PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Highly developed Senior Systems and Network Engineer with 19+ years of experience, trained in systems, communication, design, and security. s include MCSE, VCP, CCNA, NCDA, ITIL, and Palo Alto CNSE. Offer excellent understanding of today’s highly variable technical environments to provide customized strategies and system builds. Enact procedures sensitive to costs and deadlines. Utilize exceptional research and analytical skills. Provide a focused, passionate, and inquisitive technical resource.

SKILLS & ABILITIES MATRIX:

Hardware: Cisco (UCS, Nexus, Cat, MDS 9xxx Fibre Switches, ASA) Dell (PowerEdge Servers, ReadyNodes, M1000e Blade enclosure, M600, M605, EqualLogic PS4100/6100) IBM (BladeCenter H, HS21, HS22) EMC Clarion CX600 SAN McData ES4500 Fibre Switches Compellent Series 20/30/40 SAN NetApp FAS 31xx/32xx SAN Foundry/Brocade (XMR, FESX, FastIron, SuperX, EdgeIron switches, ServerIron load balancer), Barracuda 400 F5 LTM HP LeftHand SAN SonicWall Palo Alto Firewall ShoreTel VOIP

Software/Systems: Microsoft (Active Directory, Exchange 5.5 - 2016, Lync 2010/13, SCOM 2007/2012 R2, SCCM 2012 R2, SCVMM 2012 R2, WSUS, SQL, Hyper-V) VMware (vSphere, vCenter, ESX, VDI, VDR, HA, DRS, VUM, etc. 2.x-5.x) Symantec (Protection Suite Enterprise 3.x, Endpoint Protection 11.x/12.x, Mail Security for Exchange 7.5x/4.5x, Management Platform IT Management Suite 7, Altiris, NetBackup 7.x, Backup Exec 9.x) McAfee (ePO 4.x, VirusScan 8.x, EEPC 6.x) Citrix Barracuda 400vx Altiris 6 Total Management Suite MySQL Compellent Enterprise Manager 5.x Office 365 Azure Commvault Simpana 9.x/10.x Cisco (CUCM, UCCX, Unity 10.5x)

O/S: Win2003/Win2008/Win2012/2016 Server WinXP/Vista/7/8/10 Workstation

O/S Service: Microsoft MCS, NLB, Terminal Services IIS RAS WINS DNS DHCP, Radius

Network Protocols: TCP/IP RIP OSPF RSTP MSTP HTTP(S) FTP TFTP SMTP SNMP

Specializations: SAN, Antivirus, Antispam, SAN, Active Directory, Exchange, Lync, Print Services, Backup Systems, Altiris, VMware ESX, Hyper-V, Palo Alto Firewall, Office 365

Interpersonal: Experienced in working with groups and individuals using teamwork and collaboration

CAREER TRACK:

System Administrator, Manager

Confidential, San Diego, California

Responsibilities:

• Direct the organizations infrastructure needs with an eye towards security, efficiency and performance
• Implemented Azure infrastructure extending the corporate network, moving ADFS, AD, Azure AD Connect
• Implementing additional Azure/O365 services such as ASR, File Sync, load balancers, EOP with ATP
• Redesigned Cisco ASA security and rulesets
• Architected and redesigned HQ and colo locations, replacing network cores, server and storage infrastructure
• Architected and designed network for new building, creating a campus style network
• Lead annual security audit, helping the organization achieve its highest rated audit
• Audited and improved the organization’s IT systems, based on priority of security and performance needs

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential, San Diego, California

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented SCOM, SCCM, SCVMM
• Designed VM deployment automation for support staff for hosting environment - SQL, Citrix, Web servers

Sr. Systems Network Engineer

Confidential, San Diego, California

Responsibilities:

• Supervised and managed local and international Corporate IT Support Desk
• Implemented industry standards and policies for Corporate IT
• Improved the stability and reliability through system audits and analysis against documented best practices
• Architected and implemented full scale Exchange 2013 and Lync 2013 environment
• Audited, analyzed and redesigned Cisco CUCM, Unity and UCCX environment
• HQ Network core redesign utilizing Aruba/HP 5406Rzl2, Cisco Wifi, Cisco ASA and Cisco Anyconnect
• Upgraded and redeployed Commvault Simpana 9.x to 10.x
• Part of a DataCenter consolidation team, decreasing footprint from 8 to 6 racks
• Maintained IT Contracts, negotiating $150,000+ savings in hard money in 1+ year

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential, San Diego, California

Responsibilities:

• Implemented full scale Lync 2013 environment with goal of Lync 2013 PBX
• Implemented global Palo Alto Networks security policy redesign for all sites
• Deployed network and secure perimeter upgrade to remote office - Palo Alto Networks Firewall, Cisco switch stack and NAS
• Implemented ADFS single sign on solution in Azure, Office 365 and Exchange 2013 hybrid migration
• 7 Habits Class leading to better team cohesion and synergy
• Designed and led migration from Office Communications Server 2007 to full scale Lync 2010 deployment
• Upgraded, redesigned and implemented multisite ShoreTel VOIP and SIP deployments
• Implemented Systems Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 monitoring system
• Completed CNSE, NCDA, ITIL, Lync 2013, Office 365 Small Office

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential, San Diego, California

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Office 365 single sign on with Lync and Exchange 2010
• Consolidated and remediated VMware vSphere ESX deployments
• Retired 50 plus server in hosting environment alleviating server sprawl
• Organized and categorized existing SAN deployments
• Migrated production hosting environment to Cisco UCS / Compellent environment

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential, Alpine, California

Responsibilities:

• Designed, maintained, support Fibre and SAN for Cisco MDS 9216A and 9124 switches, Compellent series 20 and 30 controllers, and Netapp FAS 3140 system
• Influenced 70% virtualization rate within enterprise including critical systems utilizing VMware vSphere
• Provided Fiber and SAN support for EMC Clarion CX600 array and McData ES4500 Fibre switches
• Developed standards for all server builds
• Implemented cluster builds and migrations: SharePoint, file services, Exchange 2003, Print services
• 10+ years Norton and Symantec AV design and security for both servers and workstations
• Project Manager for multiple projects
• SAN Fibre implementation
• Compellent architecture redesign
• Fibre N port virtualization (NPIV) switch/port consolidation iSCSI and Fibre boot from SAN
• Altiris 6/SMP7 planning and design
• Spam gateway clustered Barracuda 400vx implementation
• Symantec AV 10.0 and Symantec Mail Security for SMTP/Exchange Premium AntiSpam
• Enterprise Antivirus design and implementation
• IBM BladeCenter H Chassis deployment
• Physical server move of all enterprise systems to the data center