Objective

To secure a full time management or senior level position within the IT discipline which will allow for personal growth and the opportunity to advance and expand my knowledge base.

Profile

Energetic, results-driven strategic technologist, a solution architect with a business executive mindset. I am primarily focused on strengthening business performance, productivity, and profitably by pragmatically aligning technology with business initiatives and requirements to create sustainable value and growth.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Information Technology

Experience Confidential. 8/2008 – present New Orleans, LA

Systems Administrator

• Designed and are engaged in the process of deploying AD, exchange and migrating all users and domain form Windows 2003 to 2008, and implementing/migrating from exchange 2003 to 2010.
• Designed and built the infrastructure architecture for business critical applications and supported 100% uptime SLA.
• Helped design and build out new datacenter for DR/BC purposes and migrated all applications and re-architected the WAN infrastructure for optimal performance.
• Helped design, deploy and manage the distributed file system (DFS) and deployed System Center Essentials 2007 for software deployment, inventory purposes, and patch management.
• Deployed and configured Systems Center Operations Manager for real-time monitoring, audit, and compliance purposes, and software license management. Used Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), User State Migration Toolkit (USMT) to accomplish the migration.
• Managed and help document and support the on-site personnel during the migration to the new software and server configuration of all systems.
• Responsible for upgrading the AT&T Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) to Tier 1 AT&T AVPN and increasing bandwidth between sites on the LAN and WAN to improve overall performance for replication and Remote Differential Compression (RDC).
• Helped create VLAN for new HD Video Conferencing between all domestic locations and companies we operate overseas.

The overall goal was to help the systems administrators better manage and administer control over their user environment. In addition to capturing all assets in inventory for record keeping purposes, audits, and for hardware refresh projects. Another goal was to help build out the IT infrastructure for future growth while planning for the future expansion of the company domestically and globally as we continue to expand our business internationally.

Furthermore we wanted to help align the IT function and discipline better into a business unit that leverages knowledge and brings value and a strategic advantage to the company while maintaining its high level of service to Superior Energy Services, and all of its 18 subsidiaries domestically and internationally around the world.

Confidential2004-2008 New Orleans, LA

Systems Administrator/Systems Analyst

Managed and built network architecture and infrastructure for (2) Major Capital Projects for Confidential. Setup and installed server\'s, routers, switches & network equipment on both offshore platforms currently scheduled to start production in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

• My knowledge includes, configuring and building servers, managing Active Directory (Organizational Units, Sites & Services, and Group Policy), and administering DHCP & DNS.
• In addition to managing the Domain Controllers and all File & Print servers. I also was one of the architects to deploy and manage a distributed file system (DFS) and the namespace root. I have experience in datacenter design migrations, database server administration, virtualization and consolidation: SAN, NAS, LAN & WAN architecture and network topologies.
• Administered Microsoft Windows Servers 2003 (Active Directory), Microsoft Workstations, and network security devices for 600+ users.
• Migrated to Windows 2003 Server/Exchange 2003 Server with Blackberry Integration Services, Windows Server Updates Services (WSUS), and Microsoft Operations Manager.

Prior to this promotion to the division of Deepwater Special Projects in Houston, I was a network administrator/systems analyst for Chevron’s Gulf of Mexico Business Unit (GOMBU) offices in New Orleans, LA. I supported 1000+ total users in 3 locations nationwide, as well as corporate office users and offshore users. Furthermore, I was responsible for managing and maintaining network security, supporting the applications and software that incorporate them and deploying new application\'s into the IT environment of Chevron\'s Global Information Link.

Server (Administration & Application)

• DFS management and namespace implementation
• SMS Admin relating to GIL updates, roll-outs and pushes
• SMS Admin for Offshore/Snap Boxes-Servers
• Configure and assemble server & installation of server(s) and assigning and configuring for specific roles in network architecture
• DNS/DHCP Administrator for developing subnet’s and scope
• Active Directory Admin/Users & Computers/Sites & Services, GPO

I have over 7+ years of industry experience in integrating, architecting and delivering high availability infrastructure, information management, full software development life cycle, enterprise data management, governance, technical recommendations and end-to-end solutions.

I have a proven ability to understand the business requirements, analyze the gap, learn quickly and contribute significantly in organizations of varying sizes. I am a trusted and strategic advisor.

Proven experience in systems analysis, planning, design, outsourcing, implementation and level 3, 24X7 support for business critical applications.

Computer Skills

MCSE 2003 Networking & Server Certified, CCNA

Hardware: Hewlett Packard Servers, Dell Servers, Macintosh, Dell/EMC SAN hardware, miscellaneous PC hardware, IDE/SAS hard drives, SCSI devices, Direct Attached Storage, Cisco PIX, Cisco VPN appliances, Dell Switches, Sonic Wall
Software: Microsoft Office Suite 2003 & 2007,Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook 2007-OWA, IIS, Cisco IOS, Adobe Pro 9, Microsoft Web Services, Veritas Backup, True Image DR/Backups, Symantec Antivirus Corporate Versions 10, 11-Managed, System Manager 8.0, BMC Remedy, SAP
Networking: Cisco Switches, Cisco Pix, ASAs, Intel, 3COM, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Token Ring, Frame Relay, LAN, MAN, WAN, IPSec, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, WINS, ARP, FTP, Telnet, DSL/Cable, hubs, routers (Cisco IOS), SMTP, POP3, NAT, VPN, VLAN, RPC, RDC-Remote Differential Compression