Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Operations Resume Bentonville, Arkansas - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Systems engineer with strong experience managing server infrastructures and data - center operations across Unix, Linux, Windows and Mac OS X platforms. Effectively plan, install, configure and optimize IT infrastructures to achieve high availability and performance.
Proven ability to create and deliver solutions tied to business growth, organizational development and systems/network optimization. Skilled problem identifier and troubleshooter comfortable managing systems, projects and teams in a range of IT environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Apps and Systems: Microsoft Office Suite, VMWare,Unix, AIX, Linux, AWS, Windows, Mac OS X

Programming: C, C++, Java, Html 5, JavaScript, JQuery, Python, Powershell, PowerCli, Puppet

Collaboration: Jabber, WebEx, SharePoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Bentonville, Arkansas

Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Operations

Responsibilities:

Responsible for all aspect of re-engineering decommission process through automation, resulting in net savings of over $2,000,000.
Optimized systems through daily monitoring to improved performance by 30%
Managing internal finance and server provisioning
Develop and administered network and server disaster recovery plans. Provided expert level support for a VMware ESX environment with over 100 hosts on Cisco UCS hardware
Built, installed, and tested Linux VMware servers based on requirements from Design and Architecture or established standards.
Worked with partners during change control activities to ensure smooth migrations and implementations, including performing change tasks.
Balance the guest to host ratio in 8 different computer farms and track backup reports
Oversaw 20 different virtual farms with over 1000 hosts and 5000 virtual machines with vsphere client 4, 5 and 6.5
Building of Engineered and maintained backup environment with over 300 clients including VMware VM level backups.
Migrated VMs across hosts within a HA cluster to perform maintenance tasks on ESXi hosts.
Used VMware vMotion to eliminate application downtime from planned server maintenance by migrating running virtual machines between hosts.
Installed several hotfixes and patches on windows servers to eliminate vulnerabilities.
Deployed several VMs from Templates and customized their configurations as-needed.
We use VMware vSphere CLI, and VMware vSphere PowerCLI to script and automate builds and changes to environment.
Worked on the installation of NMI drivers on HP blade ESXi servers to eliminate PSoD.
Reduced traffic by as much as 90% by implementing a parameter change on the DNS servers that resulted in most of the traffic staying as UDP.
Maintained accountability for cryptography, hardware, network and server assets supporting daily training, valued over $1M
Setup NFS/CIFS clients on all platforms (Redhat,Centos, Windows and Solaris).
Planned and implemented NetApp storage solutions in live production environments
Expertise in using and implementing the storage protocols like SAN, NAS, NFS, CIFS and ISCSI
Performed zoning, LUN provisioning, supported using Brocade Network Advisor (DCFM) and Fabric OS CLI.
Supported the enterprise server SAN storage and TSM backup infrastructures 24/7 on a rotational on-call basis.
Deployed several VMs from Templates and customized their configurations as-needed.
Responded to server down alerts in a timely manner and brought them up via HP iLO
Daily administration of various Linux and Windows systems with regards to active directory, storage and backup/recovery.
Created dozens of Powershell, Python, BASH, and KORN scripts to automate various features of system administration and configuration.
Implemented Puppet automation tools to rapidly build and configure VMs and install, configure and upgrade various infrastructure related software packages.
Product Demos with different stakeholders and users to get feedback for product improvement
Installed upgrades/patches and maintained security protocols.
Stabilized PCI environment by resolving security vulnerabilities and developed solutions to ensure PCI compliance.
Oversaw HP ILO’s firmware automation and server deletion process.
Collaborated with auditors and customers completing the 2016 PCI audit demands.

IT Rotational Analyst

Responsibilities:

Supported infrastructure, security, and vendor management departments in the IT division within company.
Installed security certificate updates via forefront identity manager (FIM) software.
Led internal effort to restrict access to Wi-Fi and VPN for diverse user accounts.
Managed high-visibility development project of internal app, allowing security to simulate phishing e-mails.
Developed security information website prototype to train associates on acceptable methods to secure information.

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