SUMMARY:

• Career Confidential Veteran with 20 plus years of experience including senior - level leadership spanning IT infrastructure, communication, and network management, system operations, service management, and disaster recovery.
• A results oriented leader with a comprehensive technical background.
• A clear and direct IT Manager/Network Engineer, skilled in developing and maintaining a broad vision, cultivating excellent relationships and communicating effectively across the company to build focused and productive teams.
• Skilled in evaluating current and future technologies and leading purchase planning to support both short and long-term IT initiatives.
• Experienced in setting up a secure network to maintain confidentiality security precautions

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• DOS, MSDOS, BASIC, Scripting.
• Microsoft Office 97 through Office 2013, McAfee and Norton Antivirus, Sophos Endpoint Security, Call Express, VMWARE, Office 365, Microsoft Exchange 5 through 2013, Egnyte, Cisco Works, Cisco Prime, Various Bandwidth management packages, Backup Exec, RightFax, Checkpoint Firewall, 3CX, Ghost Imaging, Cisco VOIP, Confidential, Wireshark, Appassure, BES. Veeam. Nimble
• Operating Systems: Microsoft NT, 95,98, 98ME, Vista, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, Server 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016, MAC, Novell.
• Dell Pc’s and servers, Compag Pc’s and servers, HP pc’s and servers. Laptops, tablets, Cisco Catalyst and NextGen Switches, routers, Cisco and Confidential firewalls, VPN. SonicWall VPN, Sophos proxy systems. Apple, Mac, Ubiquity WIFI access points. FCC Licensed Microwave, Cisco Aeronet, SAN, NAS.
• TCP/IP, OSPF, RIP, MPLS, FTP, TFTP, EIGRP, BGP, SMTP, VOIP, HTTP, HTTPS, VPNSIP, PRI, T1, LAN/WAN, RIP, UDP, ICMP, ARP, DNS, DHCP, WINS, ADFS, DFS, ADCSRDP,NTP,QOS,SNMP, VLAN,RDSH.

RELEVANT WORK HISTORY:

Confidential, Palm Harbor, FL

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Maintain backup systems VEEAM, Virtual environment VMWARE.
• Managed Confidential firewall.
• Perform file and user permissions.
• Build servers, AD accounts, etc…

Confidential, Clearwater, FL

IT Manager/Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Planned, organized, managed, controlled and evaluated IT and electronic data operations
• Hired, fired, scheduled, and managed IT staff by recruiting, training and coaching employees, communicating job expectations and appraising their performance
• Trained a staff of 6 direct reports to include Data base Administrator, Help Desk Support and Cabling Technician on the process and procedures of the operation
• Designed, developed, implemented and coordinated systems, policies and procedures
• Ensured security of data, network access and backup systems
• Acted in alignment with user needs and system functionality to contribute to organizational policy
• Identified problematic areas and implemented strategic solutions in time
• Audited systems and assessed their outcomes
• Preserved assets, information security and control structures
• Handled annual budget and ensured cost effectiveness
• Evaluated IT and electronic data operations, managed the overall operation of the corporate network infrastructure which consisted of servers, routers, switches, firewalls, VPN and WIFI systems.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Planned and managed company growth from 2 to 8 buildings across 3 campuses.
• Responsible designing, implementing and overseeing a 1.5 million dollar fiber infrastructure to connect all 8 buildings.
• Designed, implemented and oversaw the acquisition of several companies merging them into the main corporate network.
• Implemented Wireless Technology across all 8 buildings for redundancy.
• Designed and deployed functional networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN)
• Configured and installed software, servers, routers and other network devices
• Monitored network performance and integrity Suggested improvements to network performance, capacity and scalability
• Installed, configured and monitored Cisco ASA and Pix firewall for intrusion.
• Configured and monitored Confidential firewall for a remote acquisition.
• Installed, configured and monitored Cisco Catalyst and NextGen switches and routers.
• Designed, implemented and oversaw the installation of 15 DVR’s and over 200 surveillance cameras throughout 8 buildings over 3 campuses. Monitored video systems on a daily basis. Configured streaming videos and remote video monitoring.
• Created, oversaw and tested security measures (e.g. access authentication and disaster recovery
• Resolved issues escalated by lower support tiers by troubleshooting cloud and local infrastructure
• Automated tasks and monitored their effectiveness
• Mentored team members on technical issues
• Responsible for all aspects of management: Hiring, firing, performance evaluations, scheduling, etc
• Communicated with users when needed Maintained complete technical documentation
• Upgraded entire IT infrastructure to CAT 6 standards and Gigabit backbone.
• Designed and oversaw the conversion from an Confidential phone system to a Confidential VOIP system
• Planned, designed and oversaw the movement of the IT server room from one building to another.
• Designed, implemented and oversaw the migration from an in-house Exchange server to OFFICE365.
• Migrated corporate data to the cloud.
• Monitored and maintained card access entry system to buildings.

Confidential

Avionics Systems Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Maintained and repaired all electronics and computers aboard aircrafts.
• As shop manager, I managed a shop of over 300 airmen and was responsible for Billions of dollars of Confidential and government property.