SUMMARY:

Professional with 22 years in the information technology industry. Emphasis on providing leadership for the architecture of multi - tier enterprise tools and management systems, and the development of their components. Areas of expertise include usability, performance, scalability, security, and fault-tolerance within mission-critical environments. Moved into positions of increased responsibility earning the position of Information Technology manager. Customer-focused IT manager, expert in leading and contributing to projects designed to enhance system functionality and end-user productivity. Acknowledged for capacity to tackle challenging issues, analyze viable alternatives, and provide innovative solutions that reside well within clients' financial and time frameworks. Persistence, personal integrity, and channeled energies are major strengths consistently cited by managers and clients alike—universally praising team spirit, independent work habits, and the determination to conquer technical challenges. A resourceful, life-long learner, embracing knowledge as a tool for improved problem-solving effectiveness. Using Microsoft Visio documented all servers and network equipment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware & Software: Expert Knowledge with Windows Server from NT 4.0 to Windows 2012, Active Directory, GPO, DNS, DHCP, PowerShell Scripting. Exchange 5.5 to 2012. Expert knowledge of Anti-virus software to include Symantec, Trend Micro. Expert knowledge with server hardware with HP Proliant, HP Blade System C7000, C3000. Dell Poweredge equipment. Knowledge of HP 3PAR SANS, EMC VNX series SAN, and NETAPP SANS to include Fiber Channel, ISCSI, CIFS. Expert knowledge of VM Ware 3.5 to 5.1 including VMotion, DRS, High Availability, SRM, and Resource Pools. Expert knowledge of Symantec Backup Exec software, and VEEAM. Expert Knowledge with Riverbed WAN optimizer. Expert Knowledge with Cisco Switches 4505, 4506, 2950g, 3750, and Nexus 2k, 5k 7k.To include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF, RIP. VLANS and access-list. Expert Knowledge with Cisco ASA 55xx series firewalls to include creating DMZ, clustering, VPN Access, site to site VPN and creating SSL VPN. Expert knowledge with Juniper Switches including the 4200 series. Knowledge of Checkpoint firewalls, Sonicwall firewalls, and Watch Guard firewalls. Nimble Storage. Bit 9, and Eset security products.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Los Angeles

Sr. System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Upgraded Imprivata single sign-on, added 3rd node at DR Site. Configured self service password reset and unlock. Using Zerto created Virtual Protection Groups and replicated them offsite to Navisite cloud. Testing and verified DR. Maintained Vm Ware 5.5 cluster with 12 host and 500 VM's.
• Configured VM Ware 6.0 cluster with 4 host and 10 VM's. Configured High availability, DRS, VMotion and Storage VMotion.
• Created GPO's for better management and to keep a standard environment. Maintained a Windows 2012R2 DHCP Cluster.
• Created a windows 2012 R2 file server cluster.
• Maintained Windows 2016 print server, configured Pappercut secure printing.
• Managed Exchange 2013 environment, 3 exchange servers. 1 exchange DAG, 4 databases. Designed Windows Exchange 2016 migration.
• Implemented Proof Point for mail gateway.
• Created ADFS, configured single sign on with 2 vendors. Deployed Windows 2012 R2 domain controller at DR site.
• Configured site replication between HQ and DR. Used SCCM 2012R2 to deploy software and windows updates to servers and desktops.
• Upgraded Right Fax and integrated with Active Directory.

Confidential, Los Angeles

Sr. System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created new Windows 2012 R2 Active Directory Domain. Configured ADFS to use with Office 365. Installed new Exchange 2013 servers with DAG across 2 datacenters.
• Installed VM Ware 6.0 with distributed switches, migrated 340 servers to the new VM Ware environment. Installed and configured 2 HP 3 PAR SAN 7200 with 48 TB of useable space.
• Setup remote copy between the 3PAR's between datacenters. Presented LUNS using Fiber Channel and ISCSI. Configured SRM from VM Ware using remote copy.
• Tested and passed Disaster recovery plans. Installed Kemp load balancer for serval web server, and AFDS, Exchange 2013, and Exchange 2016.
• Upgraded old switches to new Cisco nexus 5K switches.
• Troubleshot VM Ware View 5 desktops with Ilio. Reconfigured the gold image to help with performance issues.
• Managed 3 Cisco Unified Servers with 12 blades.
• Reconfigured networks for ISCSI connection to the HP 3PAR SAN. Installed HP Blades system with Fiber and ISCSI connections with 8 blades gen 9.
• Configured network connect for multiple networks, ISCSI, and vmotion. Migrated over 20 servers from windows 2003 to windows 2012 R2.
• Configured and installed Bit 9 and Carbon Black for total protection.
• Deployed Manage Engine AD 360 and desktop central. Installed and configured Nimble storage for use with VM Ware VDI.
• Installed and configured Veeam backup for Virtual environment. Installed and configure Eset security products.
• Configured SQL 2012 in a clustered environment with multiple instances.
• Setup SharePoint 2013 for new production workflows.

Confidential, Pasadena, CA

Sr. System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Established a redundant datacenter in Las Vegas consisting a 2 10GB Wan link between Pasadena and Las Vegas using Cisco Nexus 7K.
• Datacenter hardware consist of 2 HP C7000 Blade Systems, 1 HP Storeonce, VM Ware 5.1, 3PAR SAN.
• Created 3PAR replication for VM Ware SRM. Configured a site in AD and set site to site replication.
• Setup VEEAM to back up the VM Ware environment to HP Storeonce.
• Configured replication between 2 HP Storeonce.
• Improved VM Performance by reducing CPU and Memory.
• Implemented Cisco ISE to protect the network from unauthorized access.
• Installed and configure Manage Engine Desktop Central to manage the users desktops.
• Installed and configured Manage Engine 360.
• Upgraded Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 configured DAG for redundancy.
• Configure Kemp load balancers for OWA and IIS.
• Migrated 100 VM servers to HP C7000 blades using VM Ware standalone converter software.
• Created VM Templates to deploy servers according to best practices.
• Converted 20 physical servers to virtual servers to reduce the overall foot print, the environment is now 95 % virtualized.
• Consolidated 250 GPO’s in 25 GPO’s to make them more efficient and easier to manage.
• Recovered 12 TB of data from a failed SAN using Symantec Backup Exec with no data loss.
• Restored several VM using VEEAM backup software. Split the network into several VLAN to reduce broadcast and for easier management.
• Reduced the number of domain controller from 6 to 3 to fix replication issues. Upgraded VM Ware from 4.1to 5.1.
• Configured VCenter with 3 clusters, 6 ESX host in each cluster, introduced resource pools and best practices.
• Deployed Windows 2012 RDS server for published apps for internal users.
• Deployed VDI in a box for remote users.
• Deployed a SQL cluster with Windows 2012 and SQL 2012 to consolidate 23 small SQL servers into 1 cluster.
• Deployed Windows 2012 IIS network load balance cluster for the members web site.
• Configured a secure FTP Server for secure transfers to outside partners.

Confidential, El Segundo, CA

Sr. System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created SQL 2008 Cluster using Microsoft failover cluster with 3 nodes. Replaced aging cisco switches with 2 Cisco 2960S switches, stacked to create 1 core switch. Moved layer 3 interfaces from Cisco ASA to new core switch. Cleaned up VLANs. Created new VLANs for production, staging, and development.
• Created DMZ on Cisco ASA putting Microsoft web cluster 2 node in DMZ. Fixed Active Directory group policies.
• Using VM Ware 5.1 Virtualized 14 servers on 3 host with VCenter to manage the VM Ware host.
• Created VPN On Cisco ASA for remote users to access the network.
• Clustered 2 Cisco ASA 5510. Upgraded Cisco ASA software.
• Upgraded PRTG monitoring server software.
• Upgraded Backup Exec software to 2012.
• Created a backup schedule of weekly, and differential backups on production servers.
• Designed backup to the cloud with Heroware.
• Design ISCSI infrastructure with EMC VNX.
• Implemented ISCSI between EMC VNX, VMWare and Microsoft Servers
• Moved all ISCSI traffic to a dedicated switch for better performance.

Confidential, West Los Angeles

Lead System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Document infrastructure. Enabled Jumbo frames to enhance EMC SAN performance.
• Moved ISCSI connections to a dedicated switch to improve performance.
• Installed Riverbed Steelheads to help with WAN traffic between sites.
• Ran cluster validation to fix Microsoft cluster issues.
• Supported 2 Microsoft Hyper V clusters. Deployed VM Ware ESX 4.1 and upgraded to ESX 5 on 2 ESX Clusters.
• Deployed NetApp 3400 with 24 TB storage using dataontap 8. Microsoft System Center 2010 deployment.
• Deployed VDI in a box for FIJI Island and global sales force. Deployed Cisco Controller based Wireless LAN for HQ and 3 remote sites.
• Updated and configured Orion network monitoring. Created several site to site VPN between Cisco ASA 5510 and Juniper 240SX.
• Using Exchange 2010 availability service to update free busy and GALSync information between 7 companies.
• Configured Cisco policy based routing for servers to go through DR internet site and not the default route.
• Restricted VLANS a crossed the environment to only segments that need the traffic.
• Deployed IPADs and Android devices into the environment in a controlled manner.
• Deployed Riverbed WAN optimizer to HQ and Fiji Islands. Designed network upgrade for the Del Rey plant to improve network performance.
• Configured new Cisco 4505 core switch and 15 new Cisco 2960 Switches as part of the Del Rey network upgrade.
• Designed network of newly acquired Winery with new subnets and VLANs and sit to site VPN.
• Replaced 9 Juniper 4200 switches with Cisco 2960 switches as part of network upgrade.
• Enabled VTP on all switches to make sure VLANS were up to date when changes are made.
• Converted 25 Hyper V virtual machines to Vm Ware 5.0 virtual machines with no data loss.

Confidential, Glendale, CA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Setup NetApp SAN with clustering and snapmirroring to DR site in Las Vegas. Built a Windows 2008 Server failover cluster for SQL 2008.
• Moved all files shares to the SAN. Moved Exchange 2003 from local storage to the SAN.
• Built a VM Ware HA cluster with 2 Servers, while allowing higher priority servers to have fault tolerance.
• Configured load balancing of our websites hosted internally. Reconfigured all Cisco 3590 switches to make sure all ports are useable on the correct VLAN and changed the passwords for security.
• Configured What's Up Gold 14.1 with all Servers and internal Switches and Routers to be monitored for failures and to notify the IT staff when the failure occurs.
• Upgraded the AD Domain to Windows 2008 from Windows 2003.
• Planned and Migrated Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007.
• Configured the Cisco ASA Firewall to use LDAP for better security, and configured it to allow IPhones to connect through VPN.
• Built a Symantec Endpoint Server and deployed it to all the users.
• Moved DHCP to Windows 2008 server from Windows 2003 server. Implemented a backup solution for the company.
• Configured WUS server to keep all PC's up to date with Microsoft patches. Installed and configured a Barracuda Web Filter to help protect the company from the Internet.
• Deployed a Black Berry Enterprise Express Server for 10 Users. Research and correct any errors on the systems.

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Lead Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployed Black Berry Enterprise Server 5.0 for 50 devices.
• Upgraded 5 ESX 3.5 host to VSphere utilizing EMC SAN with VMotion with total 54 Guest VM's.
• Designed migration path to Windows 2008 Active directory.
• Sit on the technical review board with senior management to review and approve all technical changes to the enterprise.
• Combined data centers into one location.
• Built a Windows 2003 AD trust across two domains.
• Merged old Juniper firewall with new Juniper firewalls configured high availability with the firewalls.
• Configured site to site VPN to vendors.
• Reconfigured Juniper VPN SSL with new VeriSign certificate, created new realms for VP users, IT users, and vendors to connect from outside of the building.
• Migrated 3 VM Ware 3.0 host machine to 3.5 host machines. Using VM converter and P2V to covert physical servers to guest operating systems.
• Planned conversion of Microsoft Exchange 2007 to VM Ware 3.5. Configured Foundry MLX-8 switches to do the core routing, replacing 2 Cisco 6500 series switches.
• Created VLANS for Servers, Avaya IP phones, and computers. Installed and configured What's Up Gold 12.3 to monitor all servers.
• Using SNMP and WMI to script monitoring of services to include HTTP, Microsoft Exchange 2007, and SQL 2005. Documented and kept current IP Address used and reserved for future use.
• Evaluated anti-virus product and recommended which product to use.
• Planned and configured McAfee EPO server.
• Pushed EPO agent and installed McAfee 8.7 to 750 desktops.
• Redesigned group policies to streamline logons, and security.
• Lead a team of 3 junior network administrators.
• Plan and manage projects for the team.
• Provide forward looking designs and strategies for the company. Implemented Secureworks IPS to secure the enterprise.
• Consolidated 3 DHCP servers into 1 server. Converting 20 sites to 10 GB Opt-E Man network.
• Deployed Websense web filter 7.1 to track and protect credit union for internet threats