SUMMARY:

• Systems Engineer and Administrator with over 21 years of demonstrated success in implementing strategic IT initiatives that improve business functionality with a primary focus on maintaining Virtual Infrastructure Environment using VMware and MS Windows Servers 2003/2008/2012 Standard/Enterprise operating systems.
• Expertise experienced in VMware Virtualization, VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Windows Systems, Server Administration, and Network Administration in D Confidential center Infrastructure environments. Installed, configured, and deployed VMware ESX/vSphere servers. Hands on experience using Power CLI and Power Shell scripts to manage VMs/Hosts and providing detailed reports for ESXi hosts, VMs, and Windows servers.
• Provided On Call support 24x7 during Critical Issues for Production Environment.
• Utilized vCloud for management and administration of multiple physical and virtual server environments.
• Considered a high - energy individual with a reputation for integrity and quality. Team oriented with excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Experienced Virtualization engineer/Administrator with VSphere client 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5.1 / 5.5 and VMware VCenter 3, 3.5, 4, 4.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.5 and 6.1. Hands on experience in Installing & upgrading of vCenter, VSphere Client, ESX & ESXi Hypervisors, VMware workstation.
• 10+ years of experience in providing Windows Systems Engineer and Administration to Managers and Executive staff support.
• 7+ years Windows shell scripting, PowerShell scripting experience.
• 5+ years VMWare Server 5.x experience. Engaged in installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of VCenter Server. Excellent experience in configuration of VMware VCenter server and ESXi.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems/Platforms: Windows 2012 R2, 2012 R1, 2008 R2, 2008 R1, and Windows 7 Enterprise

Applications: ServiceNow, Remedy, VM Ware ESX Server, Veeam Backup, MS Office /2010, Visio, PowerPoint, Putty, Cygwin, Wireshark, Telnet, Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Edge, AcrServe, VM Ware vCloud and Netbackup

Programming Languages: Windows Shell and PowerShell ScriptingD Confidential bases SQL Server 2014, 2012 R1/R2, 2008 R1/R2, DTS, and T-SQL

Hardware: Intel Nitro SIEM 9.5/9.6, HP ProLiant Servers, HP Blade Servers and Confidential Power Edge rack servers, NetApp SAN, Seagate, Sony and WD NAS, HP StorageWorks Tape Backup, Sony DL Tape Backup and Iomega Tape Backup.

Protocols: DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP, FTP, Telnet, and LDAP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Burbank, CA

Information Security Systems Administrator/Windows Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Administration and monitoring of McAfee Nitro SIEM Receiver Appliance via ESM 9.5. Recently upgraded to ESM 9.6 on all McAfee Nitro security appliances.
• Create new policy and procedure documentation.
• Revise existing policy and procedure documentation.
• Developed new PowerShell scripts and modified existing PowerShell scripts. Assist Help Desk and Desktop Support team with imaging and deployment of new workstations.
• Used Active Directory to performed routine tasks, administered and monitored over 300 various Windows-based Servers running Windows 2003 R2, 2008 R1, 2008 R2, 2012 R1 and 2012 R2 Servers within Logix FCU infrastructure.
• Also performed updates via WSUS and SCCM 2012. Also administered an additional 30 hysical servers running 120 Virtual servers via VM Ware NSX 6.0.

Confidential, Irwindale, CA

Systems Administrator/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in installation and configuration of between 20,000 and 60,000 Virtual machines using VMware ESXi 5.5/5.1 and administered virtual servers using VMware vSphere client.
• Managed servers via vCloud, SCCM 2012 and SCOM. Also assisted with administration of Exchange Server 2007.
• Provided Microsoft Active Directory support for 20,000 physical domains.
• This includes, user management, group policy design, DNS and DHCP via Windows Server .
• Performed task automation and scripting using PowerShell.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA.

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR / ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Deployed and supported VMware ESXi Servers 5.1 /5.5 and vSphere 5.1 /5.5.
• Handled ESXi server upgrade from 4.1 to 5.1 / 5.5.Performed daily and weekly backups of 50+ Windows-based server via ArcServe and Backup and Disaster Recovery via Veeam Assist users with both desktop and Web-based applications and access issues.
• Maintained and administered Windows 2003, 2008 R1 and R2 and 2012 R1 and R2 Servers via Active Directory, vCloud, SCCM 2007, SCOM 2007, SCCM 2012, SCOM 2012 and WSUS.
• Also maintained Avaya/Cisco VoIP switching system. Utilized Confidential with Cisco 4500+ blade switches. Also assisted with administration of Exchange Server 2007. Assist with decommissioning of Windows 2003-based servers running VMWare ESX via Service Now and Aperture application.
• Ran daily reports via SQL Server 2008.
• Configured various wireless devices to connect to corporate infrastructure via Cisco VPN.
• Used PowerShell scripting for automation, management and report generating of windows server environment.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Systems Administrator / Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployed and supported VMware ESX and ESXi Servers 3.5 & 4.0 and Virtual Server 2.5 and vSphere 4 environment.
• Created Virtual Servers on ESX 3.0 and maintained through VCenter Infrastructure Client.
• Provided support of Windows 2003 Server and Windows 7-based desktops and resolved issues with 50 end users involving MS Office 2010. Performed routine desktop and server maintenance and backups using Symantec Netback up, Backup Exec and Veeam. Also assisted with administration of Exchange Server 2005.
• Maintained 12 Confidential PowerEdge servers running Windows 2003 Server and Windows 2008 Server, consisting of vCloud, SCCM 2008, SCOM 2008, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, load balancing, fault-tolerance, redundant UPS and RAID configuration using Dell, Microsoft and Symantec monitoring tools and Symantec Backup Exec 7 for backing up both Servers running a proprietary financial server application. Also wrote custom scripts using Windows Scripting and Windows Power Shell. Wrote PowerShell scripts to assist in managing Active Directory tasks. These included user information lookup, exporting d Confidential based on user and computer locations within Active Directory, and creating and disabling Active Directory accounts and objects. Also administered F5 Firewall Manager and Checkpoint for access.
• Previously performed local office server migration from Windows 2000 Server to Windows 2003 Server and subsequently migrating from Windows 2003 Server to Windows 2008 R2. Migration of HP ProLiant based servers to Confidential PowerEdge Servers, migration from HP LaserJet to Confidential 1100 and 1200 series laser printers. Also performed migration from HP based, Windows XP Professional desktops, and laptops to Dell-based Windows 7 desktops and laptops and executed software installation via Altiris Application Deployment Server and WSUS over the network.
• Previously supported Citrix Xen Desktop to allow users to access applications running on Citrix Xen Server within Confidential 's enterprise corporate infrastructure.
• Also used VMWare Desktop running as a bridge to allow users access to accounting server. Maintained and administered Cisco 3600 series routers using Confidential within the location.
• Also, provide support Juniper Network Connect VPN client application to allow users with laptops, tablets, and smart-phones, access to Confidential 's enterprise corporate network infrastructure.