Gary Wallis Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Manage 9 virtual sites within the Massport complex with a focus on Disaster recovery and server consolidation to reduce licensing costs and overall complexity of the infrastructure. Primary functions include serving as a liason to the Parking group to provide technical expertise and assist with Vendor communication and support all aspects of the Parking Revenue Collection System. Primary technologies include vMware vCenter and ESXi versions 6.0 through 6.7 Update 3, NSX virtual networking, vSAN, Virtual Data Protection, Veeam, Netbackup, vRealize Operations, NFS and Fibre storage connectivity, HPE physical servers DL380 Gen 10, Bladecenter blC7000 series BL460c and BL465c blades Gen 10, virtual connect, Onboard Administrator, ILO and HPE Oneview. Provide all aspects of server and Workstation support including Backups and Monitoring using Nagios and PRTG monitoring. Participate in on call rotation for 24x7 support

Dallas, Tx, Us

Provide Support and design expertise to our client at Massport Boston.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

6 Month Contract Assignment for Jacobs Engineering at Massport.Design and support for production and test environments supporting vMware virtualization and NSX networking technologies. Vsphere 6.0, 6.5 VSAN 6.2, NSX 6.3. HP Blade infrastructure C7000 BL460 & 465 Gen 9 servers. Provide Design and best practice recommendations for design of new Production and Disaster Recover solutions including Horizon View for VDI deployments. Work with a team of infrastructure engineers to design and support enhancements and upgrades to current production environments and remote sites.

Burlington, Massachusetts, Us

Provide post sales technical assistance for New England based clients with a focus on engineering solutions using the latest technologies for cloud computing, virtualization and converged infrastructures. Work with pre sales teams and attend client meetings to discuss solutions with clients to ensure we are providing a high level of service and and most importantly the right solution to satisfy the client needs and future growth. implement solutions at client sites and provide a solid knowledge transfer to make sure the client fully understands how to support the new technology.

Paris, France, Fr

Cloud Management Unit - Design, Implementation and support for multi tenant cloud infrastructure using VMWare products and technologies running on VBLock and Cisco UCS hardware in multiple sites globally. VSphere, ESXi, Virtual Cloud Director, Virtual App Director, Virtual Cloud Automation Center, Vcenter Operations (VCOPS)

Marlborough, Ma, Us

Woonsocket, Ri, Us

Weston, Ma, Us

Active Directory support for the operations domain within the corporate infrastructure. Support Users and computers which reside within the operations domain model. Maintain domain trust relationships, DNS servers, DHCP, PXE servers and Group policy objects.VMWARE, Support production level virtual server environment using ESX server 3.5, Vcenter, Vmotion and assist with the P2V conversion process based on server utilization and cost reduction.Microsoft clustering for database, web and DR servers connected to SAN storage using a Quorum drive created on the EMC SAN. Heartbeat connections use the corporate network Install and maintain Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) console and coordinate SEPM Client installs for all Production servers. Maintain updates and Scanning schedules.Implement server monitoring solutions to monitor server hardware failures using Dell Management console (DMC), ITAssistant and HPSIM.Implement Server Imaging process for server builds using Altiris, Windows Deployment services (WDS), WINPE, BartPE and Ghost to create images on a wide variety of server models including IBM, Dell and HP systems. Maintain post build scripts to run automated configuration tasks using Wise, batch and VB script. Maintain images for different O/S versions including Windows2000, 2003, 2008 x32 and x64 bit. Support Altiris Deployment server with PXE environment for all Server image related tasks. Maintain security patching standards using WSUS and Eminentware WSUS extension pack.Responsible for infrastructure support including IP/DNS, Active Directory domain controllers, Global Catalog servers, DHCP, WINS, Symantec SEPM, Dell Management console (DMC), HPSIM, Altiris Deployment server, PXE boot environment, File and print servers,

Boston, Ma, Us

Project management for Infrastructure team related tasks, installs and changes. Successfully manage multiple projects in a fast paced environment driven by business needsUse 3DNS and BIG IP to support Business contingency planning (BCP) efforts for disaster recovery and site failover in the event of unexpected outages. Manage mission critical Data center space to detect and eliminate environmental concerns, reduce costs whenever possible and maintain a server inventory spreadsheet used for capacity planning. Business unit liaison to FESCo-Defined Benefits; participate in weekly discussions with business partners to manage projects. Monitor server environments to identify and resolve hardware issues.Hardware monitoring through Compaq Insight Manager (CIM) to detect any hardware issues. VMWARE install and maintain ESX server for QA environment. Use Vcenter to manage clients and migrate test servers to VMWARE using the P to V process.. Support applications running on linux Red hat O/S for servers in production and non production environments. Maintain BEA Weblogic server licenses based on server count.Maintain server build scripts to include latest changes and standards using WISE and VB scripts.Responsible for server builds, including: pricing and purchasing, server hardware. Provide documentation for server build procedures, server inventory and environment diagrams, product evaluation, cost analysis, process improvement, server inventory, Data center diagrams, Training manuals, Flowcharts, Visio diagrams and powerpoint presentations..Evaluate existing procedures to find where improvements can be made to reduce costs, save time and minimize server down time or user impact.. Provide Tier three support for trouble tickets and escalations through a weekly support shift.On call rotation 24x7 on call support & maintain server environment with over 1800 servers.

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Design and build a Pre production test environment for Business application testing.Install Windows Domain controller and Netware 4.2 server including Print services for Netware, Zen works for application packaging & deployment, Novell Manage wise for Network management and monitoring.Install and configure Seagate Backup exec, Install QIP for DNS and DHCP services. Manage 3COM router & switch configurations for access to production resources.Create and maintain ghost images of Microsoft windows servers and workstations.

Responsible for break/fix support of all client workstation and laptop computers. Provide support for issues related to network, email, application, hardware and operating system. System Builder, Build and deploy new workstations and laptops as requested. Use Ghost to create, test and deploy a variety of desktop PC and mobile system images stored on a bootable CDROM.

Associate Of Arts, Business Administration

Certificate, Electronics & Bio Medical Technology

Diploma, Electrical