Senior Analyst IT - Virtualization & Cloud Resume Pittsburgh, PA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Well - rounded Systems Analyst offering 7 years of experience in Information Technology
Creative, curious mindset, with a passion for automation and efficiency
Expert level knowledge of Bash/PowerShell scripting, networking and infrastructure administration
Long term international work experience in Europe and Latin America
Experienced in technical project management and planning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Pittsburgh, PA

Senior Analyst IT - Virtualization & Cloud

Responsibilities:

Build orchestration workflows using JavaScript, PowerShell and VMWare PowerCLI to reduce manual processes
Perform a lead role in the management and operation of VMWare orchestration infrastructure
Apply upgrades to orchestration appliances and scripting servers
Perform a supporting role in the administration of AWS cloud orchestration system ServiceNow Notable Accomplishments:
Implemented a global PowerShell scripting environment for VMWare infrastructure
Developed and implemented several workflows and scripts which increased efficiency

Confidential - Pittsburgh, PA

Analyst IT - Business Application Hosting

Responsibilities:

Performed a lead role in application support and consulting for Latin America application hosting
Administered global automated LAMP environment and global video distribution platform
Maintained various Linux and Windows based applications
Created and maintained scripts for the eBusiness Application Hosting Team Notable Accomplishments:
Led the successful implementation of custom authentication and backup solutions for big data processing platform
Completed international assignment in Berlin, Germany supporting large scale LAMP environment
Automated database recovery and net log collection for LAMP Environment
Led a user integration project for a large scale global acquisition
Created automation scripts for video distribution network rollout, installation time reduced by 65%

Confidential - Pittsburgh, PA

Assistant Analyst IT

Responsibilities:

Administered Cisco Catalyst Switches
Developed scripts for VLAN management and cataloging
Resolved data center networking issues
Applied upgrades and installed applications on Citrix servers Notable Accomplishments:
Executed data center network core switch firmware upgrade to support SSH access
Designed and implemented infrastructure for virtual private cloud

Confidential - Pittsburgh, PA

Information Technology Administrator

Responsibilities:

Maintained overall health of the network and attached systems for all offices
Administered Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Exchange 2003 environment
Coordinated all outages and changes to production systems
Responded to system faults and user issues for 120+ users across three sites Notable Accomplishments:
Planned and implemented a managed wireless network for Pittsburgh office
Coordinated/supervised move of all IT Equipment to a new Pittsburgh site
Created hardware/software inventory management tools using VBScript

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, Ubuntu 14

Virtualization: VMware ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, vCloud Director, KVM, Amazon Web Services, OpenStack

Web/Application Servers: IIS, Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, IBM WebSphere

Programming/Scripting Languages: Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript, Python, VBScript, Arduino, C#.Net

Core Technologies: Cisco IOS, Cisco ACE Load Balancing, Active Directory, IBM LDAP

Other Technologies: Samba, MySQL, MS SQL, Citrix Presentation Server