SUMMARY:

• 15 yrs of experience in diverse multi-platform environments, ranging from small to very large in size
• Extensive experience leading and supporting server, application, and infrastructure engineering projects
• Team oriented, effective communicator, efficient, organized, self-starter, skilled w/problem resolution
• Lead engineer for an enterprise scale VMware vCloud environment, 175 ESXi 5.5 hosts. VCP Cloud
• Active TS clearance, SCI eligible experience working in secure government facilities, SCIF/SAP

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Senior Virtualization Engineer lead

Confidential

• Lead virtualization engineer for an enterprise scale multi-site VMware vSphere 5.5 U2 environment
• Designed and implemented VMware clusters, DRS/HA, vMotion, vSwitches, RDM creation, FC iSCSI storage
• Designed and implemented ESXi boot from SAN, VUM, thin provisioning, host profiles, OS templates, HW specs
• Deployed and configured vMA, VMware Syslog, Storage I/O, vSwitch designs, port groups, VAAI, preferred primaries
• Experience migrating legacy servers to the virtual environment, including, project planning and P2V activities
• Designed, configured, and managed HP c7000 BladeSystems, interconnect bay devices, FC and 10 GE modules
• Deployed and configured Cisco UCS platform in Eng. Lab, UCS Mgr, Cisco B200 blades, fabric interconnect, FCOE
• Collaborated with storage and networking engineering design teams in support of virtualization build-out, multiple locs
• Extensive experience with remote server management in the DC2 DHS Data Center network environment, iLO, putty
• Provided on-location support for DC2 virtualization infrastructure, managed onsite project activities with DC2 staff
• Deployed VKernel vOperations Suite performance analyzer, capacity manager, optimizer, and reporting chargeback
• Designed and implemented Veeam Management Suite, including Backup and Replication and Veeam ONE
• Designed and deployed VMware Site Recovery Manager SRM 5 implementation in TDL environment
• Deployed and managed vCOPS VMware Operations Manager
• Developed plan and managed multi-site upgrade to VMware vSphere 5.5 - five separate vCenter instances
• Collaborated with Red Hat / Linux group on OpenStack cross-team training, incl design and implementation discussions
• Collaborated with Security team on vCenter, VM, and ESXi STIG creation for vSphere 5.5, overall security hardening

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Confidential

• Supported Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, Group Policy, IIS, DNS, DFS, NTP, Clustering
• Supported VMware vSphere ESXi 4.1/5.0 and vCenter 4.1
• Managed Dell PE Servers at multiple ICE locations
• Designed and managed systems monitoring, automation, and reporting tasks
• Supported patch management systems WSUS, BigFix
• Provided engineering, deployment and supporting for SCOM 2007 R2
• Provided enterprise business systems application support, multiple sites, onsite and remote
• Provided advanced problem determination and resolution, taking ownership of tickets and working to completion Provided PKI / SSL certificate management BigIP F5, IIS, OpenSSL
• Documented production environment, organized and maintained infrastructure documentation
• Supported build of DC1and DC2 environments and application migration, supported large scale DC move to PCN site
• Managed enterprise backup Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery
• Provided technical support to SQL Server and SharePoint teams
• Provided on-call support evenings, weekends, holidays

Senior Systems Engineer Lead

Confidential

• Directly interfaced with multiple levels of Government and contractor management
• Provided regular status reports
• Mentored team members on a broad range of topics
• Developed and maintained project plans
• Reported the status of projects to management
• Established and implemented process improvement and best practices
• Provided technology recommendations
• Provided system architecture design, implementation, and operational guidance
• Providing systems engineering and administration for the following:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, Group Policy, IIS, DNS, DFS
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Server, Fedora
• VMware vSphere ESXi 4.1, vCenter 4.1, vMA
• VMware View 4.5
• Installation of View Connection Server
• Desktop virtualization support
• Desktop image creation, customization, and deployment
• Troubleshooting connectivity and other VDI issues, PCOIP
• Applying security and other application patches
• Creation of individual desktop VMs and linked clones
• VMware Lab Manager
• Cisco UCS Blades, Dell Blades
• NetApp SAN, EqualLogic SAN, FC, iSCSI
• Microsoft Office Communications Server OCS R2, SQL Server clustering
• Microsoft Exchange 2007
• Microsoft SharePoint 2007 MOSS, creating and managing teamsites
• Symantec NetBackup, Veeam, Exagrid
• McAfee ePO, AV, anti-malware spyware
• Patch management SCCM 2007, WSUS, BigFix
• Network switch management VLAN's, fiber infrastructure, 10 Gig
• Advanced troubleshooting and problem resolution
• Creating managing team project plans
• Managing enterprise level upgrades, patching, and lab testing

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential

• Provided operations support for the following:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, 32/64-bit installations
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x
• Oracle applications, Oracle Secure Backup
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• Server security management, password management, log monitoring, system monitoring via NetIQ
• OS and application patch management using PatchLink
• Enterprise business systems application support, multiple sites
• Problem resolution, taking ownership of trouble tickets and working to completion, advanced troubleshooting
• Documenting operations environment, revising documentation as changes occur, establishing SOP's and SLA's
• Providing occasional training for Enterprise Operations team members
• Providing support for the Total Asset Visibility TAV Program - supply chain solution
• Supported Manhattan Associates Warehouse Mgmt WM and Trading Partner Mgmt TPM applications
• Supported the Manhattan Associates technical team on deployments, problem resolution, auditing, database tasks
• Supported the successful deployment of Total Asset Visibility TAV Program SP4-SP5 software update
• Managed Total Asset Visibility TAV deployment coordination between Manhattan Associates and staff
• Provided lead Total Asset Visibility TAV support for incoming Remedy tickets

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential

• Provided systems engineering and administration for the following:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, 32/64-bit installations
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x, 5.x, Fedora
• Sun Solaris 8, Sun Solaris 9 secondary support role
• VMware ESXi, VMware Server, VMware Workstation
• Microsoft Hyper-V test environment
• Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, WINS, DHCP, FTP, TFTP, HTTP, TCP/IP subnetting
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• Microsoft Internet Information Server, IIS 5/6/7
• Microsoft Terminal Services, remote access to applications
• Microsoft SharePoint Server, WSS 2.0/WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007, Intranet, Team Collaboration Sites
• Microsoft Office applications, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio diagramming
• Oracle 10g Database Support, Assist Oracle DBA with Periodic DB Cloning
• CommuniGate Pro Email, Google Postini, SMTP, POP, IMAP
• Cisco ASA, Cisco Routers 3600 series, 3800 series, VPN, NAT
• SonicWALL NSA E5500 UTM IDS/IPS Firewall VPN, CheckPoint Firewall Nokia VRRP, Smartdashboard
• SonicWALL SonicPoint secure wireless access, Cisco Linksys wireless AP, WLAN
• Nortel 100/1000 Ethernet switches, core and wiring closets, VLAN
• LAN WAN connectivity, new circuit installation coordination, opening tickets and working with providers
• Stonefly IP SAN, iSCSI, RAID 0/1/5 arrays
• HP Proliant Rack Servers, Intel, AMD, Xeon multi-core multi-processor, Intel VT virtualization support
• Assembling servers, racking equipment
• HP Systems Insight Manager SNMP , HP SiteScope, and other monitoring applications
• PCI DSS compliance, periodic audits
• Backup management, CA ARCserve Backup aka BrightStor , Sun StorageTek Tape Library, offsite tape rotation
• Apple Mac OS X Server, Xserve RAID, Remote Desktop
• Symantec Norton Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Endpoint Protection for servers and workstations
• Security Management, reviewing TrustWave vulnerability scanning reports, password management, monitoring logs
• OS patching, application patching, Microsoft WSUS
• Problem resolution, taking ownership of trouble tickets and working to completion, advanced troubleshooting
• Documenting IT environment, revising documentation as changes occur, establishing SOP's
• Training end users and IT team members as needed

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential

• Provided systems engineering and administration for the following:
• Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, 32/64-bit installations
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2003
• Microsoft Hyper-V test environment
• Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, WINS, DHCP, FTP, TFTP, HTTP, TCP/IP subnetting
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• Microsoft Internet Information Server, IIS 6/7
• Microsoft SharePoint Server, WSS 2.0/WSS 3.0, MOSS
• Microsoft Office applications, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio diagramming
• Microsoft Exchange Server, SMTP, POP, IMAP
• Cisco Ethernet Switches / Cisco Routers
• SonicWALL UTM Firewall VPN
• IBM ISS Proventia UTM
• LAN WAN connectivity, new circuit installation coordination, opening tickets and working with providers
• Dell PowerEdge rack and tower servers, Intel, multi-core multi-processor, Intel VT virtualization support
• HP Proliant Servers, Intel, AMD, multi-core multi-processor, Intel VT virtualization support
• HP Systems Insight Manager SNMP , Dell OpenManage, ServersAlive, Look LAN, other monitoring applications
• Symantec Veritas Backup Exec
• McAfee Anti-Virus protection for servers and workstations
• Nessus vulnerability scanning, eEye Retina
• OS patching, application patching, Microsoft WSUS
• Managing design meetings determining requirements, making recommendations, finalizing the design
• Assembling servers, racking equipment
• Ensuring necessary network connectivity
• Configuring software to build specifications
• Performing security hardening and vulnerability scanning
• Creating server and application build documents
• Problem resolution, taking ownership of trouble tickets and working to completion, advanced troubleshooting

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential

• Provided systems engineering and administration for the following:
• Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003
• Sun Solaris 2.6, Sun Solaris 7 secondary support role
• IBM AIX secondary support role
• Red Hat Linux secondary support role
• VMware GSX Server
• Citrix MetaFrame
• Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, WINS, DHCP, FTP, TFTP, HTTP, TCP/IP subnetting
• Microsoft SQL Server 7/8
• Microsoft Internet Information Server, IIS
• Microsoft Office applications, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio diagramming
• Microsoft Exchange Server, SMTP, POP
• Microsoft SUS
• McAfee ePO support
• Oracle 9iAS secondary support role , Business Objects, Informatica PowerMart
• Dell PowerEdge servers, HP/Compaq Proliant servers, RAID 1/5, with FC SAN connectivity
• HP Insight Manager SNMP , ServersAlive, HP Openview, Dell OpenManage, and other monitoring apps
• Veritas Backup Exec, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM
• Security best practices for OS's and applications, e.g., CIS benchmarks, IIS Lockdown, SANS security
• Business continuity and disaster recovery planning and testing, onsite and offsite SunGard
• F5 Networks BIG-IP high-availability load balancing switches
• Opsware IT automation software, server provisioning, application packaging, server patching
• Problem resolution, taking ownership of trouble tickets and working to completion, advanced troubleshooting
• Documenting IT environment, revising documentation as changes occur, PVCS Tracker
• Training end users and IT team members as needed

Additional Course Work:

• Amazon AWS Certified Solutions Architect training LinuxAcademy.com
• VMware vCloud Director v1.5 Deploy and Manage
• VMware VCP 5 Install, Configure, and Manage
• VMware View 4 Course Carahsoft
• Veeam Backup Academy Training
• HP BladeSystem Administration HE646X
• NetApp NCDA Bootcamp Data ONTAP 8
• F5 BIG-IP v4.5 Administration
• Active Directory Troubleshooting
• SANS 2001 Baltimore, Intrusion Detection Track IDS
• ISC2 CISSP Common Body of Knowledge Review Seminar
• Cisco Networkers Conference
• Learning Tree International, five Cisco networking courses
• Emergent Technologies Citrix Admin