TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows 2012 Servers, Windows 2008 Servers, Windows 2003 Servers, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Linux.

Applications: All versions of MS Office, MS Outlook, Groupwise, Lotus Notes, Rumba, Veritas Backup Exec and NetBackup, ControlSA, HSF, Arcserve, Reflection, Paradigm+, Winstall, Sysdiff, Wise, Visio, Storage Central, SAS

Network Administration: Active Directory, VMWare, BladeLogic, Altiris, BigFix, MS Systems Management Server, MS Exchange Server, MS SQL Server, MS SNA server, MS DFS, MS Internet Information Server, MS Index Server, MS Small Business Server, MS Proxy Server, DHCP Services, DNS Services, WINS Services, MS Cluster Services, Windows Terminal Services, Citrix MetaFrameXP

Languages: Powershell Scripting, NSH Scripting, .Net, Visual Studio, C, C++, Assembler, COBOL, Pascal, DBASE III & IV, SQL, Visual Basic, ASP, KIX, HTML. VBScripting, PERL Scripting.

Hardware: HP, IBM, Dell hardware and Blade server systems. HP, DELL and IBM Laptops. HP and EMC SANs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Merrill Lynch, Chicago

Senior Network Consultant / Senior Systems Engineer

• Responsible for support and maintenance of 5000+ Windows 2012, 2008, 2008R2, and Windows 2003 Enterprise Servers performing Web services, SQL Services, File & Print Services, Application services running on both physical and virtual server environments.

• Build, administer and manage multiple VMWare ESXi, ESX 3.0 and ESX 2.5.x environments including backend storage setup on SAN, vMotion between hosts and DRS. This also includes deploying Windows server OS across multiple VMs.
• Administer and manage BladeLogic 8.3.3 environment for software distribution and windows patch management.
• Build, administer and manage various clustered SQL and file servers in both Active/Active and Active/Passive environments. The clusters range from 2 nodes to 4 nodes. Provide DBA level SQL server support in case of the absence of the DBA.
• Administer and support multiple Microsoft IIS 7.0 and 7.5 servers including setting up and configuring websites.
• Researched, implemented, setup and support HP Storage Works EVA 8000 series SANs with multipath redundant fabrics. This includes configuration of HBAs on the servers, configuration of zones for the servers on redundant Cisco fabrics, setup and presentation of the LUNs on the SAN. Also included is the daily clone and backup of the LUNs.
• Researched, implemented and support virtualization technology with VMWare ESX 3.0 and 2.5.3 servers and Citrix Xen Server 5 on all the Web and File servers. This includes setting up multiple virtual machines running Windows 2003 Enterprise server, mounting SAN LUNs on the VMs, and setting up NLB between VMs on separate physical ESX and Xen servers.
• Researched, implemented and support Citrix Netscaler 9000 series devices for Web application and resource delivery with high level of redundancy and availability.
• Provide Windows security administration on all the file and print servers including virtual servers and SAN space. This included managing AD groups and GPOs for managing policies on servers.
• Responsible for the supports and maintenance of the DHCP and DNS severs.
• Administer NetApp NAS filers.
• Design, build and maintain the Windows XP and Windows 7 unattended installation build and unattended installation packages for the whole banking group.
• Implemented and maintained NetBackup, WRQ Reflection, MS VSS, Veritas Storage Replicator, Storage Central Quota Systems, and Credent Systems Encryption tool.
• Responsible for two separate Citrix Metaframe XP farms with both published desktops and individual published applications.
• Responsible for planning and implementing Business Resumption plan. This includes, setting up BRP servers at the corporate headquarter in New Jersey. Replication the data and databases from Chicago to the BRP servers using VSR. Reconfiguring the Websites and databases to work from the BRP site provided by SunGard. Redesigning the XP build to work seamlessly at the BRP location PCs.
• Responsible for administration and support of Hyperion Strategic Finance application servers.
• Responsible for maintaining the Global Login Script for the bank at all the locations.

Confidential

Senior Systems Consultant/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Researched, implemented and support EMC Storage Area Network solution using EMC Symetrix and EMC Clarion series SANs.

• Provided Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 domain global administration. This included all Active Directory administration.
• Provided support and administration of 400+ Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 servers, including application servers, file servers and print servers through out the US.
• Implemented and supported 100+ Windows cluster servers in Active/Passive configuration running file and print and application services.

Confidential

Senior Network Consultant/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided Windows 2000 Active Directory, Windows NT Domain, and Systems Management Server security administration on a Token Ring/Ethernet network consisting of 600+ users and over 80 development/production application servers. Responsible for the entire Compaq Proliant server environment (Rack mount and towers), including new equipment proposals, installation/configuration, backup and support, as well as documentation of the entire process.

• Worked with various corporate teams to coordinate and prepare specific orders per hardware/software specifications. Coordinate and apply specific server/application security standards and additional software installs for production processes.
• Worked with various teams of developers (Intranet/Internet, Crystal, Pricing, etc.) to make sure their applications followed the general information security and corporate security policies.
• Worked with the security administrator on the design and implementation of security profiles and strict password polices, across multiple platforms in the department.
• In conjunction with the corporate information security team, run routine security audit scripts on 2000/NT servers, and report any security lacks to management.
• Coordinated with different teams and implemented complete Windows 2000 Active Directory environment setup for the Investments department, including Active Directory Schema, Active Directory Sites, Windows NT domain migration, Linking Exchange and Active Directory, user migration, servers upgrade, and support.
• Implemented SMS 2.0 and SQL Server 7.0 environments; Responsible for daily SMS and SQL Server maintenance as well as Wise and Winstall package creation and deployments and software upgrades via SMS; Totals include 300+ SMS Packages and Jobs.
• Responsible for Implementation and support of Windows Terminal Services.
• Responsible for MS Exchange 2000 administration and support.
• Responsible for complete MS Visual SourceSafe 6.0 administration and support.
• Migrated Lotus Notes Servers from version 4.1 to 4.5.
• Have also been involved in creating unattended installation images, scripts and packages for Windows9x, Windows NT and Windows 2000, and Conversion of Token Ring to Fast Ethernet network in Investments Department at Confidential .
• Supporting level 1s and Level 2s with any issues related to support of the standard desktop in the department.
• Testing, evaluating, recommending and packaging new software and applications for the department.

Confidential

Network Consultant/Level 3 Support

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Level 3 Technical support for Claims and Technical Management departments in Confidential .

• Heavily involved in unattended image creation of Windows NT and 95, and Winstall and Sysdiff packaging of vendor and in - house applications.
• Also responsible for Domain Administration, Lotus Notes and MS Visual SourceSafe administration.
• Designed and implement the servers and desktops architectures according to the requirements provided by the developers and users. These architectures included application and data access, security control, and remote access.
• Responsible for Backing up servers and resources.
• Responsible for configuration and support issues on MS SNA servers, MS DFS servers, CD servers and Print servers.
• Provide assistance in SMS administration.
• Trouble shoot problems and resolve issues with the base image, applications, hardware, Network and NT security.
• Communicate expectations and requirement from the clients to various corporate teams.

Confidential

Network Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Involved in mass deployment of Desktops and Laptops with the deployment team at Confidential .

• Troubleshoot issues regarding the deployment of the Laptops and Desktops.
• Troubleshoot problems with the deployment servers.