SUMMARY

• Innovative Senior Systems Engineer and Solutions Architect with over 21 successful years of planning, directing, and coordinating the design, installation, and connectivity of computer systems and network infrastructure to ensure the stable operation of the organization’s IT asset, as well as manage teams responsible for on premise and off premise (cloud) infrastructure services.
• While with Confidential, was responsible for designing, installation, configuration, project management, team lead, and support of all infrastructure needs for the Messaging and Collaboration group of a $1B manufacturing company. Sole resource for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365.
• Excellent knowledge of current protocols and standards, including Active Directory, Group Policies, MS Exchange, Core Switching/Routing, SSL/IPSec, SAN, Virtualization, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery.
• Experienced in development, deployment, architectural design and support of large Network and Communication Systems, mainly based on Cisco switching and routing, WiFi (Ubiquiti, SonicWALL, Cisco, Aruba), Palo Alto firewall technology as well as Microsoft Skype and Cisco telephony.
• Working with Motorola, directed circuit design, review / created design rules for all flex circuit designs, and served as primary point of contact for all design software issues. Led team of 11 engineering professionals across multiple locations, and managed project workload.
• At Confidential, was the project manager of AT&T WAN fiber installation for one of the largest school districts in Illinois with 58 buildings.
• Has a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology. Obtained certifications in: CompTIA A+, Network+, Microsoft MCP, MCTS, Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Routing and Switching, CCNA Voice, CCNA Wireless, ITIL V3, and VMware VCP5 - DCV, VCP6-DCV.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• IT Infrastructure / Design
• Technology Solution Design
• Enterprise Level Anti-Virus
• Layer 3 Networking
• Windows 7, Windows 10
• Mac OS
• Ipsec
• SSL
• Logmein / Teamviewer
• PowerShell
• SQL
• IT Strategy
• Management Experience
• Needs Assessment
• Network Administration
• Deployment / Migrations
• Technical Support
• Technical Documentation
• Server Virtualization
• Software Application Support
• Sales Engineering
• Written and verbal communication skills
• File Server
• Performance Statistics
• Project Management
• Budget Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Warrenville, IL

Senior IT Infrastructure Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Backup and Disaster Recovery utilizing Veeam Backup & Replication and One reporting.
• Backup and Disaster Recovery project planning.
• Microsoft Exchange 2013 / Office 365 configuration, mailbox migrations, and support.
• Building and configuring production and development SharePoint sites.
• Server virtualization using Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure.
• Avaya VOIP phone and Microsoft Teams configuration.
• Vendor management.

Confidential - Wood Dale, IL

Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Act as a pre-sales consultant between the sales department and the customer.
• Facilitate collaboration between the infrastructure team, the business application owners, and outside vendors.
• Perform site audits and document the results.
• Design and implement short- and long-term strategic plans to make certain network capacity meets existing and future requirements.
• Procure needed equipment and support the installation team.
• Test network / server performance and provide network performance statistics and reports; develop strategies for maintaining network / server infrastructure.

Confidential - Elgin, IL

Manager of Infrastructure & Communication Services

Responsibilities:

• Configuration and installation of Cisco VOIP solutions including CUCM (Cisco Unified Communication Manager), CUC (Cisco Unity Connection), and CUCCX (Cisco Unified Contact Center Express), and video solutions.
• Configuration and installation of ISI Infortel call accounting & reporting software including multiple Microsoft Windows Server 2012R2 build / configuration. Document and train customer service representative managers.
• Team member of two new data center build outs. Racking, cabling, configuring.
• Install and configure many virtual Microsoft Server virtual machines (VMs) on VMware ESXi 5.5 hosts.
• Project manage, build, and configure the migration from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013.
• Building and configuring production and development farms for SharePoint 2013 including 8 servers.
• Configuration and maintenance of Microsoft Exchange 2010 and 2013, Symantec Messaging Gateway (Brightmail), Office 365, DNS, and Active Directory.
• Design, build, and project management of the migration from Microsoft Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013.
• Manage budget and resources for the Infrastructure group (Network, Phone System, Servers, and Data Centers).
• Office 365 configuration, mailbox migrations, and support.
• Vendor management.
• 24x7 support of all messaging and collaboration software, hardware, and services.

Confidential - Schaumburg, IL

Senior Network Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Project manager of AT&T WAN fiber installation for one of the largest school districts in Illinois with 58 buildings.
• Design, installation, and support of computer networking, switches, routers, load balancers, and firewalls.
• Design, document, manage, and maintain network cabling.
• Migrate, Install, and configure Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange, and SharePoint.
• Backup and Disaster Recovery utilizing Symantec BackupExec and Veeam Backup & Replication.
• Design, specify, and create RFPs for VOIP, network, server, & wireless solutions.
• Specify, install, and maintain Barracuda message archiver, web filter, spam & virus filter.
• Server virtualization using VMware ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5.
• Install and configure multiple physical and virtual servers with VMware hypervisor, SAN, and virtual servers including Exchange 2013 and Physical to Virtual (P2V) conversions.
• Monitor and review network configuration with Solarwinds.
• Manage cabling and new data center build for a village.

Confidential - Gilberts, IL

Technology Manager

Responsibilities:

• Successfully deployed multiple, comprehensive, cost effective infrastructure solutions from initial conception / design to on time / on budget delivery.
• Successfully designed / implemented several multi state Cisco Unified Communications systems.
• Multiple migrations from Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint to Office 365.
• Managed and ensured effectiveness of servers & process, including but not limited to e-mail, print, and backup servers, and their associated operating systems and software.
• Designed and configured multiple networks including firewalls, load balancers, and VPN.