TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Systems: Windows 2012 Server Editions, Windows 2008 Server Editions, Windows 2003 Server Editions, Windows 2000 Server Editions,Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista, Linux Red Hat.

Software: BladeLogic, VMWare ESX (2.5/3.x/4.x/5.0), Virtual Center/VSphere, WDS, WMS, High Jump (7.x - 11.x), ColdFusion (6.x/8.x), Websphere (5.x - 7.x), Crystal Reports BOXI, SQL (2000/2005), HP SIM, HP Remote Collaboration, Active Directory (2000/2003), MS Exchange 2003, Microsoft Frontpage, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, HBAnywhere, MS Project

Hardware: Dell PowerEdge, IBM Blades, HP Proliants

Servers: Other: Emmulex and Qlogic Fiber cards, Avocent KVM over IP, HP and Compaq StorageWorks storage arrays, Local disk (Raid 0 - Raid 5)

Languages: Powershell, VBScript, HTML, VB, Java, NSH

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Infrastructure Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Server build automation and application deployment utilizing BladeLogic and Powershell, VBScript, and NSH scripts
• Responsible for Production and DR system servers in a highly virtualized and highly available environment
• Responsible for planning and building of infrastructure systems from development through production
• Installing, configuring and maintaining environments on a variety of Windows, Linux and ESX hosts
• Scripting to automate tasks, such as file management, cert management, logging, system maintenance, code deployments, and other tasks as they are needed. Scripting languages used are Powershell, vbscript, batch as well as html, vb.net, c# in isolated instances to support automation and or reporting tasks.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation on supported environments

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Architect/Engineer VMware environments for company production systems and participation in global virtualization strategy. Includes Vmotion, HA, DRS, capacity management, redundancy and DR solutions.
• Architect/Engineer Windows environments for company’s multisite Warehouse Management System (WMS), Intelligent Mail Barcoding, Item/Piece tracking for outgoing mailings and client ordering portals.
• Develop comprehensive Visio diagrams and documentation detailing infrastructure, data flow, daily management, troubleshooting, and escalation procedures.
• Server Builds and Deployment
• This includes analyzing business and application needs, deploying servers on HP and IBM hardware, and building to client needs in regards to HA and business continuity
• Work with storage, network, infrastructure, security solutions, and development teams in order to correctly engineer proper solution for client needs. This includes proper SAN utilization (Clariion, DMX, etc.), network zones and load balancing considerations, monitoring and backup solutions, patch management, and client access and support.
• Support multiple project initiatives
• Engineering, implementing and supporting multiple environments for warehouse, presale, postsale and virtualization systems. Including development \ test, QA, UAT, and production systems for full end-to-end application lifecycle
• Manage Project lifecycle. Detail project tasks and milestones using MS Project. Ensure milestones and dates are being met by respective teams.
• Scripting tasks for Windows/VMware management using vba / vbscript / PowerShell utilizing VMware cmdlets.

Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Architect Windows environments and VMware environment for mobile division server consolidation effort
• Server Builds and Deployment
• This includes analyzing business and application needs, deploying servers on proper hardware as well as in proper server configuration.
• Work with storage, network and security solutions team to allocate storage on SAN, connect servers to proper subnets and patch vulnerabilities
• Monitor servers through Nagios and troubleshoot as necessary.
• Run and troubleshoot Maestro job scheduler in our UNIX environment. This includes troubleshooting scripts with VI, navigating through the file structure, and basic UNIX command functionality.
• Monitor and troubleshoot tape backups and perform restores when necessary

Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Server builds and deployment.
• This includes analyzing business and application needs, deploying servers on proper hardware as well as in proper server configuration (stand alone, clustered or load balanced)
• Work with storage, network and security solutions team to allocate storage on SAN, connect servers to proper subnets and patch vulnerabilities
• In corporate on KVM over IP environment in datacenter
• Prepare all necessary servers for disaster recovery (backup server built and sent to Illinois data center to be used in case of disaster at our main office)
• In charge of all systems that were acquired through mergers and acquisitions of other companies.
• Coordinate movement of servers into proper data center location
• Schedule server move to limit downtime and ensure the continued high availability of essential servers.
• Patch and install software to bring servers to a level of CA security compliance.
• Architect, Implement and support VMware environments
• Architect VMware server farms limiting any single point of failure for physical and virtual machines.
• Provision server sessions and maintain and monitor ESX server farm.
• Troubleshoot and support enterprise level server environment.
• 24/7 remote and on site support of an approximately 600 server data center. (Dell, IBM and IBM Blade Centers)
• Software deployment for patching and upgrading servers and server software.
• Restore servers from backup in the event of system failure

Adult Trainer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Train students in computer basics (hardware, software, and beginner usage)
• Train students Microsoft Office Word 2000
• Train students how to create web pages using HTML

Network Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Support and troubleshoot desktops and laptops remotely and on site.
• Troubleshoot software, hardware, and network issues (TCP/IP and DNS)
• Install and prepare desktops and laptops for network environments.
• Configure network settings, permissions and required software.
• Upgrade client PCs to new models
• Install and support desktop and laser network printers.
• Rotate backup tapes for servers and schedule full and differential backups.