileged user ids.
Keep current with security trends in the IT infrastructure area (through the Security Team and other methods) and identify steps needed in order to stay current.
Ensure that core infrastructure components have fundamental documentation (architecture diagrams, configuration specifics, design documents etc.).
Ensure that key roles are documented for each infrastructure service area and that the segregation of roles is in place.
Review efforts to remediate access to sensitive data within the IT infrastructure.
Ensure that each IT Infrastructure area is in compliance with established standards.
Assist the infrastructure team with audit preparation and support, conduct pre-audits.
Ensure that estimation/resource utilization methodology is in place for all infrastructure components and that it is consistent across different infrastructure areas within company.
Work with appropriate counterparts to assist with planning for and implementation of agreed ITIL processes.

Minimum qualifications:

5+ years of IT infrastructure management experience. 
10+ years of hands on IT infrastructure experience 
Excellent communication and relationship management skills. 
Expert ability to analyze and interpret technical data. 
Experience with complex systems integration. 
Experience working with a culturally diverse team. 

Preferred qualifications:

In depth knowledge of Operating Systems (e.g. Linux, Solaris), Middleware (e.g. Tomcat, Apache, Web Logic), Databases (e.g. Oracle, Sybase) 
Demonstrated IT architecture experience
Demonstrated IT Infrastructure quality assurance experience
ITIL experience.

Required Skills:
5 years of IT Infrastructure management experience,
10+ years of hands on IT infrastructure experience,
Excellent communication & relationship mgmt skills,
Expert ability to analyze and interpret tech. data,
Experience with complex systems integration,
Experience working with a culturally diverse team.

Optional Skills:
Demonstrated IT Architecture experience,
Demonstrated IT Infrastructure Quality Assurance,
ITIL experience,
Knowledge of Operating Systems- Linux, Solaris,
Knowledge of Middleware- Tomcat, Apache, Web Logic,
Knowledge of Databases- Oracle, Sybase
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Email: tonyd@designstrategy.com

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Need a 4TB Drive? For $139 External?

This is in the BUY BUY BUY category!

Inexpensive USB 3.0 Drive

This is a logical next review after Is an expensive Thunderbolt drive worth it?

The $139 2 TB USB 3.0 Portable drive (MacBook Pro styled)

When I bought the "Expensive Thunderbolt drive" I looked for some reviews to validate my choice. All the reviews were good, none did a speed comparison between thunderbolt & USB 3.0

I compared speed & found that I paid double for a drive that had a thunderbolt connector, that gave no speed benefit

The $139 2 TB USB 3.0 Portable drive (MacBook Pro styled)

Compared to

With a lesser speed showing

The bottom line, if you have a MAC laptop, need some extra storage, get this!

Spammed by LinkedIn? We fix that NOW!

I am currently between contracts, so I worked on my LinkedIn Profile

It imported all my gmail contacts, good right? NFW!!!

No I am getting mad spam!

This is ruining my signal to noise ratio on my e-mail!

The answer I was hoping to opt out at the bottom of the e-mail. NO! :(

Opt out from their settings? Maybe not either!

I tried this: Here's How To Get Rid Of All Those Annoying Emails LinkedIn Sends You

I want some e-mails, but not to opt out of all of them, so lets DIY!

In the top right of your gmail page... ...click settings

Select Filters

Create New

Add this search criteria: from:(connections@linkedin.com) See what has been up to

Select actions like move to trash

Click continue and you are done!

Hacking the Belkin F5D7230-4

Problem: I have a new contracting assignment, new shared living space, want to have my pogo plug and other wired ethernet devices connected to the net.

Constraint: I do not want to run wires.

Solution: Flash the firmware with an image from www.dd-wrt.com

There is a lot of information on the site for the Belkin routers. Here is their instructions: http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/TFTP_Flashing_a_Belkin_F5D7230

What worked for me was using Win7 on my netbook and starting the TFTP as soon as releasing the reset button.

Screen Shots:

TLLTS Pogoplug Podcast

Notes from The Linux Link Tech Show Podcast

Link to the podcast:

• OGG - tllts_386-01-26-11.ogg


• MP3 - tllts_386-01-26-11.mp3


• SPEEX - tllts_386-01-26-11.spx


• CHATLOG - tllts_386-01-26-11.chatlog

Pogoplug
Pogoplug V1 (Wall Wart)

Pogoplug V2 (Pinky)

Wireless

Media

Biz


Pogoplug hardware chart from Plugapps.com


Pinky Pogoplug Internal



SSH Access


OpenPogo install


Hacking Resources



IPKG Info (not specifically Pogoplug)



SAMBA

Samba Config:

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Pogoplug Samba2 Server
hosts allow = 192.168.  127.
null passwords = yes
guest account = root
log file = /opt/var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
security = share
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /opt/etc/samba/smbpasswd
dns proxy = no
preserve case = yes

[ShareAll]
comment = Test share
path = /tmp/.cemnt
available = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0777
guest ok = yes
browseable = yes

transmission BitTorrent web & cli client


-watch-dir
-transdroid

More ipkg Apps:

lynx
clamav
openvpn
openssh
php
phpmyadmin
sqlite
transmission
bzip2
castget
cron
gzip
mysql
nano
lighttp
mediawiki
ddclient

Resources:

http://plugapps.com

http://twitter.com/plugapps

www.pogoplugged.com

http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/Packages?from=Unslung.Packages

http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/

http://martin.hinner.info/mybook/

http://lifehacker.com/5637092/turn-a-pogoplug-into-a-fully+featured-linux-web-server

Bitcoin LLTS Podcast

Why is something valuable?

1) Tough to obtain
2) limited quantities

The Dollar is Fiat money is money that has value only because of government regulation or law.

What is Bitcoin?

I call it a cryptographic currency. Wikipedia says:Bitcoin is a decentralized, peer-to-peer network that tracks and verifies transactions. Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin in 2009 and described his work in a self-published paper.[3] The term Bitcoin is also used to refer to the digital currency implementation that users transact over that network, as well as the client software which users employ to access the network and conduct transactions.

I believe that bitcoin has more value than Fiat money.
A Bitcoin takes a significant investment to make, it is not just ink on paper, it takes time, skill & money to make.

When will the last Bitcoin be generated:

In the year 2140, the final bitcoin will be generated. Once the final Bitcoin is generated, there will be a total of 21 million Bitcoins.

How is that possible?

The difficulty of the cryptographic algorithm is changed ever 2048 blocks so that a block of 50 bitcoins is solved ever 10 minutes.

How divisible are Bitcoins?

Technically, a Bitcoin can be divided down to 8 decimals using existing data structures, so 0.00000001 BTC is the smallest amount currently possible. Discussions about and ideas for ways to provide for even smaller quantities of Bitcoins may be created in the future if the need for them ever arises.

What is the total number of Bitcoins in existence?


What is the current difficulty?

Block Explorer queries

Resources:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/FAQ

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