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SUMMARY

Increase business efficiency and generate cost savings by developing powerful IT/cloud - based solutions.
IT Strategy Alignment - IT Operations - Cost Management - IT Project Management - Optimization
Cutting-Edge Technological Solution: Introduced a CAPEX reduction and extended refresh cycle by 24 months by shifting the desktop computing strategy.
Reduction in Expenditure: Reduced annual capital expenditure at Confidential by introducing and implementing the “Virtualization Infrastructure model", converting existing Novell Netware eDir environment to MS ADS Virtual Infrastructure environment.
Project/Agile Management, Technology Deployment, Cross-Functional Leadership, Strategic Program Development, Program Management, Contracts & Negotiations, Virtualization, SaaS/IaaS/PaaS, IT Strategy.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Servers: Compaq Prosignia, ProLiant lines, HP, IBM, Dell, Dell Blades, Storage iSCSI, FC, NFS Arrays, Compaq SANs solutions, EMC Clarion CX series, Avocent KVM/Serial Switches, All SCSI RAID levels, HP BladeSystem c4000, c7000 Enclosures, Virtual Connect module

Network Operating Systems: Netware, SUSE Linux, Windows Servers 2012R2, 2008R2, 2003R2, 2000, NT, Windows 10. Pro, Windows 7 Enterprise, XP Professional, 95, 98, MS/DOS, MAC OSs., Unix, SCO v 5.05, DG UX v 4.11, RHEL Linux 7.2 RH Linux ELS 4.5 Advanced Server

Virtualization/Hypervisors: VMware esx/esxi 3.5. 4, 5.5, 6, 6.5, Microsoft Hyper-V

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Houston, TX

VMware/Windows/Netware/Linux Engineer

Responsibilities:

Assists in Novell Netware Migration into a new Windows Active Directory Environment, fully virtualized NOSs.
Assesses, designs, plans, and implements virtual infrastructure environment utilizing vSphere 5.5 as a VMware platform, provides user/network support in a Novell/Windows/Linux environment.
Windows 2008R2, 2012R2, VM Deployment and Configurations, SUSE Linux 9, 10, 11 VM Deployments.
Virtual Machine Deployments, Multi CPU Configurations, and Administration.
VMs Migrations, Cloning, and Capacity Planning.
Virtual Disks expansions, HW/SW installations, Updates. ESX Host Updates. Problem Troubleshooting, Resolution, Remedy System Tracking, RCA - Root Cause Analysis investigation/resolutions.
MS Exchange 2010, 2013 and MS Office 365 administration.
Acts as a Storage Administrator allocating storage/disk space to the networking environment, and at the same time serves as a Network Administrator by assigning network addresses to devices on the network.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Systems Engineer/VMWare Administrator

Responsibilities:

ESXi 5.1, 5.5, Hosts installations, Configurations, ADS Integrations, and SSO authentication. vCenter Server Design, Installation, and Linked Mode configuration.
Deployed ESXi hosts utilizing VMware's Power CLI Scripting (Linux), as well as Windows PowerShell Scripting while provisioning Windows VMs. Windows 2008R2, 2012R2, VM Deployment and Configurations, SUSE Linux 9, 10, 11 VM Deployments.
Virtual Machine Deployments, Multi CPU Configurations, and Administration.
SCCM 2007, SCCM 2012 Server/WSs management, software distribution, software patching, OSs updates, patching, and configurations.
VMs Migrations, Cloning, and Capacity Planning.
Virtual Disks expansions, HW/SW installations, and Updates.
Citrix Xen Server 6.5, Citrix Xen App 6.5, Citrix Server Farms, Installation, and configuration.
ESX Host Updates.
Problem Troubleshooting, Resolution, Remedy System Tracking, RCA - Root Cause Analysis investigation/resolutions.
VMware VCP-DCV 6 and LAB testing, MS Hyper-V 2012 R2 LAB Testing and configurations. Google Web Services, Software as a Service/Infrastructure as a Service.

Confidential, Sugar Land, TX

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Systems Administration Windows Servers 2008R2, ADS configuration/administration.
ESX 4.1, Hosts, and VM Deployments on EMC FC & ISCI Compellent SANs. Network Troubleshooting, User Support. Avamar backup administration, VMWare Hosts, and VM troubleshooting. Data Migration from EMC Clarion (FC to iSCSI Compellent array). Conversion of several Netware 6.5 servers (edir) to MS ADS servers in a domain environment. Netware Volume data migration to MS Windows 2003, & 2008 servers.
Provided guidance and mentoring on VMs configuration and deployments, assisted in MS SQL Server 2008 (physical and virtual).

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Senior Engineer

Responsibilities:

Responsible for supporting over 320 Novell Servers in a WAN environment throughout the state of Ohio.
Netware connectivity, server configuration, and administration.
MS W2K, XP, and Win98 operating systems.
All systems configured and maintained in a RAID 1, & 5 SCSI configuration.
Switches, Cisco Routers, Arcserve backup solutions, and Compaq MSA1000 SANs.
Infrastructure design, installation, troubleshooting, Client/Desktop support utilizing Remedy as a resolution database.
GroupWise 6.5 email servers administration.
Member of the SAN Infrastructure team, participated in design of new SAN environment in existing WAN.
Arcserve backups/restores.

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