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• Build and configure multiple VMware ESX host servers for deployment across multiple sites. Build and configure EMC CX4 SANs, Configuring, storage, VMFS file system, Disk expansion and VMware tools
• Migrated 50+ Windows / Linux systems to VMware ESX clustered environment using VCenter Converter for corporate & customer production systems.
• Design & Configure VMware VLAN, VLAN tagging, physical and virtual network card, network teaming SAN storage network
• Responsible for designing, building, configurations and migrations of Exchange, SQL, Windows Servers for customer and corporate networks.

Livermore, CA

• Responsible for design and installation of corporate SharePoint 2007 rollout. Build multiple sites and templates and provide training to end-users.
• Coordinate and monitor troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common system problems: document system events to ensure continuous functioning. Recommend course of action and implement as approved.
• Coordinate hardware and software installations and upgrades to ensure work is performed in accordance with company policy. Recommends resolutions to complex matters of significance and coordinate the implementation of.

• Managed Exchange 5.5 multi-site servers, and performed migration of 2000 Exchange 5.5 Mailboxes to Exchange 2003 Servers in multi-site configuration
• Manage and Maintain multiple single Exchange 2003 server instances in multi-site configuration
• Troubleshoot Exchange 5.5 / 2003 routing / database issues according to companies SLA
• Configured and provide support for high availability Exchange 2003 cluster for multi-site organization
• Configured, managed and maintained multi-site Domain infrastructure, including DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, SNMP, IIS, ISA, and Exchange services
• Monitor network devices including servers and services using network monitoring utilities

• Responsible for customer installations and upgrades of hardware and software. Performed Exchange server migrations from 5.5 to exchange 2000. Server upgrades from Windows NT4 to Windows 2000.
• Utilize standard corporate tools to record changes, service requests, and problem activities for tracking purposes.

• Performs hardware replacement, end-user troubleshooting, technical support for customers. Build new servers and workstations. Assist other engineers with hardware and software upgrades and migrations.