SUMMARY

• Information Technology Professional offering a strong academic background in System Administration/Engineering combined wif significant experience in customer service.
• Experience wif VMWare, Active Directory, Group Policy, and windows security.
• Proven ability to create and deliver solutions tied to business growth, organizational development and systems/network optimization.
• Skilled problem identifier and troubleshooter.
• Comfortable managing systems, projects and teams in a range of IT environments.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provisioning physical and virtual servers using best practice configurations wif an emphasis on security, performance, and high availability
• Diagnose and resolve issues wif hardware/software and escalate complex problems when necessary
• Support data center operations such as rack/cable management, electrical and environmentalmonitoring
• Migration from Windows 2008 server to Windows 2012/2016 server using VMware
• Migrate File Servers while keeping all permissions and file drives the same & configuring encryption
• Data backup and recoveryoperations wif Veeam (set up low disk space alerts/email notifications)
• Manage users/permissions using Active Directory

SERVER ADMINISTRATOR

Confidential, Kensington, MD

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for deployment and maintenance of Windows operating system based servers
• Installing and configuring software, and patch remediation
• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all server resources
• Assist wif Active Directory configuration and administration
• Provide Tier III/other support on an as - needed basis
• Apply patches and updates to networking equipment, mitigate security vulnerabilities andinstall and configure applications
• Provide administration oversight for day-to-day activities in G-Suite admin Console

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Confidential, Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

• Configure, monitor, upgrade and maintain systems hardware, software and related infrastructure
• Manage Windows network (users, computers, printers, etc) wif Active Directory
• Provide day-to-day Assistance to systems' users
• Build, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Servers and Virtual Machines using VMware vShpere
• Manage on-premises Exchange 2013: user and mailbox management
• Performing daily, weekly and monthly maintenance backups, reviewing server logs for potential issues, as well as by ensuring that anti-virus software and security patches are routinely updated and functioning.
• Built and deployed migration from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
• Built and deployed migration from Exchange server to Office 365.

CYBERSECURITY GRADUATE STUDENT

Confidential, Adelphi, MD

Responsibilities:

• Practiced wif various Cyber security tools used in attack mitigation like firewalls, Anti-Virus etc
• Reviewed Source fire device IDS Logs, Security incident and event management
• Participated in user awareness training
• Scanned systems for vulnerabilities using Nessus
• Observed the process of IDS log reviews, incident response, Malware scans and forensics
• Observed implementations of network security products such as firewalls, IDS, McAfee encryption technologies, etc.