Chief Solutions Architect Resume Atlanta, GA - Hire IT People

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Chief Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

Researched and implemented new technologies for Club Drive’s Azure cloud migration initiatives.
Worked to develop architecture and plan to migrate customers from onsite VDI to Azure WVD
Worked with leadership to set strategic direction, as well as bring in new technology partners
Technical leadership for multiple successful customer projects.

Confidential

Server and Infrastructure Coordinator Manager/Systems Architect

Responsibilities:

Worked closely with executive leadership team to develop company technology roadmap
Member of the ITSM implementation team. I consulted with executives to streamline work flow
Improved uptime by adding automation and monitoring tools to drive operational excellence.
Designed, and implemented new 1000 seat Active/Active VDI environment.
Redesigned and upgraded Veeam backup solution to provide faster performance and security
Technical leadership to include employee reviews, and department budget responsibility.
Responsible for Architecting new solutions in an Active/Active environment for 100% uptime

Confidential

Manager Technology Operations

Responsibilities:

Drastically improved reliability of the customer facing customer infrastructure
Successfully passed multiple PCI audits, as well as customer initiated security audits
Built team from 3 to 20 engineers created new teams and organization structure improving coverage to 24X7
Built PCI compliant d Confidential centers for large fortune 500 customers including Confidential Bank, Confidential, and Confidential
Responsible for testing and building DR strategy
Worked closely with security compliance team to dramatically improve companies security posture

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Infrastructure Manager/Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Successfully lead team of 15, and worked with auditors to pass 10 successful PCI audits.
Maintained 99.999% uptime for the year
Migrated multiple applications from old d Confidential centers on physical hardware, to cloud environment
Assisted internal customers redesign their infrastructure to help allow better performance relating to uptime and redundancy
Served as final escalation point for all technical issues
Vendor management, people management, financial management for 4 million budget
Working to deploy secondary disaster recovery site, that will also maintain 99.999% uptime and PCI compliance

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Network Architec

Responsibilities:

Responsible for designing a new corporate network from scratch after a company merger and the design of a new MPLS network; addition of new VMware clusters, and deploying new Cisco VoIP solutions; merging Active Directory domains and the migration of users and computers; movement of infrastructure to CoLo and cloud based systems; and integration of the company’s product set with very large fortune 50 customers.
Designed new network backbone using MPLS
Installed new Fortinet firewalls to increase security and network control setup IPS, and Application control, as well as logging for compliance
Upgraded VMware ESX from 3.5 to 4.11, added new host servers, and upgraded Vcenter
Worked to help integrate systems with multiple fortune 50 companies
Worked to move key servers to cloud based services like Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure
Implemented helpdesk ticket system, desktop management process, and new software which increased efficiency

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Responsible for working with helpdesk personal to establish effective policies and procedures; designing and installing Fortinet Security appliances, which added web filtering, IPS, and on the wire anti-virus, spam filtering, and application control; the setup of helpdesk processes and software; installation of network monitoring to allow IT to take a more proactive approach; the redesign of MPLS cloud for better security and efficiency; virtualization of server hardware into a VMware 4.11 cluster; installation of cloud based E-mail archiving to assist with compliance and the creation of new 2008 R2 terminal services remote access server to help streamline access for remote users.
Reduced IT budget by over 10k a month
Designed and implemented security policies and worked with auditors to gain compliance
Installed VMware 4.11 cluster and Vcenter and virtualized existing server hardware
Migrated from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010
Installed Fortinet appliances for security and compliance
Setup DLP to prevent d Confidential loss

Confidential, Marietta, GA

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Responsible for serving as the lead and senior technical contact on all technical issues company- wide; the design and successful global deployment of new VoIP telephone system; the re-engineering of mail server infrastructure to include an upgrade to exchange 2007; introduction of server virtualization into environment to help reduce costs while still maintaining uptime; deployment of SharePoint intranet website to improve workflow and communication globally.
Designed and implemented global VoIP solution
Re-engineering infrastructure and deployed new collocation facility to improve speed and uptime for critical applications
Designed, implemented and supported global VPN network

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Designed, and implemented four successful exchange 2007 server migrations
Redesigned network-monitoring package to improve monthly revenue income and allow for a more proactive approach to customer networks
Maintained highest billable percentages in the department

Confidential, Roswell, GA

Senior Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

Redesigned network monitoring package to improve monthly revenue income and allow for a more pro-active approach to customer networks
Managed development network for Confidential ’s enterprise d Confidential center