I am a UNIX/Linux systems engineer with more than 10 experience in the ICT industry.

1. Curriculum Vitae of Edward Odonkor
Position Applying for: UNIX /LINUX Engineer
Personal Details:
Name: Edward Amartey
Surname: Odonkor
Residential Area: Accra, Ghana
Languages: English
Nationality: Ghanaian
Gender: Male
Mode of Transport: Own transport
Notice Period: Anytime
Area of Potential Placement: Any
Cell: 0555913915 / 0505695227
Email: edward.odonkor@gmail.com
Education and Qualifications
Qualification Institution Year Duration
Matric National
Certificate
Tema Secondary
School
Sept 1983- July
1988
5 years
BSc. (Hon) Physics University of
Science and
Technology,
Kumasi Ghana
Oct 1991- Feb 1996 5 years
Diploma in
Electronics
ICS International
USA
March 1997- Feb
1998
1 year
Diploma in Switch
operation,
Administration and
Maintenance -Unix
BSD
Telrad
Telecommunication
s Industries Ltd,
Israel
March 1998 - May
1998
3 months
Certificate in
Payphone network
platforms
Intellical Inc. USA June 1998 – July
1998
2 months
A+ and N+ Comptia Nov 2003 - April
2004
6 months

2. Assessor and
Moderator in IT
courses
Assessors College June 2004 2 weeks
Linux/Unix System
Administration
Oreilly School of
Technology
November 2007 -
July 2008
9 months
PHP/MySQL
Administration
Oreilly School of
Technology
May 2009 – June
2010
14 months
Computer Skills
 MS Word, MS Excel , MS Power Point, Microsoft Outlook
 Windows 95 / 98 / 2000 / NT, XP/7/8 Windows 10
 A+ and N+, Active Directory, Exchange 2003/2007/2013, Terminal Services
 Microsoft FrontPage, Publisher, Dreamweaver
 Red Hat Linux, FreeBSD, Fedora Core CentOS, Debian, Mac OS X
 System and server administration, Mac OS technician
 MySQL 5.6, MySQL replication, DNS Servers, Web Server Applications
(Apache), DHCP
 Mail servers (including sendmail, postfix, EXIM, ClamAV, Spam assassin)
In-House Training
Qualification Institution Year Duration
Innowave WLL
systems Technician
Course
Westel Telesystems 1999 1 month
Satellite Earth Station
Technician course
Westel Teleystems 2000 1 month
Work experience
 I have taught in Physics, mathematics and general science for 3 years, with the
ministry of education of Ghana.
 I had my Switch Operation training in Israel and work on DMS 300 /100/10
switches, including data filing and operations management.
 I have also worked on the Tadiran / Innowave WLL system, intelligent network
platform from Intellical of Dallas USA. I have experience on International Earth
Station / VSAT NMS for 9 months
 I have experience in electronic repairs on amplifiers, electronic musical keyboard,
laptops, computer accessories and power suppliers.
 I do studio and stage sound arrangements, i.e. audio hook-ups for sound and video
recordings.
 I have experience in power system and generators; I have experience in training
and installation of PC’s, Networking, Microsoft Access database of which I have
written two good databases for my previous company Westel.
 I have practically installed a UNIX server, NT 4.0 and application server in Server
/ client environment in Mongu, Zambia for UNHCR

3.  I have practically installed four times Windows 2000 DHCP server with Active
Directory at various small companies in Lusaka, Zambia.
 I have experience in the Installation of Access Control Systems e.g. Viper TNA
Time and Attendance Access control system at BP Head Office in Zambia. –
System is from South Africa.
 I have experience on installation of digital monitoring and recording system in
City Bank, BP Zambia, and Makishi Engen service station all in Lusaka, Zambia.
– System from South Africa.
 Setup Navision Solution Centre for DCS Holdings.
 I have assembled over 1400 PC’s of Different Brands, and repaired 1000 PC’s
with various problems.
 Technology, maths and Natural Science Tutor – Hoedsprit Independent Schools,
Hoedsprit, Northern Province.
 Deputy Principal and Students Assessor – Information Technology Training
Academy, Ormonde Campus.
 Red Hat Linux, FreeBSD, Fedora, Debian, with system and server administration,
MySQL 5.0, Windows 95 / 98 / 2000 / NT, XP
 Local Area networking; Rack-Cabling and Design
 A+, N+, MCSE 2000 Server. MCSE 2003 AD, Exchange 2003, Terminal Services
 Microsoft Office 2003 packages, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access.
 Website Designing using Microsoft FrontPage, Publisher, Dreamweaver 8
professional.
 I have done installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of operating systems,
Web Server Applications (Apache), DNS Servers, mail servers (including
sendmail, postfix, EXIM, ClamAV, Spam assassin) as well as imap/pop3
software such as courier-IMAP, dovecot.
 I have solid working experience, with standard system and Internet services and
protocols such as: FTP, DNS, RPC, NFS, POP/SMTP, DHCP, NIS, NFS, SSL,
IMAP, HTTP/S and Squid Proxy servers.
 Virtualization, Citrix Xen, VMware ESXi/ESX, Proxmox.
Work History
Position: Senior UNIX Engineer
Duration: Sept 2009 to Mar 2017
Company: Striata Communications
Key Performance Areas:
 Recompile FreeBSD UNIX kernels
 Keep UNIX/LINUX OS and applications up to date
 Maintain MySQL database servers including MySQL backups and replication
 Install and maintain Apache web-servers
 General Backup of all Systems and platforms
 Install and maintain network infrastructure
 Install and maintain firewall servers
 Install and maintain sFTP and FTPs Servers
 Install and maintain local Virus database servers, local FTP mirrors
 Install and maintain VoIP PBX systems (Asterisk)
 Setting up of Mail servers (send mail, postfix, Exim),
 DNS, DHCP, Apache with PHP 5, FTP
 Scripting in the shell, bash, SED, AWK and Perl

4.  Install and maintain Active Directory and general Windows servers
Reason for wanting to leave: Need higher challenges.
Position: UNIX Engineer
Duration: Nov 2008 to August 2009
Company: MWEB Business
Key Performance Areas:
 Setting up of Mail servers (send mail, postfix, Exam),
 DNS, DHCP, Apache with PHP 5, FTP
 Scripting in the shell, bash, SED, AWK and Perl
Reason for wanting to leave: Need higher challenges.
Position: Office Automation Eng
Duration: August 2007 to October 2008
Company: MWEB Business
Key Performance Areas:
 Maintaining print servers, file servers, Networking support
 Supporting Desktop Users, Video conference support
 Install and maintain Active Directory and general Windows servers
Reason for wanting to leave: Need higher challenges.
Position: Technical Assistance Center
Duration: June 2005 to July 2007
Company: MWEB – TAC
Key Performance Areas:
 Taking calls and assisting them in resolving technical problems related to internet
and related services like, website and domain hosting, e-commerce, ADSL and
leased lines, FTP
 Help walk-in customers with any internet connectivity issues.
Reason for Leaving: Promoted to Technology department in Mweb
Position: School Moderator / N+ Tutor
Duration: October 2004 to May 2005
Company: Information Technology Training Academy
Key Performance Areas:
 Aligning school syllabus to SAQA requirements
 Preparing learners for the International CompTIA Exams
 Helping learners to submit their final portfolios
Reason for Leaving: working on contract, Government did not award any more
contracts to the institution and this made me to leave.

5. Position: N+ and Electronics Tutor
Duration: Sept 2003 to Sept 2004
Company: Information Technology Training Academy, Ormonde,
Johannesburg
Key Performance Areas:
 Aligning school syllabus to SAQA requirements
 Preparing learners for the International CompTIA Exams.
 Preparing students for on-job training
Reason for leaving: N/A
Position: Maths / Physics and Technology Tutor
Duration: July 2003 – August 2003
Company: Hoedspruit Independent Schools, Northern Province.
Key Performance Areas:
 Preparing final year students for matric
Reason for Leaving: Got a more fulfilling job.
Position: Systems Engineer, Hardware & Software
Duration: March 2002 to June 2003
Company: Self -employed
Key Performance areas:
 Building of servers and desktop PC for sales.
 Installing Networks for small businesses.
Reason for leaving: Got more fulfilling job
Company Position Duration
Striata Communications Senior UNIX Engineer Sept 2009 – April 2017
Mweb Business UNIX Engineer Nov 2008 to August 2009
Mweb Business Office Automation Eng August 2007 to October
2008
Mweb Business TAC Support Engineer June 2005 – July 2007
ITTA IT lecturer Sept 2003 – May 2005
Hoedspruit School Science Tutor July 2003 – August 2003
Self-employed System Engineer April 2002 – June 2003
Systems Engineer
(Network)
DCS Technology Systems,
Lusaka, Zambia
Dec 2001 – March 2002
Communications Support
Eng
DCS Technology Systems,
Lusaka, Zambia
May 2001 – November
2001
GSM rollout Project
coordinator
Westel, Accra, Ghana Jan 2001 - March 2001
GSM NOC Engineer Westel (Western
Telesystems Ghana Ltd),
Accra, Ghana
Jan 2000 – Dec 2000

6. Satellite Earth Station
Engineer
Westel (Western
Telesystems Ghana Ltd)
March 1999- Dec 1999
Switch Engineer (BSD
UNIX)
Westel (Western
Telesystems Ghana Ltd)
Feb 1998 – Feb 1999
Referees
Mr. Lovemore Chirombe
Operations Manager (OPS), AWS Premium Support
Tel: +27 71 002 1634
South Africa
Mr. Francis Adom-Malm
Tel: +233 244 256 397
Ghana

7. Satellite Earth Station
Engineer
Westel (Western
Telesystems Ghana Ltd)
March 1999- Dec 1999
Switch Engineer (BSD
UNIX)
Westel (Western
Telesystems Ghana Ltd)
Feb 1998 – Feb 1999
Referees
Mr. Lovemore Chirombe
Operations Manager (OPS), AWS Premium Support
Tel: +27 71 002 1634
South Africa
Mr. Francis Adom-Malm
Tel: +233 244 256 397
Ghana