Kristopher Rehder Email & Phone Number

Ft. Bragg, NC

• Main point of contact for a majority of USASOC’s vSphere virtual environments; stretching multiple domains, networks, and classifications.
• Performed upgrades of vSphere environments from 5.1 to 5.5 and currently 6.0.
• Using Powershell, VMware PowerCLI, and IIS created a dashboard over of USASOC’s virtual environment that was scripted to be portable using an XML config file for sensitive/custom information.
• Upgrading to 5.5 I implemented a single SSO domain enabling linked mode between vCenters providing a centralized admin view meeting the hard coded maximum # of linked vCenters.
• Upgrading to 6.0 the implementation included external PSC using VCSA with Windows vCenter.
• Wrote custom scripts for monitoring, reporting, and correcting STIG settings for VMware Virtual Environments to include vCenter, ESXi hosts, and VMs. These STIGs are a traditional a manual check which after having.

Ft. Bragg, NC

• I was the lead for the team responsible for maintaining and developing FORSCOM’s server infrastructure environment.
• Worked in upgrading VMware vSphere environment from 4.1 to 5.5
• Automated reports identifying physical location of services between main site and DR site
• Lead effort to cleaning and standardize naming convention of the SANs.
• Reconfigured the monitoring solution, Nagios, used by FORSCOM by integrating checks based on Server and Application configurations.
• Reconfigured IBM Blade Network backend.

Ft. Bragg, NC

• I am the Core Services SME for the team responsible for maintaining and developing FORSCOM’s server environment. Technical lead for PowerShell, Group Policy and Active Directory.
• Back team lead for the server environment.
• Using PowerShell, VBScript, GPO, GPP and Logon scripts I have automated numerous domain wide configuration changes.
• Automated maintenance plans to include AD cleanup on multiple domains, and user share management.
• Created a robust Report Page generated through PowerShell that provides: + Detailed AD Inventory on User Objects and Computer Objects. + BitLocker Status for applicable computer objects. + Server Inventory Reports.
• Created custom PowerShell Functions to include a way to thread within PowerShell that will allow me to query or push changes to roughly 2000 machines in 15-20mins.

Ft. Bragg, NC

• I was responsible for maintaining and developing improvements for the network of Pope AAF. This consists of over 200 Cisco devices. Onsite Technical lead for internal Cisco Devices.
• Technical lead for the configuration and implementation of the new Cisco 6509E Series routers that now provide Pope AFB with a 10Gig Backbone.
• Assisted in the transferences of network responsibilities from AF Active Duty to Reservist.
• Created new accurate documentation for network topology layout, and device information.
• Reconfigured OSPF for the core routers for standardization and restricting advertisements.
• Developed the Cisco configuration standards that were being used by Pope AFB.

Fayetteville, North Carolina Area

• I was responsible for the City’s network environment to include public safety traffic. I also maintained security appliances, servers, and network connectivity to remote sites.
• Technical lead in the planning stages for both server and desktop virtualization.
• Added additional ESX hosts to both VMware Cluster after vendor completed server virtualization project.
• Installed ESXi 4 using iSCSI for temporary server virtualization environment while project in planning phase.
• WatchGuard Firewalls to include implementation, troubleshooting, and management
• Configured Cisco VPN Concentrator with active directory integration for multiple domains.

Fayetteville, North Carolina Area

• I managed the network topology for an award winning web hosting company. Responsible for day to day operations, support and maintenance of employee work stations and internal servers.
• Worked within an environment consisting of multiple Cisco routers and 50+ Cisco switches.
• Standardized the switch configuration for ease of job and custom scripts for handling large network.
• Worked with multi VLANs to include both internal and external IP subnets.
• Setup and maintained multi-sensor IDS, intrusion detection system, using Snort.
• Setup a visual monitoring system that used SNMP to monitor information such as router bandwidth and server stats.