Solution Architect for production customer environments covering cloud, hybrid cloud, networking, virtualization, storage, and backups. • Responsible for the design, implementation, and management of data center infrastructure hardware and software from pre-sales to post implementation support• Perform design, installation, and configurations of the following hardware: o Servers o Network switches and firewalls o Storage (HPE, PURE, etc.) o Veeam o VMware Suite (vSphere, VDI, DEM, UEM, AppVolumes, etc.) o Enterprise solutions integrating all of the above with active-active metro clustering• Design and implement solutions around the following software: o All Windows Server technologies (Active Directory, DNS, Clustering, NPS, DFS, WSUS, etc.) o Microsoft Configuration Manager and Intune o Microsoft SQL Server o Many Azure Services

• Responsible for all projects tasks, change tasks, incidents, problems and service requests for supporting systems and provides technical support as needed.• Configures, deploys, and manages server and storage hardware, operating systems, and other software to meet technical, security and integration requirements.• Responsible for all configuration management that supports infrastructure hardware and software to satisfy performance, service levels, and availability requirements.• Setup new Microsoft Configuration Manager environment and implemented automated patching. • Performs domain management tasks such as Active Directory, LDAP, DNS, Radius, Identity Management and related services that support the campus mail system.• Sole engineer and architect for complete design and deployment of Splunk solution. Designed underlying virtualization, networking, and storage infrastructure. Designed index layout, sourcetypes, and apps o Planned and executed several upgrades with the latest being upgrades to 7.1.0 o Drove adoption across departments by leading multiple training sessions on general Splunk usage and search language o Facilitated using Splunk as the SIEM tool, by collecting firewall, network and server logs. o Collaborated with external Managed SOC to monitor Splunk environment for security alerting.

Lead architect for our production and development environments. Design solutions to meet business needs. Knowledge and experience across numerous technologies while also keeping up with emerging trends. Current subject matter expert on virtualization, networking, storage, and Splunk.

Managed and deployed back office systems for our casino applications in the field. Upgraded systems at multiple customer facilities with database migration, physical hardware relocation, network configuration, software upgrades on up to 1000 clients, and server software configuration under specific deadlines.