Nate Woodward

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I'm a sysadmin with experience in Linux, automation, high availability, and security.

Contact Information

Email
nate.for.hire@natewoodward.org

LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/nateowoodward

Skills

Platforms

Linux/UNIX: CentOS, RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Solaris
Virtualization: VMWare ESXi, oVirt, KVM, AWS EC2, Digital Ocean

Automation

Scripting: BASH, sh, Python, Perl, Make, awk, sed, regular expressions
Config Management: Ansible, CFEngine
Programming: C, C++, Java

High Availability

Redundancy: DRBD, Informix HDR, conntrackd
Clustering: Gluster, keepalived
Monitoring: Nagios, Check_MK, Opsview

Security

Standards: PCI DSS, SOC2, CIS Authentication: Single sign-on (SSO), Kerberos, Active Directory, CAS, Cosign, Keycloak, PAM
Hardening: iptables, firewalld, OSSEC, Wazuh
Scanning: Nessus, Qualys, ClamAV, chkrootkit, rkhunter, ccsrch
Logging: Graylog, ELK/ElasticStack

Misc

Tools: git, Gradle
Protocols: HTTP, FTP, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SMTP, TLS
Daemons: Apache, Tomcat, vsftpd, ProFTPd
Documentation: MediaWiki, dokuwiki, markdown

Education

University of Minnesota Duluth

Sep 2006 – May 2010

B.S.: Applied Physics
Minor: Mathematics
GPA: 3.7 / 4.0

Experience

Linux Systems Administrator

The Connection | Jul 2013 – present

Systems Administrator

CCGB, Penn State University | Aug 2012 – May 2013

Linux Systems Administrator

The Connection | Jul 2010 – Aug 2012

Physics Research Assistant

Physics Department, UMD | Jun 2008 – May 2010