Slade Baylis

Writer | Developer | Music Producer | Artist

Employment

WD3 Web Hosting

Full Time

System Administrator / Technical Support / Web Developer

Jun 2014 - Mar 2019 ( 4 Years 8 Months ) - Melbourne, Australia

  • Daily operation and administration of WHM / cPanel servers running LAMP stack
  • Front-end UI/UX design and back-end development of WD3 Web Hosting website
  • Web development project management for mid-sized businesses, including coordinating with project team to ensure deadlines are clear and met on time
  • Quote for web development projects, making sure that quotes are accurate and meet all client requirements
  • Diagnose various email / website / server related issues using FOSS and custom in-house tools
  • Secure websites against infection and disinfection of existing websites
  • Monitor distributed server logs
  • Registration and installation of SSL certificates for client domains on cPanel and AWS
  • Customised various in-house diagnostic software via PHP and CSS
  • Management of email and phone support enquiries and sales process
  • Daily operation and administration of WHMCS billing system, including support ticketing system
  • Domain registration and issue resolution across multiple registrars
  • Manage website/email/DNS transfer process for clients moving between web-hosting servers, while ensuring minimum downtime
  • Deployment of enterprise level email hosting solutions (Microsoft Exchange & G Suite) and provide ongoing client support
  • Analyse client website performance and provide reports detailing changes to improve website load times (usually including installing caching software, optimising website elements, implementing the use of a CDN, and upgrading to more powerful server infrastructure).