SUMMARY:

Seeking a LOCAL position (preferably within a 15 mile radius) in information technology for an enterprise - oriented company, which operates primarily in a Cloud, Active Directory, Vmware, storage and possibly an Exchange environment. Desiring the ability to utilize knowledge relative to certifications obtained (listed below) along with over 2 decades of experience in projects involving detailed back office engineering, software rollouts, storage, OS/application upgrades, network security/policies, and overall IT infrastructure engineering, management and administration.

SKILL:

• Windows 2000: 2019
• Active Directory
• Vmware vSphere 6.x
• Exchange 2000: 2016
• Office 365 and Azure
• Network Appliance and SAN storage
• Cisco Switches/Firewalls
• Citrix Presentation Server 4.6+
• DNS/WINS/DHCP/RDP
• SQL 2003: 2016
• IIS & Sharepoint 2003: 2016
• Network Planning, Architecture and Documentation
• Microsoft SCOM/WSUS
• Veritas and Commvault backup solutions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Systems Administrator

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities:

• Main responsibilities were Windows and Linux server troubleshooting and administration over Cloud and Vmware infrastructure.
• Deploying, customizing and maintaining Windows and Linux VMs on both physical and Vmware ESXi setups.
• Duties include support and maintenance of Windows 2008R2/2012R2/2016/2019 both virtual and physical.
• Coordination with development and engineering teams to plan for application installs/upgrades and security patching. Monitor, isolate and troubleshoot logged events. Provide third level support to junior and mid-level systems administrators.
• Troubleshooting various application issues with Windows and Linux server VMs on various hardware platforms. Modify custom settings for individual VMs.
• Install and customize new applications such as Cyberark, Password Manager Pro and Forescout on multiple servers. Server and network systems monitoring using third party applications. Troubleshooting connectivity issues with and between VMs and bastion (jump hosts).
• Windows 2008R2 through Windows 2019 and various forms of Linux administration/troubleshooting. Assist in managing granular access to servers and network devices via Password Manager Pro and Cyberark.

Senior Systems Administrator

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Main responsibilities were Windows and Linux server troubleshooting and administration over Cloud infrastructure.
• Deploying, customizing and maintaining Windows and Linux VMs on ICP cloud.
• Duties include support and maintenance of Windows 2008R2/2012R2/2016 both virtual and physical.
• Coordination with engineering teams to plan for application upgrades and security patching.
• Monitor, isolate and troubleshoot logged events. Provide third level support to junior and mid-level systems administrators.
• Troubleshooting issues with Windows and Linux server VMs on various hardware platforms.
• Modify custom settings for individual VMs Server and network systems monitoring using third party applications
• Troubleshooting connectivity issues with and between VMs and bastion (jump hosts) Windows 2003 through Windows 2016 and RedHat 7.5 administration/troubleshooting

Senior Systems Administrator

Confidential, Redwood City, CA

Responsibilities:

• Main responsibilities were Windows application server patching, troubleshooting and administration.
• Deploying, customizing and maintaining Windows VMs on Vmware ESXi v5.5/6.0.
• Duties included minor script creation and modification using Powershell.
• Oversee upgrades, backups and maintenance of Windows 2003/2008/2012 R2/2016 both virtual and physical (including blades).
• Coordination with engineering teams to plan for application upgrades and security patching. Monitor, isolate and troubleshoot logged events.
• Provide third level support to junior and mid-level systems administrators.Projects include:
• Troubleshooting issues with Windows server VMs on ESXi 5.5/6.0 Modify custom settings for individual VMs Server and network systems monitoring using third party applications Troubleshooting connectivity issues with and between VMs Windows security patching using WSUS for Windows 2012 Windows 2003 through Windows 2016 administration

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Responsibilities:

• Main responsibilities were Vmware Virtual Cloud Director v5.5 administration as well as Mac mini and iPhone administration, upgrades, etc.
• Duties included implementing and troubleshooting new vGroups and VMs on ESXi 5.5 as well as upgrading the iOS of multiple Macs and iPhones and performing multiple configuration changes.
• Oversee upgrades, backups and maintenance of Windows 2003/2008/2012 R2/2016 both virtual and physical (including blades).
• Coordination with engineering teams to define SOPs for implementing a minimum security baseline. Monitor, isolate and troubleshoot logged events.
• Provide third level support to junior and mid-level systems administrators.
• Troubleshooting issues with vCloud associated VMs and vGroups Modify custom settings for Mac connected devices including verification Server and network systems monitoring using third party applications
• Troubleshooting connectivity issues with VMs and Macs Migrating from vCloud 5.5 to 5.6 Windows 2003 through Windows 2016 basic administration Remote administration via iLO and iDRAC

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities:

• Main responsibilities were security scanning and analysis as well as security policy administration for over 1,000 Windows servers.
• Duties included providing recommendations/best practices with regards to Windows server and domain security, design enhancements, service pack and OS upgrades, as well as infrastructure alterations. Server applications included Exchange 2010/2013, IIS, Vsphere 5.5, Network Appliance and Confidential storage.
• Oversee upgrades, backups and maintenance of Windows 2003/2008/2012 R2 both virtual and physical (including blades).
• Coordination with engineering teams to define SOPs for implementing a minimum security baseline. Monitor, isolate and troubleshoot logged events. Provide third level support to junior systems administrators.
• Microsoft Security Compliance Manager implementation Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) policy implementations Server and network systems monitoring using third party applications Nexpose vulnerability management tool implementation WSUS and SCOM 2012 administration

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential, Menlo Park, CA

Responsibilities:

• Main responsibilities are systems and network engineering and administration.
• Duties include providing recommendations/best practices in all major IT plans including server and domain security, design enhancements, application and OS evaluations/upgrades, server migrations and infrastructure alterations.
• Oversee acquisition and configuration of backend infrastructure including Exchange 2010/2013, Vsphere 5.5, Network Appliance and Confidential storage. Oversee installation, configuration, upgrades, backups and maintenance of Windows 2008/2012R2, Linux/Vmware servers and Confidential blades.
• Coordination with engineering teams to define SOPs for high availability, disaster recovery, server build procedures, server consolidation (Vmware and Hyper-V), software/hardware procurement and troubleshooting procedures.
• Monitor, isolate and troubleshoot logged events. Provide third level support to junior systems administrators.
• Exchange 2007, 2010 and 2013 Cluster administration and maintenance Sharepoint & SQL maintenance/administration VMware vSphere 5.5 implementations, conversions and ongoing administration Server and network systems monitoring using third party applications WSUS and SCOM 2012 administration
• NetApp storage applications including SnapManager and SnapDrive Synology NAS HP Data Protector Veritas NetBackup 7.5 Commvault Simpana 10 Apache Web Server Microsoft IIS Redhat Linux AS 4

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Main responsibilities were systems and network engineering and administration. Duties included providing recommendations/best practices in all major IT plans including server and domain security, design enhancements, application and OS evaluations/upgrades, server migrations and infrastructure alterations.
• Oversee acquisition and configuration of backend infrastructure including Exchange 2010, Vsphere 5.1, Network Appliance and Equalogic storage.
• Oversee installation, configuration, upgrades, backups and maintenance of Windows 2008/2012, Linux/Vmware servers and Confidential blades.
• Coordination with engineering teams to define SOPs for high availability, disaster recovery, server build procedures, server consolidation (Vmware and Hyper-V), software/hardware procurement and troubleshooting procedures.
• Monitor, isolate and troubleshoot logged events. Provide third level support to junior systems administrators.
• Exchange 2007 Cluster installation and maintenance Exchange 2010 administration Sharepoint & SQL maintenance/administration VMware vSphere 5 implementations, conversions and ongoing administration Server and network systems monitoring using third party applications WSUS and SCOM 2012 installation/administration
• NetApp storage applications including SnapManager and SnapDrive Veritas NetBackup 6 Commvault Simpana 10 Confidential ML6000 media library Apache Web Server Microsoft IIS TrackIT and Remedy helpdesk applications Redhat Linux AS 4