TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: IBM/HP/Dell bare metal servers, blades and blade enclosures, IBM S390, IBM AIX, AS400 and RS6000, Sun Fire V490, STK Tape silo, Cisco MS9000 SAN Switch, IBM, Hitachi, and EMC SAN solutions

OS/Software: VMWare 3.5, 4.5, Microsoft Window server 2000, 2003, 2008 Server, Microsoft Active Directory 2000/2003/2008 , Microsoft Exchange 2003/2010 Microsoft Windows desktops 2000, XP, and 7, IBM Blade Logic, IBM Maximo, CHP Viewpoint, NetIQ PlatesSpin Migrate, Confidential Netware 3.12, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x including all supporting services, ZCM, ZFD 3.x, 6.x, 7.x, ZFS 6.5, 7.x, ZAM 6.5, 7.x, eDirectory 6, 7, 8, Boarder Manager, NSure Audit 1.x, 2.x. Confidential GroupWise 6.x, 7, SUSE Linux 9, 10, Symantec BackupExpress, McFee and Sophos Virus protection, Active Experts Monitoring, MSQL 2005/2008, Oracle 9, 10. IBMS390, MVS, VMS, AIX, OS2, RACF, Confidential SUSE

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Radnor, PA

Systems Contractor - Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Project Lead for server migration’s and builds of acquired companies into a core set of parent companies datacenter’s.
• Project lead for P2V and V2V migrating servers from standalone VM ESX environments to CHP’s Viewpoint Pod’s.
• Building of Virtual and/or bare metal servers to meet the needs of the LOB’s, and readying them for hardening then production.
• QA process performed on all servers prior to production turnover.
• Problem resolution for server’s and network issues in QA and Production environments.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Senior System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, installation, and setup of all Intel server and SAN environment for the Casino.
• Install and configuration of a VMware environment consisting of CISCO servers on an EMC SAN.
• Project lead on all new applications and/or hardware to be implemented in the network environment.
• Daily support of all Server, Network, Desktop, and AV issues.
• Assisting with the specifications for future Casino openings.
• Prepare and test Disaster and Recovery procedures.
• Problem determination on POS terminals powered by Micros.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Senior System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Setup, installation, and configuration of all blade enclosures, servers and rack mounted servers.
• P2V and V2P server migrations using VMWare.
• Design of multiple OS platforms, Linux and Windows servers, supporting a number of databases and/or applications.
• Installation, configuration, and support for complete enterprise software.
• Allocation of SAN storage using CISCO MDS 9000.
• Chief Architect and project manger in the setup, configure, and trouble shoot ZCM Application Objects for software distribution.
• Technical lead with RFP’s for enterprise technology solutions.
• Prepare and test Disaster and Recovery procedures.

Confidential, Mt Laurel, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Coordination, maintenance, and push of ZEN applications object’s to over 100 sites used for an XP migration of all branch offices and regional divisions.
• Support in the nightly upgrading of scheduled offices and regional divisions totaling 1200 servers and 1400 desktops.
• Setup, configure, and trouble shoot ZFD Application Objects for distribution.

Confidential, Horsham, PA

Senior System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all corporate, remote divisional offices, and country clubs servers and blades which required extensive travel and coordination with the targeted divisions and/or departments.
• Setup all servers with UP Insight Manager to remote control, setup, and problem resolution from any point within or outside the corporate environment.
• Designed, setup, and maintained Meta Directories which supported all authentication and program access for applications used in testing, staging, and production environments.
• Project lead and system designer for a corporate wide rollout of Confidential ’s ZEN including Desktop, Servers, and Asset Manager.
• Setup and design of Confidential Audit reporting software to which was used for Sarbanes-Oxley compliancy.
• Developed future network, server, desktop, and software strategies and improvements for clients.
• Assisted with the development and design of offsite replication of corporate trees for DDR requirements.
• Design and maintenance of Corporate GroupWise email environment.
• Maintain backup systems at corporate and all remote offices.

Confidential, Malvern, PA

Network Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project manager and technical lead for rollout of NT 4.0 desktop from Win95 and applications including snapshots of desktop applications and establishment of policies affecting approximately 600 desktops.
• Standardized and locked down desktops.
• Upgraded from NetWare 3.12 to NetWare 4.11.
• Team lead for the Northeast Region to handle all servers, desktop, and office application upgrades and/or replacements for Y2K.
• Supported all network and shop floor devices, servers, desktop, and office applications for the entire division.
• Assisted in the system analysis, planning, design and implementation of a corporate Internet and Intranet presence.

Confidential, Bensalem, PA

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and supported 17 production servers including an upgrade from Confidential 2.1 to NetWare 4.1.
• Implemented LAN based email systems for the corporate campus and remote sites.
• Installed, configured, and managed a corporate wide imaging system.
• Investigated and implemented mainframe, midrange, and network security policies and procedures throughout the corporation.
• Evaluated and supported security for all local and remote connections.
• Developed a data center and business DDR.