Zachary Silva

laanadev@gmail.com

Experience

Network Administrator - Honolulu Cookie Company. (January 2022 - Present)

• Design, implement, and maintain network infrastructure across HQ and 16 remote sites.

• Resolve tickets involving Network, Windows Server, Ubuntu Server, MS SQL Server, Sage 2016, VoIP phones, etc.

Network Engineer - Servpac, inc. (July 2020 - January 2022)

• Design and implement network installations for 100+ customers for Internet-Only, MPLS, and SD-WAN networks.

• Plan physical fiber runs from MDF to customer suite.

• Serve as a point of escalation for L2 network and VoIP related tickets.

• Write configuration scripts for network provisioning in ruby/mikrotik.

Student IT Support - University of Hawaii at Manoa (August 2019 - June 2020)

• Maintain 82 computers on a network at UH Manoa’s TIM School using WoL, WSUS, Active Directory, Ninite, DameWare, etc.

• Write scripts in Powershell for task automation (available on github.)

• Provide support for L1 technical issues, including printers, permissions, freezes, network, etc.

Skills

Competent

• Python
• Cisco/Juniper/Mikrotik routers and switches
• Cisco Meraki equipment
• Palo Alto/Fortinet firewalls
• Japanese Language

Somewhat Competent

• Javascript
• Powershell
• Bash
• Ubuntu Server
• Windows Server / Active Directory
• VoIP systems
• Zabbix

Education

Bachelors of Japanese - University of Hawaii at Manoa

Fall 2016 - Summer 2020.

Study Abroad - University of the Ryukyus（琉球大学）

Fall 2018 – Summer 2019

Projects

● Network Automation Scripts Automatically generated configuration scripts in Ruby for provisioning circuits. These scripts are compatible with Cisco, Juniper, and Mikrotik CLI and turned 30-45 minutes of writing configurations into one click of a button.

● Laʻana A Hawaiian language example sentence search engine. Used by professors at UH Manoa and Maui Community College. (Written in flask, uses MySQL).

● Popup Hawaiian Dictionary A Chrome extension that allows users to search definitions of Hawaiian text in their browser. (Written in Javascript).

Certifications

● Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1 Certification

● Comptia Network+ N10-007