System Engineer Resume Dallas, TX - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Deployment, administration, troubleshooting, upgrades of VMware ESXi 5.1/5.5/6.0; sizeable physical - to-virtual conversions
Deployment, administration, troubleshooting of Windows NT/ 2000/ 2003/2008/2012
Administration, maintenance of Storage Area Networks (SAN) based on HP EVA 4000/5000/6000/8000, XP 24000/12000 (Hitachi), NetApp storage arrays (both 7-Mode and Cluster-mode), IBM XIV, Dell Compellent, EMC XtremeIO
Strong knowledge of all aspects of SAN technology (Fiber channel switches, HBAs, RAID levels, zoning, LUN masking, DAS, NAS, FCP, iSCSI)
Implementation of enterprise-wide backup solution (EMC Legato Networker, Symantec BackupExec) and working with protection/imaging solutions (Norton Ghost, Acronis)
Writing Windows enterprise administration and management scripts (VBscript, PowerShell)
Over 4 years of MS SQL Server 2005/2008 administration, SQL clustering
Understanding of basic internet protocols and standards such as DNS, FTP, HTML, XML, ODBC, SNMP, DHCP, WINS protocols
Excellent time management skills; tasks delivery on-time and on-schedule
Strong analytical, communication, and customer skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

System Engineer

Confidential, Dallas, TX

vSphere 5.5/6.0 infrastructure installation, upgrades, administration, maintenance
Citrix XenApp 6.x installation, administration, upgrades to XenApp 7.x
Citrix Netscaler administration/maintenance/upgrades
Windows server administration in a multi-platform mission critical environment including builds, break-fix, tuning and optimization
Assisting project teams with hardware and software provisioning, installation, configuration, and testing
Hardware/software/configuration/procedure documentation
Creating/maintaining documentation of technical procedures/processes (i.e., rebuilding custom iso images for ESXi Update Manager)
SQL server DBA (secondary support)
Storage arrays administration and maintenance: EMC XtremeIO, NetApp 65xx/80xx
Participation in evaluation, testing, and implementation of new infrastructure solutions
ArcGIS/ESRI server administration (mapping, geographic data)

System Administrator

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Planning, designing, building, supporting, and upgrading IT infrastructure based on vSphere 5.5: storage, and server configuration (from proof of concept to production implementation)
Implementing vSphere HA, DRS, VMware SRM and data recovery in conjunction with IBM XIV array replication; migrating physical servers to vSphere
Assisting in development and application of security; assessing security vulnerabilities and protecting systems with Trend Micro Deep Security
Monitoring server performance and capacity; forecasting system demands and recommending upgrades
Managing users and computers, resolving access related issues
Preparing change requests and adhering to the change management process
Performing server engineer tasks as outlined in the position below

Server Engineer

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Supporting highly virtualized Windows environment server farm (based on VMware ESXi 5.5); updating/patching server hardware and software (HP and Dell hardware)
Participating in departmental and system wide projects; building complex environment based on MS Windows 2003/2008/2012 and VMware ESXi 5.5 technologies as well as customized applications
Troubleshooting hardware and software problems, taking appropriate corrective actions, interacting with other IT staff, customers, and vendors
Developing, documenting, and refining internal processes and procedures
Adhering to the change management process, developing implementation/testing/back-out steps/documentation
Mentoring junior members of the server team

SAN Administrator

Confidential, Plano, TX

Administration of multivendor storage arrays: HP EVA, HP XP (Hitachi), NetApp (Fiber channel, NAS, CIFS, NFS; Data ONTAP 7-Mode and C-Mode, SnapMirror, SnapShots, thin provisioning, OnCommand Balance)
Daily operational support of the SAN environment; evaluating new software releases and system upgrades, installing patches, researching and resolving performance related issues
Performing systems configuration audits; identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving hardware and software issues
Administration of remote data replication, local data protection via snapshots; storage migration as required
Planning, provisioning, and implementing various storage architectures (engaging vendors, storage consumers, management, and team members
Monitoring performance of related devices (storage, servers, network) and providing performance metrics to management and related groups; making recommendation and tuning resources to maximize performance
Creating reports as requested; developing documentation and operational procedures
Participating in the provisioning process, researching products, making technology related recommendations