SUMMARY:

15 years of experience in the IT arena, various government IT projects

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

OS Platforms: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012, SharePoint 2013, Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2012, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora 12, CentOS, Mac OSX, VMware, vSphere 3.x/4.x/5.x, ESX/ESXi Server, VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, Citrix VDI - in-a-Box, Citrix XenServer, Citrix XenDesktop, Citrix XenApp VMware View 4.x/5.x, IBM Lotus Notes, Centrify, VAS, SAN, NAS, NetApp Data ONTAP 7 mode, Agile methodology

EXPERIENCE:

Lead Systems Engineer/Datacenter Architect

Confidential, McLean, Virginia

Responsibilities:

• Technical project manager on the FBI eLAB project and Lead Datacenter Architect
• Oversee all technical aspects of the project to include software and hardware installs, security patches, government compliance and power/space/cooling
• Architected and installed the SAN using NetApp hardware and software
• Designed the backup and restore contingency plan utilizing NetApp SnapManager for SQL, SnapDrive for Windows, SnapVault and SnapMirror
• Manage a team of 6 technical employees on the project ranging from the help desk tier to tier 3 senior systems administrators
• Configured and deployed 8 Windows Server 2008 R2 and two Windows Server 2012 servers for the Laboratory Information Management System used by the Bureau
• Architected and designed a web server and Active Directory Federation Services server in order to implement a web portal for the project application
• Participate as a Subject Matter Expert on all technical aspects of proposals for new work and in response to RFPs
• Built and managed the project’s Cisco ASA firewall, to include the architecture and design of a VPN for the client to access a pre-deployment collaboration environment
• Architected Citrix VDI-in-a-Box solution for the deployment of virtual desktops across the network
• Configured and installed Citrix XenServer on a Dell R720 server which acted as the hypervisor and also hosted for the VDI-in-a-Box implementation

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential, Reston, Virginia

Responsibilities:

• Lead systems engineer on the IT Engineering team
• Designed and configured racks of equipment to be shipped out to different DoD sites both CONUS and OCONUS
• Configured a large number of NetApp FAS2020 storage controllers and FAS 2040 storage controllers to be delivered to our customers onsite and downrange
• Provided Tier 3 engineering support to locations CONUS and OCONUS, in regards to VMware and NetApp implementation and configuration
• Managed the Active Directory domain for the client, where all authentication took place throughout the LAN
• Created and managed documentation for all equipment configuration steps and stored on engineering SharePoint page
• Racked and stacked all equipment in the datacenter, ran cables, configured power requirements and all other related rack needs

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential, Scottsdale, Arizona

Responsibilities:

• Lead systems engineer on the infrastructure team in charge of all VMware related issues and design
• Completed a VMware analysis of the current infrastructure and supplied my recommendations on how the hosts should be clustered and configured for HA/DRS
• Built and deployed Linux virtual machines and Windows virtual machines
• Performed tier 3 support for all Windows and VMware related issues within the infrastructure
• Mentored and trained several of the junior administrators to bring them up to speed on what is expected in an enterprise datacenter

Virtualization Engineer

Confidential, Scottsdale, Arizona

Responsibilities:

• Brought on to a 6 week engagement to review and analyze Confidential ’s VMware infrastructure
• Ran VMware analysis tools, health check analyzer and IOmeter to gauge the server hardware’s capability
• Drew out a planned design that would better suit the organizations infrastructure in order to scale out as growth determines
• Gave recommendations based on the results of the health analysis for steps going forward with the infrastructure build

Cloud Services Administrator

Confidential, Phoenix, Arizona

Responsibilities:

• Senior administrator in charge of 24/7 NOC at IO Datacenter in Phoenix and Scottsdale
• Tasked with the oversight of the managed services platform out of the datacenter
• Designed and built customer collocation space in order to meet their needs and satisfy their security requirements
• Created disaster recovery plan and ensured high availability with a secondary fail over site
• Architected the Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) platform to enable us to provide multi-tenancy on our NetApp storage array
• Redesigned the VMware infrastructure utilizing 6 HP Proliant servers with ESXi 5.0 installed, created clusters and resource pools, configured the clusters for High Availability
• Managed the successful relocation of three Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) customer from several different datacenters to the IO Datacenter in Phoenix
• Racked and stacked several NetApp installations at both datacenter locations to included FAS3270 controllers along with DS4243 shelves

Independent IT Consultant

Confidential, Phoenix, Arizona

Responsibilities:

• Maintained over 300 virtual machines (servers), daily server checks, troubleshooting and any hardware related issues
• Aided in the re-architecture of the VMware View environment by implementing and installing VMware View 5.0
• Contracted to manage their help desk issues related to VMware virtualization and other issues
• Assigned to be on the patching team, utilizing Microsoft SCCM for all patching and upgrades to ensure compliance with Confidential guidelines
• Managed all issues related to technology through the school and its two campuses
• Maintained over 600 staff accounts and permissions
• Upgraded over 120 CRT monitors to newer LED widescreen monitors effectively lowering overhead cost for the school
• Planned out a 3 phase deployment of VMware View 4.5, to eventually grow into a 600 seat VDI to further lower overhead costs to the school and be compliant with green initiatives
• Configured back up and replication with Veeam software
• Trained staff on virtualization technology and brought them up to speed with new VDI project
• Maintained over 30 physical servers, daily server checks, troubleshooting and any hardware related issues
• Contracted to update all of their existing virtual hardware to PVSCSI adapter and VMXNet network adapters, this consisted of over 300 virtual machine upgrades
• Daily systems administrator duties to include account maintenance, proprietary software management and security compliance
• Managed and maintain all routers, switches and firewalls in the network infrastructure
• Tasked as the technical lead for VMware related issues, to include installation, upgrade and maintenance of all VM host machines, networking and VM performance
• Installed ESXi 4.1 update 1 on 10 ESX hosts and created several clusters of over 90 virtual machines, Re-designed VMware architecture to enable VMware High Availability (HA)

Sr. Hardware Engineer

Confidential, Goodyear, Arizona

Responsibilities:

• Sr. Member of hardware engineering team on a large government contract
• Handled all hardware/software requests for a large group of developers and project personnel
• Manager of the Remedy Help Desk system, keeping detailed metrics and gathering data on other team members to track SLA success rate and individual progress
• Active Directory management to include account changes, disables/enables, account creation and group policy editing
• Maintained VMware infrastructure, ESXi host status, VM creation, SAN configuration

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential, Maryland

Responsibilities:

• Managed and maintain all routers, switches and firewalls in the network infrastructure
• Installed ESX/ESXi server and managed 7 ESX hosts and several clusters of over 200 virtual machines, and administer to the security concerns of each host
• Implemented VMware security features such as VMsafe or vShield Zones, along with keeping our ESX/ESXi hosts patched and up-to-date as VMware releases security patches
• Aided the developers/programmers in creating Perl or shell admin scripts when needed
• Built and deployed Windows XP, Windows 7, RHEL 5.4, Fedora 12, Ubuntu 9.10, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, VMWare virtual machines from vCenter Server 4.0
• Managed the client’s Active Directory structure, edited group policy, created OUs, created new users, account management and some registry editing
• Tasked to be the lead on maintaining virus definition files

Systems Administrator

Confidential, McLean, Virginia

Responsibilities:

• Managed and supported 6 servers containing a high volume of collaboration accounts and user account information
• Active Directory administrator, keeping track of user account activity/inactivity, creation of OUs, special group accesses and general password related issues
• Tasked to be Team Lead in order to maintain integrity and efficiency of end product
• Conducted oversight of 6,034 active user accounts within a community of over 20 government agencies
• Created newly assigned Lotus Notes databases, and maintain over 1,300 current active databases
• Facilitate training programs for newly assigned personnel, and conduct training sessions

LAN Systems Specialist

Confidential, McLean, Virginia

Responsibilities:

• Member of the LAN support team for a government agency
• Supported and maintained a group of 124 customers at various sites, assumed primary ownership of all segment related activities/requests
• Implemented workstation installations, configurations, and supported mass equipment moves

Queue Coordinator

Confidential, Ft. Meade, Maryland

Responsibilities:

• Member of Server Management Team, effectively managed the large volume of Remedy SRS tickets submitted daily, researched and analyzed problems, routed tickets to appropriate UNIX/NT administrators

Enlisted Service Member

Confidential, Ft. Meade, Maryland

Responsibilities:

• Assigned to a government agency as a Signals Processing Analyst for a Joint Service Exploitation Watch. Researched signal diametric and parameters ensuring 100% accuracy on all forwarded high interest SIGINT material
• Drafted Operator Acceptance, Testing and Evaluation (OAT&E) procedures and Position of Equipment Indicators (POEIs) for the integration of large collection systems, resulting in the successful fulfillment of contractual obligations.
• Managed and maintained a network of 20+ Solaris machines, administered user accounts and facilitated all hardware moves, and software installations for our 24/7 watch group
• Carried out Windows systems administrator tasks as needed to include password resets, account creation and management for our back end users