SUMMARY

• Testing of  to connect  and Confluence and other applications.
• Administration of Salesforces.com configuration and management.
•  server installation, configuration and administration  Visual Analytics, Business Integration, Web & Mobile Authoring
• Server farm administration and secondary support on Citrix XenServer 6.0 and UCS servers/ blades running VMware 5.0 Clusters.
• Storage administration in Tivoli tape storage,  XIV, EMC Isilon, EMC Clarion and DMX, using  MDS switches.
•  site storage support, synthetic full backup copies and NetApp Ontap support.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

McAfee,Tivoli, vFoglight, Nagios, Spectrum, Remedy, HP Insight Manager/OpenView, Dame Ware, MS SMS/SCCM, Ghost, PC Anywhere, bomguard, RSA Security, Backup Exec, Lotus Notes 6.5, IPmonitor and traffic analyzer, whats - up-Gold, Snort, Dragon 6, Source fire, Net Forensics, SNMP traps, Remedy, track-it, Heat

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 Network Administrator 

• Created, Mange and monitored day-to-day systems administration and maintenance of AWS cloud servers and storage EC2, RDS, EB2.
• VPC site connection 
• Created IAM accts for new employees and maintain application access for all services.
•  administration, workflow development, forms, email handling, permissions and Confluence Administration. 
• Testing of  to connect  and Confluence and other applications.
• Administration of Salesforces.com configuration and management.
•  server installation, configuration and administration  Visual Analytics, Business Integration, Web & Mobile Authoring

Sr. install Engineer

• Datacenter upgrade and build out of new virtual network/VLANS to support growing customer base.
• Sever refresh and decommissioning stand-alone servers, Installed new Dell blade servers.
• Converted VM platform from VMware 5.1 to Hyper V 2012. (SCVMM)
• Reconfigured storage LUNS (Dell Equalogic) Added and configured new shelves
• Revamped back up infrastructure to be more efficient using dedup technology and hybrid on site and cloud storage.
• Exchange server upgrade

Sr. Systems Administrator

• Install, upgrade/migrated and virtualized windows Upgraded/migrate and raised 03 AD level - scheme to 08r2
• Installed and managed a mix Hyper-V and VMware 5.x sites.
• Administered the office of Budgets Citrix Xenapp 6.5 application servers with SQL and Oracle 11G DB with hosted customized apps and finance office laptops Office, Crystal reports, remote connectors, VPN, Citrix receiver
• Supported and built a secondary remote  Site, installed servers and storage,
• Managed backend storage devices and space allocations  3Par, EMC NAS,
• Replication to DR site and disk to disk using Veeam backup/ local tape using Backup Exec.

Storage and Backup Engineer 

• Day-to-Day backup and replication using Commvault 9, Deduplication / dash copies to site.
• Server farm administration and secondary support on Citrix XenServer 6.0 and UCS servers/ blades running VMware 5.0 Clusters.
• Storage administration in Tivoli tape storage,  XIV, EMC Isilon, EMC Clarion and DMX, using  MDS switches.
•  site storage support, synthetic full backup copies and NetApp Ontap support ..

Enterprise infrastructure/Server and Virtualization Engineer

• Virtualized multiple datacenter sites using VMware 4.1/5/Citrix 6.0. installation, configuration.
• New host installation during Datacenter refresh Dell R620, R720, R820 R910, M620, M820, M910
• Vcenter Load balancing and virtual connections using Citrix Netscaler for acceleration and VDI project using XenDesktop.
• Virtualized and supported 2010 Exchange DAG cluster, Lync, Windows 2008 R2, Active Directory
• in-Depth expertise in VMware and storage technologies EMC VNX & VMAX storage systems,
• EMC Recover Point for local and remote data protection.
• Work with  team to update and add to the  plan with the new storage, higher speed backbone and VMware utilities.
• Supported WIKI knowledge base (Confluence/JIRA)
• Oracle DB Linux and Oracle Linux..

Lead Network Engineer

• Datacenter upgrade/build, lead network installer and project management assistant:
• Installed and configured 2  7000 core switches, installed and configured 2 5000 distribution switches and installed redundant  2000  extenders to two datacenters.
• Upgraded ISP speed and added a second carrier  for redundancy.
• Upgraded security devices and configurations Upgraded wireless infrastructure.
• Data migration/move to new EMC VNX

Storage/Messaging/Server Engineer

• Windows Server 2003/2008 R2 installation, configuration and administration, Windows Clustering, AD/DNS/DHCP, systems management using  SCCM
• Windows 2003 IIS,   Windows Terminal Services, and Citrix XENAPP 5.0
• VMware 4.1,VM Vcenter Server - Installation and Maintenance,  Template creation and procedures Storage configuration, LUN Configuration,  Server connectivity through Fibre channel brocade switches
• Exchange 2003/2010 administration, replication and clustering.  
• Exchange connector and Gateway configuration and maintenance

IT Manager

• Managed vendor relations and outside consultants.
• Provided resolutions to an assortment of technology and business unit problems
• Migrated XP to Windows7; managed VMView VDI.
• Administered  WAPs, switches, routers 28xx, ASA's, VPN, VLAN’s (3750G, 3750poe)
• Administered VoIP systems (Shoretel v 11.1)
• Administered messaging server
• SQL 2005/2008. Exchange server 2007,

Sr/Lead Network and Systems Engineer 

• Built, Installed and configured 2  blade C-3000 enclosures.
• Installed and configured  MSA 2000 SAN (2 Controller, 3 expansion units)
• Virtualized system for maximum high availability and redundancy using VMware 3.5 ESX 
• Performed system backups utilizing  Backup solution,tape 
• in weekly meeting providing presentation on process updates
• Oversaw exploratory testing of and  Apps. Worked directly with vendors to assess and modify product
• Created test system administration documentation and created  application flow and hardware infrastructure network
• Installed and configured Procurve switches 26XX 
• Installed, configured, and administered  Server 2003/2008, DNS, AD, Clustered Exchange 2003, Clustered MS SQL 2005
• Migrated 2003 AD infrastructure to  2008 network
• Administered and monitored the network using  Insight Manager, Virtual Connection Manager, Onboard Administrator and Systems Center Manager.
•  Firmware updates and  updates 
• Installed and configured system security using McAfee ePO/Server Patch management using BigFix.
• Installed and administered application.

Broadcast Systems/Network Engineer

• Performed broadcast network admin and support (High Resolution HD video over IP network)
• Supported and managed the Thomson Grass Valley  network over a fiber network. (fiber channel,  SQL Clusters and failover nodes Brocade switches
• Installed and administered/supported Red Hat Linux servers, Parallels and Wintel servers/W  server 2003, GPO, DNS, Active Directory, Cisco routers, PIX, WAPs, cisco switches (VLAN), wireless  troubleshooting/installations (frame relay/IP addressing/point to point)
• Supported editors, graphics dept, production suites and playout booths. 
• Managed and monitored Media/Streaming servers, network prioritization of AV traffic,
• Supported/managed raw data feeds to backend 
• Performed backups to disk and robotic tape library 
• Performed Network Nodes and end-points monitoring using “what’s-up-gold", Configured and pushed Server upgrades/patching using WSUS, virus scan installation and configuring (Symantec EndPoint),
• Performed backups to disk and robotic tape library (StorageTek and Symantec BEX 12.5).
• Administered MS Exchange 2003, Avaya VoIP phone system and MS SQL 2000/2005.

Lead Technical Support/Network Engineer 

• Performed daily checks of the  national network for all Wintel 2000/2K3/Novell servers.
• Monitored Tivoli alarms to determine the critical and non-critical issues 
• Recommended updates to monitoring alarms for servers and applications.
• Verified daily backup logs for  regional office. Initiated bridge calls with network or hardware teams to drive problem resolution of critical failures in remote datacenters, maintain corporate response . This included hardware, DNS, AD, VLAN, traffic, Database (Oracle & SQL), or Wintel server failures.
• Assisted in the build out of the new datacenter- installed and configured Terminal servers and added them the Citrix Server Farm
• Remote site monitoring and server patch and hardware updates 
• Established Sr level bridge calls to resolve major network, application and/or datacenter failures.
• Performed root cause analysis, after failures, to prevent future problems Monitored and resolve issues on national network including- IP networking, SQL Clusters and CITRIX farms, correct patching, virus definitions, client failures, load balancing and SQL Clustering and/or mirroring.
• Special project: Created/tested a 20 server test domain lab in order to test the migration plans and scripts that moved the Novell 5.1 servers and accounts to  2K3 server.
• Documented test plan and recommended use of migration tools.

Security Administrator 

• Performed security evaluation testing on the Networks/servers and Computers for the Dept of Veterans Affairs.
• Responded to network/systems intrusion alerts/incidents,
• Analyzed Network traffic, systems logs and audit logs to determine corrective action and implemented counter measures to prevent systems/network breaches.
• Performed remote surveillance, pushed updates and system updates using  SMS.
• Provided oral and written reports/Documentation on the state of systems security and daily activity.
• Escalated known issues to center management and sent out daily threat reports.
• Monitored gateway end points (router and firewall, managed IDS/IPS.
• Provided user/systems support for  VPN clients and MS terminal server/Citrix clients,  VPN 3000 concentrators, L3 Auto dialer software, ISS Desktop protector/firewall.

Network/Systems Administrator

• Performed network connectivity and problem resolution (LAN/WAN/TCP-IP) for the hotel properties.
• Configured Outlook 2000/Blackberries and performed Exchange 5.5/2000 admin support,
• Installed/configured and troubleshoot  routers/VPN/ VoIP access.
• Assisted in troubleshooting VoIP services issues.
• Installed and configure Cisco Aironet WAPs, monitored and managed using  wireless control and management.
• Installed and configured security for wireless access points
• Preformed troubleshooting (via telneting) on Cisco 17xx/26xx routers/2950 switches.
• Supported Citrix servers (Wintel 2k3) & 1.8/XP/Delphi client access.

Sr. Support Engineer (Network Support/Help Desk Supervisor)

• maintained the LAN infrastructure and end-user support on a Novell 5.0, Wintel NT4.0 server network performed maintenance and troubleshooting of network-related problems, servers, TCP/IP printers
• Administered Exchange 5.5 and Marconi  switches with to fiber the desktop.