PROFILE:

Confidential is an accomplished professional with a unique combination of over 15 years of technical and project management skills. Confidential has a proven ability to provide technical services, manage complex projects, and lead teams with a high regard for accuracy, requirements, budgets, and interpersonal communications. A large percentage of Confidential ’s experience has been working directly with the Confidential where he has encountered the complexities of the State project lifecycle. Confidential has reported directly to State Staff, DPMs, CIOs, Chiefs, and Directors.

EXPERIENCE IN:

• AD Forest/Domain Design
• AD Site Replication Strategies
• Rollouts/Migrations
• High Profile Positions
• Classroom Teaching
• Large Network Experience
• Sensitive Mac Migrations
• Exchange/GroupWise

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Virtualization Platforms: VMWare ESX/vSphere 4/5/6 Microsoft Hyper - V, VMWare Horizon/View XenServer, VMWare Fusion (MacOSX) XenApp/XenDesktop

Server Operating Systems: Windows Server OS 2012 R2 and prior, NetWare 6.5 to 3.12

Operating Systems: Windows 8.1 and prior, DOSMac OSX, LINUX

Server Hardware: HP, IBM, Dell

Network Hardware: Cisco, Enterasys, HP, ADC Kentrox, PIX Firewall, Lucent, Racal-Milgo, Adtran, Directories, Active Directory/DNS, NDS, Messaging, Exchange, GroupWise

Applications: MS App-V/Med-V,MS SCCM,MS SCOM, MS Lync,MS Office/Visio, Citrix XenApp 5-6.5,Exchange/Outlook, GroupWise, ZENWorks, ManageWise, BorderManager, Veritas BackupExec, Citrix Metaframe,Citrix WinFrame

Programming Languages: C++ JavaScript, HTML VBScript, Visual Basic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

• Architected and implemented project solutions in a VMware environment, in a multi-tiered systems using IIS, SQL, .NET, and Crystal Reports.
• These activities required in-depth knowledge of VMware, Windows 2012 R2, SQL, IIS, f5 load balancers, redundancy, clustering with Windows Failover Clustering, and all the typical social and political aspects working with application developers, managers, and infrastructure staff.
• Responsible for upgrading and maintaining multiple email environments - Exchange 2007/2013 (internal - 3000 users) and IPSwitch iMail (external - 2783 mail domains). These activities required knowledge of Exchange, iMail, and Cisco Ironport emails security appliances.
• Responsible for Root CA proof of concept activities for future move off of their Server 2003 based Certificate Services solution.
• Responsible for assisting/guiding infrastructure staff as a VCP for their VMware environment.

Confidential

Sr. Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

• Co-designed and developed a strategy to implement a new private cloud/data center for CCHCS on OTech’s Confidential floor. Implemented HP C7000 chassis servers at Confidential . Modified drive configurations on each blade in the chassis.
• Installed over 650 virtual servers (App/Web/DB) in the Confidential CCHSS vSphere 5.x environment.
• Migrated 2003 and 2008 Servers to 2012 and 2012 R2 for over 80 projects.
• Helped develop appropriate load balancing strategies for Web and App tiers using f5 appliances and DNS round robin.
• Participated in design strategies for implementing MS Clustering Services within vSphere. All these tasks required an in-depth knowledge of VMware utilizing backend SAN technology (RDMs/LUNs and VMFS volumes).
• M&O of all aspects of the virtual infrastructure based at Confidential - (Active Directory, MS Clustering, DNS, Networking, Security, Storage, Project planning with App/Dev teams, and highest level of support). Continued M&O of the entire virtual environment for an infrastructure perspective.
• Responsible for key infrastructure related technologies: SCCM for Confidential based systems, Trend Deep Security (anti-virus), Windows Clustering, and SCOM.
• Evaluated several options for a secondary, disaster recovery, hot-site. Included in the evaluation were VMware SRM, Cisco UCS, and converged infrastructure platforms: vBlock, FlexPod, and Nutanix.
• Developed a best-fit strategy to implement Microsoft’s Application Virtualization (App-V) solution. Created an air-gap test lab infrastructure with several App-V designs ranging from streaming model to full infrastructure.
• Implemented AD, DNS, DHCP, App servers, and a full installation of SCCM in the test lab to support App-V testing. Decided to implement the SCCM oriented App-V model in production. Upgraded production Confidential SCCM primary and secondary site servers to R3 in support of the App-V rollout.
• Developed SCCM packages, collections, and advertisements to push SCCM and App-V clients to all CCHCS workstations.
• Developed training materials to introduce the technology to the Confidential staff.
• Created (sequenced) several versions of Microsoft Office products to be used in our initial testing phase. Performed in-team testing, and later expanded the App-V testing to a field of IT staff volunteers in the institutions.
• Provided high-level support for Citrix XenApp 5 and 6 (strategies for 32 bit and 64 bit app with Internet Explorer considerations). Hands on experience with Xen Desktop 7.5/7.6.
• Completed redesign and upgrade of the existing CPR network. Implemented Server 2008 with Hyper-V to support new CPR services.

Confidential

Sr. Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

• Completed Citrix XenApp/Xen Desktop rebuild and migration from current private cloud vendor to client’s new cloud service. This project involved a total migration from a disconnected Citrix environment consisting of XenApp/Xen Desktop 4.X through 6.X, 80+ servers, and 48 applications. This effort encompassed usage of Windows Server 2012/2012 R2, 2008/2008 R2, and 2003 servers.
• Analyzed previous environment, servers, applications, and business requirements. Developed a migration plan to move them to their new cloud based hosting service. The new solution implemented best practices for multiple farm servers for critical applications, and appropriately provisioned server resources for the remaining applications.

Confidential

Sr. Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

• MS Lync Server implementation.
• Moved existing services to company’s private cloud service.
• Performed troubleshooting of various Lync related servers and developed a remediation plan to resolve all Lync communication issues they were experiencing.
• This included Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Core Components, Edge Server, XMPP Translating Gateway, IIS, reverse proxy, inbound URL rewrite rules, and internal/external Certificates.

Confidential

Sr. Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

• Created in-depth network designs for 12 different Confidential & Confidential projects/facilities. Each facility required walk-downs to determine current status of the network infrastructure.
• Created all layer 2 and layer 3 drawings for existing and proposed changes.
• Analyzed existing transmissions and planned for appropriate upgrades either by bonded T1s, new microwave shots, or adding the facility to the existing fiber backbone. Identified current telephone infrastructure and designed VoIP implementations as needed (often removing Rolm phone switches and adding new VoIP capable Cisco Routers, VG200’s, and ring boosters, etc). Installed PVDM2-32/64 modules, 3845 routers, 2960S switches, VG204/224 gateways, FXO cards, and various router DRAM upgrades. Identified various trunks DID, DOD, DIL, 1MB, OPL/OPX, T1/PRI, to include in any design changes.
• Analyzed switch port capacity and provided PoE equipped replacements. Designed Cisco MESH WLAN networks using outdoor 1500 and indoor 1200 models - including project engineering to bring in contractors to drill through concrete walls and dig trenching in power yards.

Confidential

Sr. Engineer / Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Created an ESX virtual server for managing the new firewall infrastructure. Server versions involved were Windows Server 2003 and 2008/2008 R2.
• Provided strategic direction and implementation for the DJJ firewall network using the WatchGuard product line.
• Implemented a security model to support new network services.
• Implemented port level security policies and delivery of network communications with Enterasys NetSight.
• Planned a strategy for upgrading the network switching infrastructure at all DJJ facilities. Provided technical direction and management during the HP head switch implementation.
• Evaluated and facilitated changes / enhancements to the Tandberg video conferencing network. Developed LINUX based network monitoring system.
• Provided high level support for Confidential routers and switches throughout the Adult and JJ network via TACACS user account. Most of these efforts required statewide travel to all Confidential facilities.

Confidential

Sr. Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

• Project involved building a decentralized SQL Server solution at 33 Confidential prisons, and 40 fire camps.
• Designed and built Infrastructure using Windows 2003 Server x64 Enterprise, and SQL Server 2005 Enterprise. The main database and application servers are housed at DTS so, a precise firewall and network design was required to establish proper communications and manageability.
• Built a mobile test environment, which mimicked the 3 servers at DTS, 2 Domain Controllers, and 1 Institution server l created within a VMWare ESX server. Created a test environment hosted at the AeroJet facility, which also contains the same virtual servers. Created a data flow process for well-connected prisons, to non-connected fire camps for canteen sales activity. Developed a customized Data Transfer application using Visual Basic to transfer data through dial-up networking, SFTP servers, and institution file servers.
• Resolved an interdepartmental network communications problem between Confidential and DTS. The culprit was Path-MTU Discovery not working over the Forest-to-Forest Trust, because ICMP was disabled on the DTS firewall to the Domain Controllers. After resolving this issue, several other issues cropped up involving RPC and RDP from Confidential to DTS housed servers.

Confidential

Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Managed task groups, developed technical assessments, evaluated facilities for site readiness, identified project risks, created communication policies, and managed onsite teams during implementation phases.
• Created the Active Directory and Exchange environments at Confidential . According to Microsoft, this project was the largest AD rollout on the West Coast at the time. The solution was implemented for over 20,000 users, and more than 100 servers. The unique technical challenge was merging the Juvenile Justice division (CYA) into the Confidential Adult network in the middle of the rollout. The JJ division was using Novell NetWare file servers and its own Exchange organization. The productions servers were implemented using VMWare ESX technology including an 8 node ESX cluster using SAN technology. ESX was also used in many test lab scenarios where migration activities for various software tools: Quest, and SysInternals, etc. Provided post implementation L3 support. Helped the Wintel and Network teams with any escalated issues.