PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

• Serve as senior engineering resource as part of a team that oversees a variety of systems and technologies including SAN, server virtualization, cloud, and Windows server environments
• Design, integrate, test and maintain a wide variety of system and network technologies in a test lab environment
• Develop system-level requirements and solutions based on best practices and provide recommendations to client
• Develops and evaluates systems, networks and information systems to ensure designs meet applicable governmental security specifications
• Senior Systems Engineer, Confidential
• Senior Systems Engineer responsible for Management of Networks Lab
• Actively perform daily system administration, monitoring and problem resolution to ensure integrity and availability of key systems.
• Systems Administration of Windows 2003/2008 Server and XP/Windows 7 Desktop, and Red Hat Linux infrastructure. Operation and maintenance of Active Directory, User Account Administration, Group Policy, and DNS services
• Implementation and administration of multiple virtualization technologies including Windows VMware ESXi, VMware Horizon View, Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, VMware Workstation
• Monitor and maintain Anti-Virus HBSS - McAfee ePO management solutions
• Troubleshoot Network related issues and manage escalation to Network Engineering team
• Provide oversight and coordination of the work performed in the lab by the Networks design team in the development, sustainment, and testing of fielded network components
• Build, deploy, and replacement of servers, workstations, virtual infrastructure, and network equipment including NAS/SAN in a secure computing environment.
• Responsible for the Bill of Materials BOM , initiating procurements, tracking purchase orders, and receiving all purchases for the Network development lab
• Oversee the racking, cabling, and asset management inventory control of all computer and network equipment
• Provide assistance in the deployment, troubleshooting, and resolution of issues related to Security Technical Implementation Guide STIG and Information Systems Vulnerability Assessments IAVA , operating system/software patches, group policy updates, and changes to locally security polices
• Provide technical assistance to the IA Integration team members in support of the installation, testing and evaluation of the IA managed baseline applications
• Responsible to ensure that all classified equipment adhere to either DoD 8500.2 or Defense Security Services DSS Office of Designate Approving Authority ODAA compliance and pass the Certification and Accreditation C A validation

Confidential

Senior Systems Administrator and Development Systems Operations Technical lead in support

• Implementation and administration of multiple Virtualization technologies including Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, and VMware Workstation
• Systems Administration of Windows 2003/2008 Server and XP/Windows 7 Desktop infrastructure. Operation and maintenance of Active Directory, User Account Administration, Group Policy, FTP, DNS, and DHCP services
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures pertaining to the systems infrastructure
• Patch Management of infrastructure Servers/Workstations for Operating Systems and Applications. Primary tool is Microsoft Windows Server Updates Services WSUS
• Monitor and maintain Anti-Virus Symantec Enterprise Protection/McAfee ePO solutions
• Ensure that data backup solutions IBM Tivoli, Symantec Ghost, Acronis are implemented and monitored for key infrastructure computers.
• Troubleshoot Network related issues and manage escalation to Network Engineering team
• Maintain Server and Workstation compliance to Government and Corporate Security Standards
• Provide Asset Management of all IT infrastructure equipment

Notable Project s Include:

• Designed and implemented Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure for Development Team environment
• Participated in the Dept. of State Development, Modernization, and Enhancement DME Proposal Support. Provide technical guidance and contribution to the proposal documentation.
• Provide technical insight and guidance for the Department of State Plan of Actions and Milestones POA M to address security vulnerabilities. Implemented remediation recommendations on select development servers

Confidential

Technical team lead

• Provide leadership and direction to team members in the administration of the following key systems: Blackberry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange Citrix XenApp Presentation Servers and Citrix Access Control Gateways Cisco ASA 5550 VPN RSA VPN Microsoft SMS Software delivery Bigfix Software delivery/patch management McAfee ePO
• Responsible for Problem Management resolution across functional towers
• Project Management and technical lead of team initiatives.
• Actively ensure Service Level Agreements SLA are being reported and met
• Notable Projects include:
• Migration of VPN services to Cisco ASA 5550
• Federal Desktop Core Configuration FDCC OMB Mandate for hardening of Workstation computers.

Confidential

• Actively manage technical support team performing operations and maintenance activities
• Systems Administration of Server Operating Systems such as Novell Netware and Microsoft Windows Server NT 4/2000/2003
• Windows Group Policy Object GPO management and focus on adherence to Security guides
• Actively monitor server performance, event logs, and maintain Domain User accounts
• Administration of Citrix XenApp Presentation Server and Citrix Netscaler Access Gateway
• Email administration for IBM Lotus Domino Server, Lotus Notes desktop, and development lab MS Exchange platforms
• Blackberry Enterprise Server administration responsible for production/ failover platform
• Troubleshooting and resolution assistance of Network related issues
• Administration of secure remote access solutions such as Shiva RAS, Radius, and RSA VPN
• Requirements gathering, evaluation, and recommendation of sw/hw to client senior management
• Patch Management and AntiVirus administration of all Server and Workstation computers
• Managed tape backup and restoration operations of all Server infrastructure computers
• Project Management technical lead
• Development of Standard Operating Procedures SOP pertaining to the systems infrastructure
• Quickly resolve infrastructure issues to ensure that Service Level Agreements SLA are met
• Promotion to Management role after several years of tenure with CSC
• Managed technical team development with oversight in hiring, tasking, and performance reviews
• Line of Service lead responsible for Daily Service Reviews, Weekly staff meetings, Operations status reports, and SLA metrics reporting to management

Technical Summary

Operating Systems/Applications

Microsoft XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2 VMware Workstation , VMware ESXi 3.5 5.5 VCenter VMWare Workstation VMWare Horzion View Linux Based CentOS, Red Hat 6, Ubuntu, Fedora Windows Terminal Server Citrix XenApp Presentation Servers Microsoft Office Microsoft SQL Oracle 10g Oracle 11g Lotus Notes Domino R7 Server/Client Blackberry Enterprise Server Microsoft Exchange Outlook Microsoft IIS RDP RSA CA BrightStore/ArcServe Shavlik HFNetChk Protect McAfee ePO HBSS Symantec AntiVirus PC Anywhere32 Trend Micro OfficeScan AntiVirus/ScanMail DameWare RightFax, Iron Mountain Connected - PC Backup Cisco 3030 Cisco ASA 5550 RSA Windows Server Update Services WSUS Symantec Acronis Ghost

Hardware

Dell Servers/Desktops/Laptops IBM Servers/Desktops/Notebooks HP Servers HP Blade 3000 and 7000 HP Printers Xerox Multifunction Cisco Switches Juniper EX4200/4500 switches Citrix Netscaler 8000 Cisco ASA 3030 VPN Cisco ASA 55505 Raritan KVM APC/Raritan PDU's NetApp FAS2040