TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: HP and Dell servers RAID configurations HP iLO, Dell RACs Server Clustering Storage Area Networks KVM Switches F5 Big IP load balancers Network switches

Windows Operating Systems: (NT4, 2000 Professional, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 2000, 2003, 2008,2012)

Other Operating Systems: (VMware ESX Server 2.5, 3.x, 4.x, 5.x,Linux)

Enterprise Monitoring and Management Products: (BMC Patrol, Microsoft Operations Manager, HP Systems Insight Manager, Configuresoft ECM, Dell IT Assistant, System Center Configuration Manager)

Application Software: (vCenter, P2V Assistant, Platespin Power Convert, McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise, Symantec Antivirus, Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery, FileNet, SharePoint, Resin, VMware ESX/ESXi Server, vRanger Pro, Cloud Service Automation 3.x)

Enterprise Services: (WINS, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, & WSUS)

Microsoft Application Products: (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Visual Studio, Internet Information Server, SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2012, SQL Reporting Services)

Networking Protocols: (TCP/IP, FTP, SSL, TLS, NFS, NTP, SMTP, SNMP)

Programming Languages and Scripting: (C, C++, Java, Visual Basic Scripting, Visual Basic .NET, Bash, Perl, HTML, ASP, and ASP .NET)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Integration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate project meetings with clients to document hardware and software requirements
• Engineer Windows and VMware solutions to meet project requirements
• Document teh detailed technical design of teh proposed solutions
• Lead technical design reviews of proposed solutions
• Process infrastructure requests for project implementation
• Validate solutions prior to client handoff
• Assist with server hardware and operating system refresh efforts
• Assist with teh engineering and support of a private cloud solution

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead resource for capacity and performance architecture for teh application transformation team
• Utilized monitoring tools to provide monthly management reports on current and predicted application performance and availability
• Baselined server and application performance before and after configuration changes in teh environment
• Modeled predicted application and server performance over time for anticipated new customers accessing teh environment
• Provided independent analysis of infrastructure components to validate setup according to best practices
• Identified single points of failure within teh environment and provide recommendations to remediate

Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed test lab of 40+ workstations and peripherals
• Managed, monitored, & supported 100+ Windows servers and 10+ VMware ESX servers
• Managed SQL server databases for System Administrator applications
• Performed application installations, configuration, and documentation
• Troubleshot performance issues with developers, DBAs, testers & clients
• Scripted Windows post server build & server operating system configuration changes
• Engineered server virtualization environment using VMware vSphere
• Engineered and managed Active Directory environment
• Implemented backup management software and regular scheduled backup windows
• Wrote hardware and software automated reports for enterprise monitoring
• Provided hardware & software recommendations for purchases
• Maintained inventory for all task assets and government furnished equipment

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided assistance for data center migration efforts to meet deliverables
• Provided third level support for 50+ Windows servers
• Assessed current environment and provided interim and long term disaster recovery proposals
• Evaluated systems and provided engineering recommendations to improve performance & design
• Engineered a server virtualization solution for current environment

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed & monitored 3200+ Windows virtual servers & 500+ VMware ESX servers
• Designed teh ESX server platform & configuration
• Troubleshot performance issues with clients to optimize performance
• Scripted Windows & ESX server operating system configuration changes
• Provided third level support for all servers
• Engineered teh HP SIM monitoring environment

LAN Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed & monitored 800+ Windows servers & 25+ VMware ESX servers
• Provided second level support for all servers
• Managed teh BMC Patrol alerting application
• Engineered teh HP SIM monitoring environment
• Database administrator for three SQL databases
• Scripted operating system configuration changes
• Built physical & virtual servers according to business specifications
• Supported enterprise applications for printing, faxing, and paging

Confidential

LAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed & monitored 800+ Windows servers & 25 VMware ESX servers
• Provided second level support for all servers
• Managed teh BMC Patrol alerting application
• Engineered teh HP SIM monitoring environment
• Database administrator for three SQL databases
• Scripted operating system configuration changes
• Built physical & virtual servers according to business specifications
• Supported enterprise applications for printing, faxing, & paging

Technology Help Desk

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Answered technology help desk phone calls
• Entered help desk trouble tickets
• Performed Windows & Unix account administration