PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior System Engineer

Confidential, Tampa, Florida

• Configured and maintained client PFSense, Cisco ASA 5500 & 5506X Series Firewalls IPSEC Site to Site Tunneling, PAT, NAT
• Configured and maintained client Routing and Switching needs
• Administrate client Cisco Unified Communications Manager & Cisco Unity
• Built and maintained client Windows 2012, 2016 RDS Server Farms with KEMP Load balancing
• Monitor client systems and networks using Labtech and Auvik
• VMWare & Hyper - V Host configuration and support
• EMR Vendor Assist Support Nextech, eClinical Works, Green Way Prime Suite
• Active Directory, Exchange, Office 365 administration

Engineer Contractor

Confidential, Tempe, Arizona

• Working with team of 4 individuals performing live Cisco migrations from Core Catalyst 6509/6513 to Core 6807 and 6840 through VSS link with connected 6800IA (HSRP)
• Configure MDF & IDF Cisco Catalyst 3750X and 3850 IDF switches (MST, LACP, Port Channeling)
• Trouble shoot and verify successful connection on Copper and Fiber links
• Cable management
• Instructor and Engineer migrating Cisco 891 Router to 899 and installing new Appneta Appliances
• Trouble shoot and verify successful connection with Marriot Data Center
• Engineer upgrading Cisco IOS to newest version and configuration on Cisco VG310 and VG320 Routers
• Migration of Panini Vision neXt Scanners
• Setup and verify network connection from Four Green Fields location to Auntie Anne’s on Cisco Catalyst 3750G switch
• Staff Augmentation

System Engineer

Confidential, Lakeland, Florida

• Staff Augmentation Client where I worked closely with their IT Team and Director and was onsite every Monday to perform the daily Projects and IT tasks.
• Setup and configured Cisco Catalyst 4506 and Cisco SG500X stackable switches VLAN networked.
• Setup and configured DELL N4032F 10gb SAN Switch to connect to SAN Network
• Configured and maintained Cisco ASA 5500 Series Firewall
• Configured and Maintained Cisco 1841 Router
• Setup and configured Cisco Aironet 1142 and DELL W-AP225 Wireless Access Points
• Verified storage on the current DELL Equallogic SAN
• Verified and Monitored Back-up and Off-Site replication through Veeam
• Worked closely with DELL Support vendor setting up new Compellent SAN
• Worked with clients team to Migration of VM Hosts to Hyper-V Host
• Setup and Configure System Center Configuration Manager 2012R2
• Kept up client documentation and Visio Network diagrams
• Department of Emergency Services (Tallahassee, Florida) Network Infrastructure Refresh Project
• Racked and Setup 2 DELL Compellent SAN’s and their controllers
• Setup and Racked 5 DELL 730 Servers for VM Hosting
• Setup and Racked Unitrends 943 Back and Replication Appliance
• Boys & Girls Club (Lakeland, Florida) IAAS Project Client
• Setup and configured Cisco ASA 5505 Firewalls at 4 locations with IPSEC Tunneling back to DSM Data Center
• Setup and Configured PFSense Firewall at Data Center for client WAN/LAN connection and IP SEC VPN Tunnel
• Setup multiple Ubiquiti Wireless Access Points at each of the 4 locations with Unfi Software Controllers
• Built out and configured Virtual VM Ware RDS 2012R2 Farm for client hosted in DSM Datacenter
• Worked very closely with Vision Software Program Database support to get software installed on new servers and schedule Data Migration.
• Raymond Handling (Lakeland, Florida) IAAS Project Client
• Worked very closely with Bright House Network Technicians to setup and configure the Bright House Managed Routers for clients 4 locations
• Also worked with Software vendor to setup IPSEC Tunnel on PFSense Firewall from DSM Datacenter to vendor Datacenter.
• Moved client servers to DSM Datacenter.
• Built out and configured Virtual VM Ware RDS 2012R2 Farm for client hosted in DSM Datacenter
• Assisted with Exchange migration from 2003 SBS to 2013
• Assisted with data migration
• Setup and Configured Office 365 for users
• Kept up client documentation and Visio Network diagrams
• Florida Poly Technic (Lakeland, Florida) Staff Augmentation Client where I Co-Engineered this project.
• Configured and maintained all Layer 2 network confirmations on Cisco Nexus 7009K, 3650, 2960, 3560 Switches
• Configured and maintained ASA 5550 Firewalls
• Configured and maintained various Cisco Wireless Access Points using Controllers.
• Worked very closely with other vendors to configure and support client needs.
• Moved and de-commissioned network devices.
• Kept up client documentation and Visio Network diagrams
• DSM (Lakeland, Florida) Internal Projects
• Setup DELL Switches to extend DSM network into East Wing of building.

Director of Information Technologies Managed Services

Confidential, Tampa, Florida

• Responsible for Sago Corporate Active Directory, Group Policy, Email Accounts Security & Software Updates, Back-ups
• Senior Systems Engineer for Confidential where my responsibilities include Setup Support and Maintaining Sago Managed Service Clients
• Responsible for the setup and support of client Windows Virtual Active Directory Domain Networks consisting of 2008, 2008R2, 2012 Servers & Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010 through Hyper-V and SCVMM Admin Console
• Responsible for the Administration of clients Active Directory, Group Policy, Email, Security Updates, Software Updates
• Migration of client Windows servers from 2003 to 2008 R2 and Exchange 2003 to 2007, 2010, 2013
• Migration of Virtual Servers to Physical Servers and Physical Servers to Virtual Servers
• Performed Desktop Support and Break Fix for clients
• Setup, Support, and Maintain client Wired and Wireless Networks with DELL Switches and various WAP devices
• Setup, Support, and Maintain client Watchguard. Linksys/Cisco, Netgear, Sonicwall, Instagate Firewalls
• Setup, Support, and Maintain Access, Distro, and Core Foundry and Brocade Switch VLAN networks for Dedicated Server & Colo clients
• Build, Setup and Maintain DELL MD3000i & SuperMicro ISCSI connected client Storage Arrays and Clustered Volumes through openfiler, FreeNas
• Setup, Configure, and Support Free PBX, Asterisk VOIP Systems
• Support and Maintain Dedicated Server Clients through Advanced Technical Services
• Client monitoring systems Nagios and PRTG
• Remote Support through RDP, Webex, Logmein Rescue, Join.me, Team Viewer
• Responsible for setup and support Vipre Anti-Virus and Managed and maintained Client Offsite Remote Backup with Ahsay Back-up Software, DPM2010 recovery procedures and updating the Disaster Recovery Plans

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential, Winter Haven, Florida

• Responsible for supporting, designing, configuring, and maintaining client Windows Domain Networks consisting of 2000, 2003, 2008 servers & Exchange 2003, 2007 using Active Directory, group policies, server security
• Performed Desktop Support and Break Fix for clients
• Responsible for supporting, designing, configuring, and maintaining client back-up using Symantec Back-Up Exec, Barracuda Offsite back-up
• Responsible for supporting, designing, configuring, and maintaining client wired LAN/WAN networks with Cisco, Linksys, Netgear, Dell, and various other network routers, switches
• Responsible for supporting, designing, configuring, and maintaining client wireless secured networks with Cisco, Linksys, Intellinet access points using the 64 & 128 bit WEP and WPA encryption
• Responsible for supporting, designing, configuring, and maintaining client internet security and remote connectivity with Cisco ASA, PIX, Astaro and various other Firewalls using VPN, SSL VPN, IPSEC Tunnel connections
• Responsible for supporting, designing, configuring, and maintaining client VOIP systems with the Barracuda Cudatel Communication Server