Ken Kightly Email & Phone Number

San Jose Ca

Previously Brocade SRA

QA Test Engineer at Brocade

I was in charge of migrating physical systems to virtual using Vmare ESX. During the 7 Months at Dell I migrated some 32 systems. I also worked on setting up iSCSI storage using Dell EqualLogic storage systems.

Manage Engineering lab environment consisting of more than 600 systems both physical and virtual. Windows operating systems consist of Windows 2003, 2008 and XP. Linux operating systems consist of Redhat Fedora, SUSE Linux.Network consists of Foundry RX-16 with 32 VLANS. Cisco 4500 and 5000 series.LACP configuration for product requirementsActive Directory consists of 1 primary domain and 25 child domainsManage local and global policies for all domains.VMware ESX server 3.02 with Fiber Channel backend storage. Brocade FC switch configuration for backend storage for ESX and file servers.Scripting for automated creation of virtual machines. Automated imaging of lab systems using Symantec Ghost Suite 2.5.Custom imaging solution for creating DVD’s of our product for imaging OEM boxes. Custom imaging solution uses WAIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit) and VB/hta scripting for custom menu system.

Manage IT infrastructure including staff in remote locationsManage AD / Exchange 2003 environmentDesktop / Server support including Windows, Linux and Unix

• Administer internal/external resources on system supporting multiple UNIX platforms. • Manage DNS NFS Samba accounts, installs, troubleshooting.• Design, setup and manage corporate network environment from the ground up.• Managed production/lab environment consisting of more than 300 systems.• Created heterogeneous environment for UNIX and Windows systems. • Install, maintain, and manage Oblix Netpoint Coreid and Access manager.• Install and Managed iPlanet and SunOne directory servers and web server.• Install, maintain, and manage SunOne, IIS and Apache web servers. Unix and Windows• Install, maintain, and manage CheckPoint firewalls, SecuRemote VPN• Windows system administration, including DNS, WINS, DHCP. Active Directory, Exchange 5.5/2000/2003. IIS , Apache and PHP.• Desktop support for Windows and Unix platforms. • Mentoring of other support staff in Windows and Unix platforms.• Managed company’s www presence at collocation facility.

• Provided Network and Desktop support. • Created and administer lab network consisting of 7 Vlans – 1 for each hardware and network testing group.• Processed regular backups using Legato Networker.• Installed, maintained Microsoft SQL servers.• Created internal web services and automated IT request system.• Designed NT domain structure for company-wide development environment.• Troubleshoot analyze and repair network issues.

Maintained Microsoft SQL servers.Created internal web services and automated IT request system.Designed NT domain structure for company-wide development environment.Troubleshoot analyzed and repaired network issues

Education record

Computer Science