Following the acquisition of UXC Eclipse by DXC, I continued performing previous UXC Eclipse duties.CLOUD COMPUTING Build and support the DXC Eclipse Microsoft Azure environment. Assisted in the building of a Microsoft Azure IOT proof of concept project for a client.ONSITE CLIENT CONSULTING Worked onsite for 3 months with Saje Natural Wellness providing network and infrastructure systems consulting for a Microsoft Dynamics AX Modern POS project.NETWORK / CYBER SECURITY Maintain and support the network infrastructure for DXC Eclipse in North America. Worked with the DXC Network and Cyber Security team complying and proactively mitigating Network and Cyber Security risks / threats for the DXC Eclipse infrastructure systems.DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT Managed and administered Windows Hyper-V clusters with 300+ virtual machines supporting production, sales, presales, and test/demo environments. Performed all duties supporting a data center as the primary Windows administrator, virtualization expert, and storage systems engineer. Performed standard Active Directory administration. Composed and updated Group Policies.Implemented and managed WSUS server and workstation updates.INTEGRATION PROJECTS Planned and supported a Skype for Business migration. Supported an O365 migration of Outlook email and OneDrive. Participated in SharePoint, File and Print, FTP server, and other system migrations.

Responsible for the technical design, planning, implementation, and the level of performance tuning and recovery procedures for mission critical enterprise systems. Serve as a technical expert in the area of system administration for complex operating systems. Recommend the redesign and configuration of operating systems and system applications. Investigate and analyse feasibility of system requirements and develop system specifications. Manage and support the global WAN.Key Projects and Achievements: Implemented 802.1X wired / wireless network security solution. Reconfigured LAN in the data centre to comply with Cyber Security Requirement for Boeing. Deployed WAN solution between North America and Australia locations using MPLS / BGP. Migrated from ESX to Hyper-V virtualization environment in the data centre. Assist in the infrastructure migration tasks related to the acquisition of Tectura by UXC Eclipse. Maintain and support the network infrastructure in North America. Deployed OpenVPN solution for North America.

Maintain, install, configure, upgrade, and support server software and hardware in the regional data center, SAN and storage administrator.OS & application installation, configuration & administration; HA & fail-over clustering, monitoring, backups & recovery, upgrades, patching, repairs, trouble-shooting, asset tracking, equipment disposal, IP address and LAN administration.Key Projects and Achievements: Deployed Nagios (Linux) monitoring system for the regional servers. Deployed Hyper-V R2 and DPM 2010 in the regional data centre. Planned & implemented a server virtualization and consolidation initiative. Deployed ESX vCentre 4.1 in the regional data centre. Deployed Systems Centre Operations Manager (Microsoft) in the global data centre. Participated in the deployment/testing of OCS2007R2 (Microsoft) in the test environment. Assisted with the creation/standardization of images for Windows 7 laptops using Microsoft imaging technology. Participated in the global Sophos server upgrade.

Assisted with the configuration and deployment of Windows 2008 R2 Active Directory and Exchange 2010 for a client project.

Maintain, install, configure, upgrade, and support all network and server software and hardware. Perform periodic tape backups, and monitor system performance for all sites in Canada. Test new hardware and software prior to release, including architecture and version documentation, integration support, and post-mortem follow-up as necessary. Provide software support to user community in call center environment. Create and administer permissions and information security policies. Collaborate with Bell Canada for IVR and TAPI systems.Key Projects and Achievements: Lowered monthly operating costs by actively monitoring and disabling inactive user accounts. Managed software audits and user licensing to ensure compliance with anti-piracy policies, and reduce exposure to licensing risk. Researched cutting-edge technology developments for improved services and equipment.  Assisted with creation of remote support policies. Inventoried and documented hardware across the enterprise, and created detailed databases. Ensured system uptime by deploying software via group policy and third-party objects. Authored detailed, step-by-step user documentation.

Assist the Data Centre admin with infrastructure support.