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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

- Scripted the migration of managed machines from vRA to Aria Automation

Miami, Florida, Us

- Responsible for the vRA Cloud environment: Service Broker, Cloud Assembly, vRO- Leveraged capacity metrics in vROps to automatically determine viability of environment for VM provisioning and resizes in vRA- Designed Dashboards in vROps, leveraging Super Metrics, Custom Groups, and Policies- Developed PowerShell modules to standardize common functions in operational scripts- Created Catalog Items and Workflows in Service Now that provided a full end-to-end self-service experience for users to manage the lifecycle of their VMs

Verona, Wi, Us

- Automated the creation of VM folders and its permissions- Converted PowerCLI scripts to Go- Supported VMware environment: vCenter, ESXi, SRM, vSphere Replication, vRO

Charlotte, Nc, Us

- Automated template distribution solution in vRO using the Content Library- Developed monitoring and remediation of internal security violations and VMSA- Staged vRA/vRO deployments in vRSLCM, PowerShell and Ansible in Bitbucket

Roseland, New Jersey, Us

09/2016 – 11/2019: Compute Automation Engineer05/2013 – 09/2016: Virtualization Design Engineer01/2013 – 05/2013: Virtualization Design Intern - Centralized inventory and self-service life cycle management of vSphere VM's, z/Linux, and physical servers through the VMware vRA platform. Integration points include Infoblox, CA IT Service Desk, HPOO, AWX - Decreased time to provision operational VM's from weeks to hours, and physical servers from months to days by eliminating extraneous and manual processes - Automated configuration, proactive monitoring, and administrative tasks for the extensive vSphere infrastructure nearing 100K VM's globally - Presented aggregate reports to senior leadership to guide strategic decisions - Launched solution to rightsize VM's based on resource utilization metrics sourced from vROPS. Projected savings of $10M within first year of adoption- Provided technical expertise to storage, Windows engineering, mainframe, and voice services teams- Wrote PowerShell scripts and vRO workflows to administer, manage, and report on large VMware ESXi environment

- Deployed and integrated Cisco ISE into production network- Designed and administered small (< 100 VM’s) Citrix XenServer and VMware ESXi environments- Worked directly with clients to determine project scopes and requirements- Racked and stacked servers, storage, and networking components- Wrote PowerShell scripts to manage and report on Microsoft SharePoint and SharePoint Online sites

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

11/2011 – 01/2013: System Administrator04/2010 – 11/2011: System Administrator, Jr.- Designed and administered small (<50 VM’s) Citrix XenServer environment- Configured development servers and workstations with appropriate logical access, applications, and content across multiple operating systems including Windows, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Mac OSX- Evaluated open source solutions for backup, video conferencing, server management, project management, and support ticket systems

Cape Town, Western Cape, Za

- Perform managerial duties in absence of manager - Train and walk new hires through policies and duties - Participate in product placement and inventory processes

Master Of Computer And Information Technology

Bachelor Of Science, Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering