SUMMARY:

• To obtain a challenging position in IT management and leadership where my resourceful experience and academic skills will add value to organizational operations.
• My goal is to land a leadership role in a great company and grow.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Solid knowledge of administering, Installing and managing Windows Servers 2000/2003/2008/2011 SBS Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows client OS s Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.1, 10 in a domain and peer - to-peer network in testing environments and production. Support TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, Active Directory, Domain Controllers, Terminal Server, IIS, WSUS, Group Policy. Working experience with SAN s, NAS s and file servers for storage. VMware, Citrix, Cisco, Linux, System Security.
• Ability to participate in multiple projects in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Jupiter, FL

Director of Information Technology & Security

Responsibilities:

• Oversee systems development, enhancement and integration of new systems with existing systems.
• Serve as an escalation point for all technology issues related to core IT infrastructure and security.
• Vendor management of vendors to insure SLA s are maintained, solutions delivered and relationships fostered to benefit SKH.
• Assess threats, risks, and vulnerabilities from emerging security issues.
• Barracuda Backup Server 990, Barracuda Email Security management in the cloud.
• Project management for all security and IT infrastructure changes and policies.
• Manage IT department for the enterprise and oversee tickets from end users.
• Manage WatchGuard firewalls at COLO and each marina location.
• Responsible for the operations of the windows infrastructure enterprise, ADDS, DFS, OUs, DNS, DHCP, GPOs, WSUS.
• Manage Office 365 cloud for all the users in the company 450 plus users.
• Manage the VMware environment for servers and VDI users. (Running VMware View 6 and vSphere 6).

Confidential, Deerfield Beach, FL

Network Operations Director

• Manage the daily network operations and maintenance tasks and supervised and trained IT personnel.
• Manage a team of IT helpdesk engineers and system/network engineers.
• Support manage network engineering projects. Interpreted requirements, provide engineering solutions, and developed Implementation specifications and ensured timeliness and cost efficiency.
• Manage VMware VSphere with over 200 VMs running Windows Server 2008R2, 2012, and Linux.
• Manage Cisco ASA 5545X Firewall for the enterprise. Configure NAT rules, ACL, and VPN access.

Confidential, West Palm Beach, FL

Director of IT & Security

• Manage and administer all windows based servers, including Windows Server 2012 R2, Hyper-V VM s.
• Conduct assessment and routine social engineering tests with offices and audits.
• Managing, implementing, supporting and maintaining 24X7 services in our Data Centers.
• Manage ManageEngine Event Log management SIEM. Monitor file integrity, conduct log forensics analysis.
• Evaluate vulnerability scans utilizing network scanning tools (Greenbone, OpenVAS, and Kali Linux).
• Monitor and configured the SIEM. Windows Systems, Linux systems, Applications, Routers, Firewalls at a centralized server.
• Responsible for design, installation, configuration, management, maintenance and administration of enterprise servers.
• Manage Cisco Meraki security appliances in the cloud LAN/WAN
• Deployed BitLocker on all Windows 8.1 devices in the organization for security compliance.
• Monitor the security of systems (windows servers, e-mail servers, web servers).
• Install and maintain security infrastructure, including IDS, IPS, log management, and security assessment systems.
• Provide system administration for our client servers and support for end users (locally and remotely).
• Manage and administer Office 365 online. Resolved tenancy technical issues and monitored Office 365 systems.

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, FL

IT Infrastructure Director

• Manage and administer all windows based servers and the Cisco ASA 5510 firewalls, switches, and all network appliances for the Bank.
• Assess threats, risks, and vulnerabilities from emerging security issues.
• Provide daily troubleshooting steps with firewalls, VPN connections, Anti-Virus updates/problems and general network security problems.
• Administer Barracuda Backup 990 device, Spam and Virus Firewall 300, Massage Archive 350.
• Manage and administer HP MSA 2040 SAN storage device for the companies VMware environment.
• Support 500+ users and 200+ servers in the company across all locations.
• Support backups for companies IBM AS400 BRMS software and rotate tapes to send to Iron Mountain off-site.
• Hands on experience installing, configuring and managing VMware vSphere, and VMware Horizon View VDI IT infrastructure.

Confidential, Delray Beach, FL

Chief Technology Officer

• Assist various teams with technical issues in the initiation and planning phases of Project Management Methodology.
• Managed tickets with ConnectWise and remote access to clients with ScreenConnect and LabTech.
• Support over 1500+ users in the company and 500+ servers (Windows 2003R2, 2008R2 & 2012).
• Proactively and reactively research the causes for problems in the Enterprise environment and provide solutions.
• Network monitoring our client sites using Nagios and Cacti.
• Manage environments with Lansweeper it helps with Network Inventory and Asset Management and pro-actively alerts you of no-compliance issues.
• Installed routers, switches, firewalls, WAP s, network printers, servers, and workstations. Maintain and implement network systems in the LAN/WAN environment of our clients.
• Provide system administration for our client servers and support for end users (locally and remotely), including Windows servers, MAC laptops, laptops, desktops, routers, switches, printers, scanners, copiers, fax machines, and smartphones.
• Worked with 2600 series routers, 1800 series, Cisco ASA 5510 Firewall. Dell Power Connect 5224, 5448 switches with (Basic knowledge).
• Administer Users, Groups, Computers, and Organization Units in Active Directory on Windows Server 2003 and 2008 Domain Controllers, and WSUS.

Confidential, Deerfield Beach, FL

Sr. Systems Security Engineer

• Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 Installation and Server Administration, as well supporting client’s workstations running Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Support Linux Red Hat Server for our clients.
• Troubleshoot, install, and maintain network systems and network security.
• Troubleshoot network performance issues and ensure timely resolution.
• Help Desk / End-User support for hardware, software and Windows operating systems.
• Network security including virus protection, Trojans, Phishing and controlling of spam Trend Micro Server and McAfee Email protection.
• Provide network administration, support, maintenance and documentation for multiple sites and remote users (hardware and software).
• Administer User Accounts, Groups and Computer permissions in Active Directory Users and Computers in Windows Server.