It Manager
CurrentDay to day management of the IT infrastructure in both PA and NY officesPlanned, proposed, and executed long term IT budget including software upgrades, physical workstation purchases, and server equipment refreshes Took the company from a Windows Server 2000 Domain running on home built computers to a robust Citrix XenServer pool on Dell PowerEdge rack servers running with HA (High Availability) hosts and SANS storage for complete redundancySANS Management of Dell EqualLogic and Dell MD including administration, firmware updates, and allocation of physical disk space in the arrayDay to day administration of Dell SonicWall Firewall appliance including initial setup of the deviceCitrix Administrator over the pool of servers required to do all tasks to keep the pool up to date and running correctlyLicense tracking for Highland Associates Administration over all switches and LAN devices including 10gb over Ethernet switchesAdministration over all servers inside the networkSupport for users remotely working on clients site connecting back to our officeHelp desk: providing network support for 100+ employees in the Pennsylvania Office Managing active directory and the New York OfficeManaging database consisting of hundreds of past and present jobs containing critical project information dataEnsure that the backups of the servers are running correctly day to day using Acronis on a dedicated backup serverSpace management of file serversEducate and provide tutorials to firm principals and employees on the capabilities of their new smart phones (iPhones, Blackberry, Android) Administration over desktops including what workstations to buy/upgrade or even build from scratch or purchase workstationsIT Project management over a multitude of projects that include complete software update, conference room upgrades, and ShoreTel phone implementationAdministration over ShoreTel phone system
