SUMMARY

• System Engineer with 18+ years of IT experience and certified in various technologies. Remote Opportunities Preferred. Seeking a role with continued exposure to design, implement and support virtual/cloud environments as well as advance my scripting (Powershell / PowerCLI), web development skill sets and gain more exposure to cloud and DevOps technologies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Member of the Cloud Operations team responsible for planning, deploying and maintaining server (500+) and desktop (200+) infrastructure (Windows/Linux) hosted on AWS and/or various Cloud Service Providers
• Manage a Citrix 7.13 environment hosted on HP Simplivity hyper converged platform for 200+ VDI (persistent), published and PVS desktops and managed via vSphere 6.x with Cisco UCS C240 blade servers for ESXi hosts. Other managed Citrix components include: Storefront 3.9, PVS 7.13, Netscaler 11.1
• Deploy and manage Amazon Web Services (AWS) to include server builds with EC2, DNS configuration with Route53, Virtual Private Cloud (VPCs) and WorkSpaces desktop services
• Deploy and manage operating systems on Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019
• Manage and Configure DUO for SSO multifactor authentication
• Manage endpoint patch management and software installations with WSUS
• Deployed and migrated SOTI mobile device management (MDM)
• Manage Ansible Tower on Redhat 7 to configure Windows and Linux servers as well as manage AWS services to include but not limited to VPCs and Route53.

Confidential

Senior System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Implement and administered the enterprise virtualization environment (VMware View 5.3 / Citrix XenApp 6.5), including troubleshooting, performance monitoring and optimization, capacity and continuity planning in a PCI compliant environment.
• Deploy and manage operating systems on Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012
• Citrix XenApp 6.5 functions include but are not limited to: Publishing applications/desktops, session host server maintenance, load evaluator configuration, optimize XenApp infrastructure, maintain up - to-date patch levels, administer Netscaler Gateway
• Designed, implemented and administered VMware ESXi 5/View Horizon 5.3 and 7.0 functions include but are not limited to: host remediation, restructure aging server environment, provide infrastructure recommendations to management, coordinate vendor engagements for new implementations
• Deployed and managed Sophos Antivirus Enterprise Console
• Powershell / PowerCLI tool user making effective use of pre-existing community scripts and proficient with basic "one-liners" to manage an enterprise environment
• Identify and isolate areas of potential security vulnerabilities with Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 (Firewall Policy, Web Access Policy, Logs & Reports)
• Manage and monitor backup and restore jobs with Symantec Backup Exec 2012
• Manage endpoint patch management and software installations with WSUS
• Analyze existing operations and make recommendations for the improvement and development of the relevant IT systems
• Facilitate knowledge sharing by creating and maintaining detailed, comprehensive documentation and diagrams
• Group policy and active directory management
• Monitoring tools: VMTurbo (Turbonomics), Solarwinds Orion, vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPs)