SUMMARY:

• Increase business efficiency and generate cost savings by developing powerful IT/cloud - based solutions.
• IT Strategy Alignment - IT Operations - Cost Management - IT Project Management - Optimization
• Cutting-Edge Technological Solution: Introduced a CAPEX reduction and extended refresh cycle by 24 months by shifting the desktop computing strategy.
• Reduction in Expenditure: Reduced annual capital expenditure at Confidential by introducing and implementing the “Virtualization Infrastructure model", converting existing Novell Netware eDir environment to MS ADS Virtual Infrastructure environment.
• Project/Agile Management, Technology Deployment, Cross-Functional Leadership, Strategic Program Development, Program Management, Contracts & Negotiations, Virtualization, SaaS/IaaS/PaaS, IT Strategy.

TECHNOLOGY:

HP Proliant Lines

HP, IBM, Dell, Dell Blades

Storage iSCSI, FC, NFS Arrays

HP SANs solutions

EMC Clarion CX series

Avocent KVM/Serial Switches

All SCSI RAID levels

HP BladeSystem c4000, c7000 Enclosures

Virtual Connect modules

NAGIOS XI Monitoring

Solarwinds 2020

Unix, SCO v 5.05, DG UX v 4.11

RHEL Linux 7.2

RH Linux ELS 4.5 Advanced Server

CentOS 7/8

Network Operating Systems

Netware, SUSE Linux, Windows Servers 2019, 2016, 2012R2, 2008R2, 2003R2, 2000, NT

Windows 10. Pro, Windows 7 Enterprise, XP Professional.

MS/DOS, MAC OSs.

PowerCLI, PowerShell, Python, Bash, Ansible.

VMware vSphere 7, 6, 5. 4, 3.5., 4, esxi, 3.5, Microsoft Hyper-V, XEN.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Austin, TX

Inside Solutions Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assist ISRs with product offerings and technical expertise with VMware products, vSphere, SRM 8.x, vSAN, NSX, vRealize Suite, Horizon. Contact and present, whiteboard solutions for customers needing to experience the digital transformation into a SDDC.
• VMware Cloud Provider, AWS, Private - Public Clouds migrations-integrations. NSX SD-WAN /Velocloud solutions.
• VMware, Windows, Linux DNS, DHCP Server configurations, IP Troubleshooting. VPN connectivity, IP SEC, SSH.
• VMware vSphere 7, esxi7, vROPs, vRA, Horizon 7, Workspace One, VMC on AWS, SRM 8.2, NSX-V LAB experience POC.
• VMware vSphere 6.5, 6.7 upgrades to vSphere 7, VCSA.

Confidential, Houston, TX

VMware/Windows/Netware/Linux Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assists in Novell Netware Migration into a new Windows Active Directory Environment, fully virtualized NOSs.
• Assesses, designs, plans, and implements virtual infrastructure environment utilizing vSphere 5.5 as a VMware platform, provides user/network support in a Novell/Windows/Linux environment, Exchange 2013 administration, O365.
• Windows 2008R2, 2012R2, VM Deployment and Configurations, MS ADFS, installation, and configuration. SUSE Linux 9, 10, 11 VM Deployments.
• Virtual Machine Deployments, Multi CPU Configurations, and Administration, VMware Horizon VDI deploy, configure.
• Windows, Linux DNS, DHCP Server configurations, IP Troubleshooting. VPN connectivity, IP SEC, SSH.Ms Migrations, Cloning, and Capacity Planning. Virtual Disks expansions, HW/SW installations, Updates. ESX Host Updates. Problem Troubleshooting, Resolution, Remedy System Tracking, RCA - Root Cause Analysis investigation/resolutions. PowerCLI esxi upgrades, PowerShell Doman join VMS. Basic Bash Shell scripting for CRON jobs Linux.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Systems Engineer/VMWare Administrator

Responsibilities:

• ESXi 5.1, 5.5, Hosts installations, Configurations, ADS Integrations, and SSO authentication. vCenter Server Design, Installation, and Linked Mode configuration.
• Deployed ESXi hosts utilizing VMware's Power CLI Scripting (Linux), as well as Windows PowerShell Scripting while provisioning Windows VMs. Windows 2008R2, 2012R2, VM Deployment and Configurations, SUSE Linux 9, 10, 11 VM Deployments.
• Virtual Machine Deployments, Multi CPU Configurations, and Administration, Exchange 2013.
• SCCM 2007, SCCM 2012 Server/WSs management, software distribution, software patching, OSs updates, patching, and configurations.
• VMs Migrations, Cloning, and Capacity Planning.
• Virtual Disks expansions, HW/SW installations, and Updates.
• Citrix Xen Server 6.5, Citrix Xen App 6.5, Citrix Server Farms, Installation, and configuration.
• ESX Host Updates.
• Problem Troubleshooting, Resolution, Remedy System Tracking, RCA - Root Cause Analysis investigation/resolutions. VMware VCP-DCV 6 and LAB testing, MS Hyper-V 2012 R2 LAB Testing and configurations. Google Web Services, Software as a Service/Infrastructure as a Service.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Systems Engineer/VMWare Administrator

Responsibilities:

• ESX 3.5, 4.1, Hosts installations, and Configurations.
• Systems Administration Windows Servers 2008R2, ADS configuration/administration. Systems Administration Windows Servers 2008R2, ADS configuration/administration.
• Problem Troubleshooting, Resolution, Remedy System Tracking, RCA - Root Cause Analysis investigation/resolutions.
• Support clients with systems administration, creation of user accounts, printers, Group Policies, etc.

Confidential, Sugar Land, TX

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Systems Administration Windows Servers 2008R2, ADS configuration/administration.
• ESX 4.1, Hosts, and VM Deployments on EMC FC & ISCI Compellent SANs. Network Troubleshooting, User Support. Avamar backup administration, VMWare Hosts, and VM troubleshooting. Data Migration from EMC Clarion (FC to iSCSI Compellent array). Conversion of several Netware 6.5 servers (edir) to MS ADS servers in a domain environment. Netware Volume data migration to MS Windows 2003, & 2008 servers.
• Windows, Linux DNS, DHCP Server configurations, IP Troubleshooting. VPN connectivity, IP SEC, SSH.
• Provided guidance and mentoring on VMs configuration and deployments, assisted in MS SQL Server 2008 (physical and virtual).