OBJECTIVE

• I am seeking an Information Technology position where I can best utilize my years of experience in the Computer Science field. I have served as a Senior Systems Engineer for government agencies, technology startup companies, and a Fortune 25 technology company
• Developed and deployed client and server software configurations and systems infrastructure designs for large - scale enterprise networks including Microsoft, VMWare, Cisco LAN and WAN Enterprise services and SQL Server database environments
• I have experience managing, mentoring and training information technology professionals in technical and soft skills subjects. I possess excellent project management, organizational, communication, and technical documentation skills. In addition, I am a goal-oriented, diligent, and resourceful

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Englewood, CO

Lead Virtualization Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Team lead of three virtualization engineers responsible for managing the global production VMware environments of Hitachi Vantara. Perform maintenance and configuration of Compute, Storage and Networking services with five vCenter servers running 200+ host, 1000+ VMs and 700+ datastores across 80 sites globally
• HA and DRS cluster management within the multi-vCenter SSO ecosystem.
• Management of NSX 6.4.6 appliance, firewall and components for the Hitachi Vantara Shared Services environment for multiple tenants. Hardware configuration of Hitachi Compute Blade and Quanta Servers, G1000 Storage Arrays and Brocade Silkworm Blade 16GB fibre channel switch. Develop change requests and project plans for production changes
• Participate in the Change Approval Board. VMWare PowerCli scripting.
• Projects completed: Upgrade of Windows based vCenter version 6.0 to 6.7u3 appliance. Migration of External Platform Services Controllers to Embedded PSCs for the production vCenter SSO; including external PSC decommissioning. Upgrade of ESXi 6.0 hosts to version 6.7u3 via VUM. Creation of LAG and migration of vDS port groups to the LAG uplink. Upgrade of NSX from version 6.35 to 6.46. vCenter 7.0 upgrade testing in isolated sandbox.

Confidential, Collins, CO

VMware and Windows Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Contracted as subject matter expert for the Active Directory 2019 and VMware vSphere 6.7 environments used by the Remote Graphics Software research and development team of HPI in Fort Collins, CO. Performed upgrades of production and development vCenter environments to version 6.7u3: including host, VM hardware and VMTools upgrades
• PowerShell scripting for accessing Intel AMT event logs and populating a SQL Server database. AD Group Policy development for Windows Start Menu customization using Registry settings. Project: Compare and contrast the use of Microsoft and HPI Write Filters for remote desktop environments: including test case documentation and configuration guidelines.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Windows and Active Directory Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manage the production Active Directory environment and FSMO services. AD hardening through MS Security Baseline GPOs to meet industry standards for best practices. Custom GPO configuration using WMI filters. Management of CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault 10.9 environment. Implementation of SecureAuth SSO realms for MFA. Projects include
• Windows PKI infrastructure migration to new Windows 2016 servers, CyberArk Environment upgrade to Version 10.9, Windows 10 yearly version update process. PowerShell scripting for automation tasks of AD object placement and scheduled task notification. SolarWinds Server Application Monitoring configuration of nodes and alerts for Active Directory services monitoring. Security log review using Splunk.

Confidential Fort Collins, CO

Senior Systems Engineer VI / Expert

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the HPE Enterprise Storage Group Production Windows and virtualization services in Fort Collins, Colorado and Bristol, England. Create virtualized solutions for developers to speed deployment of development and testing environments. Reduce data center physical footprint and power usage from 300 racks of physical hardware to 6 racks using VMWare clustering HA/DRS.
• Designed and implemented the HPE Production VMware vCenter 5.5/6.5 and vCloud Director 5.5 environments managing a combined ~6000 VMs. Implemented VMware vRealize Automation 7.3 and NSX integrated multi-tenant system for next generation virtualization services. Environment includes multiple Synergy 12000 and HP C7000 Blade chassis systems. SAN management using 3Par 8440 storage arrays connected to Brocade 16Gb Fibre Channel switches.
• Train and mentor team members on VMware and Microsoft Windows Active Directory systems. Provide subject matter expertise for Microsoft Active Directory and VMware services for the organization, including HPE white paper input and review. Network infrastructure configuration and Linux OS administration. Other projects: VEEAM Enterprise Plus backup administration, MS SQL Server database administration, Manage
• Engine Service Desk implementation and support.

Confidential, Boulder, CO

Senior Systems Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Project Lead and Architect for the Production Network and Virtualization Environment. Implementation includes redundant Juniper SRX240 firewalls security and HA, Cisco 4510R Ethernet switch installation and configuration. Administration of Sidewinder Firewalls for VPN to the LogRhythm U.K. office. Administration of Cisco PIX515e for Sales Demo environment
• Production network and security design; including DMZ configuration. Implementation of new iSCSI SAN architecture using DELL PS6000XV and MD32001 iSCSI storage arrays. Upgraded VMware ESX4.1 design with HA cluster for mission critical services. Implementation engineer for project to upgrade Windows AD to 2008 R2 and project to upgrade to Exchange 2010 using Database Availability Groups for fault tolerance. Other duties include management of Backup Exec 2010, WSUS, McAfee EWS and EPO.

Confidential, Fort Collins, CO

Systems Engineer Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Contractor Sales Operations Shared Services, Infrastructure team. Administration of 35 HP Procurve Gigabit Ethernet switches and Cisco switch and router configuration for sales demonstration environment. Administration of 250+ VMWare ESX 4.0 servers using vCenter Server management: including HPE DL360 and C7000 Blade servers with BL360 blades
• Administration of SAN storage and provisioning using EVA4400 and 8400 SAN connected to 15 fibre channel switches; including zone creation and management and firmware updates. Built new virtualized SQL2008 cluster using ESX4.0 with RDM volumes. Windows Active Directory administration; including Sites and Services and Group Policy management. RedHat Linux administration. Provided mentoring and guidance to IT teams members as needed.

Confidential, Boulder, CO

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Data center management of all development and production infrastructure services; including Juniper SSG520 Firewall, VPN, VLANs, Ethernet routing and switching. Focus on redundancy and fault tolerant design and testing. Designed and implemented new data center virtualization project using VMWare ESX 4.1 infrastructure for Confidential /RegOnline production environment

  Managed EMC CX300 and AX150 storage array volume provisioning and Brocade fibre switch zoning. Administration of VMWare ESX and Windows 2003 Active Directory for the office and production forests; including AD Sites and Services and Group Policy Objects. Designed and implemented Microsoft Cluster Server for the SQL Server 2005 and production file server clusters

  Administration of the Exchange 2003 email system; including user email quotas, information store management and backup and recovery tasks. Provided mentoring and guidance to IT teams members as needed.