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• Establish IT department for Cogir Management USA, supporting 23 senior living communities in Washington and California. Replaced outsourced Tier 1 support services with in-house solution resulting in cost savings.
• Implement cloud-based VoIP solution as replacement for antiquated on site PBX and hosted VoIP phone systems at communities. Solution resulted in reduced cost and simplified, centralized management across organization.
• Replace antiquated HP switching with Meraki across all communities for centralized management and greater vision into local network; resulting in reduced time to diagnose and fix issues.
• Replace SonicWall firewalls with Fortinet NGFW devices for increased security and future SD-WAN functionality.
• Work in conjunction with HR to create job descriptions, interview and select new employees to grow IT team in both WA and CA from one to four people.
• Plan, budget, and execute all technical aspects of community acquisitions for Cogir Management USA; Ranging from telco service / vendor selections to end point selection and deployment. Manage process and additional.

Bellevue, WA

• Act as backup to IT Director during vacations or absences. Oversee day to day operations of IT Department. Collaborate with cross functional teams to manage and drive IT initiatives. Provide technical expertise and.
• Acquired, configured, and installed all network infrastructure (switches, routers, access points, etc.) and PC’s for flagship Newcastle and Mercer Island communities. Verified all systems up and available well in.
• Engineered and executed all aspects of Corporate Office move while simultaneously switching Hypervisors (from Hyper-V to VMWare), as well as implementing enterprise back-end storage solution (Datrium) resulting in.
• Research, implement, maintain, and train fellow admins on imaging solution, significantly reducing TTR and time to deploy end user workstations.
• Key member of team responsible for network migration to MPLS and hosted phone system solution across 31 communities and corporate office.

Seattle, WA

• Manage day-to-day operations and vendor relations for the IT department. Train, mentor, and manage daily workflow for a team of four system administrators. Tier 2/3 escalation point for end user support issues. Other.
• Plan, manage, and executing build out of new 250k sq. foot warehouse facility to act as primary fulfillment center for Onlineshoes.com, Shoes.com, and ShoeMe.ca. Scope included infrastructure planning, equipment.
• Responsible for planning, managing, and executing Corporate Network Reconfiguration project in preparation for PCI Audit. Scope included re-design and implementation of network to meet PCI requirements, with a strong.
• Responsible for planning and executing CoLo infrastructure overhaul to allow for migration of critical services (e-mail, directory services, SQL, etc) to facility for increased fault tolerance and future flexibility..

Redmond, WA

• Manage day-to-day operations, yearly CapEx/OpEx budgets & vendor relations for IT department while acting as mentor/lead to other System Admins. Lead team through high-severity operational incidents and take.
• Design, plan, & implementing large-scale server room remodel consisting of new fault-tolerant infrastructure (racks, cable management, power distribution, and UPS Solution). Plan and manage vendors, resources, and.
• Design, plan, & implement infrastructure selection and setup of newly established UK offices (Nottingham and Dartford). Worked in conjunction with UK asset to bring offices online and provide site-to-site VPN.
• Plan, implement, & manage WAN & ISP Provider change for Redmond and Sherman Oaks offices, as well as LA CoLo facility. Scope included evaluating multiple vendors and selecting based on price and service plan, as well.
• Responsible for engineering migration of CoLo facility resources to Amazon Web Services Cloud solution. Designed and implemented Virtual Private Cloud, as well as created cloud-based server instances (EC2) for.
• Selected as Quarterly Key Contributor by management for work during Redmond remodel in Q3 of FY 2011

Bellevue, WA

• Promoted to Sr. System Administrator 12/2009. Daily work included setup, administration, configuration, and troubleshooting of servers for internal corporate systems (Exchange, File, FTP, Domain Controllers.
• Engineer and implement large-scale infrastructure upgrade including replacement, consolidation, and upgrade switching and routing equipment for performance gain as well as reliability. Responsible for equipment.
• Engineer, implement, & manage Bellevue WAN / Internet Infrastructure Upgrade. Scope included vendor evaluation and selection, and migration from multi T1 environment to Metro Area Network. Successfully migrated all.
• Successfully implemented new wireless solution for Bellevue Office, resulting in greater stability, reception, and performance throughout Bellevue office. WPA2 Enterprise with RADIUS to ensure security, consolidated to.
• Implemented Network Monitoring System for monitoring and alerting of node as well as disk space thresholds and service status.
• Lead role in infrastructure virtualization initiative. Reduced infrastructure costs as well as optimized use of current physical infrastructure. Leveraged VMWare to convert various systems from physical to virtual.

Redmond, WA

Responsible for managing multiple contractors in providing all system break / fix and new system setup across multiple labs, consisting of approximately 2300 machines, ranging from desktop systems to rack mount servers with SCSI attached storage. Responsible for quarterly forecasting and budgeting for multiple test teams lab resources. Daily tasks include.

Kirkland, WA

Daily administration, configuration, and troubleshooting of data center servers for both internal corporate systems (e-mail, file, etc.) as well as high availability client hosting systems (file, database, terminal service, etc.) on a variety of hardware platforms. Duties also included installation, configuration, and testing of networking equipment such.

Network And System Administration/Administrator - Cisco Networking Academy Program, A

Completed successfully with Cisco Network Academy Program Certificate

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas), Information Technology, B