Executive Summary

Solutions architect managed services leader with over nine years of strong IT experience in Windows Active Directory, Information Security, Microsoft Exchange, Application Integration, VMware Virtualization, Backup / Disaster Recovery, and Networking. Technical Project Manager that works to meet client needs comfortable as a leader and as a team player among diverse people. Highly-driven worker with willingness to travel.

Professional Experience

Confidential

Messaging Services Lead - Contract

• Innovate a global marketing organization's communication infrastructures which include Unix SendMail, Exchange, Office 365, Mimecast, ProofPoint Postini
• Lead, budget, present to upper management cloud based projects for mail routing redundancy, archiving retention, DLP, sanitation, and authentication
• Design IT roadmap strategies for future anticipated growth, regulatory partner security requirements PCI / SOX , and industry standardization best practices
• Consolidate and migrate mail infrastructure of acquired companies while incorporating them into existing enterprise solutions
• Delegate and manage tasks operating under contractors similar teams

Confidential

Systems Engineer/QA - Contract

• Enterprise project to remediate Windows XP Office 2003 end of life with secure and highly customized Windows 7 Office 2010 products
• On-going testing of several technologies throughout the project lifecycle including: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit MDT , AppSense Environment Manager, Symantec Endpoint Protection SEP , Wave Safend Protector, and BeyondTrust PowerBroker
• Generate and execute test plans in order to certify that applications, endpoints VDI / Physical , OS, and resolved defects meet security guidelines, use cases end user experience
• Create QA process flowcharts which guide work effort towards minimizing error
• Interact directly with on-site product vendor support such as Microsoft, VMware, and AppSense to drive virtual and physical end solution testing
• Administer isolated Integration Lab environment for solution component assimilation and act as TollGate between technical environment to prevent intellectual property from being stolen or malicious code from spreading
• Automate helpdesk KPI reports from SQL data within Excel for project stakeholders
• Maintain an expected security mindset where the actions of myself or others are always questioned for purpose

Confidential

IT Security Analyst/Project Manager - Contract

• Manage multiple projects and construct project plans for the purpose of advance persistent threat APT risk reduction
• Developed major PowerShell scripts on scheduled basis: Migrate malicious black box production data to secure off-network storage, audit trail and retention of data classification policy file changes, granular event log export central storage system
• Create deployable harden security configuration templates for VMware ESXi Windows 7 systems utilizing DoD STIGs, NIST, and internal guidelines
• Generate PKI certificate requests for various solutions that utilize an internal mainframe Certificate Authority CA
• Design, procure, and implement segmented network forensic security analysis workstations for company threat and malicious intent investigations team
• Configure Reflex Virtual Management Center VMC for company's VMware environment which integrates infrastructure monitoring, management, security, and growth planning. vWatch, vSecurity, vProfile, vCapacity
• Contribute to configuring both front and backend components of Titus Message Microsoft Office Classification for data loss prevention DLP document sensitivity

Confidential

Systems Engineer - Contract

• Support the United States Special Operations Command and assist the needs of their military worldwide with automated mobile data center deployments
• Assist with designing PowerShell Batch script templates that automate deployment engineering tasks for heterogeneous data centers that interfaced with Active Directory, Exchange 2010, PowerCLI VMware vCenter / ESX 3.5 / ESXi 5, WSUS, IIS 7.5, Symantec Backup Exec, EMC AX45 AX150, and NetApp FAS2040
• Execute in-house documentation script testing to ensure functionality compliance
• Provide input on preparing for disasters at both the hardware and software level
• Incorporated STIGs and Information Assurance IA with best practices in all deployed technologies including Microsoft, VMware, NetApp, and EMC
• Reduced manual effort by programming Symantec Backup Exec processes with PowerShell in an effort to decrease human error and data loss chances

Confidential

Sr. Systems Administrator - Contract

• Team Lead support for East Coast executive office at the Defense Manpower Data Center and followed DoD security principles of granularity, least privilege, and secrecy
• Troubleshoot PKI server authentication / encryption / S/MIME and user SSO that utilize ActivIdentity ActivClient CoreStreet
• Manage various enterprise services including VMware vCenter ESXi 4.x datacenters, McAfee ePolicy orchestrator, SQL Server 2008 instances, Exchange 2003 / 2010, Server 2003 / 2008 Active Directory that served 1500 users
• Build PowerShell Batch scripts to simply administrative tasks, harden endpoints IAVA patching , lockdown applications IIS and other Windows components , and secure PII sensitive data
• Implement short term projects such as a BYOD VPN Installation Disc, Verdium Power Management and Xerox Centreware Web
• Proactive monitoring of file server storage capacity of CIFS / SMB network shares by implementing quota management and load balancing large amount of data using RoboCopy and RichCopy
• Respond to on-site emergencies and escalations and analyze large subsets of data logs to acquire root cause of service outage in order to meet set SLA
• Provide Tier 2 3 support for workstation endpoints and server that could not be corrected by first responders

Confidential

Sr. Systems Administrator - Contract

• Oversee and monitor the Defense Manpower Data Center IT infrastructure for service availability
• Maintain the health and security status of Windows Server and Solaris machines through Unicenter Network and Systems Management NSM and Distributed State Machine DSM which notified personnel of abnormal system changes enterprise wide
• Utilize the DISA Gold Disk, Nessus, and IAVA notices for patching vulnerable systems and applications with CA Desktop and Server Management DSM CA IT Client Manager
• Administer the helpdesk ticketing system CA Service Desk for task flow operations
• Manage Windows 2003 /2008 R2 Exchange 2003 / 2010 infrastructure in both production and development environments for 1500 users
• Copy to reduce manual helpdesk file restores