SUMMARY:

A Sr Systems Engineer with over 10 years of experience planning, installing, configuring, and maintaining complex environments in both Government and Private Sectors. Highly recognized for problem - solving, critical and creative thinking, adaptability, ability to work under pressure, and works well within a team.

SKILLS:

Active Directory

Cisco, citrix

Network Connectivity

Network Monitoring

Unspecified

Systems Administration

System Administration

Vmware

Xenapp

Xendesktop

Information Security

ITIL

Nessus

Payment Card Industry

PCI

Qualys

Iscsi

Netapp

RED HAT

DNS

Exchange

Network Security

Puppet

Server Virtualization

Tivoli

Virtualization

Linux

Security

Change Management

Configuration Management

Migrations

Remote Management

Wise Installer

Altiris

SAP

R2

Storefront bash

Multi-Factor Authentication

MFA

Systems Engineer

IAAS

PAAS

Amazon Web Services

AWS, firmware

System Engineering

Imaging

Documentation

Technical Documentation

Fibre Channel

Siemens

Assay System

Microsoft Windows

Windows Server 2003

MS Exchange

MAC

Mac OS

Systems Support

Operational Support, maintenance

Problem-Solving

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Primary focus on Supporting Cisco UCS, VMware, Microsoft Windows Server in a traditional On - Premise Environment
• Maintain VMware vCenter and ESXi 6+ environments
• Maintain Cisco UCS Environments Manage AD and AD FS environments
• Maintain VMware Horizon Environment
• Worked with Security Team to review Nessus scans and planned maintenances accordingly
• Creating and Keeping Technical Documentation up to date

Confidential

Sr Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Primary focus on Supporting Cisco UCS, VMware, Microsoft Windows Server in a traditional On - Premise Environment
• Maintain VMware vCenter and ESXi 6+ environments
• Maintain Cisco UCS Environments
• Manage AD and AD FS environments
• Maintain VMware Horizon Environment
• Worked with Security Team to review Nessus scans and planned maintenances accordingly
• Creating and Keeping Technical Documentation up to date

Confidential

Sr Systems Engineer - Infrastructure Support/Information Security Support

Responsibilities:

• Primary focus on Supporting Cisco UCS, VMware, Microsoft Windows Server and Red Hat in a traditional On - Premise Environment
• Planned and implemented VMware ESXi upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7
• Planned and implemented new Cisco UCS Hyperconverged Environment utilizing VMware vSAN 6+
• Planned and Perform V to V migrations from non-vSAN to vSAN environments
• Planned and implemented new Nimble storage solutions to replace NetApp solution in multiple data centers
• Planned, implemented and maintained the Cisco UCS environment firmware level
• Planned, implemented and maintained the Vmware vCenter and ESXi environment security patch levels
• Planned, implemented and maintained Windows Server and Red Hat/CentOS patch levels
• Worked with Security Team to review Nessus and Qualys scans and planned maintenances accordingly
• Implemented Red Hat/CentOS patching via Satellite or Spacewalk severs and sometimes via yum
• Implemented Windows patching via SCCM or WSUS severs
• Implemented Windows Config Management changes via AD Group Policy or local registry edit
• Implemented Linux Config Management changes via Puppet or local CLi (VIM)
• Managed AD and AD FS environments in a multiple domain environment
• Managed and supported DUO MFA tool within the environment
• Managed and supported Windows 2012 R2 Failover Cluster
• Technical Lead for Active Directory forest consolidation project consisting of 17 untrusted domains
• Technical Lead for VMware Horizon implementation to replace Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop
• Planned Quarterly updates for Thycotic Secret Server
• Planned and implemented a Thycotic Secret Server (PAM) for 3,000+ users which replaced KeePass and Password Safe
• Planned and implemented the change from iSCSI to Fibre Channel
• Planned upgrade path for Citrix XenDesktop & XenApp 7.15 to 7.5 which included PVS, Storefront, License Server and Controllers
• Used modified PowerShell or Bash scripts to help with day to day tasks
• Creating and Keeping Technical Documentation up to date

Confidential

Sr Systems Admin - Systems Support

Responsibilities:

• Implemented, supported and monitored performance of Enterprise VMware ESXi environments across multiple data centers
• Provided 3rd level support for blade and rack server solutions (Cisco and HP) Performed System Administration for Citrix XenApp 7.5 server environment
• Developed documentation for conducting systems maintenance and problem resolutions in PCI and non - PCI environments
• Implemented SCCM 2012 in a non-standard environment
• Implemented and supported a Nimble Storage Infrastructure
• Supported a NetApp Storage Infrastructure
• Performed and assisted with upgrades and replacement of core infrastructure such as domain controllers, vCenter, physical/virtualized environments, etc.
• Provided 2nd level support for AWS and Azure systems

Confidential

Sr Systems Admin

Responsibilities:

• Administered and maintained Window Server 2003/2008/2012 and related infrastructure
• Supported and maintained an Active Directory structure; Completed several improvements for operational efficiencies
• Provided 1st and 2nd level support for MS Exchange 2010
• Administrator of VMware ESX 4/5.1/5.5, AWS and Azure

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed Configuration Management functions
• Cloud Design, Implementation and Support Engineering for IaaS and PaaS Environments
• Provided installation, configuration, performance turning, and troubleshooting of Linux Red Hat and Windows environments and their products
• Performed infrastructure activities in various arenas: operating system, network security, directory services, server virtualization using system backup and restore, system and network monitoring, application installation and configuration
• Identified, diagnosed, and resolved network problems including network connectivity, traffic utilization, etc. using available network tools in a timely fashion.(Tivoli, GroundWork)
• Defined, developed and managed Linux Red Hat and Windows OS images for use in a hosted VMware environment
• Configured, implemented and administered GroundWork Monitoring, Tivoli Monitoring, DS - User Backup Solutions (Asigra), Active Directory and DNS
• Maintained CyberARK (PAM) environment Participated in afterhours upgrades and troubleshooting of issues
• Documented system topologies and the development of operational support guidelines/reference materials for ITIL environments

Confidential

Systems Administrator (Microsoft Datacenter)

Responsibilities:

• Completed remote imaging of servers using Altiris, SCCM 2007, PowerShell and other tools; Managed and completed configuration updates of server and network hardware equipment, rack/cable servers, SAN and network equipment
• Implemented and administered a Microsoft Cloud environment Remote Management using SCCM, iLO and RPD
• Conducted troubleshooting of server OS and Hardware issues in a pre - production and production environments