SUMMARY
- Motivated system administrator with extensive hands - on experience in designing, implementing, and managing enterprise wide computer system networks. Experience with systems both on-premise (datacenters) and in the cloud (AWS/AZURE). Excellent verbal and written communications. Possess a wealth of technical skills. Able to analyze and recommend solutions that enhance operational efficiency.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Microsoft Active Directory, Oracle Enterprise Directory Server, Federation Services, Certificate Services, Virtualization (VMWare, AWS, Azure) VPN, Firewalls, IIS and Apache Web Servers, MySQL (and other databases), Splunk, ServiceNow, Workday
- Verbal and writing communication skills, Mentoring, Collaboration, Customer Requirements & Specifications, Solution Design, Strong attention to detail, SharePoint, Box, Disaster Recovery, Security Policies, Management Experience, Operations & Maintenance, IAM Architecture, Root Cause Analysis, Monitoring Tools,
- Networking (routing, switching & firewalls) Linux, Windows servers, UNIX, LDAP, Shell Scripting, PowerShell, Python, (some Java), Information Technology, TCP/IP protocols, IT Infrastructure (DNS, DHCP, SNMP, Monitoring tools, NTP, etc.), Information Systems Security (Cybersecurity, SSL, Data Privacy, SSO, ACLS, ADFS), RBAC, SAML, PKI Oauth
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Tempe, AZ
Senior Principal Infrastructure Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) and point of contact for system infrastructure components (Directory Services, SSO, Federation, Active Directory, LDAP, DNS, DHCP, Password Management, etc.) using multiple products on Windows, and Linux (RHEL) systems. This was on both on premise and cloud platforms (AWS and AZURE).
- Positioned as a mentor guiding, training, and collaborating with system administrative staff, providing coordination, best practices, and standardization to meet the technical support needs of the business.
- Developed and implemented procedures and methods using various tools to ensure regulatory compliance with both industry and governmental bodies, which decrease the number of audit findings against Active Directory and various other directory platforms.
- Designated service owner for identity and directory services. Managed ServiceNow ticketing queue, engaged with vendors, clients and management on the timely resolution of systems issues. Performed root cause analysis and created operational and reporting documentation.
Confidential, Palo Alto
Senior Principal Infrastructure Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Development, Distribution and support of Identity Management infrastructure using multiple products connecting Workday, Active Directory, Sun Directory and various applications.
- Deployed and managed several LDAP directories, including Microsoft Active Directory, and others, that integrated with both internal and external applications for authentication and authorization of more than 7 million user identities externally and 20 thousand internally.
- In collaboration with various technical teams helped to greatly reduce operational costs by migrating Windows and Linux based applications from physical servers to a cloud platform.
- Performed operational design analysis and audits of company client infrastructures. Provided recommendations for modifications and enhancements to align with industry best practices and a stronger security posture.
