Windows Desktop Administrator Resume Profile
Objective
I am looking to expand my already strong knowledge of the Microsoft related enterprise products. I Have a Strong ability to troubleshoot, and in depth understanding of Microsoft operating systems
Software I have administrated and supported in a Corporate environment:
- Microsoft Server NT4-2k8R2: Wyse Winterm S10, S70
- Microsoft Windows Desktop 95-7 Blackberry Enterprise Solutions
- Microsoft IIS Goodlink Enterprise
- Microsoft WINS QuickBooks
- Microsoft Active Directory Peachtree accounting
- Microsoft Exchange Timberline accounting
- Microsoft SSL Sonic wall
- Microsoft WSUS NetIQ
- Microsoft Office 2k-2k7 Surf-control
- Microsoft Terminal Server EMC SAN Clariion
- Microsoft ISA Server/Firewall EMC RSA Security
- Microsoft DNS server Dell Equalogics SAN
- Microsoft Group Policy Cisco Routers/Switches
- Microsoft Batch Netopia Routers/Switches
- Microsoft SharePoint Linksys Routers Wireless/Wired
- Microsoft SQL Belkin Routers Wireless/Wired
- Microsoft ISCSI Netgear Routers Wireless/Wired
- Falcoln Stor Backup Dell Routers/Switches
- CA - Brightstor Backup Castle Fax-Press
- Symantec Backup Exec 11d-12.5 Applied Systems Sales Software POS
- Veritas NetBackup Punch Panel Installations
- Linux Ubuntu Cat5 Termination
- Sun Microsystems - SunOne Directory LDAP GLIDM Greater Long Island Dental Meeting
- CA - Etrust Directory LDAP IP-KVM Installations
- CA Integrated Management DVR security system
- CA Etrust Antivirus Robotic Library Repair
- Symantec Antivirus Handhelds Blackberry, Sybian, Nokia,Motorola,Iphone, Palm
- Symantec Endpoint protection Mcaffee 8.5
- TrendMicro Antivirus Sophos
- Norton Internet Securities 2009 VM-Ware ESX-I
- VM-Ware ESX I 2.5.1 5.x VM-Ware V-Motion
- Vm-Ware Virtual Center Citrix XP, Metaframe, and XEN beta
Hardware I have worked with in a corporate environment
- Dell, HP, Compaq, IBM, SUN, and Digital Server Hardware Repair
- Dell, HP, Compaq, IBM, Toshiba, WISE, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Gateway, and fuji desktop/laptop hardware repair
Employment History
Confidential
- Callcopy Call recording software integration specialist
- Microsoft SQL light administration
- Group Policy Management
- Microsoft Exchange server administration/migration/installation
- Desktop configurations
- WSUS deployment/configuration/maintenance
- RDS Configuration
- Trend Micro administration
- VmWare administration/configurations
- Documentation
- Customer support/Internal Support
- Dell hardware repairs server, desktop, laptop, tablet
Confidential
Sr. Microsoft Systems Administrator
- Microsoft SQL administration
- TVA Securities administrator
- VM-Ware Virtual Center Administrator
- Vm-Ware ESX administrator
- VM-Ware V-Motion Administrator
- NetBackup Administrator
- Blade Logic Update Services
- Backup Exec
- NetBackup
Confidential
- Microsoft Server 2008
- Configuration as well as migration from 2003 and 2000 to 2008 server
- Microsoft Exchange 2007
- Installations as well as repair quota's as well as mailbox size modifications
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Migrations as well as full builds for new desktop installations additions to AD etc
- Microsoft Active Directory 2k8 server
- Group policy modifications as well as account configurations
- Migrations including 2k,2k3 to 2k8 server
- VM-Ware
- Installations for new builds
- Configurations from hard servers to VM-Ware
- V-sphere 4.0
- Used for configurations of Vmware ESX server 3.5-4.0
- Symantec Endpoint 12.5
- Configurations installations and management to multiple new desktops including windows 7
- Symantec Backup Exec.
- Installations configurations and upgrades
- Microsoft SBS 2k8
- Fresh installations for new starting businesses including DNS modifications
- Dell, HP, Xerox printer configurations for Document management solutions
- Document management for SAN devices using these brands of business class scanners
- ISCSI Configurations
- Used to configure EMC Clarrion Devices other SAN Configuration Understood as well using the same technology
- Fiber configurations using Fiber switches
- for blade server connections to SAN EMC Devices
- Strong HP, DELL, Compaq, IBM, SUN and Digital Hardware Repair knowledge and Troubleshooting Skills
- Strong Desktop and Laptop Multiple brands Repair and diagnostic Troubleshooting Skills Windows and Ubuntu
- Strong Sales and customer service skills
- Strong understanding of cost effective solutions
- Strong Communication skills for non technical individuals who need IT help
Confidential
Consulted for multiple Bank's, Insurance companies, Transportation, Universities and other large enterprise companies
- Microsoft Server migration NT4-2k8
- I have worked on all server platforms, I have configured new installations, and maintained others.
- Desktop Security
- Group policy modifications, Firewall policy changes, Antivirus upgrades, registry edits, and a variety of other changes to make desktops more secure, faster and more safely functional.
- Group Policy Administration
- Performance and security modifications to keep things running smoothly.
- Active Directory
- New installations, Full configurations all the way though to the basic maintenance
- VM-Ware ESXI
- Installations, New OS installs and general maintenance
- Domain configurations
- Setting up PDC and BDC on the NT4 domains, configuring active directory trusts, adding desktops to domains.
- Virus Removal
- I have extensive knowledge of the NT based registry.
- Citrix administration
- Configuration of Citrix Metaframe server, Citrix Xen server, and citrix ICA clients.
- Exchange administration
- I have done installations, Configurations, updates, and maintenance
- Symantec Backup Exec 11d-12.5
- I have done installations, configurations, updates, and have reviewed log files to fix issues with BUE
- Brightstor Backup
- I have done new installs and full configurations to Robotic Libraries for automated backups
- Falcoln Stor Backup
- I have configured the ISCSI as well as software to correctly run the backups in intermittent backup status to stop delays during the business day.
- EMC SAN
- I have done hardware, and configurations to fix EMC SAN Clariion servers.
- Equalogics SAN
- I have setup SAN configurations for storage, using ISCSI as well as Fiber channel switches.
- Dell, HP and IBM server, Desktop, and laptop Repair
- I have done everything from Desktop, server, to Laptop repair, including motherboard, LCD, and chassis parts.
- Printer Repair
- HP and Dell printer repairs to Chassis, System boards, and maintenance
- Cisco Wireless Configurations
- Configured WPA security, included MAC filtration to allow only certain machines access, to further secure wireless access.
- BES Administration
- Fresh installs, as well as maintenance and in place upgrades. I have also configured all of the hand helds.
- Project management
- I have managed Major network upgrades. These mostly included full server, and lan setups.
- Sales associate
- Made some major sales for high dollar projects.
- Account Management
- Managed multiple accounts and functions of their networks, Stayed on top of all of the individual issues until they were completed correctly.
- Compaq Library Backup Management/Repair
- I have hardware and software expertise with configuration and hardware repair within the robotic Library itself.
- Microsoft Office Installations 2k 2k7
- Installations, configurations and modifications in order to gain performance with office 2k7 latency issues due to feeds.
- NetIQ monitoring software
- Configuration, and understanding of NetIQ as well as the changes that are incurred with upgrades, and updated drivers of the associated hardware.
- Working Knowledge of ISCSI
- Configuration and Port speed understanding with ISCSI
- Experience with Share Point
- Installation, configuration, and publishing share-point services.
- Server Automation
- Server automation by using Batch files, Group policy, and registry modifications.
Confidential
System Support Administrator, Windows Administration
- CA Integrated Identity Management
- Supported for Microsoft networks, configurations, and working with active directory, with a split trust to sun directory LDAP.
- CA Etrust
- Configured Anti-virus firewall to utilize ports needed for LDAP and Active Directory
- CA Brightstor
- Configured for Backup rights using IM
- Microsoft IIS Support
- Configured IIS to publish Http access to Integrated IM
- Microsoft Server 2k 2k8 Support
- Supported Server issues that looked as though they were the cause of the Identity management issues.
- Microsoft Active Directory Support
- Configured Active directory to allow LDAP access using IM
- Microsoft Exchange Support
- Configured Exchange to work with LDAP other then Active Directory
- Microsoft SSL configuration and support
- Configured LDAP to use Microsoft SSL to secure a connection
- SunOne Directory LDAP
- Configured it for a base for a virtual Identity Management Lab
- Etrust Directory LDAP
- Worked with Etrust LDAP to work with Active directory to troubleshoot issues with connection to Microsoft products.
Confidential
Windows Administration and Windows Based Network Security
- VM-Ware ESX 2.5.1
- Used VMWARE to run Virtual servers for testing of new updates and Applications so that running servers would not be effected by problematic server related issues.
- LAN Securities Anti-Virus GURU
- Symantec 10.0.1 server, full on configurations also 3500 desktops which never had any kind of antivirus became a year long project of pushing the antivirus, and cleaning machines as I went though them one by one.
- Project Management
- Took on project of antivirus configurations, also beta testing Vmware's new product of SAN running opporating systems.
- Microsoft Terminal Server Maintenance
- Configuration of Terminal server for remote access
- Microsoft 2k Server administration
- Installations, configurations, and management of server, and all running processes.
- Microsoft 2k3 Server administration
- Installations, configurations, and management of server, and all running processes.
- Microsoft XP administration
- Manged XP via Group policy and surf control
- Microsoft Vista Administration beta
- Worked to find upgrade path to Microsoft Vista from Microsoft XP Pro
- Microsoft Exchange Administration
- Installations, configurations, and maintenance to clean up storage on older exchange 2000 server.
- Microsoft Active Directory Administration
- Repaired Trusts between multi-domain configurations
- Microsoft WSUS
- Periodically would check for updates and decide what got pushed to where.
- Surf-control administration
- Configurations of new white, and black lists of websites to maintain security
- sonic wall administration
- Updated sonicwall as contract was expired re-flashed IOS
- Cisco Router administration
- Configuration and periodic log reviews to make sure things were still running at optimum speeds.
- Cisco Wireless administration
- Configurations and periodic checks to make sure wireless was still running secure.
- Documentation Management
- Scan to PDF, large files to be saved on the SAN, and filed away.
- Dell, Hp, and IBM Hardware repairs
- Laptop and Desktop repair, system boards, memory, LCD's and chassis fixes.
- Printer Repair
- Dell, HP, and Xerox printer hardware and IOS repair
- DCOM and ActiveX repair
- Configuration on Linux based systems to support Microsoft published applications
- Citrix ICA client configurations
- Configurations of Wyse winterms and installations to the IOS updates needed for performance increases
- Citrix Metaframe Server configuration
- Adding published applications and configuring printers
- Adding rights to active directory
- Goodlink Technologies Administration
- Updating and configuring new users, troubleshooting problematic issues
- Goodlink Device Configuration
- Configuring devices for goodlink email, repairing handhelds from lockup issues.
- BES configuration
- Blackberry server configuration, as well as device configurations
- Hand Held ActiveX Modifications Blackberry, Nokia, Sybex, Palm
- Handheld configuration of Active X and Java patches for testing with custom in house software.
Confidential
Microsoft Field Service Engineer
- Microsoft IIS configuration
- Configuring new websites and publishing updates
- Microsoft Server NT4 administration
- NT4 maintenance configurations and edits to run newer software not designed to run on NT4
- Microsoft Server 2000 administration
- Server configurations, updates, software installs and maintenance
- Microsoft Server 2003 administration
- Server updates, migrations, and repairs to BSOD issues due to viral infections
- Microsoft Exchange administration
- Exchange cleanups account migrations and performance modifications
- Microsoft Active Directory Administration
- Directory cleanups, structure organizations
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional administration
- Desktop migrations to windows XP
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional administration
- SP2 installations, configurations, and updates as needed
- Microsoft ISA Server/Firewall Configuration
- Full on server firewall repair, upgrades, migrations, and port adjustments
- HP Printer Configurations and Maintenance
- Print server configurations, Printer maintenance, and printer hardware repair
- Castle Fax-Press configurations
- 56K configurations and policy adjustments as needed to run software correctly.
Confidential
Sr. Windows Network Engineer Contract
- Custom Hardware configurations
- High end custom server builds
- Custom Desktop Builds
- High end Custom Gaming/Graphic artists desktops
- Microsoft Server 2000 Maintenance
- Fresh installations, administration, maintenance and updates
- Microsoft Server 2003 Maintenance
- Fresh installations, administration, maintenance and updates
- Microsoft Windows 2000 configurations
- Domain additions, configurations and performance modifications
- Microsoft Windows XP configurations
- Performance modifications, Virus repair and other recovery processes from BSOD issues
- Microsoft Active Directory configurations
- Configuration, maintenance and structure organization
- Microsoft Exchange Configurations
- Configured full exchange environments including outlook on each desktop
- Blackberry Enterprise Server Configurations
- Installed all Blackberry devices, and maintained blackberry servers
- Veritas Backup Exec
- Configured backups, setup jobs and maintained job sizes
- Microsoft DNS server maintenance cleaned up DNS records that pointed to nowhere.
Confidential
Windows Support - Phone Support Engineer
- Provide Blind support for Operational delays
- Provided phone support for a variety of reported issues
- Data center patches for viral outbreaks
- Provided support for entire data center of a worm outbreak
- Configuring Pop accounts
- Configured POP accounts running on an exchange 5.5 server
- Configuring 56K dial-up accounts
- Walked clients though configuring dial up accounts
- Microsoft Windows XP Maintenance
- Walked clients though maintaining windows with updates and service packs
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Maintenance
- Walked clients though adding files to Winnt directory to include some xp functions
- Troubleshooting DOS attack issues
- locating Dos attacks, and possible issues with ping of death
- Configuring Cisco
- Configuring Cisco Routers and switches
- Configuration of Projector system
- Custom brackets designed for mounting a projector system
- Configuration of DVR security system
- Installed IP based DVR system on a 2k3 server
- Installation of IP-KVM system
- Configuring the IP KVM system, adding reservations the the DHCP list for static entries to be used for the KVM system.
- Configuration of Netopia Routers
- Configuring the Netopia Routers and Switches then bringing to the location
- Configuration of SonicWall
- Configuring the SonicWall for use, also running updates in out of contract SonicWall firwalls.
Confidential
Sales associate, Windows Server Management
- Accounts Payable
- Worked with paperwork and organized sales information
- Bookkeeping
- Worked with paperwork, kept records, taught owner how to work toward paperless and store files on the server
- Project management
- Worked on maintenance projects for inventory, as well as desktop and server updates
- Microsoft WINS Configuration
- Configured updates, and also removed old records
- Microsoft DNS Management
- Worked with DNS and kept the records clean
- Applied Systems Sales Software Installation and Maintenance
- Troubleshot a series of issues with POS software running on an xp OS,
- Located issue to be with antivirus software
- Created a rule in the protection which fixed issue
Confidential
Windows Desktop administrator
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Installed and configured windows desktop systems for new sales
- Windows NT4 Workstation
- Installed and configured new installations, as well as maintained systems already running.
- Windows 98SE
- Installed and configured new installations, as well as maintained the systems already running it.
- Windows 2000 Server maintenance
- Maintained server related issues with operating system
- Microsoft NT4 Server Maintenance
- Maintained server related issues with operating systems
- Linksys Router Configurations
- Wireless configurations
- Belkin Router Configurations
- Wireless and wired configurations Static and DHCP
- Netgear Router Configurations
- Wireless and wired configurations Static and DHCP
- Virus Removal
- Norton antivirus, and Symantec 6.0
- Dial-up Installations AOL Configurations
- Installing AOL Dialup accounts on desktops
- Custom Hardware Built PC's and Servers
- Custom high end Gaming and Graphic Design machines.
- Printer Repair
- HP printer hardware repair
- Terminated Cat5
- Made cables for use in new networks
- Punch Panel Installations
- Wall mounted and wired Punch panels
- Worked on the server side of GLIDM Greater Long Island Dental Meeting
- Worked with developer on GLIDM
Current Projects
- Actively working toward getting my MCM for 2008R2 Enterprise Server
- Beta Tester for Microsoft products
- Beta Tested Windows Vista
- Beta Tested Windows 7
- Beta Tested Exchange 2k10
- Beta Tested Office 2k10
- Beta Tested Server 2008 R2
- Working on reverse engineering XP to use Flash memory for performance modifications using NT4 and Vista
- Learning Ubuntu Desktop Linux
- Learning Ubuntu Server Linux
Intermediate experience with:
- Tomcat Java applications server
- SUN Directory LDAP
- Linux KDE, Gnome administration
- Apache Internet Information Service
- HP Blade server administration
Hardware Repair:
- Dell Laptop D series hardware repair
- Dell Laptop Inspiron series hardware repair
- Dell Desktop GX series hardware repair
- Dell server all hardware repair
- HP/Compaq laptop hardware repair
- HP/Compaq Desktop hardware repair
- HP Blade server hardware repair
- HP Server hardware repair
- Compaq Tape library repair
- Clone Desktop/Laptop hardware repair
- SUN server hardware repair
- Cisco Router/Switch hardware repair
- EMC San hardware repair