EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Charleston, South Carolina

Senior Research Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Distributed and fault tolerance solution with Splunk Enterprise 6.X on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.X as a central repository to aggregate syslog and event data from Windows servers, Windows workstations, Linux servers, Linux workstations, network routers, network switches, fiber channel switches, VMware vSphere, and Storage Area Network (SAN).
• High availability and site resilience framework solution with Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 in a Database Availability Group (DAG) configuration.
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution with Citrix XenDesktop 7.X on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and Microsoft Windows 10.
• Hyper-converged solution with Nutanix NX-3000 series platform with VMware vSphere 6.0 for Citrix XenDesktop implementations.
• Provide Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) access as part of DoD compliance.
• Secured VDI access utilizing Dell Wyse thin clients with embedded Raytheon’s Trusted Thin Client (TTC) image distributed from the Forcepoint’s Multi-Enclave Distribution Console.
• Deliverables:
• System Performance Specifications (SPS) to state the expected performance of the designs.
• Interface Control Document (ICD) to define the interface configurations between boundary systems of deployed solutions.
• System Design Descriptions (SDD) to define a baseline and to describe the functional and non-functional requirements of designs.
• Application Configurations Guides (ACGs) for solution deployments by Sustainment team.
• System Operation Manual (SOM) to provide daily operation and upkeep of deployed solutions.
• Installation Guide for deployed solutions.
• Administration Guide for periodic maintenance of deployed solutions.
• System Operational Verification Test (SOVT) to verify deployed solutions.

Confidential - Huntsville, Alabama

Enterprise Systems Design Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Follow engineering lifecycle conforming to Department of Defense (DoD) standards.
• Provide Systems View drawings, Service View drawings, Detail Design Implementation Plans, Test Plans, and slide decks of proposed designs to government panel during various phases of negotiations.
• Present design solutions to DoD Executive Advisory Board for various approval phases during the project cycles.
• Design, configuration, installation, and test of IT systems primarily consisting of a virtualized Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory environment with Windows Workstations 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Virtualized environment based on VMware vSphere 6.0.
• Datacenter designed around HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosures with BL460c Gen9 Server Blades, HP Virtual Connect Fabric Switches, HP Flex10 Ethernet Switches, HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 Servers with NVIDIA GRID K1 GPU, HP 3PAR All Flash Array, EMC VNX, and EMC VMAX.
• Conform to MDA hardware deployment standards, full redundancy, utilizing N+1, High Availability (HA), and Fault Tolerance (FT).
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment in an ISOLAN, isolated enclave, environment with VMware vSphere 6.0 with VMware Horizon View 6.0.
• VDI deployment with Citrix XenDesktop 7.6, both standard definition and high definition (HDX), and Citrix XenApp 7.6.
• Citrix XenDesktop “Double Hop” scenario, launching a VDI session within another VDI session, allowing zone crossing from Production to Development meeting DoD compliances.
• Citrix NetScaler MPXes and Citrix NetScaler VPXes deployed in pairs to provide application load balancing, HA, firewalling, and proxies between Unclassified, Classified, and RDT&E zones.
• Remote Desktop Services (RDS) deployment in an ISOLAN environment with HA.
• Provide DoD Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) solution, two-factor authentication, to ISOLAN environment.
• Provide DoD Host Based Security System (HBSS) solution to ISOLAN environment.Integration of Windows Server 2012 R2 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7.
• Linux integration to Active Directory via WinBIND.
• Fileserver clustering in FT configuration, active/passive pair.
• Microsoft SQL cluster in FT configuration, active/passive pair.

Confidential, Charleston, South Carolina

Lead Senior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Modernization of virtualization infrastructure, software application consolidation, and network hardware lifecycle and standardization project for the Department of Defense Education Activity.
• Held active Security Clearance.
• Function as both lead engineer and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Services (RDS) deployment to replace existing Citrix XenApp, which will be centralized at the US DDESS datacenter.
• Assist with virtualization deployment of Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V to replace VMware vSphere, which will reside in US, Europe, and Pacific datacenters.
• Assist with the network hardware switches refresh and LAN standardization optimization replacing End-of-life (EOL) Cisco with Brocade.

Confidential - North Charleston, South Carolina

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Function as Virtualization Engineer/Citrix Engineer/Windows Engineer to SPAWAR and the Confidential projects.
• Provide solutions in modernize, virtualize, and migrate systems and applications hosted in legacy datacenters into authorized hosting facilities.
• Coordinate with SPAWAR Project Management Team and remote sites during various phases of datacenter transition.
• Provide deployment, integration, network support, and technical support for the following:
• VMware vSphere 5.0 suites.
• Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 running on Windows Server 2003.
• Citrix XenApp 5.0 running on Windows Server 2008.
• Citrix XenApp 6.5 running on Windows Server 2008 R2.
• Active Directory Service (ADS) migration from one domain to another and GPO management.
• Utilization of Deployable Integrated Environment for System Transition (DIEST), a miniature and portable datacenter, sent to various client’s site to perform Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) of client’s physical servers and virtual servers environment.
• Perform OS hardening and server hardening according to DISA standards.
• Routine OS patching to Microsoft Windows to comply with Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) process dictated by DISA.

Confidential, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Cloud Services Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provide technology solutions, Cisco, VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, etc., to various companies.
• Provide support, troubleshooting, analysis, and best practices of existing environment.
• Projects:
• Migration of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Active Directory to Microsoft Windows Server 2010 for a Federal Credit Union with multiple branches.
• Citrix XenApp 5 on Windows Server 2008 migration to Citrix XenApp 6.5 on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for a Federal Credit Union with multiple branches.
• VMware vSphere 5.0 optimization for a brokerage company.
• SonicWALL failover pair solution, SolarWinds Orion monitoring, Cisco wireless and Cisco switches implementation for the city sewer district.Configuration and optimization of VMware View 5.0 on Cisco UCS for an insurance company.

Confidential - North Charleston, South Carolina

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provide deployment, integration, network support, and technical support for the following:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Active Directory Service (ADS) over LAN/WAN.
• Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 failover clustering with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 cluster features installed on a virtual environment.
• Patch management utilizing Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007.
• Monitoring health of network utilizing Microsoft System Operation Manager 2007.
• Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and Citrix XenApp 6.5.
• VMware vSphere 4.1 suites with vCenter, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and Fault Tolerance enabled running on HP Blades, Brocade switches, and HP SANs.
• Create templates to assist rapid deployment of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 clustering, Microsoft IIS Server, and Citrix Web Interface Server.
• Deploy Microsoft Key Management Service (KMS) server, Remote Desktop Service (RDS) server, and Citrix Licensing Server to provide license activations to Microsoft Windows Servers, Citrix Presentation Servers, and Citrix clients.Perform OS hardening and server hardening according to DISA standards.
• Routine OS patching to Microsoft Windows and VMware ESXi hosts to comply with Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) process dictated by DISA.
• Documentations on the creation of templates and servers.

Independent Consultant

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Responsibilities:

• Provide network design, deployment, integration, and technical support for the following:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Active Directory Service (ADS) over LAN/WAN.
• Automated deployment of Windows server/client migrations using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT).
• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007.
• Apple OS X 10.6, Apple OS X 10.7, Apple OS X 10.8, and various variants of Linux such as Redhat, Debian, Ubuntu, etc.
• Virtualization technologies with VMware vSphere 5.0, VMware View 4.5, VMware Workstation 7.X and 8.X, VMware Fusion 3.X, VMware Fusion 4.X, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Oracle VirtualBox 4.X, and Parallels Desktop 7 platforms.
• Provide infrastructure design, integration, and technical support for the following:
• Cisco routers and switches provisioning.
• VLAN switching and VLAN trunking using IEEE 802.1q implementation.

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Senior Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performance/Scalability measurement of Citrix Secure Gateway in an IPv6 environment.
• Citrix SmartAuditor (code name Gemini) optimized on Storage Area Network (SAN) solution.
• Citrix Presentation Server v4.5
• Citrix Password Manager v4.5
• Software Availability measurement on a 1000-server Ohio farm.
• SNMP testing using open source software such as OpenNMS and Zenoss.
• Microsoft Windows 7 Server and Client - Alpha release.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008.
• Microsoft Windows Vista.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
• Microsoft Windows XP.
• Virtualizations such as VMware vSphere 4.0, VMware Workstation, and Citrix XenServer.
• Various flavors of Linux such as Redhat, Debian, Ubuntu, etc.
• Project lead on Citrix SmartAuditor, Citrix Password Manager, and Software Availability.
• Currently leading efforts in Windows 7 integration with Citrix SmartAuditor and Citrix Password Manager.
• Deployment of enterprise level farm size of 1000+ servers to be used for stress, performance, and scalability testing using Altirus Deployment Solution.
• On a routine basis, tasks will include planning, execution, assessment of results, and determination of next steps and coordination with external groups for product conformance.
• Develop and execute software test plans.
• Develop standard practices and procedures for analyzing situations or data.
• Maintain documentation of test results.
• Analyze test results and recommend corrective action.
• Verify analysis of test results for the team and guide decision-making.
• Work on complex problems and analyze situations where solutions may often require creativity and innovation to solve.
• Contracted as a Product Test Engineer and a Wireless Security Engineer for their Golan, Loudon, and Lisbon projects.
• Execute Build Acceptance Test (BAT), function test cases, and security test cases as part of the integration test cycles for manual/automation.
• Perform regression and functional testing on Intel’s NIC driver and application client connecting to various commercial and SOHO Wireless Access Points with their handling on IBSS and BSS in Chung Kar ChinPage 5 variety of secure transmission modes using encryption standards such as WEP, WPA-TKIP, and WPA2-AES.
• In-depth security feature testing on the Intel’s driver and application client with Wireless Access Points using 802.1X standards such as Cisco CCXv3, and CCXv4 encompassing CCKM, SSIDL, EAP, EAP-FAST, GTC, LEAP, MD5, MSCHAPv2, PEAP, TLS, TTLS, Soft Token, RSA, and RADIUS.
• Test and implement IPv6.
• Work on the preliminary 802.11n and 802.11e products toward full ratification of standards.

Confidential, San Diego, California

Responsibilities:

• Provide network design, integration, and technical support for the following:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2000 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Active Directory Service (ADS) over LAN/WAN.
• Messaging products with Microsoft Exchange 2000 and Microsoft Exchange 2003.
• Microsoft Exchange Instant Messaging Server using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) with Windows Messenger.
• Microsoft Outlook Web Access client utilizing Secure Socket Layer (SSL) across both the Intranet and the Internet.
• Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 and Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 provisioning.
• Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database management.
• Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 provisioning.
• VMware Workstation 4 provisioning.
• Network upgrade and migration.
• Microsoft Remote Installation Server (RIS) for client workstations provisioning.
• Client workstation migration from Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 to Microsoft Windows XP Professional.
• Servers and client workstations upgrade.
• Technology migration from one platform to another.
• Provide infrastructure design, integration, and technical support for the following:
• Routers and switches provisioning.
• LAN/WAN optimization.
• Protocol - TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, FTP, Telnet, NAT, RIP, OSPF, BGP, IGRP, EIGRP, IPX/SPX, WINS, NetBEUI.
• Wireless 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g standards with Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) security protocols.
• ADSL and SDSL provisioning.
• ATM over VDSL transport provisioning multi-tiers services.
• Video on Demand (VoD) and Multicast Video applications.
• Provide ongoing Internet access and network support to their client’s events.
• Provide ongoing support for their Confidential and Cisco solutions, designed and implemented while employed at Confidential .
• Provide ongoing infrastructure improvements to their existing network.
• Provide ongoing future planning towards full implementation of Internet access to all their guest rooms.
• Acting technology consultant.

Confidential, San Diego, California

Field Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided pre and post sales and marketing support.
• Worked with various size clienteles from small to enterprise level throughout the world.
• Extensive project management skills in LANs, WANs, and Internet designs and implementations.
• Provided technical support, infrastructure design, and deployment for the following Tut products:
• Expresso MDU products using Tut’s HomeRun and LongRun technologies to distribute multiple high speed communication services over a building’s existing infrastructure in a multi-tenant property.
• IntelliPOP 5000 and 8000 using ATM over VDSL technology, capable of distributing both ADSL and SDSL services over a building’s existing infrastructure in a multi-tenant property.
• MDU Lite Link, wireless products utilizing IEEE 802.11 standards, to distribute services in a multi-tenant property when copper media is not feasible.
• Network Extension products utilizing Tut’s FastCopper technology to unlock the bandwidth potential of existing copper-based communication infrastructure.
• Software Management System/Operations Center Software (SMS/OCS), combination of a server appliance and a remote management tool, which provide subscriber level security in a large-scale deployment. Supporting IP address management, IP multicasting, VPN pass-through, multiple billing options, portal redirection, firewalls, authorization, authentication, accounting, and bandwidth management. Tut Management System (TMS), an integrated policy and element management system for Tut’s IntelliPOP MTU platform, which runs on both Windows and Solaris platforms and as a plug-in to HP OpenView.
• OneGate Internet server appliances enabling service providers to offer cost-effective Internet access and business-class services such as e-mail, firewalls, remote management, and Virtual Private Networking (VPN).
• ATM over VDSL transport provisioning multi-tiers services.
• Video on Demand (VoD) and Multicast Video applications.
• Layer 2 switching.
• VLAN switching using IEEE 802.1q implementation.
• Wireless communication standards, both IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.11b.
• SNMP management.
• Protocol - TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, FTP, Telnet, NAT, RIP, OSPF, BGP, IGRP, EIGRP, IPX/SPX, WINS, NetBEUI.
• Internet design.
• RADIUS.
• Virtual Private Networking (VPN) running both IPSec and pptp.
• Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Professional, Microsoft SQL Server 7 and 2000.
• Various flavors of Linux platforms, such as Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSe, etc.
• Solaris Operating Systems on both PCs and Sun Ultra series.
• Provided training in Confidential ’ products and network designs to clients abroad.
• Created the support knowledgebase for various Confidential ’ products.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed and supervised the Consulting Services Department.
• Developed sales strategies and proposal writing.
• Provided pre and post sales support.
• Provided the following services to clients:
• Strategic planning.
• Infrastructure planning and designs.
• Project management.
• Management consulting.
• LAN/WAN management.
• Security audit and management.
• Innovative solutions suited to client’s environment and needs.
• Hardware and software standardizations.
• Site preparations and planning.
• Onsite and telephone supports.
• Designed, implemented, and provided the following solutions to clients:
• Remote installation of Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with standardized client software distribution using Microsoft SMS 1.0, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, and Microsoft Sysdiff tools.
• Novell Cluster Services to provide applications load balancing and high-level system fault tolerances using the Compaq Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) solution.
• Novell, Microsoft, Sun, and Lotus integration.
• Network and telephony integration.
• Messaging products with Novell GroupWise 5.X and Microsoft Exchange 5.X.
• Multi-protocols integration.
• LAN/WAN routing and switching connectivity and configuration.
• Dial-in remote accesses with Microsoft Remote Access Server.
• Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions with Red Creek and Microsoft products.

Confidential, San Diego, California

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed and supervised the Information System Department.
• Procured and managed an annual budget up to $150,000.
• Extensive infrastructure planning and designs.
• Extensive project management skills in LANs and WAN designs and implementations.
• Designed, implemented, and managed the following systems:
• Novell BorderManager 1.0 and 3.0 acting as a firewall, with level 1, 2, and 3 protections, between the internal networks to the Internet.
• Novell NetWare 3.X, 4.X, 5.X, and NetWare for Macintosh LANs at multiple office locations.
• Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.X and 4.X running in a TCP/IP protocol environment.
• WAN using T-1, ISDN, and Spread Spectrum Wireless Bridges to connect multiple office locations.
• Company-wide Novell GroupWise 5.X messaging system running in a client/server configuration under TCP/IP protocol.
• Company-wide direct Internet and Internet mail access using T-1 service.
• Novell NetWare Connect 2.0 Communication Server for shared modem accesses and remote accesses among multiple office locations.
• Company-wide PBX network, Lucent’s Definity G3/V4 switches, connected by premise-to-premise T-1 services between multiple office locations with full fault tolerance.
• Centralized voice-messaging service with Octel 250 Messaging Server with Aria software.
• Network integration with Novell NetWare, Novell UnixWare, Sun Solaris, Windows NT Server, Windows NT Workstation, Windows 95, and OS/2 Operation Systems.
• Multi-protocols, IPX/SPX, TCP/IP, DHCP, and AppleTalk, integration and support over both LANs and WAN.
• Intranet using one of the Backoffice products, Microsoft Internet Information Server, on the Windows NT Server platform.
• Network management system using HP OpenView with Network Node Manager and Bay Network Optivity modules running on Sun Solaris 2.5.1 and Sun Solaris 2.6 on a Sun Ultra-1 workstation.
• Configured and managed Bay Network BayStack Access Node Routers, Bay Network BayStack 350T-HD 10/100 Autosense Ethernet Switches, Bay Network BayStack 102 10Base-T Hubs, Cisco 2500 Router, Cisco Catalyst 2912 XL 10/100 Autosense Ethernet Switch, and 3Com LinkBuilder FMS Hubs.
• Validation of computer systems to FDA compliancies.
• Company-wide FAX services using Cheyenne FAXServe with Novell GroupWise integration.
• Company-wide migration to Novell IntranetWare and Novell NetWare 5.0.
• Total migration to TCP/IP protocol and services.
• Evaluate the full Microsoft BackOffice suite.
• Acting SAS Software Administrator with some programming and debugging.
• Evaluated and set company standards in both hardware and software.