Senior Systems Engineer Resume Washington, D.C. - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

To obtain a position in which I can execute my current skillset and have the ability to learn on the job.
Placing myself into a role that will keep me challenged and advance my abilities.
Research, design, implement and maintain infrastructure and network systems.
Provide guidance and lead projects that will improve the network and environment.
Provide insight to management that will improve efficiency and keep IT costs within budget.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Windows Server 2003 - 2016, Windows XP-10 and SQL Server
Kali Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Server, SUSE Enterprise Server, Oracle Linux, Tails and Ubuntu Server
Mac OS Sierra, Server and Casper
Hyper-V, ESXi 5.0-6.5
Active Directory, Group Policy Management, Exchange, Office 365, Azure, SCCM, IBM AppScan, WSUS, IIS, Failover Clusters, DNS and DHCP Server via Windows Server
Cisco Switches, Routers, Meraki Access Points, CLI, Cisco ASA, SonicWALL and Palo Alto Firewalls.
TCP/IP, VLAN Configuration, MAC Address Filtering, Port Forwarding, NAT Filtering, Cisco ISE and VPN
Configuration for Cisco and SonicWALL Clients
Solarwinds, Uptrends, PTRG, OpenVAS, Netwrix, and Nessus
Dell EMC and Equalogic Storage
Cisco PBX Configuration for Unified Communications, Avaya Office Phone Manager, Microsoft Lync, Polycom HD Telepresence Systems
AutoTask, Altiris, Remedy, ITSM, ChangeGear, IT Glue, ConnectWise and Numara Ticketing systems.
Canon, Xerox, Ricoh, Dell and HP Multi-Function Printers iOS, Android, Windows Mobile and Blackberry Mobile Management for BYOD via Manage Engine and Good Enterprise
Physical repairs and hardware replacement for phones, tablets, servers, desktops and notebooks.
MS Office 2003-2016, Project and Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, D.C.

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Migration of Email Infrastructure from Exchange 2010 to a Hybrid Configuration Utilizing Office 365 and Exchange Server 2016
Migration of Virtualization Infrastructure from ESXi 4.1 to Hyper-V on multiple Windows Server hosts utilizing failover clusters.
Decommission SonicWALL firewall, install and configure a pair of Palo Alto PA-5020 firewalls with high availability. Manually migrate settings from previous firewall.
Decommission Kaspersky anti-virus management. Researched and purchased licenses for Palo Alto Traps anti-virus. Removed Kaspersky agent from endpoints and deployed Traps.
Deploy and configure Manage Engine to improve efficiency, allowing for better asset management, deployments, updates and BYOD policies.
Create documentation including network diagrams, VLAN layout, backup policies, disaster recovery policies, end user guides, onboarding documents and more.
Manage and maintain SAN infrastructure and backups. Setup of Storage Devices such as Dell Equalogic and VM Datastores. Ensure backups were functional via weekly testing.
Group Policy Management including creating policies for workstations and servers, logon banners, protection from removable drives, network drive mapping and printer mapping.

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Confidential, McLean, VA

IT Support Specialist

Responsibilities:

Installation, configuration and management of ESXi Servers via vSphere and vCenter. Clustering hypervisors
Server Migrations from Server 2003/2008 - 2012 or 2016. Creating failovers for Domain Controller, DNS and DHCP.
Create new DNS entries in Appliansys DNS boxes and redirects for websites via iRules in F5.
Run vulnerability scans on servers and workstations. Patch any vulnerabilities that need to be addressed via SCCM or WSUS. Implement firmware upgrades on Network Equipment and other equipment such as printers after hours.
Providing support for Mac users, create images for Macs using Casper and Carbon Copy Cloner. Plan upgrades and deliver updates of new MacOS versions. Time Machine backups to Lacie NAS.
Manage Help Desk employees and monitor incoming and existing tickets, Lead projects with assistance of Help Desk Team.
Work with vendors to purchase new equipment for company refreshes including laptops, workstations, servers, backup solutions and other equipment to improv productivity and output of IT Department.
Deploy updates to websites and assist web and database teams in rollouts.
Grant and revoke access to users on production and test servers and document the dates.
Manage Exchange Server and troubleshoot issues with Outlook, Calendar and Mail sharing.
Creation of security and distribution groups. Setup permissions of Network Drives for different departments.