SUMMARY

• I have a wide range of experience in enterprise level, multi - site Windows environment including design, implementation, documentation and ongoing support.
• My background includes Active Directory design, and support, Windows Server, Failover Clustering, SQL Server, virtualization (vSphere, and view VDI), storage (Hitches HUS 150, HUS130, AMS2200, Dell MD3000i, Equal Logic, MD 1000, HP MSA, and EMC VNX). I also have experience with planning, documenting, and implementing multi-site disaster recovery and continuity of operation procedure.
• I have worked in a variety of environments and I have grate experiences in both the private sector and government contracting, have strong ability to bridge between technical and business requirements and understand complex problems.
• Extensive knowledge of VMware 3x, 4x, 5x, (vSphere), vView, vCenter, vMotion, DRS, FT, HA, vCenter Link Mode, and VDI, MS Hyper-V, Virtual PC, and Oracle VirtualBox.
• Solid, practical experience in trouble-shooting and configuring Windows, Active Directory, Exchange 2K3,2K7, DNS, DHCP, and Domain Controllers.
• Extensive knowledge of MS SQL 2008 and 2012 installation, configuration, clustering, and high availability (Replication and Mirroring).
• Extensive knowledge of DR, HA, SAN Replication for Colocation.
• Extensive knowledge of Project Management with large-scale rollouts. These projects involved meeting Milestones and monitoring Project Budgets. Responsibilities included: assigning and reviewing tasks for team members, Enterprise-Wide Design implementation and deployment, lab design and setup, client configuration, and Training with Technical Documentation.
• Excellent communication, supervisory, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, such as IAMP, PV, HNT, ONM, A-TEMP, Datacenter, SAP, AD and Email Migration, WM system.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization: Virtual Infrastructure 3, vSphere 4, 5, 6 vCenter, vMotion, FT, DRS, HA, vView 4.5, VDI, P2V, server, workstation, & Fusion. Windows Hyper-V, Virtual PC, & Oracle Virtual Box.

Cloud Solutions: Microsoft Azure, AWS and vCloud Director

Network: Active Directory, DC replication, Group Policy, FSMO roles, DNS & DHCP 50/50 & 80/20 & monitoring DC’s. Novell 3, 4.x server.

Database: MS SQL 2008 Installing and configuring SQL server, creating database, setup replication, mirroring, MSCS cluster with MD3000, EqualLogic

Hardware: Dell, Dell servers, Blades, Switches HP, DL340, 360, 380, 760, BL-20p, and Blade Servers. IBM, Netfinity 5000 & @server x250 series Cisco routers and switches.

Storage Arrays: Dell EqualLogic PS4000E, PS6000E, & PS6500, MD 1000, 3000, Hitachi AMS2100HUS130 and HUS150, EMC VNX 5300, 5500, Avamar Others Openfiler.

SAN Switches: Brocade 500 (4GB), 300 SLKWRM (8GB), MacData

OS: Windows 2K8, 2012R2, 2016R1 Win 7, Novell 3, 4 and MAC.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Lead System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Datacenter: Responsible on 4 datacenters (Ashburn, Chicago, Arlington, and Rackspace (AWS and Azure)) over 500 servers, including both physical and virtual
• Responsible on 4 Datacenter consolidation project (project did not get approved), reduced number of datacenter to 4 from 6, and centralized mission critical applications at datacenter and downsized server, to have better control on environment
• Cloud admin deploy, configure, and maintain virtual machines in (Prod and Dr), storage, accounts, recourses group vNet, subnets, and NSGs. Backup, key vault. Participated as Team member for migrating servers from on premise to Azure cloud
• Troubleshoot Azure and AWS related issues and engage vendor for issue resolution
• Managing day to day activity of the cloud environment, supporting development teams with their requirements
• VMware Tasks: Managed AAMVA virtualization environment consists of 23x ESXi 6.0 and 4x 5.5 hosts, hosting over 500 virtual servers in WDC area, a mixed environment windows 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2019, and Centos 6.0. Configured new ESX5i servers including data stores, portgroups, HA, DRS, vmotion, building VMs and Templates, etc
• Virtual environment utilizing Dell blades M600, M610, M520,M630 and for storage using EqualLogic 4 and 6 serious, creating multiple cluster, includes adding rules, SDRS, setting alarms on Datactr, etc. gathered all information, and document spreadsheets etc
• Administrate current Dell storage, currently AAMVA has 8 Equal logics SAN units both 4 to 6 series
• Restructuring backup environment utilizing Avamar backup, identify servers for file level backup and others with image level backup, and then replicating backup files to remote location. This project start saving 15K a month in backup
• Upgrade Active Directory upgrade from 2008R2 to 2012R2Active Directory, along with DNS, DHCP, and CA. Moving from physical to virtual and reuse same IPs, and same DC name (server name), for both production and DEV domains
• Build
• Research into improvement solutions as it related to the analysis, design, and implementation of new windows system solutions
• Follow existing incident, problem, crises and change management process as well as provide feedback to improve process and lesson learned.
• Worked closely with network. And application developers team to support best product installation, customization and deployments
• Coordinate with the team to develop work flows for our server life cycle
• Create and maintained new documentation for new build documentation, policies, procedures, pushing CR, organizing process and document changes for easy to roll back

Confidential

Sr. System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managing day-to-day IT support issues, prioritizing IT request. Administrate UCS Blade servers, working with Cisco support to update firmware on CISCO USC blades servers
• Lead Design Engineer for SQL consolidation project: database responsibility for design, implement, test and document for SQL 2008R2 and SQL 2012 infrastructure including server clustering, and database mirroring, and replication
• Design, implement and document procedures for Microsoft core services to include server clustering
• Lead Engineer for design, create dev/test environment, includes 4 ESX servers, and HP MSA 2000 ISCI storage, moved all dev/test VMs from production environment to dev /test environment
• Working on building multi-site disaster recovery and continuity of operations plan for production environment (not completed)
• EMC Avamar: implanting and maintaining backup strategy and disaster recovery plan using EMC Avamar
• EMC SAN, administrate EMC SAN VNX 5300, and 5500

Confidential

Sr. System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Datacenter: Responsible on 4 datacenters in WDC area (Phoenix, Sterling, Ashburn, and Chantilly) and others 2x CA, 2xAZ, 2x UK, 2 China, 1x India total. Of 12 datacenters and over 3000 servers, including Solaris, and redhat, both physical and virtual.
• ESX Servers: Managed THS virtualization environment consists of 23x ESXi 5.0 and 3x 3.5 hosts, hosting 760 virtual servers in WDC area, a mixed environment windows 2003, windows 2008, and windows 2012 Centos 6.0, and Solaris 10. Configured new ESX5i servers including datastores, portgroups, HA, DRS, vmotion, building VMs and Templates, etc.
• Storage Array: Manage and maintain Hitachi Storage Platforms AMS2100, HUS130 and HUS150. Installed and configured SNMv2 to administrate SAN. Also, allocate and configured storage to ESX servers and Windows servers. Administrate Hitachi HI Track monitor
• SAN Switches: Configured and administrate Brocade SAN switches to support EMC and HUS storage array. Creating alias, zones, update firmware, backup and restore.
• Active Directory: Administrate multi-site WAN THS Active Directory, consists of one forest and 6 domains with 42 DCs including DNS servers. Adding removing DCs to the environment and administrate OUs and GOPs, etc.
• Storage Consolidation Project, migrated datacenter storage array form EMC CX4 to Hitachi HUS150, to support both virtual environment which consists of 180 VMs and MS Cluster SQL 2008R2

Confidential

Lead System Engineer / Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities:

• Team Lead and managed a team of 9 system and network engineers, report directly to CIO, VP’s, CFO and CEO. Acted as Project Liaison between company and government. Accountable for over 80% of the annual IT budget. Heavily involved in planning and budgeting process.
• Responsible on 2 Datacenters and DR site consists of 87 servers and overs 32TB of ISCSI SAN storage in this 24x7 high availability environment. The server environment consists of primarily of Microsoft Windows Enterprise and Datacenter edition, 13 ESX servers, also supporting SQL 2005, 2008R2, Exchange 2007 and 2010, Deltek, WMS, SAP, etc.
• Datacenter Consolidation and Centralized IT Infrastructure, reduced number of datacenter to 2 from 5, and centralized mission critical applications at datacenter and downsized server farm by 60%.
• Currently architecting and managing the technical implementations of a Disaster Recovery plan for mission critical systems. The project includes the build-out of a warm site with data replication between the primary and recovery sites. Responsibilities also include managing tasks and deliverables for a cross-functional IT team, and managing the project budget.
• Installed and configured VMware View 4.5 and deployed virtual Windows XP to support legacy application for remote users.
• Designed, planned, and implemented VMware ESX servers with vCenter server, setup VMotion, DRS, FT, and HA for VMs. Migrated physical severs to virtual using P2V tool, created multiple virtual networks for production and testing environments. The environment has grown to over 13 ESXs hosts. In the process of setting up vCenter Link Mode.
• Designed, planned, and executed multi-phase server consolidation project utilizing VMware ESX server. Project goals included the decommissioning of over 70% of physical servers, significant saving in annual operational expenses, increased availability, and reduction in server provisioning time.
• Designed, consolidated, and migrated five 2K3 & 2K8 Active Directory forests to a single Active Directory forest with multiple Domains, to serve 1400 users and centralize DC’s. Deploy RODC & DHCP at remote sites. All in virtual environment utilizing ESX server. Thoroughly documented the procedures, along with Visio Diagrams and Spreadsheet.
• Exchange consolidation & migration from 2K3 & 2K7 to 2010 to support 1400 users and 3 TBs of data. These include a consolidation of three Exchange sites to one primary site with passive DR site, utilizing DAG, implementation on virtual environment utilizing ESX servers.
• Designed, installed & configured multiple SQL servers 2005 & 2008, set up SQL Cluster with Dell MD 3000, and EQL in physical & virtual environments with multiple instances for multiple contracts. Also set up & configured SQL Mirroring, Replication, and Log Shipping between multiple SQL servers.
• Aligned IT needs with business needs by consulting with both external and internal customers for provisioning and assessing future growth.
• Heavily involved in negotiation of co-location Data Center, Internet P2P connections between sites, relocating IP’s, etc.
• Installed and configured Windows 2008R2 Terminal Server and published applications, to allow users to work remotely. Also, published VDI (Virtual Desktop) via Terminal Server.
• Installed and configured Zenoss Monitoring Tool, to monitor servers, switches, applications, network appliances, etc.

Confidential

Sr. Microsoft Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed, planned, and implemented OPM Active Directory upgrade from 2K to 2K3, consisting of 9000 users, 33 DC’s, 23 DHCP servers, 12 DNS servers, and 23 remote sites.
• Designed and consolidated DHCP, DNS, and Print service and Symantec Antivirus Server from remote locations, built a failover plan for each server, and created a Disaster Recovery (DR) plan for each site.
• Evaluated OPM MS Exchange Server Topology and provided technical recommendations for performance tuning and availability improvement.
• Installed and configured MS SharePoint 2007, Project server 2007 with MS SQL 2005 for Project Server project.
• Restructured Windows and ESX server NTP, Application Lifecycle, and OPM Enterprise Master Connectivity.
• Installed and configured ISCSI storage using Open Filer and Dell Power Vault 220s for ESX servers.
• Installed and configured VMware ESX server 3.1 on PowerEdge 2900. Set up VM’s, disk configurations, cloning, template, and migration (P2V). Set up Virtual networking and VMotion.
• Configured and upgraded Veritas Netbackup 6.5 for DTP Environment, and configured Dell Tape Library Power Vault ML 6000.
• Designed and configured VCB Proxy Server (VMware consolidated Backup) to backup VM’s at Image-Level Backup and File-Level Backup, using Veeam Backup and Veritas Netbackup 6.5 Software.
• Assist in installation and configuration of RSA Authentication Manager, 2Two Factor Authentication Infrastructure for OPM (installed Primary, replica, and RSA Token Deployment Servers).

Confidential

Sr. Microsoft System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning, implementation, and configuration of Windows Active Directory Domain and Replication Model. Installed 6 Domain Controllers and distributed FSMO Roles and Global Catalog Server Roles between DC’s. Designed various Group Policy Objects (GPO’s) for AD Domain and OU’s.
• As a Senior Network Engineer, provided Tier 3 Production Support of AOC Production Network which consists of 2,400 users and 112 Windows servers at geographically dispersed locations.
• Provide Tier 3 Production Support for HP Open View and Citrix Presentation 3.0 server farm
• Designed a Patch Management Solution for AOC, installed and configured WSUS Server for deploying MS Hot Fixes and Security Patches to Windows Servers and Workstations.
• Installed, Configured and Migrated two DHCP Servers, and setup IP Helper on the router.
• Designed and Migrated Print Servers and Migrating Printers from Novell to Windows.
• Configuring HP Blade Servers BL20, BL-45. Set up RDP Server Software to deploy operating systems onto each server blade.