SUMMARY:

• Systems Engineer and Administrator with over 15 years of demonstrated success in implementing strategic IT initiatives that improve business functionality with a primary focus on maintaining Virtual Infrastructure Environment using VMware and MS Windows Servers 2003/2008/2012 Standard/Enterprise operating systems. Expertise experienced in VMware Virtualization, Vmware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Windows Systems,Server Administration and Network Administration in Data center Infrastructure environments. Installed, configured and deployed VMware ESX/vSphere servers. Hands on experience using Power CLI and Power Shell scripts to manage VMs/Hosts and providing detailed reports for ESXi hosts,VMs and Windows servers. Provided On Call support 24x7 during Critical Issues for Production Environment. Considered a high - energy individual with a reputation for integrity and quality. Team oriented with excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Experienced Virtualization engineer/Administrator with VSphere client 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5.1/5.5 and VMware VCenter 3, 3.5, 4, 4.1, 4.5, 5.1 and 5.5. Hands on experience in Installing & upgrading of vCenter, Vsphere Client, ESX & ESXi Hypervisors, VMware workstation.
• 10+ years of experience in providing Windows Systems Engineer and Administration to Managers and Executive staff support.
• 7+ years Windows shell scripting, PowerShell scripting VBS experience.
• 6+ years of experience in Desktop and Network Administration within the small business sector
• 5+ years of VMWare Desktop experience and 4+ years VMWare Server 5.x experience. Engaged in installation, configuration and troubleshooting of Vcenter Server. Excellent experience in configuration of VMware Vcenter server and ESXi.
• 5+ years Juniper Network Connect 2 VPN Client experience
• 4+ years Smartphone (i.e. Blackberry, iPhone, Android) support experience
• 3+ years Cisco Router and Switch experience
• 3+ years Dell Switch experience
• 3+ years Citrix Client experience
• 3+ years Hyper-V experience

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems/Platforms: Windows 2012 R2, 2012 R1, 2008 R2, 2008 R1, 2003 R2, 2003 R2 and SBS 2011 Server, Windows 10.x/8.x/7/Vista and XP

Applications: TitleExpress 8.x.x, GreenFolders 3.x.x, CloudWorkspace, ServiceNow, Remedy, VM Ware ESX Server and VM Ware Workstation, Veeam Backup, Citrix Xen Desktop Client, Exchange Server 2007 and 2005, MS Office 2003/XP/2007/2010, Visio, PowerPoint, Putty, Cygwin, Wireshark, Telnet, Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Edge, AcrServe, NetBackup, BackupExec and IIS

Programming Languages: ASP Classic, C/C++, VB 6, MTS/COM+, VC++.NET, J2SE, Java, Javascript, Windows Shell and Powershell ScriptingDatabases: Remedy, Altiris, Access, SQL Server 2014, 2012 R2, 2008 R2, SQL 2008 Express, DTS and T-SQL

Hardware: Desktops, Servers and Mobile Devices: Blackberry, LG, Dell, Lenovo and HP.Routers, modems, hubs and switc hes: Dell, Cisco, Linksys, Cisco VoIP, Avaya VoIP and DSL.Misc. Hardware: Confidential Nitro SIEM 9.5/9.6, iSCSI, NetApp SAN, WD NAS, HP StorageWorks Tape Backup, Sony DL Tape Backup, Iomega Tape Backup, hard drives, SATA, RAID, SCSI, IDE, USB, Firewire, Ethernet, Gigabit, DVD, CD-R and CD-RW drivers.

Protocols: BGP, DHCP, DNS, Juniper NC2 VPN, Cisco VPN, WiFi, Wireless, TCP/IP, FTP, POP, NNTP, SMTP, SNMP, PPTP, LDAP, PPP/SLIP and PPPoE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

FORMATION SECURITY SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Confidential, Burbank, Ca

Responsibilities:

• Administration and monitoring of Confidential Nitro SIEM Receiver Appliance via ESM 9.5. Recently upgraded to ESM 9.6 on all Confidential Nitro security appliances. Create new policy and procedure documentation. Revise existing policy and procedure documentation.
• Assist Help Desk and Desktop Support team with imaging and deployment of new workstations. Administered and monitored various Windows-based Servers running Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2 Servers within Logix FCU infrastructure.

SYSTEMS ENGINEER II (Contract)

Confidential, Irvine, Ca

Responsibilities:

• Install, configure and upgrade VMware vSphere 5.5 infrastructure environment. Setting up V-Motion and SVmotion across multiple production servers. Configured Alerts for vSphere on vCenter server 5.5. Installed patches and updates on ESXi hosts using VMware
• Update Manager. Worked as SME on various infrastructure projects surrounding Servers consolidation, Backup and Disaster Recovery via Veeam, Physical to Virtual Migrations, Storage and Server Management. Perform installations of Title Express Escrow application
• nto various clients running Windows Server-based architecture via LogMeIn and Cloud Workspace. Also perform database backups and restores via SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012 and 2014. Worked with team members in Windows Engineering project tasks as designed and implemented Window Server Technologies. Once the server were built and placed on the domain, provided support for the servers.
• Managed servers via SCCM 2012. Designed, developed, tested, and implemented Active Directory Services in Windows 2008, and 2012
• Server environments. Provided Windows Administration (i.e. account management, Active Directory support, reports via PowerShell scripting, group policies, changes to DNS records, data backups) including desktop support. Developed PowerShell scripts to automate tasks. Also assisted with administration of Exchange Server 2007.

SYSTEMS ENGINEER II (Sub-Contract)

Confidential, Irwindale, Ca

Responsibilities:

• Involved in installation and configuration of Virtual machines using VMware ESXi 5.5/5.1 and administered virtual servers using
• VMware vSphere client. Managed servers via SCCM 2012. Assist with onboarding of new IT consultants and contractors requiring access to Edison's Enterprise Service Applications which run within a Windows Server Enterprise Infrastructure. Also assisted with administration of Exchange Server 2007. Provided Microsoft Active Directory support for multiple domains. This includes, user management, group policy design, DNS and DHCP via Windows Server . Performed task automation and scripting using

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR / ENGINEER III (Contract)

Confidential, Los Angeles, Ca

Responsibilities:

• Deployed and supported VMware ESXi Servers 5.1 /5.5 and vSphere 5.1 /5.5. Handled ESXi server upgradation from 4.1 to 5.1 / 5.5.
• Performed daily and weekly backups of 50+ Windows-based server via ArcServe and Backup and Disaster Recovery via Veeam Assist users with both Desktop and Web-based applications and access issues. Maintained and administered Windows 2003, 2008 R2 and 2012
• R2 Servers via Active Directory, SCCM 2008, SCCM 2012 and WSUS. Also maintained Avaya/Cisco VoIP switching system. Utilized
• BGP with Cisco 4500+ blade switches. Also assisted with administration of Exchange Server 2007. Assist with decommissioning of
• Windows 2003-based servers running VMWare ESX via Service Now and Aperture application. Ran daily reports via SQL Server 2008.
• Configured various wireless devices to connect to corporate infrastructure via Cisco VPN. Used PowerShell scripting for automationmanagement and report generating of windows server environment.

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR / ENGINEER (Sub-Contract)

Confidential, Los Angeles, Ca

Responsibilities:

• Deployed and supported VMware ESX and ESXi Servers 3.5 & 4.0 and Virtual Server 2.5 and vSphere 4 environment. Created Virtual Servers on ESX 3.0 and maintained through VCenter Infrastructure Client. Configured HA, Failover and DRS in VI. Created templates and build servers on ESX Host. Provided support of Windows 2003 Server and Windows 7-based desktops and resolved issues with 50 end users involving MS Office 2010. Performed routine desktop and server maintenance and backups using Symantec NetBackup, Backup Exec and Veeam. Also assisted with administration of Exchange Server 2005.
• Maintained 2 Dell PowerEdge servers running Windows 2003 Server and Windows 2008 Server, consisting of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, load balancing, fault-tolerance, redundant UPS and RAID configuration using Dell, Microsoft and Symantec monitoring tools and Symantec Backup Exec 7 for backing up both Servers running a proprietary financial server application. Also wrote custom scripts using Windows Scripting and Windows Power Shell. Wrote Powershell scripts to assist in managing Active Directory tasks. These included user information lookup, exporting data based on user and computer locations within Active Directory, and creating and disabling Active Directory accounts and objects.
• Previously performed local office server migration from Windows 2000 Server to Windows 2003 Server and subsequently migrating from Windows 2003 Server to Windows 2008 R2. Migration of HP Proliant based servers to Dell PowerEdge Servers, migration from HP Laserjet to Dell 1100 and 1200 series laser printers. Also performed migration from HP based, Windows XP Professional desktops and laptops to Dell-based Windows 7 desktops and laptops and executed software installation via Altiris Application Deployment Server and WSUS over the network.
• Previously supported Citrix Xen Desktop to allow users to access applications running on Citrix Xen Server within Confidential 's enterprise corporate infrastructure. Also used VMWare Desktop running as a bridge to allow users access to accounting server. Maintained and administered Cisco 3600 series routers using BGP within the location. Also, provide support Juniper Network Connect VPN client application to allow users with laptops, tablets and smart-phones, access to Confidential 's enterprise corporate network infrastructure.

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Handled inbound calls from consumers who have purchased Funai and other brands of consumer electronic merchandise. Resolve issues, provided necessary information and advised them of the warranty and return policies. Processed necessary documents as approved by CSR Management.

WINDOWS DESKTOP/SERVER/NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR

Confidential, Monterey Park, Ca

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for small peer-to-peer network consisting of Windows XP Professional and Office XP software on a as per incident and on call basis. Designed and implemented migration from a Windows XP-based peer to peer network to a Client/Server network consisting of Windows 2000 Server, DNS,
• DHCP, Active Directory and maintained backup of entire network via VERITAS backup software. Also wrote custom scripts using Windows Scripting and Windows Power Shell and provided support for Managers and Executive-level staff. Management of Active directory and windows server infrastructure. Acted as liaison between end-users and SBC Business Internet Services and solving connection issues regarding the network router supplied by SBC Business Internet Services.