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Spokane, Washington, United States

* Demonstrate efficiency in developing, configuring, operating, and maintaining all related infrastructure.* Support continuous innovation within the infrastructure through active involvement in technical research and development.* Leverage industry skills in training and mentoring systems administrators.* Served as lead behind the successful execution of the following initiatives:- Designed and implemented new Active Directory Forrest and Domain for a new project. - Reverse engineered Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Authority and redesigned to follow Microsoft Best Practices.- Migrated FRS to DFSR SYSVOL. - Redesigned Azure AD Connect and Connect Health, upgrading from an unsupported version to the latest stable version.- Designed and deployed Azure Test tenant leveraged to proof-of-concept for new designs prior to deployment to production.- Reverse engineered a Multi-Forrest and Multi-Domain Active Directory environment. Redesigned to follow Active Directory and security best practice. Including a redesign of Active Directory Sites and Services, DNS, DHCP, - Automated Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) patching solution which enabled staggered-scheduled Windows patching and manual patching for servers needing specialized attention for patching.- Designed and built Active Directory Based Activation for Microsoft Licensing.- Designed and implemented Advanced Group Policy Management.- VMWare VxRail deployment and migration

Remote

* Demonstrate efficiency in developing, configuring, operating, and maintaining all aspects of Active Directory.* Designed and implemented LDAP/DNS load balancing to achieve further high availability for applications that are not natively integrated with Active Directory.* Evaluated security vulnerabilities of Active Directory and developed remediation plan and implemented.* Evaluated and removed deprecated sites and subnets in Active Directory Sites and Services to improve performance for logins and replication.* Evaluated traffic to the Domain Controllers being deprecated to determine devices that are encoded and assisted Data Owners migration to the new LDAP and DNS load balancers.* Demoted 30+ Domain Controllers prior to upgrading the Domain Function level to 2016.* Designed and developed Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) to allow the usage of RBAC roles in deploying Group Policies.

Greater Denver Area

* Demonstrate efficiency in developing, configuring, operating, and maintaining all related infrastructure.* Support continuous innovation within the infrastructure through active involvement in technical research and development.* Strictly enforce system hardware, operating and software systems, and all related procedures with organizational values.* Leverage industry skills in training and mentoring junior systems administrators.* Served as lead behind the successful execution of the following initiatives:- Upgraded Certificate Authority from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012- Architected and deployed Whiting’s cloud solutions utilizing Azure and Office 365- Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 to Exchange Online migration - Domain Function Level uplift to Windows 2012 R2 which included the redesigning of Domain Name System (DNS) and the migration and load balancing of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS);- Backup and recovery architecture for all corporate data backup, encompassing the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) environments;- Enterprise monitoring and SEIM solution, which presented an integrated view into the health of network, systems, applications, and virtualization environments;- Exchange SME for effectual supervision, modification, and expansion of the Exchange environment including the remodeling of the data retention of Exchange environment and Edge solutions to maintain the email environment; and- Automated Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) patching solution which enabled staggered-scheduled Windows patching and manual patching for servers needing specialized attention for patching

Execution of quarterly assessment and cleanup of Active Directory (AD) which included the disabling and elimination of all AD objects that no longer contact the domain.•Transition of all company data from the existing EMC CX3-20 SAN to the new EMC CX4 480 SAN; while serving as AD/Exchange migration specialist for two separate purchased companies with over 1000 users.•Heavy involvement in reengineering, executing, and administering Active Directory structure, as follows:•Reengineering of forest and domain structure which comprised of multiple trusts to external and internal domains;•Remodel of the Organizational Unit structure to align with the organizational structure;•Redesigned group policy structure and group policy object settings for security and efficiency maximization; and•Reengineer of Active Directory sites and services to guarantee seamless Active Directory replication•Substantial contribution in the development of VMware View Virtual Desktop Server Environment as well as the migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010

Promotion of Microsoft network planning, consultation, hardware and software installations and upgrades, and technical support services to multiple users across company facilities and remote locations.•Keen analysis, identification, and troubleshooting of all server, network, and workstation concerns.•Clear communication of key information to all stakeholders and technical specialists, in close collaboration with multiple company clients.•Delivery of effectual on-site and remote technical support on communications, file servers, SAN, virtual server, electronic mail, and workstation systems. •Fulfillment of integral role as part of the WSUS Implementation Team as well as Client Proposal Team.•Replacement of current Primary Domain Controller with new Windows 2008 Server Domain Controller.•Proactive oversight of the CheckPoint Antivirus deployment as well as the integration of numerous site collections into a single SharePoint server.•Execution of key modifications to VMWare ESX virtual machine SAN organization.

Systematic administration and maintenance of the Microsoft Exchange.•Provision of key input in conceptualizing, executing, and supervising the following: •Microsoft Systems Management Server for network-wide inventory and software distribution;•Numerous remote software installations of miscellaneous software;•Transition of two physical VMware ESX servers with local storage to an EqualLogics SAN environment with VMware Virtual Center;•Symantec Mail Security for SMTP spam and antivirus filter for email and Symantec Endpoint antivirus protection for wide area network; and•Network-wide WSUS strategy

Superior performance as the regional head of information technology services for the Union Bank, which was a subsidiary of MB Financial.•Strategic supervision and guidance of multiple employees and contractors as well as the Information Technology Vendor Risk Assessment Team.•Close monitoring and management of the Sarbanes-Oxley program for IT.•Execution of systematic research, evaluation, and coordination of contracts for hardware, software, and services.•Successfully negotiated multiple contracts which led to an annual net savings of approximately $25K each. •Proactive oversight of the Information Technology Steering Committee accountable for developing strategic technology revisions throughout the corporation.•Provision of hands-on leadership to the establishment of the following: •Transition of Novell to Microsoft;•Active Directory infrastructure for single domain with multiple branches;•Group Policy infrastructure;•Microsoft Exchange 2003•Network wide WSUS strategy; •Information Security which comprised of firewall log and server security log assessment; Windows servers lockdown in alignment with Nessus scan results; and Information Security Policy development in adherence to federal and state regulations; and•Disaster Recovery program which included developing redundancy of all critical applications and hardware and creation of a business impact analysis which centered on processes, functions, and systems for the improvement of revenue, productivity, and customer relations

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration; Management

Bs, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Phi Delta Theta