Objective

A position in which I can utilize my years of experience and skills in the technology field as a manager or project manager.

Employment

Confidential

Team Lead Management

Manager of a small team up to 9 people designed to serve and manage Dynamic Quest clients. As manager I had to work with the team to implement company policies, solve client issues, and be a problem solver for inter-team or intra-team issues.

Act as a liaison between the company principals and the employees on my team.

Confidential

Network Engineer

• Since Dynamic Quest serves a diverse client group, I used my knowledge of Microsoft technologies Active Directory, Exchange 2007/2010 , other vendor tools, and my network skills to improve customer sites as well as standardize and improve their infrastructure through well-designed changes and server management.
• Project Manager for a project to setup a call center that implemented redundant storage and network connections. The call center is used by 75 employees and contains both physical and virtual servers.
• Experience with HP, Dell, EMC, and NetApp storage area networks.
• Deployed Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 for various clients.
• Implementing HP, Cisco, and Dell switches in new and legacy environments.

Confidential

Senior Network Administrator

• Senior Network Administrator for a growing metals conglomerate with 150 employees and estimated annual revenue in the 30- 50 million range.
• Managed the Jr. Network Administrator and an Analyst while also working as the Senior Network Administrator. Displayed ability to manage multiple and sometimes conflicting responsibilities.
• Planned and implemented a shift to VMware virtual servers.
• Designed, tested, and then implemented the migration from MS Exchange 2003 to MS Exchange 2007. Planned the migration from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 but I was not present to oversee that project.
• Prepared and implemented a shift from DAS to SAN storage in appropriate situations.
• Implemented Cisco Catalyst 3750 and 3560 switches for a VoIP project using multiple VLANs and subnets.
• Group Policy settings GPO optimization for Vista SP2 client computers.
• Managed VoIP project: New ShoreTel VoIP implementation including 130 IP phones, various ShoreTel ShoreGear switches.
• In-place upgrade from VMware ESX 3.02 to ESX 3.5 update 3
• Maintained and configured Windows 2000/2003/2008 servers, including domain controllers, application servers, and file servers.
• Maintained and continuously updated security/firewall policy using WatchGuard hardware.
• Designed and implemented a VPN network between our main office and 9 branch offices in other states using WatchGuard technologies.
• Planned and implemented upgrade of all Domain Controllers to a Windows 2003 environment.
• Planned purchase of network hardware to provide gigabit Ethernet to servers and workstations. Oversaw the deployment of all hardware.
• Developed our off-site disaster recovery site from the ground up and deployed network and servers to that location.

Confidential

System Administrator / Microcomputer LAN Specialist

• Maintained and configured six Windows 2000 servers, including a domain controller, DHCP server, specialized video servers, IIS web, and file servers.
• Within Windows 2000 Active Directory, designed and implemented the layout of OUs, including security groups, user profiles, Group Policies, and file security.
• Installed, tested, and engaged in user support including solving level-one, level-two, and level-three problems on Windows platforms for faculty and staff.
• Planned for and deployed video servers HP Proliant DL580 G2 .
• Migrated 5 servers and respective users from Windows NT 4 to Windows 2000 Server.
• Served as one of 12 administrators that planned and implemented the integration of Active Directory on the campus network 5000 users .
• Monitored, reconfigured, and maintained HP/Compaq and Dell servers.
• Designed and built MMC Taskpads to speed the resolution of user configuration problems in Active Directory Win 2000 .

Confidential

IT Help Desk/System Administrator

• Supported administrators and teachers in the use of computer technology.
• Hardware support included TCP/IP configuration, NT setup and configuration, and LAN connectivity troubleshooting, among others.
• Created users in NT domain and maintained the NT 4.0 Server.

Confidential

• Computer Science Instructor and Technology Liaison
• Performed Windows NT 4.0 administration, trouble-shooting of network and hardware problems.

Hardware

• WatchGuard routers: Firebox X1250e, X1000, and Firebox Edge models
• Cisco switches: Catalyst 3750G, 3560G, and 2960G
• SAN: Dell EqualLogic PS5000, PS6500, PS4100, PS6100 series iSCSI
• SAN: NetApp FAS2020 systems
• Dell PowerEdge 9th through 13th generation servers models R730, R720, R710, R610, R410, R310, 2950, 2850, 1950, and 2600/2650
• HP Proliant DL380 G3/G5/G6/G7 and Compaq Proliant DL380
• Several models of SonicWall devices, including the NSA 240, PRO 4060, SSL-VPN 4000.

Software

• Microsoft SQL 2008 experience
• VMware vSphere 4.x, 5.0 and 5.1 as well as VMware ESX 3.0 / 3.01 / 3.02 / 3.5 Enterprise
• Citrix XenServer 5.5 and XenServer 5.6
• Exchange 2000 / 2003 / 2007 / 2010
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2003 and Server 2003 R2
• Microsoft Windows PowerShell
• Windows Terminal Services
• Linux Ubuntu and CentOS 4.8 5.6
• Tools: PowerShell, Wireshark, grep, nmap, cscript on the Windows platform. Also vi, grep, awk, dig, nmap, and ksh/bash on Linux/Unix.
• Protocols: IPv4, IPv6, PPTP, IPsec, SMTP, Telnet, SSH, LDAP, DNS, DHCPv4, DFS, CIFS, SNMP
• MS Internet Information Services IIS 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, and 7.5