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Westminster, Maryland

- Led the day-to-day operations of the IT Infrastructure Team responsible for network, domain and server administration.- Ensured the availability and operational integrity of the network, servers and telecommunications services.- Served as the primary data and information security professional for the college.- Led campus wide system installation projects such as the wireless network, VoIP and network admission control.- Responsible for capital recommendations, cost estimates, managing budget and purchases of core infrastructure equipment.- Collaborated with the CIO to define the mission of the Infrastructure team within the Information Technology department.- Led and took active roles in enterprise scale projects requiring coordination of contractors and in-house personnel.- Led the team that migrated a collection of individual servers to a VMWare cluster to provide power savings, resiliency and the flexibility to configure additional servers on demand.- Led the team that developed the retention policy and backup procedures for the servers in the datacenter.- Co-authored the college’s Information Security Policy setting standards and policy.- Led the team that provides server configuration and administration support to the enterprise applications team.

Westminster, Md

- Provided system administration for network servers.- Administered security tools such as Snort IDS/IPS, Nessus and nmap to identify and mitigate risks.- Forged solid relationships with trustworthy IT and telecommunications vendors for services and equipment.- Partnered with contractors and in-house personnel to install, test and terminate network infrastructure cabling including TIA/EIA-568 copper and single and multimode fiber optic cabling.- Installed, configured and maintained network switches, routers and wireless access points from a variety of manufacturers including Cisco, HP and Dell.- Monitored datacenter environmental systems providing power, temperature and humidity control.- Regularly solved infrastructure problems using troubleshooting tactics and tools including Wireshark, spectrum analyzers, MRTG and other system specific diagnostics.- Installed, configured and maintained network management systems including Cisco firewalls, DHCP and DNS servers, RADIUS systems, network admission control and network traffic management.- Collaborated with the desktop support team to develop standard network configurations for end user computing and printing equipment.- Assisted in planning process for classroom technology installation to assure required network resource provision. - Initiated network communications closet standards to include power backup and equipment configuration templates and initiated the process of migrating the existing closets to comply with those standards.

Frederick, Maryland

- Installed, configured and maintained server systems.- Provided user support for server applications and desktops.- Administered Oracle databases for the the Admissions and Adult Learning Services departments.- Participated in design, installation and maintenance of the campus wide fiber optic ethernet.- Maintained DNS, email services and gateways.- Maintained the configuration of Cisco routing and bridging systems.

Master Of Science (Ms), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science And Philosophy