Key Skills Summary

• Sixteen years of experience engineering and implementing network solutions for clients.
• Sixteen years of experience in support of Microsoft Windows platform including domain design, server engineering, and network administration.
• Fifteen years of project leadership experience, including management of the design, timeline, team building, direction of fellow technical staff, and managing customer expectations.
• Seven years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise Citrix solutions.
• Successfully document and cross train technical support staff on many of the enterprise systems that I have implemented including VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, Swift, and Watchguard firewall solutions.
• Well versed in corporate change management policies and procedures.
• Active in the design and execution of enterprise disaster recovery plans.
• Two years of experience with Linux in a corporate environment.
• Strong foundation of TCP/IP networking concepts/practices
• Consistently received awards and commendations for customer service excellence.

Professional Experience

Windows Server Administrator

Confidential

• IT consulting firm, I am working onsite as a contractor at the Social Security Administration's National Computing Center.
• Design, deploy, and maintain IIS .NET and ColdFusion Web Hosting Environment using Virtual Server technology.
• Deploy, migrate, and upgrade existing software and hardware within the Virtual Hosting Environment.
• Installation, configuration, and administration of Windows 2003/2008/2012 physical and virtual servers.
• Perform maintenance, systems engineering, security patching, and software updates.
• Perform Active Directory maintenance, troubleshooting, and administration.
• Our team is responsible for the migration of the production environment to new NSC data center.
• Installed and configured Vmware ESX 5.0 on seven Dell R710 servers to upgrade Integration environment from VMware ESX 4.1 to ESX 5.0.
• Installed and configured VMware ESX 5.0 on six Dell R900 servers in Integration environment.
• Installed and configured VMware ESX 5.1 on two Dell 2950 servers in support of upgrade from ESX 5.0 to ESX 5.1.
• Wrote PowerShell script to check critical services on thirty-two SQL servers after server maintenance.
• Commonly used tools: Active Directory management consoles, PowerShell, VMware vCenter, Symantec NetBackup, SCOM, McAfee ePO, HP Service Manager.

Sr. Network Engineer

Confidential

• Network consulting firm specializing in Microsoft, Vmware, Citrix, and Cisco solutions.
• Engineered and implemented Windows 2008r2 SP1 Active Directory domain that is utilized for testing prospective solutions for ARHD clients before they are implemented in the client environments.
• Implemented and tested Password Reminder Pro with Exchange 2010 in Windows 2008 test domain for use in client environments.
• Worked full-time in server infrastructure team of an ARHD client providing engineering and administration services. The client environment includes the following technologies: Active Directory Windows 2008r2 and Windows 2003 server ,Vmware 4.1, Citrix Xenapp 6.0, Citrix Xen Desktop, Citrix Metaframe, Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager, Microsoft Biztalk 2006, Microsoft SQL server, Microsoft IIS 6.0 and 7.00, Backup Exec, running on HP Blade servers in corporate data center.

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential

• Legg Mason is one of the largest global asset management firms in the world managing over 600 billion in assets. Their computing infrastructure consists of more than 1,500 servers and 6,000 workstations located on six continents across the world.
• Lead engineer and administrator of mission critical multi-subsidiary straight thought trade processing messaging gateway hosted by Legg Mason for their affiliated companies. The STP messaging products include Swift, Fiserv-TPM, Rightfax, and DTCC Omgeo.
• Well versed with the integration of STP applications with middleware and database products such as MQ Series, PM4Data, BPS, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL.
• Lead Engineer in the STP environment migration to the Swift Relationship Management Application RMA .
• Lead Engineer in the migration of the production Swiftnet infrastructure from Getronics to BT Infonet.
• Lead engineer of the move of the active Swift DR site to a new data center. Included moving the Swift Alliance Access Windows clustered solution and the Swiftnet infrastructure Swift Alliance Gateway, Hardware Security Modules, and a new dual-I configuration including new leased lines and VPN's .
• Implemented and managed Safenet Luna SA hardware security module clusters that were utilized to provide cryptologic security for the digital signatures used with the STP financial messages.
• Rebuilt and tested DR Heliograph server after hardware failure.
• Integrated STP systems monitoring and alerting via SNMP and EM7.
• Created documentation and provided training for STP team members.
• During my watch the STP hub has grown from two to eleven business units.

Sr. Platform Engineer -VMware

Confidential

• Internet firm that provides hosted applications via the Internet for large companies requiring managed software services.
• Lead engineer for a multi-datacenter virtualization environment that had grown to over 20 VMware ESX host servers running over 200 virtual machines.
• Worked closely with lead architect to integrate the host servers with SAN storage, Gigabit networking, load balancers and Checkpoint VSX firewalls.
• Member of engineering team responsible for performance monitoring, load balancing, and capacity planning for the virtual hosting environment.
• Provided administration and maintenance on all ESX servers in the environment including patches, storage allocation, license administration, port group assignments, and network configuration.
• Lead engineer in ESX infrastructure upgrade from version 2.5 to 3.0, including Virtual Center upgrade from version 1.x to 2.x.
• Responsible for all ESX host builds.
• Responsible for deployment of client Windows and Linux server guests.

Confidential

• Designed, implemented, and supported an infrastructure platform that utilized Citrix, Windows 2000, and NT 4.0 to host trading and accounting applications for Legg Mason affiliates and external clients.
• Lead engineer and administrator of mission critical multi-subsidiary STP messaging gateway. STP messaging products included Swift, Swiftnet Fix, Heliograph, Righfax, and MQ Series. The messaging environment has grown from four to seventeen servers, and from two to seven BICS. Additionally, messaging traffic has increased from 2,000 to 10,000 Swiftnet FIN messages per day. The Righfax fax gateway transmitted 1.3 million pages of trade settlement faxes in its first year of operation.
• Lead Engineer in Legg Mason's migration to Swiftnet network infrastructure.
• Technical lead for the Asset Management Citrix environments.
• Lead engineer and project manager for new Citrix Presentation server 4.0 environment hosting critical trading applications for two external clients. Implementation includes Actuate, Citrix Web Interface, Citrix Secure Gateway, and migration of existing NT 4.0 based accounts into Active Directory.
• Engineered and implemented Windows 2003 server Citrix Metaframe XP farm for external client.
• Lead engineer in upgrade of corporate Actuate environment from Actuate 5.0 to Actuate 7.0. Included seven servers hosting nine business groups
• Lead engineer of the migration of a Legg Mason subsidiary's servers from NT 4.0 to Windows 2003 Active Directory.
• Create documentation and provide training for Network Support team for engineered solutions.

Confidential

• Network consulting firm specializing in Microsoft, Citrix, and Cisco solutions.
• Lead engineer of Windows 2000 Active Directory and Exchange 2000 implementation for a Vericom client. The project included migration of 200 internal mailboxes from MS Mail to Exchange 2000. In addition, it allowed Internet mail that was previously hosted by third party to be hosted on the client's site.
• Lead engineer of Websense Internet access management implementation for large Baltimore area insurance company.

Confidential

• Global leader in providing e-commerce solutions that deliver applications and commerce services to dynamically link buying and selling organizations into open, real-time trading communities.
• Systems engineer that worked with development team to design, implement, and support hosted web based eCommerce solutions for Commerce One clients that utilized the following applications technologies: BroadVision One to One Enterprise, Commerce One Buysite, Commerce One Auctionsite, Commerce One Marketsite, Saqqara e-Business catalog, Sun Solaris, Windows 2000, IIS web server, Apache web server, MS SQL server, and Oracle DB.
• Lead engineer of Saqqara e-business catalog implementation on fifty server website for a 4 billion global semiconductor company. The Saqqara portion of the site was a nine server Windows 2000 and IIS 5.0 design that encompassed the following tasks: installation and configuration of server hardware and Windows 2000, hardening the OS using system policies, configuring Windows 2000 network load balancing, and installing and configuring the Saqqara catalog products.
• Lead engineer on NAVSEA SeaPort-e website installation that included the following: setup and configuration of IIS web servers and SQL servers, hardening OS, ordering and configuring Verisign SSL certificates, working with developers to install and configure Commerce One products, and installing and configuring Cisco switches. SeaPort marked the first-ever automated acquisition portal with applications customized to fit government requirements and regulations, and it reduced the support services acquisition cycle from 270 to 30 days. After completion, the site was nominated for US Navy Military IT project award.
• Project manager and lead engineer in relocation and reconfiguration of a fortune 100 client Commerce One web portal from Exodus to Intel data center. The move and reconfiguration included 28 servers NT4, Windows 2000, Sun Solaris , Cisco switches, Nokia Checkpoint firewall, and the following Commerce One e-business applications: Auctionsite, Buysite, Marketsite. The site was successfully moved without interruption to service.
• Lead engineer for TGT/Royal Group website integration that incorporated Commerce One Buysite, Marketsite, Auctionsite applications. Included twelve servers NT 4.0 and 2000 , three IIS web servers and three SQL database servers.
• Developed and engineered server build template for Microsoft Windows 2000/IIS 5.0 web servers. Standardized template increased quality of data center servers builds, ensuring a more stable platform for client websites.

Confidential

• Network consulting firm specializing in Microsoft and Citrix solutions.
• Provided consulting, project implementation, and support services to Futurelink clients for Microsoft and Citrix solutions.
• Installed and configured Watchguard Firebox II firewall on a client's corporate network. Additionally, implemented Watchguard Soho VPN for the same client at two remote locations which included the following: installing and configuring Soho hardware and software, creating Firebox to Soho VPN tunnels, converting the remote branch locations from a public to private TCP/IP addressing scheme, configuring DHCP for the remote network, and adding routes to the corporate Cisco router for the new Soho devices.
• Rebuilt large DC area hospital's Citrix Metaframe farm in two days after in-house technical staff installed incorrect service pack on servers, rendering the Citrix farm inoperable.
• Converted a Futurelink client's corporate network from a 10 MB to a 100 MB switched environment by removing 10 MB hubs and switches and installing Cisco and Netgear 100 MB switches.
• Recognized as the Futurelink southeast region Engineer of the Quarter for Q1 2000 from a pool of 30 engineers.

Confidential

• Provided hardware and software support for 200 NT servers and the related LAN and WAN infrastructure on a 4000 node TCP/IP environment. Provided administration for Microsoft Back office products including Exchange, SNA, IIS, Proxy, and SQL server.
• Lead engineer and administrator of Legg Mason's 250 user Citrix and Windows Terminal Server environment.
• Designed and upgraded 150-user Citrix Farm from Citrix Winframe 1.7 to Citrix Metaframe 1.8.
• Installed and configured Citrix Metaframe 1.8 server used by Corporate Technology department to provide remote after hours network support.
• Lead engineer in the migration of a mission critical Merrin trading system from Novell to NT 4 platform. Project included the installed and configuration of server hardware, software, and overall system design.
• Teamed with vendor to install and configure server hardware and software for Edify voice recognition call center, allowing voice activated customer service for Legg Mason clients.
• Performed quarterly test and maintenance of branch ISDN dial backup for 75 remote branch locations.