SUMMARY:

• Solutions - focused professional serving the Information Technology market since 2001.
• Over 15 years of direct experience relating to Microsoft domains and Cisco networks. Solving complex solutions is my primary focus, centered around Microsoft and Cisco technologies.
• I have acquired various other expertise during my career.
• My engineering personifies reliability and efficiency.
• My designs are cost focused and rely heavily on business strategy.

QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS:

• Leadership trained (12 years)
• VMware Virtualization (7 years)
• Microsoft Active Directory 2003/2008/2012 R2/2016 (14 years)
• Large Organization Experienced (5000+ servers) (10 years)
• Network and Systems Optimization (7 years)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) (13 year Cisco)
• ITIL foundation certified (v3) (7 years)
• MCSE 2012 Server Infrastructure (4 years)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Systems Engineer

Denver, CO

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the environmental health of client business network systems for the Colorado Market. Day to day responsibilities include project work for projects focusing on networking components. Additional duties are required but not limited to solving escalated complex problems utilizing a ticketing system; Remedy, travel as required, and tasks after business hours.
• Solved top tier escalated issues on a regular basis.
• Planned, Developed, and Completed 40+ project network implementations
• Worked on-call rotation
• Technology: from desktop hardware to large cloud implementations
• Virtualization focused with Windows 2016 Server Hyper-V

Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the environmental health of network systems. These systems include VMWare vSphere 5.5, Exchange 2010, Active Directory 2003/2008/2012 with a forest/domain functional level of 2003, SCCM 2012, Skype for Business 2015, Dell Compellent storage architecture, Direct Access 2012 VPN Solution, Solarwinds monitoring agent, PKI infrastructure, and DFS Replication structure.
• Developed Powershell scripts to make daily processes more efficient in a global organization.
• Developed Powershell v2 scripts for making process more effective and efficient.
• Developed scripts for the Help Desk/Desktop Support personnel allowing higher level tasks to be accurately accomplished by lesser qualified individuals.
• Increased systems' performance
• Optimized SAN, Networking, and VMWare
• Troubleshot complex, multifacited problems
• Upgraded outdated systems and end of life operating systems.
• Upgraded 30 servers from 2003 server to 2012 server.
• Upgraded all domain controllers in the local environment to 2012 R2 with no downtime and re-utilizing the same names.
• Brought PKI to an infrastructure without that particular security structure.
• Implemented Microsoft Certificate Services to bring security to internal and external communications.

Active Directory Engineer

Colorado Springs, CO

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed Powershell scripts to make daily processes more efficient in a global organization
• Developed hundreds of scripts for various projects including some that utilize dot net references and WMI calls.
• Assisted in a successful effort to centralize administration for a global enterprise.
• Developed policies and procedures for access and uniformity in a global organization.
• Administer/Manage Windows 2003/2008 R2 environments on multiple enclaves
• Additionally through this experience, gained advanced working knowledge of Domain Services, DNS, DHCP, DFS, Exchange, SCCM, Print Services, group policy
• Managed Public and Private Shares
• Working with the Storage Engineers, gained an administrative knowledge of NetApp and EMC storage technologies.
• Group Policy Management
• Developed a group policy structure to ensure proper application for the diverse customer base.

Network Systems Administrator

Jacksonville, NC

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Setup Windows 2003 domain for internal centralized authentication
• Although the corporate systems were on a domain, the requirement was that the users not be and still be able to securely access the internet. This was completed by using Microsoft ISA as a proxy server. Users were authenticated via Mac address on the Cisco Aironet Wireless Access Point and given the gateway of this ISA server for logging purposes.
• Assist Military personnel with building their 2003 field domains for deployment.
• When informed by headquarters that a Military detachment will be deployed, a training evolution would be scheduled. In the training evolution, the Marines would be walked through configuring Windows DNS, Promoting 2003 domain controllers, managing their Active Directory(AD) Organizations Unit(OU) infrastructures, and installing/Configuring and operational 2003 Exchange server. These networks are required to be IAVA compliant upon execution.
• Utilized VMware ESXi servers for virtualization initiatives being tested for deployment into the different Military units.
• This was the first virtualization brought into the military field units. The processes created during this time directly affected how the military utilizes virtualization to this date.

Data Network Administrator

Camp Lejeune, NC

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead the team that first deployed a Windows server 2003 domain in the Marine Corp. Received no less than 10 awards including a high level individual award specifically for the network and systems, designed and maintained during the 24th MEU deployment of 2006.
• Network consisted of hub and 3 spoke configuration via low speed microwave transmission media. Utilized EIGRP for route propagation and manipulated Spanning-tree Protocol for switch (3750G-PS) optimization. Incorporated VLAN’s for consolidating broadcast traffic and increased security for the systems in each VLAN.
• Leveraged these systems with a NetApp storage design.
• Utilized VMware ESX Server for Domain Controller and Exchange services

Network Administrator/Systems Administrator

Lexington, KY

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for routine maintenance of systems, including monitoring event logs and verifying database health.
• Engineered a low cost solution for web based advertising utilizing a no cost operating system (Linux) and a no cost web server (Apache web server) to host the company website utilizing systems already in use to provide these services.
• Designed a simple yet attractive website that earned additional 10% revenue for the company the year this was implemented and advertised.