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Tampa Bay, Florida

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Highlights of Expertise: Project Direction & Management  Strategic Planning & Development Budget Management & Oversight  Vendor Contracting, Management, & Negotiations Cloud Infrastructure, Design, & Management  Data-Driven Decision-Making Operational Leadership  Personnel Coaching & MentoringSoft Skills  Thrives in an environment with perseverance, a positive attitude, and strong analytical skills. Able to prioritize and multi-task with strong problem-resolution skills in project execution, infrastructure design and application support.  Subject Matter Expert for Infrastructure Cloud Architecture and follow security, policies, and compliance controls.  Delivering complete end-to-end solutions in alignment with business strategies. Deeply understand IaaS and PaaS services offered on cloud platforms.  Managed multiple large scale Cloud infrastructure project deployments using agile methodologies and strong project manager skills. Leadership and Management Profile  As Cloud Infrastructure Architect reviewed the current state architecture and provided a future state architecture roadmap  I was responsible for delivering efficient and effective solutions to the customer with End-To-End project delivery TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIESCloud Skills : Cloud Solution Architecture  Cloud Computing & Storage Infrastructure as Code (Ioc)  Application Gateway/WAF API / Micro Services  Azure AD / IAM  Azure DevOps (CB/CI/CD)  Security and Compliance  Desktop design/deployment  Multi -, Cloud Migration strategies PostGres /Sql/Cosmos DB’s  Azure Functions / Lambda Cloud site hosting (Sitecore)  Azure site hosting  Cost Management/Power BI  Azure Container Instances Cloud Governance policies  Network and firewall design  Cloud based Disaster recovery strategies.  OnPrem to Cloud migration strategies AKS / Container Instances  Cloud Adaption Framework (CAF)

Downer Grove

Strategically devised critical Cloud Based solutions that drastically increased overall productivity, implementing High Availability and Disaster Recovery principles, while simultaneously minimizing recovery time objective (RTO)/recovery point objective (RPO) mandates. Developed and authored strategies and procedures to migrate customer workloads to one or more cloud hosting environmentsDesign and implement cloud based solutions for clients with requirements for infrastructure-as-a-service(IaaS), platform-as-a-service(PaaS) and software-as-a-service(SaaS), utilizing hybrid cloud solutions such as Azure, AWS and private cloud architectures

Downers Grove, Illinois

233 Wacker Drive, Chicago Ill 60606

Oversees Data Center Operations and workflow, directing efforts for administrative and operations management. Strategically develops and implements the architectural design, strategy, development, deployment, and continuing support across multiple enterprise-level data sets, build-outs, and overall environments. Strategically maintains appropriate and optimal levels of capacity, project delivery, system installation, and real-time monitoring of operational performance. This due diligence effectively enables forecasting of system demands and recommendation of upgrades, expansions, and reconfigurations. Strategically provides direction and support for SAN, fabric, and cloud-based storage initiatives Progressively advanced business visibility across all aspects of system administration, operational support, and problem-resolution, enabling a cross-platform system of integrity-based solutions. Communicates and collaborates effectively with executive leadership, ensuring all operational strategies are executed appropriately based on defined guidelines and directives. Strategically devise a critical data center strategy that drastically increased overall productivity company-wide while simultaneously minimized recovery time objective (RTO)/recovery point objective (RPO) mandates. Managed and maintained a highly complex virtualized VMware environment including all aspects of system architecture, provisioning, configuration, operations & development, replication, and monitoring. Functioned as the Key Liaison & Business Partner/Affliate charged with vendor communication and management efforts, facilitating a smooth communication and collaboration process. Progressively coached, developed, and mentored team members providing technical support and subject matter expertise(SME) to all key stakeholders while consistently achieving key team performance metrics and individual goals.

Direct daily business operations of data center and staff workflow. Develop and execute architectural strategy, design, development, deployment, and ongoing support for multiple enterprise-class data center build-outs, configurations, and environments. Maintain optimal levels of capacity, project delivery, system installation, and real-time monitoring of operational performance to forecast system demands, and recommend upgrades, expansions, and reconfigurations when situations warrant. Provide strategic direction for SAN, fabric, and cloud-based storage initiatives. Advance business vision for system administration, operational support, and problem resolution. Perform deep analysis of potential IT investments and communicate risks and benefits to executive leadership. Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to ensure data center operational strategies are executed per defined guidelines and directives.Key Contributions Devised an active data center strategy that increased overall productivity while minimizing recovery time objective (RTO)/ recovery point objective (RPO) requirements. Designed and installed multiple globally virtualized environments through leverage of best-in-class virtualization solutions and platforms. Formulated and implemented new computer infrastructure with convergence/Hyper convergence technology. Draft project charters and detailed physical layout plans, establish budgets, select general contractors, and define power infrastructure and HVAC requirements. Deployed storage tiering policies and procedures to manage multiple petabyte storage environments. Serve as key business partner with vendors and internal sources to adopt new technologies and methodologies to efficiently translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Coach, develop, and mentor team members to provide technical support and expertise to all key stakeholders while consistently achieving key team performance metrics and individual goals.

Greater Chicago Area

Managed Chicago data center and disaster recovery locations, and implemented new global infrastructure designs. Supported equipment and systems including, but not limited to, servers, software upgrades, business room configurations, and environmentals (A/C, fire suppression). Provided networking, room configuration, and power structure specifications. Held oversight of EMC Clarion SANs, addition of Linux/Windows/Unix clients, creation of domain/raid/storage groups, and perform LUN migration. Designed, installed, and configured Linux and Solaris applications; directed Oracle 9i infrastructure design. Led Level 1/2 helpdesk support team, and ensured appropriate staffing to maintain system continuity. Key Contributions Served as primary infrastructure architect for secured finance project; identified hardware requirements, initiated vendor contacts, and maintained compliance with established timelines and budgets. Developed and installed comprehensive IT security plan to ensure functionality and integrity of systems, networks, and data. Managed E-trading support staff with accountability for resolving escalated issues regarding system infrastructure, operations, and overall performance.  Conducted system security audits, identified and assessed risks and vulnerabilities, and developed and issued contingency plans and disaster recovery procedures. Recipient of several recognition awards for superior performance.