Senior Specialist Engineering Resume

SUMMARY

Senior Engineer with over twenty years of experience in engineering, implementation and support of various systems within global enterprises. Enabled business continuity through two separate mergers. Possess cross - functional knowledge of a wide range of technical areas including, but not limited to, data center infrastructure, public and private cloud, server hardware, storage, operating systems, networking, and virtualization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Specialist Engineering

Responsibilities:

Develop a multi-technology solution for consolidation of global servers to strategic data centers using technologies such as NetApp SnapMirror, VMware Converter, and VizionCore vConverter.
Cisco UCS hardware platform and development of business case for UCS and virtualization.
Virtualization backup and restoration evaluations including EMC Avamar, SnapProtect and Commvault Simpanna.
Migration of over 2,000 data center systems in eight months, with virtualization and replication accounting for over 90% of systems, saving the company over 70 million dollars.
Responsible for the development, pilot, and operationalize the pack and ship procedures for consolidation of servers exempt from virtualization processes.
Tier III support for migrated systems, consisting of validated clinical systems, SAP, web based, and Citrix applications.
Support VMware vSphere 4 environment consisting of over 20,000 endpoints, including complex troubleshooting of host and guest issues. vSphere 5 Engineering and design specification for future production deployment.
Deployment and maintenance of HP C7000 Blades including functionality, regression testing of firmware and driver updates.
Engineering and deployment Public and Private Cloud solutions including VMware LabManager, VMware VirtualCloud Director and Amazon Cloud Services.
Lead for the Citrix XenDesktop Engineering and implementation.
Utilizing XEN Desktop 5.6, Provisioning Services 6.0 and vSphere 5.1.
AppSense v8.1.
Driving stateless design.
Coaching and development of others to maintain maintenance of business as well as Cross-functional Teamwork and Collaboration to ensure the best service level for our customers.

Confidential

Principal Analyst

Responsibilities:

Lead Engineer for Global Virtualization Environment.
Server support and maintenance of over 8000 windows based servers.
Installation and Administration VMware Virtual Desktop Broker, utilizing application and profile virtualization tools.
Data Center consolidation utilizing VMWare ESX Server and HP Blade Server Technology.
Designed and upgraded VMware Virtual Infrastructure from version 2.x to 3.x.
Building, Installing and commissioning VMWare ESX 2.x and 3.x Servers.
Support of VMware deployments consisting of 2000 endpoints.
Develop, Document and test P2V migration procedures.
Perform P2V Migrations in support of server virtualization project.
Installation and support of server clusters using Microsoft and Veritas Cluster services.
Troubleshooting and documentation of problem resolutions.
Mentoring and on the job training of junior level team members.

Confidential

Manager of Network Systems

Responsibilities:

Management of the Network Systems Group.
Oversee all day-to-day operations and maintenance of over 50 NT 4.0/2000 Exchange 5.5 and SNA Servers.
Maintenance of all hardware and software for NT 4.0 clustered E-Business Web farm, consisting of 11 NT servers hosting 6 websites.
Design and Implementation of VPN Technology using Netscreen VPN Appliances.
Interaction with the Network Infrastructure Group to resolve routing and WAN Issues.
Design and implementation of a Citrix Metaframe XP server farm.
Management of EMC and Dell Storage Area Networks.
Support and maintenance of SQL client server applications.
Development, testing and implementation of disaster recovery procedures.

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