Summary:

• Excellent professional record for management positions in systems and network administration
• Extensive expertise in systems, network and Exchange administration and technical support
• Proven ability to train, evaluate, and lead successful teams of technical employees
• Demonstrated skill in systems design, engineering, and implementation
• Recognized as a creative and effective technical troubleshooter and problem solver
• Superb technical acumen with a wide array of systems, software tools, and protocols
• Strong communication, multitasking, and organizational skills in fast-paced IT situations
• Possess active Department of Defense Secret Security Clearance Good through April 2018
• DoDD 8570.01M IAT and IAM Level 3 Compliant

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• OS Experience: All modern Microsoft client server Windows platforms
• Public Key Infrastructure: Certificate Authority, Radius, TACACS, 802.1x, Soft Certificates, Token-based Certificates, Server Certificates, Digital Signatures, CRL, OCSP, TVA servers, LDAP servers queries
• Virtualization Experience: ESXi 4.x, ESXi 5.x, vCenter, vSphere, dvSwitches, vSwitches, Nexus 1000v, vShield, HA, DRS, VM's, Templates, Snapshots, Clones, Clusters, Datacenters, vCenter Update Manager, VEEAM
• Network Services: DNS, DHCP, WINS, Telnet, WWW, FTP, TFTP, SFTP, SCP, NTP, DFS, WMS, WDS, NFS, SNMP, SSH, Active Directory, Directory Services, Kerberos Authentication, Network Security, MS Clustering Service, IIS
• Messaging: Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, SharePoint Server 2003, 2007 MOSS , OCS, Lync 2010
• SAN Experience: EMC2 Clarrion, NetApp, DotHill, Dell EqualLogic, IBM XIV, Brocade fiber switches, Emulex HBA, qLogic HBA, MS iSCSI Initiator, PowerPath, Navisphere, Unisphere, HBAnywhere, SanSurfer, SAN HQ, Brocade Network Advisor
• Network Tools: Solarwinds NPM, NCM, SAM, NTA, Engineer's Toolkit, LAN Surveyor, IPSLA, Storage Manager, Virtualization Manager, IPAM , WhatsUp Gold, Symantec Ghost, Acronis, EMCO Network Inventory, Altiris, MS Migration Tools, NetPro Tools, NetIQ Tools, Quest Administration Migration Tools, CiscoWorks
• Information Assurance: Symantec, McAfee, eEye Retina REM, GFI LANGuard, Harris STAT, Hercules, Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer MBSA , Tenable NeWT, Shavlik HFNetChkPro, Internet Security Scanner ISS , MS ISA Server, SUS/WSUS, SMS/SCCM, DISA STIG Configurations
• Database Experience: MS-SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2008 R2 , Interbase, Firebird, Paradox, ReportSmith, Impromptu, Crystal Reports, Case Tools, xCase, Case Studio, ER/Studio
• Networking: Cisco Catalyst switches, Cisco Nexus switches, routers, PIX firewalls, IOS, PIX-OS, , NX-OS, vBrick Server, AN/CYZ-10, KIV-7, KIV-19, KG-250, ACLs, AAA, EIGRP, VPN, Port Security, 802.1x, Multicast
• Scripting: ObjectPAL, SQL, Basic .bat files , vbScript, LDAP, Powershell
• Office Software: MS Office 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 , MS Visio, MS Project, MS Frontpage, MS SharePoint Designer, MS Office Communicator, Corel WordPerfect, OpenOffice, Adobe Acrobat, GIMP, Confluence
• Hardware: Dell, HP, Compaq, IBM Servers, Workstations, Laptops, NAS, Tape Libraries, FC Switches, SAN, IBM BladeCenter, Server Racks, Printers, UPS, PDU's, KVM's, KMM's
• US Government Software: ADOCS, JADOCS, Falconview, Flying Squirrel, PSDS2 Terrasight, GeoCOP, Live Video Portal

Experience:

Confidential

Senior Systems/Infrastructure Engineer Consultant

• Assist organizations' single Exchange Engineer perform maintenance and optimization tasks on Exchange environment with 40K mailboxes and 50TB of database storage
• Assist infrastructure team perform VMware virtualization tasks, including installation, configuration and maintenance of ESXi hosts vCenter maintenance, VEEAM Backup services
• Assist infrastructure team perform hardware infrastructure installation, maintenance, and cleanup in the primary data center for the company

Confidential

Microsoft SME Consultant

• Advised development team on PowerShell cmdlets usage for next generation Exchange monitoring solution being built by SolarWinds
• Advised Product Program Managers on Exchange 2010/2013 monitoring implementation
• Redesigned multiple lab environments to enable live simulation testing of development team solutions
• Performed research documentation on Exchange 2010/2013 best practices, performance counters, and Exchange cmdlet optimization

Confidential

Senior Enterprise Systems Engineer

• Designed deployment of VMware ESXi 4.x/5.x, vCenter 4.x/5.x, EqualLogic virtualization environment to hub spoke sites throughout Iraq
• Provided principal technical guidance on AD forest/domain migration, collapse and restructure
• Created systems documentation for current and proposed future architecture, including AD, GPO, DNS, VM, Exchange, SCCM, SAN, and DFS. Developed multiple SOP's/TTP's for systems implementation and operations
• Redesigned implemented new PKI infrastructure based on OCSP Validation Authorities Responders
• Designed implemented Lync 2010 deployment with Exchange 2010 integration for DOD personnel at the US Embassy

Confidential

Enterprise Active Directory Engineer

• Supported Enterprise SCCM infrastructure for multiple networks with over 40K systems
• Installed and configured Central primary site servers within the SCCM hierarchy
• Performed SCCM hierarchy migration on multiple networks
• Designed new collections, queries, reports for better management capabilities
• Created deployed software distribution software update packages advertisements for IAVA remediation application deployment
• Provided Enterprise Active Directory engineer support for multiple classified unclassified DOD networks
• Created maintained documentation and performed projects to improve network security and optimization
• Provided support to multiple Regional NOSC as the centralized escalation point for all Systems AD problems

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer

• Responsible for network, systems, telephony, infrastructure, logistical support on the Phoenix Base Enclave
• Lead Engineer for multiple classified and unclassified networks with more than 8000 users, 5000 workstations, and 150 physical servers
• Developed numerous scripts Active Directory queries to facilitate improved management automate processes
• Lead engineer for Group Policy Objects GPO's , Organizational Unit OU structure, and user permissions
• Planned supervised complete forest-to-forest Active Directory, Exchange, Data, IP migrations on multiple networks
• Developed, implemented, maintained Distributed File System DFS structures for the various networks
• Key engineer for all hardware, software, Kerberos authentication issue resolution and configuration management
• Responsible for all OS third party patching using multiple network remediation tools
• Designed implemented backup disaster recovery infrastructure contingency plan
• Directly mentored all site personnel on NetOps procedures and protocols
• Performed course of action COA analysis for network/systems infrastructure upgrades. Additionally, performed COA analysis for personnel cuts/increases during base realignment
• Deployed, maintained administered multiple SAN solutions including: disk allocation LUNS Raid groups , resource management, and zoning of Brocade fiber switches and World Wide Names WWN's
• Responsible for greatly improving network security, stability, reliability resulting in a much more mature network infrastructure while enforcing DISA NETCOM standards for security accreditation

Confidential

Network Administrator

• Setup, maintained administered classified unclassified DOD networks for UAV operations.
• Installed PKI Certificate Authority on multiple networks for machine authentication digital signatures
• Installed, configured, maintained Windows 2000 Domain, as well as Windows XP Professional clients
• Performed vBrick 6000 configuration maintenance for servers and clients systems to receive multicast video
• Configured all servers and workstations in accordance with the DISA GOLD/PLATINUM standards
• Performed patch management OS upgrades for all servers workstations using WSUS and other tools
• Created and maintained intranet MS SharePoint website for use by site personnel
• Installed, configured, maintained Cisco routers, switches, and PIX firewalls, including the use of SNMP, SSH, AAA, EIGRP, and incoming outgoing Access Control Lists ACL's . Applied security standards in accordance with NSA regulations. Performed router switch IOS upgrades
• Shift supervisor responsible for all personnel and maintenance actions during 12-hour shift