Systems Administrator Resume Profile
New York, NY
PROFILE
Senior Information Technology Professional with 15 years of achieving positive bottom-line results through strategic project management of small and large scale global office relocation's, organization of new office construction, and IT infrastructure design, planning, and implementation. Illustrated a strong knowledge of IT operations and skilled leadership in management of high-performing teams. Consistent in project execution and on-time logistical delivery directed to the highest level of customer satisfaction.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential A hospital that specializes in cancer care, heart services, orthopedics and women's health. Stamford Hospital is a major teaching affiliate of the Columbia University College of Physicians Surgeons. Systems Administrator
Confidential Ita is an international bank with operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia, providing services in a wide range of business segments. HelpDesk Analyst
Confidential A hospital that specializes in cancer care, heart services, orthopedics and women's health. Stamford Hospital is a major teaching affiliate of the Columbia University College of Physicians Surgeons. Associate Desktop Support/Systems Administrator |
Assistant Vice President Desktop Support/Systems Administrator-
- I was the direct business partner for the Equities and Clear Par products providing 24 hour assistance in Dell desktop, Hp Windows's server and VMware support as well as any application issues in QA and production upgrades.
- I provided Tier II Desk side support to the NY employees and remote support to 3000 international end users across the US, Europe, and Asia led training sessions on processes via Web-Ex and Glance.
- Using IBM Tivoli I developed corporate Windows Security patching system managed patching of 3000 global servers, PC's and virtual machines each month and reported processes over company intranet.
- In collaboration with other teams performed the strategic build-out of new IT infrastructure, organized virtualization of servers, consolidation and integration of offices, contributing to the reduction of the datacenter footprint by 80 within 8 months.
- Condensed deployment process for standard Windows XP PC's and Windows server builds to only a few hours by using VMware, Altiris, Acronis, and ILO technologies and Powershell.
- Along with the Service Desk and various products administered successful migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 using Altiris and Acronis and end user also post migration support from the normal end user to the Executive level.
- Strong knowledge of Windows Terminal Servers, Windows XP and 7
- Created and implemented 'Change Control tickets as per ITIL guidelines.
- Created numerous 'How to' documents on standard PC, server builds, Terminal server clustering, application packaging, and deployment verification on the company's intranet.
- Performed Systems Administration creating users, OU's, proactive PC/Windows server maintenance, GPO's etc
- Mentored and held classes to teach the Service Desk various deployments practices, Remote access to support the end user and resolutions to Office and proprietary software.
Confidential
- Created Welcome package with instructions for the new end user and 'How to documents' for new or relocated users gaining access to the network and other various network resources.
- Researched and resolved server and desktop related issues within SLA studied and evaluated new technologies for integration into the infrastructure.
- Planned and implemented the global decommission of the Symantec Livestate Servers and associated services on PC's.
- Performed Windows Server maintenance onsite in the datacenter.
- Organized employee relocations of PC's and installation of hardware switches and servers through collaboration with Windows Server and other teams.
- Performed Systems Administration creating users, OU's, proactive server maintenance, GPO's, etc
- Provided Audio/Visual support for WebEx and Meeting Zone for conferences.
- Provided Windows 7/Windows Server support from end users to Executives.
- At times I would have to support 15 users due to a software/application upgrade or GPO change w/o an Approved Change Control Ticket and investigate what, how or who caused the outage.
Confidential
A firm providing expert Technology Project Management and Technology Consulting Services through experienced Subject Matter Experts to Fortune 1000 corporations, small and medium-sized businesses.
Technical Consultant Systems Administration/Desktop Support/Project Manager
Confidential
- Performed surveys and scheduling, and assessed project estimates while adhering to strict budgeted costs of approx. 800 thousand dollars.
- Organized and led meetings with general contractors to establish progress of new office space, proper procedures for equipment moves, cable pulls, LAN room cabling, electrical specs and constraints.
- Planned and oversaw logistics in preparation of moves including the supervision of core drilling for conduit, risers, cable and fiber pulls as well as post testing of pulls using Fluke technology.
- Worked in most LAN/Server rooms for server, Cisco installs as well as patching.
- Executed large scale office to office company relocations into workspace under new construction for institutional and retail divisions, contributing to average churn rate of 1000 positions annually.
- Provided Windows desktop support to traders and other end users
- Managed vendors and contractors during build-out of new office space during the relocation of 500 employees to a new facility.
- Managed 30 support technicians and executed installation and post move testing of all computer-related hardware.