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Lewes, DE, US

Ada, OK, US

The Sr Systems Engineer provides technical guidance and direction in support of the day-to-day operations for Network Operations, Communications and Technical Support of the IT Department of the Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerce. This position provides leadership and direction with the installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of malfunctions with.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

As a Customer Service/Sales associate I provide fast, friendly service by actively seeking out customers to assess their needs and provide assistance. I have an emphasis on department and product knowledge, providing information on product features, and knowing related items to sell an entire project. While in this position I know how to greet, qualify.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, US

• Installation, Upgrade and Management of enterprise versions of VMWare 6.7 and higher.
• Design and Implementation of Data Protection Solutions on Dell/EMC/Avamar.
• Worked with general LAN/WAN and server technologies.
• Contributed to design of network architecture, integration, and installation.
• Monitor and maintain technologies implemented and managed Orion Software
• Experience with PowerEdge MX7000 Enclosures and PowerEdge MX760C Servers

Took a 8 months off my career to focus on personal and professional development. Over the duration of the period, I managed to:Update my VMware SkillsWork on Cloud CertificationsAttended various technological and profressional workshops and seminars.

Millsboro, Delaware, US

• Responsible for design, implementation, and management of all server infrastructure both physical and virtual, as well as all corporate storage and data integrity requirements needs by the company. In addition
• Manage a team of two full time engineers, three contractor engineers and several interns.
• Responsible for all support and vendor management of Windows 2019-2022 Server, Redhat Linux, Solaris x86, VMWare, Oracle Virtualization, Pure Storage and NetApp.
• Manage all storage and virtualization infrastructure including VMWare, Oracle x86 Virtualization (OVM), Oracle LDOMs,
• Responsible for all installation, support, maintenance, and vendor management of and all Physical Servers with related storage.
• Team is responsible for design, implementation, and management of all server infrastructure both physical and virtual, as well as all corporate storage and data integrity requirements by the company.

Millsboro, Delaware, US

• Responsible all for design, implementation, and management of all server infrastructure both physical and virtual, as well as all corporate storage and data integrity requirements need by the company.
• Designed and Implemented NetBackup Appliance upgrades to Veritas Flex Appliances to migrate from using LTO tapes for off-site data to cloud based off-site storage.
• Performed On-Tap Upgrades of NetApp Appliances quarterly.
• Migrated all NetApp NFS/CIFS storage appliance to Pure Storage 32GB fiber channel flash Appliances.
• Maintained vendor support for along with installation and maintenance of: NetApp FAS2750 (15 PB of Storage), NetApp AFF C250 (1.2PB of storage), Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 (420TB Raw Storage), Pure Storage.
• Implemented migration VMWare 6.5 environment to VMWare 7.03.

San Diego, California, US

• Responsible for and subject matter expert of virtualization technologies to develop, deploy, test and support our complex Software Defined Networks for SATCOM Ground Systems.
• Developed complete understanding and expertise of our SDN based Satellite Ground platform.
• Work with customers to ensure they are leveraging the product and achieving success.
• Deriving and disseminating best practices that help drive customer adoption of our platform.
• Triage and respond to customer support requests.
• Setup and maintain test environments to facilitate customer issue replication and use case testing.

• Demonstrated hands on management style in the development and implementations of strategic plans to insure company growth. Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to independently plan and.
• Lead operational and strategic direction regarding services and operational management and long-term planning.
• Implemented a market-driven business strategy, resulting in increased sales.
• Increased productivity while reducing capital expense and operational costs by 25%
• Oversaw development of marketing of client services and solution.
• Led the deployment of Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services infrastructure for customer businesses, which included leading cross-functional teams to execute enterprise projects.

El Paso, Texas, US

• Subject matter expert particularly for Privileged Access Management capabilities, including familiarity with Just-in-Time privileged account access.
• Ensured IAM solutions designed, engineered, and deployed are in alignment with security architecture and strategy, and support the organization’s policies and standards.
• Integrated and aligned the IAM strategy with an overall program focused on establishing a zero-trust approach to security.
• Coordinate activities with a team consisting of external resources and other partners to implement and maintain IAM security tools and ensure they are functioning properly.
• Created technical designs, recommended configurations, and drawings necessary to design, implement and deploy current and future state security capabilities.
• Designed and Implemented Automated Process to Add New Users to Active Directory via PowerShell Scripts and scheduled tasks.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, US

• A Senior System Administrator with professional experience, specializing in Windows, Linux, Solaris, Azure and AWS, Agile methodology, technical project management, and IT services.
• Lead administrator to implemented on-premise Exchange 2007 migration to Office 356 Exchange On-line to provide a hybrid Exchange environment.
• Designed and Implemented plan for Migration of On-Premises Windows 2012 Active Directory to Azure Active Directory.
• Installed Maintained all Windows 2012 Active Directory and Application physical and virtual servers.
• Developed and implemented Windows SCCM patching infrastructure and scheduling.
• Coordinated with Backup Administrator for ensuring entire Windows environment was regularly backed up and off-site copies were made available.

• Accomplished Systems Engineer with a comprehensive background in orchestrating data center migrations to hybrid cloud environments. Recognized for optimization of VMWare environment, bolstering network security, and.
• Reviewed Design Documents provided by client on existing VMWare/VCenter Cluster environment and developed plan to upgrade and add capacity to current virtualization infrastructure.
• Reviewed current virtualized application servers and file servers, made recommendations to provide redundancy and HA reliability to existing applications and data.
• Guided on-premises team to upgrade and improve their VMWare environments by implementing recommendations and optimizations.

Colorado Springs, CO, US

• Network engineer with support experience in ISP, enterprise, and cloud networking.
• Performed general network engineering, configuring Dell server and associated switches.
• Assisted network administrators with support during new installations and troubleshooting during outages.
• Maintained network documentation and diagrams as network evolved.
• Developed Customer Hosting Proposals and Designs for client hosted solutions.
• Building of Windows 2016 based hosting solutions for the Insurance Risk management industry.

New Milford, NJ, US

• Over 15 years of experience as a System Administrator offering hands-on expertise in developing secure solutions and automating processes to drive organizational success.
• Team leader for a team of five Systems Administrators/Engineers.
• Successfully managed user accounts, passwords, user privileges, and access controls while creating and installing network hardware to ensure a reliable, optimized network infrastructure.
• Effectively documented all activities, reducing IT technical support tickets and successfully migrating 1500 user accounts across two domains with a 99.9% uptime.
• Managed and operated a multi-node VMware / V-center and Hyper-V Clusters utilizing Cisco UCS B Series and C Series Blade Centers and HP C7000 Blade Centers.
• Administered approximately 1500 Windows 2012 thru Windows 2019 Server Datacenter Edition and Redhat Linux 7 Servers on standalone physical blade servers in both HP C7000 and Cisco UCS Blade hardware.

• IT system engineer with experience designing, implementing, and maintaining complex IT infrastructures while ensuring optimal performance and security.
• Migrated Windows and Linux based infrastructures to a virtualized environment, reducing infrastructure costs by $18.5K+ and improving scalability.
• Performed installation and maintenance of all HP C7000 Blade Center environments, along with migrating physical rack mount environments to blade center environments.
• Aided with Day-to-Day system administration of Windows, Linux, Solaris/Oracle, and AS-400 Mainframe systems as required.
• Company was eventually merged into Verizon Wireless.

• Oversaw the IT operations for a regional transportation company with over $400 thousand in assets, including IT infrastructure, ERP, and cybersecurity.
• Developed technology plans for the development of a new vehicle management and maintenance platform to improve the customer experience and lower vehicle maintenance costs.
• Coordinated with the corporate vice president, the chief operating officer, and the CEO to plan and execute a company-wide technology transformation to automate business processes.
• Built a successful engineering and systems operations teams from the ground up, recruit talent, provide mentorship, and establish a work culture centered on accountability.
• Identified technology trends, develop overarching strategy, and provide recommendations to senior leadership to enhance the IT organization.
• Developed and responsible for implementing the overall IT strategy in alignment with the organization's goals and objectives.

Coursework Toward A Bachelor And Masters Of Management Information Systems (Mis)

General Education & Computer Science, Computer Science