SUMMARY:

Seasoned IT Professional seeks full time position. Extensive experience maintaining and troubleshooting servers (Linux and Windows) for multiple companies in various industries. Extensive experience with cloud - based infrastructure design, implementation and management. Relaxed and focused on resolving complex technical issues. Loves a challenge, and works hard to solve issues in a timely manner. Great customer service and management skills.

KEY STRENGTHS:

Strong multi-tasking skills, excellent work ethic, superior customer service experience, works well under pressure and has proven time management skills. Knows how to find the answers.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Rackspace Certified .Certified ShoreTel Installer, Advanced Linux Administration, Windows Server Administration, Exchange Server administration. Network Troubleshooting and Desktop Troubleshooting Mac OS.X, XP, Vista, 7, Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu, Solaris, Confidential, and BSD. Citrix Certified professional (Xen) course work. Proven Disaster recovery skills using Acronis and Symantec.
• Extensive Virtualization experience with XEN and VMware 3.0 -5.5 software. Experience with MySql and MS Sql serversand clustering. Experience with Citrix Presentation Server. Netware experience. Symantec Backup Exec experience. Extensive cloud management and migration experience ( Amazon EC2, Rackspace)
• Docker container Experience.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Culver City, CA

Sr. Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Cloud Migration project, DC to AWS (main project)
• Terraform to build out infrastructure in AWS, deploying base tools AWS (Jenkins, Github enterprise, Cloud custodian and Terraform enterprise.
• Web Microsite management, Confidential pictures Classic and all Movie web sites.
• GitHub enterprise for versioning of all code.
• Jenkins for CI/CD, deployment of cloud custodian rules, websites and applications.
• New Relic Monitoring of infrastructure ; cloud and datacenter.
• Cloud Custodian for enforcement of rules in AWS and reporting.
• Docker for containerization of base tools
• Chef Automate for configuration management of application and websites, reporting and compliance.
• Jira for agile management ( scrum reporting and projects)
• Confluence for artifact & Splunk for log consolidation and management.

Confidential, Agoura Hills, CA

DevOps Engineer Linux

Responsibilities:

• AWS administration; multi- account and multi-VPC environment.
• Linux Administration.
• Chef-Server administration
• Chef cookbook development
• Opsview (Nagios) Monitoring infrastructure
• Sumologic Monitoring infrastructure
• New Relic Monitoring of infrastructure
• Troposphere for AWS cloudformation generation.
• Automation development (Jenkins, cloudformation, codedeploy)
• Serverless, aws lambda functions for
• Git, Gitlab and Github for versioning of application code.
• Development of automation for continuous deployment and release of code.
• Ruby for chef cookbooks development & Ruby on Rails application debugging.
• Docker for application deployment.

Confidential, Glendale, CA

Systems Administrator/ Cloud Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administration and Monitoring of 98 Cloud(Amazon EC2) Based Servers
• Architecture and design of Amazon AWS infrastructure for Enterprise
• Administration of MS Office 365 Exchange (100 plus users)
• Linux Administration and Monitoring (CentOS, Ubuntu, Confidential, AWS Linux) 120 Servers
• Administration and Monitoring of 10 VMWare (Esxi 5.5 ) host servers
• MS SQL 2012 Cluster Monitoring and Design
• Management and Administration of Cloud based Voip telephone system.
• MS Server Administration and management
• Level 3 Technical support/troubleshooting.
• Zabbix, Cloudwatch, Cloud Trails
• Opmanager Systems monitoring experience

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

Systems Administrator/ IT Manager

Responsibilities:

• Currently managing/administrating 35 production Servers ( Linux ( Confidential ), MS Server 2008 R2 and VMWare Sphere 5)
• Managing/Troubleshooting DNS, Active Directory.
• Managing Exchange 2010 Server Farm
• Troubleshooting and Maintaining Network attached storage.
• Customer support level 3
• Amazon EC2 Cloud Server management
• Management of IT Department.
• Support for VOIP telephone platforms ( Asterisk and BroadSoft)

Confidential, Van Nuys CA

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Special projects to include Live CD OS creation for Disaster Recovery implementation, Solaris SAN development and deployment, migration of websites into Amazon cloud and planned and implemented company
• Server 2003 and 2008 systems administration.
• Provided Level 3 technical support Server management to fortune 500 insurance company.
• Deployed, maintained and supported multiple company VOIP phone systems (Asterisk, FreePbx, Fonality, Shoretel).
• Provided Desktop support for Windows (all) and Mac OS 10.X when needed.

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configuration and Deployment of MS Windows ( ) and Linux servers( various Linux variants) in production environments.
• Conducts Monthly and weekly maintenance of servers, correcting errors and tuning servers for optimum performance.
• Maintains and monitors Backups to ensure data integrity.
• Performs system upgrades and patches when needed.
• Troubleshoots domain and network issues.
• Performs forensic analysis of security breaches and hardens systems.
• Data recovery.
• Maintains and troubleshoots ShoreTel phone systems.
• Maintains troubleshooting logs and reports.
• Provided Desktop support for Windows (all) and Mac OS 10.X when needed.

Confidential, Santa Monica, CA

IT Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoots and configures Windows XP/Mac OSX desktops.
• Maintains and Troubleshoots Windows 2000/2003 Server.
• Administers and maintains several Linux servers, Storage, Mail and Web.
• Administers and troubleshoots MS Exchange 2003 server and Microsoft Outlook clients.
• Troubleshoots and repairs network hardware (routers, switches, printers).
• Installs and maintains Backups and NAS devices.
• Remotely Monitors Network servers.
• Deploys Servers and configure VPNs clients.

Confidential, Canoga Park, CA

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoots and configures MS Windows 95,98,2000,XP
• Administers and Troubleshoots MS Windows Server 2000 and 2003
• Administers and maintains several Linux servers, Storage and Email.
• Troubleshoots Microsoft Outlook.
• Removes Trojans, Viruses, Adware and Spyware.
• Replaces broken PC Hardware (Hard drives, Motherboards, CD/DVD drives)
• Administers and configures building security systems.
• Installs Routers, Hub’s and Switches.