SUMMARY

Accomplished systems administrator/Engineer with 20+ years of experience managing network and server infrastructure. Effectively plan, install, configure and optimize the IT infrastructure and consistently achieving high availability and performance. Proven ability to create and deliver solutions tied to business growth, organizational development and systems/network optimization. Skilled problem solver and troubleshooter comfortable managing systems, projects and teams in a range of IT environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems:VMware ESX Server 4.0/5.5, Server 2008 R2/2012,Windows 7/8, Mac OS X

Hardware;HP 460c Blades, HP DL380, Dell PowerEdge Series, HP MSA 2000, Barracuda Spam & Firewall, Watchguard Spam & firewall, DevonIT Thin Clients, Cisco 3700 Series Switches, Cisco 2900 series routers

Software;Backup Exec 2012/2014, Microsoft Office 2010/2013, MDT 2010, WDS, USMT, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2010, Symantec EndPoint 12, Vipre Business Premium, SQL Server 2008,Wireshark Ethereal, Hyperic,HostMonitor, WhatsUp Gold,

Networking;IP, DNS, SMTP, POP, IMAP, HTTP(S), LDAP, SNMP, SMTP, BGP,OSPF, VLANS,IPSEC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Senior Network Consultant

• Managed Server 2003AD,Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.x,VPN,Barracuda Sonic Wall, Web Filter, Exchange Server 2003,applied updates and patches,
• Managed Norton AV Enterprise, Created and maintained SOP for the IT department.
• Responsible for disaster recovery planning.

Confidential,

Information Technology Director

• Design, install, configure VMware ESX, ESXi, within vSphere 5 environments with Virtual Center management, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion and VMware Data Recovery
• Built, configured and deployed VMs and templates, Virtual - to-Virtual (V2V) and Virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows 2008.
• Configure SAN environments (HP MAS 2000)to ensure high availability and acceptable performance characteristics for VMware vSphere and SAN-backed applications.
• Customize layer 2 and layer 3 networking between VMware, networking components and storage for high availability and maximum performance.
• Domain and Active Directory installation configuration and maintenance in Windows Server 2008 R2.
• IIS 7.0 installation, configuration, and maintenance, Configuring FTP sites through IIS.
• Configuration of Microsoft Outlook 2007 and 2012, Configuring Rules And Alerts
• Enabling Security policies for end users like USB Blocking, CD & DVD Blocking, Wifi and Bluetooth Blocking for Data theft protection
• Policy Management for individual users, Group users and entire organization through Active Directory in Windows 2008 and 2008 R2, 2012, SQL Server 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2 installation and administration
• Manage PC and laptop support, implement service desk best practices. Optimize Windows desktop deployment by leveraging the latest deployment automation technologies from Microsoft
• Lead design, deployment, and maintenance of a broad range of Microsoft technologies including: Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2; Exchange Server 2007 & 2013.

Confidential, Fort Washington, MD

Systems Consultant 

• Setup and currently manage Server 2003/2008, Exchange 2007 and All Active Directory Management and modifications.
• Monitored systems and took action as needed to respond to faults
• Setup and maintain backups using Backup Exec 2010
• Applied patches, updated virus definitions files

Confidential, Arlington, VA 

IT Manager

• Managed 2003/2008 AD, Blackberry Enterprise Sever 4.x, Exchange Server 2k7,and 2010, ShoreTel VOIP phone system, virtualized 2k3 servers, Exchange 2k7, using VMware ESX 4.x, and disaster recovery.
• Configured monitoring of server performance, applications, temperature, and water detection.
• Configured and maintained Cisco 2500 Series Routers, 2900 Series switches, and firewall.
• Setup and maintained Symantec backup Exec for all servers.
• Created and maintained network diagrams using MS Visio.
• Configured Devon IT Thin Client desktops
• Supported remote offices.

Confidential, Suitland, MD

Senior Systems Administrator

• Monitored systems and took action as needed to respond to faults
• Provided Windows support for the team including: AD, Data backup and recovery.
• Applied patches, and virus definitions files
• Tracked compliance of patching for all incoming alerts and bulletins.
• Completed application updates Windows-based servers.
• Installed/configured servers, performed physical maintenance of all servers
• Maintained Symantec Backup Exec.

Confidential, Beltsville, MD

Technical Account Manager

• Installed, configured and maintained system-supported backend infrastructures
• Liaised with vendors to procure equipment and services and resolve deployment issues
• Delivered presentations to and communicated extensively with key client representatives
• Delivered deployment-status updates at client meetings
• Maintained and monitored performance of and conducted troubleshooting of IT infrastructures.
• Delivered and configured custom implementations of Webtrends.
• Provided phone support to all of our remote clients.

Confidential, College Park, MD

LAN Administrator

• Deployed Novell 6.x servers and management of DS
• Deployed server and desktop applications using ZenWorks 6.5 and Patchlink 6.x
• Configured and maintained network Print Servers.

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

IT Manager

• Installed and maintained Windows 2000 servers
• Monitored WAN equipment using HP Openview, and Whats Up Gold
• Responsible for testing and implementation of new IT solutions
• Configured and maintained CISCO Catalyst 1900 and 2900 switches
• Configured and maintained wireless PDA’s