SUMMARY:

Over 20 years of IT experience in Production Support. Contribute my technical, interpersonal and communication skills to a challenging position of Azure Cloud systems Design and Integration with a vision of becoming a significant leader in Cloud systems administration. Strong technical skills on servers and Azure Cloud infrastructure, Adept in technology skills with the ability to quickly learn, master, and apply new technical concepts. Monitor systems to ensure service availability on both On - Premises and on the cloud.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: MS DOS, WIindows 3.x, Windows 3.x for Workgroups,Windows3.51,Windows95, Windows 98, Solaris 2.6, Red Hat Linux 5.2 - 6, IBM Mainframe, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows NT Server 4.0, Novell NetWare 4.x, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP Professional, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, Linux, Windows 7, Windows 2008 Server, Windows 2012 server, Windows 8. vSphere ESXi 5.5/6.0, NetAPP Ontap Cluster Mode 8.3, Windows 2016 Server, Red Hat Linux 6/7, CentOS Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Solaris 10/11

MS BackOffice Products: IIS 3.0/4.0, SQL 6.5, SQL 2007, SMS 1.2/2.0, Exchange 5.5, Exchange 2007, Site Server, Transaction Server, Server, Index Server, ILS Server, SNA Server, MS Cluster Server, DFS (replication), SCCM, SCOM, Active Directory

Network Protocols: TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, DLC, AppleTalk, NetBEUI, SNMP, SMTP, HTTP, HTTPS, MIME, POP3, ISDN, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, IMAP, X400, FTP, VPN.

Software Skills: Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010/2013 , Corel Word Perfect, Lotus 123, Logic Works, Magic Support, Visual Dbase IV, FileMaker 4.0, MS Outlook, NetSuite Audit, BackupExec for Windows NT 7.3, ArcServe, GoldMine 4.0, Lotus Notes, BMC Patrol 3.3, HP Openview, Legato Backup Software, Compaq Insight Manager, Norton Antivirus, McAfee Virus Scan, SiteScope, Compaq Insight Manager, NetIQ AppManager, Tivoli Storage Manager 4.2/5.1/5.5/6.1/7.1. IBM XIV Storage Management, VMWare vCenter Server 5.5/6.0., Ivanti, BigFix, Azure Cloud (Commercial and Government)

Network Security Tools: ISS Internet Security Scanner, Systems Security Scanner, Real Secure, SET, NBTScan, BindView EMS-NosAdmin for Windows NT, NMAP, NeoTrace, SET, BackOrifice, Cisco Works, Cisco CNR, Cisco DPR/BPR, Net Defender, LANALYZER, Network General Sniffer. EMC Centera archiving

Programming Languages: Turbo Pascal, C, Visual C++, and Advanced programming with data structures, Assembly Language, Algorithm Analysis, Visual Basic, VBScript, MS Access, SQL Queries

Electronic Skills: Electronics and Instrumentation, Electromagnetism, Semi Conductor devices

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, DC

Azure Cloud Engineer / VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Install, Configure and Troubleshoot VMWare products
• Manage daily virtual environment operations
• Create, Clone, administer and backup Virtual Machines
• Monitor Hardware, Disk, Network, Application resources for the virtual platform
• Configure LUNs, CIFS volumes, aggregates, network on NedtApp FAS2554 storage
• Patch Fiber Chanel and network connectivity to SAN switches and Network switches
• Configure Cisco Directors, VM image backups and restores
• Escalate issues as needed, work with vendors on resolving problems
• Perform firmware and BIOS upgrade, Patching servers
• Managing Windows Active Directory Services, Adding Users and setup File permissions
• Design and implement Azure Site Recovery from On-Premises to the cloud
• Create and deploy azure command line scripts to automate tasks
• Systems automation using batch scripting and software deployment
• Build Windows servers and troubleshoot Hardware and operating system issues
• Architect, Design and Engineer Azure Public and Government Infrastructure
• Build, Design and Configure various Azure resources (Site to Site VPN, Azure Firewall, VNets, Subnets, Compute, Storage, etc…)
• Design, Implement and Build Azure Backups and Site Recovery on redundant sites for both commercial and the Gov cloud
• Design, Implement and Build Azure Monitoring for cloud systems and Remote Systems at other sites using Azure Diagnostics, Azure Monitoring agent, SCOM and Splunk
• Plan and execute disaster recovery drills at remote sites
• Architect Lift and Shift Migrations from VMware On-Premises to Azure GOV Cloud

Confidential, Harrisburg, PA

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Install and Configure VMWare VSphere 5.5/6.0 and vCenter Server 5.5/6.0
• Configure vCenter and ESXi security, vNetwork for standard and distributed switches, vSS/vDS policies
• Manage shared storage for vSphere and VMFS datastores, VM Clones/Templates, VMWare clusters, resource pools
• Create and Deploy virtual machines, vApps, Implement VMWare fault tolerance and Patch Management,
• Troubleshoot, Monitor and Research Server alarms, Integrate VMWare view with Active Directory
• Patch Fiber, Configure CISCO MDS SAN switches
• Support VMWare environment including activities such as provisioning, maintenance and troubleshooting
• Build, Install, Configure, Troubleshoot and Support Windows 2003/2008/20012 servers, RHEL systems, Application servers (IIS, Web), Database servers (SQL, Oracle).
• Install and configure VMWare Cloud Automation center, policies, provisioning and service entitlements
• Monitor systems in a 24x7x365 environment using (HP OpenView, BMC systems, HP Insight Manager, Sitescope)
• Develop, Document, and Implement daily procedures and disaster recovery of the VMWare environment
• Troubleshoot switches and routers

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Consultant / Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Install and Configure VMWare Sphere 5.5, vCenter Sever 5.5
• Troubleshoot, Develop and implement disaster recovery, backup, restore and media administration procedures.
• Build, Install, Configure, Troubleshoot, support and maintain Windows 2008/2003 servers, Cluster servers, SQL servers and Exchange servers.
• Recommend, Develop, and implement VMWare policies, procedures and standards relevant to the technology infrastructure
• Execute Change Management, and Security policies and procedures
• Design, Configure and Implement migration from distributed servers to new virtual infrastructure
• Maintain and restore VM backups and snapshots
• Install and configure VMWare Cloud Automation center, policies, provisioning and service entitlements
• Configure and Manage and integrate VMWare with Active Directory, WINS, DNS and DHCP

Confidential, Voorhees, NJ

Consultant / Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and monitor TSM, Client and server, Automate administrative Scripts and installation
• Troubleshoot, Support and Administer backups, Install, Configure and Troubleshoot Windows Servers
• Design and develop Operational procedures, Setup and configure monitoring systems
• Perform daily monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting of backup jobs on various applications and platforms (MS Active Directory, Exchange, Oracle, SQL, SQL Server, Windows, VMware and Unix servers)
• Provide TSM Support to database administrators, application analysts, and other system administrators
• Analyze TSM performance and design appropriate solutions to meet client needs and monitoring of scheduled backups to ensure success or take remedial action for failures
• Perform installations and upgrade of TSM software
• Build, Install and configure Red Hat Linux servers, OS management and support.
• Provide backup system data statistics to management
• Perform periodic restores as requested by end users and other team members
• Setup and configure NetApp clusters, vservers, network interfaces, SnapMirror and DFS replication in Windows

Confidential, Washington, DC

Consultant / Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Migration from Novell NDS to Windows Active Directory, Group Policy and AD Replication
• Windows 2000, File clusters, Print Clusters System Administration,
• Support and maintain ASP web environment - Support IIS and SQL servers
• File Server backup with Arcserve on Novell Netware, NetIQ installation and configuration
• Install, configure, troubleshoot and maintain TSM infrastructure

Confidential, Washington, DC

Consultant / Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, Configure, Test and Implement migration from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 Active Directory.
• Server security and ACL migration, Migrate Windows NT clusters to Windows 2000 clusters
• Responsible for Engineering and supporting of File and print servers. Troubleshooting printing problems.
• Automate installation and configuration procedures using scripting technologies.
• Engineer, design and develop TSM backup solution for mail servers
• Tuning TSM Applications, tape libraries and host Operating Systems
• Troubleshoot TSM applications issues as well as issues with backups and/or restores
• Implement new technologies to improve the existing infrastructure and provide a highly available solution to the TSM infrastructure

Confidential, Washington, DC

Consultant / Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designing, configuring, supporting, troubleshooting Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 Advanced server as web servers, database servers or Web application server.
• Install and Configure dynamic DNS, DHCP, WINS for host name resolution.
• Setup And configure Sitescope and Compaq Insight Manager to monitor systems, Build and Support Concert production Portal. Setup and configure WebTrends,Proxy servers and URL redirectors