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Denver, Co, Us

Aurora, Colorado, Us

-Manage all IT infrastructure - network, servers, storage and backup, virtualization, Microsoft stack, Linux, Azure, O365, telecom, SQL database administration, end user compute engineering, hyperconverged infrastructure using Nutanix-Work closely with Business Analysts, App Dev, QA and multiple departments within the organization to ensure smooth, highly-available delivery of infrastructure requirements-Design and implement robust disaster recovery plan to ensure minimal downtime

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Denver, Co, Us

• Managed all IT infrastructure – 3 EMC VNX SANs, 1 Pure Storage SAN, Cisco UCS servers, EMC Centera, EMC Data Domain, Dell PowerVault TL4000 tape libraries• Led the project to migrate from HyperV to VMWare, which enabled us to virtualize over 90% of Windows servers and security appliances• Led the project to migrate data from 5 disparate SAN/NAS systems to one EMC VNX 5600, utilizing Fast Tiering to allow heavy I/O loads to be run on fast SSD drives, providing a significant performance increase for all Tier 1 applications• Managed the infrastructure portion of the corporate HQ move, including the design and implementation of a highly redundant WAN connection to the Operations Center and the implementation of VSAN, which provided a very robust compute/storage stack at corporate HQ• Designed and implemented a robust DR plan utilizing VMWare Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) to allow all Tier 1 applications to be failed over to the DR data center within an hour.

• Developed and implemented technical strategy for mergers and acquisitions• Managed a $2.5 million annual IT budget• Design and implementation of an electronic data management system• Managed technical compliance with GLBA, HIPAA and SOX regulatory requirements• Designed, implemented and managed a robust disaster recovery program• Managed over 30 vendors in all technology areas• Worked regularly with internal and external auditors and State and Federal examiners• Developed long-term Technology Strategic Plan• Managed all Business Continuity activities and systems

Hollywood, Fl, Us

LAN support, desktop support for 100 users in three offices. Windows NT, Windows 2000, AutoCAD support. End user training, regional project management for IT projects. Telecom support.

Supported proprietary measurement and control units used to automate data collection and controls for canals, locks, dams, water treatment plants, etc. Provided support to end users in various remote locations. Assisted in the design of site-specific networks.

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