Dave Chambers Email & Phone Number

United States

As an Architect, Engineer, and Implementation and Support specialist, I have the flexibility to engage with all facets of our environment. Whether collaborating with the support team to assist end users, engineering solutions within Azure, integrating various systems, or architecting entirely new environments, I seamlessly transition between roles to achieve optimal results.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, security, and maintenance of systems hardware, software, and related infrastructure for on-premise, Office 365, and MS Azure. Provide technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. Ensure that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values and policies.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Manage, Maintain, and Administer all aspects of the Company’s Information Technology/Telecommunications needs. Encompassing a Windows 2008 R2 Domain, VMWare 5.1 iSCSI infrastructure, Exchange 2010, Remote Desktop Services, Nortel BCM 50 phone system, WatchGuard Firewall, Barracuda Backup, Symantec Anti-Virus. Migrated physical hosts to virtual as needed while setting up new VMWare environment.Upgraded Infrastructure including; Window 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 Domain, WatchGuard Firewall… Show more Manage, Maintain, and Administer all aspects of the Company’s Information Technology/Telecommunications needs. Encompassing a Windows 2008 R2 Domain, VMWare 5.1 iSCSI infrastructure, Exchange 2010, Remote Desktop Services, Nortel BCM 50 phone system, WatchGuard Firewall, Barracuda Backup, Symantec Anti-Virus. Migrated physical hosts to virtual as needed while setting up new VMWare environment.Upgraded Infrastructure including; Window 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 Domain, WatchGuard Firewall, Terminal Services to RDS, Exchange 2007 to 2010, Symantec Backup Exec to Barracuda Backup, Outsourced Accounting to inhouse Juris, WSUS. Show less

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Focus on implementing and supporting server and desktop virtualization technologies, Windows 2008 Domain Migrations/Support, Exchange 2010 Migrations/Support Travel to various client sites performing routine maintenance and software/hardware installs and support. Provide project management and managed services for clients 24/7. Create and maintain network and process documentation. Additionally implemented / supported PBX systems, Backups, Spam Filtering, Firewalls, Network Load Balancing, and… Show more Focus on implementing and supporting server and desktop virtualization technologies, Windows 2008 Domain Migrations/Support, Exchange 2010 Migrations/Support Travel to various client sites performing routine maintenance and software/hardware installs and support. Provide project management and managed services for clients 24/7. Create and maintain network and process documentation. Additionally implemented / supported PBX systems, Backups, Spam Filtering, Firewalls, Network Load Balancing, and Message Archivers. Show less

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Manage all aspects of the network; responsibilities include the set-up and operational maintenance of the company's computer systems, backup infrastructure, antivirus system, VMware, san storage, mobile communications devices, telephone/fax, and security systems. Provide end users with remote access to company resources via Citrix and/or vpn access.

Managed helpdesk, telecom and network communications for 250 employees and 75 remote sites across the southern U.S. Coordinated with outsourced data center provider to maintain 100% uptime. Maintained Citrix farm for enterprise. Managed network monitoring using Solarwinds utilities. Technologies managed included enterprise anti-virus solutions, APC UPS, Spiceworks Helpdesk, Nortel VoIP, Exchange 2007, Active Directory 2008.

Technical support of systems infrastructure. Management of storage and backup solutions, system configuration, maintenance, deployment, and enterprise application support of varying platforms. Project leader for disaster recovery initiative that included an outsourced data center and co-location that provided 24x7 access to company resources via Citrix. Created and maintained internal knowledge base.

Responsible for server and SAN management throughout the environment, formulation and implementation of system specific security policies and procedures. Install, configure and maintain all servers in the corporate office, branch locations and DR sites. Administration of Windows 2003 domain including exchange 2003 environment. Manage EMC Symmetrix, brightmail, brightstore, desktop authority, websense. Utilize legato, bcv’s for disaster recovery. Manage storage area network including storage… Show more Responsible for server and SAN management throughout the environment, formulation and implementation of system specific security policies and procedures. Install, configure and maintain all servers in the corporate office, branch locations and DR sites. Administration of Windows 2003 domain including exchange 2003 environment. Manage EMC Symmetrix, brightmail, brightstore, desktop authority, websense. Utilize legato, bcv’s for disaster recovery. Manage storage area network including storage allocation, business continuance volumes, and host attachments. Established and maintain work processes and procedures, ensured adequate physical security and system controls and maintain effective and complete archives and backups of all systems. Show less

Supported desktop/network operating systems including Windows 9x, NT 4, XP, 2000/2003. Managed installation and administration of file servers for The Tampa Tribune, its bureaus, and associate newspapers. Managed administration of Windows NT4/2003 Enterprise Domain consisting of 100+ local and remote NT4/2003 Servers including Exchange 5.5/2003 Servers. Consistently ensured server network availability of 99.9%. Streamlined network and server infrastructure solutions that improved functionality… Show more Supported desktop/network operating systems including Windows 9x, NT 4, XP, 2000/2003. Managed installation and administration of file servers for The Tampa Tribune, its bureaus, and associate newspapers. Managed administration of Windows NT4/2003 Enterprise Domain consisting of 100+ local and remote NT4/2003 Servers including Exchange 5.5/2003 Servers. Consistently ensured server network availability of 99.9%. Streamlined network and server infrastructure solutions that improved functionality and improved overall network performance by introducing new technologies and systems. Implemented Zeno centralized printer/copy solution and redesigned local and remote network printing for dedicated print server appliances, reducing server overhead by 50%. Designed and implemented mobile wireless solutions using Exchange and Blackberry’s. Collaborated with all members of IT to design a Disaster recovery implementation. Ensured disaster recovery using double take, Veritas backup exec & netbackup. Managed IT purchasing processes and maintained point of contact with vendors. Facilitated and maintained communications between Network Analysts, Engineers, and Upper Level Management. Show less