Benjamin Scott
Summary
IT generalist with an extremely broad range of experience, a passion for building the right technology solutions, and capable of writing code and/or documentation.
Technical Knowledge
Highlights: MS Win 3.x-11, Linux, Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu, Sendmail, Postfix, Samba, Apache, IPTables, OpenVPN, Active Directory, Group Policy, RDP, Exchange, Hyper-V, VMware ESXi/vCenter/vSAN, C/C++, Bash shell, Perl, PowerShell, Java, SQL, Python, VoIP, VLAN, IPsec, DHCP, ISC Kea, DNS, BIND named, SSL, X.509, SMTP, POP, IMAP, HTTP, HTML, CSS, Wireshark, Fortinet, ZFS, Git, GitLab
See http://www.nhben.com/resume/things/ for a comprehensive list.
Work Experience
Support Engineer — Internet Systems Corporation — 2024 December to present
- Analyze, investigate, and resolve customer requests
- Test, simulate, reproduce, and document scenarios and issues
- Documentation for both internal and external audiences
- Develop or assist in development of software and internal tools
System Administrator — Safran Aerospace — 2023 Feb to 2024 August
- Contributed in all areas of site IT operations
- Linux+ZFS-based petabyte storage solution, saving $400K to $900K
- New VMware ESXi+vSAN cluster with dedicated switches and firewalls
- Implemented site-wide centralized logging and config backup
- Took over management of physical security infrastructure (ACS/CCTV/NVR)
- Extensive documentation, records, and organizational improvements
IT Manager / ISSM — ARC Technologies — 2005 March to 2021 Sep
- Scale IT with company growth, from 35 to 200+ employees, 3 IT staff, 6 buildings, 2 sites
- Windows NT 4, 2000, 2003, 2012, and 2016; built to 10 physical servers, 20+ VMs, and an IP SAN
- Firewalls, VPN, RDP, switches, VLANs, VoIP, building security, CNC machines, measurement instruments
- Plan, design, implement, and maintain very-high-security stand-alone computer systems
Systems Engineer — Net Technologies, Inc. — 2000 Feb to 2005 Feb
Technologist — Hampton Systems Group — 1998 Feb to 1999 July
Quality Test Technician — Cabletron Systems — 1997 Sep to 1997 Dec
Jr. System Administrator — UNH Space Science Center — 1996 April to 1997 Sep
Formal Education / Certifications
- CompTIA Security+ — 2021 September (current)
- ISC² SSCP — 2015 July to 2021 July
- Amateur radio license — KC1GKN, General class, 2016 September 25
- US DoD SECRET Security Clearance — 2006 January
- University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH) — 1995 September to 1997 June
- Sanborn Regional High School (Kingston, NH) — Graduated 1995