SUMMARY:

• Seeking an I.T. Project Manager/Coordinator position with a thriving company where I can utilize my extensive technical expertise and project management experience in order to meet the demands and needs of the company.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Business systems analysis
• Project management
• Microsoft Suite(Word,Excel,PowerPoint,Visio) 2010,2013
• Office 365
• ITIL change management
• Cost - benefit analysis/ROI
• Project life cycle
• Software development life cycle
• Hardware and software technical skills
• Supervisory skills
• DevOps\ Scrum
• SOX compliance

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

IT infrastructure/Software projects with a budget of up to 500,000K per year. Scrum, Kanban, Confluence and Agile, MS Project. Business Analysis and vendor management. Customer service and supervisory skills

Hardware:: HP 460c-465c, 385G5, 495c and 490 G7 Blades, HP Virtual Connect Flex10 switches, HP ML-DL servers, Dell ProEdge servers 2950 and R, Dell/HP PCs & Desktops, Intel and AMD systems, Nimble CS300 SAN,EMC SAN VNX 5200, HP LH P4500 SAN, Cisco switches 2 9, Cisco 5520 ASA firewall, HP Storage Works 4000, 3170, Avocent KVM switches, Linksys wireless routers.

Operating Systems:: Windows 12R2 Standard-DataCenter, Windows XP-8.1-10, Vmware ESXi 4.1-5.5, RHEL, Ubuntu and Centos, MAC iOS

Software: Microsoft Office 3, Microsoft SCCM, HP Insight Manager 6.3, VMware vCenter Server 5.5, MS Hyper-V, Systems Center 2012 R2 VMM, ipMonitor 10, Paessler PRTG, iSupport Deskside, Microsoft WSUS, Visio 2010, Norton Anti-virus Enterprise, Crahsplan, Project 2010, MS SQL 2, BI Tools (Necto/Pyramid), Agile (Scrum/Kanban), JIRA, Atlassian Confluence collaboration server, BI Tableu, Microsoft Access, voice call manager.

Networking/Communication: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, WAN, LAN, Client/Server, Ethernet, Internet, VPN, RIP, RIP2, LDAP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• To provide a complete project plan and coordination as well as documentation to business owner and office manager with a complete project life cycle.
• To upgrade servers from Windows 8 R2/2012 R2
• To install and upgrade NAS appliance
• To upgrade MACs and PCs computers with latest Operating systems (Windows 10, El Capitan/Sierra) and MS Office.
• To replace existing Cisco router/switches and install new one and optimize wireless devices with extenders
• To coordinate and provide project updates (reporting, risk, change management) to stakeholders (owner, office manager, programmer, vendor, end-users)
• To upgrade VMware 4.1 to 5.5
• To install a new HP ML server for client and move the FSMO roles from old to new server.
• To create NAS storage Shares and move folders/files from old server to NAS.
• To provide a complete documentation of systems passwords to the company’s owner and office manager.
• To replace several PC/Mac computers and migrate files/folders to new ones and the file share (NAS)
• To work with outside vendors for equipment procurement and project updates

Systems Administrator-IT Project Coordinator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• To install, configure and manage diverse network components as Cisco network routers/switches, Cisco VOIP call manager, Nimble SAN, Cisco Firewall, Cisco wireless routers, Web Filter, and servers
• To create user and student AD accounts as well managing Active Directory Forest.
• To help in the roll out of Exchange 2007 migration to Office 365 and keep track of AD user and group accounts.
• To maintain, troubleshoot and manage virtual and physical Windows and Linux servers.
• To manage a diverse of I.T. projects using DaPulse.com and Microsoft Project 2010 via web site using PMP project flow principles and best practices.
• To work on several Data Center Infrastructure upgrades and manage them: Cisco 6506 Core redundant switch installation, Cisco ASA 5520 redundant firewall, installation of Nimble SAN and decommission of HP left-hand, Quorum backup implementation.
• To present ideas and data documentation to management and IT staff in regards to projects and new business initiatives.
• To assist and interact with vendors and internal IT personnel in regards to the migration of Exchange and Office tools to Microsoft Office 365 cloud environment.
• To engage with vendors and I.T. director in the scope of new and progress of I.T. projects regarding installation and replacement of Cisco switches, Exchange migration, backup to Quorum virtual appliances and Nimble data replication to a remote site.

Sr. Systems Engineer - IT Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• To lead, coordinate, and analyze current and future infrastructure projects with members of the ORIS I.T. Team
• To work with Active Directory and make sure DNS, DHCP, and complete database was backup properly using PS scripts or batch files.
• To analyze and document systems and business process using SDLC process
• To translate high business requirements into specific projects using Microsoft tools (MS Access, Visio, Excel, SQL, PowerPoint)
• To present short and long term projects to management and stakeholders using Microsoft Project
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to liaise effectively with fellow team members to anticipate technical limitations and glitches to provide smooth system deployments.
• To interact frequently with end users, business liaisons, and technical staff to gather customer requirements to translate them to functional documentation.
• To participate in technical design and test planning via DevOps/Scrum meetings
• Install SQL databases, monitor databases and run SQL queries to provide reports to management.
• To create, delete and run SQL queries using Microsoft SQL as well as using coding.
• Responsible for troubleshooting and diagnosing hardware and software faults across physical and virtual machines
• To work in the enhancement and upgrade of software applications with various software development groups and assisting them in the UAT.
• To plan and discuss current business and future I.T. projects with management, system administrators and engineers and present a relevant course of action
• To work and lead several project plans and put them in MS project, provide accountability for possible risks and plan for contingency alternative to mitigate them.
• To work with stakeholders and project managers to define projects scope, provide work breakdown structure, responsibility matrix, risk, supervise, and closure of projects.
• Coordinate with vendors, business liaisons, and systems engineers for the planning of small, medium and large projects to completion using project management life cycle.
• Saved $165K to the organizational unit by bringing Hyper-V virtualization technology and retire the current one, VMware. This is a yearly cost of licenses and technical support.
• To make changes and enhancement to the I.T. infrastructure using ITIL and CMMI concepts for standardization purposes
• To present ideas and enhancements to current infrastructure from Windows AD, automation of server via PS scripts and Group Policies, event log monitoring, physical to virtual file server migration using VMware converter, robocopy via departmental level to avoid major impact as well as using MS File Server Migration Tool (FSMT) and evaluating VMware vSphere 5.1 vs. MS Hyper-V 2012 for virtualization infrastructure for future upgrade.
• To monitor virtual infrastructure via script reporting presenting all levels of vCenter ‘s virtual machines health status, over allocation of VMs in a ESXi server, etc.
• To research on new I.T. trends and assist to seminars where the technology can bring business benefits to the company’s vision and goals.
• To install HP/Dell rack/blade servers and monitored them via PRTG
• To troubleshoot, fix and present incident case analysis to the Infrastructure team and management in regards to server and hardware infrastructure disruptions.
• To install and configure Microsoft SCCM to deploy corporate images to PC’s.

Sr. Systems Analyst-Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• To install, configure and maintain HP racked and Blade servers
• To monitor physical and virtual servers using HP SIM 6.3
• To upgrade/migrate servers from Windows 8 using existing servers or participating in the procurement of new ones.
• Analyze department technology management and determine best avenue for future purchases
• Participated in design session and architecture of systems
• To work with Active Directory, Group Policies, IIS7, RDS License server installation and configuration, DFS and FTP servers.
• To install new HP 460c G7 blades to be used for VMware virtual machines
• To keep and maintain the VMware infrastructure working at all times
• To interact with the HP network group and the SAN group for changes and best practices relating to VMware, HP Flex 10 switches and NetApp SAN storage.
• To work with vendors regarding new contracts and best business practices
• To run SQL queries to obtain information for data reporting for upper management.

Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• To install and configure HP servers using Windows 2003 and 2008 operating system
• To install ESXi and virtual machines servers for Development environment
• To monitor servers using HPSIM ver. 6.2 and/or ipMonitor ver 10.0.
• To create various Windows and Linux virtual machines using VMware vSphere vCenter 4.1.
• To upgrade server’s firmware relating to system BIOS, Array Controller as well as drivers and Proliant Server Packs.
• To troubleshoot server issues and find the most efficient and adequate fix.

Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• To design and architect VMware infrastructure for MySpace in Beverly Hills and other regional offices.
• To research and work with vendors to find the best solution for MySpace VMware infrastructure based on VMware best practices.
• To document all VMware processes in Microsoft Sharepoint as well as to provide reports to management relating to current and future projects.
• To perform a detailed project management of current projects of all the steps in every implementation that needs to be performed
• To keep up-to-date with HP and VMware new patch or update releases
• To keep hardware infrastructure (Server Bios, iLO’s, OA’s and Virtual Connect Flex-10 switches) patched with new firmware.
• To work with storage architects and find the best solutions for VM’s storage capacity and backup solutions of VMs.
• To work with Network Operations team for any newer VMware infrastructure additions or changes relating to the creation of vlans, upgrades, or modifications in the network Cisco equipment.
• To control the sprawling of VMs with ManageIQ software and control the provisioning of VM’s by providing specific organizational units limitations based on organizational units in Windows A.D and Service now ticketing system.
• To troubleshoot and diagnose VM problems and find out the best solutions
• To write occasional scripts in powershell to automate previous manual routines in the VMware/Windows environment.
• To assist to seminars and conferences to keep abreast with newest technologies.