SUMMARY:

• A position similar to a mid - level to senior system administrator focusing on virtualization and automation technologies such as VMware, AWS, Chef and Puppet. I am working toward getting my VCP6 and looking for an opportunity to grow, learn, and gain experience in a forwarding thinking company.
• I would like to build on my skills in the virtualization field, gearing towards automation, administration and infrastructure.
• I can provide a range of experiences and knowledge to better the company and team. Furthermore, I bring stability, maintenance, and support on a wide variety of systems including: Windows and Linux operating system administration, networking support, Dell and Confidential hardware, and more.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: Confidential DL360, 380, Dell PowerEdge 610/710/815; Nimble & EMC SANs (minimal); Cisco switches (3700s) and routers. Cisco UCS (for VMware). Desktop and Laptop hardware troubleshooting.

Software: VMware 5.1, 5.5, 6.0; MS office 03 to 13, Symantec Endpoint AV, McAfee AV, Apache2, MSSQL2008 (minimal), Confidential (Network Monitoring); PowerShell scripts; SonicWALL firewalls, InfoBlox DNS, Astrix phones

Operating Systems: Windows XP to Windows 10; Server 2003, 2008R2, 2012R2, Mac OS Mavericks, Yosemite. Linux Ubuntu, Gentoo, CentOS (Most exp.), Red Hat 6.5(Most exp.), Fedora, and SuSE

Other: Google Apps for Business, cable management, some basic Bash and PowerShell scripting

Protocols: LDAP, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, SSH, SNMP

Learning/Studying: AWS, VMware, Chef, Puppet

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

System Engineer

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• Support and troubleshoot our virtual environment. Upgrade ESXi hosts from 5.5 to 6.0
• Update NMCI technology documentation using STIG and NIST standards.
• Basic VBS, and bash scripting
• Support RHEL servers and maintain security releases and patching servers to meet security standards.

Virtualization Engineer

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• Support and troubleshoot our virtual environment (Public, Private, Managed Hosting clouds). Over 700 ESXi hosts on version 5.5u2 (upgrading to 6.0u2a) and thousands of customer and internal VMs worldwide. Starting documentation on upgrading to version 6.0 U2 for ESXi and vCenter. Minimal usage of RP4VM. Used PowerShell for scripting and ESXi and VM troubleshooting.
• Maintain stability and standardization with our ESXi hosts via updates, patches, NIC drivers, and other settings and configurations. Using VMWare heartbeat for redundancy for SSO and VC nodes.
• Handle daily tickets relating to VMs and ESXi hosts; Disk, CPU, RAM alarms (Nimsoft) and other VMware servers that support our environment. Helping customers troubleshoot VM issues (VMware tools, OS, ESXi crashes, disk latency, CPU speeds and other performance issues) that are mostly non-OS related.

Systems/Software Engineer

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• Try to create a virtualized “shipset” using Oracle Box VM for HealthMap (Navy Software) since everything was on desktops and try to get all VMs communicating with multiple networks, multiple adapters, and NFS shares.
• Image desktops with Norton Ghost with newly updated and patched Linux OSes such as Red Hat 6.5, SuSE 11. Troubleshoot any issues with imaging and if the software wasn’t starting up normally or if applications failed to launch and start-up correctly. The applications were mimicking “simulators” on the ships.
• Cyber Security: Learned to develop basic bash scripts based off new DoD/Navy remediations for the red hat operating system (RHEL 6.5)

Linux System Administrator

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Linux support for scientific applications and systems, such as R, SAS; CentOS 6, 7. Red Hat Server 6, some Oracle 10, 11, daily tickets on KACE
• Projects: Maintaining fileserver space, work on documentation for Splunk logging across the company and test out installing Splunk and gathering logs from servers, start migrations from Solaris 10 to CentOS 6.5 for a fileserver
• Build Linux VMs, support file servers, expansion, expand/create/rsync LVMs
• Configure bash profiles, manage local user accounts and AD users within Linux servers as well as groups, and permissions on LSF systems/clusters using SAS and STATA
• Learning and building Git, Puppet, and Chef servers as well as bash scripting.
• Currently using Ansible on our systems to copy and change files across multiple systems.

System Administrator

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot VMware, vCenter 5.1 issues for hundreds of users (and permissions) with over 3000 VMs, manage ESXI/Dell servers R815/R720 hardware, ESXi installation 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, ESXi upgrades
• Built Confidential domain controllers, AD/LDAP configurations, AD/Password portal, WSUS, GPOs, DNS/DHCP (Infoblox) internally, Dyndns externally, maintain window servers (Updates, Stability)
• General desktop/server/networking support and using an IT ticketing system. Supporting Windows 7,8, Mac OS Mavericks, Yosemite, Linux, Samanage, AirWatch
• Use Confidential ’s product to monitor internal networks, servers, and other appliances
• Install, configure, and basic troubleshooting on Linux flavors (Primarily: Gentoo, Ubuntu 11-14.04 LTS, CentOS 6-7; Red Hat 6.5, SuSE 11
• Create/Test an environment for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows users to join a domain and be manageable. Tested LDAP, Radius configuration for Gentoo, CentOS, and Ubuntu. Created NIS role for Linux. This would provide manageability of all computers throughout the company.
• Built Windows 2008R2 domain environment: Two Windows 2008R2 DCs, File, Printer Server, WSUS
• Make InfoBlox primary DNS for the DCs. This helped Confidential have only one DNS server and to have the domains communicate more efficiently with InfoBlox Zones.
• Implement Active Directory groups and user permissions for access of vCenter 5.1 resources. Create roles and groups for Development, QA, IT, Support and more internal groups.

System Administrator

Confidential, Newark, DE

Responsibilities:

• Support multiple windows servers (2003,2008); Physical and virtual; monitor WSUS, McAfee AV service; Active Directory user setup
• SSL management
• Basic VMware 4, 5.0 troubleshooting and support. Windows 2003/2008/2012 maintenance, patching
• Provide desktop and remote support: laptops, desktops, new users, inventory, applications setup

Desktop Support

Confidential, Newark, DE

Responsibilities:

• Help local and remote users with connectivity, software installation and troubleshooting: MS office 03/07/10, Adobe Reader PDF, I.E 7/8/9 troubleshooting, and other computer problems related to desktop hardware and software, basic networking issues
• Create tickets and log information, keep track of tickets and resolve in a timely manner
• Answer phone calls on the help desk line and troubleshoot issues remotely or locally.
• Set up PCs and laptops for new users. Fix and maintain Confidential printers, setup phones through Confidential services
• Basic troubleshooting of Linux systems, use basic SQL commands to update dates and forms
• Fix hardware & software on desktops/laptops ( Confidential ), connectivity related issues in the office and with out of office users, password resets

IT Administrator

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Responsibilities:

• Manage support for clients: Desktop, Networking, Servers, Security
• Troubleshoot clients desktops/servers/laptops, backups, remote access, access points
• Help determine client’s needs; upgrades suggestions for clients.
• Outline plan ideas for new clients; servers, desktops, firewalls, software, etc.

IT Engineer

Confidential, Bear, DE

Responsibilities:

• Desktop support: Desktop issues, viruses, configure, repair Confidential printers and others, MS Office 07/10, General hardware and software install/repair, Active Directory user setup, Mobile Devices Email Blackberry/Droid/iPhone, Adobe, update Microsoft CRM client info, Wi-Fi troubleshoot
• Network support: Troubleshoot and configure basic cisco switches and routers. Active Directory user setup, install VPN clients, help with SonicWALL firewalls, configure Wi-Fi/access points and some cisco lightweight APs
• Server support: Install Windows Server 2003, 2008R2. Setup and Manage Active Directory. Rack Confidential Server blades, Dell servers, manage and repair
• Cabling: Run cable, terminate Ethernet, Coax.
• Video: Install Panasonic cameras and set up DVRs on client’s network.
• Other: Video software, troubleshoot global rainmaker products: Eye swipe (biometrics)