SUMMARY:

• AWS Architect Pro Certified
• AWS SYSOPs Certified
• 5 Years in AWS Architecting and Solutions Architecture experience.
• 2 years of Azure Architecting and Solutions Architecture experience.
• 8 years of cross - platform experience in systems administration. Superior technical abilities with migrations, network connectivity, and security and database applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: Windows, Macintosh; Dell/EMC SAN hardware, miscellaneous PC hardware, HP Blade Servers, SCSI devices, Direct Attached Storage, AWS Infrastructure, Cisco & Juniper firewalls.

Languages: C, C++, PL/SQL, Perl, XML, NET, HTML, DHTML, Python and Powershell, Java, Json, .net

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux and Unix.

Database Platform: Oracle 8.0, Microsoft Internet Information Server, relational database Management Systems (RDBMS), Central Quarantine Server 8.0, ACT 2000 database, MySQL and MSSQL, AWS RDS, MongoDB, No SQL

Other: Puppet, Chef, Splunk, Nessus

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Lead AWS Architect

• As Lead Architect: architect, design multiple ITG’s and clients’ AWS Cloud sites and AWS migration process
• Design and Implement IT Infrastructure and solutions in AWS with largest platform in production for two years.
• Migrate existing on-premise apps to AWS & Azure
• Deployed and architected an AWS-based National Government solution using Multi Zone Multi Region Database and application deployment with a very high SLA needs.
• Oversee high level security in the cloud using Security Groups and VPC hardening; design IAM roles in collaboration with security teams.
• Run daily Security Scans using Nessus Tenable and follow CIS Benchmarks security guidelines
• Work Closely with CSO and assist in creating, reviewing and updating security policies.
• Lead efforts to maintain and architect systems that are Fedramp, FISMA, NIST complaint.
• Automate Snapshots and AMIs, along with EC2 time schedules.
• Administer all In house systems including primarily AWS Accounts.
• Review and approve all significant changes to client and corporate systems and applications as an active member of the change control board
• Use Puppet and Chef to deploy scripts and instances.

Confidential, Reston, VA

AWS Architect

• Designed architecture for Nii's AWS Cloud site.
• Responsible for migrating over 600 in-house data center servers to AWS: analyzing existing applications, running security analysis/scans after deployment; implementing to build and account for rapid elasticity in AWS
• AWS project spanned 1.5 years in deployment. Oversight of daily AWS accounts.
• Planned and Implemented Google Apps for business for 21,000 users for all Nextel international employees.
• Review and approve all significant changes to client and corporate systems and applications as an active member of the change control board
• Migration involved migrated users emails and data from exchange 2003.
• Virtualized 60% of Reston Data center from P class Blade servers to Virtual Machine with ESX.
• Lowered spam using filtering with real-time spam black lists for incoming email: scripted custom rules in Google Apps and Microsoft Exchange.
• Run daily Security Scans using Nessus Tenable and follow CIS Benchmarks security guidelines
• Work Closely with Security team and assist in creating, reviewing and updating security policies.
• Migrated Windows 2003 Servers to Windows 2008 including Windows Server Updates Services (WSUS), and Microsoft Operations Manager.
• Setup Nagios monitoring system to improve uptime and stability of systems.

Confidential, Germantown, MD

AWS System Administrator (6 months contract)

• Designed AWS Cloud site and IT infrastructure.
• Configured Sonic wall Firewalls between sites and create VPN tunnels.
• Provided state-of-the-art customer service based on SLA and SOPs
• Trainer of new employees on local and organizational procedures and new technologies

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

Senior System Administrator

• Troubleshot Voice and Data infrastructure of 600 users at the Home office.
• Configured Sonic wall Firewalls between sites and create VPN tunnels.
• Supported Windows 2003 servers and migrated legacy systems to 2008.
• Managed Active Directory Services and Group Policy for various groups of users.
• Monitored and ran Blackberry Enterprise server for Development Alternative's 2000 project employees Worldwide.
• Deployed windows 2008 after completing benchmarking tests and vulnerability assessments.

Confidential, Germantown, MD

System administrator

• Managed Voice and Data infrastructure of 12,000 users at the National Naval Medical Center.
• Managed backups, verification, and testing restorations of backups for the virtual infrastructure
• Configured Firewalls between sites and create and maintain VPN tunnels.

Confidential, Germantown, MD

Senior Desktop Support Lead / TIER 2 Support II

• Supported Windows, OSX user information assurance and corporate standards of operation.
• Monitored Blackberry Enterprise server for Hughes employees.
• Deployed windows XP and office 2003 to the field after completing stress tests and vulnerability assessments.
• Resolved provisioning issues

Confidential

System and Network installer I

• Supervised and over looked a network of 500+ users. Managed/repaired windows/Linux servers. Professionally managed systems of integrated servers. Configured wired and wireless routers between their linking points.
• Helped programmers and analysts test and debug new programs.