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Tallahassee, Florida, Us

Spearheaded department implementation of Identity governance utilizing Sailpoint Architected the integration of Identity governance with SimpliGov (digital form) for automated provisioning and ServiceNow (ticketing) for other on-boarding tasks Facilitated on-premise data center migration to Azure cloud Transitioned standard server file shares to Azure File Shares including AD integration for permissions Driving member for enterprise data exchange; utilizing Equinix service offering to combine Azure Express Routes and AWS Direct Connect into a robust highly available, fault tolerant, and private cloud connection

Tallahassee, Florida, Us

Experience with executive level communication and presentations; ability to break down complex issues to a non-technical audienceRoutinely meet with leadership for effective planning of cloud budget and oversight of the current expensesAbility to translate business needs and goals to global cloud native servicesBroad knowledge of key business areas and understanding the “Big Picture” view.Responsible for Cloud governance including setting up permission and access roles, performance monitoring, and alertingFederated Amazon web services(AWS) environment. Required authoring custom claims rules to provide targeted tenant (Dev/Production) access as well as specific access roles based on active directory group membership.Implemented a cloud based architecture for domain account lockout research. Created a custom REST API interface in an Azure Function app as well as storing event data in a Azure Storage Table. Finally a basic Azure Webapp with AzureAD authentication displays the info drastically reducing the amount of support hours spent searching lockout sources.Created a process for auditing AWS storage (EBS and snapshot) usage. This allowed identifying approximately $200k of savings in potential cloud expenditure.Routinely deploy multiple Infratructure as a Service (IaaS) resources to leading cloud platforms (Azure & AWS)Proficient in automated deployment tools such as Terraform and ARM Templates/BicepImplementation and Deployment of OpenShift Container PlatformDeployment of Data Warehouse environment for the enterprise (Azure Synapse)Extensive knowledge of cloud networking; including AWS Transit Gateway and Azure ExpressRoutesEstablished policies for resouce tagging to ensure clear and consise expenditure reporting forleadershipRecommend architectural improvements, design solutions and integration solutionsPlanned and implemented and re-architected multiple on-premise systems for deployment to the cloud.

Tallahassee, Florida, Us

Planned and implemented upgrades to system hardware and software for both the Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) infrastructure and the Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).Expertise in administration, design, operations, and systems support in a statewide forestDeveloped an automated process for purging malicious email messages, increasing efficiency of clearing a message by 200%.Automated a public-safety related communication; saving countless man hours and allowed completion of the highly important and scrutinized task to be completed on time.Experience leading and mentoring junior members by standardizing multiple tasks, training on best practices and even automating many of the more routine dutiesCreated multiple documents on first level troubleshooting of multiple processes used by helpdesk and tier one staff.Planned and implemented a number of interforest domain migrations and collapses.Extensive knowledge of the Office365 Platform and email administration.Received a Prudential Productivity award for Office365 desktop rollout. This included group policies and powershell scripts for automated deployment to approximately 12000 user workstations.

Tallahassee, Florida, Us

Planned and implemented a migration from Blackberry enterprise services to VMWare AirWatch for mobile device management configuration including domain integration for enrollment authorization as well as creating multiple regional sub-organization to facilitate different device administrators and ensuring separation of access.Subject matter expert and technical lead for Mobile Device Management (MDM); currently VMWare AirWatch. Configured organization and application groups tied to active directory for automated application installations and to streamline enrollment for approximately 4000 users.Design, installation, and configuration of Hyper-V and VMWare ESX virtualization environments

Tallahassee, Fl, Us

Responsible for all IT related needs for the FDLE in the Ft. Myers region (approx.125 users). Including all cell phone support issues, server backups, server maintenance, and User Account Maintenance, as well as file and folder rights.Created and maintained custom PC image for Windows 7 & XP desktop and laptop computers. Authored WMI (Windows Management Interface) & VBS (Visual Basic Scripts) to automate many tasksResponsible for purchasing new PCs and assessing where to deploy new equipment.Group policy administration including drive mappings based on Active Directory group membership at login.Took the initiative to configure and maintain the first active WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) serverUse packaging software to customize many of the in-house software applications, also combined multiple step installations into a single MSI installer.Set up a DFS share for deploying the msi packages created via Group Policy.As the sole IT support for the region much of my troubleshooting was done with remote access using either remote desktop or various other 3rd party tools.Reconfigured the networking equipment into a mounted rack, to create a more organized configuration, and to utilize blade servers.Consolidated servers to utilize the equipment more efficiently utilizing Microsoft Hyper-V and other Virtual Operating system technologies; reducing licensing and hardware costs.Actively maintain the POTS phone system and troubleshoot any issues that come up; saving over $10,000/yr in maintenance agreement fees.

Lansing, Michigan, Us

Core member of a team to develop and maintain the System Management Server (SMS 2003) infrastructure Active Directory administration to ensure users are receiving the proper applications.Validated machines that are were migrated to the SMS environment were created to standard.Provided second level customer support to end users currently in SMS.Support for the field technicians migrating new users, regularly requiring remotely connecting with SMS.Extensive knowledge of software as well as how the software interacts with the Operating System at install time which was required to create software customization packages that adhere to the organizations standard and were able to be distributed via SMS.Supported the base PC image for the Michigan/1 ADOPT program, consisting of building and/or maintaining the image with any changes; testing and configuration for a single PC image that worked across all models used in the statewide project. Eliminated approximately 200mb of data from the image by consolidating the drivers that were needed.Supported the Department of Civil Service Novell NetWare infrastructure, working mainly with Zen Application Delivery, and desktop troubleshooting remotely through the NetWare console.Assisted with the testing and setup of the organizations migration from a Windows 2000 environment to Windows XP.