Christopher Beck Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Lakeville, Minnesota, United States

Senior systems administrator responsible for managing on-prem Active Directory, GSuite for Education, Jamf Pro on-prem servers, Cisco HyperFlex with VMware ESXi and vCenter, Infoblox DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM), along with a variety of Windows 2016/2019 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers.Engineering and physical work in implementing a new Cisco network with all new Cisco IOS XE and NX-OS switches, Cisco ISE, and Cisco WAPs and WLC's.Work with other systems administrators on daily… Show more Senior systems administrator responsible for managing on-prem Active Directory, GSuite for Education, Jamf Pro on-prem servers, Cisco HyperFlex with VMware ESXi and vCenter, Infoblox DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM), along with a variety of Windows 2016/2019 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers.Engineering and physical work in implementing a new Cisco network with all new Cisco IOS XE and NX-OS switches, Cisco ISE, and Cisco WAPs and WLC's.Work with other systems administrators on daily use of systems, training, and knowledge transfer. Show less

Lakeville, Minnesota

Primary point of contact for all IT issues with Apple products, working with other district-level General Technology Support Specialists as well as building-level technology support contacts to maintain all Apple hardware and software and deploy new Apple hardware.Manage and update all district provided software on Apple hardware in addition to managing macOS/iOS/tvOS updates.Create or modify existing open source software for use in deploying or maintaining Macs, ranging from… Show more Primary point of contact for all IT issues with Apple products, working with other district-level General Technology Support Specialists as well as building-level technology support contacts to maintain all Apple hardware and software and deploy new Apple hardware.Manage and update all district provided software on Apple hardware in addition to managing macOS/iOS/tvOS updates.Create or modify existing open source software for use in deploying or maintaining Macs, ranging from Xcode projects written in Swift, to scripts written in Bash or Python 3.x.Maintain and deploy on-premise server assets necessary to simplify administration of Apple products - a mix of primarily HPE ProLiant and Dell PowerEdge servers running a mix of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS Linux, powering Jamf Pro and other auxiliary services such as NGINX serving static content.Assist with Network Administrator duties regularly as needed - responding to and resolving network outages, replacing battery backup units, and making physical or software configuration changes to switches or wireless access points. Show less

Lakeville, Minnesota

Function as first line of centralized IT support for staff and student devices. Resolve issues reported by staff ranging from printers, Windows PCs, Macs, iPads, Apple TVs, and Chromebooks.Image and deploy PCs, Macs, iPads, Apple TVs, and Chromebooks.Work with lead Apple and PC Systems Administrators to resolve configuration or imaging issues.Replace and repair hardware of PCs and Macs to maintain fleet of staff and student devices.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Monitor customer and internal servers and networks using a variety of monitoring software (Nagios, Zenoss, etc.). Ticket all issues/problems and work to completion independently or with assistance from other NOC Technicians, escalating to on-call engineer if necessary.Notify customers of upcoming planned maintenance and expected impact by internal or external parties.Perform regular physical checks of data center and data center resources to ensure proper function - backup… Show more Monitor customer and internal servers and networks using a variety of monitoring software (Nagios, Zenoss, etc.). Ticket all issues/problems and work to completion independently or with assistance from other NOC Technicians, escalating to on-call engineer if necessary.Notify customers of upcoming planned maintenance and expected impact by internal or external parties.Perform regular physical checks of data center and data center resources to ensure proper function - backup power, battery units, security, and cooling and humidity.Handle overflow calls from service desk. Show less

Electrical And Computer Engineering

Computer And Information Sciences, General

Attended in-person classes and labs for CompTIA A+ and Cisco CCNA programs.