SUMMARY

• Over 15 years in high paced, extremely technical infrastructure environments across multiple interacting platforms for the most stable and secure product to be delivered.
• Diverse background allowing me the ability to negotiate and problem solve quickly, accurately and efficiently. Highly skilled enterprise level system administration efficient in delivering individual and team goals.
• A team player who needs minimal supervision. Attention to detail oriented allowing for minimal errors and have been known to take initiative with more challenging issues to create a learning experience for future ones.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• AiX XP 2003/2007/2010 , and Office 365
• Bladelogic NetOps
• Cisco Networking Nortel Switches
• Cisco Networks Novell NetWare 4.11/5.1
• Cisco UCS SAN Storage Tegile/3Par/Netgear/NetApp
• Citrix EMC/VMAXHitachi and Confidential XIV
• DNS SCCM
• EPO Management Utility SMS Systems
• ESXi/Vsphere 4.1/5.1/5.5/6.0/6.5/6.7 TCPIP
• Ethernet/Fast Ethernet Unix
• Exchange 2000, 2003,2007,2010 VCM
• 2007/GroupWise/Lotus Notes Virtual Infrastructure Client
• F5 Version 9.4 - 10.4 Windows 9x/NT/2000
• HTTP/HTTPS Workstation XP/Windows
• Confidential Director 5.2 - 6.2.3 7/Windows 10
• Confidential PurFlex Infrastructure Windows
• Confidential Tivoli Management NT/ 2000/2003/2008/2012
• IIS 4.0/5.0 2016 Server
• Linux Active Directory
• Microsoft Office 95/97/2000 Vmware 3.5-6.7
• VCD

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cloud Services Engineer

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Daily support of Customer Cloud Infrastructure and internal IT VMware environments
• Certified VMware training for VMware VCP 6.5
• Full upgrades of UCS firmware drivers for fiber interconnects UCSMC and blades.
• Rack, stack and cable customers equipment on prem or in collocation.
• Deployment of public\private clouds for new and existing customers
• Documentation of deployment cabling and rack location unit placement. Robust knowledge of multiple hardware platforms including Dell FX2, Cisco UCS (B series mini and full chassis, and c series), Confidential X Series, Confidential Blade Systems, HP C Class Blade Systems, HP G3-8 Series and Confidential PureFlex.
• Q/A on Multi Tenet Cloud and Private Cloud customers on build performed by the Implementation teams.
• Storage migration project from VMAX to NetApp.
• Complete Upgrade of VMWare infrastructure from 5.0 to 6.5.
• Migration from Windows based vSphere to Appliance.
• Documented and maintained patch process for vSphere Clusters.

Consulting Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• On-site and remote support for all collaborative and datacenter deployments.
• Certified VMware training for VMware VCP 6.5
• On-site deployments of data center infrastructure deployments i.e. Switches, Servers (UCS B Series), Storage (Nimble, and Tegile), and backup solutions (Veeam).
• Rack, stack and cable customers equipment on prem or in collocation.
• Deployment of customers new public/private cloud deployments.
• Documentation of deployment cabling and rack location unit placement.
• Robust knowledge of multiple hardware platforms including Dell FX2, Cisco UCS (B series mini and full chassis, and c series), Confidential X Series, Confidential Blade Systems, HP C Class Blade Systems, HP G3-8 Series and Confidential PureFlex.

Systems Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Cluster manager and VMM to create modify and troubleshoot any issues within the Microsoft Hyper V Environment
• Primary support for all storage related issues.
• Implemented a standard of change management prior to any changes to be made in the infrastructure environment,
• Made all new request change request to current AD in a 1 forest root domain with 5 child domains.
• Robust knowledge of multiple hardware platforms including Dell FX2, Cisco UCS, Confidential X Series, Confidential Blade Systems, HP C Class Blade Systems, HP G3-8 Series and Confidential PureFlex.
• Conferred with the Architect to verify port groups and vSwitch configurations needing application.
• Collaborated with the network teams for production and management connectivity.
• Coordinated with the SAN teams to allocate and zone correct LUN information on all Blade and Standalone servers.
• Set Standards on how data closets should be wired and configured
• Configured out of date and out of warranty with no support, Servers, and NAS devices due to budget restraint.
• Attended multiple SDN seminars including Cisco, Extreme, Dell, and HPE - Aruba, with POC for all vendors previously mentioned.
• Ran cable from desktop port to closet tested and verified connections were live.
• Provided support, troubleshoot and problem-solving analysis in Data Center Production and/or Development and Test environments. Provided 24/7 on-call support on a rotating basis.
• Organized and managed medium to large-scale IT projects.
• Implemented patching, conducted heath checking and supported server security hardening requirements by using BladeLogic Utility based on defined policies.
• Coordinated all groups to troubleshoot any issues with infrastructure implementation regarding all facets of the environment, hardware, network, SAN, Firewall and OS.
• Created and maintained process documentation for audit compliance

SR VMware Infrastructure Systems Admin

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implemented VMware ESX/vSphere 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 and configured all including standard switching to Distributive virtual switching and all data stores to a corporate standard.
• Robust knowledge of multiple hardware platforms including Cisco UCS, Confidential X Series, Confidential Blade Systems, HP C Class Blade Systems, HP G3-8 Series and Confidential PureFlex.
• Primary VMware engineer for storage migrations from DS8000 to Confidential XIV for a total of 2500 VM's and approximately 35 hosts.
• Supported 18 customers ranging from 10 host to 2500 hosts all specific Architecture design requirements needed by each customer.
• Fulfilled customers request for a full-scale redundant Citrix VMware infrastructure using Auto-deploy for VMware ESXI 5.5
• Conferred with the Architect to verify port groups and vSwitch configurations needing application.
• Collaborated with the network teams for production and management connectivity.
• Coordinated with the SAN teams to allocate and zone correct LUN information on all Blade and Standalone servers.
• Implemented ESX 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 and vSphere, created new virtual servers guests and performed physical to virtual migrations.
• Provided support, troubleshot and problem-solving analysis in Data Center Production and/or Development and Test environments. Provided 24/7 on-call support on a rotating basis.
• Organized and managed medium to large-scale IT projects.
• Implemented patching, conducted heath checking and supported server security hardening requirements by using BladeLogic Utility based on defined polices.
• Coordinated all groups to troubleshoot any issues with infrastructure implementation regarding all facets of the environment, hardware, network, SAN, Firewall and OS.
• Created and maintained process documentation for audit compliance

Enterprise Infrastructure Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Built and performed administration of Windows Server 2000 - 2008 on multiple hardware platforms and provided proactive monitoring throughout the corporate enterprise.
• Implemented VMware ESX/vSphere 4.1 migration to ESX/vSphere 5.1, migrated all virtual machines and performed all standard switching to distributive virtual switching and all data stores to a standard 1Tb per each data store.
• Provided support, troubleshooting and problem-solving analysis in Data Center Production and/or Development and Test environments. Provided 24/7 on-call support on a rotating basis.
• Managed medium to large-scale IT projects.
• Implemented patching, health checking and server security hardening requirements based on defined polices.
• Managed allocated SAN storage and HBA configuration.
• Coordinated with project teams for server SAN migration and visualization EMC storage via Confidential SVC to Confidential XIV storage arrays.
• Performed OS and file restoration from backups using Tivoli Storage Manager, Symantec and other backup software.
• Created and maintained process documentation for audit compliance.
• Provided detailed audit of Firmware, Bios and Driver versions for a complex project of standardizing all hardware versions.
• Conducted Confidential Director upgrade from various versions from 5.2 - 6.3.2.

Sr. Systems Administrator

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Built and provided administration of Windows Server 2000 - 2008 on multiple hardware platforms and provided proactive monitoring throughout the corporate enterprise.
• Implemented VMware vSphere 4.0, created new virtual servers guests and performed physical to virtual migrations.
• Provided support, troubleshooting and problem-solving analysis in Data Center Production and/or Development and Test environments. Provided 24/7 on-call support on a rotating basis.
• Organized and managed medium to large-scale IT projects.
• Implemented patching, health checking and server security hardening requirements based on defined polices.
• Managed allocated SAN storage and HBA configuration.
• Coordinated with project teams for server SAN migration and virtualization of Hitachi and EMC storage via Confidential SVC to Confidential XIV storage arrays.
• Performed OS and file restoration from backups using Tivoli Storage Manager, Symantec and other backup software.

Sr. Systems Administrator

Confidential, O’Fallon, MO

Responsibilities:

• Implemented VMware vSphere 4.0, created new virtual servers guests and performed physical to virtual migrations.
• Implanted a new corporate-wide wireless network.
• Upgraded all OS and application per the company standards.
• Resolved SQL database issues for standard developed jobs.
• Conducted Active Directory management namely users, groups, computers and GPO’s for multiple organizational business units.
• Performed hardware evaluations for a company standard.