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Drives server team effectively to meet priority demands of event driven workload. Manages enterprise projects, balancing workloads on criticality and volume of events. Maintaining high availability (99%) for the Distributed and Network infrastructure. Unix, Linux, W2K3, W2K8, physical, VMWare, Clustering) Proactive and reactive monitoring of the distributed environment through BMC software. Monitor Websites through Sitescope URL monitoring.Problem trending and root cause analysis for all distributed infrastructure issues. Demonstrates sound analytical and diagnostic skills dealing with issues that are not readily defined Deals with problems that require involvement of others to solve. Optimizes the use of all resources.Identifies opportunities for improved workflow and procedures. Domain Admin for development environment - Manage multiple platforms.Change Management – Representative of Enterprise Change Management team. Responsibilities include analyzing workload, arranging testing, assessing risk.Catastrophe Response Team - Manage IT functionality on fleet of 5 CAT vans. Deploy to CAT locations supporting communications, desktop and printing services, Satellite connectivity. ERT certified (Emergency claim handling) for large CAT events. Assess potential system risk to maintain uninterrupted claim reporting capabilities on a daily basis during catastrophe situation.Responsible for maintaining distributed budget for claim LOB. Multiyear planning and assessments. Research for discrepancies between projected and actual numbers.Capacity planning - Analyze and plan with architects and business for upcoming projects and large system growth insuring resources.