OBJECTIVE

Hardworking, experienced IT professional skilled in systems engineering/administration, and technical support in corporate environments.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

VMware Engineer

• Member of NYSE Technologies SAE Commercial Engineering Team.
• Responsible for the installation, configuration and support of Bare-Metal and Virtual Windows 2008 R2 servers for NYSE Technologies Compute on Demand COD Customers.
• Use of HP Onboard Administrator OA to, administer/manage Blade chassis, HP ilo to administer HP BL460c G7 Bare-Metal Blade servers and HP Virtual Connect, to provision the networks presented to the Blade servers for COD customers.
• Use of VMware Cloud Director vCD to provision customer Virtual servers for COD Virtual addition customers.
• Administration and management of COD vCenter environment that hosts vCD.
• Administration and Engineering of COD global Active Directory environment including, account maintenance of AD user and computer objects, AD group policy objects GPO and rights delegation.
• Administration of InfoBlox DNS servers that host cod.nyx.com DNS zone for COD AD.
• Administration of COD SCCM and WSUS to deploy software and patches to Windows 2008 R2 Virtual and Bare-Metal servers.
• Configuration and testing the subscription of Multicast Market Data feeds on Windows 2008 R2 servers from NYSE's SFTI Production network.
• Configuration and testing of CIFS file share network drive mappings from EMC VNX SAN arrays.
• Use of NYSE Service-Now to submit Change Requests, submit Tickets, update Asset information, and resolve Incidents.

Confidential

Sr. Systems Admin

• Responsible for the monitoring, engineering, documentation, and installation of Con Edison's Primary and Alternate Energy Control center network infrastructure including switches, servers, firewalls and client machines.
• Installation and configuration Microsoft SQL 2008 R2 server to host SEPM databases.
• Implementation of Windows 2008 R2 Datacenter server, HyperV role service to administer Virtual Machines.
• Planned, and implemented internal domain infrastructure upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003 server R2.
• Implementation of VMware ESXi 4.1 and VCenter Server lab for evaluation and testing.
• Installation and administration of Cisco 3750 network switches for Con Edison's primary and alternate Energy Control Centers. Configuration of switch failover technologies such as HSRP, Ether-Channel
• Planned and implemented the bulk deployment of IBM X 3650 servers with the use of imaging technology.
• Implementation and configuration of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager SCCM , to handle patch management and software installation for server and client machines.
• Implementation and configuration of Symantec Endpoint Protection on all Windows machines on the network.
• Planned and implemented RSA Authentication Manager 7.0 upgrade.
• Implementation and configuration of Avocent DSView software to centrally monitor and access IP KVM switches on the network.

Confidential

Consultant/Network Admin

• Installed, configured and troubleshoot Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2003 Small Business server, for clients, including configuring Active Directory, Group Policy, DHCP, DNS, OWA, File/Print Services, MS Exchange server 2003/2007, Kerio Mail Server, Blackberry Enterprise Server, and various 3rd party client/server applications.
• Installation and configuration of Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition, Windows SUS 2.0 and 3.0 on clients servers.
• Migrated clients existing data, and application databases to new server. Also used the Active Directory Migration Utility to migrate users, groups and computer accounts from one domain to another domain.
• Joined client PC's to corporate domain, and configure local users profile to connect to printer and network shares, manually or via group policy/logon scripts.
• Configured corporate email for various clients including, configuration of Network Solutions and EasyDNS for Internet/WAN domain Naming conventions and MX record assignment. These duties also include the installation/configuration of Exchange 2007/2003 server, and configuration of Outlook profiles as well as internal/external OWA corporate email access.
• Installation and Configuration of Barracuda Networks SPAM firewall for Email filtering.
• Installation, Configuration and registration of SonicWall Firewall appliances for WAN-LAN communication including SMTP email delivery, external Terminal service access, VPN access, SonicWall Intrusion protection and Network Antivirus services for various small to medium sized clients.
• Installation and configuration of Cisco 1841/2811 routers and Cisco 2960 Switches for LAN communication and internet access. Configuration and assignment of separate VLANS for each client and WAN bandwidth allocation via Packeteer.
• Perform weekly/bi-weekly maintenance on client's servers and PC's including checking Event Logs for errors/inconsistencies, monitoring clients Windows Updates via WSUS, checking Symantec Backup Exec for errors, and checking Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition for client viruses/threats and for consistent Virus Definition updates.
• Configure and setup Blackberry Enterprise Server, Treo, and SmartPhone/PocketPC to receive client's corporate email and to synchronize user's contacts, calendar, notes etc..
• Installation of Windows 2003 server Enterprise x64 and configuration of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 for the deployment of various Windows XP/2003 virtual machines for clients.
• Completed project involving the promotion of a Windows 2003 Small Business Network to a Windows 2003 Enterprise AD structure. This project included the transfer of FSMO roles from the SBS server to the Enterprise Server, and the transfer of user data, Exchange Mailboxes, from various servers to multiple Virtual Servers.
• Completed project involving the migration of a 32 bit Widows 2003 server to a 64 bit Windows 2003 R2 Server including the migration of user data, file shares, network printers, and the transfer of users mailboxes from an Exchange 2003 server to an Exchange 2007 server.
• Document work orders, completed projects, and configure schedule via ConnectWise PSA over the internet.

Confidential

Desktop Support Technician

• Serve as first and second level support of desktop related problems in a 200 user environment.
• Troubleshoot research, diagnose, document, and resolve technical issues surrounding Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
• Set up workstations and laptops for new employees manually and via Symantec Ghost.
• Configure systems, ensure network connectivity, printing ability, and install and test hardware and software.
• Install and provide technical support for MS Word, Excel, Outlook, AS/400 Emulator, Credit System Emulator, D B Rating Plus, RAPID credit system, and Chase Lockbox applications.
• Documented and tested consistency of HP ProCurve Gigabit switches, patch panels, and network ports.
• Sketched and outlined lower level and 3rd floor telecommunications and network connectivity plan via Microsoft Visio.
• Configure and troubleshoot LAN problems relating to TCP/IP addressing.
• Configure and troubleshoot Inter-Tel phone system database PBX system.
• Created, deleted and moved users phone extensions and voice mailboxes via InterTel database.