Professional Experience

Network Consultant

Confidential

• Assist in migration and discovery of 800 server / 2000 user infrastructure.
• Develop powershell / vb scripts to document AD configuration and migrate users
• Migrate 2000 user home directories from existing clustered servers to EMC Isilon storage, requiring updates of login scripts, and group policies.
• Migrate 1500 citrix user profiles and home directories from existing storage to EMC Isilon storage, requiring updates of login scripts, and group policies.
• Develop Powershell / vb scripts to interrogate and document over 800 server configurations.
• Develop Powershell / vb scripts to interrogate and determine failed installations and machines without System Center Agent, create an install process for remediation of failed installs.

Confidential

• Abila is a spin - off from parent organization Sage Software. This required a completely new IT infrastructure design, and build out. I was contracted with the specific agenda of designing, planning and implementing a new internal infrastructure and migrating users and data.
• Install configure VMWare HA using dual Cisco UCS servers.
• Install configure 25 new virtualized Windows 2012 Datacenter Servers
• Active Directory 2 Domain Controllers
• File Print Services
• Certificate Server
• Windows Update Services
• Windows Deployment Services
• Install configure Microsoft Exchange 2013
• Install configure Microsoft System Center 2012 Datacenter Service Manager, Operations Manager, Configuration Manager, Orchestrator
• Install configure Microsoft SQL 2012
• Install configure Numara Track-it
• EMC VNX and DataDomain SAN
• Cisco ASA5505, Cisco 3800, 2900
• Migrated 20 VMWare hosts
• Migrate Active Directory to New AD
• Implemented new Group Policies

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed physical network infrastructure.
• Installed, configured, and maintained all hardware, systems and software for network.
• Supported administration of over 70 virtual servers and clusters. Exchange 2010, SQL, MAS500, MS CRM, Sharepoint, Citrix Xenapp 5.0
• Managed all system backups and restores.
• Document network configuration, and system changes.
• Monitored system performance, Managed and audited 500 user accounts
• Manage IT vendor relations.
• Responsible for installing maintaining HP, Dell, NetApp SAN Devices implemented performance tuning where applicable.
• Accomplishments
• Reduced IT Department expenditures by 40k a month through internal audits
• Implemented Helpdesk Solution and Change Management solutions
• Implemented 100 user Citrix Xenapp Solution

Network Security Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Directed and instructed team of 5 desktop support, network support and web developers.
• Maintained network of 50 Servers, 250 users Novell, Microsoft, SQL, Exchange
• Monitored network and server performance daily to maintain 99 uptime.
• Monitored and maintained L2 L3 switches and routers Cisco 3com .
• Performed daily backups and restores of servers and server replication to Disaster Recovery Site.
• Performed daily review of server, firewall, IDS audit logs and mitigated possible threats.
• Primary Point of contact for vendor support. Bloomberg Financial, Charles River, Blackberry, ATT.
• Implemented new procedures to maintain compliance with all regulatory compliance laws that effected publicly held companies and the financial industry.
• Evaluated and recommended new technologies, automated and improved daily processes.
• Accomplishments
• Team leader on Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 conversion. Responsible for design, implementation, and migration of 200 user mailboxes, 1TB of mailbox data. 2006
• Team leader on implementation of Blackberry Email Compliance project. 2007
• Team leader on implementation of CRM Web CMS projects. 2007
• Team leader on Microsoft SQL Upgrade 20
• Team leader Disaster Recovery Site Project. Design, implemented maintained site. 2011

Network Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed pool of 7 desktop network technicians
• Project Lead on all projects. Provided final design and implementation for customer projects.
• Provided in-house and customer support for ISP service offering.
• Provided last level support for customer IT departments using wide range of products focused around Novell and Microsoft Networking solutions
• Provided Pre/Post sales support.
• Performed installation of new computers, trouble shooting and repair of existing computers.
• Accomplishments
• Designed implemented managed Internet Service Provider offering.
• Designed implemented statewide area WAN for a regional bank consisting of 9 locations. 1996
• Developed Interactive Voice Response system and integrated into customers database. 1995
• Developed Digital Filing Cabinet and integrated into customers backend database. 1993
• Designed and implemented International WAN via satellite. Cancun, Mx, Cayman Isle, Miami, Florida, San Antonio, Texas. 1989
• Designed and developed in Pascal custom Oil Well Flow Royalties application. 1985
• Developed various custom applications for customers as contracted using Clipper, Pascal, BASIC.
• Developed and implemented custom helpdesk solution using MSDOS based Clipper and Blink compiler.