SUMMARY

• To obtain a demanding position dat utilizes my information technology skills in a MS Windows Active Directory environment. Teh position would utilize my acquired skills in VMware virtualization, storage, systems administration, hardware installation and troubleshooting while challenging me to expand my skill set.
• Proficient wif Microsoft technologies such as Active Directory, terminal services, FTP, IIS, and WSUS.
• Experience wif virtualization technology such as VMware ESXi 6.5, vCenter 6.5 and Horizon View 7.
• Cisco UCS blade system, wif 5108 chassis, wif 6120XP, and 6248UP Fabric Interconnects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Added and configured 4 new UCS blades to UCS chassis.
• Worked wif vendor to deploy new Data Domain and EMC Unity 480.
• Managed and upgraded UCS Mini Environment to 4.0.4k.
• Managed and upgraded vCenter and ESXi hosts to 6.7 U3.
• Created new server 2019 VM template wif a customization specification and deployed VMs.
• Managed an EMC Unity 300 and EMC Unity 480 block storage arrays.
• Fixed issue wif VNX5300 datastore to be able to copy data and decommission VNX.
• Deployed EMC ESRS gateway for Unity storage systems to automatically create tickets wif EMC.
• Managed a Data Domain 6900 for Veeam backups.
• Managed Veeam Backup and Replication version 10a, backups and backup copy to offsite.
• Deployed DUO two factor authentication to SonicWall VPN (NetExtender and Virtual Office), and Microsoft OWA.
• Managed Synology NAS and fixed issue wif UCS hosts unable to teh Synology NAS.
• Fixed issue wif servers in virtual environment and UCS unable to connect to vlan.
• Upgraded Server 2008 Domain Controllers to Server 2019 Domain Controllers.
• Moved FSMO roles to new Domain Controller.
• Configured NTP service in one of teh new Domain Controllers.
• Implemented new server monitoring solution Manage Engine OpManager Plus.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Maintain multiple customers’ Active Directory, VMware and Nimble storage environments.
• Provide support for a client’s 3000 user Active Directory.
• Provide support for a client’s 50+ Cisco UCS blades running ESXi 6.5, wif over 300 VMs.
• Manage and upgrade Dell EMC Data Domain 6.0.30.
• Manage Dell EMC XTremIO and expand volumes for Horizon View VDI environment.
• Upgrade Nimble CS5000 and AF5000 to 5.0.8.
• Expand Nimble volumes for teh VMware server environment as needed.
• Upgrade customer’s VMware vCenter from 6.0 to 6.5 U3.
• Upgrade customer’s VMware ESXi from 6.0 to 6.5 U3.
• Monitor servers and hardware uptime wif LogicMonitor.
• Support VMware Horizon View 7.3.2 environment.
• Promote new server to Domain Controller and configure NTP.
• Decommissioning of Domain Controllers.
• Upgrade Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects and blades.
• Upgrade Cisco UCS C - Series stand-alone servers.
• Worked wif Trend Micro Deep Security Manager antivirus for servers on VMware.
• Worked wif Trend Micro OfficeScan XG antivirus for Windows Desktops.
• Worked wif Veeam Backup and Replication v10 to backup VMware environment.
• Manage Websense Web Filter proxy for customer, to add Websites to filter policies, add to SSL bypass, and provide reports, per customer request.
• Manage Cisco Umbrella/OpenDNS to allow or block DNS entries.
• Configure vCheck report for customer.
• Manager customer’s SSL certificates wif DigiCert.
• Provide guidance to junior systems administrators and help them wif tasks as needed.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Field Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assist wif managing teh virtual environment running vCenter 5.5.
• Assist wif building VMware hosts in cities and countries where Boehringer Ingelheim TEMPhas offices.
• Work wif a Cisco UCS environment wif 21 chassis, wif 168 B200 M4 blades and a mix of 30 C220 and C240 rack-mount servers spread across four UCS domains, wif some 6298UP and some 6248UP fabric interconnects and manage UCS B-Series and C-Series server licenses.
• For stand-alone C-Series UCS servers, work wif Cisco UCS Supervisor to push policies to CIMC.
• Shared responsibility of provisioning servers wif members of teh hosting team, as well as teams in Spain.
• Patch fiber and copper cables through patch panels.

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Manage a 200 virtual server environment, and 10 physical servers and 450 user Active Directory.
• Manage a VMware vSphere/vCenter 5.5 wif 8 ESXi hosts and 6.0 environment wif 3 ESXi Hosts.
• Implemented vCenter vRealize 6.0 for monitoring, troubleshooting and capacity planning for VMware.
• Implemented PowerCLI server and vCheck PowerCLI scripts for checking teh health of VMware.
• Managed and upgraded Cisco UCS to teh latest firmware from 2.2(3) to 3.1(1h).
• HP Converged System 250-HC chassis wif three blades.
• Manage Windows patches, run inventory, and install software through SCCM 2012
• Implementation of Workspot virtual solution for application delivery and VDI for remote customers.
• Used ROBOCOPY to move data out of teh NetApp and into a file server to decommission NetApp.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Part of a team dat manages a 2500 user active directory domain, wif AD tools, AD Audit Plus.
• Manage a VMware vSphere 5.5 and vCenter 5.5, wif 50 ESXi hosts, and 300 VMs.
• Responsible for managing teh data center, including power management/UPS, In-row A/C units, maintaining server farm, and organizing/racking servers.
• Citrix XenApp 6 farm, running on VMware vSphere 5.5 virtual infrastructure.
• Monitor servers wif Whatsup Gold SolarWinds.
• Veeam Backup and Replication v8 software as a backup solution for virtual machines.
• Simpana CommVault backup to backup physical servers.
• Manage EMC VMAX storage array for VMware datastores, and new electronic medical records, Epic.
• Two EMC ATMOS storage. One will be moved to teh DR site, and teh other will stay on site. We are using them as an archive solution, wif Seven10 StorFirst Backup software for managing teh data.
• Manage Cisco UCS environment, 5108 Chassis, wif 50 B200 M4 blades, and 6248UP Fabric Interconnects, used for VMware server environment, as well as for our Horizon View VDI, and Epic EHR.
• Trend Micro’s Deep Security Manager for teh VMware hypervisors.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Network Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Advised IT managers on purchase of equipment needed wif a department budget of 1.5 million.
• Manage a 3000 user AD on a MS Windows 2003, using AD tools, AD Manager Plus, and Active Admin.
• Manage VMware ESX 3.5 and Virtual Center 2, ESXi 4.1 and vCenter 4.1 wif HA and vMotion.
• Upgrading ESX 3.5 and virtual Center 2 to ESXi and vCenter 4.1.
• Manage 170 servers, including hardware troubleshooting and installation, and software.
• Responsible for managing teh data center, including power management, maintaining server farm, power and organizing/racking servers.
• Citrix XenApp 6 Farm running on a mixed physical/virtual environment.
• Restricting access to online content using Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere 7.7.3 appliance.
• Work wif vendors to support medical applications, vendor approved patches, sales, and support.
• Configure, and maintain a Cisco UCS 2.0 for VMware running ESXi 4.1 on 2 blade servers.
• Imprivata Single Sign-on for authentication into AD and other applications.
• Participated in expansion of teh data center, including moving servers, switches and racks.
• Setup a MS SQL cluster for Salar TeamNotes, a physician notes application.

Confidential, Rockville, MD

IT Support Associate

Responsibilities:

• Assisted wif migration from Novell Netware 6.5 to Microsoft Active Directory 2003 Infrastructure.
• Configure VMware ESXi server and use virtual machines as a testing environment.
• Participate in development, testing and researching of new technologies such as VMware, Sharepoint, etc.
• Mentor and assist help desk wif issue resolution.
• Responsible for maintaining business critical servers and applications such as DHCP, domain controllers.
• Responsible for daily backup using IBM Tivoli version 5.5.2.0 software.
• Configured webpage wif links to install printer drivers to give users easy access to network printers.
• Assisted wif maintaining teh shadygrove.umd.edu website using SQL server, HTML, and CSS.