Summary
David Parker is a seasoned Network and Systems Administrator with over two decades in IT and 12 years of hands-on experience administering Unix/Linux servers and enterprise databases in higher education. Currently supporting Hamilton College after a long tenure at Utica University, he has deep expertise with Oracle and MySQL, Oracle Fusion Middleware, LDAP, Apache/Tomcat, and a broad mix of Linux distributions plus Solaris on SPARC and x86. He combines system-level hardening and operations with application development and advanced troubleshooting, having migrated legacy mainframe workflows to modern Banner ERP and supported complex campus services. A lifelong tinkerer, David brings practical creativity from Android and Arduino projects to data recovery and vintage hardware restoration, which informs his pragmatic approach to problem solving. Colleagues rely on him for reliable, well-documented infrastructure work that balances legacy compatibility with incremental modernization.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Utica University
English