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SUMMARY

Systems engineer with 10+ years of experience in 24x7 enterprise systems environments.
Knowledge of best practices for systems design, administration, backup, disaster recovery, storage area networks and network infrastructure.
Solid industry experience in financial services, banking, insurance and entertainment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft 2003/2008 Admin. Minor Linux administration. Microsoft clusters, clustered SQL, Exchange, RightFax, etc.
SAN Admin with HP EVA 8000, EMC Clarion, and NetApp. Clarion system in lab environment.
Enterprise server infrastructure including HP Blades (460,480,680), C7000 chassis with Virtual Connect setup. HP DL360, 380, 580, IBM BladeCenter and Xseries servers.
Hardware virtualization, in VMWare ESX 4.1, Vmotion, and VM level backups utilizing plugins for backup software.
Email and Messaging Server Administration. Exchange 2007/2010
System Monitoring with Microsoft operations manager, HP SIM and HP Openview
Jr. Network Admin work with Cisco routers, switches, firewalls.
Financial Systems Security and Compliance .
System Backups (eVault, Veritas Backup Exec, HP Dataprotector, Tivoli Storage Manager) and replication with (NSI DoubleTake) . MSL LTO tape Silos.
Windows Desktop Support and MS Operations Manager. Citrix Zen App server environment support for remote user applications.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York, NY

Consultant

Responsibilities:

Managed technology contracts for Confidential . Configured and supported Citrix Zen App 6.5, Blackberry BES 5, and Exchange 2010 and Email journaling for 30 users.
Installed DR Site for business continuity in hosted cloud environment. Environment configured with site to site VPN for Active Directory as well as mirroring application and database servers using Arcserve HA replication software and SQL mirroring.
Revamped computer room by re - organizing racks/servers/switches and cabling.
Resolved server backups and email filtering issues.

Confidential, New York, NY

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

Windows administrator on server team for 70 server environment in production (NYC) and DR sites (New Jersey, and Boston). 5 member server team.
Daily activities include monitoring environment using multiple tools including SCOM. Responsibilities included Active Directory administration, Exchange administration, and backups/restores.
Projects included relocation and set up of remote offices, consolidation of multiple file servers onto NetApp, virtualizing physical legacy systems, software upgrades, technology audits, and responding to disasters such as power outages, fires, and hurricane damage.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Built NY colocation site and a business recovery sites with HP Blade servers.
Administered EVA8000 SAN including zoning, allocating storage, upgrades and maintenance. Backup admin using HP Dataprotector. Utilized data replication (DoubleTake) and offsite backups with Iron Mountain.
Worked in a team to build and support production VMware server farm, Citrix farm, and supporting business applications.
Coordinated with SQL DBA group in piloting of GeoCluster and using Doubletake replication in POC hot site in New Jersey for disaster recovery.
Junior role, configuring Cisco 6513 switches with HP Blade infrastructure.
Helpdesk support of New York and Singapore site for day to day issues with email, Citrix, and Sharepoint. Escalation contact for application developers.

Confidential, Costa Mesa, CA

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

Managed Windows 2003 and RedHat Linux 3.0/4.0 servers server builds, backups, monitoring, SAN support, Email and application server support.
Managed over 100 servers for high-traffic, distributed IIS 7, WebSphere 6, Citrix, RSA Server, AD, Exchange 2003 and enterprise application environments.
Managed HP MSA8000 SAN and IBM Island SAN storage for IBM blades.
System admin on migration of systems to WebSphere 6 and RedHat Enterprise Linux 4. Created build instructions, backup procedures and updated DR plans.
Participated in yearly disaster recovery exercise in Las Vegas for SAS/70 audit.
Assisted with Cisco switch and router upgrades and installations.

Confidential, Long Island City, NY

Windows Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

System admin to migrate from HP Storageworks to EMC SAN for Database clusters, coordinating with vendors, DBA group, and Storage team. Created procedures to update server security, system resource management, software installations, monitoring and process control.
Piloted VMware ESX to consolidate and virtualize server environment. Worked with consultants for farm planning, design, and disaster recovery, deploying 300+ virtual servers. Configured monitoring with Virtual Center.
Installed and configured Tivoli Storage Manager clients to backup SAN attached servers. Coordinated with TSM group to create procedures for backups.
In lab environment, installed 20-30 racks, cabling, and servers. Installed and tested patches and Veritas Backup Exec with Adic tape libraries.