<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title> Paul M. Lambert’s résumé </title> </head> <body> <p> Paul M. Lambert<br /> 2876 Addison Place<br /> Santa Clara, CA 95051<br /> +1–408–398–0612<br /> plambert@plambert.net<br /> </p> <hr /> <h3> Summary </h3> <p> I am a UNIX Systems Architect who has built web server platforms at Yahoo to handle loads that make 5,000 requests per second into background noise, beaten untested, consumer-focused operating systems into high-performance enterprise servers, and automated entire network operations centers. </p> <p> Every day, I bring talented web software developers face to face with the laws of physics, and show them how to plan and embrace the chaos that hundreds of millions of users bring. </p> <p> I basically want to work with amazing people who teach me, and challenge me to make my own job unnecessary. </p> <p> <br /> </p> <h3> Experience </h3> <dl> <dt> May 2007 to Present </dt> <dd> <h4> Senior Systems Engineer, Yahoo! Incorporated, Sunnyvale, California </h4> <p> Global Media SE Architect </p> <p> Driving the operational side of the modernization of Yahoo's entire Media empire. Redesigning and rebuilding News, Finance, Sports, Movies, TV, and dozens of the world's busiest websites, used every day by hundreds of millions of people around the world. </p> <p> Designing highly scalable, highly resiliant infrastructures for getting the right requests to the right servers every time. Working with dozens of teams of developers to ensure caching, logging, and a "trust but verify" approach are used everywhere. Building end-to-end release processes that embrace modern approaches to quality assurance, testing and verification, and source and release management. Improving the performance of legacy technologies like Apache httpd, proprietary C++ web-service frameworks, and PHP code to an acceptable level. Embracing new technologies like server-side javascript (node.js), user fibers, hash-based large-scale HTTP caching. Evolving a company where new websites took 18 months to launch, into a self-service model that can sustain thousands of unique sites with unique features, and launch them in a day. Deep performance reviews of one of the world's largest live editorial and publishing systems, allowing Yahoo editors to modify most aspects of a site's presentation, and every aspect of its content, with changes appearing locally in 60 seconds, and globally in under 15 minutes. </p> </dd> <dt> December 2006 to May 2007 </dt> <dd> <h4> Site Reliability Engineer, Google, Mountain View, California </h4> <p> Supported internal human resources applications for 10,000+ employee company experiencing exponential growth. </p> </dd> <dt> August 2003 to November 2006 </dt> <dd> <h4> Mac OS X Architect, Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA </h4> <p> Systems Architect for more than 700 Mac OS X Server installations in five locations. Responsibilities included architectural reviews of business applications, design and architecture of server infrastructure, and technical leadership for Systems Engineering and Network Operations teams. Oversaw data center growth of over 100%. Architected application deployments to sustain transaction growth of over 30% monthly, and seasonal peaks approaching 1,500%. </p> <p> Decided which business application components can and should move to Mac OS X, resulting in large-scale hardware and capital savings. In one case, moving an application from over $4 million in IBM hardware to less than $400,000 of Xserve G5 hardware. Achievements include the development of an internal web-based asset and software management platform, Xcentral; the development of an automated, sustainable systems installation procedure usable without a network; a leading role in Apple’s adoption of Oracle Database 10g, and a close working relationship with both management and engineers in Core OS, Server Software, Hardware Engineering, and other Apple teams. Presented at WWDC 2005 and Oracle World 2005. </p> </dd> <dt> September 2001 to June 2003 </dt> <dd> <h4> Principal Unix Administrator, Symantec, Cupertino, CA </h4> <p> Responsibilities included specification, configuration, and management of more than 200 Solaris systems providing high-availability web interfaces to our customer base, and internal financial, human resources, and other services within one of the largest software companies in the world. Directly responsible for LiveSubscribe high-availability support, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Received recognition for solution which increased order processing responsiveness and efficiency by 40%, and resulted in an immediate 15% increase in revenue from the LiveSubscribe servers. </p> </dd> <dt> June 2001 to August 2001 </dt> <dd> <h4> Senior Unix Systems Administrator, Mediaplex, San Jose, CA </h4> <p> Responsibilities included configuration and management of more than 200 Solaris systems, F5 BigIP and 3DNS load balancing solutions, and Apache and thttpd web servers. Led team to install HP OpenView VantagePoint Operations software and configure for sitewide monitoring and integration into 24/7 notifications. </p> </dd> <dt> August 1999 to May 2001 </dt> <dd> <h4> Unix Systems Administrator, Digital Island, San Francisco, CA </h4> <p> Administered internal and customer systems for fast-growing global business hosting company. Developed methods and techniques for change control among 300 customer and internal Solaris systems. Assisted in development of jumpstart platform for new customer systems. Performed remote installations via cd-rom and via jumpstart servers. Performed security audit of systems installed before jumpstart and newer security procedures. Responsible for interviewing and training new staff. Installed and configured apache, iPlanet Enterprise, oracle, mysql, and other software to customer specifications. Redesigned log rotation mechanisms to meet both internal and customer needs. Developed tools for the automation of internal and customer processes and monitoring, with a focus on account management. </p> </dd> <dt> April 1999 to August 1999 </dt> <dd> <h4> Web Server Administrator, Sterling Software, Numerical Aerospace Simulations, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA </h4> <p> Administered three SGI systems running Apache, as well as another SGI system for web development. Provided technical and security guidance for content development and redesign. Developed mailing-list archiving solutions, feedback solutions, and other typically perl-based software to meet customer needs in an exceptionally security-aware environment. </p> </dd> <dt> December 1997 to April 1999 </dt> <dd> <h4> Operations Supervisor, Sterling Software, Numerical Aerospace Simulations, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA </h4> <p> Managed team of 15 analysts in a 24/7 operations center at a national supercomputing center. Set goals and evaluated performance for staff. Assisted staff in technical and career growth. Developed perl-based software solutions for high-reliability paging and integration of paging with our trouble-ticket tracking system, and coordinated a working- group to revamp paging policies for system points of contact. </p> </dd> <dt> May 1997 to December 1997 </dt> <dd> <h4> Lead Control Room Analyst, Sterling Software, Numerical Aerospace Simulations, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA </h4> <p> Responsible for team of six analysts at a national supercomputing center. Began development of training programs, assisted in the monitoring of goal acheivement and performance, and organized projects among available analysts. Also developed software and tools for 24/7 operations center. Assisted in the implementation of a site-wide support request ticket tracking system, including the coding of “glue” routines to tie the system with user-generated email and legacy monitoring tools. </p> </dd> <dt> June 1996 to May 1997 </dt> <dd> <h4> Control Room Analyst, Sterling Software, Numerical Aerospace Simulations, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA </h4> <p> Responsible for administration and monitoring of a national supercomputing center. Developed software and tools for 24/7 operations center. Provided support for commercial and educational users. Maintained site-wide account management system, and ported tools to various new architectures and operating systems. </p> </dd> </dl> <h3> Relevant Skills </h3> <dl> <dt> Server Operating Systems </dt> <dd> Mac OS X Server, FreeBSD, Solaris </dd> <dt> Programming/Scripting Languages </dt> <dd> Perl, Ruby, shell (Bourne, bash, et al), C, C++, Pascal </dd> </dl> <h3> Education </h3> <dl> <dt> August 1991 to June 1996 </dt> <dd> Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor of Science candidate, Computer Science. </dd> </dl> <h3> References available upon request. </h3> </body> </html>