TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES:

Software: Citrix Access Gateway, VMware ESX 3.5 - 6.5 (DRS, HA, Vmotion, Virtual Distributed Switching), Active Directory, Active Directory Federation Service, Microsoft Servers (NT4, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016), Microsoft Exchange (2000, 2003, 2010), Microsoft Exchange Online, Office 365, Microsoft Clustering (File Servers, SQL and Exchange), Microsoft SCCM and SCOM, Microsoft WSUS, Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010, Microsoft Powershell, Blackberry Enterprise Server, CommVault Data Management, Veritas NetBackup, Actifio Backup, MacAfee, Trend Micro, RightFax 9.0, DNS, WINS, DHCP

Hardware: EMC S.A.N., Hitachi S.A.N., HP S.A.N., IBM XIV S.A.N., Infinidat S.A.N., Dell Unity S.A.N., Brocade Fiber switches, McData Fiber switches, HP fiber switches, Barracuda Spam Appliance, Cisco PIX firewalls, Cisco VPN Concentrators, Cisco switches, Dell PowerEdge servers, HP Proliant servers, Citrix NetScaler appliance, N.A.S. appliances, Brocade ServerIron load balancers, F5 load balancers, HP, DELL, and IBM Blade Centers, Cisco U.C.S.

Other: Disaster Recovery implementations, I.T. Infrastructure conversions and acquisitions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provide architectural guidance to Senior Management concerning I.T. Infrastructure
• Responsible for F5 Load Balancers
• Responsible for Exchange Online and Office 365 environment
• Responsible for Dell Unity S.A.N. environment utilizing iSCSI fabric
• Responsible for transition from Cisco UCS environment to Dell FX environment
• Responsible for transition from VMWare 5.1 to VMWare 6.5
• Responsible business continuity and disaster recovery planning and implementation
• Responsible for entire server infrastructure
• Provide technical guidance to other staff members
• Implementation of documentation procedures for Infrastructure department

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architect and maintain VMWare ESX 6.5 environment
• Architect and maintain Exchange 2010 environment (Currently migrating to Exchange 2016)
• Architect and maintain Office 365 and Exchange Online
• Architect and maintain Microsoft System Center environment (SCOM 2012 and SCCM 2012)
• Architect and maintain (3) IBM XIV S.A.N. and the Fiber fabric and (1) Infinidat S.A.N.
• Architect and maintain blade infrastructure (Cisco UCS and IBM)
• Responsible for entire server infrastructure
• Provide escalation point to Server Engineers
• Point of Contact for other departments

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Research, develop, implement and train operations team on new I.T. solutions for various Confidential teams
• Provide Level III technical support to the Operations Group Citrix XenApp environment Microsoft Exchange environment Windows Server environment (2000, 2003, 2008) Windows Server Cluster environments (2003, 2008) VMWare ESX environment Microsoft I.S.A., TMG 2010 environment Active Directory (1 forest with 1 parent and 2 child domains) Server load balancing with Brocade ServerIrons
• Provide technical leadership and assistance to all Confidential I.T. groups to assist with projects.

Confidential

Sr. Systems Engineer\Infrastructure Manager

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain Disaster Recovery environment for the entire I.T. infrastructure
• Develop and maintain data lifecycle management procedures to control data growth Active production data and quotas Archived data using CommVault Simpana 7 Data Management Software Backups and Disaster Recovery replication using CommVault Simpana 7 Data Management Software
• Assist the Technology Strategic Group with long-term vision and strategies
• Delegate tasks to Jr. Systems Engineer and Help Desk staff.
• Responsible for entire I.T. Infrastructure Microsoft 2000, 2003, and 2008 Servers Citrix XenApp 5.0 environment Microsoft Exchange 2003 environment Microsoft SQL 2005 Cluster (Active\Passive) Qwest Managed MPLS WAN infrastructure and associated Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4000, and smaller switches VMWare ESX 3.5 clustered environment
• Maintain HP EVA 5000 production SAN and HP EVA 4400 disaster recovery SAN

Confidential

Implementation Manager\Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Recommend, configure and Implement hardware and software solutions
• Manage the implementation team during the migration process of newly acquired accompanies.
• Provide technical support to Network Engineers and Administrators Administer (3) Storage Area Networks
• Responsible for entire email infrastructure
• Responsible for entire Microsoft environment Responsible for VMWare environment

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support to Level I Network Administrators and Help Desk staff Plan and document Network Operations and Security Procedures for IT staff Recommend detailed solutions to existing issues or future growth to C.I.O.
• Responsible for the Active Directory Infrastructure Responsible for the Exchange 2003 Organization Migrate newly acquired companies’ infrastructure into current infrastructure
• Build, configure, and maintain Microsoft Exchange 2003 Active/Active cluster.
• Build, configure, and maintain RightFax 9.0 fax server Build, configure, and maintain Citrix MetaFrame XP servers for application publishing