Summary

Security minded team player. enterprise level focus on microsoft messaging exchange and lync and Active directory. hands on technology and team management. high level techNical problem sovler and troubleshooter.

Professional Work Experience:

TriZetto Corporation

Confidential

• Owner for all corporate messaging infrastructure efforts. MS Exchange 2007/2010, MS LYNC 2010 for 4000 users across the Confidential. provided technical team lead function for messaging group team of 9 SA's in Confidential and several more offshore .
• completed migration from Exchange 2003 to 2007. Designed, implemented and maintained Exchange 2010 4 node DAG to provide HA. Consolidated 2007 infrastructure of 23 Physical servers to 7 2010 4 physical CAS, HUB, MB and 3 virtual Edge . Designed, implemented and maintained enterprise lync 2010 environment including federated EDGE, Mobility, monitoring and owa integration. CoordinateD implementation of on premise McAfee IronMail opportunistic TLS solution for secure email communications and EVANGELIZED SUBSEQUENT migration to hosted mcafee secure messaging MXlogic . Lead on Windows AD migration from 2003 to 2008 R2 9 physical sites . Very comfortable with Powershell primarily specific to exchange and Lync. Designed, implemented and maintained 1200 user BES environment. migrated from 4.1.6 to 5.0.4 in HA configuration. provisioned virtual infrastructure using VMWare ESX 3.5-5.1 on cisco UCS and HP C Class Blades. Designed, implemented and maintained ms ENTERPRISE pki ROOT AND SUB CA FOR INTERNAL SSL CERTIFICATES. assisted with venafi security integration. PRIMARY CORP CONTACT FOR SYMANTEC/VERISIGN SSL CERTIFICATES. managed and Participated in On-Call rotation and monthly Maintenance Weekend activities. Owned all patching and upgrades related to messaging infrastructure. Worked with Manager on resource allocation for remote sites to best utilize people and IT assets. Worked together with enterprise Security, Network, datacenter, Application, storage, virtualization AND DESKTOP teams to provide mutual benefit across business functions. RESURRECTED RELATIONSHIP with Microsoft TAM to build direct support relationship with microsoft for corp SA group. Designed, implemented and maintained Symantec enterprise vault mail archive and DiScovery accelerator for security and legal groups to perform legal hold/discovery.

Confidential

Denver, Colorado Enterprise Architect Provided service oriented IT support. Deployed and administer Microsoft technologies: Active Directory, Group Policy, Exchange, IIS, WSUS, Forefront Client Security and System Center Data Protection Manager. Managed client firewalls and spam filters to ensure secure SMTP traffic and business continuity. Managed client backup rotations. Evaluated existing client network architecture and provideD technical guidance for upgrades and future deployments. Worked with dispatch staff to schedule client engagements and installations. On site and remote support services for a wide variety of clients throughout the Denver Metro area. Mentor junior staff members.

Confidential

Denver, Colorado Production Operations Systems Engineer Managed all NOC related activity. Primary contact for highly available, publicly visible 24x7 production environment at Viawest collocation site. Install, configure and maintain Dell server and storage hardware. 3PAR SAN administration via both direct connect and switched fabric. EMC CX500 SAN administration via switched fabric. Worked in conjunction with SQL DBA, platform developers, and QA staff to deploy reliable production code loads and provision clustered and mirrored storage. Performed monthly maintenance during scheduled after hours windows to comply with customer SLA's. Managed Cisco ASA firewalls/VPN, core and distribution switches, and F5 load balancers in HA configuration. Managed production monitoring/alerting via MS SCOM 2007. Organized and participated in on call rotation - served as main Operations contact for all servers, storage and network. Worked with vendors to determine best cost on IT purchases and hardware service contracts. Managed VM infrastructure using both MS Hyper-V and VMware ESXi for development environment. Participated in production planning meetings. Migrated to MS Exchange 2007 from Exchange 2003. Deployed and administered MS Team Foundation Server 2005, upgraded to 2008. Experience with Windows Core Computing and Powershell scripting. Maintained SSL certificate history, IP and public DNS records inventory.

Confidential

Boulder, Colorado Active Directory/Security Access Administrator contractor Supported Johnson Johnson AD infrastructure throughout North America. Active Directory and Exchange administration using DRA NETIQ for 200,000 user enterprise. Managed DFS infrastructure across multiple server clusters. Managed enterprise file and print services. Coordinated, scheduled and performed data migrations. Interfaced with site SOC's to provide high level of customer satisfaction. Provided 2nd and 3RD level support to IBM and internal J J helpdesk.

Confidential

Erie, Colorado Founder and Sole Proprietor Network Infrastructure Design and Security Server and Desktop Administration Windows 2000/2003 Disaster Recovery Planning Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange Structured Cabling Installation Wireless Security Enterprise Antivirus Solutions

Confidential

Network Administrator Managed local Help Desk and remote IT support staff. Primary contact for all network infrastructure related issues. Responsible for all server and LAN/WAN hardware procurement. Configure, install and maintain Intel server hardware, Cisco routers and switches. Migrated enterprise from NT/Exchange 5.5 to Windows 2000 AD and Exchange 2000. MS CRM beta partner. MS Exchange administrator for 250 employees across 5 remote sites across the U.S. Managed Checkpoint Firewall/VPN and Cisco async based RAS. Deployed company website hardware and AD infrastructure in NOC Level3-Denver / Inflow-Thornton . Worked with Director of Infrastructure and LEC's to order and install circuits, determined location of MDF's/IDF's for new sites. Designed network infrastructure for 1,000,000 square foot Distribution Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Worked with data cablers, electricians and other contractors on facility design for infrastructure and office space expansion. Maintained IT vendor relationships. Support for C-level executive team.

Hardware Knowledge: Cisco ucs , Hp C Class blades and HP DL rack mount servers, 3PAR SAN Administration S400 , Cisco ASA 5520, F5 BigIP Load Balancers, Cisco Routers 1600, 1700, 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600 series , Cisco switches 1900, 2900, 3500, 3600. 4000, 4900 series , Sonicwall firewalls, Dell Power Edge Servers 1650-1950, 2650-2950, 6800-6950 through current R and T series and Power Vault Disk Arrays and LTO / SDLT tape libraries and autoloaders, EMC CX500 SAN, Brocade fabric switches, RAID 0-100.

Software Knowledge: MS Windows NT/2000/2003/2008R2/2012R2 Server, MS Exchange 5.5-2010 Server,