Summary

• Solutions-oriented IT Infrastructure Leader with notable success directing a broad range of corporate IT initiatives while participating in planning and implementation of infrastructure and information-security solutions in direct support of business objectives.
• Demonstrated capacity to implement complex initiatives that drive productivity and strengthen the organization.
• Hands-on experience leading all stages of information technology projects, including requirements definition, design, architecture, testing, and support.
• Outstanding leadership abilities able to coordinate and direct all phases of project-based efforts while managing, motivating, and leading project teams.
• Adept at developing effective policies and procedures, project documentation and milestones, and technical/business specifications.

Skill

• Core Competencies: Systems Engineering Microsoft/Linux SAN/NAS administration Datacenter management Data Integrity/Recovery Disaster Recovery Planning Contingency Planning Research Development Regulatory Compliance Risk Assessment Business Impact Analysis Cost Benefits Analysis Network Systems Security.
• Platforms:
• OS:Microsoft Server 2003/2008/2012, UNIX Solaris , Linux Red Hat, Debian-based , VMWare 3.x/4.x/5.x, Microsoft Virtual Server.
• Hardware: IBM, Dell Poweredge, HP ProLiant, Sun, NetApp FAS/vFiler, EMC DMX/Clariion/Celerra/Centera, EqualLogic, IBM Fast-T, Oracle ZFS, HP ProCurve, Cisco 2000-series/3000-series/6000 Catalyst series/Nexus, HP tape libraries, Dell Powervault tape libraries, Scalar tape libraries, Virtuozzo.
• Networking: TCP/IP, MPLS, BGP, IPSEC, OSPF/EIGRP, VLAN, CIDR, WPA/WPA2, Ethernet, VPN, SSH, SNMP, iSCSI, FCoE, Fibre Channel, SecureID, PGP, PKI, RAS, RADIUS, Kerberos, Novell, ISO/OSI, IPX/SPX, SNA, SMS/SQL.
• Certifications: Master of Science in Information Assurance, CISSP, MCSE 2003: Security, MCSA 2003: Security, Security , MCTS: Sharepoint, VMWare virtual capacity planner, CCNA lapsed 2006
• Tools and Applications: VMWare Virtual Capacity Planner, Kaseya, HP OpenView, Orion Solarwinds, Dell OpenManage, WhatsUp, Altiris, Norton Ghost, McAfee, Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003/2007/2010, Microsoft Sharepoint Portal, Microsoft SMS/SCCM, Microsoft MOM/SCOM, WSUS, Microsoft Office System including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint , Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Outlook , Microsoft Project, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Goodlink, SQL Server 2000 and 2005.
• Security Technologies: Tenable, Trustwave, Nessus, NMap, Kismet, Wireshark, Snort, Watchguard, Cisco PIX, Cisco ASA, Cisco MARS, McAfee, Tripwire, CORE Impact, Websense, Bluecoat, iPrism, Surfcontrol, Barracuda, Checkpoint, RSA, Quest, Retina, nCase, System Galaxy and Securenet Physical Access systems, IronMail, ArcMail, Zix Secure Mail, Tumbleweed, Veritas Netbackup and BackupExec.

Professional Experience

Confidential

Sr. Systems and Networking Engineer

• Oversee all aspects of datacenter operations for the company, including servers, storage systems, data networking systems, virtual environment, power infrastructure, HVAC, and physical security.
• Build, implement, manage and administer Windows 2003/2008/2012 and RHEL 5 servers including Microsoft Active Directory/Exchange environment and Oracle.
• Build, implement, manage and administer Dell data switching systems, including design of IP scheme, VLANs, hardware purchase and install, and logical topology for a multinational WAN.
• Provided on-site management of datacenter facilities upgrade, including installation of new floor system, rewiring of datacenter, and HVAC improvements.
• Manage VMWare 3.x/4.x/5.x virtualized environment, including capacity planning, environment audit, P2V evaluation, migration, administration.
• Design, implement, administer IBM Fast-T and Dell EqualLogic storage systems, including LUN provisioning, fibre fabric configuration, tiered storage configuration.
• Manage systems and networks engineer group, provide mentoring and training as needed. Conduct project planning and project management. Act as technical team lead for the entire IT group, including deskside and helpdesk engineers.

Confidential

Head, IT Infrastructure Full time

• Oversee all aspects of datacenter operations for the University, including Windows-based and Linux-based servers, IBM storage systems, power infrastructure, HVAC, and physical security.
• Provide information security design and implementation including IPS, policies, monitoring using Cacti and Nagios, log/SIEM, antivirus, technical writing.
• Security SME during rollout of web content filter system and wireless network authentication implementation.
• Provided on-site management of datacenter facilities upgrade, including installation of new floor system, rewiring of datacenter, and HVAC improvements.
• Oversee virtualization project, including capacity planning, environment audit, P2V evaluation, and migration.
• Manage server-side engineer group, provide mentoring and training as needed. Conduct project planning and project management.

Confidential

Systems Engineer Full time

Provide system architect services for clients, to include Windows-based, Linux-based, and Unix-based server design and provisioning, network design for Cisco and HP based networks including Cisco Nexus hardware storage and backup architecture for EMC, EqualLogic, Buffalo, Veritas, Commvault and Microsoft DPM information security design and implementation including IPS, policies, monitoring using SCOM, Solarwinds and Altiris, log/SIEM, vulnerability monitoring, antivirus datacenter design and management technical writing. Support virtual desktop environments, including Citrix/Xenapp. Supported virtual server environment, including VMWare ESX/ESXi and VMWare capacity planner assisted in preparation for P2V conversion of 600 server environment.

Confidential

Systems Engineer - Consultant

Recruited to provide systems and network support. Duties included supporting hardware including Dell Servers and WatchGuard firewall appliances. Also supported Windows Server 2000 and 2003 operating systems. I was also tasked with performing a security audit of the infrastructure environment, including hardware, operating systems, applications, wired and wireless network, and disaster recovery.

Confidential

Infrastructure Project Engineer - Consultant

Recruited to analyze complex proprietary VoIP telecommunications system for the corrections industry. Duties included analysis of hardware including Dell Blade Servers, operating systems primarily Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , software environments including BEA Weblogic, Apache Web server, and Oracle RAC, and various proprietary applications for call processing. I was also tasked with developing and implementing projects using Microsoft Project to improve redundancy and stability of the environment.

Confidential

eCommerce Infrastructure Manager - Consultant

Led systems team responsible for supporting the eCommerce server environment. Responsible for the support and management of more than 200 IBM servers running Server 2003 including Exchange 2003, to include McAfee antivirus, patch management using WSUS, systems and network monitoring using WhatsUp and Orion Solarwinds, security monitoring using iPrism web proxy, TripWire, also storage including IBM, NetApp, and EqualLogic, data backups using Veritas NetBackup, disaster recovery, and database management. As manager, provided Tier-III support for Cisco PIX, network design, and systems architecture services. In addition to the management role, also provided information security support, including PCI compliance support and policy management, intrusion detection management on Cisco MARS, and vulnerability management using Nessus, NMap, TrustWave and Tenable Security Center. Also managed Sun SPARC/SunOS environment.

Key Contributions:

• Initiated and led project to implement new storage environment to replace aging IBM SAN.
• Member of security committee tasked with reviewing and updating PCI compliance policy sections.

Confidential

Systems/Network Engineer - Consultant

Contractor for Perot Systems. Provided systems engineering support for the Department of Education contract. Held 5c/Interim 6c government security clearance. Assisted during data center migration, as Dept. of Ed moved from their Maryland location to Perot's Plano data center. Also provided Active Directory administration for 10,000 seat network, including upgrading the entire forest from 2000 mixed to 2003 Native mode, as well as concurrent change to similarly-sized Exchange 2003 schema. Used Dell OpenManage as part of inventory effort.

Key Contributions:

• Provided on-site support during migration, including due diligence and inventory at Dept. of Ed. Data center.
• Served as Subject Matter Expert for Active Directory and Security matters.

Confidential

Systems/Network Engineer and Network Manager Full time

Started as systems engineer, supporting entire corporate IT environment. Rebuilt entire systems network from the ground up, including server rebuilds on Dell and Intel-based Sun hardware, hardware and software migrations, Macintosh support, storage upgrades for EMC Clariion CX300, data backup using Veritas Backup Exec, system upgrades. Implemented monitoring and management systems including Microsoft SMS and MOM/SCOM, and Dell OpenManage, and provided security technology implementations including Snort IDS, BlueCoat and Barracuda web filtering, ArcMail and Ironmail, Cisco ASA. Supported Microsoft Virtual Server and VMWare ESXi. Supported Debian and Red Hat Linux Servers. Implemented and managed VPN system and RADIUS server. Implemented and managed secure wireless networking, including WPA/WPA2 access points, as well as managing wireless vulnerabilities using Kismet and Wireshark. Managed Blackberry and Goodlink servers, and Microsoft Project server. Supported clustered SQL 2000 implementation, and migrated to MSSQL 2005. Supported Altiris and Sharepoint Portal Server. Supported physical access systems such as System Galaxy and SecureNet. Led project to convert environment to thin-client desktops, using Citrix foundation. Promoted to Network Manager, eventually managing 20 engineers covering systems, networking, telecommunications, and database support.

Key Contributions:

• Through supporting the IT department, made it possible for the company to achieve million-dollar days, and to grow from 250 employees to over 800 in less than 2 years.

Confidential

Systems Engineer - Consultant

Systems engineer supporting entire corporate IT environment. Supported ZixMail secure mail transfer system, including implementing TLS encryption. Managed Watchguard Firebox firewall. Implemented and supported internal and external web portal based on Sharepoint Portal Server. Implemented HP blade server installation and migrated server environment to blade servers using HP OpenView. Managed Microsoft WSUS patching system. Supported servers in Virtuozzo virtual environment. Supported Exchange 2000 mail system.

Key Contributions:

• Achieved Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist certification for Sharepoint Portal 2003.
• Implemented internal/external Sharepoint portal installation, allowing external clients better access to their health insurance information