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Lake Forest, Ca

Acquiring, deploying, repairing and troubleshooting computers, audio/video and associated devices.

Westminster, Ca

Assist companies with network upgrades, troubleshooting and recommendations.Set up network monitoring tools such as Nagios running on the Linux platform to provide a more proactive approach in determining the health of the network and to provide alerts, via email or text.Run packet sniffing tools such as Wireshark to detect and eliminate unnecessary bandwidth issues.Install and configure perimeter router/firewall to ensure that the network is “locked down” from the outside.Run internal and external security audits to make sure that the assigned workers can only access the data they need to perform their specified job duty, preventing unauthorized access to data and/or configuration abilities. Facilitate meetings; prepare documentation with various vendors to ensure that a cohesive implementation is successful.

Los Alamitos, Ca

Designed new campus network and managed the integration of current facilities consisting of multiple buildings with satellite offices.Excellent working knowledge of migrating servers into VMware ESX and Virtual Center in order to significantly reduce server hardware costs.Successful implementation of Nagios IT monitoring and network software to provide a proactive response to network equipment and server issues, thus minimizing downtime.Responsible for upgrading Novell Netware severs to Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 running on SuSE Linux Enterprise servers.Designing, planning and implementation and maintenance of all server services.Proactive approach for diagnostics and warnings for hardware and application issues.Involved with network security, Internet security and access control authentication.Implemented data consolidation onto a reliable and redundant Storage Area Network array.Established data backup and disaster recovery plan.Help desk support for over 100 users and outside contractors.

Administered ten student computer labs consisting of five Netware 6.5 servers, one NetWare 5.1 server, three Windows 2003 servers, three Windows 2000 servers and 500 dual boot workstations running Windows XP and Fedora Core 2 Linux with up to 3000 end users. Installation and advanced configuration of NetWare 6.x and 5.x, ZenWorks 6.5, Netware DHCP server, NetIdentity Manager (DirXML2), Novell iPrint, iFolder, NetStorage, Windows 2000, XP and 2003. Basic administration knowledge of Novell Boarder Manager and GroupWise. Performed consistent data backups and restore tests utilizing BackupExec 9.1 and ArcServe 6.6. Basic Cisco switch and router administration and wireless access point configuration.

Bachelor'S Degree, Theology/Theological Studies

Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (Icnd) Parts 1 And 2

Associate Of Biblical Studies, Theology

Activities and Societies: Accredited by Vision International University

Certificate Of Completion, Computer And Advanced Novell Netware Training