SUMMARY:

Talented IT professional successfully implementing strategic IT initiatives improving business functionality. Skilled in designing infrastructure and implementing technology to support large user groups, supporting users at corporate headquarters as well as multiple remote locations. Proven ability to translate business needs into technology requirements to achieve and support corporate objectives. Accomplished Security administrator managing Transport Layer Security firewalls, SET, SSL, proxy servers and all other aspects of Network Security.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000 - NT - XP Professional - Workstation/ AIX/ Linux/ Mandrake/ Red Hat/ Unix/ SUSE/ Debian/ Slack Ware/ Sun Solaris

Hardware: IBM Blade Server/ HP Server/ Dell Server/ Cisco/ Sonic Wall/ Juniper/ SAN/ Routers/ Switches/ VPN Appliances

Software: Microsoft Azure/MS Office/ IIS/Exchange/ SQL Server /Lotus Notes/ MY-SQL/ VMWare/ vREALIZE/ Veritas Netbackup. Aspect M3 Scripting, SQL Server reporting Service (SSRS). LDAP (Open LDAP), Splunk Enterprise

Networks/Protocols: VOIP/ P2P/ LAN/ WAN/ TCP/ IP/ Wireless Network, DOCSIS 1.1, 2.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SR. SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing for support for over 4,000 windows servers on campus and in the Hospital in VMWare VIRTUALIZATION environments. vSphere, VCSA, vROPS, LogInsight support. Setup file shares on file servers and assigned permissions
• Managed user security and distribution groups in Active Directory.
• Manage and secure Microsoft Windows Server including Microsoft Group Policy in a VDI environment.
• Patch and reboot all servers using SCCM and create and deploy application using SCCM as well as implementing Automated Asset Management and Inventory system for company on SCCM 2012. Use powershell to configure SCCM patch and reboot schedule.
• Installing and managing Windows Server (2008, 2012, and 2016), Microsoft SQL, Microsoft IIS and Microsoft Active Directory in VM-Ware environment and in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Hyper-V environments. Also supporting RHEL and Unix in VMWARE.
• Use Vcenter to manage, configure and to migrate systems.
• In-depth knowledge on Azure architecture, Building Network in Azure and providing cloud base service.
• Supporting office 0365 for over 30k users.
• Experience with Active Directory and group policy management.
• Performed DNS and DHCP configuration and administration of FTP/SFTP, SMTP,LAN,WAN,SMB in VMWAR Azure environments .
• Strong expertise with Microsoft Azure platform IaaS, Microsoft Azure, 0365 Identity Access Management.
• Strong understanding of data-center technology and private and public cloud industry trends. experience performing operating system configuration and deployment, application management, and/or desktop management.
• Applying vendor/OEM patches and fixes using standard tools such as MS SCCM and Dell Kace.
• Support Splunk infrastructure, Install, test and deploy monitoring solutions with Splunk services.
• Implement forwarder configuration, search heads and indexing.
• Understanding of Splunk dashboards and Splunk alerts and audit of systems issues.

SR. VIRTUALIZATION ENGINEER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing specialized technical and product support to field engineers and technicians who are diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing and debugging complex electro/mechanical equipment, computer systems and/or complex software.
• Responsible for third level technical support for desktop/device hardware and software network problems.
• Use Infoblox to manage and configure systems and devices in the call center for better reporting.
• Support call center 24X environment VMware, Xen Desktop Virtualization Infrastructure environments of systems, Windows 2003/2008/2012 , 2016, IIS6/7/8, Windows clustering.
• Install and manage SALTSTACK for automation, remote task execution, and configuration management of other servers. Volume Manager, Symantec NetBackup, and Clustering Veritas & SQL.
• Experience working with VMware VCenter Orchestrator VMWare View and Horizon, Linked Clones, VMWare ThinApp, VMWare vCenter, VMWare NSX, ESG, Nutanix, Citrix. Used vREALIZE (Vrealize Operations, Vrealize Automation) to delivery cloud computing to remote call center .
• Support and maintain multiple call centers PCI compliance, while also managing call centers high-security ecommerce environments.
• Network-Attached storage/NAS Isilon, 3Par, VBlock. Strong background in desktop support/operations and virtual desktop tool VMware View.
• Running VMWare across many datacenter and having many clusters to support many remote locations around the world.
• Supporting over 1500 VDI and many more VM Server in a cluster and using F5 for load balance. Use Hadoop to share large information across the network with many systems.
• Use Cisco switches and routers and firewall to maintain the VMWare environment.

NETWORK ENGINEER

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Participates in the research, analysis, design, testing and implementation of complex computer network security/protection technologies for company information and network systems/applications.
• Confidential software to manage call center data and moving data to application to for planning and reporting for the company.
• Keep track of hours spent on projects by vendors and employees. Assists users in troubleshooting problem ticket issues regarding centralized management for firewalls and access to multiple Network Security platforms. Performs periodic server administration for Windows and Linux servers.
• Skilled in Windows server administration (2003 and 2008, 2012 Servers, Active Director). Microsoft virtualization technologies including RDS, AppV, & HyperV .
• Participates in the evaluation of vendor proposals, new and existing security designs, and emerging security technologies and systems.
• Support of ESX/VMware systems. ESX/VMware migration to Citrix XEN SERVER. Citrix XenApp, and XenDesktop, Citrix Provisioning Services.
• Citrix NetScaler/Advanced Access Gateway NETAPPS AND DELL SAN over VLANS.
• Manage virtualization environment with 220 VMs running Red Hat, UNIX, CentOS and windows; on four NetApp 2240 storage.
• Support Juniper IVE SSL VPN for company user and customers.
• Support of Oracle 10-11g R2 on Oracle Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Install Oracle software and configure database.
• Install and patch of oracle software and database update. Oracle access manager. Support of oracle clusters.
• Support remote user on Mac OS.
• Support Ubuntu and, Red Hat, scientific Linux.

Firewall Management Systems including: CSM Cisco Security, Juniper, Bluecoat (Traffic Shaping and Acceleration solutions) Checkpoint, Trend Micro Enterprise Control Center. Systems virtualization with Citrix Xen server. Cisco ASA Point to Point firewall configuration. Manage all corporate server infrastructure. Routing and switching technologies.

Sr. Network Administrator

Confidential, St. Paul, MN

Responsibilities:

• Multi-faceted tasks include configuration, installation, and administration of network infrastructure telecommunications systems.
• Analyze storage environment and diagnose troubleshooting solutions.
• Compile tape backups while developing disaster recovery plans.
• Customize networks to match individual corporate requirements and restraints.
• Routinely responsible for: servers - entire Microsoft windows packages, exchange server and office applications, cluster servers. networks - routers, switches, rack systems, VPNs, point-to-point connectivity. backups - tape drives, offsite solutions, SANs. security - firewalls, secure encrypted email systems.
• Install VeriFone for POS system for clients.
• Troubles shoot and support VeriFone POS system.
• Troubleshooting backup failures. Administration of backup servers (hp-ux) KSH and Perl script maintenance Server load balancing and Clients setup.
• Server setup- Validation testing. Install and support Juniper and support small Juniper VPN, switch and routers for clients
• Designed, planned, and implemented two satellite offices point to point connectivity via cisco appliances for major construction company account. Systemized links afford client effective time management resulting in cost-effectiveness analysis.

System Administrator

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Successfully monitored and maintained network servers of day to day operations providing 24/7 technical support.
• Maintain Data protector on cell servers. Unix shell environments csh, ksh sh. HPUX, LINUX, Windows administration.
• Diagnosed troubleshooting solutions for windows - 2000, Outlook, XP Professional and Internet Explorer.
• Ensured compliance of IT security policies by securing server data from unauthorized access users.
• Configured and created user accounts via WINDOWS ACTIVE directory and ms exchange server 2003 .
• Installed and maintained Desktop Applications on dell desktop PC while supporting hp and all network printers.
• Provided repairs and upkeep of cisco routers and switches .
• Primary lead technician answerable to major broadcasting commercial database overhaul . Execution of task was crucial due to time restraints. Downtown was restricted as commercial database generates corporate financial revenue. Fabrication resulted in minimally less than fifty minutes down time resulting in no loss of proceeds.