PROFILE SUMMARY:

• Windows Systems Engineer with a wide repertoire of technical qualifications. Emphasis on introducing key technology solutions to meet the changing needs of a dynamic organization.
• Solutions - oriented team leader recognized for the ability to establish, target, and meet all facets of the project lifecycle to achieve critical goals.
• Experience in installing, configuring, administering and deploying applications in a Windows environment.
• Extensive experience in providing smooth technical operations and optimal functionality, with proven expertise in diagnosing, troubleshooting, and finding solutions through strategic and tactical operations.
• Highly organized, able to prioritize and manage multiple concurrent tasks with deadlines, and adapt to changing priorities while maintaining positive working relationships with customer, superior and team members.
• Bilingual (English and Spanish), Interpersonal communicator who is adept at speaking effectively and writing concisely, as well as expressing, transmitting, and interpreting knowledge and ideas.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software/Systems: VMWare ESXi 4.0-6.5, VCenter 6.5, Windows Server Operating Systems (All), One Identity Active Roles, One Identity Password Manager, Exchange, O365, AWS, PowerShell, Symantec Enterprise Protection Manager, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy Management, McAfee SaaS Email Protection, ProofPoint, McAfee Web Gateway, Citrix Netscaler, F5 Firepass, Dell KACE K1000, Dell VRanger Backup, WhatsUp Gold, Dell Foglight, IpSwitch Serv-U FTP, Gemalto SafeNet, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Servers: Dell Enterprise PE servers, IBM Servers, HP Servers

SAN/NAS: Dell Exagrid, Dell PowerVault, Dell Compellent

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Systems Engineer

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Responsibilities:

• Proactively maintain high levels of system and infrastructure availability.
• Manage Exchange and O365 Environment
• Manage over 2000+ VMware/physical servers located across the U.S.
• Provide technical assistance and mentoring to team members to ensure a more cohesive and efficient team
• Implement and manage Active Directory, Group Policies, DHCP and DNS environments
• Implement and manage PKI and Public DNS
• Integrations and support of One Identity Active Role Server environment
• Integrations and support of One Identity Password Manager environment
• Architect and support new and existing server infrastructure designs
• Write PowerShell scripts to efficiently provision changes and report on the status of the environment

Windows System Engineer

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Responsibilities:

• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability.
• Upgrade/migrate 400+ Windows 2003 servers to newer operating systems.
• Perform daily system monitoring, upgrading documentation, migration solutions/processes and all OS and application migration issue resolution.
• Write PowerShell scripts to deploy agents and monitor the health of the computing assets while defining patching and software deployment policies and procedures.
• Manage Active Directory environment and system maintenance.
• Provide technical assistance and mentoring to infrastructure team members to ensure a more cohesive and efficient team environment.
• Actively participated in the development of new applications, deployment strategies, and risks for the deployment of the Kaseya VSA.
• Manage and monitor Symantec Endpoint Protection deployment.

Windows System Engineer

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Responsibilities:

• Provided implementation, administration, and support of Windows 2003, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Servers (File/Print/Terminal Services).
• Contributed to defining policies and procedures, including domain migration, server consolidation, multi-platform migration, disaster recovery, and enterprise backups.
• Identified, assessed, responded/mitigated and monitored/reported IT risk with application controls.
• Installed, configured, tested and maintained operating systems, application software and system management tools.
• Maintained, analyzed, and resolved software and hardware problems.
• Provided infrastructure applications/solutions support on MS Exchange, MS Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, VMware, Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, Citrix Netscaler, Dell VRanger backup, WhatsUp Gold, McAfee Gateway, McAfee SaaS eMail Protection, Serv-U FTP.
• Managed Exagrid Disk Storage, and Compellent Storage.

Windows System Administrator

Confidential, Miramar, FL

Responsibilities:

• Led and supported Windows Servers, PCs and end-user assets.
• Managed all aspects of enterprise server and infrastructure in a heavy Microsoft focused environment, including but not limited to: Active Directory, Exchange, SQL, SharePoint.
• Managed and monitored F5 Firepass VPN appliance, Symantec Endpoint Protection Enterprise 12.0, Avocent Remote Management Environment (DSView, KVM, PM).
• Planned and directed upgrades, and tested operations to ensure optimum system functionality.
• Acted as escalation point for troubleshooting advanced server/systems issues; consistently earned 100% issue-resolution scores by providing excellent service to the organization.

Windows System Administrator

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Responsibilities:

• Directly responsible for administration and support of 120+ Windows servers.
• Ensured that assigned systems were engineered, configured and optimized for maximum functionality and availability.
• Implemented solutions that reduced single points of failure and improved system uptime to 99.9% availability.
• Administered and implemented Windows 2000, 2003 and Windows 2008 servers, SQL 2000 & 2005 Servers, MOM 2005 environment, IIS 5.0, IIS 6.0 and IIS 7.0, SharePoint servers, Avocent KVM and Power Management environment.
• Collaborated with developers and architects to troubleshoot problems and identify environment improvements.
• Spearheaded implementation of Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, Anti-virus, Radius Servers.

Windows System Administrator

Confidential, Miami, FL

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all aspects of 300+ Microsoft Windows Servers.
• Oversaw Disaster Recovery Environment, including Windows O/S Builds, troubleshooting, and patch management.
• Responsible for enforcement of Sarbanes-Oxley methodologies and administration of VMware ESX server environment.
• Designed and implemented migration strategies for a new application and/or operating system upgrades.
• Assisted various infrastructure teams in daily maintenance duties, including builds, troubleshooting and problem resolution.
• Monitored and maintained health, performance, and security of all infrastructure components.