Pengfei Xuan's Resume
 

Network/Systems/HPC Administrator

Contact Information 
pengfei@hsuan.net


Objective

An in-depth and systemic study as a PhD student in the field of high performance computing science, which lets me utilize my extensive work experience and keen interest in the computer and network.


Summary


I played the computer from my childhood, and then I had been deeply mad about this new technology until today. I always look for and think which field I should to learn and research deeply in the numerous fields of computer. From BASIC language program of 8086 to C/C++ language of 80386, From Windows 3.1 to Red hat Linux 5.0; From P4 desktop hardware to Xeon server hardware; From 10Mbps HUB to 20Gbps InfiniBand; From Cluster Computing to Cloud Computing; From NAS/SAN storage to Clustered storage; From programming alone to using open source and so on, I had been discovering the aim of my interest. After 6 years working in the computing and network, I feel that the future of Information Technology should be computing service – the centralization service of computing and information. So the technology of computing infrastructure will become sharp focus in the future, such as the Parallel File System, Virtualization, Scheduling and Management of Computing, High Performance Network.

I like new IT technology and learn new concepts and systems quickly. I prefer to challenge the extreme performance of HPC in every way through designing, optimizing and DIY the computing components. I often create good ideas, and realize them in my study and work. I can finish work independently, am a good team-worker and also a good leader for a small group.


Technical Experience

Operating Systems:

·         1 year Unix (AIX, Solaris)

·         6 years Linux (Redhat, Red Flag, CentOS, Scientific Linux, Debian, SuSE)

·         7 years Windows Server (Windows NT/2000/2003)

·         15 years Desktop (PC-DOS/MS-DOS/Windows 3.1/95/98/Me/XP/Vista)

Networking:

·         Understanding of TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP

·         Network troubleshooting

·         Network design, planning, maintenance and upgrade

·         Cisco Switch and Router maintenance

·         Familiar with Intel's PXE netboot protocol

·         DHCP, NAT, SNMP

·         High performance network (10GE, Myrinet, Infiniband)

Security:

·         Extensive knowledge of Operating System security (Windows/Linux)

·         Secure internet services

·         LAN/WAN security (VLAN, DHCP Snooping/ARP Inspection, VPN)

·         Firewall (Cisco PIX/IOS Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Linux Firewall)

·         IDS/IPS (Snort, Cisco IDS)

·         Context Filtering (PIX URL Filtering, WebSense Enterprise)

·         Virus Protection (Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition)

·         Mail Spam (SpamAssassin, EQManager)

·         Host-based security(OS hardening, disabling or encrypting unsafe network services)

·         Security Policy Design, implementation

Services:

·         Web Server (IIS5/6, Apache 1.0/2.0, resin)

·         Web Applications (CGI, ASP/ASP.NET, PHP4/5, JSP)

·         DNS (BIND, Windows DNS)

·         Mail (EQmail/Qmail, Sendmail, SquirrelMail, Zembra, Exchange, MDaemon)

·         FTP (vsftpd, ProFTPD, Serv-U, IIS-FTP)

·         Authentication (Active Directory, NIS/YP)

·         File and Print (NFS, PVFS, Samba, LVM, Windows Volume Manager)

·         Hosting (Windows and Linux Virtual Host, Virtual Private Server)

·         Remote Access (Telnet, SSH, RSH,VNC, Windows Terminal, Citrix ICA)  

·         Database (MySQL, MS Access/SQL Server, Limited experience with Oracle/Sybase)

Application Systems:

·         Content Management System for website of Institute of Chemistry CAS

·         Academic Resource Planning for Institute System  (Oracle ERP/Portal/ IAS/RAC/SSO)

·         Chemical Reagents Inventory Management and the Online Order System (Websphere, Weblogic, Tomcat, SQL Server)

·         Microsoft SharePoint Services/Portal

·         Internet User Authentication and Billing System

High Performance Computing:

·         Cluster install (SystemImager, SystemInstaller, SystemConfigurator)

·         Cluster administration (C3 + SC3, sync_files + opium, loghost, Switcher, netbootmgr)

·         Cluster monitoring (Ganglia, IPTraf)

·         Cluster resource manager/scheduler (TORQUE, Maui)

·         Cluster parallel libraries (MPICH-MX/MPICH2, Intel MPI, PGI MPICH, LAM MPI, PVM)

·         Math libraries (BLAS/BLACS/PBLAS/FFTW/LAPACK/ScaLAPACK/ ARPACK/ LINPACK, Intel Cluster Math Kernel Library, PGI Math Library)

·         Computational  software (Materials Studio, GROMACS, MOPAC, Wien2004, ADF, ZINDO, Transiesta-c, Turbomole, MOLPRO, Gaussian, NAMD)

Open Source:

·         CMS (Drupal, Joomla, Typo3, Xoops, PHP-Nuke, PostNuke)

·         Hosting Services (DTC, Webmin/Virtualmin)

·         Messaging and Collaboration (Zimbra Collaboration Suite)

·         Vertical Search (Locust/asearchd)

·         Firewall Gateway (SmoothWall, Snort)

·         Network Storage (Openfiler, FreeNAS)

·         Virtualization (Xen)

Software:

·         Sniffer Pro, CiscoWorks, MRTG, SolarWinds, LANDesk, Citrix, Symantec Ghost, PC Anywhere, SecureCRT, Putty, RealVNC

·         Dreamweaver/Fireworks/Photoshop, MS Office/FromPage/Project/Visio

·         LabVIEW, MATLAB, AutoCAD

Programming/Scripting/Compiling:

·         Intermediate level BASIC, C/C++, Fortran

·         Intermediate level Perl and Bash Shell scripting

·         Limited HTML/ASP/PHP/JavaScript

·         32-bit/64-bit Intel Compilers, PGI Workstation, IBM XL Compilers for AIX, GNU Compilers

Hardware:

·         Proficient in all forms of x86 hardware (from laptops to quad Xeon CPU servers, SuperMicro/IBM/HP/DELL/SUN)

·         Proficient in building up Server/Storage/Switch with proper components, DIY High-performance Services platform, Storage System and Computing Cluster

·         SATA/PATA/SAS/SCSI  Network Storage and Direct Attached Storage

·         Sun SPARC hardware, Ultra series

·         Cisco Routers/Switches/Firewall

·         Fortinet FortiGate

·         Myricom Myrinet-2000

·         APC/ SANTAK UPS systems

·         Lots of co-location facility experience, large server installations, racking, power management, etc


Work History

 

May 2009 - Present
Programmer
      http://www.cottonmarker.org 

Cotton Marker Database                            

                  

    Job Description:

Design, develop and maintain whole CMD system.

 

May 2002-2008
Systems Administrator
, IT Director       http://english.cas.cn/
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing - http://www.iccas.ac.cn/english/                                                            

                  

Job Description:

IT Director of Network Information Center and High Performance Computing Center,  providing computing and information technology for  100+ faculty groups, leading team of 3 person System Administrations responsible for 30+ servers running network  services, 4 Linux Cluster(200+ computing node) running all kind of the parallel computing programs and 45 network equipments. We also provide software and security supporting for 2000+ desktop PCs of faculty and students.

·         Lead development and integration of intranet and extranet solutions to meet the researchers’ needs for information.

·         Delivered IT strategic plans, systems development and network infrastructure solutions. Designed LAN and WAN infrastructure, Access Control Management, administered and supported various operating system platforms, network capacity planning and general network management.

·         Administered and supported Multi-platform Operation systems, Windows Server (NT/2000/2003), Linux (Redhat, Debian, SuSE), Unix (AIX, Solaris). Monitored system tasks and resources, optimized and tuned up system and performed backup/restoration.

·         Implemented and maintained data center Infrastructure services, such as WWW, DNS, Mail, FTP, WINS, Print.

·         Designed, Implemented backup plan for all Application Systems. Oracle ERP snapshots and backups, patched and upgraded application system. Maintained departmental internal web site. Researched Open Source Software, apply new information systems to help scientists working.

·         Wrote some automation scripts to deal with system administration tasks with Shell/Perl scripts and archived all the old mail of users.

·         Plan, deployment and implementation of the institute's security policies, standards and procedures. Performed vulnerability assessment to ensure appropriate protection has been utilized for the systems.

·         Designed, implemented SSH, VPN solution to ensure data confidentiality and integrity.
Designed, implemented Cisco PIX Firewall and router package filtering technology.
Designed, implemented Intrusion Detection (IDS) and Prevention system with Snort open source software, integrated it with Firewall to become intrusion-prevention systems (IPS).
Designed, implemented
Context Filtering to LAN with PIX URL Filtering and WebSense Enterprise.
Designed, implemented Corporate Antivirus and Anti-spam defense, developed automation install scripts.

·         Monitored, inspected and analyzed logs, audit trails, network traffic and payload.

·         Troubleshooting and repairing servers, LAN and software issues; handled telephone helpdesk support.

·         Hardware maintenance and upgrade, directly handled all equipment negotiations and purchasing. Established working relationships with vendor partners. Responsible for the IT budget cost effective spending. Software licensing and IT contracts control.

·         Configured and Installed POLYCOM Video Conferencing Systems, supported   International Academic Conference

·         Designing, implementing, and managing HPC and HTC systems.

·         Assisted researchers in effective use the Linux Cluster, including use of the Compiler, Math Library, Task Scheduler, large memory, High-speed networking, and parallelization.

·         Analyzed parallel program execution, and optimized parallel performance, planning and decision making necessary to meet the functional and performance requirements of users, assured smooth transitions as that environment changes.

·         Provided IT and HPC training for new PHD students and faculty group members.

·         Direct supervision, technical coaching 3 system administrators.

Project:

·         Designed, implemented  a multi-tier, fully redundant network architecture. Successfully upgraded users’ LAN from 100MbE to 1 GigE network environment .

·         Designed, implemented multi-ISP Links, provided Load Balancing and redundant WAN access.

·         Designed, implemented, developed and maintained Internet User Authentication and Billing Gateway with Linux, Iptables, Open LDAP and PHP/Perl scripts.

·         Designed layout of new Data Center, successfully implemented Data Center migration with project management method.

·         Designed, developed and implemented network-wide resource monitoring and graphing system with MRTG and PHP scripts.

·         Designed, implemented Data Center Virtualization with Intel VT, Storage Array, InfiniBand network, iSCSI, LVM, Xen and CentOS.

·         Designed, implemented, maintained Inventory Management and Online Order System.

·         Planed, designed, developed and implemented Content Management System for Homepage of Institute of Chemistry, CAS with ASP scripts and MS SQL Server. (http://www.iccas.ac.cn/)

·         Designed, implemented, maintained collaboration and mail system with Zimbra Collaboration Suite.

·         Designed, implemented, maintained Chemistry Digital Library, Built an intranet search engine with Locust/asearchd, realized knowledge search for institute.  

·         Planed, designed, developed and implemented Messaging and Collaboration System for faculty groups with Microsoft SharePoint Services/Portal.

·         Designed, implemented and maintained Active Directory for all management offices.

·         Planed, implemented, maintained Academic Resource Planning for Institute System with Oracle ERP/Portal/ IAS/RAC/SSO.  (http://www.arp.cn/)

·         Designed, set up, and maintained several groups Linux Cluster for theoretical and computational chemistry.

Oct 2001-April 2002
Internship
The Chemical Information Network,
Beijing - http://www.chinweb.com/

Job Description:

ChINweb.com is a widely recognized chemical site in China, also Chinese National Science Digital Library. My major work is the migration of database platform; this is also Degree Project & Thesis for my bachelor’s degree.

·         Designed, implemented website data conversion from Sybase to MySQL with the Data Pipeline of Powerbuilder

·         Developed, Modified SQL codes of  the client software with Delphi

·         Designed the new version homepage for ChINweb.com with Dreamweaver and Fireworks


Related Experience


Aug 2005- Dec 2007
Chief Technical Officer
Titan Grid Technology Co., Ltd. -
www.titangrid.com

 

I founded this company with my 3 friends at 2005 in Beijing. Our company aimed at High Performance Computing in the field of scientific computing. According to scientists’ demands, we built all kinds of Linux Clusters, and sold them to Universities, Institutes and National Laboratories in China. I provided technical support for our users, helping them solve many computing problems, and established a good relationship with them.


April 2004- Present
Technical
Counselor
Beijing Jinruijia Investment Consulting Ltd. - http://www.5able.com

 

5able.com sells the life-insurance. It is my part-time jobs to lead and manage the development for this website with ASP scripts and MS SQL Server Database. I am also responsible for all technical problems, and deal with all the network intrusions.


Certifications / Professional Training

·         Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)

o    Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

o    Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure

o    Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure

o    Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

o    Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure

o    Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure

o    Implementing and Administering Security in a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network

·         Microsoft Certified Database Administrators (MCDBA)

o    Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition

o    Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition

·         Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Training Courses, 2002

o    Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices

·         Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Training Courses, 2002

o    Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks

o    Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks

o    Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks

o    Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks

·         Oracle 9i DBA/OCP Training Courses, 2005

o    Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL

o    Oracle9i Database: Fundamentals I

o    Oracle9i Database: Fundamentals II

o    Oracle9i Database: Performance Tuning

o    Oracle9i: Program with PL/SQL

o    Oracle9i Reports Developer:Build Reports

o    Bulid Internet Applications


Education

2009 - Present
School of Computing, Clemson University - http://www.cs.clemson.edu/
Master of Computer
Science (pursuing). 
My research interest mainly lies in computing & network infrastructure(OS Virtualization, Scientific Workflow, HPC, Cloud Computing), Bioinformatics infrastructure and GPU & Cell computing.
 
2008
The Equivalent Of The Degree In Computer Information Systems - http://www.morningeval.com/
Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from an accredited institution of higher education in the United States.

2005- 2008

Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences - http://www.gucas.ac.cn/

Master in IT Project Management (still pursuing)

 

1998-2002
Beijing Institute of Technology
, China - http://www.bit.edu.cn/

Bachelor in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering


Articles/Papers

·         Master Degree Project & Thesis: Project Management Information System In The Scientific Research

·         Bachelor Degree Project & Thesis: Development of Network Database Application Systems Based on Open System

·         Three-photon absorption in anthracene-porphyrin-anthracene triads: A quantum-chemical study - J. Chem. Phys., 2004

·         Field Effect on the Singlet and Triplet Exciton Formation in Organic/Polymeric Light-Emitting Diodes - J. Phys. Chem. B.,  2004