I enjoy working within and excelling at IT engineering architectures, integrations, and implementations; managing projects through their life cycle, from the design phase, through implementation, testing, and training, to the finished product.My current position focuses on managing and ensuring the success of the TIAG IT Services program of 23 contractors currently serving roles in Applications Development, Systems Administration, and CyberSecurity at Letterkenny Army Depot.Previously I managed a Systems Administration department, overseeing special projects, and software and database support, for Ultra Electronics. Efforts included writing proposals and project plans (DR, COOP, and Emergency Operations Plan), while providing Tier 3 level support to our contracted clients.I also worked as a Sr. Systems Engineer with QBE, LLC. This effort was with a small team of engineers and architects on a large, fully-virtualized data center (IaaS and SaaS) build-out for a DoD installation. This included NetApp SAN, NetBackup, IBM blades, and Cisco Nexus converged FCoE architecture.I worked for CSC as a Systems Administrator at Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, PA. My strengths centered around project implementation and engineering. I performed several Citrix migrations, CAC and NetScaler FIPS-140; consolidated two backup solutions; expanded the EMC storage environment, and stood up 2 NetApp SANs in a COOP environment.Previously, I spent 13 years as an engineer supporting Visa's Global Customer Call Center, a world class 24x7x365 operation.Experiences:Disaster Recovery, COOP, Cloud Architecture, IaaS, SaaS, Virtualization, Dell Compellent SAN, Citrix, NetScaler, FIPS-140, Secure Gateway, NetVault, VMWare, Hyper-VEnterprise tools - Various OpenSource, vSphere, SQL, Splunk, Active Directory; DNS, DHCP, WSUSHardware - NAS, SAN storage, Dell Compellent, EMC, NetAppCertifications - CompTIA CASP, VCP, LPIC-1, NetApp ASAP, Security+, MCSE, Server+, DoD Top Secret Clearance
Listed skills include Vmware, Data Center, Virtualization, Active Directory, and 14 others.