Hi arkindigital. I have a Computer Engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon, as well as 15 years experience. I'd always served in an operational capacity too though, and more recently that's all I've done.
When I worked at Orbitz, I set up a huge suite on Linux servers, configured them, added a few simple pages for admins, and wrote deployment scripts for them. So I think I have skills in everything you need. Please consider me for the job.
Spencer