SUMMARY

A Senior System Engineer with an extensive background across a broad spectrum of experiences. Proven capabilities in troubleshooting, maintenance, and configuration of hardware and software dealing with servers and switches.

EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chantilly, VA

Sr. Windows Systems Engineer

• Maintaining the FTC Windows 2008 Active Directory production environment through project management and implementation
• Analyzing engineer reports to streamline processes and address environment challenges and plan future enhancement initiatives
• Teaming with the Cyber Security Officer (CISSP) to implement STIG’s within Windows environment and applications
• Using Tenable NESSUS scan reports to assist with network hardening initiatives and identifies security patch vulnerabilities
• Maintaining the Exchange environment and ensuring high availability by applying patches and verifying that it able to communicate with the internal user population and receive email transmission from external sources
• Installing and configuring VMware hypervisor operating system on HP BL450 servers within a C7000 blade enclosure and Dell stand on servers
• Management of the VMware hypervisor environment which includes ESX 4.0, ESXi 5.0 and ESXi 5.1 host using vCenter Update Manager and CLI
• Deploying operating system patches for physical and virtual machines using the vCenter Protect patch management tool
• Assigning Raw disk mapping to Virtual Machines via the vCenter management ver. 5.0 console
• Monitor Virtual environment resource usage using vCenter management console
• Creating and maintaining Microsoft Windows virtual machines using ISO files using the VMware vCenter management console

Confidential, Washington, DC

Sr. Systems Engineer

• Managing SAN storage volumes via HP P4000 Central Management Console(CMC)
• Creating server profiles and assigning storage space to those profiles via the HP4000 CMC
• Installing and configuring ESXi OS on HP BL450 servers within a C7000 blade enclosure
• Configuring and maintaining ESXI system and networking on HP BL450
• Assigning SAN Volumes to Virtual Machines via the vCenter ver 4.0 management console
• Converting physical server machines to virtual machines using the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone utility
• Monitor Virtual environment resource usage using vCenter management console
• Deploying, managing and migrating virtual machines using vCenter management console between SAN volumes
• Deploying patches using vCenter Update Manager
• Create and Maintain Active Directory Users and Security groups based on user ‘s granted access by management
• Maintaining the Exchange server stability by applying patches and verifying that it able to communicate with the internal user population and receive email transmission from external sources
• Maintaining Exchange 2003 environment by applying software patches while managing their user and mailboxes insuring proper maintenance
• Deploying operating system patches using the WSUS Software deployment systems
• Performing SQL Database administration functions such as user creation, database backup and restoration and the importing of queries

Confidential, Washington DC

Sr. Systems Engineer

• Maintain Active Directory Structure by monitoring domain controller replication of domain objects, security rights and Group policies information throughout domain
• Create and Maintain Active Directory Users and Security groups based on user ‘s granted access by management
• Maintain the Exchange server stability by applying patches and verifying that it able to communicate with the internal user population and receive email transmission from external sources
• Maintain server and workstation health by deploying anti - virus updates using Trend Office Scan
• Maintain Domain Naming Service (DNS) for the Industrial banks Active Directory environment
• Maintained Exchange 2003 environment by applying software patches while managing their user and mailboxes insuring proper maintenance

Confidential, Chantilly, VA

Network Field Analyst\Technician

• Assisted in the network assessment of the user population, workstation inventory and HW\SW deployment strategy of Wmata domain
• Assessed network bandwidth potential to determine best SW deployment strategies
• Created Microsoft Active directory Users and Security groups
• Created Exchange Mailboxes and associated them with a specific Active Directory User account
• Assisted in standardizing the user’s desktop environment based on Organization Unit assignment using Microsoft Group Policy and Active Directory Users and Computer

Confidential, Hunt Valley, MD

Sr. Windows Systems Engineer

• Implement and maintain Cisco Pix Access Control List (ACL’s) and Network translations for Dining Services department
• Configured and Maintain a dual internal and external DNS and WINS server for UMCP-Dining Services Active Directory Structure
• Implement, research and design the Current Active Directory Structure for UMCP-Dining Services department
• Maintain Active Directory Structure by monitoring domain controller replication of domain objects, security rights and Group policies information to file servers and workstations
• Monitor Firewall for unauthorized attempts to access UMCP- Dining Services network, load stability and performance efficiency for University of Maryland - Dining Services department
• Assessed network growth potential and recommend possible hardware and software upgrades based on company requirements and budget for I.T. related projects
• Research, plan and implement security solutions in the form of Mcafee Epolicy software along with Mcafee enterprise client software network Antivirus to harden the network infrastructure
• Deployed Operating System and Software patches through Software deployment systems such as WSUS and SMS 2003
• Assisted UMCP - Dining Services with configuring their Legato backup software by scheduling the backup of their data servers, application servers and domain controllers
• Implement and Maintain a Certificate Authority Server
• Maintained Exchange 2003 environment by applying software patches while managing their user and mailboxes insuring proper maintenance
• Implemented and maintain the MS Terminal Server, which remote users use to access UMCP network resources
• Configured, Implemented and Maintained the Barracuda spam firewall for the UMCP email environment

Confidential, Washington D.C

Sr. Network Engineer

• Researched and planned future projects related to network growth, security and stability of all Microsoft devices on the Domain
• Assisted Internosis engineers in designing and implementing initial and current Active Directory design of organizational units layout of active directory tree structure
• Researched, planned and implemented Citrix’s Metaframe XP remote access solution to provide licensed Microsoft suite products to the USDA home users
• Researched, planned and implemented Cisco Security Agent virus prevention solution into the USDA campus
• Researched, planned and implemented the Savin’s Ricoh digital imaging device for desktop scanning and fax capabilities for OSEC and OCIO users
• Applied group Policies to organizational units for mass desktop top manageability and security purposes
• Assisted with migrating users from exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 using the MS Exmerge utility
• Created users and groups within Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000

Confidential, Washington D.C

Sr. Network Engineer

• Assisted Microsoft engineers with migrating user accounts, data, shares and groups from NT4.0 to Windows 2000
• Assisted Microsoft engineers in designing and implementing initial and current design of organizational units layout of active directory tree structure
• Assisted Microsoft engineers in designing and implementing the pilot and current design of directories, shares and group layout within the active directory tree structure
• Assisted Microsoft engineers in designing and implementing the pilot and current design of the Microsoft XP workstation loads for the EOP campus
• Researched, planned and implemented SecurPBX biometrics voice recognition security solution for access to the EOP campus
• Researched, planned and implemented RSA SecurID security solution for access to the EOP campus
• Designing FDDI, Gigabit Ethernet, Token Ring and ATM LANs for production and test lab environments
• Planning and assisting with future development issues.
• Researching and planning future projects related to network growth, security and stability
• Troubleshooting network related outages dealing with the cables, servers, switches or routers
• Setup a master domain model network in which remote sites could be access from the main EOP campus site with NT4.0 and W2K machines
• Updating IOS version of the routers and switches
• Configuring and implementing switches into a Gigabit Ethernet LAN environment

Confidential, Washington D.C

Sr. Network Engineer

• Researching and planning future projects related to network growth, security and stability
• Beta testing software and hardware for implementation into a production environment
• Testing and configuring fiber channel cards connected to the EMC mass storage unit
• Troubleshooting network related outages dealing with the cables, servers, switches or routers
• Building and configuring RAID devices for use with network file servers
• Consolidating multiple user and data directories onto one powerful server
• Configuring Secure-Id security software for the dial-up authentication of EOP users into the EOP domain
• Routinely backing up and occasionally restoring files on NT Servers.
• Setting up W2K RAS\ROUTER connections for secondary sites connected back to Primary site.

Confidential, Washington D.C

Jr. Network Engineer

Duties included:

• Planned and assisted with future development issues.
• Beta tested software and hardware for implementation into a production environment
• Worked with a team to organize and propose plans for network improvements
• Managed NetWare and NT accounts within their respective Tree and Domain
• Managed Ccmail & Exchange accounts within the NT Domain
• Applied patches to the NT servers which improve overall performances of the machines
• Performed regular hardware upgrades and maintained to insure the server operated efficiently
• Prioritized and responded to calls made to the centralized help desk
• Beta tested software and hardware for implementation into a production environment
• Configured network services such as WINS, DNS, and DHCP for operations into new and established networks
• Performed some database upgrades to the T-series periodical database
• Imported records in the Tseries Database
• Performed regular maintenance and database upgrades on the T series periodical database

Confidential, Washington D.C

Network Administrator II

• Traced network connectivity faults from server to workstation
• Beta tested software and hardware for implementation into a production environment
• Installed/configured and maintain NT and Unix workstation and servers in a production network environment
• Setup user and group accounts under NT and Unix operating systems
• Prioritized and responded to calls made to the centralized help desk
• Built/maintained RISC-based workstations and servers’.
• Built and configured RAID devices for use with our network file servers
• Managed accounts and resources across trusted domains
• Managed security of network file servers at local and shared directory levels
• Manage NIS maps for Sun network configuration
• Backed up mission critical information and restored information when necessary
• Dealt with vendors for the purposes of product and price comparison
• Worked with a team to organize and propose plans for network improvements
• Implemented and configured a trust relationship between domains
• Installed and configured network printers and print servers in our NT domain

SKILLS:

Network Protocols : IPX/SPX, NetBIOS, TCP/IP, RIP, IGREP. BGP, OSPF

Hardware interface : X86 Motherboards and Processors, Pentiums I -IV Motherboards and Processors, SUN workstations and Servers, Patch Panels, Hubs, DATA Cabled, Extend Net printer Cards, Jet Direct Cards for Network printers, Barracuda Spam Firewall, Cisco 2501 routers, Cisco PIX515e, Cisco 2900 XL switches, HP BL450, P4000 San Storage unit

Operating System : AS/400, Microsoft NT 4.0, Microsoft W2K Professional, Microsoft XP, Windows 7, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008, Novell Network 4.1.1, SUN v.5, Solaris v.4, Solaris v. 5.1.

Application Software: Microsoft Office 95 - 2010, Microsoft BackOffice, PC Support, Client, Exchange 2000 & 2003 &2010, Lotus Notes 4.6-5.1, Backup Express7.1, Legato Backup, Arcserve Backup, SMS 2.0 & 2003, Ghost imaging,, MS Terminal Services, Citrix Metaframe XP, Mcafee epolicy orchestrator, Trend Micro Office Scan, Radius’s Secure ID ACE Authentication SW