Summary

• IT professional with 25 years of experience building, supporting, and maintaining servers, routers, desktops,
• and switches, with over 14 years of Microsoft Server experience, including MS Server 2008 R2. I also have
• 14 years of Active Directory and DNS experience.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Confidential

GAP CIE/POCNET Systems Administrator/System Engineer

Software Development GAP-CIE Duties

• GAP-CIE is a program developed for the military and consists of several Linux VM's hosted on a private VMWare cloud.
• Provide requirements development and technical support for GAP-CIE functional management responsibilities for 3 years.
• Attend technical meetings and other architectural workshops in support of GAP-CIE program.
• Was required to learn Linux operating system, Oracle, WebLogic, OID, OAM, Perl language, and other programs to support GAP-CIE.
• Install new updates to current GAP-CIE string.
• Troubleshoot various problems with many different services in GAP-CIE and repair as needed.
• Research internet for answers to problems found in GAP-CIE, including problems with Apache, WebLogic, Oracle, Java, Perl, Linus, VMware.
• Learn the inner workings of GAP- CIE which requires many hours of training and hands-on experience.
• Get a GAP-CIE string up and running with its many subsystems.
• Engineer new ways of making GAP-CIE faster and better. This includes using Dynatrace monitoring software, Oracle EM12C, java, Silk Performer software, WINSCP, putty, and many others.
• Maintain spreadsheet of all new GAP-CIE updates and log them into system and install the updates on the share drive.
• Installed new map server software and helped create WMS layer maps to be used in GAP-CIE.
• Developed a web service schema and WSDL from GAP-CIE to allow other users to interact with GAP-CIE. Uses third party COTS software to publish the web service.

Planning Lab Duties

• Over 24 years of network administration and systems engineering expertise ranging from creating high level system architecture, configuration and integration of network and system operating systems and COTS/GOTS applications.
• Did system administration for lab users and personnel in USSTRATCOM.
• Upgraded and maintained VMware software and Esxi Servers.
• Installed and maintained WSUS server for lab environment and upgraded all computers and servers as needed.
• Helped with any new experiments in lab. This included adding new users, obtain new static IP addresses for experiments, and upgrade DNS records.
• Maintain MS Exchange 2010 server and issued new email addresses to users.
• Monitor SAN for problems and repaired as needed.
• Create new virtual machines as needed.
• Monitor health of virtual machines in VMware and other third party programs.
• Create new virtual networks for experiments as needed.
• Maintained various routers and switches used in the lab and to communicate with the USSTRATCOM network.

Confidential

SEMS II Windows Network Administrator

• Performed Windows network and server administrator duties for SES and AFWA SEMS II contract at Offutt AFB classified and unclassified systems.
• Monitor and troubleshot SEMS server, GIS servers, SIPRNET servers, and LEADS software. This included cluster services on supported severs. Used WebLogic to troubleshoot servers and repair databases.
• Monitored and troubleshot 144 Windows 2003 servers, 2 Windows 2008 servers and 63 Windows workstations.
• Performed help desk duties as needed. Problems vary from hardware to software related. Used remote desktop to access servers and workstations.
• Used active directory on a daily basis to maintain user accounts and resources.
• Upgraded severs and computers with latest TCNO's and antivirus updates.

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

Performed network and server administrator duties for company and DIA contract at Offutt AFB.

Confidential

Systems Administrator

• Performed network and server administrator duties for company.
• Configured new Dell servers with Windows Server 2008 Core operating system and iscsi disk cluster for fail-over.
• Configured Hyper-V Virtual Machines on servers throughout the company which consisted of a total of 160 virtual servers at 32 locations across the country.
• Maintained and monitored 25 corporate servers for performance and availability.
• Performed help desk duties as needed. Problems vary from hardware to software related. Used remote desktop and VNC to access client computers.
• Traveled to company sites in different states to convert the site from Novell to Windows environment. This involved installing and configuring new servers and removing old servers. Also configured all users' computers to new domain.
• Set up new desktop computer systems as needed.

Confidential

Systems Administrator

• Performed network and server administrator duties at Offutt AFB.
• Monitored and troubleshoot 30 Windows 2003 servers and UNIX servers.
• Maintained the STARS military contract, a missile monitoring project.

Confidential

Systems Administrator

• Performed primary network administrator duties for a company that manufactures, develops, and repairs equipment used in the monitoring of offenders who have been given house arrest. This includes the ankle cuff and wireless units to monitor the location of the offender. They also have a line of in home alcohol breath analyzers.
• Responsible for the maintenance, upgrades, repair and troubleshooting of the servers, network, switches, firewalls, telephones, computers , printers, security cameras, cell phones, and other various systems.
• Maintained and monitored 20 company servers for performance and availability.
• Maintained a blackberry server, domain controllers, Exchange server, SQL servers, SharePoint servers, backup servers and tapes, file servers, security servers, production and development servers, modem banks, telephone switches, and other servers used in the day to day activities of the company.
• Installed and maintained MS Server 2008.
• Repaired and performed upgrades on all PCs used by the employees.
• Ordered and installed new equipment, software, cell phones, and computers as needed.
• Maintained and upgraded a blackberry server for all the blackberry cell phones used by the company.
• Used active directory on a daily basis to maintain user accounts and resources.
• Maintained a printer server and all printers in the company.
• Supported QA SQL servers and performed SQL queries at times to accomplish various tasks.
• Performed setup functions and maintained the VPN access for all offsite company sales employees.
• Administered support for the exchange server and all email accounts for the company.
• Performed daily and weekly backup tape procedures using Brightstor, EMC SAN, and Exabyte tape array to backup data on 60GB tapes.
• Using BrightStor software, I scheduled and maintained a daily backup of the Exchange server and key file servers. Tapes are changed on a weekly rotation and a full backup done weekly and monthly. Also backed-up to an external hard drive for redundancy.

Confidential

Systems Engineer

• Supported regional network maintaining mix of WINXP, Windows 2000/2003 servers for 16 sites in 10 states with over 1,500 users.
• Network services include MS Active Directory, DNS, Exchange, AMHS, File print, applications and Web.
• Network Security, Global Command, and Control System Administration are primary areas of responsibility as well as general ROSC duties.
• Maintained and performed updates on Cisco switches and routers and encryption devices.
• Managed, updated, and troubleshot problems with Microsoft 2003 servers, active directory, exchange servers, web servers, print servers, and file servers.

Confidential

Systems Engineer

• Supported regional network maintaining mix of WINXP, Windows 2000/2003 servers and circuits for 16 sites in 8 states with over 1,500 users.
• Used Veritas software to back up data on servers daily using a tape backup array.
• Created programs using Visual Basic to help in the day-to-day operations of the ROSC that accessed active directory and web sites to fill data. These programs are now used across the country by all TechTeam system administrators.

Confidential

LAN Administrator

• Maintained and troubleshot SIPRNET computers and associated hardware for the 155ARW and ROSC4.
• Developed and maintained records for all SIPRNET users and established user profiles on SIPRNET computers so the users could access their email and have access to the SIPRNET Internet.
• Reset passwords and prepared paperwork to give new users a SIPRNET account.
• Upgraded all SIPRNET computers to the latest baseline and insured they were working correctly and also assisted the ROSC4 personnel with their day-to-day operations.

Confidential

LAN Administrator

• Maintained and troubleshot SIPRNET computers and associated hardware for the 147FW, 272EIS, and 273EIS.
• Developed and maintained records for all SIPRNET users and established user profiles on SIPRNET computers.
• Reset passwords and prepared paperwork to give new users a SIPRNET account.
• Upgraded all SIPRNET computers to the latest baseline and insured they were working correctly.
• Developed visual basic programs for the 147FW to use for its day-to-day operations.

Confidential

Telecommunication Specialist

• Maintained and troubleshot various communication systems for the 186th ARFEW. These systems included Telephone, LAN, PA, Radio, and CCTV.
• Repaired and installed new equipment and computers when needed.
• Performed maintenance on computer systems for the personnel.

Confidential

• Vocational electrical trades' high school teacher.

Confidential

Avionic Navigation System Specialist

• Troubleshot and preformed avionic navigation maintenance on F4-E military aircraft.