SUMMARY:

• Over 20 years of experience with various operating systems, installation, configuration, and tuning.
• Designed & implemented hardware & software for a variety of purposes (primarily automation).
• Used a variety of programming languages and scripting (including power shell) for approximately 20 years primarily for automation.
• Worked in environments from single server to over 10k servers with enterprise integration and applications supporting from 5 to over 130,000 users including application, user, DNS and DHCP migrations. Supported mobile devices from smart phones thru laptop/tablets including inventory for all hardware/software across the enterprise for various clients.
• Detail - oriented, dependable worker.
• Honorable discharge USMC avionics technician.
• Experienced with Linux (multiple versions since 99) most recently with Debian both as desktop and server OS.
• Experienced with iSCSI on Linux and FC on Windows.
• Development of scripts, packaging and software on all platforms.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating systems installed/used/administered: CP/M, Concurrent DOS, TurboDOS, MS DOS 1.0- MS-DOS 6.22, MS Windows NT 3.51-4.0 (Server and Workstation) MS Windows (All versions both Server and Workstation), MS Windows XP (Server and Professional), HP-UX, AIX, DEC Unix, SUSe Linux 5.0-11.3, RedHat Linux 6.0- Fedora Core 10.0, Debian Linux (various versions), Slackware Linux (various versions), Gentoo Linux, Ubuntu Linux, and various other versions/distributions of Linux, Novell Netware 2.12-6.0, MAC OS (various including Mac OS X server), FreeBSD, NetBSD, SCO Unix (pre-IBM lawsuit), OS/2 1.01 -4.01, various firewalls, switches, and routers. This includes IMAC for both Linux and Windows (all versions) plus Active Directory administration on Windows. Server/Workstation.

Applications used/Developed with: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FoxPro), C, MS BASIC, HP BASIC, Pascal, Java, FoxBASE +, Assembly (Z80 - 80386), WordStar, WordPerfect, FoxPro, Visual FoxPro, SQL for various databases (IBM DB2, Ingres SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL, and various other SQL/Dbase type databases and reporting applications such as Crystal Reports from 2003-2013), AutoCAD, Autosketch, PhotoShop, change management for software/hardware, various HTTP server packages (Apache, IBM Web Server, IIS, and others), ftp clients and servers (various), mail servers (Novell GroupWise, sendmail, Lotus Notes, Exchange), various drafting/ writing/ spreadsheet/ database applications too numerous to mention, backup packages (NetBackup, BackupExec, ArcServe and various others based on operating system) and numerous other editors and other applications which don't have any other category to place them in. Time and attendance software such as Kronos and Cognos plus the ability to merge data with payroll (ADP and others).

Other skills/industries worked in: Electronic design for the aerospace industry, Law offices, medical offices, Steel mills, manufacturing, distribution, banking, retail, accounting, and construction companies.

Applications developed/supported: Automated test software, operating systems, BIOS firmware, fuel usage tracking, inventory tracking/distribution, accounting, scheduling, license tracking/use, mailing lists for various groups, contact management, insurance, and web sites.

Hardware supported: various computer systems from single board Z80 based systems to multiple x86 based systems using various types of storage from 8-inch floppies to SAN Arrays /NAS by IBM, HP, EMC, and others using differing versions of RAID including rolling your own NAS. Tape backup using various applications such as Backup Exec and NetBackup. Various routers and switches for small office to enterprise usage.

Continuing Education: review various versions of Linux (in particular RedHat, Suse, Debian) and Windows (desktop and server) as they are released to see what has changed/been modified regarding daemons/applications for tuning/implementation. Note that reviewing is on virtual machines, primarily using VMWare (ESXi) and Hyper-V.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

System Engineer

Confidential, Northern Indiana

Responsibilities:

• Independent consultant for various individuals/businesses in NW Indiana for a variety of projects (on-going) including installation of Rightfax/Blackberry Enterprise Server/various spam/anti-virus appliances, instant messaging such as Lync and Skype.
• Development of database applications using a variety of DB/SQL servers using LAMP stack (FoxPro, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, and MYSQL).
• Perform sys admin tasks on various operating systems as required (Windows server (all versions from 2000-2016), Mac OS X, and Linux).
• Also using various types of SANs/NAS such as EMC, Promise, and roll your own for appropriate tasks primarily connected via fibre channel and/or TCP/IP (iSCSI).
• Primary for backup/disaster recovery implementation, configuration, and verification using Backup Exec, NetBackup, and Arcserve (plus others) for over 20 yrs.
• Implement firewall rules as needed.
• Checkpoint Firewall configuration and monitoring (various versions).
• Various proxy servers configuration and monitoring (including Squid and BlueCoat).
• Use of data protection appliances for small to medium shops and cloud server backups.
• Note that these projects are anywhere from one hr. to two weeks long.
• Some are on-going consulting (once a month for 4-6 hrs.). VMWare Vcenter configuration for various clients.
• Vrealize for upgrades and migrations as needed. SQL report generation as requested by various clients using a variety of applications such as BI reports.
• Supported Dell, IBM, HP, Cisco UCS and others as a server platform

Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed powershell scripts as required for in scope usage, troubleshoot issues as they relate to backups, monitoring, and performance.
• Documentation for all facets of support and current usage.
• Keep inventory/monitoring/patching up to date.
• Commision/decommision of servers per company process.
• Priliminary setup of SCOM servers for server configuration and patching.

System Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Document existing servers, decommission servers per Confidential standards, normal Add/Move/Change for users/groups/servers/workstations, develop scripts as required for installation/removal of software/services.
• Automate verification of phone/devices management.
• Verification/resolution of backups using multiple systems.
• Resolve server issues for physical, virtual (vmware/hyper-v), and cloud systems.
• Development of automation scripts for use with both Azure and AD for group management, user deletion, device deletion and verification.
• Use of SCCM for system configuration and patching.
• Management of Office365 (resolve user issues as needed).
• Resolve backup issues related to Azure and Tivoli. Install/upgrade Tivoli client as needed.
• Migration/upgrade of existing servers from Windows 2003-8 to Windows 2016-19.
• Continuing setup of SCOM servers for server configuration and patching.

System Engineer

Confidential, Valparaiso, IN

Responsibilities:

• Upgrade servers from win 2008 to win2012R2/16, implement SCCM/SCOM as stand-alone server.
• Implement new group policies as required and generation of PowerShell scripts for monitoring and automation with AD.
• Upgrade SQL server to 2014 as required.
• Support Exchange/Lync servers as needed.
• Use of SCCM/SCOM for system configuration and patching.
• Management of Office365 (resolve user issues as needed).

System Engineer/Transition Manager

Confidential, Skokie, IL

Responsibilities:

• Split LAMP stack to multiple servers in the cloud and document all steps as required for on-going operation including automation of data backup, LDAP back to domain server for access, and firewall rules as required for restricted access.

System Engineer/Transition Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Support of Kronos/ADP (all modules but primarily Time and Attendance) during move.
• Create infrastructure servers as needed for test and QA, application servers for Citrix and XenApps, web servers (IIS) for internal and external applications, define network shares for applications, and security group creation for applications.
• Approximately 300 servers of which 75-100 were for Citrix). Review the possible use of Thinapps in conjunction with Citrix (no determination made at this time for deployment due to budget constrains).
• This included documentation for future deployments of all applications and rollout of Lync messaging.
• LDAP configuration for UNIX servers as needed, including automation as needed for movement of files and backups.
• Note that this was a private cloud for virtualized servers using Netapp NAS and VMWare. Development of PowerShell scripts as required for monitoring, updating, and new functionality.
• This included migration of users, DNS, DHCP, and applications for remote locations.
• Use of Vrealize and Vorchestrate for automation and upgrade of servers being migrated.
• Transfer/implement firewall rules as required for new servers @ new location.
• Checkpoint Firewall monitoring and configuration.
• Data protection updated for new server location and removal from old location.
• Split Exchange users as needed and migrate the necessary users to new server for Exchange/Lync.
• Automation of server maintenance as much as possible via Vrealize and ops manager (VMware and PowerShell scripts) Vcenter for silos of applications
• Update BI Reports to reflect new location of sql dataservers.
• Most servers migrated were V-to-V.
• Development of automation scripts for use with both Azure and AD for group management, user deletion, device deletion and verification.
• Use of SCCM/SCOM for system configuration and patching both pre- and post- migration.

System Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• I was primary contact for hardware issues during roll-out.
• Scripting as needed for install/removal of servers.

System Administrator

Confidential, Bridgeview, IL

Responsibilities:

• Updates to Active directory schema, help desk level 2, and installation/initial setup of Solarwinds for network/server monitoring.
• Troubleshooting Citrix, XenApps, VMWare ESXi 4.0-5.1, server migrations, scripting and Exchange 2003/2010 setup, Lync instant messaging setup with Exchange, Blackberry Enterprise Server support/configuration and upgrade, SharePoint configuration and support, Rightfax support/configuration and upgrading, clustering for VMWare and MSSQL server, Cisco hardware configuration for remote locations.
• Kronos/ADP support for all locations.
• Note that this was a private cloud.
• Automate as possible for a variety of reasons (passwd resets, backups, monitoring of servers). Development of PowerShell scripts and firewall rules as needed.
• Documentation as much as possible for on-going operations.
• Vcenter for silos of applications and Vrealize for movement of servers to other locations.
• Development of automation scripts for use with both Azure and AD for group management, user deletion, device deletion and verification. Use of SCCM among others for system configuration and patching. Tivoli for backup and recovery as needed.