SUMMARY:

Senior level technical solution professional with strong history in consulting, server consolidation, virtualization, systems implementation and integration. He has over 17 years of information technology experience with extensive background in Cloud Infrastructure, network operations management, security, networking technologies, server systems and enterprise applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Operating Systems Technologies
• Virtualized Cloud infrastructure, architecture, implementation, migrations and daily operations.
• Microsoft Windows Server Platform NT - 2K16
• VMware, vSphere, 3-6.5
• SRM, View 4-5
• Zerto
• Network & Security Technologies
• TCP/IP, DNS
• Firewalls
• Penetration testing
• Intrusion detection / Prevention
• Vulnerability Assessment, remediation consulting
• HP
• Confidential Power Edge
• Cisco UCS
• Cloud
• Splunk
• Zabbix
• Docker
• Solarwinds
• AWS SA Assoc - inprocess
• Technical Competencies
• Experience with various LAN/WAN technologies including ATM OC-3, DS-3, T-1, Frame Relay, ISDN (PRI/ BRI), Ethernet, and Fast Ethernet.
• Industry standard experience in WAN, LAN, MAN, WLAN, VLAN IP network design, implementation, management and monitoring.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP and routing protocols (OSPF, BGPv4 and RIP), popular sniffers /protocol analyzers.
• DHCP, DNS, WINS
• Basic Admin and configuration with Cisco IOS 10.x - 12.2.
• Experience with many types of Cisco hardware including 2500, 2600, 3600 and 7200-series routers, LS1010 ATM switches, Catalyst 2900, 3500-series Ethernet switches, 6500-series 10/100/1000 switch/routers.
• Proficiency in provisioning, activation, and troubleshooting of DS-x, PRI, BRI and POTS.
• Vulnerability assessment, IDS, NESSUS, SNORT, ISS Proventia G100, G200, G400 SiteProtector
• Checkpoint NG, Symantec Firewall, Sonicwall, Microsoft Windows® ISA 2003
• Netscreen VPN, Firewall and Traffic management
• Packeteer
• Penetration testing, WebInspect, GFI LANguard, ISS Internet Security Scanner
• Physical Network Security, Entrance Systems, Surveillance systems, man traps.
• Novell NetWare 3.1x, 4.x, 5.x (3.12 and 4.1 CNE)
• Microsoft Windows Desktops XP, 2000, NT 4.0 & ME/9x
• Microsoft Windows Server technologies 2003, 2000, NT 4.0 & 3.51
• Windows Active Directory 2000, 2003
• Some Linux and Unix administration
• VMWare
• Intel x86-based servers and workstations.
• Linux servers and workstations
• Clarion Storage
• Microsoft Back Office System, Exchange 5.5, 2000 and 2003
• SMS, ManageWise\ZENworks, RAdmin, VNC, Microsoft Remote Desktop
• Microsoft Professional Office tools thru XP, Microsoft Great Plains
• Concur
• Gauntlet Firewall, Checkpoint Firewall and Raptor Firewall.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

C onfidential, Louisville, KY

Responsibilities:

• VMware VM migrations server consolidations
• VM replication migration from SRM to Zerto, runbook testing
• Daily Support VMware vSphere 5 infrastructure
• VMware VSphere 5.x, 6, AWS management portal for Vcenter
• UCS Commander, basic CISCO IOS, NX
• Splunk deployment, Solarwinds

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Splunk Admin

Responsibilities:

• VMware Implementations, Upgrades/Migrations, Capacity Planning and Documentation
• Very large multi - national medical billing provider
• Daily Support & Ops of VMware VSphere 5.x, 6
• Splunk admin - Windows/VMware
• VM replication builds (80+ VMs) in Zerto, runbook testing, VMware, Azure
• Introduction of AWS into Unified/Hybrid Cloud
• UCS, basic CISCO IOS, NX

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

UCS Commander

Responsibilities:

• VMware Implementations, Upgrades/Migrations
• Transition temp and world accessible workloads into AWS
• POC Install, operations of Zerto replication
• Splunk Administration/ Setup and config
• Daily Support & Ops VMware VSphere 5.5, 6
• UCS & UCS Commander

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities:

• VMware Implementations, Upgrades/Migrations, Capacity Planning and Documentation
• Very large multitenant provider 7 US datacenters
• Splunk POC
• Daily operation configuration of SRM
• VM replication builds (2000+ VMs) in Zerto, runbook testing, VMware, Azure & AWS
• Daily Support VMware VSphere 5, 5.1
• Introduction of AWS into Hosting Unified/Hybrid Cloud

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

Converged Infrastructure Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• VMware Implementations, Upgrades/Migrations, Capacity Planning and Documentation
• Validation/ Fail over testing of County wide, multiple data-centers in Metro-Cloud design.
• Development of migration process from current virtual and physical server enterprise to new converged virtual enterprise.
• Daily Support VMware vSphere 5 infrastructure, Xen Server and Xen Desktop
• VMware View 4, 5
• Support implementation, Cisco UCS
• AD Migration project planning

Confidential, Milford, CT

Infrastructure Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• VMware Implementations, Upgrades/Migrations, Capacity Planning and Documentation
• Implement and support VMware vSphere, 5, VMware Capacity Planner
• VMware View 4, 5
• Server environment in multiple geographies, Windows 2003, 2008, vSphere 4, 5, SRM and VMware View
• Support implementation, Cisco UCS, VCE vBlock

Confidential, Loveland, OH

VMware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• VMware Implementations, Upgrades/Migrations for split server environment in excess of 5000 servers
• Implement, Migration and support VMware vSphere, 4, 5, SRM 5
• Installed, configured and supported VMWare within Red Hat kernels and Windows Server 2008 environments - a total of 1200 virtualized servers and over 200 virtualized desktops.
• Provided Tier 3 / tier 4 support and administration for VMWare ESX 4.1 and vSphere
• Provide technical product support for vRanger, vReplicator, and other virtualization products for the VMware ESX\ESXi Platform
• Upgraded our Virtual Infrastructure from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0
• Provided top tier Microsoft Windows and Intel based hardware support and administration.
• Was responsible for building Windows 2003, 2008 / 2008 R2 virtual servers
• Provides Windows and Linux-based Support for ESX host/Server issues

Infrastructure Implementation Engineer

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Responsibilities:

• VMware Implementations, Upgrades/Migrations, Capacity Planning and Documentation
• Implement and support VMware vSphere, 4, 5, VMware View 4 - 4.5, 200 - 500 desktop pools
• VMware Composer / ThinApp Administration
• Server environment in multiple geographies, Windows 2003, 2008, vSphere 4, 5, SRM and VMware View
• Support implementation, and daily operations for 11,000 servers in four North America datacenters.

Confidential, Grand Rapids, MI

VMware Consultant Delivery Engineer

Responsibilities:

• VMware Delivery Consultant, vSphere 4, P2V Factory, Documentation
• Design and document P2V process using vSphere, SRM 4.0, VI3
• Obtained VMware service accreditations for P2V Accelerator Service, SRM 4, Virtual data center upgrades from VI3 to vSphere. DRS, VMotion, Storage VMotion
• VMware view accreditation
• Admin of EMC CLARiiON.

Confidential, Downers Grove, IL

VMware Consultant Delivery Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and document P2V process using vSphere, SRM 2.0, VI3, DRS, VMotion, Storage VMotion
• Basic NetApp Netfiler admin, EMC CLARiiON, Navishpere
• Obtained VMware service accreditations for P2V Accelerator Service, SRM 4, Virtual data center upgrades from VI3 to vSphere.

Confidential, Endicott, NY

P2V/Migration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architect, Design and Document P2V process using vSphere and VMware converter 4.0, DRS, VMotion, Storage VMotion
• Coordination, planning and execution of P2V, V2V, V2P using VMware Converter.
• Interfacing with AFIA to "Gold Disk" images for VM's, Clones, VM Templates.
• Builds with Gold Disk process and remediation.

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Virtualization/Sys Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Coordination, planning and execution of P2V, V2V, V2P using VMware Converter, PlateSpin PowerConvert, DRS, VMotion, Storage VMotion
• Administration & Design of VI3 infrastructure
• Management of Compellent SAN
• Daily operations of data center servers, HVAC, power
• Sys Administration of Windows AD infrastructure.

Confidential, Louisville, KY

P2V Virtualization Migration Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Health care enterprise data center relocation project.
• Coordination, planning and execution of P2V, V2V, V2P using PlateSpin PowerConvert, VMware Converter.
• DRS, VMotion, Storage VMotion
• Administration & Design of VI3 infrastructure
• VMware Converter and PlateSpin PowerConvert
• Coordination of physical server moves.
• Imaging of servers that were to be physically shipped from origin to new destination.

Confidential, Dayton, OH

P2V Migration Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Large-scale virtualization for very large financial customer.
• Coordination, planning and execution of P2V's, V2V's, newly provisioned servers.
• Optimizations within the VI3 infrastructure
• DRS, VMotion, Storage VMotion
• VMware Converter and PlateSpin PowerConvert
• Scaling and design of long term back up strategy.
• Implementation of Citrix 4.5, Virtualization of Citrix.
• P2V Migration Specialist - Fidelity Information Services, IBM, Little Rock, AR
• Large financial customer, multiple datacenters relocation/realignment.
• Coordination, planning and execution of P2V's, V2V's, newly provisioned servers.
• Migration Planning & coordination
• Guidance in best practice for virtualization with VI3 infrastructure
• VMware Converter and PlateSpin PowerConvert
• Scaling and design of long term back up strategy.

Confidential

VMWARE Professional Services Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Delivery on Virtualization engagements, Readiness assessments, ESX cluster builds, server consolidation pilots.
• DRS, VMotion, Storage VMotion
• Comprehensive experience with VMware Converter and Platespin PowerConvert
• VA's in of 3000+ servers.
• Basic EMC configuration n w/Navisphere
• Multiple large enterprise virtualization projects
• Cluster Sizing, Architecture and Design.
• Proof of concept
• VDI proof of concept
• Implementation of Citrix 30, 4.0, 4.5, Administration, design and build.

Confidential, Elizabethtown, KY

Network Security Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for network integrity for a large financial transaction processing company.
• Responsible for contributions to the company information security policy and other various policies for security and within the IT department.
• Implementation of VISA CISP PCI polices and guidelines for Payment Card Industry compliance.
• Started implementation of ISO 17799 certification roadmap.
• Aided in ITIL configurations for system change and dependencies as pertaining to network & data security.
• Routine audits of files systems, users, user groups and other access controls.
• Routine vulnerability assessment.
• Penetration testing of systems and in house developed transaction processing software.
• Security and hardening of Windows 2003 server, SQL 7.0, SQL 2000, 2005, IIS6.0
• MS Clustering services
• Honeypot network design using VMware ESX servers.

Confidential, Rochester, MN

Windows 2003 AD/Exchange 2003 Migration Lead

Responsibilities:

• Proof of Concept, documentation and implementation for zero impact to user migration.
• 70000+ user network from NT to AD 2003
• 70+ servers Exchange 5.5 Org.
• Also migrated Lotus Notes and GroupWise clients and systems.
• Security and server hardening
• Windows Server 2003,SQL 7.0, SQL 2000, 2005, IIS6.0
• VMware GSX/ESX
• MS Clustering services
• Vulnerability assessment
• Securing messaging, retention compliance
• Exchange migrations using the Quest Domain/Exchange Migration tools.

Windows 2003 AD/Exchange 2003 Migration Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Proof of Concept and documentation guides for simultaneous multi-state rollouts 64 regions (50 state + providences & commands).
• Responsible for stand up, build and general config & IPSec config of all exchange bridgeheads, mailbox servers and clusters in states and abroad.
• Co project lead for evaluation, test, installation documentation of SPAM and Virus filtering software for enterprise deployment.
• Vulnerability assessment of systems, NSA Gold Disk builds and remediation's.
• Security and server hardening
• Citrix 3.0, Windows Server 2003,SQL 7.0, SQL 2000, 2005, IIS6.0
• MS Clustering services
• Migration of all bridgeheads, mailbox servers and decommission of legacy Exchange servers.
• Exchange migrations using the Quest software Aelita, Exchange Migration Wizard.
• Extensive hardware configuration and migration primarily with Confidential servers and EMC san gear.

Windows 2003 Enterprise AD Migration Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Completed AD migration on site in five different states for the Confidential, total migrated objects over 100K (Many sites in excess of +5000 seats/accounts)
• Proof of Concept and documentation guides for simultaneous multi-state rollouts 54 regions (50 state + providences) personally lead migrations in OK, MI, MA, ME and DC.
• Responsible for stand up, build and general config & IPSec config of AD servers in states and abroad.
• Migration of all accounts, workstations and servers and decommission of legacy networks.
• Consult with state admins on "best practice" AD administration techniques, design and configuration of new AD OU's and GPO configurations and considerations.
• AD migrations using the Quest software Aelita, Domain Migration Wizard.
• NSA Gold Disk builds and remediation's
• Experience with migration issues, duplicate accounts, account renaming, computer/server renaming, infrastructure problems and network issues.
• Extensive hardware configuration and migration primarily with Confidential servers and EMC san gear.

Exchange Admin

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing, planning and project management of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for the Rexnord Industries global sites. (Win 2003 AD)
• Patch management design with SMS and SUS
• Migration of sites and servers to Windows 2003 Active Directory (AD) services.
• Exchange 2003 Administration
• AD migrations using the ADMT tool

Confidential, Bloomington, IN

Consultant/Lead Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Migration From NT 4.0 to Windows 2003 Active Directory with ADMT
• Migration of Exchange from 5.5/2000/2003
• Migration of Lotus Notes and GroupWise Clients
• Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.
• Analysis of patch management strategy, resolved with MBSA, SUS
• Responsibly for concept, design and service delivery to over 700+ users and devices
• Multi-threat analysis for operations of broadband network.
• Managed all network internet bound traffic, through traffic shaping, rate limiting.
• Developed site Disaster Recovery Plan and Business Continuity Plan.
• Engineered and manage system security for site.

Confidential, Evansville, IN

Network Sales Associate

Responsibilities:

• Recruited as new sales associate in Indianapolis - Bloomington, Indiana region July 2003
• Closed several accounts in Bloomington including the areas largest regional hospital and opened talks between Confidential and Indiana University - Bloomington and Ivy Tech Central Office (Incorporates all regions)
• Provided sales engineering assistance to other sales associates.

Confidential, Eagan, MN

Network Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

• Base Operations Manager/Implementation lead on the Confidential project.
• While managing the legacy network environments for Confidential Crane and Confidential Louisville was responsible for daily operations while designing and integrating a managed custom Gigabit Ethernet network for the Navy and Marine Corps resulting in a total seat management solution for the Navy and Marine Corps.
• Participated in network security design, implementation and operations.
• Managed site engineering projects either meeting or ahead of deadlines.
• Managed 4 direct reports and several subcontractors.