PROFILE

Datacenter Manager / Microsoft Senior Network Engineer currently in a consulting managed services role. I am Microsoft certified and have extensive experience with Active Directory builds and migrations, along with Network design and implementations, Exchange 5.5 migrations to Exchange 2003, Web Hosting services, customer migrations of Windows NT to, disaster recovery and backup design utilizing Veritas Backup Exec and NetBackup. I have worked with Citrix WinFrame and MetaFrame, Windows Load Balancing and Clustering services, DNS design and implementations, DCHP, Windows Messaging; Managing Virtual Server Resources with Microsoft Virtual Server, VMware ESX Server and VMware Virtual Center, NSI DoubleTake, Blackberry Enterprise BES, BizTalk 2006, Proactive monitoring services Openview, Netcool, SysEdge. I am seeking a Senior Microsoft Engineering / IT Management position.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Confidential, ( )

North American Datacenter Manager / Disaster Recovery Architect

• Administration of 300+ Dell and COMPAQ servers running Windows 2008 server
• Architect of $250,000 Symantec NetBackup disaster recovery global solution
• Successful deployment of Symantec NetBackup version 6.5.3 solution
• Architect of Dell OpenManage environment for hardware level monitoring, deployment of RAID drivers, Server Firmware, and System BIOs
• Architect of Microsoft Security and System updates
• Administration of IronMail email anti - spam and anti-virus environment
• Administration of Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES)
• Administration of McAfee EPO anti-virus environment
• Providing application management between the Testing and Development environment to the production servers
• Migration of Citrix Metaframe XP to Presentation Server version v4.0, licensing 750 users
• Implemented Microsoft Windows System Updater Services (replacing the current 3rd party patch management solution with a annual reoccurring cost savings of $120,00)
• Administration of the Group Policies for 3 domains, 4500+ user accounts, including WSUS policies for Microsoft security patching and updates
• Administration of Change Management for development to production environments
• Administration / Implementation of all Test and Development equipment
• Sharepoint administration
• Gentran Business Intelligence deployment and application support
• Administration of VMware ESX 3.5 Enterprise server environment
• Tech refresh project for 186 Dell servers to replace physical servers or convert to ESX VMware virtual servers
• Migration from Windows 2000 Active Directory to 2003 Active Directory
• Datacenter migration fro Milan Italy to London England, including full tech refresh
• Providing weekly and month server availability and SLA reports to management
• Currently working towards migration plan of Active Directory from Windows

Confidential

Senior Microsoft Engineer 2 year Contract

• Migrating Novell 6.5 to Windows 200/2003.
• Manage Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 disaster recovery solution
• Management and deployment of Group Policies over multiple Windows 2000 domains supporting over 150,000 users
• Migration fro Veritas Backup Exec version 8.0 to version 9.1
• Provide IBM Server support.
• Deploy Bindview version 7.0 to version 7.2 upgrade.
• Provide increased preformance within Bindview bv-Admin environment.
• Deploy Diskeeper Server Edition to 100+ Windows 2000/2003 servers.
• Utilize Netpro, Directory Analyzer, and IBM Director Console.
• Design and deploy Bindview bv-Admin and Web Portal with version upgrade.
• Movement of Bindview products from root domain to child domain.

Confidential, 6 Week Contract

Network Engineer II (Contractor)

• Providing Managed Services consulting for customers developing Windows 2003 solutions.
• Completed Migrating Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2003.
• Completed Migrating Exchange 5.5 to Exchange
• Providing network analysis then presenting detailed project plans for migrations and or enhancements to Microsoft Active Directory services.
• Providing tier III support for Windows 2003 Active Directory issues.
• Providing tier III support for Windows 2003 Networking issues.
• Providing tier III support for Windows2003 Messaging issues.
• Providing tier III support for Citrix WinFrame / MetaFrame 1.8 issues.
• Developed a Citrix solution by migrating from Metaframe 1.8 to Metaframe XPe Presentation Server.
• Customer interface for third party vendor support.
• Completed cross-country Data Center migration.
• Providing internal infrastructure support for multi-tiered organization in mixed Windows NT / 2003 environment.

Confidential,Vericenter

System Engineer

Senior Network Operations Specialist, Monitoring Subject Matter Expert - Acting Supervisor for the

Network Operations Center

Network Operations Specialist

• Remotely supporting 600+ DELL / COMPAQ devices in 10 geographically redundant data centers
• Managing multiple Windows 2000 Active Directory Forests.
• Performed customer Implementations of Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Active Directory forests
• Completed migration builds from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000.
• Migrations of Microsoft Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000.
• Provided Windows Clustering Services support cluster aware applications, i.e. SQL2k, Exchange 2000, IIS 5.0, etc.
• Provided Citrix MetaFrame support, built multiple Citrix server farms.
• Program management over Windows application engineering
• Disaster Recovery via Veritas Backup Exec and BrightStor ARCServe
• Responsible for setting up weekly work schedules for shift personnel.
• Identify and provide training for Network Operations technicians and team leads.
• Provided weekly status reports on monitoring tool development projects to management team.
• Chair weekly meetings in the absence of the Service Assurance Manager.
• Coordinate monitoring tool development between the Operations group and Information Systems Support team.
• Define and develop the methods and procedures for all new Fault Management Systems within Operations.
• NetIQ - Windows application monitoring
• NOCpulse - Application monitoring
• CovaSoft - Broadvision application monitoring
• Keynote – Transactional Multi-stepping monitoring.
• Hitachi SAN Storage – Monitoring
• Collocation Monitoring
• SLAM – SLA monitoring service
• Coordinate monitoring tool development between the Operations group and Information Systems Support team.
• Define and Develop the Methods and Procedures for all new Fault Management Systems within Operations.

Confidential

• Network Design, Support and Implementation - Fire Sprinkler Designer
• Identify the growth potential related to the design group with regard to computing needs.
• Reported to upper management to obtain approval for development of the local LAN.
• Purchased approved equipment from vendors.
• Implemented and documented all roll out for production equipment.
• Maintained a current inventory of all computer equipment.
• Identified the security needs, coordinated results with the security team, implemented patch revisions and maintained Security records.
• Coordinated WAN connections to remote sites with Computing Engineering.
• Designed and implemented backups of all data utilizing approved backup software.
• Maintained all computer equipment.

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Windows 98/NT 4.0/2000 Server/ 2003 Server, Microsoft Exchange 5.5/2000/2003, Citrix WinFrame / MetaFrame and Presentation Server, Micromuse Netcool, BMC Site Angel, HP Openview, NetIQ, Bladelogic Asset Management, HEAT, iHEAT, HEAT Asset Tracker NOCpulse, Concord SystemEDGE, NerveCenter, Remedy and Vantive ticketing systems, VMware ESX server, Veritas NetBackup, Veritas Backup Exec.

Hardware: COMPAQ DL / ML series servers, Dell Power Edge servers, Sun Blade 100, Netra 1125, Sun Enterprise 420R