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Foxborough, Ma, Us

Greater Boston Area

Texas

Evaluate existing environments and recommend solutions aligned with business needs and goalsConsolidate existing infrastructures into virtual environments, design and implement Active Directory, group policy and backup and disaster recovery plans, configure network monitoring, file and print servers, implement patch management.

Horseshoe Bay, Tx

Responsible for strategic planning, budgeting, policy setting and enforcement as well as overseeing all day-today IT operations including 24x7x365 end-user support, the development and maintenance of the IT infrastructure, and managing level 1 and level 2 IT technicians.Ensure security standards and PCI DSS requirements are met using NIDS/HIDS, file integrity monitoring, vulnerability scanning, server hardening, group policy, security patching and anti-malware software.Maintain secure backups and replication of all company servers using a mixture of backup software products, encryption and self-written custom scripts. Regularly test disaster recovery procedures.Serve as Windows domain administrator, Active Directory administrator, database administrator and storage administrator.Played an integral role in major transitions, including the absorption of a Marriott hotel with over 100 users, an accounting software transition to Great Plains, a server room migration and major software rollouts.

Austin, Texas Area

Managed 35 sales accounts for local and national companies and organizations including the University of Texas at Austin, National Oilwell Varco and Horseshoe Bay Resort.Installed, configured and troubleshot IT solutions for both business and residential clients, including server, network and theater systems.Tailored specialized technology solutions, offering clients expertise and knowledge of over 200,000 products and services to increase overall efficiency, productivity and profitability.Performed on-site technology evaluations and consultations for business and residential customers.Led weekly in-store technology workshops, offering customers technical training with topics ranging from building computers and setting up home networks to photo editing and using popular software.