SUMMARY:

An experienced professional with expertise in strategic planning, architecture design, process improvement and operational delivery related to System Center and Azure. Experience in all facets of an IT project phases, from project scoping and conceptual design through documentation, implementation, knowledge transfer, and Infrastructure health assessment. Excellent organizational, leadership, team building and project management qualifications. Experience across multiple industries with globally distributed teams and international delivery experience.

CORE SKILLS:

System Center Operations Manager (SCOM/OpsMgr) Configuration Manager (CM) - current branch

Systems Management Server (SMS) Azure (certified)

Confidential Deployment Toolkit MDT (formally BDD) Docker, kubernetes, Chef, Terraform

Patch Management (ITMU, WSUS, SUP) Virtual Server, VMWare

System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) PowerShell

SQL Server - Windows Server Active Directory

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Wise package Studio, InstallShield Admin StudioModern Desktop (MDM, Intune, Office365) System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Owner & Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Independent Consultant focus on solutions delivery for system center and Azure stack - SCCM, SCOM, SCSM, and SCORCH.
• Sub-contractors for Dell Professional Services and Confidential Consulting Services, recent projects scope comprised of Windows 10 deployment, SCCM health assessment, migration from CM12 to current branch, Patch Management Strategy for a healthcare provider, adoption of Windows 10 through the First Wave campaign for a financial firm, assisted a Big Four accounting firm in deploying OpsMgr 1802 in Azure with Operation Manager Suite (OMS) integration.
• Other project highlights include managing the global SCCM (w/Intune) infrastructure for a manufacturing firm in Akron, OH and rapidly implemented OpsMgr for a trading firm in NYC.
• Scope and develop SOW for pre/post sales for Azure, office365 and System Center migration and adoption.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Group Manager/System Center (Private Cloud) Architect

Responsibilities:

• Performed assessment and architectural validation for both a greenfield implementation of Private Cloud solutions leveraging System Center 2012 to support the client M&A activity and migration to Configuration Manager 2012, overseeing and mentoring a team of 7 direct reports.
• Received praise from the Account Executive Team for successful delivery of scope despite a challenging work environment.
• Executed a successful delivery of scope despite a challenging work environment.
• Designed and implemented System Center Operation Manager 2012 to replace the provided implementation of Site Scope.
• Successfully configured the AD, SharePoint, VMM management Packs and deployment of Gateway Servers.
• Some of the complexity of the engagement include tablet imaging (UEFI/UDI), IBCM (internet-based Client management), as troubleshooting Threat Management Gateway for https connectivity.
• Successfully developed and implemented a solution that needed to co-exist with the existing environment.
• Performance testing OpenStack compute nodes vs. Hyper-V virtual machines
• Provided leadership and management of the project including managing the project plan, development, and validation of the test approach and test scenarios, execution of performance testing, and PowerShell scripts development for Hyper-V automation.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Consultant/System Center Architect

Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility to Architect and migrate Hitachi's proprietarily management tool (JP1) to SCCM for global visibility into Hitachi various subsidiaries including architecture design, test plan, and validation, implementation, and rollout.
• Provided additional oversight for OpsMgr Architecture and design.
• Created Modular runbooks in Orchestrator 2012 for tasks automation using PowerShell.

Confidential

System Center Architect

Responsibilities:

• Provide Architecture and Operational support for various projects related to System Center to clients nationwide.
• Provided 3rd Level Global support for JP Morgan SCCM and App-V infrastructure.
• Responsibilities included maintaining the health and availability of 200+ servers with various SCCM site roles via various monitoring tools including OpsMgr.
• Provided operational support for JPMC global App-V infrastructure.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Successfully showcased to Micron the benefits of the System Center product suite (including SCCM, OpsMgr, SCVMM, and DPM) by delivering an accelerated POC using Server Virtualization Advanced Management (SVAM) to showcase how the management tool stack up on top of our hyper-v solution.
• Extended the SCCM Architecture at Sysco to include a full production implementation of OSD - leveraging all the features of the product for OS Deployment, including PXE-boot, Stand Alone (DVD) and CD/Flash.
• Worked closely with the project team to ensure they gained the knowledge to expand the solution to other models within the company as well as the steps necessary for company-wide implementation.
• Provided an in-depth Architecture review and custom training to Bloomberg IT for the rapid deployment of SCCM
• Reviewed and analyzed the team proposed SCCM architecture
• Deep dive (under-the-hood) whiteboard discussion about roles and product features.
• Redesigned and Implemented SCCM (POC) in Native Mode.
• Coordinated application support for Citi Global Architecture team with Confidential
• Troubleshoot deployment delivery failure from the HP OpenView CM
• Identify internal process remediation.
• Develop a virtual lab to speed future application troubleshooting.
• Assessment and Architecture review for SMS 2003 (100K seats)
• Architecture and Design review session for the Central Site Server
• Coordinated Risk Assessment and Premier follow-up for the global architecture to ensure the infrastructure is adequately designed to support 100K+ seats

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Sr. Windows Engineer/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• System Center Upgrade (SCCM/SCOM)
• Designed and Architected OpsMgr 2007 infrastructure for Simmons
• Performed a through Audit of the current MOM2005 to identify rules conversion.
• Performed proof-of-concept for monitoring over secure port - instead of the default OpsMgr port (5723).
• Guided change control request, including a roadmap for a successful production deployment.
• Provided knowledge transfer - including step-by-step videos of the implementation to accommodate the client telecommuting schedule.
• Designed and architect a blueprint for migration from MOM 2005 to Operations Manager for Lyondell
• Implemented and validated Operations Manager functionalities in a complex
• Environment: Multiple server’s role support, high availability, and fail-over disaster
• Tested and validated OpsMgr Recovery
• SMS 2003 to the branch office in North America.
• Implemented OpsMgr (SCOM) with AD Integration, client monitoring, and Audit collection.
• Configured Reporting server.
• Provided knowledge transfer for the team lead for on-going mom 2005 rules conversation.
• Independent consulting and sub-contracting.

Confidential, Long Island, NY

SMS Engineer\Architect

Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, implement, maintain all SCCM infrastructure in a global environment.
• Manage site configurations (Primary, Secondary, Boundaries)
• Create and manage Collections and SQL queries
• Create, manage and deploy packages and programs
• Create, maintain and use Software Updates to workstations and Servers
• Create, manage and implement Operating System Deployments (OSD)
• Manage Asset Intelligence
• Manage Software Metering
• Manage Reporting
• Author custom queries/reports to provide tangible results to our customers
• Create and manage Desired Configuration Management
• Active Directory Domain Policy management and support
• Document SCCM process controls to allowing knowledge share among teams
• Review expand and upgrade SCCM systems\technology to continue growth for environment
• Create, test, implement, maintain desktop and laptop images using MDT
• Monitor, review, test, implement Confidential and Non- Confidential Patches via SCCM
• Monitor and resolve issues elevated to Tier 3 Queue
• Document process controls to allow existing and new team members to support environment
• Document common problem resolutions providing knowledge to teams for quality support
• Create, test and implement Symantec Wise Package Studio
• Create, test and implement packaging processes and supporting documentation
• Create and maintain software storage for physical and digital media
• Review, create, test, implement software automated packages for in-house and vendor software for internal distribution
• Create and maintain distribution process for SCCM via Advertisements and Task Sequences
• Maintain software package life-cycle and documentation

Confidential, New York, NY

Lead Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Researched and architected the new image framework for a migration to Windows XP (20K desktops nationwide).
• Troubleshoot and implemented solutions for DLL/OCX conflicts.
• Packaged numerous internal and external applications using MSI scripting, AutoIt, visual source safe & VB Script/WMI. Converted InstallShield, WinInstall legacy package into MSI.
• Drafted the stakeholder XP project plan for the image migration. Organized and presented numerous sessions to senior management in other business units.
• Developed methodology guidelines for Packages (MSI) process, built test scripts.
• Designed and implemented SMS Web Reporting (SMS, IIS, and SQL 2000) and restricted access to SMS Admin Console.

Confidential, New York

Lead SMS Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Lead and project manager for Packaging factory from Canada.
• Managed and integrated all the applications (400+) for the Canadian branches (Vancouver, Toronto, Quebec & Montreal) into Confidential ’s global SMS infrastructure.
• Trained & supervised local developer on SMS installer, software development and software distribution with SMS 1.2.
• Packaged 300+ proprietary applications and over 50 off-the-shelf products.
• Exposure to HP Open View, Remedy, & UNIX