SUMMARY:

• Experienced systems analyst with design experience in large infrastructure stacks, including routers, switches, servers, and storage.
• Accomplished systems administrator with 17 years of experience managing server infrastructure and data - center operations across multiple platforms (Windows, VMware, Linux, Unix).

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Server Operating Systems: Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012, SUSE Linux 10/11

Virtualization: ESX 3.5, 4.0 | ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5 | vCenter server 3, 4, 5, 6 | vCOPs | VMware View 5 | VMware Workstation 7 - 12 | ThinApp | vRanger

Client operating Systems: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10

Other Servers: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, AD Federation, Office 365 (Exchange, Lync, SharePoint), Novell IDM, AD auditing and backup software. Novell Mobility

Storage: 3 PAR, NetAPP, HP EVA, Dell Compellent

Server Hardware: HP DL rack mounted Servers and Dell rack mounted servers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Camarillo, CA

Sr. IT Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Technical lead for Virtualization platform, mainly VMware for a global organization with 30 offices in 22 countries. Standardized the VMware global foot print on 5.5 update 3.
• Traveled to remote offices for acquisitions and divestitures.
• Traveled internationally to move a 30 server data center to a new location.
• Created a new lab/legacy server environment so that the company could upgrade to AD 2012R2 while having a separate forest that would support clients that ranged from NT4 to Windows XP.
• Began a program to explore moving virtualization to the Open Stack platform.

Confidential, Ventura, CA

Office Systems Support Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Technical Lead and sometimes project manager on migrating County of Ventura departments from Edir to Active Directory. During these projects I have migrated approximately 6000 users to AD.
• Technical lead on VMware systems for multiple agencies for the County of Ventura. I currently manage 15 VMware hosts and over 240 Guest VM’s.
• Reduced VMware related outages over the last 5 years by 80% by redesigning network and storage components and implementing advanced VMware features such as Distributed Switches, vLAN tagging, Link Aggregation Control, Storage I/O, Storage DRS.
• Project Manager and technical lead to upgrade Active Directory from R2, then to2008R2, and finally to 2012R2 in an forest that contained multiple domains that has more than 13,000 user accounts.
• Part of the team that Migrated over 11,000 users accounts from Groupwise Email to Office 365.
• Teir 3 escalation for a number of server and enterprise application issues in a highly mixed network environment which consisted on NT4 through Windows 2012 Servers, Netware servers, multiple flavors of Linux and Unix. Supported 3 directory structures, AD, Edir, and Novell Identity Management directory.
• Gathered server requirements and performed network designs for new 911 System for Sheriff, a new GIS mapping environment, and other Sheriff systems that required new VMware hosts and guests.

Confidential, Oxnard, CA

Regional Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 3 Field Technicians who performed Desktop, Network, Server, and Application support at community banks in Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
• Lead multiple projects to install VMware, SANs, switches and AD upgrades.
• Designed complete networks for new startup banks including DHCP, DNS, Directory services, Exchange, and SQL.
• Managed day to day functions of all the equipment from Desktops to Servers, to networking equipment including patching, change controls, and backups.
• Performed DR assessments and tests.

Confidential, Westlake Village, CA

Technical Project Manager / Technical Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Acted as team lead for a group of 3 junior technical support engineers whose job it was to create internet banking sites.
• Install Internet Banking and Business Banking core products as well as add on products on Unix and Linux servers by using Unix commands and scripts to manipulate flat files of various types, such a diml, configuration and html.
• Co-lead project to consolidate multiple data sources for technical information into a single share point site.
• Develop and deliver technical though methods such as onsite and online classroom, one on one in CA and GA, and one on one on the job using desktop sharing though communicator or meeting place.
• Develop and update Standard Operating Procedures for department. By rewriting the Internet Banking Core Install SOP, I was able to reduce the installation time of when I first started this job from 14 to 16 hours to just over 5 hours for new engineers, also by doing this we cut cycle time from 8 to 6 weeks.
• Use TPS to improve efficiency in installation and operational procedures. Using these methods I was able to reduce installation time of Integrated Online Statements installations by 60 hours a year, reduced cycle time by 60 days, and increasing quality of install.
• Lead a team of 3 network administrators to convert 147 Financial Institutions from DUN to VPN connectivity.
• Assisted in project to upgrade production network infrastructure to allow 1.244 Gps internet connectivity while increasing security from DOS attacks on the front end routers and firewalls.
• Contributed to 4000 sq ft data center expansion in current location and planning on a 150,000 sq ft facility in Washington State.
• Performed work using ITIL principals in a change management environment.

Confidential, Westlake Village, CA

System Administrator - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked as the System Administrator for several branch offices on the west coast. Worked in a mixed NT4/2000/2003 environment.
• Performed day to day System Admin duties such as backups and change controls for environmental changes. Also maintained a NEC 2400 PBX with multiple predictive dialers.
• Migrated entire desktop network, approximately 225+ PC’s from win /XP
• Migrated server network from win .
• Upgraded Active Directory from
• Investigated VMware VDI solution. Installed ESX 3 on servers. Deployed desktops from the server. Prepped desktop applications to run in a VDI environment.
• Performed work using ITIL principals in a change management environment.