Develop and lead a team of Cloud DevOp engineersReduce and manage Cloud spend in Azure and AWSLead and manage on-premises and private cloud to public and Gov cloud migrationsEnsure compliance to HIPPA, CJIS, FedRAMPPartner with senior leadership to consolidate systems between current and future company acquisitionsLead initiatives for IaaS and SaaS automation, monitoring, and alerting.SaaS application deployments and upgrades.Operations lead for IaaS and SaaS deployment optimization initiative.Evaluate tools to fit IT needs for back-up, DR, automation, change management, and cost analysisImplementation of PagerDuty, CloudAware, New Relic, SIEM, and Microsoft Teams integrations.Project Management and configuration for CyberArk Privilege Cloud implementation.Oversight of migrations from Chef to Terraform and Ansible.Manage vendor relationsManage M365 and cloud accountsTrack and report KPIs for Cloud Operations and support

Communicate status updates, root cause analysis, staff performance, and project statuses to senior leadership and business unitsLead and develop a team of Administrators and Engineers supporting Windows, VMware, Linux, Nutanix HCI, Storage, Cisco Data and VoIP networks, Azure, Active Directory, and various 3 Tier applications.Hands on engineering, administration, and support of Windows and Linux, VMware, Veeam, Cisco, Dell, Nutanix HCI, Storage, Proofpoint, Azure, and Exchange Hybrid Environment.Design and implement IT security strategies.License, contract, and vendor management.Develop strategic plans for IT initiatives and partnershipsProducing executable project plans for infrastructure deploymentsDiscover and Document compute, storage, and network physical and Logical deploymentsReview and reformation of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans.Define Backup and Recovery StrategiesCreate plan and process to allow onsite non-technical staff to run a process to verify external site and port connectivity.

- Communicate status updates, root cause analysis, staff performance, and project statuses to senior leadership and business units- Lead, develop, and coach a global team of IT Systems and Network Engineers, AWS/Cloud Engineers, Administrators, and Technical Operations staff spanning the US, Europe, and South America.- Assigned projects to support engineers including deployment of cloud servers, storage, password vault, and imaging of wireless access points to support the implementation of Cisco ISE and provide better coverage on campus.- Plan and implement staff consolidation and technical migrations and consolidation resulting in 40% staff reduction to support a larger environment- Employ and adhere to Agile and Waterfall methodologies for multiple and concurrent IT and business application projects- Plan and implement ITIL based solutions for problem management, incident handling, ticketing, and documentation.- Manage vendor relationships, licensing, and contract negotiation- Obtain and track digital domain IP and liaison for Legal in IP and Trademarks to acquire domains and perform digital asset investigations- Contribute to redeveloping IT Governance within the new organization structure by evaluating risks, defining policies and procedures, and performing audits to ensure compliance- Review and approve change requests as part of the change control board- Plan and implement SOC integration into Technical Operations.- Cross train staff to support security tasks such as responding to Phishing campaigns, honeypot alerts, and cyber threats.- Administration and support of F5 LTMs for load balancing, creating high availability, and redirects to new platforms as needed.- Administration and support of Windows 2008,2012,2016 Servers- Administration and support of Linux REHL 5.6 – 7.7 Servers- Internal and External DNS management- AWS Infrastructure Support - EC2, VPC, IAM, Route53, S3, RDS

Communicated status updates, root cause analysis, staff performance, and project statuses to senior leadership and business unitsLead, develop, and mentor a team of IT Engineers, Administrators, and Technical Operations staffManaged vendor relationships, licensing, and contract negotiationDeveloped IT Governance and Change control standards.Employed and adhered to Agile and Waterfall methodologies for multiple and concurrent IT and business application projectsAssigned and delegated tasks, wrote performance reviews, and provided elevated technical support.Managed and supported data center environment.Planned and implemented 2 data center expansionsPlanned the migration of the organizations data center to a Co-Lo siteInstalled, configured, administered, and supported VMware ESXi in multiple data centers including management of SRM for disaster recovery.Installed, configured, administered, and supported VMware View VDI environmentInstalled, configured and supported multiple SAN platforms including EquaLogic, EMC Clariion, and Compellent including configuration of DR replicationSupported Juniper and Cisco network switches, routers, and firewalls.Planned and implemented complete replacement of Cisco equipment with Juniper EX series switches and SRX firewalls at the primary and DR sites.Managed Active Directory including design, security, backup, and recovery.Designed, managed, tested, and supported disaster recovery plan and site.Managed IT infrastructure OPEX/CAPEX budget.Held Infrastructure Lead position in Phase 1 (Criminal Conversion) & Phase 2 (Civil Conversion) of $10M project to replace Palm Beach County Court Case Management System with Courtview ShowCase system.Promoted from Senior Systems Engineer to Manager 10/2011Held Infrastructure Lead position in $12M Enterprise Resource Planning implementation project of Oracle PeopleSoft v9.0 HRMS, FMS, and Portal for Clerk’s office as well as HRMS Payroll for Palm Beach County.

- Installed, managed, and supported servers, network, and telecom for small to medium businesses.- Provided remote and onsite technical support of servers and applications.- Analyzed business needs and recommend solutions to accomplish data storage and retrieval goals.- Procured parts and supplies and build new servers and desktops.- Prepared contracts for new and renewing customers.- Led project to move Cline Resources headquarters from West Virginia to Palm Beach Gardens. - Held Technical Lead role for Good Sam’s Hospital Active Directory 2000 to 2003 upgrade and server and desktop refresh.- Held Technical Lead position for JSL Chemical Active Directory 2000 to 2003 upgrade and server and desktop refresh.

- Provided remote technical support for customers using and deploying ScriptLogic Server management, Active Directory, File Copy, and Enterprise reporting software.- Supported QA environment new releases and patch fixes

- Supported and administer servers and desktops for picture archival and communications systems.- Monitored and support disaster recovery.- Held Technical Lead role for film to electronic image storage project.- Administered IDXRad PACS system security.- Resolved road block issue with retrieving images from PACS to provide patients with images on DVD.

- Supported network Cisco and 3com network and remote connections to doctors’ offices.- Installed and supported desktops for doctors’ offices, nurses’ stations, PACU, ICU, ER, Administration, and admitting.- Set up training labs and physician conferences.