SUMMARY

• HE is a very well rounded high - tech professional, with over 20 years in the tech industry. Hit the ground running and be an asset to your team technically and bringing my years of experience to the table. Speak to “techs” and to “execs” and know when to “de-geek my speak” for the right audience.
• Windows Server Engineer and Administrator - SCCM, AD/ADDS, DNS, DFS, DHCP, GPO
• Setup a Windows Server from the ground up and have it been ready to become any one of the FSMO roles, including a Full Domain controller, or a read only domain controller. Setup AD users, OU’s, Security and Distribution Groups for use in rolling out GPO’s for customization of permissions or drive maps, software deployments, print servers, file servers, WSUS, certificates.
• Server and client operating systems setup, and support including infrastructure and hardware (switches, firewalls)
• Windows Server 2000-2012: Domain setup and configurations, and upkeep.
• Server Clustering, Replication, Failover, Disaster recovery, including off site and cloud storage.
• Confidential EPO server AV server software, setup and configuration as well as troubleshooting.
• PowerShell: Scripting in power shell for about 6 years.
• Active Directory: Creating users, groups and OU’s with security and related GPO’s, Exchange integration
• IIS: Setting up Default and custom internal web pages
• DNS: Forward and Reverse name servers, CNAME and A record setups, multiple DNS servers
• DHCP: IP Scope configuration (exclusions and reservations)
• GPOs: Security, Local and Global, gpresults, gpupdate
• Hyper-V, and VMWARE, BACKUPS: VEEAM Backup, Windows Backup, Symantec Backup, Carbonite
• MS EXCHANGE, Office 365: setup, migration, user and mailbox setup
• MSSQL - MSSQL Admin (Maintenance tasks, Installs/Upgrades, TSQL queries)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Windows Server Engineer / SCCM Admin

Responsibilities:

• SCCM Admin for Windows server upgrade from 2008 to 2016
• Patches, Monitoring and upkeep
• Automation Engineer - PowerShell scripting to automate all processes
• Carbonite Admin - In charge of all replication through Carbonite
• Escalation support - A point of support for the other Engineers who might need tech help

Confidential

SCCM Enterprise Escalation

Responsibilities:

• SCCM rollout, configuration, upgrades, management
• OSD: Deploying Operating system, creating and editing images, PXE boot
• Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SQL, Group Policy (GPO)
• SQL DRS, SQL Reporting
• OS deployment, Hardware/Software inventory
• Software and Windows Update deployment (WSUS)

Confidential

Windows Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Server rollouts, firewall and switch rollouts Server 2008-2012: setup backup solutions, Firewalls, and Disaster Recovery plans.
• Hyper-V: setup and rollout of new machines
• Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SQL, Group Policy (GPO), DFS
• Network and Server monitoring
• SQL: installation, upgrades, backups,
• Exchange
• SonicWALL firewalls and Switches
• SAN and NAS configuration and setup.
• Acronis backup, VEEAM backup, Carbonite Backup, Windows backup

Confidential

IT / SERVER ADMIN

Responsibilities:

• Server Administrator, responsible for a huge file server migrations upkeep and rollouts
• Installed and configured several servers (2008, 2012, 2012 Core, Hyper-V Core)
• Played a major role in the WEIR Private Cloud migration
• Hyper-V, VMware platform administration and installation
• Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SQL, Group Policy (GPO), DFS
• Symantec Backup Exec 2012 admin, including tape backups
• SAN and NAS configuration and setup.

Confidential

Windows Server Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Handled Windows Server Administration, support and deployment.
• AD/ADDS, DNS, DHCP, SQL, Group Policy (GPO)
• Confidential EPO servers
• SQL Installations, running queries, data mining, backups/restores
• Setup and maintained Exchange accounts for all new and existing users. Including dealing with proxy accounts, secondary email accounts and moving to perm users from existing temp accounts

Confidential

Windows Security Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Required to set up AD user accounts, OUs and security groups, Exchange integration, CNAME and MX-Records / host set up for internal websites.
• AD/ADDS Administration, setup of users and OUs, integration with Exchange.
• Administered and maintained end user accounts, permissions, and Access
• Setup EPO servers from the ground up, supporting, steady state, and changes.
• Managed Symantec SEPM servers and clients for customers, and Symantec backup
• Supported Confidential products: Including: HIPS, Site Adviser, and 8.x Clients
• Windows Server Administration, support and steady state.
• Setup many Domains from the ground up, including DNS replication, DHCP Scopes, and Server deployment.
• As well as the windows networking aspects, that connected them.
• EPO servers for up to 21 customers each, with thousands of users.
• VMWARE: installation of ESX and all VM software over it
• MS Forefront: TMG, and UAG servers support, and administration
• Provided hands on SQL Development and Administration.
• SQL Installations, running queries, data mining, backups/restores
• Cisco ASA 5505, Blue Coat, TMG (MS Forefront) Firewall rules, routing and web security.

Confidential

Server Support Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported EPO servers directly with customers, working with thousands of customers, with many different companies with many different configurations.
• Direct phone contact with network administrators of companies (end users) daily, supporting issues that may come up with EPO, Confidential Client or HIPS, with emphasis on customer service.
• Worked with EPO's integration with Active Directory and LDAP connections
• Using Active Directory to pull in all the computers in a domain via a domain admin account
• Alternatively, an LDAP server. Needed in depth knowledge of Active Directory and Windows Registry.
• Deep knowledge of AD: Creating users, groups and OU’s with security and related GPO’s
• Help to write several EXTRA.DAT files to combat zero-day virus attacks.
• Gave support on all 8.x Confidential client related issues. (Installation, steady state and upgrades)
• Supported HIPS and firewalls for incoming customer issues.
• SQL DBA and Admin duties. Installations, running queries, data mining, backups/restores, migrations
• Helped customer daily with upgrading operating systems, and versions of SQL