PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• A passionate IT professional with over 17 years of enterprise IT experience would love to become key member of your IT team and help your organization grow and stay competitive with my ideas and skills as a Cloud Solutions Architect, Virtualization & Systems Architect/Engineer.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Alpharetta, GA

Senior Infrastructure Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead Architect for Confidential ’s private and hybrid cloud design and architecture
• Architect IaaS, IaaS+, PaaS Hybrid and public cloud deployments with Azure/ Rackspace and design systems to meet functional and non-functional infrastructure requirements
• Create, review and approve enterprise architecture, systems engineering and managed services design packages for converged and hyper-converged architecture
• Peer advisor for new team members, provide peer reviews
• Guide engineering staff throughout teh provisioning, build and delivery phase and Solve complex enterprise datacenter and cloud challenges and problems
• Adhere to corporate IT security policies and enforce enterprise architectural standards and principles, global product-specific guidelines, usability design standards, provide feedback on engineering methodologies, standards and leading best practices
• Datacenter and server consolidation/migration
• Administering and supporting cloud provisioning automation tools, automation workflows
• Interface and collaborate with global IT teams, 3rd party vendors and business stakeholders
• Architect and design virtualization, cloud and converged integrated infrastructure solutions for:
• Networking: Cisco Routers, switches, firewalls (ASA) and Loadbalancers (ACE, netscaler)
• EMC VMAX Symmetrix, 10K, 20K, 40k and v3 100K, 200K SANs, ViPR SRM architect and design
• Hardware: Dell Blade Servers
• VCE VBLOCK Converged Infrastructure
• Cisco UCS Blades/Cisco Nexus Switches (5K, 7K)
• Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (IAC) Cloud Management Platform (CMP)
• VMware ESXi / vSphere virtualization software, vCenter / vCAC / vCOPS / SRM
• Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure design, management and support
• Microsoft Active Directory Design and Management (Server 2008 R2 - 2016, ADFS/SSO/IAM)
• Windows Server and SQL 2008 R2, SQL 2012 R2, SQL 2014, SQL 2016 failover clustering
• Microsoft Exchange, O365, Skype for Business architecture and design
• PKI/SSL certificate management and automation (venafi)
• Backup and Disaster Recovery (Tape, D2D, Veeam, NetBackup, BackupExec, VMware vSphere Dataprotection, SRM)
• Cyber Security Defense and Threat Management architecture design (LogyRthm, Splunk, CarbonBlack, Fidelis and ServiceNow)

Confidential - NYC/DC

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate and administer issues related to VMware ESXi/Vsphere hosts and storage
• Upgrade VMware datacenter environments to latest version and migrate VMware VCenter servers to latest version of software patches and security fixes
• Troubleshoot and fix issues related to VMware Vsphere/ESXi and Microsoft Active Directory
• Guide team members throughout teh upgrade and patching process (from planning discussions to implementation)
• Solve complex issues related to VMware vSphere clustering, HA/DRS, Storage, performance and networking

Confidential - Alpharetta, GA

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, administer and manage issues related to systems and storage (Production & Development)
• Architect IaaS, IaaS+ and PaaS systems to meet functional and non-functional infrastructure requirements
• Establish, meet and maintain PCI compliance and security integrity controls
• Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software problems associated with customer facing hosted cloud payment 24/7 transaction processing solutions
• Design and implement solutions to complex technical problems
• Ensured backups are performed and validated by frequent restore tests
• Datacenter consolidation, server, storage and application migration
• Administering and supporting cloud provisioning automation tools
• Analyze, troubleshoot and resolve highly technical networking, OS, Clustering and Virtualization issues
• Cisco Firewall (ASA 5510/5520) management and support (failover, redundancy, VPN)
• Cisco Routers and Switch management and support
• F5 LTM and Cisco ACE application load balancer support
• Performing system administration activities on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and/or Windows Server
• VMware Virtualization (ESXi hypervisor, vSphere, SRM) design, build, deploy, migrate and troubleshoot VMware vSphere HA/FT/DRS, networking, storage, performance, security & auditing issues
• VMware vSphere upgrades and patching
• Microsoft Active Directory ( R2) plan, design, build, manage and support (Group policy, Domains and Trusts, ADFS/SSO/IAM, SSL Certs)
• Microsoft SQL Failover clustering (SQL R2) deployment, management and support (physical and virtual) design and implement AlwaysOn, AVG, FCI, multi-node in multi-datacenter
• Windows PowerShell/PowerCLI scripting/Automation tasks
• Storage Area Network (SAN) design, management and support for EMC VMAX 10 and VNX SAN (unisphere), HP 3PAR SAN and Dell Compellent SANs
• Brocade Fibre Channel Switch SAN zoning, storage/LUN provisioning, troubleshooting, monitoring
• Backups (Veeam, vSphere Data Protection (Planning, deployment, configuration and management)
• Network and Systems monitoring (Nagios, Tripwire, Webmetrics, Nimsoft, Cacti)
• Linux Administration (Redhat/CentOS)
• Enterprise IT Systems documentation and Visio diagrams
• Participate in On-Call rotation, including weekend support/changes/updates.
• Dell PowerEdge & HP Prolient Blade Servers
• Train peers on storage, vmware, MS AD, etc. and interview potential new hires

Confidential - Atlanta, GA

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architect IaaS, PaaS systems to meet functional and non-functional infrastructure requirements
• Manage (24/7 on call) enterprise IT, LAN, WAN and datacenter operations
• Enterprise IT Project Manager - manage IT projects directed toward strategic business objectives.
• Devise and deliver technology roadmap for enterprise IT, drive more value through technology strategies in targeted areas, including technology infrastructure
• Datacenter consolidation and server migration
• Manage enterprise IT Datacenter and product selection, purchasing, inventory and deployment
• Work directly with teh President, CEO and members of teh senior management team to ensure teh organization’s objectives are fulfilled to teh highest possible IT standards
• Interacting and working with both internal and external customers and vendors on issue resolution and new on-boarding
• Storage Area Network (SAN, NAS, DAS) design, architect, implement, manage and administer (networking, RAID, components) SAN storage and LUN provisioning (10GbE iSCSI, NFS, CIFS)
• SAN Storage and vmware backups using disk based solution and Tape Library
• Virtualization Architect - Spearheaded enterprise virtualization initiative using Vmware vSphere: design, architect, build, deploy, migrate and troubleshoot VMware vSphere HA/FT/DRS, networking, storage, performance, security & auditing issues
• Cisco Network Architect: Research, acquire and deploy enterprise cisco networking products
• Deploy, configure and manage Cisco ASA Firewalls, VPN Appliances, Routers and Switches (IOS Upgrades, VLANs, QoS, Access Lists, etc.)
• Microsoft Active Directory ( R2) plan, design, build, manage and support (Group policy, Domains and Trusts, Replication, ADFS/SSO/IAM, SSL Certs)
• Microsoft SQL Failover clustering (SQL R2) deployment, management and support (physical and virtual) design and implement AlwaysOn, AVG, FCI, multi-node in multi-datacenter
• Windows PowerShell/PowerCLI scripting/Automation tasks
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and 2010 management, implementation and support (architecture design, build, deploy and migrate)
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 multi CAS (CAS Arrays), High Availability (DAG) deployment and management
• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and FTP Web Servers setup and management
• F5 BIG-IP 3DNS/LTM/GTM Load Balancers deployment, configuration and management
• Linux Administration (RedHat, CentOS, etc.)
• Troubleshoot T1 circuit line issues, submit trouble tickets to teh service provider
• IP Addressing and Subnetting
• Wireless Network and enterprise Security (WPA, WPA2, AES, IAS/RADIUS) setup and support
• IT Auditing
• TrendMicro OfficeScan Neat Suite Advanced for enterprise setup, deployment & management
• Web Filtering and Web Proxy deployment and management
• Implement HR and timeclock solutions with IP enabled Biometric devices
• Barracuda Anti-Spam Appliance deployment, configuration and management
• Enterprise WAN and LAN DNS management
• Research and development - Test and evaluate enterprise software and hardware
• Research remote hosting and collocation for enterprise IT infrastructure
• IT Documentation and user guides and creating extensive network Visio diagrams
• IT infrastructure move, tactical and strategic planning
• Remote campus office support
• Point of contact for enterprise IT issues
• Facilitate Learn Center Training to all new University Faculty
• Recommend enhancements and modifications to Learning Platform and other technological features central to teh teaching/learning process
• Member of teh Provost’s Council and Administrative Council

Confidential - Gainesville, GA

Systems Engineer / Cisco Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• WAN / LAN Operations and Support - worked extensively with networks based on TCP/IP networking concepts and Cisco Products
• Cisco Network Engineer: Research, acquire and deploy enterprise cisco networking products
• Deploy, configure and manage Cisco ASA Firewalls, VPN Appliances, Routers and Switches (IOS Upgrades, VLANs, QoS, Access Lists, etc.)
• Wireless Access Point deployment and management
• Circuits - worked with T1, circuits with multiple providers using Frame Relay as backbone and ISDN backup circuits. Troubleshot circuit line issues, submit trouble tickets to teh service provider for support and worked with other voice/data services running on cisco infrastructure. CPE configuration and installation
• Microsoft Active Directory Design, architect, management and support (Group Policies/GPOs, permissions, sites and services, trusts)
• Microsoft Exchange Server management, implementation and support
• Microsoft Windows Failover Clustering
• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and FTP Web Servers setup and management
• Storage Area Network (SAN, NAS, DAS) design, architect, implement, manage and administer (networking, RAID, components) SAN storage and LUN provisioning
• Virtualization: Design, implementation and support of virtual environments for VMware ESX/Server/Workstation
• Server Builds and deployment
• Server management, Audit and daily checklists
• Data Backup and Disaster Recovery
• TrendMicro Anti-Virus for enterprise setup, deployment & management
• Barracuda Anti-Spam deployment, configuration and management
• IT Documentation and user guides for various software and hardware, etc. as well as creation / editing of extensive network Visio diagrams for upper management and IT department
• Remote client and remote warehouse support and remote troubleshooting of teh issues related to VPN, citrix, remote desktop, FTP, etc.
• Client Intranet website builds and support based on Windows SharePoint Services as well as Windows SharePoint Portal Server

Confidential - Atlanta, GA

Network Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Standardized systems setup / installation
• TCP/IP based LAN/WAN support
• Hardware & Software build, deployment and migration
• Support for end user applications
• Windows 2000 setup / Active Directory support
• SAN Storage and Data Backups and Disaster Recovery
• Administrative tasks, project planning/completion, Equipment Inventory