OBJECTIVE

Seeking a challenging position utilizing the Twenty Years I have in the Information Technology field. Focusing on a position to keep up with Data Center technologies, utilizing what is current to run and manage a secure, reliable, efficient environment.

ABSTRACT

Specialized skills include HP SIM, HP ILO, Hobbit Alert Monitoring, Net Monitor, Sitescope, VMWare, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Windows Server 2003/ 2008 R2, SQL Server, Exchange, Disaster Recovery, Active Directory, Windows Server Administration Engineering and Security troubleshooting. Remedy, Veritas, Networker Administrator, Symantec/Norton Anti-virus, Symantec Ghost imaging, SOPHOS Anti-virus, Novell, PC Anywhere/VNC, ADP/ HRIS, RDP, Dameware, Acronis Imaging, BartPE, HPSD Management, Visio and MS Project. Taught Computer Networks Methodologies at a technical Institute for a year in the evenings.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Systems Analyst Lead

• Microsoft Active Directory cleanup project
• Coordinate/ Lead Encryption and deployment of new laptops for various office sites.

Confidential

Systems Analysts - IT Administrator WFH Contract

• MU Meaningful Use/ Affordable Care Act Project, configuring and tuning the necessary Windows 2003, 2008 R2, VM servers UAT/ Test and Live/ Production with Web components, SQL databases, Server Manager roles and features, printing and virtual objects. This was done for a majority of hospitals, physicians and or any medical facilities in need of being in compliancy with the new health exchange regulations.
• Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2003 Server Administration.
• VMWare/ VCenter Administration
• Symantec Netbackup/ Antivirus tuning
• SQL Database and Web component configurations.
• PM and Client conference calls.

Confidential

Wintel Systems Administrator

Telecommunications Engineering Specialist

• Working on projects involving Windows Server 2008 R2 adding and or improving upon needed applications/ programs for the end user client. Active Directory Administration was a daily task Groups, OU's and Accounts . Administered Microsoft Sharepoint for the IT Department.
• Deliver detailed technical insight to lower level technicians and or administrators when needed for specific infrastructure issues.
• Would communicate with executive management to implement a detailed plan for Disaster Recovery DR , Enterprise Resource Planning ERP and Service Line Agreements SLA's .

Confidential

Infrastructure Architect Sr. Systems Consultant Contract

• Advised and delivered a detailed plan of implementation with the IBM Executive Project Manager and Associate SME's to New York State Information Technology Services for their Data Center Migration and Consolidation Project. This project for the state of New York was successfully completed with gratitude and respects from the COO of the states ITS department. Going forward presently with the deliverables forwarded to them from our IBM team.
• Microsoft Products: Project, Office, Share Point and Visio were utilized to forward deliverables and Advise, make recommendations to ITS New York State employees for the consolidation of their data centers.

Confidential

Wintel Systems Administrator, Sr. Professional Contract

• IT projects, ran and maintained accounts within the Rensselaer Data Center.
• VMWare was utilized and growing within as more singular physical servers were being decommissioned.
• Utilized SCOMs for monitoring of each account and WSUS used for monthly patching of the existing servers.
• Monitored, administered and managed the majority of the servers that were setup with Windows server 2008 R2, physical and virtual. Administered and utilized power shell and windows scripting when needed. Some accounts were accessed through Citrix, which was utilized on a daily basis.
• Kept all documents up to date within the corporation's repository for upcoming audits.
• ITIL knowledgeable

Confidential

Systems Administrator

IT Administration support of business client's systems. This involved supporting Windows Operating Systems, client and server Windows 7 Professional/ Ultimate, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 R2 . Including Active Directory and MS Exchange.

Confidential

IT/ HR - General Manager

• Implemented production, purchasing, hiring employees, documentation and transactions.
• Facilitated project management and work orders and supporting any IT issues.
• Delegated production and procurement of any and all IT Business.

Confidential

Tier II ITMS Team Leader / Manager Contract

• Managed the Tier II ITMS Team Eleven employees , Involved monitoring and managing each Tier II employee's ticket queue and making sure each person updated notes.
• Lead weekly meetings with team members to discuss and resolve current issues.
• Site Scope administration/ monitoring, HP Service Manager Ticketing application administration/ monitoring, Active Directory/ MS Exchange, documentation of Technical writing, scheduling, weekly reports, month to month scheduling for pager duty, dispatching of the ticket queue, disk wipes, and backup rotation duties.

Confidential

Systems Engineer T3/ Data Center Management Contract

• HP Server Data Center utilized Hobbit, Site Scope, HPSIM monitoring for all server stability, and HP Open view.
• Communicated and worked with vendors procuring Systems necessary to facilitate the new Sabic data center on General Electric's property.
• Responsible for implementing build outs for Windows server 2003 2008 and Linux Servers up on the network, SQL servers, setting up DNS, DC, IIS and all required Administered MS IIS connections after the network team has allocated ports on the switch. ILO was used to bring back up any servers on the infrastructure, overseas and or locally.

Confidential

• Used VMWare to build, monitor and add virtual servers to the infrastructure. Utilized Shavlik patching application from three different servers, globally. Global Data Center locations primarily consisted of Norway, India, and Pittsfield, MA.
• Administered Active Directory, MS Exchange Infrastructure, new accounts, exits, OU/ Groups, batch files, Power shell Windows scripting .

Confidential

Network Support Specialist

• Administered Dell servers at PRA's Data Center, worked with disaster recovery, Windows Server 2003, SQL servers, Tape Backups Veritas , Symantec Antivirus corporate edition 8.0, Active Directory, Exchange messaging administration, Utilized Remedy ticketing system, MS Office and Windows XP Professional OS Support on a large network consisting of well over 3,000 Some remote sites included employees. Remedy was administered as the ticketing system.
• Communicated with prime product vendors, working price quotes for new equipment needed to replace legacy systems.

Confidential

Bank of America WAN/Transformation Project

Network Field Engineer Temporary Project

• Converted banking centers and kiosk ATM's to new T1/ 64k circuit/s MCI/ Bell /concentrators.
• For Banking Centers, added blades and memory to Cisco 3640's as required, along with updates to router loads/configuration.
• For remote ATMs changed routers to new Cisco 1721's or updated Cisco 2610 configurations. Remote ATM's, TelCom and ATM technicians.

Confidential

Sr. Systems Engineer

• Data Center responsibilities consisting of disaster Recovery Procedures, Tape Backups, Virus Protection, SQL database server build outs, Windows Server 2000, MS Exchange and Active Directory Administration.
• Supervised five services support analysts, a contractor, and an intern.

Confidential

IT Client LAN Services Team Lead

• Expanded an office of employees, worked with vendors on an array of IT services. Administration Support of Citrix, MS Exchange, MS IIS, SQL, MS Outlook client support , MAS 90, WINS, DHCP and People soft.
• Ghost for imaging workstations and LAN support.
• Responsibilities included all Disaster Recovery procedures. Conducted Train the Trainers for use of MS Office Suite, MS Outlook and MS Netmeeting Supported these applications also .
• Served as backup administrator for Meridian PBX.
• Worked with vendors on an array of IT services.
• Supported Three Hundred and Fifty employees onsite and some remote sites.

Confidential

Teacher/ Instructor

Computer Networks and Data Communications Windows NT 4.0 and Novell 4.12 .

Confidential

Served as a Technical Representative Helpdesk for hardware/software troubleshooting in support of Canon model PCs/ desktops.