Director of all IT services needed for business operation providing custom solutions to best fit company needs.Build and Deploy InfrastructureStood up Hyper-V host servers for each location and connected each location via site to site configuration using pfSense firewall and Cisco Meraki.Built over 100 PCs for student and faculty use for all locations and provided customized images to restore PCs back to a base image with all software included to minimize downtime.Provided… Show more Director of all IT services needed for business operation providing custom solutions to best fit company needs.Build and Deploy InfrastructureStood up Hyper-V host servers for each location and connected each location via site to site configuration using pfSense firewall and Cisco Meraki.Built over 100 PCs for student and faculty use for all locations and provided customized images to restore PCs back to a base image with all software included to minimize downtime.Provided multi-layer security for devices and separated mobile traffic from onsite nodes to prevent BYOD threats.Full stack implementation of intranet and internet facing webserver through the use of NginX as a reverse proxy server directing traffic to multiple Apache webservers on the backend. These all utilize Lets Encrypt wildcard certificates that are shell scripted to renew every 3 months.Provided backup implementations for Hyper-V servers through the use of powershell to store externally.Training Provided documentation for all resources and services used along with daily checklists to ensure continuity by verifying security logs and checking for backup errors, site to site errors, and webroot AV portal for threats.Trained onsite techs on maintenance and updating nodes as well as performing reimaging of PCs and verifying server backups are valid by testing them in a virtual lab that is separate from local traffic via vlan and ip scheme. Show less

Evaluate the network for vulnerabilities and provide solutions for known exploits and risk analysis documentation.Created self signed certificates using OpenSSL for intranet use along with sysprep images with imported certificates.Migrated TomCat webservers to latest versions with minimal downtime on Windows server, Linux, and OpenVMS.Virtualized 8 servers using VMWare to maximize hardware use and lower costs for additional servers.Hardening of vSphere 5 to… Show more Evaluate the network for vulnerabilities and provide solutions for known exploits and risk analysis documentation.Created self signed certificates using OpenSSL for intranet use along with sysprep images with imported certificates.Migrated TomCat webservers to latest versions with minimal downtime on Windows server, Linux, and OpenVMS.Virtualized 8 servers using VMWare to maximize hardware use and lower costs for additional servers.Hardening of vSphere 5 to reduce exploitation as well as providing a custom solution for VMware Server for remoting in using vSphere client without web services.Provided solutions for custom web applications for data validation to prevent SQL injection and cross site scripting Show less

Evaluate network designs to determine whether customer requirements are met efficiently and effectively.Develop or recommend network security measures, such as firewalls, network security audits, or intrusion detection systems.Prepared detailed network specifications, including diagrams, charts, equipment configurations, and recommended technologies.Monitor and analyze network performance and data input/output reports to detect problems, identify inefficient use of… Show more Evaluate network designs to determine whether customer requirements are met efficiently and effectively.Develop or recommend network security measures, such as firewalls, network security audits, or intrusion detection systems.Prepared detailed network specifications, including diagrams, charts, equipment configurations, and recommended technologies.Monitor and analyze network performance and data input/output reports to detect problems, identify inefficient use of computer resources, or perform capacity planning.Coordinate network operations, maintenance, repairs, or upgrades. Show less

Developed procedures to track, monitor, and report network availability, reliability, capacity, or utilization.Designed, organized, and delivered product awareness, skills transfer, and information awareness for staff and employees in other departments.Contributed and maintained sections of the Disaster Recovery Procedure documentation.Adjust network sizes to meet volume or capacity demands via subnetting and managed switching