SUMMARY:

• 24 Years Data Center and Senior Systems Administrator Experience
• Senior Active Directory and VMware Architect and Admin 6.0, 2016, W2012R2, 2008R2, W2k3, 2000, NT 4.0, NT 3.51 Systems administrator.
• EMC Certified with Clarion, supported 200 Terabyte EMC SAN fiber connected.
• A+ Security Certification 2008
• Have deployed 2016 in Development, Seized FMSO Roles and elevated Active Directory to 2016.
• 24 Years Senior Systems administrator. 3 Years Windows Team Lead. Intel server hardware expert, Exchange 365,2010, 2007/5.5 experience, 2003 and 2008R2, 2012R2 active directory administration, Confidential Patch Management, Virus Software Management, Raid, Network and Server Security Management. Skype and Lync.
• 3 Years Symantec NetBackup and Veeam backup software with LT06 and Data Domain.
• Have done Extensive Proof of Concept and Project Management for New Deployments.
• Software Deployment to bare metal Servers and workstations via ADS and Ghost and WDS.
• Created master Images for deployment, Vast 24/7 experience in Large Data Centers
• Attended VMware 3.5 ESX Boot camp twice and Also Trained with CA Products NSM DSM UAPM Service Desk and Clever path Portal administration and Cisco Unity VoIP administration. Security+ certified as of June 12,
• Deployed VMware for Defense department and Confidential on Blade Centers and Storage Area Networks.
• Experienced with ITEL and Change Management
• Trouble shooting servers and applications. Disaster recovery from Tape.
• 10 Years’ Experience with VMware 6.0 and Confidential Hypervisor 2008R2,2012R2, 2016
• Attended 3 VMware Classes, two Unitek Boot Camps and VMware Fast track class.
• Deployed VMware for Defense Department at DMDC in Marina on 2 HP Blade Centers and two Netapp SAN’s. Captured Runbook and Process that is used my Marines and Airforce for deployment.
• Deployed VMware for Confidential after Purchase of SPSS on three Confidential Blade Centers and Two Confidential SAN’s worked with team to migrate 10,000 servers from 5 Data Centers from around the World.
• Deployed VMware Operations Manager.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

OS: Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1& 10, 2000/2003, 2008R2,2012R2, 2016, Dos, 95, 98, 2000, XP Windows NT 4.0, ESX, ESXI 5.5/6.0 I have deployed Windows server 2012R2, Change Control to ITEL standards.

APPLICATIONS: Active Directory, VMware Sphere 6.0, VCenter Server, VCenter Operations Manager, CA NSM, DSM Exchange 2010, W2k3, W2k, W2k8, Skype, Lync, 5.5. IIS, DHCP, Clever Path Portal, Cisco Unity, DNS, WINS, SYMANTEC Netback 7.6 and End Pointe Virus software MCAFEE, MAESTRO, TIVOLI, HP Insight, ILO, Avocent, DSVIEW, too many to list or remember. TERMINAL SERVER, ADS, WDS, GHOST, LOTUS NOTES, REMEDY, Outlook, Office, Confidential Visio, ARC SERVE 2000, Veritas. Mcafee SAAS. Veeam, Remedy.

HARDWARE: All Intel Servers, worked with latest Dell R720, HP, Confidential Servers, 32 and 64 bit, HP/EVA 8000 SAN, HP Class C Blade servers, Confidential BLADES, RAID 10. Fiber Channel, SWITCHES, Desktops and Laptops, Wireless, Automated Tape Libraries, RAID, EMC DATA Domain and LTO6 EMC Certified on Clarion, Confidential DS5020 SAN, EVA, Avocent KVM over IP, APC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Systems Administrator, Milpitas, CA

Responsibilities:

• VMware Architect /Senior Systems Administrator/Data Center Manager/V
• Windows, Active Directory, Exchange 2010, VMware 5.5, Netbackup7.6. EMC SAN, Symantec NetBackup Exec and Endpointe Enterprise Virus Suite.
• Re - designed VMware deployment, upgraded to 6.0 and implemented recommended upgrades and improvements to Improve IO, throughput and performance of VMware. Deployed VMware Operations Manager.
• Responsible for 150 Servers, 750 end users, Upgrading VMware hardware and network, Installing new Symantec Netbackup server, LTO6 Tape drives and Data Domain.
• Responsible for Data Center and servers and all user administration, supporting Engineering Development servers and applications.

Confidential

Senior Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed application support from home, support Web HTTP based Performance monitoring software called EdgeView.
• Supporting clients deploying with Akamai and installing Web based performance software for reporting purposes.
• Work with Clients through Confidential to Deploy the Application and set it up for their Website and Data Center.

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Senior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Senior Systems Administrator for small company of 500 people, doing everything. Desktop, Network, Active directory, VMware, SAN support and application and Exchange support.
• Deployed ticketing System for IT work and WSUS for Confidential Updates.
• Did Confidential for Ticketing system and WSUS.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

VMware Architect and SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Deployed VMware on three Confidential Blade Centers and Two Confidential Storage Area networks.
• Assisted in Migrating Company Purchased (SPSS) to SVL Data Center\ Set up three Confidential Blade Centers and two Confidential DS5040 SAN’s used for VMware Lab Manager.
• Consists of 2 VSphere VMware Clusters with Development and production servers.
• Relocated and migrated servers from data centers around the world, working with worldwide team.
• Installed VSphere, hosts, Clusters from Ground up.

Confidential, Marina CA

Senior VMware Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Deployed VMware VSphere Enterprise plus on 2 HP 7000 Blade Centers, with B460G6 Blades and a Netapp. Stood up Proof of Concept for VMware, sold concept to senior executives, completed to production.
• Worked with CA Tools, NSM, DSM, UAPM, and Service Desk. Monitored servers, rolling out CA products, trouble shooting monitoring, using DSM to distribute software.
• New server builds, assisting Systems team with security remediation, writing documentation. Required 7 year security background check.
• Clever path Portal Administration, Attended Onsite VMware Fast Track training and VMware boot camp at Unitek.

Confidential, Santa Clara

Virtual Machine Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Created Virtual Machine running Confidential Hi Command Software and Raid Simulator for sales purpose of demonstrating Confidential Hicommand software suite for Storage Area Networks for field sales personnel.

Confidential, Redwood City

Senior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed all helpdesk and It issues, building out new laptops, Cisco VOIP Phones Cisco Unity admin, Safe-boot, Remedy, XP, Vista, Oracle, Doors, PGP.
• Moving mailboxes from crashed storage group on Exchange, trained other employee’s to Image laptops and trouble shoot it issues.
• Filled in for 8 weeks to give them time to hire new personnel.

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer and Lab Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a State of the Art Data Center with all the latest technology from HP, Dell, and EMC. Confidential, Xiotech, Whale, Certeon, MPC and too many vendors to name, HP Pro Curve switches, ISCSI SATA SANS, HP EV8000 SAN, 8 way DUAL core servers, Confidential 16 way machines running Datacenter, Avocent KVM over IP,APC Racks and Power...
• Confidential does proof of concept and architectural design sessions with major corporations using the Data center and four labs.
• I deploy software to bare metal servers and do software builds of workstations and servers and capture and deploy the images with Automated Software Deployment (ADS/ Confidential ) using Sysprep, 2003 PE, Ghost, and WDS for Vista and Longhorn.