SUMMARY:

Information Technology Professional with Career focuses in IT Infrastructure Design/Implementation, Systems Conversion, and Integration. Highly visible positions such as IT Director, IT Manager, PM and Systems Engineer Lead for very complex projects that included numerous Migration, deployment, Support and Administration of IT products/vendors. I encourage you to view my detailed expertise below, and contact me to discuss your available position ASAP.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:

Server Operating Systems: Expert and current in WIN 2000 - 2012 Server/Adv. w/Active Directory; Knowledge of Linux

Virtualization: VMWare design, implementation and high level support; Knowledge of HyperV

Network Experience: TCP/IP; DNS; DHCP; Active Directory; NDS; OSI Model

Enterprise Server Redundancy Technologies: MS Cluster; Network Load Balancing; Raid Array Configuration;

Internet: IE Setup & Config; Proxy server; Cisco PIX firewalls; DNS setup & configuration

Misc Server Apps: Citrix Servers; BES;

Desktop/Workstation Clients: Windows XP -Win 7; Netware Client 32; IBM Client Access

Enterprise Email Systems: Microsoft Exchange 2003 - 2010; Have supported Groupwise and Lotus Notes

Email Clients: MS Outlook 2003-2010;

Network Management/Monitoring: HP Openview; Solarwinds; Host Monitor

Systems Hardware: Dell; Compaq; HP; IBM; Cisco UCS

Vendors: HP; Dell; CISCO; AT&T

Data Backup & Recovery: Symantec/Veritas Backup Exec; Arcserve Backup; MS NT-Backup; Acronis Imaging; Norton Ghost

SAN: HP; Dell Equallogic; iSCSI; Fiber Channel

VPN & RAS: Citrix; Terminal Server; Cisco VPN

Change Management/Ticketing Apps: HP Openview; Manage Engine Services

HP Blade: Cisco UCS Blade design, integration and support

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

IT Consultant

Confidential, Pompano Beach, FL

Responsibilities:

• WIN 2008 R2 - 2012 Server recommendation/installation Troubleshoot existing issues with Microsoft Systems; Active Directory re-design and implementation; PowerShell and GUI AD automation; MS Clustering
• Solarwinds Project - Configuring new alerts and systems monitoring infrastructure
• Virtualization design and P2V using mostly VMWare 5.x - 6.x & some Hyper-V
• All changes are processed via change management system

IT - Systems Management Consultant

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Responsibilities:

• Project entailed planning, integration and migration of newly acquired merger into existing IT Infrastructure.
• Nationwide Sites included new datacenters & Colo’s. Initial assessment, recommendation, installation, deployment, troubleshoot and support of WIN 2003 - 2012 Servers; VMWare 5.x & 6.x; Symantec Products, Systems Monitoring etc. IT Infrastructure comprised of Wintel/Windows Servers w/Active Directory; Powershell and GUI AD Automation; VMWare 5.x; SEP; Shavlik; Hostmon; Solarwinds.
• Analysis and preparation of documentation for all servers and certain network devices prior to migration/integration/upgrades of nationwide sites; Environment included MS Clusters; VMWare; vSphere; HP SAN; HP G series servers; Some Dell servers; Symantec Backup and SEP;
• Monitored and prepared multiple Datacenters and Colos across the nation prior to integration into new Active Directory Forest using GPO’s; Treesize; ADMT etc.
• Migration and or upgrade of Windows servers as determined by the organization
• Created new Windows Servers VM’s for test/stage/production environment as needed by various BU’s
• Collaborate with nationwide teams to resolve any issues regarding system development, Apps, IIS; VM’s; system monitoring; security vulnerabilities; systems patching etc.
• Build/Installation/Migration/Upgrade of Rack mounted Servers 2003 - 2012
• Perform Server patches and security vulnerabilities solutions as project progressed and as determined by the security team
• Track/Document any and all changes prior to implementation via JIRA change management system
• Migrated/Upgraded existing monitoring Suite for Linux & Windows servers/devices/printers
• All changes adhere to the ITIL change management system

IT Consultant/Sr. System Engineer

Confidential, Pompano Beach, FL

Responsibilities:

• Provided new IT Infrastructure design implementation and migration of complex Information Technology infrastructures.
• WIN 2008 R2 - 2012 Server recommendation/installation Troubleshoot existing issues with Microsoft Systems; Active Directory design and re-structuring
• Solarwinds configuration and monitoring setup
• Created PowerShell scripts in order to facilitate server monitoring and maintenance
• Shavlik Patches and Update
• VMWare 5.x Implementation, design, support and virtualization

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential, Boca, FL

Responsibilities:

• New installation/build of WIN 2008 R2 - 2012 servers; Added SQL and application servers;
• Troubleshoot/Integration of new systems prior to production; Active Directory management utilizing tools such as Powershell and AD Management Utilities SQL Database issues; VM issues; IIS Issues;
• Migrate/Upgrade/Modification of Datacenter infrastructure; Implementation of Test/Stage/Production environments; HP and Dell Servers
• Research, design and stand up new SharePoint 2013 servers in Hyper-V clustered environment
• Assisted in new Nexus switch cutover
• Implementation of new managed KVM environment for all servers, PDU’s, VOIP equipment
• Document and reflect datacenter environment in Visio; added new Solarwinds network maps and alerts, both local discovery and global.
• Installed, Racked and un-racked, new and de-commissioned servers in datacenter
• New SCCM 2012 Training upon implementation
• HP Blade support

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Design/installation/build/Stage Windows 2008 R2 VM’s for new company-wide applications; SQL and Application Servers
• Coordination with all teams involved for testing and implementing said changes
• Added VM’s to VMWare and Dell SAN environment; MS Clustered environment
• Managed UCS servers in a Windows 2003 - 2008 R2 Environment
• Upgrade/Modification of Cisco UCS Blade servers; 80% HP Proliant G series servers; Some Dell Servers;
• Worked with developers/vendors/users to implementation Test/Stage/Production environments for new applications; Troubleshoot existing replication/DR/cluster issues.
• Analysis and resolution of Dell Equallogic SAN Volumes design and implementation
• Migration/Upgrade and Support of, WIN 2003/2008 R2/2012 Ent. servers SQL 2008; VMware 5.x; Office 365, AppAssure Backup System; Various 3rd party internal applications.
• High level support for field technicians deploying Windows 7 on new laptops and workstations.
• Some PowerShell utilization for troubleshooting and configuration

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential, Ft Lauderdale, FL

Responsibilities:

• Brought on as Lead Systems Engineer in the analysis/recommendations and support of mixed Windows 2003/2008 R2 / Linux server environment; VMware 3.5, 4.x and 5.x; Exchange 2003/2010; Network Infrastructure; Network Security; Symantec BackupExec; HP Blade; HP SAN; Datacenter was mostly HP Proliant G Series Servers, HP Blade Servers some Dell and newly integrated UCS servers.
• Major Projects included but not limited to:
• Upgrade all Microsoft servers from WIN 2003 OS to 2008 R2; Troubleshoot/resolve long standing issues with Domain Controllers/Active Directory design; AD Management utilizing Powershell and AD GUI Management suite.
• Upgraded existing Solarwinds suite/modules; Added new maps and alerts for entire infrastructure. management utilizing tools such as Powershell and AD Management Utilities
• Added new blade servers to datacenter infrastructure; In corporate blades use of existing HP SANs; Retire/de-commission old hardware and replace with new servers; Relocate physical servers from remote sites to central datacenter; Design and create new clusters for new applications and systems
• Upgrade Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010; Upgrade Outlook 2003 to 2010; Create a centralized exchange archive infrastructure
• Integration of IIS 6-7 into existing Application environment; troubleshoot issues regarding IIS
• Complete upgrade of existing VMware infrastructure from ESXi 3.5 & 4.0 to 5.0; Upgrade hardware resource on all hosts; Upgrade all VM’s from WIN 2003 to current NOS; Add HA/DSR failover architecture; Add centralize data store to enable vmotion migration and cloning across VMware datacenters
• Upgrade of existing HP MSA 1000/1500 SAN environment; integrate new SAN into to share VM Datacenters; added, deleted, cloned and created numerous VM servers, workstations and SAN infrastructure.
• Re-structure the backup and disaster recovery environment by upgrading Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 to 2010; Replacing older tape drives with SAS and fiber technologies
• Windows 7 deployment and upgrades utilizing Acronis Server and/or Windows Sysprep Images
• Researched new implementation of Citrix Xenapp environment

Sr. Network/Systems Engineer

Confidential, Miami, FL

Responsibilities:

• From a high level perspective - Break/fix, Analysis, solutions recommendation for migration and integration of Netware/Groupwise 7 environment to WIN 2008/Exchange 2007 environment; SCOM
• Also daily support of environment which included break/fix, root cause of any/all issues related to existing Wintel/Novel/Cisco/Symantec environment
• Assistance in virtualization process utilizing VMware ESX 3 and 4
• Some PowerShell utilization for troubleshooting and configuration
• Troubleshoot root cause of issues relating to migration/application integration of various proprietary production and development software
• Troubleshoot and resolution of Citrix Xenapp Server Farm and VPN issues
• Break/fix solution for Novell Cluster and NDS issues related to migration
• Assisted in overall LAN/WAN datacenter planning and actual relocation of servers and equipment
• Assisted in Migration of EMC CX300 Fiber SAN to Dell Equallogic iSCSI architecture
• Assumed backup/restore duties using Symantec/Veritas Backup
• Assisted with VLAN, routing, and root cause analysis of Ironport Spam Appliance, Juniper

IT Consultant/ Sr. Network/Systems Engineer

Confidential, FL

Responsibilities:

• Design, installation and configuration of HP Blade PC’s and thin client infrastructure for major hospital Project to convert PC/Workstation environment to Blade PC's and thin client infrastructure, utilizing HP RDP. Core products include HP Blade PC deployment with WIN 7 OS and WIN XP PRO thin clients; Citrix Xenapp thin client; WIN 2003 and 2008 servers; WIN 7 OS; HP Session Allocation Management; HP/Altiris Remote Desktop Deployment Manager; MS SQL 2008; IT staff training and knowledge transfer.
• Dell ergonomic PC system deployment/ installation and setup for UM Hospitals, WIN 7 OS
• Break-Fix Engineer for HP systems for JP Morgan Chase organizations including support of all software packages; OS’s; Email Systems (Exchange 2003-2010); WIN 7 Image Deployment and migration.
• Security analysis, recommendation and installation project for Office Depot, utilizing Trend and Checkpoint products; P2V conversion involvement also.
• Deployment of WIN 7 Dell workstations for Citigroup business offices
• Conversion of WAMU branches to Chase banking system - Included upgrade and/or new image deployments
• Installation of Cisco WAP and thin clients; WIN 7 Wrkstn and Laptop deployment Okeechobee School Board

Network Engineer

Confidential, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Responsibilities:

• Setup and configured networks for new sites utilizing Cisco 1800, 2500 and 3500 routers/switches; T1 & ADSL connections; VOIP connections etc.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues relating to site turn up
• Setup & configured Sonicwall wireless router/AP device for wi-fi network; troubleshoot/resolve connectivity issues
• Setup configured workstations to connect to Muvico Domains; wireless and wired network connectivity; again troubleshoot all issues
• Documented new site network infrastructure using Microsoft Visio
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues involving TCP/IP; DHCP; DNS; SMTP;

Wintel Server Datacenter Break/Fix Engineer

Confidential, Miami, FL

Responsibilities:

• Performed a complete analysis and documentation of all equipment in Datacenter environment which included Production, Development, QA, Test, Email, Blackberry, and Web servers
• Created detailed documentation/report, and project plan for the replacement, upgrade, migration and decommission/retirement of Wintel servers into new Active Directory schema
• Implementation of above plan to upgrade/migrate/virtualize all servers, email system, OS’s and more. Included Lotus Notes, Exchange 5.5 and 2003 migraton to 2007.
• Utilized HP Openview for network monitoring - ticketing
• Frequent meetings with Business Owners, Programmers/Developers, and IT Team to discuss project status, issues and timeline
• Heavy Troubleshooting of all issues relating to above servers running - WIN 2003 Data Warehouse Servers; Oracle; Crystal Report; Web Server; Exchange 2003/2007 Enterprise Server; Blackberry Servers; Citrix Farm; Protocols including TCP/IP; EMC SAN; DNS;DHCP;SMTP;IIS
• Assisted in setup, configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco routers/switches; 1800, 2500, 3500, & 6500 series
• BACKUP/DISASTER RECOVERY - Troubleshot and resolved major backup issues with Veritas Backup Exec products; Created images of all servers; install/re-image new servers for production/development/test environment using Acronis, Ghost imaging software; Install/configure RILO cards on HP Proliant and Dell Poweredge Servers
• Troubleshoot issues with Data storage devices such as EMC SAN; NAS appliances
• Supervised EMC techs on any/all changes relating to SAN, configured Wintel Servers as related to HD space allocation ( production and development servers)
• Re-created MS Exchange 5.5 environment within WIN 2003 Advanced Server AD environment

IT Manager/Consultant

Confidential, Hollywood, FL

Responsibilities:

• Complete analysis of the Data/Voice/Network Systems infrastructure (LAN, WAN, hardware & software). Provided a comprehensive plan for companywide Systems upgrades and improvements, cost analysis and pros and cons of all modifications.
• Installed/upgraded all servers to WIN2003 Enterprise Servers w Active Directory
• Migrated Microsoft Exchange 2000 to 2003 Enterprise
• Support of companywide Citrix Metaframe cloud applications
• Installed/configured Blackberry Server; Installed/configured BES Client App on appropriate workstations; Integrated BES with MS Exchange 2003/AD; Added/configured all BB’s to the BES Server Admin
• Upgraded all existing PC’s & workstations to WIN XP; deployed new workstations; printers etc.
• Installation and configuration of Citrix on all workstations; Support production software such as MS Office 2000-XP; Adobe; Accounting; HR; Payroll etc.
• Upgraded all WAN infrastructures consisting of T1, Fractional T’s and ADSLs.
• Replaced all routers/switches with Cisco products; Installed/configured CISCO PIX firewalls
• Upgraded COMDIAL Phone System; Implemented MPLS and VOIP w/vendors; Re-designed all remote sites to in corporate all above listed changes.
• Designed & installed wireless network between remote sites and corporate location.
• Saved the organization tens of thousands of dollars with innovative ideas and specific skills in the design installation/configuration of Microsoft 2000/2003 servers and office products, telecommunications experience, backup & disaster recovery, WAN/LAN knowledge, Email migration, workstation build and desktop support, telephony systems and more.