SUMMARY:

• Senior IT Professional with over 23 years total experience within the IT Industry and in Enterprise - Infrastructure & Application-Systems Environments.
• Specializing in Enterprise Technologies and Systems such as Cloud Computing, Server-System Platforms, Virtualization, Networking, Storage-Systems, Backup & Recovery, Middleware Technology, Systems Security, Systems Data, Disaster Recovery, High Availability (HA), System Redundancy, Application Systems, and leading the design and implementations of various advanced technical solutions on large Technology and Business driven IT Enterprise Projects.
• Vast experience with Enterprise Architecture, Solutions Architecture, Domain-Tower Architecture, Data Center Design, Consolidations, & Migrations, Technical Leadership & Management, Program & Project Management, Change Management, Team Leadership and Mentoring, Technical Documentation & Training, Enterprise Systems-Administration & Engineering, and recently working as a Sr. Cloud Infrastructure - Solution Architect on very complex, technical-challenged, large-scale, and highly budgeted Enterprise IT Cloud Program and Cloud Projects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Enterprise Computer Hardware: SERVER-EQUIPMENT (Towers, Racks, Blades, RAID Controllers, Remote Access-Management Cards, UPS’s/PDUs), NETWORK-SECURITY EQUIPMENT (Modems, NICs-Token Ring/Ethernet, Fiber-Cards/HBAs, KVMs, Hubs, Bridges, Switches, Routers, Firewalls, Load Balancers, Sniffers), STORAGE-EQUIPMENT (SCSI/SATA/SAS/Fibre Channel/Flash-SSD Drives, DASDI/SAN/NAS/TAN/Tape Backup Systems), CABLE-EQUIPMENT (Serial/Parallel, SCSI/SATA/SAS, Ext-SCSI, CAT-5/6 Copper, Fiber/Fibre Channel)

Enterprise Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows Server (NT 3.51/4.0 and 2000/2003/2008/2012/2016 ), VMware Workstation/GSX/ESX/ESXi Server (ESX 2.0.x, 2.5.x, VI3 3.x, vSphere 4.x, and ESXi 3.x to 6.5), Novell Netware (3.x/4.x/6.x), IBM-AIX (4.3.x/5L 5.x, 6.1, 7.1), SUN-Oracle Solaris (2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 11. X), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL AS/ES 2.1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES 9, 10, 11, 12)

Enterprise Infrastructure Applications and Tools: MS Office/Project/Visio, NTDS, Active Directory, MS Administration Tools Pack, MBSA, Microsoft SUS, Microsoft WSUS, Microsoft SMS, Microsoft MOM, SCCM, SCOM, MS IIS, Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server, MS SQL Server, MS Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft-Application Center, MS ISA Server, Microsoft TSC/RDP/Terminal Server, Oracle Databases (9i, 10g, 11g, 12c), Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Citrix MetaFrame XP, Citrix Presentation Server, Lotus Domino Server, Seattle Labs-SLNET/TELNET, Vandyke-Secure CRT, Compaq Carbon Copy 32, Altiris Carbon Copy, Symantec PC Anywhere, Symantec Norton Anti-Virus Corporate-SAV, Norton/Zone Labs Internet Firewalls, Symantec Vertas NetBackup, Symantec Norton Ghost, Altiris, PlateSpin & Double Take (P2V/P2P/V2P/V2V), IBM WebSphere, IBM MB/MQSeries, IBM HTTP Server, IBM Assert, IBM ESM, IBM Tivoli TME, IBM Tivoli Trip, IBM ADSM-TSM, IBM Director, IBM ServRAID, IBM ServerGuide, HP SmartStart, HP ILO, HP SIM, BMC Patrol Distribution Server, VMware Remote Console, VMware Virtual Center, VMware Converter

Enterprise Protocols and Networking Technologies: TCP/IP, SIP, DHCP, DNS, WINS, FTP, SFTP, SMTP, SNMP, POP3, IMAP4, SNTP, NNTP, S/MIME, HTTP/HTTPS/HTTPD, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, SSL, VPNs, SSH, TLS, IPSec, VPN, PBX, IVR, UC, Ethernet, Token, Ring, FDDI/CDDI, SNA, Sniffers, Spoofing, IPS, IDS

Software Program Languages and Scripts: COBOL, C++, Visual Basic, SQL, Java, Perl, Ruby, HTML, Korn Shell, ASP.NET, VB.NET, VB Scripts, WMI Scripts, WSH, ADSI Scripts, Batch Files, PowerShell

Web & Message Services: WSDL, SOAP, XML, REST (APIs), JSON, RPC, JMS, MQ, SMS, Microservices (SOA)

Cloud Computing Technologies: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Azure, OpenStack, AWS, Regions & Zones, Compute Instances, Elastic, Containers, Scaling, Block Storage, Backup, Networking (Cloud Exchange, Carrier Clouds, Public & Private Peering, BGP, Load Balancing, WAF, Firewalls, DNS, vNets, etc.), Management/Orchestration & Automation (Chief, Puppet & Docker), Administration & Security (Encryption, IAM, MFA), Services & Integrations, Object Storage, Identity, Runtime, Queue, Database, Content, Collaboration, Communication, Monitoring, Compliance, Redis Cache, SCIM, OpenID, OAuth, App Insights, App logging

PROFESSIONAL EXPERINCE:

Confidential, Deerfield, IL

Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities:

• Acted as the dedicated Enterprise Architect for WED and Apollo program-project efforts.
• Worked within a Scrum team (Parcel TMS team) as the Enterprise Architect representing this team (which is under the Walgreens Transportation Management Systems (TMS) - Logistics Department) to the key Program Teams and the Pharmacy Store Ops Business Teams.
• Was the technical lead liaison and bridge to other key Walgreens teams - Integration Connectivity Enterprise (ICE) Team, Digital Agile Team, IC+, HR IT Team, IT Security Team, Voltage Encryption Team, Data Governance & Classification Team, Pharmacy Store Ops Team, WED and Apollo Program Teams, and the Store Printing Team.
• Managed key technical conversations (product roadmap, product features, black-box API’s review, key technical & product review meetings between Walgreens and the TMS software vendor, etc.) with the Walgreens Logistics-TMS software vendor (Logistyx Technologies).
• Lead the decision on going with Parcel TMS (a brand new Walgreens custom application) instead of using new TMS vendor software for the WED Phase 2 project effort.
• Directed my team and helped my team design a new Parcel TMS custom application and portal using only modern technologies (.NET Core coding & configuration, Microservices Architecture, Docker Swarm & Docker Containers, Azure IaaS).
• Helped design & prepare the Parcel TMS application’s Azure infrastructure-platform and components - in order to be the first 100% fully hosted custom app within the Walgreens Azure environment to successful complete an ETE Disaster Recovery Exercise.

Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL & Chicago, IL

Collaboration & Infrastructure - Sr. Project Architect

Responsibilities:

• Acted as the Lead Collaboration Architect for Confidential Teams vs. MS Teams POC project.
• Acted as the Lead Infrastructure Architect for the NetScout Global Monitoring Tool Design & Implementation Project.
• Was responsible for use of applicable Architecture and Design methodologies.
• Was accountable for management of stakeholders’ engagement, project governance, project financials, resource allocations, issues, risks, and escalations.
• Developed and Managed project plans, deliverables, and status reporting to stakeholders.
• Defined and managed execution of project activities by identified responsible parties in consultation with aligned SMEs.
• Developed and managed relationships with project technical teams and key business stakeholders.
• Conducted post project review, stakeholder satisfaction surveys, and shares learnings across key business stakeholders.
• Mentored and/or coached team members.

Confidential, Oak Brook, IL & Chicago, IL

Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Helped Confidential ’s accelerate their growing traditional data center hosting and public cloud service offerings.
• Worked within a high pace technical architecture team and with Confidential ’s 120 plus markets to develop new infrastructure solutions.
• Interacted with Confidential ’s IT Partners and Market leads to identify, design, and manage to completion a portfolio of infrastructure related initiatives.
• Ensured all solutions - leverage industry best practices, Confidential ’s standards, and meet the technical & financial requirements of the requester.
• Directed multiple managed service providers (MSP’s) and technology vendors & partners to ensure successful design and delivery of each solution.
• Served as a Senior Infrastructure Solution Architect for a wide range of traditional data center hosting platforms (x86 Hardware, VMware - VxBlock and VxRail, NetApp, EMC Isilon and VNX Storage) as well as public and private cloud offerings (AWS, Azure, Virtustream - IaaS, DaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Demonstrated a thorough understanding of LAN/WAN, Load Balancing, DNS, Active Directory, Firewalls and other infrastructure & network related technologies/solutions.
• Architected solutions for massive scale, resiliency and maintainability and evolving the technologies within Confidential ’s Global Data Centers.
• Interpreted business/tech requirements into a solution design and articulating value of their solution.
• Looked for opportunities for improvement, modernizing existing solutions, ensuring a Cloud/Virtualization first mentality.
• Interacted, influenced, and mentored Confidential ’s IT Partners, Vendors, and Managed Service Providers and others within Confidential ’s leadership teams and departments.

Confidential, Peoria, IL

Cloud - Sr. Technical Project Architect

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as a Cloud Sr. Technical Project Architect - defined requirements, planed, tracked, and managed projects of medium and high complexity within a demanding Enterprise Environment.
• Managed change, project deliverables, and project direction while adhering to Confidential 's standard Project Management and Enterprise Architecture methodologies.
• Demonstrated the ability to work with other CAT Enterprise-wide technical project leads, enterprise architects, and program managers.
• Lead reference architecture design, planning, implementation discussions on Cloud Computing - Deployment Models (Public, Private, Hybrid, and Community), Service Models (SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS), and Essential Characteristics (On-Demand Self-Service, Broad Network Access, Resourcing Pooling, Rapid Elasticity, and Measured Service).
• Demonstrated vast experience with "cloud needed" infrastructure components and concepts (Routers & Switches, DNS, Firewalls, Load Balancers, Hypervisors, Servers, Storage & Backup, Databases, Security-IAM/Directory Services/Encryption, etc...).
• Consulted on AWS & Microsoft Azure cloud provider’s features & options and also Docker Containers, also consulted on how to migrate application workloads from on-prem. to cloud infrastructure and platforms (Lift & Shift vs. Fix & Shift).
• Articulated architectural choices within various AWS & MS Azure services and solution methodologies, also established best practices and roadmaps for various cloud solutions.
• Showed thorough knowledge of cloud technology concepts Automation, Orchestration, Deployment, and Configuration Management (Chef, Puppet, PowerShell, Ruby, etc...).
• Displayed thorough knowledge of cloud features & services (Available Regions & Zones, Compute Services, Storage Options, Azure IoT, Content Delivery, Networking Options, Administration & Security, Management Services, and Integration Services, etc...).

Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL

Enterprise - Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed enterprise infrastructure and application solutions architecture.
• Demonstrated strong business and system requirements (BRD’s and NFR’s) gathering.
• Acted as a bridge by ensuring the LoB application requirements conform to the ESS and IT reference architecture.
• Evaluated existing systems through an interview process with technology-domain SMEs to develop a complete end-to-end Current State Architecture to drive and define the Future State Architecture using TOGAF and Zachman enterprise frameworks.
• Conveyed proficiency in the IBM technology-stack: MB/MQ, WAS, WTX, DataPower, PURE AS, BPM, ODM, PureFlex, Power Systems (p7 & p8), Sterling, Rational and others; also Oracle technologies (ODA, Exadata, Oracle and Oracle RAC on AIX, ODI).
• Worked on the newest and emerging technologies and project efforts at Walgreens such as the Hadoop Cluster - Big Data (Analytics) implementation project and the Azure (Cloud Computing) ePRO’s project.

Confidential, Lake Forest, IL

Technical Project Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead enterprise project teams with requirements gathering, scope definition, design, building, testing, implementation, and rollout deployments.
• Ensured that all Confidential Infrastructure Enterprise standards and process deliverables are met and competed for each project and on time.
• Monitored project issues and risks and proactively escalating when appropriate.