TECHNICAL SKILLS:

HARDWARE: HP/ Compaq workstations and servers, Dell workstations, iSCSI Storage Arrays Windows 3.1/95/98/ME/NT 4.0 Workstation/ 2000 Professional, XP Professional, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows NT 4 /2000/2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012R2/2016 Server MS Office 4.3 thru Office 365, MS Exchange 5.5 thru 2010

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.x, Veritas Backup Exec 7.3 thru 12.5, ArcServe Brightstor 7.0 thru 12.5, Norton Ghost

APPLICATIONS: Partition Magic, Rightfax Fax Software 7.0 thru 9.3, Confidential Presentation Server 1.8 thru XenApp 7.6, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, IIS 5 & 6, Postini, Barracuda, SCVMM2008R2/2012R2 Windows 2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2 Hyper - V

VIRTUALIZATION: Confidential Xen Server 5.0 thru 6.5, VMWare ESXi 3.0 thru 6.5

STORAGE: NetApp, FreeNAS, Dell Compellent

FIREWALLS: Watch Guard Firewall, MS Proxy Server 2.0, ISA Server 2000, 2004, 2006, Smoothwall Express 3.0 SP1, Cisco ASA 5505, 5510, Sonicwall, Confidential Netscaler

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Team lead/senior systems engineer of network, virtualization, firewall, wireless, storage, and e-mail applications for single domain, multi-million dollar printing equipment manufacturer
• Planned, designed, and implemented enterprise VMWare virtualization upgrade and migration project from Oracle Blade Servers and Storage to Dell Servers and Compellent Storage
• Level 1 thru 4 support in response to trouble tickets
• 24/7 on call

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Senior network administrator of network, virtualization, firewall, wireless, and e-mail applications for single domain, multi­million dollar food manufacturer
• Level 1 thru 4 support in response to trouble tickets
• 24/7 on call

Confidential

Senior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Security audit of world-wide subsidiary companies

Confidential

Windows Server Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Datacenter migration (8 datacenters migrated to 2) and server expansion (5,000 servers increasing to over 18,000) project
• Performing VMWare and Hyper-V physical to virtual (P2V) and virtual to virtual (V2V) conversions

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Lead Confidential administrator/engineer for the XenApp server farm supporting US operations
• Senior network administrator of network, virtualization, firewall, wireless, and e-mail applications for multiple domain, multi-million dollar food manufacturer
• Planned, designed, and implemented enterprise XenApp 7.6 migration project
• Planned, designed, and implemented enterprise VMWare virtualization project resulting in 85% reduction in the number of physical server hardware footprint and 70% savings in power and cooling
• Migrated email environment from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 with support for mobile/smartphone devices
• Migrated Windows XP workstations to Windows 7 environment
• Provided 2nd/3rd tier Confidential support
• Level 3/level 4 networking support in response to trouble tickets
• 24/7 on call

Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Senior Confidential administrator/engineer (SME) for 250 Confidential /XenApp servers supporting US operations in four (4) separate Confidential 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 and 6.5 farms and XenDesktop
• Senior network administrator for over 500 local servers supporting the US central region operations in a Windows 2003/2008 Server network (100 physical host servers, 300 hyper -v virtual servers, 50 VMWare virtual servers and 50 Xen Server virtual servers) with workstations running Windows XP Professional and Windows 7
• Level 3/level 4 networking support in response to trouble tickets

Confidential

Network Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

• Configuration, stability, and operation of the Windows 2003/2008 Server network (30 physical servers, 50 hyper -v virtual servers, and 20 VMWare virtual servers) with workstations running Windows XP/ Win7 Professional
• Creating, maintaining, and deleting user profiles, personal shares, and Exchange 2007/Outlook 2007 mailboxes on clustered Exchange servers
• Maintaining systems security procedures consistent with control requirements using Active Directory GPO and security tools including the responsibility for assigning directory and file permissions
• Migrated Windows XP workstations to Windows 7 environment
• Managed, support, and configuration of Cisco 5510 firewall using ADSM
• Management of vendor relationships for external network consultants, external supply consultants, external application and application support consultants
• Level 3/level 4 networking support in response to trouble tickets
• 24/7 on call

Confidential

IT Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manager of network, systems, firewall, wireless, and e-mail applications for single domain, multi-million dollar, single-site food additive manufacturing organization
• Configuration, stability, and operation of the Windows 2003/2008 Server network (7 physical servers and 12 hyper -v virtual servers) with workstations running Windows XP/ Vista Professional (30 workstations)
• Managed, support, and configuration of Cisco 5505 firewall using ADSM
• Managed, supported, and configuration of Cisco 3560-E and -POE switches with separate VLAN’s
• Maintaining systems security procedures consistent with control requirements using Active Directory GPO and security tools including the responsibility for assigning directory and file permissions
• All levels of networking support in response to trouble tickets
• 24/7 on call

Confidential

Network Administrator II

Responsibilities:

• Lead Confidential administrator/engineer for 40 Confidential servers supporting worldwide operations in two separate Confidential 4.5 farms for multiple domain, multi-billion dollar, world-wide, multiple site technology solutions provider
• Senior network administrator for over 200 local and 300 remote servers supporting US operations, including clustered Exchange servers
• Level 3/level 4 networking support in response to trouble tickets
• Rotating 24/7 on call

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Network and Confidential administrator of network, systems, firewall, wireless, and e-mail applications for multiple domain, multi­million dollar, multi-site professional medical association running 26 physical Windows 2000/2003 servers and 150 Windows XP workstations

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Network and Confidential administrator of network, systems, firewall, and e-mail applications for multiple domain, multi-million dollar financial institution running 30 physical Windows 2000 servers and 100 Windows 2000 workstations