JoelRader.net

Independent Linux Systems Administrator & Web Developer ^{for hire}

If you are looking for someone to manage your cloud server, maintain your current site or would like to setup a website from a template or from the ground up, I can be of help. For technical skills see below.

From building a web presence to cloud server administration, I leverage the utility of the LAMP Stack to create both static & dynamic websites and employ server daemons for network services. I also recognize the requirement of IT security mindfulness.

LAMP Developer: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP

A LAMP / LEMP Developer uses the GNU / Linux Operating System, the Apache (LAMP) or Nginx (LEMP) web servers, the MariaDB or MySQL databases and the PHP, Perl & Python Programming Languages to create dynamic web pages.

Together these components make up the LAMP / LEMP Stacks, commonly used platforms for Web Developers creating server side web applications.

• See the Linux Server Metric Graphing Prototype I wrote.
• Also see my United States COVID-19 Map. Over 1,000,000 Americans have died from COVID as of March, 2023.

Systems Administration:

As a Systems Administrator I setup & oversee Linux server daemons for network services. Some examples are Apache (LAMP) || Nginx (LEMP) ( Web Servers ), MySQL || MariaDB ( Databases ), & ufw || firewalld ( Firewall Applications ). By focusing on Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, openSUSE Linux & AlmaLinux as my distributions of choice, I cover three of the main families of Linux (Debian, SUSE & Red Hat). I use a number of command line utilities and Perl / Bash scripting to automate tasks & monitor server and network metrics. System / database / file backups, scheduling jobs, daemon configuration setup & testing, vendor support ticketing, domain registrar management & and I keep an open source philosophy. As for security related aptitudes, I have a good amount of experience with Cloud & System Firewalls, IP Blocking, TCP Wrappers, SSH Keys, Login Policies, Software Updates and Upgrades, Encryption, Restrictive Permissions & I pay attention to the logs.

I have a strong familiarity with Cloud Computing Platforms: Akamai Linode, DigitalOcean, Vultr & Amazon Lightsail AWS. See My Cloud Computing Platform Reviews

• Managed Cloud Hosting: Setup & Administer your Ubuntu / Debian / openSUSE / AlmaLinux OS / FreeBSD Cloud Servers
• Web Development: Create minimalist web pages with HTML, CSS & server side programming via PHP and Perl Scripting
• Webmaster: Build a website from the ground up, adapt an html template or maintain an existing website
• Responsive Web Design: Write Code for all Devices ( Desktops, Tablets and Phones )
• Database Administration: MySQL and MariaDB Database Management
• Domain Registration: Search, Aquire and Auction Domain Names
• Basic Marketing: Manage Email Campaigns
• Encrypt Web Traffic: Install a Website Security Certificate
• DNS Management: Search & Edit Nameserver Records
• Backups: Regularly Save Full System, Database and User Data
• Squarespace: Create Online Ecommerce Sites
• Code Conformity: Ensure web pages are valid HTML5

Note... This web page and those listed above and below & written by me are valid HTML5 as confirmed by the w3.org html validator. Web pages written in valid HTML are more likely to display correctly and predictably across different browsers and devices.

CompTIA A+ Certified PC Technician (2001)

Computer Repair Technician Program at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (2000-2001)

    Code Recipes... on GitHub

• Perl CGI Script to Create Paginated Sheets of Image Galleries... & Script to Resize jpg Images.
  View a demonstration here.
  
• Count Lines of Code Script for Perl, PHP & HTML files.
  
• Perl Script to Search and Replace Text on single files or an entire website.
  
• Perl email Tools: Procedure and Perl Script to merge email address files and purge duplicate records resulting in one sorted file with unique email addresses. Perl Script to Send Multiple Emails from List of Addresses.
  
• JavaScript to Redirect Web Page Traffic from http to https ( secure web communication .)
  
• Perl cgi-bin Test Script Perl cgi-bin test script for system perl. Renders kernel, apache & perl version, execution time and file last modified date and time
  

    Webmaster for Saratoga County, New York, A Course in Miracles Groups, Online Since 2012...

• A Course in Miracles, Saratoga, New York

    Photography Pastime...

• My Flickr Page   Now owned by SmugMug.
  
• 35mm Black and White Film Photography is alive and well.
• Florida Intracoastal Yachts Gallery
• Golf Day, Miles Grant Country Club, Stuart Florida

My Nikon FG 35mm Film Camera