PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Senior Systems Engineer and Architect.
• Systems, Network and Storage Architect.
• DevOps Experience.
• Excellent Collaboration Track Record.
• Large Breadth of technical Knowledge and Experience.
• Solid Cloud Systems Experience.
• Consultant Client Relationship Experience.
• Team Player/Lead and Mentor to Junior Members.
• Solid Technical Experience.
• Solid Analytical and Troubleshooting ability.
• Project Management, Business Use Case, ROI, ITIL.

Technical Summary

• VMWare ESX 3 to 6.5 and vRealize, FC and iSCSI SAN Storage, EMC Symmetrix, Clariion, VNX, Netapp, Dell Equalogic.
• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to 2016, Active Directory, ADFS, LDAP, Group Policy.
• Unix, Linux, Scripting, RHEL, OEL, CentOS, Ubuntu.
• Solarwinds, Nagios, Argent, Spiceworks network management tools.
• Citrix Xenapp 6, Windows Group Policies and user experience management, VDI and VMWare Horizon View.
• Cisco UCS Infrastructure.
• Amazon AWS and Office365.
• Oracle Commerce and Web Architecting.
• Security, Cisco PIX/ASA, Checkpoint NG/NGX, Sonicwall, Fortigate, PCI Compliance.
• MS Exchange Server 5.5 - 2010, Spam/Malware Filtering, Blackberry Enterprise Server.
• Security, Snort IDS, Honeypot, Nessus, Retina, Pen Testing, PCI Compliance, Vulnerability Management.
• Networking, Cisco, Load Balancers, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Wireless, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, EIGRP.
• MS IIS, Apache, LAMP, Magento, Wordpress in an engineering and collaboration capacity.
• Oracle DBA, SQL Server DBA, Microsoft Great Plains Technical DBA.
• Windows/Unix Scripting, Powershell, Perl.
• DevOps Development and Standards.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manage Cisco UCS and Legacy Global Infrastructure.
• Drove AWS Cloud initiative, architecting and engineering as well as processes using DevOps.
• Office365 implementation and migration.
• Manage all Storage SAN’s. EMC/Dell, NetApp Etc.
• Manage all VMWare Infrastructure to include vRealize implementations.
• Manage all projects to completion from planning, design to implementation.
• Manage Cisco network equipment as needed.
• Handle all Level 3 tasks as required.
• Manage tier 2 admins and their work.

Confidential, El Paso, TX

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Duties performed for clients in top 100 of Fortune 500.
• Manage 6000 VM VMWARE ESX environment spread over three global locations in a compliant environment.
• Manage EMC Symmetrix and VNX SAN’s.
• Manage Linux and AIX systems.
• Manage Fibre Fabric for SAN’s.
• Create and deliver audit reports.
• Manage SQL servers.
• Manage network components as necessary.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Senior Technology Architect/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Telecommuted for 9 years while managing the network infrastructure.
• Designed and implemented DR plan to DFW co-location facility fully leveraging virtual technologies.
• Manage all Network aspects and equipment, Citrix, and Server Infrastructure as well as network security.
• Supervised and mentored staff of two on network related duties.
• Manage projects from research, architecture, purchase recommendations on to implementation.
• Successfully implemented VMWare Infrastructure 3 and vSphere 4 thru 5.1 with FC and iSCSI SAN.
• Successfully completed server consolidation project.
• Created fault tolerant High Availability Exchange infrastructure cluster with VMWare and SAN.
• Managed all networking infrastructure including data carrier acquisitions.
• Managed remote off site hot Standby replicated data center for mission critical applications.
• Applied Dual-WAN low cost connectivity and VPN to branch offices using Cable and DSL.
• Implemented BGP fault tolerant multi carrier data services to Central Office.
• Support Development teams.
• Manage Oracle and SQL Databases.

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Senior Technology Consultant - Oracle-SQL Server

Responsibilities:

• Administer LAN/WAN technologies including Citrix, firewall, switches, routers, VPN in a proactive manner to ensure comprehensive uptime and security for applications as well as internal networks.
• Administration, backup, restore, configuration and performance tuning on Oracle/SQL Server databases.
• Integrate Oracle and SQL Server for data warehouse, web interfaces and reporting.
• Work with web development team on IIS5.0/ASP2.0 Platform.
• Migrate Windows NT 4.0 domain to Windows 2000 Active Directory IIS, Exchange 2000, SQL Server 2000 redundant cluster. Upgrade SQL Server from 7.0 to 2000, administer, upgrade Exchange Server from 5.5 to 2000 install virus solution.
• Remotely administer live production internet web systems, databases.
• Recommend, design and implement project plans for network and applications improvements for clients.

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Senior Network Administrator/Oracle-SQL Server DBA

Responsibilities:

• Administer LAN/WAN technologies including firewall, switches, routers, VPN, in a proactive manner to provide comprehensive security for web servers and internal networks.
• Administration, backup, restore, configuration and performance tuning on Oracle/SQL Server databases.
• Integrate Oracle 8i and SQL Server 7.0/2000 for data warehouse, web interfaces and reporting.
• Work with web development team on IIS5.0/ASP2.0 Platform.
• System Administration on Windows 2000 domain and workstations.
• Setup, configure and administer Red Hat Linux 7.1 as file server, gateway, domain controller, web/FTP server.

Confidential, El Paso, TX

Oracle DBA/Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administer, backup, restore, configuration and performance tuning on Oracle 8i database and 11.0.3 financials.
• Setup and configure the workflow module for Oracle Financials.
• Functional DBA for Oracle Financials 11.0.3 modules.
• Develop Oracle database reporting interfaces for accounting department and assist in tax preparation.
• Provide network administration and oversight on Windows NT 4.0 domain as well as Exchange Server 5.5.
• Design and build internet/intranet web applications on IIS4.0/ASP2.0 platforms.
• Managed $850,000 internet project to meet federally mandated legislative requirements for Board technology.