SUMMARY:

Secure a position in the cloud technology industry that will utilize my strengths as a logical and process oriented person; helping direct an enterprise toward greater success by optimizing and improving existing processes, then implementing new technologies to place that enterprise in the forefront of its competition.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• AWS Cloud computing including EC2 instances
• VPC
• S3
• Route 53
• ELB
• CloudWatch
• OpsWorks
• CloudFormation templates
• Auto - scaling groups etc. Chef cookbooks and recipes to provision several pre-prod environments
• Windows 2008/2012 Server administration
• Microsoft Active Directory Administration
• IIS Administration
• VMware ESXi systems design and implementation
• Microsoft Hyper-V server virtualization
• Citrix XenApp server farms written SQL queries
• EMC VNX and CLARiiON storage array implementation and management
• EMC Networker Enterprise backup solutions
• MSSQL server backup
• ZENworks Desktop Managment
• SUSE Linux server high-availability cluster solutions
• Novell Netware server migrations
• IBM AIX 5L System Administration
• Solaris System Administration
• ITIL Fundamentals
• Compliance audit projects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

AWS Cloud Migration Architect

Responsibilities:

• Design detailed Migration Plans for Workloads from any platform to AWS
• Utilize workload migration tools to AWS (i.e. Cloudscape, Zerto, Platespin, etc.)
• Knowledge of migration concepts (The 6 R’s), sync mechanism (block, Image, File), Sequencing, Application grouping, Migration and replication jobs, target blueprints (VPC, Subnets, ELB's, Security Groups, NACL's etc.)
• Develop AWS centralized logging solutions for security teams to consolidate AWS logs and analyze them to detect incidents, using ElasticSearch Service, CloudTrail, VPC flow logs, and EC2 server logs
• Experience using discovery tools to define and develop customer requirement and pricing model
• Strong experience designing AWS Landing Zones that are safe and secure
• Implementation and documentation of best practices; assessment of new tools and technologies
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of development tools and technologies
• Implemented security access policies using least privilege principle and segregation of duties

Confidential

AWS Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed, configured and managed public/private cloud infrastructure platforms utilizing Amazon Web Services. Experienced at launching Amazon EC2 instances and setting up security groups and configure Elastic Load Balancers with EC2 Auto Scaling groups.
• Designed and executed on-prem to AWS cloud migration projects for Texas DIR state agencies
• Performed configuration, deployment and support of cloud services including Amazon Web Services and Automating infrastructure in AWS and Configuring EC2 Instances, VPC, Route 53, ELB, Subnets, S3 buckets, and IAM security.
• Designed Stacks using Amazon CloudFormation templates to launch AWS Infrastructure and resources
• Utilize CloudWatch to monitor resources such as EC2, CPU memory, Amazon RDS DB services, Dynamo DB tables, and EBS volumes.
• Great exposure to network protocols like TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, SMTP, FTP, TELNET, HTTP and Experience with Oracle, MySQL and MS-SQL Tasks.
• Written Chef cookbooks and recipes to provision several pre-prod environments
• Created Auto Scaling groups in AWS from Instance templates and Auto Provisioning based on the Project / Testing team needs

Confidential

Sr. Transformation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Successfully participated in the P2V transformation project of 3,500 Windows, Linux, and Novell Netware servers to VMware farms and AWS cloud computing environments
• Member of a team that successfully migrated 100 Windows servers from an IBM SAN to a new Hitachi SAN environment saving the company $500,000 in support and equipment costs
• Implemented a Datacenter consolidation to centralized VBLOCK infrastructure
• Installed and deployed Windows 2003, 2008, and 2012 server farms
• Cisco UCS server management
• Managed Microsoft Active Directory environments across multiple enterprises
• Run Docker Container-based Apps on VMware vCloud Air
• Implemented Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in Active Directory
• SQL server install on production server environment
• SevOne server monitoring
• Deployed Tivoli Storage Manager and EMC Networker backup solutions
• Created clones, templates, and images for virtual machine deployments
• Managed VMware Vcenter infrastructure
• P2V and V2V migrations with DoubleTake and Platespin
• Developed on VMware image creation and deployment
• Administered Microsoft updates deployments via BigFix
• Remedy ticket handling

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Sr. Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed the remediation of 2,500 Windows servers
• Closely worked with the line of business groups to implement Windows remediation strategies
• Maximo RFC and Nexus work request management
• CHP server builds and QA
• Bladelogic and Virtual server builds and QA
• SAN Storage provisioning for Windows servers
• Developed documentation on system administration processes, procedures and systems diagrams.
• Successfully implemented a McAfee VirusScan upgrade project via Tivoli
• Hosted weekly project meetings with multiples resources as well as outside vendors
• Provided regular project updates on deliverables to business partners
• Interacted with vendor project managers - HP, Oracle, Fujitsu

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Windows 2008 and SUSE Linux Host Attach to Clariion SAN
• Windows 2003/2008 server migrations from Novell Netware
• Windows and Linux P2V migrations
• SAN Storage provisioning with Navisphere Management Suite
• Daily monitoring of EMC CLARiiON CX3 system components for failures, errors and warning events
• Capacity and Performance planning of SAN environment
• Data migration from CLARiiON CX3 to CX4 system
• Implemented ZENworks Sybase to MS-SQL Database migration
• Designed and implemented Novell Netware to Novell OES Linux and Novell SUSE Linux migrations
• Created hardware independent image for desktop deployment
• Application packaging for ZENworks deployment

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed Windows 2003 Active Directory enterprise networks
• Designed and implemented Novell Netware to SUSE OES Linux and Windows 2003/2008 migrations
• Designed and implemented EMC SAN Solutions
• Installed and configured EMC CLARiiON AX4 and CX4 systems
• Crafted and implemented EMC Networker Enterprise backup solutions
• Implemented and Managed VMware ESXi 3x environments
• Implemented VMware vCenter Converter for P2V and V2V migration projects
• Developed hardware independent Workstation imaging solutions for several school districts in the Carolinas
• Application distribution using AdminStudio and Wise Package Studio
• Application virtualization using Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization
• Designed and implemented Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 10

Confidential, Miami, FL

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Administered global Novell Netware 6.5 and SUSE OES Linux network
• Managed and maintained IBM AIX server farm
• Administered EMC CLARiiON CX3 SAN environment
• Designed and Implemented Novell SUSE OES Linux Enterprise Servers to upgrade from a pure Netware environment
• Designed and Implemented Novell ZENworks for Desktops 7.0
• Administered IBM BladeCenter environment
• Administered Novell DirXML/Identity Management for NDS/Active Directory synchronization
• Upgraded Citrix Metaframe Farm to Presentation Server 4.0
• Administered ARCserve backup environment
• HP Proliant hardware administration via ILO boards
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server administration
• Administered IBM Lotus Domino environment