Senior Systems Engineer Resume Woonsocket, Rhode Island - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Twenty years of cumulative experience in the planning, design, implementation, and support of server and network solutions.
Ten years of management experience with supervisory and budgetary responsibilities.
Proven expertise in Solaris, AIX, Linux, Windows, VMware, KVM, XEN, Active Directory, DNS, LDAP, and EMC SAN technologies and backup solutions.
Technical skills include in - depth knowledge of Cisco IOS routers, switches, routing protocols, Cisco ASA and PIX firewalls, MPLS, SONET, DWDM, frame-relay, TCP/IP, ATM, VOIP, intrusion detection, network analyzer appliances and software.
Excellent communication, presentation, and documentation skills.
Extensive experience with Puppet, Red Hat Satellite, Cobbler, SUSE SMT, BladeLogic and shell scripting automation solutions.
Experience with administering source control systems including Subversion and GIT.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Advisor, Store Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

Design, build, and migrate servers to new KVM infrastructure.
Audit servers and implement security best practices.
Advise and provide tier III support for retail server builds in over 8000 locations.
Document existing and new solutions.
Design and implement backup and DR solutions for critical infrastructure systems.
Mentor and train system administrators in a wide variety of technical tasks.
Design and manage SSL Certificate Authority with over 30k certificates issued.
Administer DNS servers for 30,000+ devices.

Confidential, Boston, Massachusetts

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Confidential, Boston, Massachusetts

Chief Network Architect

Responsibilities:

Defined network business plans and managed the impacts associated with the required changes across many organizations.
Identified opportunities, coordinated ongoing projects, produced schedules, and resolved program level issues.
Confirmed needs analysis and gathered specific networking requirements, including identifying bandwidth impacts based on expected growth.
Defined interoperability standards and best practices.
Provided communication to executive leadership, network user communities, and project leads on status, issue resolution, strategic direction, and decision needs.
Determined ROI for network routes, identified and ranked alternatives based on cost and benefit to the Commonwealth.
Coordinated the design and development of a large scale network operations support model.
Provided direction to the existing network engineering teams for best practices, implementation, and review of services.
Developed and defined large scale contracts.
Acted as project manager for HIPAA and PCI compliance audits.

Confidential, Chelsea, Massachusetts

Manager

Responsibilities:

Designed, implemented, and supported multimillion dollar statewide server architectures.
Negotiated vendor agreements and supported budgetary proposals in excess of $15 million.
Managed technical employees in a wide range of tasks.
Designed and documented solutions.

Confidential, Boston, Massachusetts

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Designed, implemented, and supported multimillion dollar statewide network architecture projects including the Massachusetts Management Accounting Reporting System (MMARS), the Health and Human Services Virtual Gateway project, the GigE-24 SONET backbone implementation, and the in-house move of MASS.GOV, the Commonwealth's Web Portal.
Managed Cisco 6500, 2500, and 4500 series routers and switches, and various WAN devices for the Massachusetts Government Network (MAGnet).
Negotiated vendor agreements and supported budgetary proposals in excess of $10 million.
Installed and administered Engineering servers and network management software.
Designed and documented solutions for WAN expansion.

Confidential, Boston, Massachusetts

Network Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

Administered Netware 4.11, Windows NT with Lotus Notes, SQL, and IIS servers for over 900 users.
Held key role in infrastructure design and implementation for new facilities.
Lead Boston office in national restructuring of network operations.
Worked with worldwide IS division to implement mission critical client/server projects.
Evaluated, purchased, and implemented new technology.
Acted as liason to upper management for communication on firmwide needs, goals, and issues.
Devised and implemented disaster recovery plan.
Managed vendor agreements and produced budget documents.