Buford Willis Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

San Antonio, Texas Area

San Antonio, Texas Area

United States

Sierra Vista Az

Greater San Diego Area

Greater San Diego Area

• Participated and supported, as voting member, the RDT&E TCCB / CCB• Provide IT security recommendations for improvements to existing projects for security best practice and compliance based on federal directives and instructions • Contributed at the team level to CCRI preparation on both POR and CA systems• Worked with ACAS / Tenable Security Center scanning to validate network compliancy• Daily Management of VRAM compliance through validation of IAVM and CTOs per DoD tasking • Created and managed RaR and POA&M requirements for ongoing Project

Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio Tx

•Worked directly with Audit team to facilitate the completion of 2 separate ATO efforts•Lead Administrator of team supporting over 100 virtual and Itanium servers maintaining a multi-million dollar Army ERP (SAP) system supporting a theater enterprise-wide logistics system.•SAP Basis Administrator – ECC6.0, ERP, PI, BI administration•Management of OS level patches through Microsoft WSUS server and manual application, Assigned VMS administrator for Project. •Manages departmental team in building, assembling, implementing client hardware, backup, VMware solutions for logistic enterprise system support, utilizing DoD, U.S. Army directives, service level agreements.•Lead Infrastructure administrator for a mixed virtualized environment: VMware (ESXi 5.x), Hyper-V (2008), Windows Server 2008r2 x64, Windows Server 2003 IA64, Windows Server 2008 •HP SAN Administrator: EVA 8000/EVA 5000, Supporting mixed Virtual and Itanium LUN allocations in a Fiber Channel environment• Managed HP BL20 and C7000 Blade system•Group Policy Administration – Researched, tested, and implemented all group policy changes required by DICAP/STIG during 2 ATO’s. Created new group policies to meet new Virtualization environment requirements.•Active Directory Administration – responsible for all SAP and Service level accounts, external user accounts, OU creations and management, •Monitoring of system through multiple tools to include: HP Insight Manager (HP SIM), WhatsUpGold (Ipswitch),monitoring of system logs, and SAP system monitoring tools•Validation of system integrity and security through regular testing and scanning of systems: Retina , SCAP (DoD), DISA GoldDisk & SRR, manual audits and scripts, trained in but not worked with the ACAS scanning system •Builds accreditation boundary diagrams; reviews and implements actions via output of security test scans

Lackland Afb, San Antonio Tx

• Manage Onsite Tier I/II Helpdesk office with 5 technicians supporting 4 Squadrons, 1 Training Group Command, and 1 Marine Detachment, approximately 2000 classroom systems• Received US Air Force Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding System Administrator 01/01/05 – 03/31/05• Remediated and maintain 51 Win2003 & Win2000 servers to DISA Gold Disk and IA standards• Setup and maintain 32 (Server 2003) mixed Microsoft Virtual PC and Microsoft Virtual Server instances to support multiple classroom environments• Responsible for routine system maintenance such as backing up or archiving files and testing / software updates prior to installation on production servers• Trained 11 Technicians in areas of hardware and software troubleshooting, hardware replacement, Customer Service, and other IT related fields• Monitor users to act preemptively in the areas of E-mail storage, computer operability, and network storage usage• Research, resolve, and respond to questions and work-orders received via ticketing systems or face-to-face• Revised software & hardware database; allowed improved accuracy and timely input/retrieval of information• Assist and train users on new software, to include Microsoft Office Suite 2003-2007, Windows XP, Vista, and other End-user Software Applications as required.• Troubleshot and repaired system hardware and software issues including replacement of motherboards, power-supplies, monitors, keyboards, mice, CAC readers, MS Outlook, Visio, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, and as necessary, complete reload of Vista, Windows XP and 2000 professional operating systems. • Coordinated with other onsite technicians to maintain 96% uptime in over 100 classrooms, this included replacement of systems, reloading of software, classroom projection systems, and Smart boards without interruption to class schedules.• System Maintenance & Upgrades for 2 Cybercafés.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Maintained and Administered Windows NT4.0 Server, Intranet, Exchange 5.0 • Responsible for 3 sites approx 50 users, acted as onsite technician while maintaining 99 % uptime in a NT 4.0 server environment. Also, responsible for all user account & Exchange 5.0 account creation and maintenance. • Responsible for AutoCAD update and design of new and remodeled fire systems for commercial / non-commercial buildings, to include submittal of plans and drawings to the City of San Antonio Fire Planner.• Designed, Installed / configured and supported Access control systems, DVR systems, CCTV, and Biometric devices. This included site surveys, system design, and customer training.• Nice Vision Certified Support Technician• Experience in installation of Single Mode Fiber-optic cabling, Cat 5/6 Cabling, CCTV Cabling, RF installation, Low Voltage cabling, and Biometric installation

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Managed 18 technicians at 14 sites across 7 states• Remote Site Admin of NT 4.0 Servers to maintain staff user files, databases, and HR Confidentiality through proper user rights assignment.• Instrumental in coordinating the Remote Site Upgrades from Server NT4.0 to Server 2000• Go-to person for all desktop level changes in a NT 4.0 environment• 24/7 on call for all remote site network / desktop issues in a mission critical organization• Administration of Active Directory Domain user administrator• Exchange 5.5user account management• 6 months continuous travel in site setup role• 6 remote branch installations to include main branch and temporary human resource centero Each site included 200-300 DOS based telemarketing stations, 40 staff systemo Mix of NT4.0, SCO Unix, and Novell 5.0 Serverso Cisco router, Cisco switches, 3Com Net builder II router, and 3Com SuperStacker Hubs• Ultimately responsible for the on-time setup and staff training on all new software at site• Tier II & Tier III Technical Support for Inter-company Helpdesk• Maintained 99% usability of all production systems under my supervision for a 3 year period.• Designed, supervised Y2K program changeover. Built scale network mock-up to test all makes and models of server, desktop pc, network switch, hub, and router to verify Y2K readiness--resulted in a 0% downtime.

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