SUMMARY

• Sr. IT Professional, former Road Warrior and Urban Nomad, over a decade working in .mil and .gov as a contractor, has held high level security clearances and positions of trust, chief architect, engineer and admin roles
• Microsoft Windows Server and Active Directory Subject Matter Expert with focus on security compliance and migration. Recently achieved AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate credential.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Active Directory/Quest Migration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assigned to Confidential Technology (CSC) for United Confidential global (10k+ users) migration project (Goodrich, Carrier, and numerous others.) Activities included application and file/NAS server pre-migration analysis and prep, migration via Quest Migration Manager/RUM, remediation. Gathered AD data via scripts, manipulated data via Excel and txt, migrated AD objects, remediation. Used Quest Active Roles to create and configure user accounts, groups, and permissions (IAM).
• Completed AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner training

Confidential, Savannah, GA

Active Directory Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Sustainment, Active Directory and Group Policy, created GPOs for CIS security compliance, DR planning, AD infrastructure optimization, Windows 2012 R2 AD migration, managed Centrify for Unix/Mac/Linux Single Sign-On authentication in AD, AD prep for Lotus Notes to Exchange 2013/Office 365 migration, Remedy, scripting, problem resolution and root cause analysis.

Confidential

EHR Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and troubleshoot Allscripts Electronic Healthcare Records suite of software for clients throughout teh US. This involves integration with Windows 2008 R2, SQL 2008 R2, and IIS. Created installation process documentation.

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Active Directory/Exchange Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Engineered solutions via Group Policy dat met specific requirements having to do with auditing and authentication. Created solution design and implementation documentation. Confidential included AD Directory Services, Certificate Services, and AS-805 Compliance. Enterprise AD support, enterprise Confidential include ADDS, AD Federation Services, ADCS, SSO, Cloud, and PCI DSS compliance.

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Active Directory Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis and remediation of Windows 2008R2 environment (DNS, Sites and Services, Kerberos, Trusts, Exchange 2010, Group Policy)
• Developed application discovery questionnaires, migration flowcharts, workflows, and migration plan templates. Interviewed application owners and developed migration plans to move from legacy to target environment.
• Created current state and migration process documentation

Confidential, Dublin, OH

Active Directory/Quest Migration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Active Directory migration (10k+ uses) using Quest Migration Manager (QMM and RUM)
• SCCM Secondary Site server builds (Russia, Belgium, Netherlands, USA), configuration and validation

Confidential, Hanover, MD

Migration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Active Directory migration (10k+ users) using Quest software
• Installed AD LDS/Quest on remote servers, operated QMM and RUM consoles to migrate AD objects, scripting and data manipulation, log review and status reporting

Confidential, Fort Belvoir, VA

Chief Active Directory/Exchange Architect

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with principals and co-architects in teh overall project plan, infrastructure design, and implementation strategy for classified and unclassified environments
• Active Directory revamp including AD Site consolidation, Replication, FSMO placement, Group Policy, application dependency, OU structure, GC and DC placement
• Current state analysis (ADRAP), developed remediation tasks for implementation throughout teh enterprise, addressed issues during weekly work group meetings
• Prepared design and implementation documents, project timeline and status documentation

Confidential

Senior Active Directory Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created VMware VMs, configured VMs, live migrations and snapshots using vSphere client
• Installed Exchange Server 2007 CAS, Hub Transport, Public Folder, Mailbox CCR servers, EMS PowerShell scripting, IIS, ASP.net
• Installed and configured Forefront Security for Exchange on approx 36 servers physical and virtual. QA testing
• Installed and configured Symantec Enterprise Vault 8 for Exchange
• Installed and configured SCOM 2007 and management packs. QA testing

Confidential

Microsoft Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering, process development, risk analysis, mitigation
• Implementation planning
• Traveled to data centers for server installs and cabling
• DR data center build up from scratch, rack installs, server installs, cabling
• Developed Exchange 2003 COOP and Active Directory architecture
• Server builds, HP SAN integration, deployed geo-dispersed 4 node Exchange clusters and IIS NLB
• Created Design and implementation documentation deliverables

Confidential

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Windows 2000 migration planning and Active Directory OU design
• Created AD design documentation
• Evaluated 3rd party migration tools
• Installed production domain controllers

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Principal engineer for one of teh first Windows 2000 migrations. Microsoft awarded Halifax “Outstanding Contribution to teh Windows 2000 Small Business Rapid Deployment Program”
• Built AD domain from scratch
• Technical lead for statewide desktop rollout project VA Department of Transportation, imaging and process development, trained rollout staff, escalation point for technical issues
• Compaq SAN installation for VA Department of Transportation
• Operations support for clients having Windows 3.51, NT 4 and Exchange 5.5 environments
• Year 2000 Project Newport News Shipbuilding, compliance and patching
• Critical server support for various state and local agencies, consistently met SLA