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Benjamin
Hodgens |
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Objective
An intermediate systems administration position where I can utilize and expand my abilities in a team environment.
Work Experience
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Site Deployment Lead for Unisys in support of the 2010 Census Supervise multiple technicians in the deployment of computing assets and installation of physical site cabling for use at regional Census facilities while documenting coherence to project requirements. |
Nov. 2008 - current |
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Independent Contractor/Self-Employed Perform equipment pulls, software and hardware upgrades, basic computer repair, and various other tasks. Clients include Pomeroy, Sears, IBM, Best Buy. |
Jun. 08 – Oct. 08 |
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Database Administrator for Gold Pages Publishing, Inc., Rapid City, SD Administered FileMaker 9 database solution and OS X Server and workstations. Recommended several replacement options for FileMaker with implementation timelines. |
May 08 – Jun. 08 |
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Systems Administrator for West River Health Services, Hettinger, ND Responsible for hospital's Windows-based workstations and servers located across 9 remote facilities in a complex hospital/clinical software environment with multiple legacy dependencies. Performed multiple server rebuilds. AD-specific work included schema reorganization, user management, GPO redesign and deployment. Additional responsibilities included hands-on user support, project planning, asset management and acquisition. Thoroughly documented tasks and environment. |
Aug. 07 - Jan. 08 |
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Systems Administrator for HES, Huron, SD Sole responsibility for the budgeting, design, construction, installation, maintenance, and replacement of servers and workstations in 8-person engineering office. Provided technical assistance and end-user support, occasionally over phone or remote connection. Position also required additional responsibilities in land surveying assistance, technical drafting and field inspections. |
May 00 – Jan. 06 |
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Temp. Network Comp. System Admin. for The Good Samaritan Society, Sioux Falls, SD Responsible for 3rd-tier support, project planning involvement, inventory, remote administration, and remote hardware deployment for over 250 remote facilities and national office infrastructure. Also maintained 1-2 level tech support database and department project management portal. |
Jan. 05 – June 05
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Education
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Colorado Technical University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, GPA 3.45 |
Aug. 03 - March 07 |
Certifications
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United
States Government Confidential Clearance |
Technical Knowledge
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Operating System
Administration
– 8 years NetBSD
UNIX (embedded) |
Networking/Server
Administration –
8 years Redundancy, backup planning and implementation Diagnostics;
network/host forensics |
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Desktop/User/Hardware
Support –
10 years |
Development/Design/Planning
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3+ years/schooling |