SUMMARY:

• Sr. Systems Engineer with experience in high availability, enterprise production environments
• Expert level experience in VMWare and related infrastructure technologies such as Storage Area Networks, Fiber and SFP+ cabling technologies and host management toolsets.
• Evaluated, redesigned, and built out 19 node vSphere 6.5 environment with 3 clusters to house all virtual machines
• Rewrote DR plan for domain controllers to use VMware ESX rather than physical boxes for all Active Directory FSMO Role holders.
• Implemented Dell m1000e chassis into datacenter with installation of Blades and vSphere ESXi software installs
• Condensed SAN storage environment from 5 unshared silos down to a single shared SAN
• Redesigned EqualLogic SAN environment for larger LUNs and resolve latency issues due to RAID restrictions
• Automated patch deployment and vApp reboots for DEV/TEST, UAT and Production
• Installed Symantec EndPoint Protection 14 and migrated all clients to new management server

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Microsoft: Windows Server 2016 2012, 2012 R2, 2008 R2, 2008, 2003 R2, 2003, 2000 and NT all Service Pack Levels. Active Directory, ADSIEDIT, Group Policy. DHCP, DNS, and WINS. WSUS. SCCM. SPS. IIS. SQL. RRAS. RIS. SCOM. Terminal Services and Licensing. Certificate Authority. Baseline Security Analyzer. Operations Management. SharePoint. XP. Scripting. Project Server. HyperV. System Center Virtual Machine Manager. All Office suites and applications including 2016 releases.

VMWare: ESX 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.1, 5.x and 6.x. Virtual Center 2.0, 2.5, 4.x, 5.x and 6.x. P2V Assistant. Converter. High Availability. Distributed Resource Scheduler. VMotion. Site Recovery Manager. Update Manager. VDI. Lab Manager. Orchestrator. VMFS. Distributed Switches.

Citrix: Metaframe XP Server. Metaframe Presentation Server. ICA Web Client. Management Console. Access Suite Console.

SystemTools.com: Hyena.

Symantec: Endpoint Protection 14 Server and Client.

Adaptec: Storage Manager.

BigFix: Patch Management Server, Relay Agent, Client, custom Fixlet writing, and application deployment.

VERITAS: Backup Exec.

Quest: vRanger Pro, vFoglight

SafeGuard: LanCrypt.

Solar Winds: Orion NPM, SAM, Virtualization Manager, Storage Manager, Patch ManagerCourion Account Provisioning Suite.

Idera: SQLSecure

Kronos: WorkForce Central TimeKeeper 6.1.12 and WorkForce Central Configuration Manager 6.1

Linux: RedHat 6.x, Ubuntu 16.x, Suse

Dell : m1000e Chassis, M9x Blade servers PowerEdge Rack Servers, rack mount KVM’s, DR4100 series backup devices.

IBM: Blade Servers, System X Servers

SnapAppliance : SnapServers

IdealStor : Backup Appliances

HP : MSA1000, Fiber Channel Switches, ProLiant Servers and BladeCenters

Compellent : Storage Center SANs

EqualLogic : PS Series SANs

InfraScale : Eversync 4500

EMC : AX4-5, Navisphere

QLogic : QLEx, QLAx, QEMx, QCPx, and QSBx model HBAs

Cisco: UCS platform

Fortinet: Fortigate 100D, 300D Firewalls

APC: Smart-UPS VT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Systems Engineer

• Virginia Executive level agency
• Fully responsible for large Out-of-Scope datacenter hosting 250+ virtual machines
• Zero V.I.T.A. involvement
• 24/7/365 on-call and datacenter support responsibilities
• Lead Engineer on VMWare vSphere, all datacenter hardware, SAN infrastructure, SolarWinds Orion configuration and maintenance, backup and replication for data integrity, Active Directory Group Policy design, Active Directory OU design, Symantec EndPoint Protection and emerging technologies.
• Backup Engineer to Fortinet Firewalls, Solarwinds Patch Manager, DNS, SUSE and RedHat Linux.

ACCOMPLISHMENT:

• Redesign of entire VMWare vSphere environment including upgrade from 4.5 to 5.5. (2014)
• Upgraded hosts to 6.0 (2016)
• Upgraded hosts to 6.5 (2017)
• Deployed DR4100’s with MD1200 expansion shelves in primary datacenter and offsite (2015)
• Replication setup for daily backups to be shipped offsite
• Removed need for weekly offsite tape/drive rotation with Iron Mountain
• Redesigned vRanger backup job schedule to reflect daily offsite rather than weekly offsite.
• Collapsed EMC AX4-5’s and Dell MD3620 into EqualLogic 3 node SAN group – 35.94TB useable (2014)
• Expanded group to 4 nodes in 2016 – 54.63TB useable (2016)
• Expanded group to 5 nodes in 2017 – 120TB useable (2017)
• Active Projects:
• Evaluating DELL VxRAIL for future implementation in the datacenter (2018)
• Designing migration solution from Novell based file services to Microsoft File share services (2018)
• Data migration along with user rights mappings using scripts.
• Migrating Novell logon scripts into Active Directory scripts using PowerShell

Confidential

Sr. Systems Programmer (Contractor)

• Large scale, multi-datacenter enterprise.
• Contracted to evaluate and implement an enterprise level VMware monitoring solution.
• On-Call rotation for all vSphere host issues.

ACCOMPLISHMENT:

• Implemented vFoglight to monitor all vSphere hosts and vCenter servers in 3 datacenters. (2011)
• Created custom dashboards for all key production applications and published to Sharepoint.

Confidential

Technical Analyst II - Problem Management Department

• 60,000 user, multi-site, Enterprise environment
• Daily Responsibilities include but not limited to: Advise all business systems groups to changes in the network environment as well as be a liaison to the Sr. Network Engineers for the business systems groups.
• Expert knowledge of entire IT environment. Analyzes call data that comes into our outsourced help desk and proposes projects to drive overall call volume down

ACCOMPLISHMENT:

• Designed custom front end logon screen for OWA including branding and removing choices to avoid confusion for end users (2007)
• Worked with Database Administrators and Corporate Business Managers to deploy a new Peoplesoft 8.9 Financial Environment (2007)
• Worked with the Network Engineers to deploy a new wireless environment in the remote facilities and the Cisco Secure Services Client to control the environment (2007)
• Created deployment guides for server engineers to deploy Printer Manager (2007)
• Setup auto-install of printers based on site
• Publish all printers in AD for simplified searching
• Worked with network engineers to deploy Cisco Secure Services wireless client (2008)
• Worked though issues during initial pilot to minimize issues upon rollout to 10,000+ laptops
• Worked with Security Department to deploy and train entire company on Courion Account Provisioning Suite (2008)
• Designed all training guides, call flows for help desk, and knowledge base articles
• Worked with the Network Engineers to design and deliver a Juniper SSL VPN solution for 10,000+ laptops, replacing MCI’s Access Manager. (2008)

Server Engineer I

Confidential

• Lead Engineer on VMware ESX environment.
• Daily Responsibilities include but not limited to: Complete knowledge of all datacenter servers and applications used for production environment.
• Standing up servers for new projects and installing applications based on project charters. Evaluate all applications that are brought to engineers by any line of the business to determine impact on network.
• Day to day monitoring of datacenter and server health, doing preventative maintenance on servers and systems as needed.

ACCOMPLISHMENT:

• P2V’ed 175 legacy systems into VMware cluster including several NT4 machines (2008 / 2009)
• Built VM environment for Idera SQLSecure software to audit all SQL Servers on the network (2008)
• Rewrote DR plan for domain controllers to use VMware ESX rather than physical boxes for all FSMO Role holders (2008)
• Evaluated, designed, and built a new 6 node vSphere 4.0 cluster to house all current and new production virtual machines (2009)
• Installed and configured vRanger Pro 4 DPP to backup all production VM’s at the .vmdk level (2009)
• Upgraded existing ESX 3.5 cluster to vSphere 4 (2009)
• Consolidated 16 floor servers with print queues and scanning application to single VM, and improved performance (2009)
• Upgraded Kronos Workforce Timekeeper software from 5.1 to 6.1.12 (2010)
• Build CoLo ESX cluster to support second head end of Active Directory infrastructure for redundancy (2010)
• Completed evaluation of all datacenter systems and recommended moving away from IBM hardware to the Cisco UCS system for all systems including bare metal installs without virtualization (2010)
• Implemented first Cisco UCS chassis and blades with vSphere 4.1 Enterprise plus for new production cluster (2011 )

Confidential

Sr. Network Systems Administrator

• 1,200 user multi-site enterprise level network.
• Daily responsibilities include but not limited to: creation and administering of daily backup routine. System log checking on all servers.
• Put performance monitors in place to create a benchmark to help diagnose server problems and lower response times.
• Active Directory: Structure and design for any new department, client, or project, security and distribution group creation (Domain local, Global, and Universal), Group nesting for Rights and Permissions assignments, Group memberships, OU creation and maintenance, Creation of Trusts between client domain’s and own, Group Policy Implementation, Sites and Services setups for new remote offices for replication, Computer account creation and clean up, use of ADSIedit and other tools to repair Active Directory as needed, and any other AD role that was not listed.
• File Share setups. Shared printer installs on our print servers. DNS, WINS, and DHCP maintenance, Windows and Citrix server maintenance and patching, patch evaluation for Windows systems in a non-production environment, BIOS flash on all server systems.
• Virtual server and workstation creation with VMWare ESX.
• SQL Database maintenance.

ACCOMPLISHMENT:

• Designed and implemented full desktop and server roll out for our new 400 seat call center in Toledo, Ohio. (2005)
• Worked with Security team to pass the ISO17799 standard, Audited by Crimson Security. (2006)
• Designed new VLAN infrastructure and new subnets for the entire 1200 user network and worked with Cisco Admin to implement (2006)
• Encrypted sensitive company data using EFS and Safeguard LAN Crypt. (2006)
• Deployed BigFix Enterprise Server and configured to deploy system patches, software, and custom pushes through a network of relays at 11 different sites. (2006)
• Installed and configured Compellent 200TB Storage Center SAN. (2007)
• Built new VMWare ESX 3.0 server farm, designed each VMWare server to boot from Compellent SAN as well as all Virtual Server LUNS stored on the new Compellent SAN. (2007)
• Rebuilt Exchange 2003 environment to implement a front end/clustered backend setup. In this process, I placed the information store on the Compellent SAN and tied into the backend server cluster via fiber HBA’s. Migrated users to new environment. (2007)
• Some Avaya phone systems and IAT CTCenter experience.

Consultant

Confidential

• Responsible for file server backups, network infrastructure, and print servers.

ACCOMPLISHMENT:

• Designed custom databases and macros for sales and marketing team (2003).
• Upgraded all servers Windows Server 2003 (2004).
• Upgraded OS platform to Windows XP (2004).

Computer Warehouse

Confidential

• Built and created custom computer systems and networks from start to install.
• Installed Client networks as purchased from store front and outside sales staff.
• On Site support for client networks.
• Extensive product knowledge.
• Upgrade, service and preventive maintenance of all makes and models of computer systems.
• Handled customer complaints when raised.
• Helped maintain inventory control.