PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Work well in any high pressure environment, consistently producing exceptional results, and effectively interact with individuals Confidential all levels.
• Excellent IT Infrastructure expertise, communication skills, with an exceptional ability to relate to people of all ages and backgrounds.
• Outstanding technical knowledge with an ability to effectively and efficiently manage operations.
• Major strengths in planning, organization, time management, and dedication to the task.

COMPUTER INCLUDES:

AIX Confidential, SUN Microsystems, Novell, SAN, NAS and Microsoft.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Private Cloud, IaaS, SAN, NPIV, NAS & NBU with Dedupe (DataDomain) Technology, SilverPeak WAN Accelerators, Failover (High availability) Designs with VCS and HACMP, Confidential CSM based framework with LPARs, CPU and disk shared pool and Live Partion Mobility under VI/O framework, xCAT, Cisco UCS
• SUN Microsystems Zones, Branded Zones and LDOM implementation
• VMware deployment & vMotion, vStorage, vCloud Director & Connector, VM HA, and DRS
• Design tools Visio, etc.
• Working knowledge of Dev/Ops tools, i.e. Puppet, Chef, Ansible, and PaaS, e.g. OpenShift, etc. and OpenStack.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Architect, Information Technology - Infrastructure

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Set direction and drive the standards, development processes, technology architecture, and design patterns needed to support development within a total technology or IT service area to meet business needs with a focus on enterprise-wide, highly complex business solutions.
• Research and develop areas of innovation that support strategic goals.
• Research and evaluate technology trends in IT.
• Partner with technology domain owners to research, evaluate and recommend emerging technologies. Maintain testing environments for emerging and advanced technologies.
• Define infrastructure technology roadmaps to meet the needs of business and IT customers.
• Generate detailed system requirements with cost projections, cost/benefit analysis and ROI.
• Interface with business users and stakeholders to determine needs.

Sr. Product Manager

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Overall product line management responsibility for Private Cloud, IaaS including:
• Responsible for P&L, meeting specified monthly, quarterly and yearly targets.
• Ensure products are financially viable and understand the financial impact of product changes.
• Develop product positioning strategies and align with superior end-user cloud service experience.
• Provide strategic leadership and tactical delivery on projects while collaborating with IT, Engineering, Sales, Support, Operations, Vendors, and Customers.
• Serve as single point of contact for the product offering and interface with all Sales, Marketing, Analyst, and Customer.
• Involved throughout the lifecycle of the assigned product (IaaS) by working closely with software development, engineering, marketing, and product teams.
• Product initiation to delivery and eventual product retirement.

Infrastructure Architect

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Architecting complex IT solutions based on Linux, Windows, and all flavors of UNIX.
• Solutions include Cloud (Private and Hybrid), SAN, NAS, DR, Backup, HA, Replication.

Sr. Technical Architect

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Server Planning, Knowledge of the Confidential and SUN Microsystems (now part of Oracle) platforms, Innovative Thinking, Application of Technology to Project Solutions, Strong Work Ethic, Technical Expertise.
• Strong ability to ensure server infrastructure readiness for Confidential and SUN Microsystems across the Enterprise.
• Responsible for server inventory to meet just in time resources, PIM (Portfolio Infrastructure Management).
• Evaluate , verify and approve systems P and SUN based solutions for hardware planners on a daily basis.
• Effectively manage vendor relations, verify quotes and configurations.
• Assisted in standardizing the platform in terms of the CPU model, memory speed, frame configuration, I/O adapter's type, etc.
• Standardized 4Gb and 8Gb HBAs, and NPIV for SAN storage.
• Participated in Data Domain and Gfilers projects to implement NAS for file systems and backups.
• Demonstrated ability to make certain solutions was cost effective, economical, and met the SLA.
• Distinctive focus on RAS (Reliability, Availability and Scalability).

Sr. System Analyst

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Thorough knowledge of Confidential /AIX4.3.3 systems running Broadband and DSL applications.
• Noted for outstanding performance of daily duties that included adding new users, monitoring error logs and root mail.
• Responsible for OS patches, upgrading firmware levels, and performing proactive measures for capacity planning.
• Successfully provided 24X7 support for clients: resetting User IDs, increasing file systems, etc.
• Complete responsibility for troubleshooting software (OS) and hardware issues.
• Participated in new projects including conference calls and kickoff meetings.
• Utilized monitoring tools such as Patrol (BMC), Glance and Measureware.
• Lead the effort to upgrade SSA firmware (Disk, Adapters, Enclosures) Confidential the Enterprise level, which included and mentoring teammates.

System Support Representative

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Extensive experience providing hardware support primarily for Southwestern Bell and Anheuser Busch on a RISC6000/AIX platform.
• Researched and provided microcode updates for SP2, S7X and 7133 DASD, SAN, etc.
• Active participation in system assurance meetings.
• Strong support provided for Confidential clients on an on-call basis.
• Provided billable services on contract basis.
• Responsible for maintaining and managing parts inventory.

PC & Network Technician

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Performed network cable and hubs installation.
• Managed Novell 4.1 file server and DHCP server.
• Oversaw and created print queues with NDS and HP JetAdmin.
• Experience with managing all PC labs (Software, Hardware and Network connections).
• Provided support for faculty (Laptops and Desktops).
• Researched and implemented new technologies (GHOSTS, DRIVECOPY, NAL, etc).