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Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Build/configure/maintain Cisco firewalls and switches for internal business units and external clients.• NX-OS experience• Work with other ITSS staff to deploy new services in DMZ environments.• Deployment of Allot NetEnforcer/NetXplorer appliances and software in a corporate environment.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Continuation of all System Administrator duties as listed below• Backup to Senior Systems Engineers supporting VMWare, NetBackup, andNetApp environments• Deployment and updated JBoss based websites developed by otherbusiness units• Worked in a team with other members of ITSS and management fromother business units on the following projects:• Design a fault tolerant system to handle AS2 based transfers fromclients• Deployed a VMWare environment with vCloud Director software forexternal client use• Coordinated the migration of user data from NetWare to its new platform

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Created and managed users and groups on Linux and NetWare• Built, configured, and upgraded multiple physical and virtual Red HatEnterprise Linux systems• Worked alone and with other personnel to troubleshoot various hardwareand software related issues on Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers• Added, configured, and removed SAN storage presented to Red HatEnterprise Linux systems using multipathd and LVM• Worked with internal and external SAS-70 auditors to ensure compliance• Wrote installation and procedure/policy documentation for the internal ITSystems knowledge base• Participated in business unit tests of disaster recovery proceduresPage 1of 2• Attend scheduled and adjunct meetings with Executives, IT Management,Business Units, coworkers, etc.• Worked in a team (IT Management, Business Unit Management, ITAdministrators, IT DBA’s, and/or Corporate Clients) on the followingprojects:• Implemented a kickstart based server build solution• Developed a standard security lock down for Red Hat servers• Deployed and configured the NetBackup client to internal servers• Installed, configured, and locked down Apache and Apache Tomcat onmultiple servers• Installed and configured MySQL on multiple servers• Installed Confluence wiki software on multiple servers• Developed and assisted multiple business units on a build process andsecurity lock down for MySQL and Confluence• Built and maintained multiple Novell NetWare servers for file sharing,print serving, and remote application installation purposes

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Responded to and assigned IT Help Desk requests to technicians• Built, delivered, and configured user workstations• Troubleshoot Windows workstations• Worked with a group of technicians to establish and maintain a baseworkstation configuration• Created and maintained the IT Help Desk software repository• Wrote shell scripts to automate the remote installation of software• Wrote troubleshooting and installation documentation for the internal ITHelp Desk knowledge base• Attended and participated in weekly IT Help Desk meetings• Trained new hire technicians

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Information Systems - Executive Branch, 3.95

Associate'S Degree, Computer Systems Specialist