Microsoft Certifications

• MCITP Windows Server 2008 Server Admin
• MCTS Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration
• MCTS Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration
• MCTS Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
• MCSE Windows Server 2003
• MCSA Windows Server 2003
• MCSE Windows 2000
• MCSA Messaging Exchange 2000
• MCSA Windows 2000

VMware Certifications and Accreditations

• VCP 5 Data Center Virtualization
• VCP 4 Data Center Virtualization
• VTSP 5.5
• VTSP 5
• VTSP Server Virtualization 5
• VTSP Management Operations 5
• VSP 5.5
• VSP Server Virtualization 5.5
• VSP 5
• VSP Management Operations 5
• VSP Infrastructure Virtualization 5
• Infrastructure Virtualization Technical Post-Sales Accreditation: Capacity Planner Fundamentals
• Infrastructure Virtualization Technical Post-Sales Accreditation: Assessment Fundamentals
• Infrastructure Virtualization Technical Post-Sales Accreditation: VI3 to vSphere 4 upgrade
• Business Continuity Sales Accreditation 4
• Business Continuity Technical Sales Accreditation 4

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 16 years' experience as an enterprise IT systems engineer
• Expert level troubleshooting and problem analysis skills backed by rich work experience and a dedication to maintaining skills on current technology
• Advanced VMware engineer with experience designing and deploying private cloud infrastructure including vcOps, vCloud Director, vCloud Orchestrator and vCloud Automation Center
• Expert in Active Directory design, implementation, and migration
• Expert in Exchange 2007/2010 deployment and migration including the implementation of highly available clustered solutions
• Expert supporting all current and past Microsoft server operating systems from NT 4.0 through Server 2012 and associated services including Exchange, SMS/SCCM, SQL, ISA/TMG, and MOM/SCOM
• Expert supportingall past and current Microsoft client and server operating systems
• Experience supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 for Power and System x along with a broad range of open-source software components
• Experience delivering White-Hat auditing and consulting services utilizing BackTrack Kali Linux and related open source tools and methodology
• Expert in the configuration of the IBM PureFlex platform including Chassis Management Modules CMMs , the Flex System Manager FSM , x240 and x440 nodes, IO modules and storage
• Experience supporting and wide range of enterprise applications including anti-virus, systems management, application publication, and backup solutions
• Business continuity planning, documentation, and testing expertise
• Expert in enterprise scripting and automation techniques utilizing Windows PowerShell, WSH, VBscript, ADSI and ADO scripting as well as Perl, Python, and Bash in a Linux environment
• Expertise with firewalls, security best practices, DMZ design and implementation

WORK EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Remote Engagement

• Participated in design review of VMware vSphere implementation based on Cisco UCS and vSphere 5.5
• Reviewed high level and low level design documentation for adherence to industry best practices and documented deviations where appropriate
• Outlined strategy for implementing Public Key Infrastructure to secure communication in vSphere environment

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer

• Supported Cerner Go-Lives for newly acquired hospitals, functioned as onsite escalation resource
• Responsible for the design, approval, and deployment of Group Policy Objects for acquired sites
• Managed group creation and population for item level targeted GPOs
• Implemented Day 1 racks consisting of vSphere 5.1 on HP DL380 Gen 8 servers with VMs providing initial necessary services for newly acquired hospitals
• Served as subject matter expert for Active Directory migrations and network integrations
• Developed PowerShell scripts to automate large batch group creation and population using the Quest Active Roles Management Shell
• Scripted the deployment of Windows print servers and Group Policy Printing Preferences utilizing PowerShell
• Managed AD integrated DNS zones and DHCP scopes for the enterprise
• Deployed SCVMM 2012 enabling the management and configuration of Hyper-V hosts, storage, and networking
• Primary engineer responsible for P2V and V2V conversions of acquired hospital infrastructure

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer

• Responsible for management of the IBM Business Partner Innovation Center BPIC infrastructure located at VSS datacenter
• Provided internal and remote technical support for VSS and its subsidiary companies, Logic Solutions Group, and Information Insights
• Responsible for the management and administration of all server and network hardware including the IBM x3650 M3 and x3690, V7000 SAN, V3700 SAN, DS5020 SAN, DS4700 SAN, DS4300 SAN, BladeCenter S-chassis, IBM PureFlex and IBM Flex Chassis, Cisco 4507 Switch infrastructure, Cisco ASA firewalls, and Cisco MDS fiber channel switch fabric
• Served as technical lead for the T. Rowe Price PureFlex deployment, integrating the solution with their existing environment and precluding the need for an IBM Lab Services engagement, served as subject matter expert for all network, storage, and VMware related design options in a completely non-Windows environment
• Deployed and managed vSphere 5.1 environment on the IBM PureFlex populated with x240 compute nodes, EN4093 Ethernet IO modules, FC3171 Fiber IO Modules and an integrated V7000 SAN
• Deployed Windows 2008R2 and Server 2012 VMs to replace aging Windows 2000 and 2003 server infrastructure
• Deployed and administered IBM SmartCloud Entry for System z and System x on the Flex Chassis for demo and proof-of-concept projects
• Deployed and supported RHEL 5-6 based application server infrastructure to support mySQL, PHP, and Apache web services
• Deployed IBM Worklight mobile application infrastructure in virtualized Linux environment for development and demonstration purposes
• Deployed necessary infrastructure and served as server SME in support of CRM 4.0 to CRM 2011 upgrade
• Performed an ADMT intra-forest migration of all production clients, servers, services, and security principals
• Managed ISP switchover, reconfigured Cisco ASA firewalls, managed external DNS record changes and changes to IPsec VPN profiles
• Used System Center Virtual Machine Manger 2012 R2 to manage Hyper-V environment
• Combined pre-existing development networks with the production networkwhile maintaining layer 2 and 3 security utilizing VLANs and VMware vShield zones
• Functioned as technical lead for a number or proof of concept projects showcasing VMware View and CitrixXenDesktop infrastructure running on the IBM PureFlex platform
• Deployed BNT 10GB network core switches and integrated with existing Cisco gigabit switches
• Managed migration to Office 365 cloud email service and administered Office 365 Exchange environment
• Deployed Microsoft System Center 2012 Suite including System Center Configuration Manager 2012, System Center Operations Manager 2012, System Center Service Manager, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
• Deployed a two tier PKI based on Windows Server 2012 Certificate Services
• Managed the VSS Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement
• Mentored junior staff members and managed VSS interns

Confidential

Remote Engagement

• Deployed new HP DL380 G7 vSphere 4.1 U1 host hardware
• Deployed and configured vCenter instance
• Configured physical network to isolate management, iSCSI, and vMotion traffic from production network traffic
• Worked with CDW to deploy new NetApp FAS3200 filer
• Configured aggregates, volumes, iSCSI LUNs and NFS exports and presented to vSphere hosts
• Installed and configured NetApp SystemManager, Snapdrive, SnapManager for Exchange, SnapManager for SQL, and SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure
• Deployed standardized Windows 2008 R2 templates
• Deployed new application infrastructure in virtual environment
• Deployed new domain controllers in virtual environment and upgraded both forest and domain functionality levels
• Configured AD infrastructure according to Microsoft best practices
• Deployed Exchange 2010 into existing Exchange 2003 Org and configured environment for co-existence
• Configured existing BlackBerry server for co-existence with new Exchange 2010 server
• Migrated existing mailboxes to new Exchange 2010 server

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer

• Functioned as an IT consultant focusing on bringing enterprise solutions and methodology to clients in the SMB sector
• Deployed and configured Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 and 2011 solutions
• Deployed and administered Exchange 2007 and 2010 infrastructure
• Performed Exchange database maintenance and recovery operations
• Supported virtualized environments using Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, and VMware workstation
• Provided technical consulting services for physicians seeking to implement cloud based EHR solutions from eClinicalWorks
• Deployed cloud based backup solutions as well as off-site DR solutions using virtual machine replication technology from StorageCraft and Doyenz

Confidential

Migration Consultant

• Architected and deployed target 2008 R2 Active Directory infrastructure
• Architected and deployed vSphere 4.1 infrastructure utilizing Equallogic iSCSI shared storage
• Configured VMware Site Recovery Manager for datacenter redundancy
• Deployed Exchange 2010 in target Forest and configured Database Availability Group redundancy for mailbox servers
• Scripted contact import from source Exchange environments
• Scripted LegacyExchangeDN import as X500 proxy address from source accounts during cross-forest email migration
• Migrated users and computers from source domains utilizing ADMT 3.1
• Used the MigrationWizard tool from ForensIT to translate security on profiles of remote workstations which had no domain membership

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer

• Served as a subject matter expert for Active Directory domain migrations and consolidations
• Responsible for performing VMware Capacity Assessments and scoping hardware needs for VMware infrastructure deployments
• Provided VMware training, consulting, and best practices guidancefor TekLinks clientele
• Deployed all required roles in Exchange 2007 environments including CCR clustered mailbox servers and provided consulting expertise for migrations from previous versions
• Provided architectural and implementation consulting services for Exchange 2010 deployments including migrations from Exchange 2003
• Deployed VMware Site Recovery Manager and assisted in creating policies and procedures for disaster recovery plans
• Deployed multiple CA Public KeyInfrastructure
• Provided pre-sales technical expertise for TekLinks sales staff, this included scoping software, hardware, labor, and licensing needs
• Technical lead for the American Hospice server and application infrastructure documentation project, data was programmatically collected by scripted WMI queries and personal interviews with application infrastructure owners
• Mentored associate engineers and served as an escalation resource
• Deployed and supported Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
• Deployed application virtualization solutions utilizing Citrix XenApp and Microsoft App-V

Confidential

Contract Web Developer and Consultant

• Responsible for the development and maintenance of commercial web sites using ASP.net and PHP
• Provided deployment and remote server support for IIS 7 platforms running on Windows Server 2008
• Provided security consulting services related to the securing of web communications with SSL as well as remote access solutions and the implementation of PKI, SSTP, and IPSec

Confidential

IT Consultant

• Architected and documented plan to virtualize application server infrastructure into a VMware ESX environment utilizing EqualLogic iSCSI SANs as shared storage in order to facilitate a cross country datacenter cutover using SAN replication
• Deployed two clusters of Dell PE 2850 VMware ESX 3.5 hosts
• Deployed and configured VMware VirtualCenter server on an additional Dell PE 2850
• Configurednetwork, volume, and replication parameters on two EqualLogic PE5000 series iSCSI SANs
• Performed adaptive and predictive LUN configuration analysis for the environment
• Configured DRS and HA for the ESX environment
• Virtualized 20 application servers using the PlateSpin Migrate tool
• Verified and tuned virtual environment after migration in order to optimize the performance of the SQL and Exchange databases

Confidential

IT Consultant

• Deployed additional VMware ESX host resources to Buchanan Associates' datacenter
• Analyzed current configuration and deployment for compliance with VMware best practices
• Reconfigured critical VM's to utilize Raw Device Mapped connections to the SAN in order to improve performance when accessing data partitions
• Verified performance of VM's and documented recommendations
• Configured CHAP for iSCSI connections
• Configured VirtualCenter alert actions and alarm thresholds

Confidential

IT Consultant

• Provided technical direction for the end state design of the target Active Directory environment
• Project scope involved migration of 146 source domains into USPI target domain including all security principals, servers, and application infrastructure
• Provided technical guidance for clean-up process of the target and source domains in order to facilitate a successful migration including DNS redesign and the identification of potential weaknesses in the current infrastructure security implementation
• Developed discovery scripts and GPO's for source domains to aid in collection of data during migration
• Documented procedures and processes as related to the actual migration of resources during the project
• Deployed VMware test environment utilizing ESX 3.5 hosts which mirrored production AD and application infrastructure in order to test manual and scripted procedures prior to live migration

Confidential

Migration Team Lead

• Acted as Active Directory migration project team lead during the acquisition of the Dr. Pepper 7-Up bottling group by Cadbury Schweppes
• Developed standard build out documentation for domain controllers in the Cadbury environment
• Personally responsible for the configuration and deployment of over 30 domain controllers during the course of the project
• Personally responsible for the re-application of permissions to source domain resources, SID history was not implemented and as such all resources were brought into a state of co-existence by the programmatic application of ACL's to the existing file systems and resources, this was accomplished with minimal impact to production systems
• Successfully migrated approximately 2500 users and workstations into the existing AD domain using Microsoft's Active Directory Migration Tool v2.0
• Deployed a number of software packages via Microsoft SMS, this included the initial deployment of the SMS advanced client, as well as the configuration of distribution points and advertisements
• Implemented exmerge scripts to facilitate the migration of Exchange mailboxes into the Cadbury Exchange org
• Migrated existing Bottling Group Citrix environment into Cadbury's Citrix farm, this included the deployment of new server hardware, and scripted migration of user profiles and data into the existing Presentation Server 4.0 farm
• Provided technical documentation to the Cadbury wintel support team in order to assist with the transition to support
• Post migration, joined the Cadbury wintel support team as an infrastructure resource during the HP outsourcing project
• Performed physical to virtual migrations of Cadbury wintel servers to HP's ESX infrastructure located in Toronto, Canada
• Provided support for VMware ESX 3.0.x environment including template maintenance, shared storage configuration, VirtualCenter Server deployment, ESX 3.0.x host patch management, as well as virtual network design and implementation
• Responsible for provisioning new physical hosts into the Dr. Pepper 7-Up VMware ESX environment, this included physical deployments, patching and securing the COS to meet pre-defined security requirements
• Worked closely with Microsoft consultants during an Active Directory Readiness Assessment Program ADRAP and was personally responsible for the remediation of problems facing the Cadbury Active Directory infrastructure as identified in the ADRAP
• Architected the consolidation of existing Cisco Network Registrar DNS infrastructure into Cadbury's AD integrated DNS, this was achieved without negatively affecting production applications
• Provided a scripted solution to deploy the Aventail VPN client to remote users
• Responsible for maintaining WSUS environment and coordinating outage windows with business units

Confidential

Enterprise Active Directory Support Engineer Premiere Level

• Acted as the final point of escalation and resolution for Microsoft premiere customers
• Provided technical expertise for domain migration and consolidation advisory cases including technical support for the Active Directory Migration Tool
• Provided DNS architectural design recommendations and support
• Responsible for troubleshooting AD and FRS replication using native support tools such as ultrasound, sonar, FRSdiag, replmon, and repadmin
• Provided technical consultingregarding AD site topology design
• Supported Distributed File System deployment and File Replication Services
• Provided Group Policy design and troubleshooting expertise
• Assisted in developing infrastructure disaster recovery strategies
• Supported the release of Windows Server 2003 R2
• Developed expert skills in the diagnosis and resolution of problems facing the infrastructure by using a variety of troubleshooting tools and methods such as MPS reports, netmon traces, and custom scripts

Confidential

IT Consultant

• Provided on-site server support for numerous corporate offices
• Managed the Active Directory environment, responsible for tasks such as the provisioning of users and groups, managing the Group Policy infrastructure and monitoring Active Directory health and replication
• Deployed satellite uplinks for Terralliance remote drilling locations to facilitate IP telephony and internet access
• Provided technical support for the National Breast Cancer Foundation's Active Directory and Exchange deployment and provided desktop support for administrative staff
• Deployed Microsoft ISA and Sonicwall firewall solutions for mid-sized businesses and maintained rule sets and configurations

Confidential

IT Consultant

• Deployed the MUNA Federal Credit Union's Active Directory environment
• Provided 24/7 server hardware support to several small to medium size organizations in the area
• Trained existing staff to administer AD including backup strategies and Group Policy design and deployment
• Project lead for the NUCOR Steel Corporation NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 Active Directory migration
• Provided security response services such as virus removal and OS patching including the deployment of Microsoft Software Update Services

Confidential

IT Consultant

• Responsible for the maintenance of the IT infrastructure for a number of small to mid-sized businesses
• Worked as a deployment engineer for workstations and servers during large scale desktop roll-outs
• Responsible for the administration of the Puckett Machinery Citrix XP Farm and supporting infrastructure
• Confidential
• Provided internal hardware, software, and network support for both local and remote clients
• Responsible for the configuration and mass deployment of workstations
• Maintained library of workstation images and security templates
• Performed network administration tasks such as account management, system backups, switch configuration, and server deployment