Systems Administrator Resume Profile
CAREER SUMMARY
Systems administrator and analyst with more than 20 years of comprehensive experience including managing IT projects and IT support. With a proven ability as a leader, I have gained extensive experience in desktop and user support, helpdesk management and computer operations. With key skills in multi tasking, excellent oral and written communications and displaying a positive and professional attitude, I have demonstrated success in identifying deficiencies, potential opportunities, and developing innovative and cost-effective solutions for enhancing competitiveness and improving customer satisfaction.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential
Systems Administrator
Responsibilities and Expertise:
- Responsible for overseeing and identify all day to day service desk operations.
- Considered expert regarding computer requirements, techniques and procedures.
- Collaborate with external auditors to conduct in-depth compliance audits and penetration testing
- Knowledge of security policy and procedures.
- Provide premium IT services to senior management and support staff.
- Recognized as the technical expert for software, hardware and peripherals as well as operating systems.
- Serves as primary point of contact for all task and support services
- Act as the recognized senior system administrator pertaining to subject matter including the incident, escalation, and resolution of helpdesk request.
- Coordinate with management and service support groups across organizational boundaries regarding frequent and reoccurring technical issues.
Achievements:
- Introduced a stand-alone air condition unit to the server room leading to a reduction of computer heat related failure. This introduction has led to a huge reduction of idle time and lost productivity
- Responsible for halting a server room renovation by introducing alternative variables that long term would have violated OSHA code
- Recruited to establish and manage enterprise-wide information-security program
- Recognized for outstanding leadership and served as acting senior system administrator for a six month period
- Implemented a redundant heating ventilation and air conditioning unit HVAC as a backup unit to prevent heat related stress failure for servers, router and switches
- Hand selected employees to analyze all critical systems and developing reports to document systems vulnerabilities, and recommending appropriate solutions
- Created company policies and procedures governing corporate security, email and Internet usage, access control, and incident response
Confidential
Systems Analyst
Expertise and Achievements:
- Expertise in configuring, installing and troubleshooting: print server, printers, plotters and network cards
- Coordinated hardware and software installations and upgrades to ensure work was performed in accordance with company policy and changes were in accordance with appropriate operating procedures
- monitored troubleshooting and provided recommendations and resolutions
- Configured, installed and upgraded hardware and software interface with the operating systems
- Troubleshoot connection problems including user access and component configuration
- Part of a large team of technical analyst responsible for database administration to ensure connectivity and compatibility between systems
- Experienced in customizing computer systems for enhancing the users satisfaction
- Assisted to improve processes and workflow
- Managed and maintained print servers and all peripherals equipment including
- o Scanner, Network Xerox copiers, HP 9200 digital scanners, Lexmark, Samsung, Plotter and HP Printers
- Configured, installed, and upgraded hardware and software interface with the operating systems
- Managed networking and database administration to ensure connectivity and compatibility between systems
- Mentored new analysts to meet schedule proficiency needs
Confidential
Operations Center Manager
Expertise and Achievements:
- Evaluated HVAC systems and implemented changes to conserve energy
- Supervised four dispatchers and three computer operators
- Reviewed, modified and implemented programming changes to building automation system to ensure efficient and effective system operations
- Prepared financial expenditure for 23 commercial office buildings and 1 apartment complex totaling over six million square feet
- Supervised the usage of four energy management software systems that were responsible for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning of all the 23 commercial office buildings
- Trained staff and developed training and responsibility parameters for continual operation
- Performed backup and restoration of critical system files including the maintenance of archives
- Worked alongside energy management software developers to create a program that reduces operation costs following a rolling electrical power brown-out A mandatory curtailment of electrical power due to high usage demand