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Seattle, Washington, United States

Focus on designing, deploying and maintaining Windows Server, Networking, and Azure Infrastructure.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Utilizing deep and broad experience to efficiently work on the infrastructure project backlog with minimal assistance. Advise and work on monitoring and maintenance to the, VMWare, UCS, NetApp, Windows Server, and Backup environment. Audit on-site and Cloud assets to identify and implement improvements to Security and efficiency. Help with evaluating and planning to move workloads from on-premises to Azure and utilizing governance tools (Azure Policy, etc).• Led Vulnerability mitigation efforts for Infrastructure team and developed processes for improving mitigation SLAs.• Developing new Windows storage infrastructure with Nasuni local caches and DFS-N with backend storage in Azure.• Design upgrades for the current VPN solution for HA (F5 local and Azure Traffic Monitor load balancing) and MFA capabilities using Infrastructure as Code principles.• Work across teams, develop new standards, and take part in change management processes. • Aid with troubleshooting various networking and ExpressRoute circuit issues.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Primary IT Systems Administrator for a diverse portfolio of small business and government clients. Oversee design and implementation of a new VPN solution for City of Shoreline. Execute design and maintenance of networking needs such as VLANs, Firewall/VPN programming, Active Directory, DirectAccess, Virtualization and remote access. Perform troubleshooting of Servers, Desktops, printers, and various mobile devices. Finalize all cloud, storage, and network replacement projects while complying with budget and time constraints. Develop alternative solutions to complex problems while meeting business needs.• System Administrator: Led deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting of all servers, desktops, networking and application solutions for more than 10 Business Clients.• Security Engineer: Led efforts to meet and exceed IT Security requirements to address compliance needs and compliance frameworks such as HIPPA, PCI, Finance, etc.• Consulting: Collaborated with clients to spec out and develop efficient, timely, and efficient IT solutions for various problems and follows through until completion.• Attained Senior IT Consultant title in less than a year in recognition superior service and client ratings.

Positioned as an IT Consultant and trusted advisor to establish long-term working relations with 20+ clients long-term. Held full accountability for supervising and deploying Bitlocker, anti-spam solutions, Exchange, Veeam Backup, replication systems, and iscsi redundant storage arrays. • Set a benchmark of excellence by growing Rite Bytes to hundreds of PCs and servers.• Managed all aspects of the business.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Achieved bottom line results by delivering robust remote support to clients. Assisted with Dispatching and assigning technician resources in the most effective way possible. Worked with vendors to generate quotes for IT systems for clients. Moved into on-site service• Ensured accurate diagnosis, maintenance, and swift resolution of entire IT systems issues for business clients.