SUMMARY:

Educated System Administrator Senior Professional with over 25 years of experience in the field. With experience in Project Management, Infrastructure Design and Implementation, troubleshooting (both Hardware/Software) and administrating environments running NT servers. s: Security+, MCP Windows, A+. Security Clearance: Top Secret SSBI

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software/Languages: Windows NT servers (both physical and Virtual), Active Directory, Most Desktop OS, Microsoft Clustering, SQL, SAN, Most Backup Software, Ghost Enterprise

EXPERIENCE:

System Administrator Senior Professional

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Daily tasks and priorities.
• Perform system uptime checks and tests - respond immediately if issues found. Submit outage, notify users.
• Base voicemail and voice directory lines.
• BTO billing applications.
• ERP applications.
• Check NHDSM for open tickets, email for direct customer communications on new issues.
• Call with immediate team member Andrew - discuss any break/fix, project progress, shared work.
• Attend scheduled meetings with team leads. (Once a week) Other meetings as required.
• Work ongoing projects.
• Update customers on project status and update timelines to reflect changes.
• Request status on my tickets to outside teams - vendors, datacenter, networking.
• Work directly in vcenter, server, application, database, or web interfaces to install, configure and test.
• Currently managing upgrade of Quality Center ERP QA application.
• Met with customer to define timeline and environment specs, installed application on Windows 2019, migrated application data.
• Currently testing Jetty/IIS web server settings and CaC authentication.
• Voicemail infrastructure fixes.
• Planning switch vulnerability fix or upgrade.
• Server trace log issues.
• Check ACAS for vulnerabilities - discuss with application owner and IA and research fixes or patches if needed.
• IA accreditation deliverables.
• Respond to ongoing IA requests for documentation, checklists.
• Work with IA to ensure scans and McAfee do not impact applications, especially voicemail.

System Administrator Senior Professional

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the Joint Technical Data Integration (JTDI) technical environment and L-Class ships creating an integrated and interoperable electronic technical, supply, and maintenance data environment.
• Maintained proper documentation as it related to my position.

System Administrator Senior Professional

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported over 2000 (Physical/Virtual) Windows servers and their associated applications including VMware, Microsoft Clustering, SQL, Active Directory, NetBackup, Virus protection, Patch management, etc., resolving any Software/Hardware issue's that occurred which may have required working directly with application focal and or vendor (Including HP, Microsoft, McAfee, etc.) to resolve.
• Built/Rebuilt hundreds of servers to the latest OS standard (which could require Data, Application and VMware Migrations).
• Worked with and trained newer System Administers on proper ( Confidential ) process.
• Maintained proper documentation as it related to my position.

Hardware Integration/System Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Tested and Evaluated emerging technologies, which included verification of compatibilities within the existing infrastructure
• Creating images that met all existing governmental policies and security requirements, and creating good relationships with the vendors.
• Acted as backup support for Tier III, II and the Developmental Network addressing any LAN/WAN, Software issues that occurred.
• Maintained all documentation related to my position, which included the Hardware Buyers Guide, which was utilized across the agency.

Systems Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked, Supported and Assisted with the design for the Joint Combat Camera (JCCC) digital asset ingestion project for the government, this project involved a hardware interface (Server, NAS) and software interface (2000 Server,Virage and Adobe software suite and Oracle), Which included seamless integration into there existing LAN/WAN environment.
• Installed, Configured and Supported several software packages including Windows 2000 Server, Pro and XP, Office 2000, XP, Ghost, Avid, Virage, and Adobe Suite.
• Assisted with the NT to 2000 server Migration, which included migrating to Active Directory, Exchange 5.5 to 2000 and verifying compatibility and security within the updated infrastructure.
• Rebuilt there test environment to maximize work efficiency, and minimize the time needed to restore there test bed to baseline, necessary for non-standard software request testing and approval.
• Researched, applied and tested all security patches, necessary to bring the existing infrastructure (overseas Servers and Workstations) up to government required standards.
• Also Installed, Configured and Supported several software packages including Windows (SBS 4.5, SBS 2000 Server, 2000 Pro and XP) Active Directory, Office 2000, XP, Norton Anti-virus, Backup Exec, and Ghost.

Network Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Primary systems administrator. Develop the initial setup of Windows 2000 domain and Active Directory. Determined equipment necessary to fit all the requirements. Helped facilitate negotiations for leasing hardware. Installed and configured data equipment such as switches, hubs, servers, etc.
• Researched and evaluated software. Configured network services such as Active Directory, DNS, and WINS.
• Daily Preliminary analysis, planning and design of Local Area Network. Pre- and Post installation Maintenance of the LAN, WAN and server equipment. Project management, supervision and technical consulting of support staff.
• Maintenance of the Laurel LAN, WAN, Ethernet and Token-Ring networks, as well as 130 Intel-based servers, both Windows 2000/NT and Netware 4.x, 5.x. Including service pack upgrades, capacity management, license management and anti-virus upgrade. Planned and designed future growth.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshot and repaired Servers, Workstations and Laptops running various operating systems.
• Windows 3.11,95, 98, NT, 2000 etc.
• Diagnosing and Repairing Laser printers