Brian Langdon Email & Phone Number

Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for:• Unix/Linux infrastructure supporting mission-critical Oracle systems for the Americas.• Highly available IBM Power 740 and Power 750 managed systems running both AIX and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.• Tivoli Storage Manager used to protect data residing on AIX systems.• CUPS print servers used by Oracle systems across the country.• VMware infrastructure running roughly 90% of our core servers.• Datacenter storage systems including MD3220i, DS5100, and NetApp FAS8020 SANs supporting our IBM Power frames and VMware infrastructure. Protocols included both iSCSI and Fibre Channel.• Many other daily administrative tasks involving Active Directory, network infrastructure (Cisco equipment), server management, etc.• Exchange infrastructure running both Exchange 2010 and 2013.• Advanced shell scripts used to manage, monitor, and automate critical functions across entire AIX and RHEL infrastructure.• Advanced documentation for tape rotation procedure, LPAR provisioning, SAN provisioning, infrastructure diagrams, etc.• Providing guidance and mentorship to junior IT professionals. Introduce / Implemented:• Managed syslog system to aggregate events from firewalls, switches, and AIX command execution.• Managed team password solution for the IT department. • Bi-monthly maintenance window for tasks such as Windows updates, server refreshes, network changes, etc.• Highly-available Microsoft SQL Server cluster replacing existing single-node SQL instance. Redesigned / Replaced: • VMware infrastructure; hardware, software, and storage upgrades.• User VPN introducing AnyConnect for Mobile.• Domain controllers upgrading from Server 2003 to Server 2012 R2.

Greater Chicago Area

• Virtual platform architecture, implementation, and administration of several separate Hyper-V clusters across the enterprise infrastructure dedicated to development servers, enterprise applications, and client-facing applications. • Administration of Dell PowerEdge 710, 720, 820 and more from basic administration to complete remote OS rebuilds via DRAC interface.• Administration of the enterprise server infrastructure across multiple datacenters across the country. • Dell EqualLogic SAN design and administration.• System Center Data Protection Manager infrastructure redesign and implementation.• Heavy documentation of enterprise infrastructure closely following ITIL standards.• Extensive PowerShell scripting to ease administrative load for infrastructure team including such areas as Hyper-V virtual switch implementation, automatic server patching verification, and more.

Chicago, Il

• Continuous development of and implementation of strategic plan spanning several years in advance.• Server administration of over 100 servers running Windows Server 2000 to 2012 (core and full) as well as Mac OSX.• Advanced infrastructure documentation authoring and upkeep including best practics, disaster recovery and business continuity, network diagrams, training materials, etc.• Cisco administration included VLAN design, routing, trunking, load balancing, ACLs, firewall rules, etc.• Team management and task delegation regarding major and minor projects as well as day-to-day productivity.• Weekly proactive maintenance, detailed record keeping, and trend analysis used to prevent major issues before they become a problem to users.• User training curriculum planning and delivery in a classroom setting.• Apple device training, support, and administration including iPad and iPhones.• Designed, implemented, and administered the following:- Hyper-V infrastructure involving multiple Microsoft clusters from server 2008 to server 2012 across multiple sites.- HP P4000 iSCSI SAN infrastructure including several clusters across multiple sites.- Network infrastructure consisting of Cisco equipment such as Catalyst 6509, Catalyst 3750 stack, ASA 5510 cluster, CSS 11500, point-to-point bonded T1s WAN, and site-to-site VPNs. - VDI environment of over 30 workstations for remote users delivered via Remote Desktop Services.- Exchange 2007 and 2010 with a migration from Exchange 2003 to 2007 and later from 2007 to 2010.- Key network services including Active Directory (2003 and 2008), DNS, DHCP, WSUS, WDS, and System Center applications (SCOM, SCVMM, and DPM).- System Center Data Protection Manager 2012.- Sophos Endpoint (deployed via Enterprise Console) used to protect over 250 users computers and servers.- Active Directory 2003 and migration to Active Directory 2008.- Failover clusters used for Hyper-V, SQL, RDS brokering, etc.

Grand Rapids, Mi

• Administration of network infrastructure including application deployment, procedural documentation, network and data security, data protection, disaster recovery planning, server refreshes, etc• Advanced project planning, implementation and management tasks• Major installations and system refreshes of servers including those used for Terminal Services, SQL, CRM and backup solutions• Planning and implementation of policies and procedures regarding data protection, maintenance, and disaster-recovery• Development and implementation of procedures regarding the security of the network infrastructure including firewall policies, email security, spam filtering, and data/file security levels resulting from user roles (departmental, administrative, vendor-specific, etc)• Network infrastructure hardware management including switches, firewalls, and application servers including those for web-filtering / proxy servers, email filtering, data protection, etc.• Server administration involving primarily Windows 2003 Server as well as some work with Linux-based and Novel-based servers

Montrose, Mi

• General computer consulting • Small to mid-sized network installations• System refreshes and business software planning• Authoring of policy and procedural documentation regarding data protection, network security, disaster preparedness and recovery, refresh cycles, etc.• System upgrade, building, maintenance, etc.

Chicago, Il / Naples, Fl

• Authoring of technical documentation, instructional papers, and support propositions. Different documents were developed to address IT staff, vendors and end-users.• Analysis of existing network infrastructure, recommending modifications as needed which often included hardware and software changes.• Design and implementation of Terminal Services and Citrix for application deployment.• Classroom training of staff in regards to point-of-sales software, reporting, and meal application processing; groups were generally 5 to 25 users.• Troubleshooting of hardware and software as needed including detailed network analysis.• Designed and deployed Windows 2000 and 2003 servers on various hardware profiles.• Provided technical support for network infrastructure issues ranging from bad hardware to complex bottlenecks.• Recommended modifications to network infrastructure including routers, firewalls, wireless access points, security policies, etc. as needed.• Programming of SQL databases, specifically Firebird/Interbase SQL databases vital to the development of our mission-critical software. • Experience with over 200 different network environments troubleshooting and/or improving performance alongside permanent IT staff.

Flint, Mi

• Customer installations involving restaurant point-of-sale, K-12 point-of sale, digital video surveillance systems, check cashing systems and small to moderate sized LANs. • Desktop and server performance tuning, upgrades, and new deployments.• Resolution of various unresolved ticket items on a daily-basis.• Coordination of work force, weekly scheduling of assignments, office management and customer relations. • Researched and implemented new technologies that benefit existing office infrastructure involving technical benefits while keeping the total cost of ownership in mind.