SUMMARY:

• Installs methodologies and processes.
• Targets deficiencies and improves environments.
• Cross - functional experience and study in finance and technology industries.
• Working relationships from Senior/Chief Officers through line employees

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/2003 R2 /2008 R2 Server Standard/Enterprise and Small Business Server 2003; Windows NT 4.0 Workstation; 2000 Professional; XP Professional/Home; Vista Business; 7 Professional; ME/9x/3.x; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x/ES 3/Fedora Core 9-14; Mac OS X; FreeBSD 4.x/5.x; Debian 4.0; BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds; Pocket PC; light Palm OS.

Enterprise and Utility Applications and Services: Microsoft Active Directory 2000/2003 R2/2008 R2; Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003/2007 ; BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.x/5.x; Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9/10; Symantec Mail Security/Information Foundation for Microsoft Exchange 4.6/5.0/6.0; Kaspersky Antivirus 6/8; Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition 8; Symantec Endpoint Security 10; Symantec Backup Exec 8-12; Microsoft terminal services 2000/2003/2008 ; VMware ESX(i) 3.5/4.x/5, Server 2.0.x, Workstation 4.x/5.x/6.x, Fusion 5/6/7; Postini Email Security and Message Archiving; IIS 6/7/7.5; AppFabric; Proofpoint (a.k.a. Fortiva) Stubbing; Kaseya (including AVG Antivirus and Altiris bare-metal backup/restore).

Hardware: Dell PowerEdge, Precision, OptiPlex, Latitude; HP Proliant, Compaq Notebooks and Desktops; IBM BladeCenter; BlackBerry; SonicWALL TZ/PRO/NSA; Cisco PIX/ASA/Catalyst; HP ProCurve, LeftHand SAN and NetApp filers; Xyplex Max Server; Avocent KVM

Networking: Microsoft DNS and DHCP configuration/expansion; NAT/PAT, ACLs, VPN; SonicWALL TZ, Pro and NSA; light configuration on HP ProCurve switches and Cisco PIX/ASA/Catalyst; secured 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Matriculated for a BA in Economics.
• Honor Society - Senior standing, min. 3.8 cumulative GPA, top 5% of class
• Edward P. Merkle Memorial Scholarship - 2013 through 2015

Confidential, Yonkers, NY

Active Directory and Exchange Lead

Responsibilities:

• Ran full audit and remediation of existing Active Directory services. Planned and executed upgrade from AD 2003 to AD 2008 R2. Consolidated and reorganized Exchange storage groups.

Confidential, New York, NY

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Assumed all systems administration duties from development team during migration from Linux to Windows production systems.
• Ran full audit, budgeting, and deployment to reconfigure and secure entire infrastructure including network nodes, physical servers, VMware ESXi (including replication to second data center), SAN upgrade from test to enterprise features, cloud backups, replication, antivirus/endpoint security, documentation and workflow, monitoring and patch management.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Systems Administrator - Online Operations

Responsibilities:

• Administers day-to-day operations of over 300 IIS web and ASP.NET application servers for both US and European sites. Architected upgrade and optimization of Windows AppFabric to #4 ecommerce site in France.
• Technical lead in Active Directory migration (i.e. schism) of production systems. Active Directory maintenance and reconfiguration, including isolation of USN rollback errors. Setup daily replication summary and weekly reporting via email.
• Researched and deployed RHEL prototype to support LAMP stack, including review of multiple file systems (EXT3/4, XFS), including Active Directory integration with ACLs, and sudo.
• Planned for replacement of entire network infrastructure from Microsoft to Linux services, including version control, databases, monitoring, web and application servers, file systems, patch and configuration management, bug tracking, builds, and backups.
• Regularly engaged in build and deployment of IBM physical BladeCenter and ESX cluster virtual servers, including Scaleout, Control-M, and IIS configurations.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Contractor - Systems Administrator III - Internal Systems

Responsibilities:

• Tasked with daily support of 250+ virtual (ESX 4.0) and physical windows systems across dozens of SAN nodes, supporting service account authentication/permission to public site.
• Secured and remediated Active Directory replication across 14 domains controllers and 5 sites—including password resets, account lockouts, and DNS—which had been failed or severely degraded for nearly 4 years. Architected domain-wide NTP synchronization for all Windows hosts. Securing Active Directory replication via IPSec to reduce firewall management overhead.
• Stabilized systems by architecting new WSUS services in all sites to provide automated patch management of 250+ Windows servers in 5 sites and 3 time zones, as well as planning for new UK site.

Confidential, New York, NY

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Team lead as primary consultant for largest account in the entire company, as well as team lead for other accounts totaling 30% more recurring revenue of any other engineer in the market.
• Repeatedly staffed to “at risk” and Tier I accounts. Audited and improved existing systems through process and documentation. Responsible for co-ordination of remote support, network operations, procurement and scheduling teams.
• Ranked first in tenure among 22 Consultants/Systems Engineers for total hours billed.
• Twice recognized as a member of All Covered’s “HEROES” team. Assisted senior team members in drafting the market’s first 24-month client technology plan.
• Designated as market resource for Symantec Antivirus, BlackBerry Enterprise Server/handhelds, Mac OS X, and Linux administration. Reviewed existing Linux system for migration to windows infrastructure, as well as integration of Mac workstations into Microsoft domains and messaging services. Daily domain, Exchange 2003/2007, and backup administration. Mentors Support Specialists and Systems Engineers in various Windows-based and networking technologies.

Confidential, San Mateo, CA

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Full ownership of Microsoft domain. DNS and DHCP operation, domain policy creation and enforcement, and operating system patching. Terminal services licensing and optimization. End user support for software/firmware/hardware engineers running both Windows and Mac OS.
• Provided full design and support for messaging environment. Optimization of Exchange 2003, monitoring of services. Installed BlackBerry Enterprise Server and set group policies.
• Architected and deployed Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange 4.6. Upgrade of Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 7/8 to 9.0. Operated endpoint security.
• Workstation imaging and server builds. Installed Ghost Corporate Edition, defined methodology, and maintained services. Manually built Microsoft 2000/2003 and FreeBSD servers. Ran Red Hat kickstart.
• General internal operations. Asset tracking, support records, software library, licensing. Maintained Avocent, rebuilt server RAID arrays, managed BackupExec. Inventory for back stocked machines and consumables.
• Complete desktop support and management for Windows and Linux users. Created domain, email, NIS, CVS, VPN accounts. Application support. Researched and measured user needs to define enterprise-wide standard configurations for end-user desktops and laptops.

Confidential, Berkeley Heights, NJ

Systems Analyst / Statutory Reporting Clerk

Responsibilities:

• Product management for web-based insurance reporting system. Reviewed EDI ASC X12 reporting standard for mainframe systems; worked with multidisciplinary team to improve functionality of AJAX upload facility, performed QA; and authored data submission forms with Microsoft Excel incorporating Visual Basic macros.

Oblix, Cupertino, CA

Executive Assistant to Chairman, VP of Customer Services

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Technical Operations Manager to improve usability of customer deployment database. Set user interface specifications, tested system, set automatic reporting requirements.
• Attended Support Team meetings and served in various clerical capacities for support packaging development, offsite support visits, and onsite sessions.