System Engineer
CurrentKey Technologies: Citrix, Nutanix, HP Simplivity, VMware, Veeam, Hyperconvergence, HP Compute, Storage SolutionsCitrix Experience: Architecting and managing the largest Citrix environment in Atlantic Canada. This environment supported 450 Virtual App users and 450 non-persistent Virtual Desktop users. All hosted on Nutanix AHVSimplivity Experience: Additionally, I successfully managed a 5 node primary Simplivity cluster and a secondary 5 node disaster recovery Simplivity cluster across different data centers. By leveraging these hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, I ensured high availability, data protection, and streamlined management for critical workloads.Data Center Migration: Decommissioned 16-rack data center, migrated to colocation facility, reducing footprint to 2 racks. Resulted in cost savings and improved efficiency.IaaS: Extensive experience managing and upgrading 150-server IaaS environment on ESXi with HP Storage. Optimized performance, implemented robust backup with Veeam, aligned infrastructure with business needs.IT Security: Extensive experience with a HA FortiMail configuration, including a Sandbox. Working with complex firewall policies, and managing a 2500 user FortiEMS/FortiClient deployment.Backup Software: Proficient in managing Veeam in large enterprise environments, optimizing data protection and recovery across multiple data centers with a proven track record of success.IT Tools: SolarWinds, PowerShellCloud: Azure, AWS, Office 365, Fortinet, and TrendWindows Server administration and upgrading: File Servers, DNS, DHCP, IIS, AD, ADFS, NPAS, Print Servers, RDS, KMS, and ExchangeOperating Systems: Windows Server 2003 - 2022, Windows XP - 11Firewalls: FortiGatesSwitches: FortiNet, HP, Aruba