SUMMARY:

• A responsible Systems Administrator /Engineering/Technical position in the field with a dynamic, progressive organization where my, skills and experience will benefit the company and the clientele served.
• Over fifteen years of experience in a dependable Technical, Systems Administration and Engineering supporting positions including management.
• Servicing large and small environments. Supporting both LAN and WAN environments as well stand - alone systems. Specializing in network design and implementation, network support, Firewall implementation, hardware troubleshooting and support.
• Throughout my career I have been promoted rapidly on merit and ability. Consistently recognized for outstanding service and job performance.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Microsoft Windows Server NOS Windows Server
• Microsoft Active Directory
• LAN & WAN Administration
• Exchange Multi site
• Windows Terminal Server
• Thin Client
• Remote Desktop
• Citrix Xpe ( multiple Farms )
• Citrix Presentation Server / Xen
• Server Virtualization
• VMware ESX 5.5 & 6
• VMware Virtual Center
• VMware OS Builds
• Server Configuration & Installation
• LAN/WAN Installation
• Hardware Maintenance
• Network Design & Implementation
• Internet Connectivity T-1 & DSL
• Watchguard Firewalls & VPN’s
• Microsoft Office through 365
• Windows XP, through Win10
• Wireless Network connectivity
• Hardware Installation
• End user Technical Support
• Network Cabling Cat5 / 6
• Network Switches and Hubs
• CA’s Veritas NetBackup
• CA’s Arcserv & BrightStore
• DHCP, DNS & TCP/IP
• VPN & Remote User VPN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

I.T. Support Service Desktop / VM Ware

Responsibilities:

• Provided day to day support for over 300 users in remote offices and working from home. Supporting Windows 7, Office 2010, Office 2013, Office 365 among other finance related applications.
• Supported two company refresh projects of all desktop system remotely. Provide support / build of ESXi Server, Remote Desktop for end user use.
• Supported VM Ware 5.5 ( Esxi ) remote offices and two remote datacenters. MS Server 2012 R2 and Active Directory integrated with Office 365.

Confidential . Tulsa, OK

Wintel Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Supporting Windows servers 2003 & 2008, VM Ware ESX / ESXi with in a multi-location environment of 1000 plus physical server and 2300 Virtual servers. Supporting Windows Servers. Supporting VM ESXi Servers.

Confidential - Phoenix, AZ

Lead Wintel / VM ware Systems administrator

Responsibilities:

• Supporting 5000 plus Wintel servers 40 % of them were physical and 60% in a global environment across the globe. Windows 2000, 2008, 2008 R2, VMware ESX and Citrx level IV support and engineering.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Wintel Engineer / VMware Administrator / Citrix Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Planned, implemented and performed the production deployment of a new VM Ware Esx Server Farm Supporting 3000 plus Microsoft Windows Servers, Windows Server support, VMware ESX & ESXi 2.x, 3.x, 4.x & 5.x. (Short Term Project for 3rd party client 2.5.3 then re deployed the entire environment in VM Ware 3.x. Once end user acceptance testing was performed. The farm was brought into full production; this is a 90% Virtual environment hosting Microsoft Windows 2000 & 2003 Servers.
• I also deployed AD, IIS, Frontpage extensions, and terminal servers. I was responsible for the hands on build of the entire environment including hardware, switches, Internet and Intranet connectivity and firewall.
• I performed all desktop support, Builds including Windows 7, MS Officer 2010, Outlook 2010, Ms Word, 2010, Excel 2010.
• Performed mail Box migration and support hands-on mobile devices for Exchange 2010 such as smart phones. This was done face to face with users and remotely

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Wintel Engineer / VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• A project team member on Windows 2000 and 2003 Server consolidation and data migration project of over 150 plus Microsoft Windows Servers to a virtual environment implementing VMware ESX Server and Virtual Center.
• As a team member I was responsible in the design, development, and, implementation of multiple VMware Farms. Worked closely with a 3rd party vender to finalize the build documentation and standards for deployment and administration of three
• VMware Farms. Deployed 30 plus Compaq DL580 G3 servers across three datacenters in a WAN environment. Deployed and migrated over 150 instances of Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003 Server, into both the quality assurance and production
• VMware Farms across the WAN. Upgraded all VM ware Farms from version 2.5.2 to 2.5.3.

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Network Administrator / Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployed a VM Ware ESX 2.5.x Farm of 10 Hosted servers and in phase I migration, deployed over 200 instances refreshing servers along the path of migration. I also deployed over 100 new instances of Windows 2000 & 2003 server.
• At CSC, I was responsible for multi-location WAN of 15,000+ node network consisting of over 800 servers running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 Server, 2000 Advanced Server, and 2003 Server. Citrix 1.8 & Citrix Xpe Multi Server Farms. I supported DHCP, DNS, WINS and TCP/IP.
• As lead engineer at Confidential, I was responsible for over 100 plus servers running Microsoft Server operating systems Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003. I added in the design and planning for the new Citrix XPe environment to consist of multiple Citrix XPe Farms for development, quality assurance and production. I was directly responsible for the hands on re-configuration of hardware, Windows 2000 Server installation and deployment. The deployment of multiple Citrix XPe Farms consisting of four development and/quality assurance servers and sixteen production servers. I was responsible for the applications re-deployment, data migration and reinstallation of printer driver and coordination across all Farms. Other duties entailed the end user acceptance testing for applications and printing across the entire new Citrix XPe environment. Extended travel was required.
• I was responsible for the building, and implementation of new servers to be added to the production environment. Some of the tools and utilities used in the day to day support were terminal services, DameWare, Veritas Netbackup, Arcserv Backup, Arcserv BrightStore, CA Antivirus, Norton AntiVirus, monthly patching and updates.
• Responsible for the consolidation and centralization of the backup environment across the WAN including tape backup devices such as LTO Auto changers, Multi Head DLT Changers, DDS Tape changers, internal and external single tape devices. Veritas NetBackup client support for the backup network utilizing Veritas NETBackup.

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Network Administrator / Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Hands on day to day run and maintenance of network and peripheral hardware. Server environment consisted of 15 - 18 servers running Novell 3.x and a verity Microsoft Server Operating systems on a verity of hardware platforms.
• Performed the migration of data for Novel 3.x Servers to Windows 2000 Servers. Upgraded hardware platform for Oracle Server redeployment project
• Including the attachment of one 500GB of local fault tolerant storage configured for Oracle performance. Aided in the Oracle migration of date. Duties included hardware procurement and implementation.
• Started server consolidation project for upcoming re-location of offices back to headquarters in San Diego, California from Norcross, Georgia.

Confidential, Escondido, CA

M.I.S. Department Manager / Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Duties as M.I.S. Department Manager / Network Engineer for 10 server network with 50+ node environment. Provided complete IT Support including hardware, software, server and desktop application support.
• Redesigned and implementation of servers, backup of network, firewalls, WAN development and implementation of VPN between remote there sites. Also responsible for procurement of equipment.
• Supported desktop operating systems, applications, Microsoft Office Suite, and in-house applications.

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Network Administrator / Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Administrator of Windows 2000 servers supported file and print services, Exchange 5.5 server administrator, server daily backups, across a WAN environment. Aided in the support of the end users community with desktop software, hardware troubleshooting and problem resolution.
• Supported applications Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook client, Internet connectivity and proprietary applications. This was a short term contract until the permanent administrator was able to join the company.

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supported the ran and maintained the server environment consisting of Novel 3.x, 4.x and Windows NT 4.0 server operating systems.
• Supported user administration, TCP/IP, internet connectivity, firewall, Microsoft and Novell desktop clients, file sharing security, networking printing and daily backups.
• Supported the user community with desktop hardware, desktop operating systems Windows 98, network printing, Microsoft Office Suite, AutoCAD, in-house database and E-mail system.

Confidential, Carlsbad, CA

Sales / Engineering Department Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented LAN networks for individual clients on-site through out the US to provide POS systems, inventory control, sales statistics, stock replenishment and integration of appraisal systems including digital photography.
• Also responsible for the support of in-house LAN, servers, desktops, software, applications and hardware including the integration of peripherals. Responsible for equipment and software procurement. Approximately 25% travel.