PERSONAL PARTICULARS	Name: Michael Sim Postal Address:  Withheld Withheld Email: michael@whileyouwereout.net Date of Birth: 16th November 1978 Nationality: Australian
OBJECTIVES	My experience, qualifications and goals are leaning towards a career in systems administration. Being a diverse field, I wish to have the opportunity to learn as much as possible, and in return, bring a sense of responsibility and a result orientated approach to my position.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY	September 1999 – February 2001:  John Fairfax Holdings Limited  Department: Online Operations  Role: UNIX Systems Administrator (Full-Time) Scope of Work:   Provide support for 200 developers, webmasters & staff.  Online System Monitoring in a 24 x 7 environment.  Projects include:  Building linux centralized file upload server  Write technical documentation.  Building Linux Web-Servers for Olympic coverage.   Backup Audit.  IP allocation Audit  Server Low level security audit.  Hardware Audit    Deploy new Solaris Servers.  Server re-deployment.  Installing Netscape Enterprise Server and Apache httpd  IP allocation management.  Shell Scripting as needed.   Ensure backups are reliable and to schedule.  Maintaining internal majordomo mailing lists.  Rack management / planning.  After hour support. January 1999 – July 1999:  Department of Primary Industries  Department: Information Services Centre  Role: UNIX Systems Administrator (Full-Time) Scope of Work:   Performing daily backups and restores across a variety of platforms.  Onsite support for end users.  System upgrades/rebuilds for Year 2000 Compliance.  User account maintenance.  Installing various packages, i.e. Netscape Enterprise  & Compass Server, Cosmo Create, S-Plus 5  Solaris System maintenance..  Maintaining test networks.  Provide in house support/maintenance for Silicon Graphics Indy/O2 R4000 and R5000 machines. June 1998 – July 1999 I-Netcomm Internet Service Provider Department: Systems Support  Role: Systems Administrator (Casual) Scope of Work:   Dialup Server Maintenance (Windows NT 4 Server).  Proxy Server (Linux) Administration.  HTML Coding.  Assisting customers with Internet Related Problems  Setting Up Client Machine Configurations when necessary  After Hours Support
EDUCATION BACKGROUND	2000 Completed CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Certification 1999      Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)Complete: Windows NT 4   Workstation 1998  Canberra Institute of Technology Completed Certificate 4 in Information Technology (User Support Stream) 1996 – 1997  Canberra Institute of Technology Completed Certificate 3 in information Technology (Programming Stream) 1991 – 1996  Marist College Pearce  / Tuggeranong College
Summary of Skills	I am confidently familiar with the hardware aspects of both Intel and Sun architecture Computers.  I am also proficient at troubleshooting and diagnosing both common and uncommon hardware conflicts. Familiarity with the following software packages: Microsoft Office Products, Microsoft Works 3.0, Microsoft Project 4, Netscape 3.x / 4.x, Internet Explorer 3.x / 4.x / 5.x, Frontpage 98, Apache server, Netscape Enterprise Server, MySQL, and HTML coding. Familiarity with the following Operating Systems: Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 3.1/3.11, Sun Solaris 2.5x / 2.6 / 7 / 8, Silicon Graphics IRIX 5.3 / 6.5.X, Linux, FreeBSD.
Activities and Achievements	1995 Young Achievement Award (IBM) 1995-1997 Member of the ACT Mini Club 1995-2000 Member of the ACT PC Users Group.Have done Graphic Design work for their Monthly Publication "Sixteen Bits"  Participated as an Internet Clinic Assistant, (helping people with their computer Internet connection/setup. These Clinics are held one day per month.) July 1996- Current Built and maintained a Ne2000 based network at home using changing combinations of NT (both workstation and server), Linux, Solaris 2.5.1 Windows 95, and Windows 3.11 (Wolverine). Using standard TCP/IP protocols . 1992-1994  Member of the Kambah Model Flying Club (built and flew  model planes)
Other Interests	I enjoy Fitness exercises and group orientated activities such as bushwalking cycling and golf.  I also enjoy learning new software  Member of the Scout Movement at Kambah North Scouts branch. from 1986 - 1994. Designed and Created own Home Page, which is at http://www.geocities.com/msim38