Server Engineer Resume

SUMMARY

Managed and maintained a complex server environment consisting of 3000 VMware servers in 365 nodes and 56 clusters.
Serviced a user base of more than 20,000 local and remote individuals, plus external contractors. Managed server and server network upgrades in a challenging corporate environment with attention to timeliness and cost effectiveness at all times.
Actively interfaced on a daily basis with project managers, applications programmers, and networking engineers.
Solved technical, network, account, DNS, Active Directory and storage issues in response to SCCSM Help Desk work orders.
Provisioned and deployed storage and server requests for thousands of projects, including sandboxed testing environments and lab configurations.
Maintained AS/400 and Intel legacy systems and equipment for a diverse environment.
Performed server and software troubleshooting, maintenance, virtualization design and deployment, and security enforcement.
Provided around - the-clock emergency support for corporate and 69 remote retail locations in multiple countries.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Server Engineer

Responsibilities:

Upgraded the corporate VMware server farm from 3.5 to Enterprise 5.5.
Saved thousands of dollars in hardware, cooling and power costs through the consolidation of hardware-based server farms to virtual server clusters.
Achieved space savings in an over-utilized data center environment through blade server installations.
Certificate of Achievement Maintaining Server 2003, 2008, 2012R2 Network Infrastructure
Supported: VMWare View environments for over 1,200 users; over 3,000 Windows and Linux operating systems; 10 VNXE 3100 NFS storage units plus a VNXE 7500; MDS9506 switch configuration and maintenance; and supported four Virtual Center installations operating in linked mode.
Multiple VCE VBlock implementation with 356 ESXI 5.5 hosts and over 4,600 virtual servers, including UIM provisioning for storage and NSX firewalls and vShield.
Completed major overhaul of Point of Sale system overnight at 14 retail locations and support 69 retail stores running UCS blade server systems.