QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Senior Systems Engineer with 15 years of professional experience performing Data Center Architecture and Design, Consolidation, Optimization, Administration, Engineering, and Management of multi-platform servers for small-businesses, military networks, and federal civilian government organizations. Extensive experience with SAN infrastructure FC, FCoE, iSCSI, CIFS, NFS , specializing in Virtualization platforms. Significant knowledge centered on systems consolidation and virtualization products and technology. Experience in Information Security INFOSEC and Information Assurance IA policies and practices to ensure system security and data integrity with multiple organizations. Familiarity with STIGs vulnerability scanning via Retina, Gold Disk, and Nessus remediation processes. Experience engineering customer solutions on a per project basis, designing, running operations and executing maintenance on mission-critical enterprise infrastructures.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

• VMware vSphere 5.x/4.x Virtual Infrastructure, VMware View, VMware vCloud Director, Consolidated Backup, Converter, ESX/GSX/ESXi Server/Workstation, NetApp Storage Area Network, EMC Storage Technology, DELL/EqualLogic Technology, SSD Storage, Cisco and Brocade Fiber Switching, Dell M1000, Cisco UCS, Network Architecture, Network Infrastructure, HP/Dell servers, Nutanix Hardware, Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2003/2000, Microsoft SQL 2008/2005/2000, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2000, Windows 7/XP/2000/NT, Microsoft Office, Microsoft WSUS, Patch Management,
• OnCommand Insight Suite, Platespin PowerRecon/PowerConvert, Symantec Antivirus, Symantec/Veritas Netbackup, Veeam, VeeamOne, SolarWinds, Symantec/Veritas BackupExec, CommVault, Active Directory, Group Policy Management, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, WINS, WireShark, Red Hat Enterprise Linux

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer/VMware Architect

• Stabilized environment.
• Re-engineered lab environment to support production emulation.
• Troubleshoot and correct Exchange 2010 issues.
• Troubleshoot and correct SQL 2012 issues.
• NetApp Storage administration
• Recovered LAB NetApp from serious misconfiguration
• Migration/Upgrade from VMware 5.1 to 5.5
• Implementation of vCAC 6.1 in conjunction with IaaS provider
• Testing VMware 6.0 in lab environment BETA program
• Migrated NetApp SAN from 7-mode to Clustermode
• Migrated from Fiber to NFS storage environment
• Migrated from Windows vCenter to vCenter Virtual Appliance

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer/Architect

• Architect next generation of forward deployed assets using VMware, NetApp and blade server solutions.
• Integration of proof of concept and new software in to existing environments.
• Troubleshoot communications issues with a ground based system communicating with an airborne transmitter.

Confidential

Senior Infrastructure Virtualization/Systems Engineer

• Senior Engineer performing Research, Development and Engineering Support to the Department of Justice - Operational Test and Evaluation Facility which supports Application Development, Integration/Testing, Pre-Production and Production integration in a multiplatform, highly complex mostly virtualized environment
• Designed and implemented vCloud infrastructure, for multi tenant production, test and development environments.
• Developed Application Development, Integration and Testing, Pre-Production and Production Integration processes
• Advise team members on technical procedures Develop technical staff and build technical team to meet the Mission
• Provide senior technical engineering lead role for an enterprise VMware vSphere 5.1/5.0 hybrid Windows/Linux environment
• Communicate heavily with key stake holders on 150 projects simultaneously in efforts to meet project schedules
• Designed and implemented VMware clusters, DRS/HA, vMotion, vSwitches, RDM, FC iSCSI datastores
• Designed and implemented ESXi boot from SAN, VUM, P2V, thin provisioning, host profiles, OS templates
• Designed, configured, and managed Dell m1000e Blade Systems, interconnect bay FC and 10 GE modules
• Lead storage and networking engineering design teams in support of virtualization build-out, multiple locations
• Extensive experience with remote server management in the Data Center environment
• Provided on-location support for virtualization infrastructure, managed onsite project activities with data center staff
• Manage and task supporting staff members as needed to complete projects on time per customer requirements
• Deploy, Configure and Manage Dell and Cisco Blade Servers in support of Virtual Enterprise of 1000 VMs on 40 ESXi Hosts
• Deploy and Configure Enterprise Microsoft SQL Clusters supporting enterprise applications on Dell R900 Servers
• Configure LUNS, Provision Storage and present storage to ESXi Clusters logically separating storage utilizing Raw Device Mappings, Thin Provisioning, Thick Eager Zero provisioned VMDK's supporting database operations
• Configured and Scheduled NetApp SAN Deduplication during non-peak hours in order to optimize Disk performance
• Engineered and managed multiple VDI environments to include View 4.5, 4.6 and 5 supporting over 1000 desktops
• Installed, managed, and configured virtual server infrastructure via vSphere, Lab Manager, and vCloud Director
• Implemented fault tolerance on virtual platforms with High Availability and Distributed Resource Scheduling
• Performed storage functions such as zoning and migrations to initialize or consolidate data usage
• Performed maintenance on virtual environment reclaiming 40 of storage and memory over provisioned
• Responsible for maintaining the essential software platforms SharePoint, Exchange and Enterprise SQL
• Defined processes for Systems Integration and Deployment reconciled differences in operating environments
• Established functional and technical guidelines that solved hardware software interface problems
• Provided guidance on how to troubleshoot anomalies in malfunctioning software components
• Provided software patches and documentation updates to resolve problems encountered during integration and testing
• Managed physical environment consisting of Dell Rack Servers, M1000 Blade Servers and Cisco UCS Blade Servers
• Implemented and monitored fault tolerance utilizing High Availability HA , Distributed Resource Scheduling DRS

Confidential

Senior Technical Consultant

• Administered on-site installation, implementation, maintenance and repair of Dell, EMC Storage, Dell Power Vault Storage, Dell Equallogic Storage, Dell PowerEdge solutions, Dell Compellent Storage CommVault Products
• Efficiently managed technical and business concerns with customers, account teams and other internal partners coordinate activities including DAE, host adds and SAN upgrades as well as provide Dell's onsite service leadership
• Oversaw heterogeneous VMware deployments, installations and maintenance, advanced software troubleshooting, backup production readiness, DAE/host adds non-Windows , data migration, switch add/zoning, SAN maintenance
• Performed service delivery according to site lead guide, design workbook, SOW and engagement overview as well as coordinate with customer's onsite facilities and technical contacts regarding readiness and delivery concerns
• Worked closely with delivery lead and project management to discuss problems that affect the entire site operations, distribute deployment workload among deployment team, ensure effective and productive performance of technicians
• Supervised activities to include VMware deployments, maintenance resolution to critical break/fix escalations
• Provided onsite delivery of Dell implementation and support services required to support Customer projects
• Served as a dedicated point of contact to facilitate communication between the FBI and Dell support services
• Provided the Customer assistance with end-user support and training as required to deploy and support Dell solutions
• Provided Customer's IT staff with cross-training on Dell products as required to support backup coverage on support

Confidential

Systems Infrastructure Engineer

• Worked to establish total system standardization across the enterprise.
• Developed SOPs for automation and server systems management.
• Developed a desktop image deployment automation system for the enterprise.
• Recognized for work on the AD design for the secure computing network.
• Worked extensively with VMware Workstation products and solutions.
• Secure computing point of contact for all Windows servers.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, 32/64-bit installations
• Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, WINS, DHCP, FTP, TFTP, HTTP, TCP/IP sub-netting
• VMware ESXi, VMware Server, VMware Workstation.