Virtualization Engineer Resume Profile
Charleston South, CarolinA
Summary
Thoroughly experienced and driven professional with more than 10 years of experience delivering quality, on-schedule results, able to thrive in independent and leadership capacities. Adept at driving the design, development, and management of total systems hardware, software, and infrastructure swiftly identify issues and proactively implement changes. Penchant for accurately documenting technical procedures by simultaneously defining and developing systems, products, and processes. Excellent communication skills to liaise with staff and clients. Active security clearance.
Highlights of Expertise:
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Technical Proficiencies:
Virtualization | VMware: vSphere, vCenter, View Citrix: XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer, Provisioning Server |
Platforms: | Microsoft Windows Windows Server 2003/2008 Mac OSX Xserve, Xsan Linux Red Hat Enterprise: Satellite Server, Puppet |
Networking / Administration: | Active Directory: DNS/DHCP, Group Policy Symantec: Ghost, Backup Exec, Enterprise Vault, Endpoint Blackberry Enterprise Server NetApp fc,cifs,iscsi Dell Equallogic iscsi Promise HP SANS PowerShell PowerCLI Cisco Routers/Switches/Wireless Manager/VPN SonicWall PRO/NSA Symantec Mail Security Fusion Parallels ADmitMAC Centrify ExtremeZ-IP |
Applications: | Microsoft Office Suite Atlassian Kaseya Spiceworks TrackIT Remedy Adobe Creative Suite Magic Helpstar Dynamics Full Circle Great Plains Porini Cisco Unified Call Manager / Inter-Tel Session Manager Trend Micro Enterprise |
Professional Experience
Confidential
Virtualization Engineer
Key Projects:
Confidential
- Deliver Wyse zero clients to the end user, providing profile unity, application packaging, and infrastructure builds with Liquidware Labs, ThinApp, and Dell/NetApp.
- Implement system updates and modifications through change management process.
- Provide back-end VMware View/vCenter infrastructure support for servers and services mentor and cross-train team on current and new technologies.
- Deftly manage escalated requests and resolve emergent issues.
Confidential
- Held main focus on designing and building secure Citrix XenApp Farms inside STIG environment for classified and unclassified networks, consolidating services across the country.
- Created virtual infrastructure within vCenter, collaborating with integrators/developers to install and test new services with dev/test/prod environments.
- Successfully balanced multiple simultaneous projects with great attention to detail.
Confidential
- Drove development of Application Virtualization Hosted Environment AVHE project, which standardized the delivery of application updates and new capabilities.
- Technologies included VMware HA clusters, datacenters, datastores Citrix XenApp, Web Services, Edgesight and Microsoft tools SQL servers, DNS / DHCP, Enterprise Server, Domain Controllers .
- Set up HP chassis and blade servers configured server profiles, storage paths, and network VLAN uplinks.
Confidential
- Configured VMware clustered environment and utilized PowerShell, Puppet, and Satellite Server to virtualize and deploy over 300 Linux Red Hat servers for naval web applications.
- Set up Dell chassis and blade servers for Netapp storage, and configured RSA keys for SSH authentication.
- Implemented DoD Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts for patching errata and ensuring security.
Confidential
Network Engineer
- Administered network support and configuration for company's California headquarters, providing top-quality service to users at three remote sites. Transferred current infrastructure to local cloud datacenter with virtual environment running Citrix Xenserver. Provided enterprise virtual solution by balancing session loads between six servers interfaced with clients to identify and resolve needs.
- Installed and maintained comprehensive upgrades and new solutions, including firewall, spam filter, email archive migrated environment to Exchange 2007.
Confidential
Network Administrator
- Configured 5 new virtual domains for licensed companies from a single domain oversaw relocation of 400 users to new 200,000 sq. ft. building, including newly created network.
- Virtualized Exchange 2007 Server, Domain Controllers, file/print servers and FTP servers.
- Excelled as integral member of 3-person IT team, supporting 4 clothing brands O'Neill, Lost, Rusty, and Metal Mulisha for world premier action sports licensing company. Provided a full range of network expertise for 200M business comprised of 400 users, nationwide sales reps, and 2 distribution centers. Managed desktop software/hardware in completely virtualized Mac and PC environments. Trained users on new network features. Configured backups, configured access rules through firewall, and wrote all server backup jobs.
- Additional technical experience as Network Administrator, Computer Engineer, and Senior Helpdesk Analyst.
- Education and Training
- Computer Information Systems College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
- Associate of Science in Computer Network Administration Keiser University, Melbourne, Florida