SUMMARY

• An IT professional, wif over 15 years of hands on experience and training.
• Disciplines includes designing and implementing an enterprise Active Directory (AD) Forest topology wif multiple domains, deploying and managing domain controllers on servers in 13 states, 2 Datacenters, and the Disaster Recovery site integrated wif messaging, VoIP, Symantec and the Cloud.
• Areas of expertise includes AD infrastructure, various network & systems platforms, Virtualization, security & SDLC, networking, security, and databases.
• Communicate effectively wif all levels of management and staff to achieve complex and long-term goal objectives.
• Created and implemented configuration baseline, integrated system hardening, cryptography communications for all financial and healthcare vendors meeting PCI and HIPAA compliance
• Analyzed DC’s to meeting optimal sizing for Lsass and memory resources to accommodate Ntds and LDAP queries, upgrades AD domain schema, relocate FSMO roles, reconfigured DNS & WINS partners, redesign DHCP scopes wif VLANs, configure and deployed GPO's via guidelines of change mgmt.
• Managed primary site datacenter racking, installation, and configuration of Wintel servers, patch mgmt., packages creation & distribution, compliance configurations, asset mgmt., NetApp appliances in fiber clusters, quotas, snapshots and restoration, and worked wifin SLA’s wif vendor for replacements
• Ability to scope, conduct analysis and audits based on the frameworks of CIS, COBIT, ISO 27001&2, ITIL, NIST, DFRWS and DoD forensics standards covering LAN-to-WAN, Remote Access, Systems /Application, and Workstation Domains for Compliance, meeting Law requirements and Business drivers wif defined processes
• Design, plan, implement and maintain virtual infrastructure wif consolidation, migration, growth aligned wif a BCP & DRP, and security controls meeting compliance standards
• Knowledge of AWS security fundamentals (auditing, encryption, access control, MFA) and API concept

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Operating Systems: NT/Win 3.x/2000/XP/Vista/Win7/8.1/10)

Servers: NT/2000/2003/2008R2/2012R2MAC OS X/LION/Extensis Universal Server 2Linux, Ubuntu 4.3.2/10.x/16.x, CentOS 7MS Hyper-V, VMWare Sphere 4/5, ESXi 3-6, ESX 3/4, VMware Converter, VCenter, P2V, V2V, Citrix XenServer 6.5 Oracle Virtual BoxCisco IOS, IPCC, Unity & CallManager server, VG-224, Name Connector, IP Phones 7000, ATA Devices

LAN/WAN Environment: WAN Technologies such as ISDN, Cable, DSL, T1, DS3 and Frame Relay, MPLS

Infrastructure: Switched Networks using CAT5/5e/6 & Fiber

Hardware: Dell Power Edge/Precision/Latitude/Optiplex, HP ProLiant/Pavilion, Wintel, MAC Xserve, IntelCisco routers & switches 2000/3000/4000/7000, Foundry Big Iron & Wgrp. Sw, 3COM & CabletronNetApp FAS3000/DS14/ FAS270/FAS250/F87, Maxtor NAS 4100Dell DLT PowerVault and Tape DLT tape unitsAvocent, Dell, Secure Connect, and Lanronix KVM’s, Aruba Access PointsToshiba xxx, APC UPS 1400/2200/, Tripplite

Protocols : TCP/IP, AppleTalk, FTP/SFTP, WINS, DHCP, DNS, SSH, SMTP/SMTP-S, SNMP, UDP, LDAP

Compiled & Scripting Languages: Windows PowerShell (PS), Windows Scripting Host, Shell, PERL, Visual Basic,, Microfocus Cobol, Pascal

Network, Security & Virus Mgmt.: Symantec Endpoint Protection 11x & 12x, Symantec Brightmail Gateway for Exchange, Websense Surf Control Filtering software, Trend Micro, InSSIDer Office, Nessus, NewWitness Investigator 9x, Nmap, OpenVAS Greenbone Security Assistant, Qualys, Snort, Norton Enterprise, Backtrack 4/5.3, Kali, Wireshark, WatsUpGlod, MacAfee Central,MS EMETCheckpoint, Cisco Pix & ASA, PFsense, Juniper log mgmt., NetScreen, Nokia, SonicWall, Perle VPN Server, Cyber Switch 5000

Network & Administration Mgmt.: Foundry Iron View, Dell Open Manager, Open View Site scope, SolarWinds, Data ONTAP, OpenManager, Symantec BackupExec, Ultrabac BackupConfiguration Mgmt.LANDesk, MBSA, Shavlik Mgmt. Solution, Ghost Suite 2.5, Microsoft SMS, MOM, SCCM 2012R2

Email/Messaging Systems: Exchange 5.5/2003/07/10, Blackberry Enterprise 2/3.6/4.1/4.6, Lyris 4/7/9, ASPMAIL, BeyondMail, Office Communication Server 2007, Lync 2013

Database Administration: MSSQL 97/2000/05/08/14, DB2, MySQL, Sybase

Business Software: Lawson 8.0.3/9.0/9.1, BCI, Processflow, RSS, ESS, Design Studio, Datastage, MQ Client, Performance Impact, iMIS, Pivotal, Synapse, ADP, PayBase

Software Packages: IBM WebSphere 6/7, Tivoli, MS IIS 4/5/6/7.5 Office 95/2000/2003/2007/2010/2012/365, Plumtree Portal Server, Tumbleweed Client, Xen Client, Citrix, Logmein, SharePoint Server 2000/07/13EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Evaluation of business assets mgmt. and risk analysis on IT infrastructure developing project plan
• Created a business plan and manage the project for migrating and upgrading of services & hardware addressing compliance, performance, security issues, along wif EOL of OS
• Obtained system and network baselines, cleaned up Domain, implemented security best practices
• Scanned and obtained WiFi logical and physical maps to aid in designed and minimized Attack surface
• Procured new Wintel hardware and software, performed P2V of EOL OS, upgrade domain, centralized antivirus and malware protection, relocated network, and Reconfigured securing both BSS & ESS WLAN
• Redesign backup process implementing cloud backup and adequate backup power solution
• Conducted security audit and vulnerability assessment leading to infrastructure upgrade and hardening
• Rebuild the laptop pool used by contractors deploying clean OS, anti-virus and application suite
• Documented systems, hardware upgrades, and issues encountered wif resolution
• Manages day to day technical issues wifin the infrastructure: user account, computers, server or network

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conduct assessment of Active Directory and devise a plan for relocating DNS and DHCP services
• Added DHCP and DNS to existing DC’s and removed DHCP from Firewall
• Updated existing secondary DC as a redundant DNS and DHCP server
• Tested all functionality and failover of servers and clients wif the changes in topology
• Generated documentation & reports of AD health and status (BPA, NMap)
• Modified PS script (RepAdmin, DcDiag, Netsh, Netdiag) for generating reports of original and updated configuration and status of AD, DNS, DHCP

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conduct assessment of network and provide a plan for upgrading to support VPN
• Researched and provided a summary of the vendors selecting a new router to address both its VPN goal and meeting security best practices
• Setup, configured, and tested VPN server and client connectivity btw headquarters wif remote site

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conducted business and risk analysis on infrastructure developing project plan for migrating and upgrading of services & hardware addressing compliance
• Built and racked Wintel servers (w/hot-spare) including w/GPT OS, configured switches, routers, FW and UPS’s rewiring for optimum redundancy
• Configured and updated virtual environment w/multiple OS’s, cleanup snapshots and tested backup
• Install and configure application servers (SQL, SharePoint, LYNC) wif migration pilot group
• Cleanup and upgrade of AD domain w/cert, migrated Exchange to O365 and decom server
• Recovered fail server w/GPT and RAID array misalignment
• Created documentation and diagrams of network and server infrastructure
• Modified PS script (RepAdmin, DcDiag, Netsh, Netdiag) for generating reports of original and updated configuration and status of AD, LDAP, DNS, DHCP, NICs, along wif WMIC features
• MAP Excel workbook reports of Assessments (licenses), inventory, performance matrixes, usage, etc.

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Devised plans for data migration scoped in Executive Management meetings for divesture
• Created analysis for systems, users, and type of data to be included in the data migration
• Centralized users data on network integrated wif Citrix, Kaseya and LogMeIn
• Automate processes to relocate data to the network, compare and migrate to SharePoint Online OneDrive for Business
• Expunged data from Windows 7 clients wif shredder based on the criteria’s devised

CEO IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Install, upgrade, patch, and migrate VMware ESXi hosts to 6.0 and managing guest OS’s
• Upgrade systems hardware (Wintel) wif SSD (PCIe/M2/SATA) for better performance and power mgmt
• Installed and configured MS Server 2012, SCCM 2012, and Quest Migration Manager
• Deploy AD Access Controls wif Group Policy Objects and security analyzer for change control
• Customization of PowerShell scripts for auditing infrastructure, deploying GPO and or applications
• Installing and managing Linux servers, accounts, groups, permissions, Network configuration, backup wif Tar & Cron jobs, SSH & FTP remote admin, recovery

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Consolidate Auto Shop’s multiple application systems onto newer hardware, running VMware via P2V
• Conduct requirements analysis for repairs and estimation cost system
• Procured new systems and hardware, installed and tested the new OS in a VMware configuration
• Upgrade systems hardware wif SSD for better performance and power management

Network/System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Conducted network and systems analysis for proposed new hardware installation and configuration
• Assist in administering network security measures
• Work wif the ISP to connect and troubleshoot WAN/LAN interface(s) for new office/site
• Created business proposal for new job bids

Independent Contractor Exchange Engineer Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Identified network domain topology for Domain Controllers (DC), Exchange, and BES
• Troubleshot and corrected DNS issue DC and Active Directory replication and Exchange to BES
• Troubleshot and identified root cause of Exchange information store (IS) and databases crash, restored databases from BackupExec and tan validate mailboxes to Active Directory accounts
• Redesigned Information Store wif independent databases to reflect Top - Down tiered structure
• Assisted wif ISP redirection of email traffic until restoration of internal servicesMy role was for restoration of service in an Exchange 2003 server environment wif BES for preparation of the 2010 Exchange upgrade. Upon completion of the systems restoration, identified best practice processes for the customer and produced documentation.

SENIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR/NETWORK ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Managed projects for new and enhancements of Corporate office network expansions of redundant fiber, upgrading Telco closets wif Layer 3 blade fiber connecting switches, redundant UPS between floors, and integration of video surveillance wif Active Directory group policies and VLAN mgmt.
• Assisted wif implementation of DS3, VLAN’s redesign, and WAP’s & WIDS deployment
• Installed new DHCP servers and scopes on VMware to support the redesign VLAN’s network topology
• Migrated over 200 Wintel servers from physical into virtual environments
• Racked and installed Riverbed SteelHead for WAN optimization between server room and Data Centers
• Redesigned, created SOP, installed, and migrated Enterprise EPS servers and clients to VMware wif Active Directory integration onto enterprise Database (DB) supporting MAC and Linux systems
• Created SEP distribution packages, automated deployment schedules and along wif updates
• Managed and maintained NIST alerts for MS OS and applications wif change management
• Documented, built and rebuilt Lawson Disaster Recovery ERP System using DRAC 5 remote mgmt. installed OS, Apps, attached to a NetApp Database snapshot copy
• Racked, upgraded and managed NetApp filers clusters wif fiber channels, systems alerts and anti-virus

Managed Corporate Office’s Server Room, inventory and network Telco areas, Troubleshot network connectivity btw Offices and Data Centers (DC), change management requests for configuration updates, Assist NOC wif network monitoring configurations, MS and ERP baseline, cryptography and systems audits

NETWORK / OPERATIONS ENGINEER II

Responsibilities:

• Upgraded and maintained, SAN environment and Corporate Office: network, Wintel servers, VoIP systems, and planned and relocation of corporate applications to Virginia datacenters
• Deployed 10 Domain Controller RO including (Puerto Rico) upgrades and Active Directory Replication
• Implemented Active Directory Certificate Services and Public Key Infrastructure along wif PGP
• Managed patch management via Shavlik and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
• Managed NETAPP environment racking and installing SAN, clustering FAS’s, anti-virus, volumes and aggregates, and provision NTFS LUN’s via Data ONTAP and the SnapManager Suite
• Upgraded and migrated VMware Unix 3.5 hosts virtual clients to ESXi 4.x thin provision hosts
• Configured and managed VMware ESX 3 servers on Unix running Windows 2008 web applications
• Worked wif security to implement SecureConnect wif Active Directory and configured security groups
• Generated and documented Active Directory via Visio containing Domains, Sites & Subnets, & Exchange
• Automated shell scripts to transfer files between Lawson, ADP, and Paybase via SecureConnect
• Managed Call Manager, Unity servers, and backups, routing menus, Active directory accounts wif voicemail creation & restoration, configured and deployed IP Phones and ATA fax devices
• Setup and configure Cisco IP Communicator for local or remote IP telephony

Independent Contractor -IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked wif vendors to procure contracts for relocation, network, VOIP, and Outsource email services
• Procured and installed HP servers (Wintel), anti-virus solution, backup, and printing solution
• Procured, built, installed and imaged workstations wif required applications suite
• Managed security policies via SonicWALL for remote users connectivity to network and resources

NETWORK AND OPERATIONS ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented MS Windows 2000 Active Directory forest integrated Exchange 2000, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and documented topology wif Visio
• Deployed Active Directory FSMO Roles, Organizational Units, Group Policies, Security Policies, Domain Name Service (DNS), and Windows Name Service (WINS)
• Assisted in redesigned, installed and managed Corporate, remote sites network, backup WAN and VPN infrastructure integrated and rollout VoIP system, Conferencing Solution over ISDN
• Provided Tier-3 systems support of Active Directory, Exchange, and network issues to the helpdesk
• Installed, managed 10 Exchange 5.5 servers, backups, and restoration included 8 branch offices

USER SUPPORT ANALYSTS

Responsibilities:

• Created and administered presentation for the company President and Board of Trustees
• Managed and upgraded Video Conference System on ISDN.

HELP DESK COORDINATOR

Responsibilities:

• Implemented and maintained Bendata HEAT service management solution
• Conferred wif network users about how to solve existing system issues
• Provided Tier-I level phone support and delegated Tier-II and network level phone support