SR. IT Engineer (Contractor) Resume

SUMMARY

Over 20 years of extensive hands on experience architecting/supporting Unix/Linux, Windows, Storage, and Network environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating systems: Linux, Solaris, Windows, ONTAP, IOS, VMware

Network Storage: Network Appliance

Network Services: DNS, NIS, DHCP, SMTP, NTP, NFS, SSH, CIFS, Active Directory

Network Applications: Apache, Samba, Nagios, MRTG

Backup Environments: Veritas Netbackup

Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure: UPS/Electrical distribution, HVAC, and Fire Suppression

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SR. IT Engineer (Contractor)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Worked wif internal teams Networking, Storage, Active Directory, Virtualization, & Backup developing a failover architecture and implementation plans.
Designed a network cabling architecture, connecting 12 buildings wifin an 89 acre campus.
Worked wif an architecture firm transforming a logical design into a physical design resulting in construction ready drawings.
Worked wif networking team performing a live upgrade of the campus network replacing the core and distribution tiers.
Worked wif internal teams and vendors architecting & implementing a physical to virtual migration of the DeltaV process automation systems.
Created and implemented test plans ensuring all phases of the upgrade were documented and verified, ensuring compliance of validated systems.
Authored Technical Recovery Guides, for both the network and Microsoft
Performed failover testing ensuring the architecture operated per the design specifications.

Confidential

SR. IT Engineer (Contractor)

Responsibilities:

Managed a team of engineers supporting the network, storage, AD, and Linux environment.
Architected and installed wif a team an updated network and storage environment using Cisco and Network Appliance devices.
Architected and installed a backup solution using Veritas NetBackup
Architected a Disaster Recovery solution.
Worked wif a team implementing a new Active Directory domain.
Worked wif a team migrating systems to the new AD domain.
Worked wif a team upgrading all workstations from Windows7/8 to Windows 10
Installed local windows update servers “WSUS” ensuring all clients and servers are patched per the defined schedule.
Created group policies ensuring all systems adhere to the company’s security policy.
Created a Linux kickstart server, ensuring all newly imaged systems has identical configurations.
Created VMware templates for both Linux and Windows servers.
Deployed Linux and Windows servers in both a physical and virtual environment.

Confidential

Data Center Networks.

Responsibilities:

Staff management, included mentoring staff, performance reviews, and addressing any issues as required
24 x 7 datacenter operations responsibilities include: server, network, desktop, security and facilities support for a user community of over 120 engineers.
Responsible for the corporate IT budget.
Managed vendor relationships, guaranteeing competitive pricing on hardware, software, licensing, and support contracts.
Installed/configured VMware/vSphere Standard 5.5 infrastructure.
Installed ESXi host systems.
Installed vCenter management server.
Configured isolated NFS Storage groups.
Configured virtual networks (Virtual switches and VMKernel ports).
Configured High Availability, Clustering (VMotion and StorageVMotion).
Creation and Administration of virtual machines, clones and templates.
Physical to Virtual server consolidation wif VMware Converter.
Architected/Implemented global IT integration plan wif my peer at EZchip Corp.

Confidential

East Coast IT Manager

Responsibilities:

Datacenter operations responsibilities include: desktop, server, network, and facilities support for a user community of over 450 engineers.
Managed/Mentored the East Coast IT staff of 5 engineers; after cross training each member had a solid knowledge of Windows and UNIX/Linux.
Responsible for the multi - million East Coast IT budget.
Designed and implemented a network topology segmented into eighteen VLANS supporting over 2000 systems.
Installed and configured six Network Appliance FAS 960 Clusters serving over 100 TB of NFS and CIFS data.
Installed and configured Solaris 2.6 through Solaris 9. Typical tasks include installation/configuration of NIS, NTP, Apache, and many GNU products.
Created jumpstart profiles to automate the installation of Solaris installs.
Implemented a Linux compute farm which is comprised over 470 Linux servers running a mixture of Red Hat 7.2 and RHEL3
Installed and configured Veritas Volume Manager/ Veritas Cluster server
Installed and configured Veritas NetBackup
Datacenter expansion project, worked wif architects, engineers, and contractors ensuring proper sizing and installation of UPS, generator, HVAC and fire suppression systems.