Professional Summary

• Experienced IT Professional specialized in architecting, designing, implementing enterprise solutions and or transitioning the workloads to new reference architecture. Microsoft certified and Patent awarded Perl Developer.
• Technologies: Microsoft, VMware, Linux, Equal - Logic, NetApp, Dell, HP, IBM and Perl
• Industries and Markets: High Tech, Energy, Oil Gas in both Midstream and Downstream, Healthcare, Financial, Government, Space, Aviation and Travel.

Professional Experience

Confidential

• Assist application developers with overall system design. This includes security, data flow, firewall rules and virtualization considerations.
• Conduct workload reviews for post virtualization optimization effort.
• Created physical to virtual migration plan and managed the implementation of the strategy.
• Develop and document procedures and processes for server delivery, compliance and configuration management, security patch deployments, antivirus definition distribution and system recovery.
• Provide 3rd tier support for the following applications: VMware vCenter, vSphere 4.1, 5.0, 5.1 5.5, Site Recovery SRM, Operations Manager, Update Manager and Protect. BMC Server Automation, IIS, Citrix, MS SQL and MS Active Directory.
• Oversee the day to day operations of CPL's Virtual Infrastructure environments. Reference architecture for these environments include: HP Intel Hosts, NetApp iSCSI storage and Cisco Nexus.
• Provide technical expertise to projects or operational initiatives in the Control Center's PCN.
• Maintain knowledge of Chevron Information Risk and Information Protection standards, policies and controls. Conduct system scans and control reviews of all systems.
• Compliance assessor for infrastructure systems and SME for internal or external audits.
• Infrastructure consultant for Chevron's Advanced Leak Detection efforts with the Jack / St. Malo Platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Media link regarding this capital project.
• Complete Application for Expenditure documentation for new projects. This includes working with Project Managers to develop opportunity statements, risk assessments and mitigation plans.
• Technical Lead for BMC Server Automation Project which included working with the vendor and overseeing the end point agent deployment. Component template coding and testing.
• Infrastructure capital and operation budget forecasting.
• Frequent travel to remote sites.

Confidential

Consultant

• Developed Perl scripts for Chevron IRM Security audit. The application automated large amounts of the Windows Systems reviews which included 210 distinct controls for Windows Operating Systems.
• Installed and configured Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager and migrated all Windows PCN Systems to the new version. The SCADA Application vendor had numerous requirements.
• Designed and implemented patch management solution and processes using VMware vCenter Protect.
• Designed workflow processes and worked with SharePoint developer to implement a Security Patch Deployment Approval site. This allows micro level approval for Chevron Pipe Line's SCADA application with high availability requirements.
• Completed Network Management System migration and created new roles based access control lists utilizing active directory groups for improved security.
• Participate in numerous projects regarding new applications and technologies.
• Sr. Systems Engineer for VMware Upgrade Project which included redesigning reference architecture for all the storage systems, site recovery services, update manager and 10g connectivity.
• Numerous ongoing IP Evergreen tasks related to Information Risk Management IRM for both hardware and software in the PCN.
• Wrote several scripts using Perl to automate administrative tasks and report system information.
• 2nd and 3rd Tier support for existing virtual environments and other infrastructure applications which include MS Active Directory, vCenter, Operations Manager, IIS and Citrix.
• Frequent travel to remote locations.

Confidential

Consultant

• Review and implement improvements for customer's Active Directory deployments.
• Troubleshoot Active Directory issues related to replication, DNS, DHCP and WINS
• Windows Server 2003 2008 support
• VMware 3 4 installation, support administration
• Hardware installations using HP DL series servers
• Enterprise antivirus installations using Kaspersky
• Virus infection remediation
• Exchange 2010 migrations
• File share setup and migration to centralized storage units
• Small Business Server 2012 migrations
• Patch deployments, administration reporting
• Automate administrative tasks and system reporting using Perl Scripts

Confidential

Sr. Systems Engineer

• Tasked with helping the company grow and expand its IT infrastructure to support larger customer base in additional markets
• Team lead for Server Support and Exchange Messaging Team
• Assisted with data center re-location project and completed several key tasks on time
• Completed preliminary plan for network VLAN redesign project and managed the implementation.
• Created the server delivery process that reduced server delivery time. SharePoint hosted several forms, which improved this process. Furthermore, it gave managers a uniform way to get equipment. Most servers were racked, cabled, OS installed and QA'd in 2 business days once all the requests were approved.
• I wrote and updated the Windows Server build guide. This made Windows Server OS installs more consistent by providing instructions for installing MS Windows 2003/2008 on both physical and virtual hardware.
• Additional automation of the Windows Server provisioning and delivery process was also achieved by several Microsoft Windows Active Directory Group Policies implemented
• A VMware Physical to Virtual assessment was completed. The output was used to size the target environment meeting both technical and business interoperability requirements
• I designed and installed VMware Farm, which ran ESX 3.5 on Dell M605s within a Dell M1000e Blade Chassis. Four stacked Dell M6220 switches were included to talk with the Dell EquallLogics iSCSI SAN. An upgrade to vSphere 4.1 was completed within 9 months of implementation
• Planned all physical to virtual migrations and provided oversight in the migration effort.
• Provided day to day support for the overall VMware vShere ESXi environment
• Maintained Active Directory Group Policies, Login Scripts, Profiles, Home Directories, Global Security/Distribution Groups and Global Address List updates using self-developed scripts.
• Implemented several scripts to assist supporting Active Directory, system performance, event log error reporting, local administrator group membership and disk space usage
• Wrote and implemented the daily operational readiness review check list
• Reviewed, tested and or implemented several infrastructure applications that included Microsoft Windows 2008 Active Directory, System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Office Communication Server, 2007 MS Exchange 2010, RightFax, MS Terminal Server 2003 2008, OpManager 8, Kace, Shavlik NetChk, Norton Endpoint and secure FTP
• Implemented Dell NX3100 and migrated 10 TB of data to the device
• Tested and installed the Dell EqualLogic 6510 iSCSI SAN for SQL Server HA environment
• Configured Symantec BackUp Exec to backup SAN snapshots

Confidential

• Infrastructure Architect Application Services Consolidations Migrations SCON . Clientele includes American Express, Ameriprise Financial Planners, Novartis V D, First Data Corporation, Capital One Finance, Swedish Post, IBM Global Account, Reed Elsevier, Avis Car Rental, Hertz Car Rental, UTC Fire Safety, Lam Research, Norwegian Cruise Line, HealthNet, Amgen, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
• Microsoft Active Directory SME and Microsoft Windows Server Specialist for server migrations, conversions and workload consolidations.
• Completed initial AD service offering and worked with other SME's to further refine process and procedures by which AS C M could compete in this area.
• Completed large Microsoft Windows Active Directory implementations, migration and or separation projects
• Participated in sales calls as an Microsoft Windows Active Directory SME
• Evaluated client enterprise systems using IBM Tivoli TADDM, ISI SnapShot and SCMD Script Collected Manual Data
• Lead Architect on multiple concurrent inventory verification projects which included system affinity and utilization collection
• Completed inventory verification reports and presented findings to customer or client executives.
• Acted as an Automated Data Collection SME in sales calls which lead to closing several revenue generating projects
• Routinely worked with Project Executives to assist with defining Statements of Work and Documents of Understanding
• Worked with Project Managers to define project schedules and task assignments
• Wrote SQL queries for DB2, MySQL and MS SQL to automate reporting
• Wrote many applications that helped automate system data collection using Perl and MySQL
• Define target architecture for server consolidation or migration projects both physical and virtual environments
• Size workloads and define target resource allocation for migrations
• Filed a patent application for A Process and System for Comprehensive IT Discovery Without Credentials .
• Traveled frequently

Confidential

Systems Engineer

• Design, deployed, and administrated Windows Active Directory for SMB
• Installed and configured Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 which includes Exchange 2003 and SharePoint
• Server installs, hardware migrations, software upgrades patch management, network security, and managed antivirus solutions
• Set up Group Policies for server/workstation management
• Wrote and implemented low cost applications which used email to report pertinent system management information or environment monitoring
• Systems consultation where budgets were an issue
• Business application consultation
• Application development using open source products
• Administration and support for databases both Microsoft SQL and MySQL
• Secure 802.11 network design and implementations
• Design and implementation of remote access or VPN solutions

Confidential

Systems Engineer, Sales, Pre-Sales Engineer

• Design, sale, and integrate industrial/enterprise wireless solutions utilizing Motorola Canopy Technology and other 802.11 devices
• Wrote applications to monitor and collect SNMP statistics from various network devices
• Design, sale, and integrate cost efficient digital video storage solutions servers

Confidential

Systems Engineer for Confidential

• Provided level II III Windows Server support for large multi-site enterprise with tens of thousands of users
• Participated in testing and integration project for the initial Windows 2000 Active Directory for Shell OPUS
• Lead systems engineer on many NT 3.51/4.0 migrations to Windows 2000
• Created a process for migrating NT3/4 local groups to Windows 2000 servers
• Supported an enterprise NT4 print environment that included 7 servers with 1,400 queues. This was later migrated to a Windows 2000 cluster and allowed the standardization of print drivers.
• Wrote an application to deploy Shell's Trust Domain security policy onto Windows servers. The compiled Perl script was executed on 1,400 servers and automated the configuration of 65 information risk management controls.
• Developed and implemented a process to automate the migration of 9,000 roaming user profiles
• Did initial testing and integration of SAN for Microsoft Windows SQL Server environment
• Senior support engineer for Shell's Cross application application running on Oracle 9 which facilitated Shell's North American Gasoline Transportation Resources .
• Wrote many scripts and designed processes that significantly reduced resource hours performing manual administrative tasks
• Created scripts which automated the process to collect software installed on systems for software standardization projects
• Created Server Event Log monitoring software that notified responsible resource when a server logged an error
• Assisted with testing and integration of patch management products
• Shavlik / patch management administrator for Windows Servers
• Managed a problem ticket queue and was in the on call rotation
• Regularly participated in change management meetings
• Participant in numerous Service Restoration Teams

Confidential

Systems Administrator and Technical Support Engineer

• Provided Windows NT4.0 systems administration for South West Region, which included Dallas, Denver and e Houston office
• Assisted with office expansion project that included new cabling for data/voice
• Implemented IBM FlexiMOVE System for office hoteling project
• Completed desktop/laptop OS migration from Windows 9x NT 4.0 to Windows 2000
• Created and maintained all client desktop OS images. To deploy images to client computers a hard drive duplicator was used.
• Standardized the South West Region on Veritas BackUp Exec 8.0 and enabled email alerts to decrease administrative effort. Administrated back up and restores in each of the SWR offices.
• Many client desktop software upgrades. The larger ones included MS Office 2000 Lotus Notes 5.
• Routinely wrote how to documents to share with the team on lessons learned. These were shared with other team members.
• Installed and configured Enterprise Norton Antivirus solution. This centralized AV administration and alerted staff when a system was infected.
• Automated OMS software updates on a monthly basis.
• Installed new servers and migrated data
• Managed security and access to network shares print devices
• Responsible for the creation and maintenance of groups
• Wrote scripts to monitor disk space utilization
• Created and maintained logon scripts
• Print device administration, maintenance, and installation
• Updated server/desktop firmware or BIOS on as needed basis
• Managed problem ticket queue
• Provided telephone support for helpdesk

Confidential

Technician

• Sales and installations of Windows NT4.0/2000 based systems for small/home office customers
• In house PC repairs, upgrades, custom system builds
• Data migrations and print solution installations
• Onsite service calls and post project support

Confidential

Systems Administrator

• Designed and worked with vendors for initial Ethernet deployment
• Installed and configured all routers and switches
• Installed, administrated and maintained all servers and desktops
• Created and administered user accounts, email, network shares, printing, remote access, and website

Confidential

Systems Engineer

• Installed servers and desktops for small companies
• Migrated customers from peer to peer networks to a NT4 Client Server Model
• Data migrations to newly installed equipment
• Installed Server based fax solutions
• Set up internet access for small business using ISDN
• Post project customer care and support