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Danbury, CT

• Build secure air gap networks; private systems with no access to other internal systems or internet. Each air gap network requires its own hardware, software, end point protection and disaster recovery solutions that.
• Develop strategies for client/server implementations; architect the infrastructure required to support those strategies.
• Implement 10 gig cores switching utilizing VSS in the data center, VLAN’s, ACL’s, EtherChannel to critical devices and 10 gig uplinks to stacked access switches in IDF closets.
• Configure bare metal devices; IDRAC, iLO, NIC, HBA, RAID, update BIOS and device firmware on Servers, Blade Servers and Chassis Management Controllers, assign to appropriate VLAN and document baselines.
• Implement Storage Area Networks; VNX, Compellent, Equalogic, ISCSI, fiber and Directly Attached.
• Implement VMware vSphere 6x, vCenter appliance with HA, DRS and SSO to manage virtual infrastructure.

Stamford, CT

• Information Systems Security Engineer (Consulting)Provide small and medium size businesses secure remote access, high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Configure Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance with redundant ISP failover (Active, Standby), Cisco AnyConnect VPN with Digital Certificates (SSL) and Windows 2012 Radius Server Authentication
• Physical to virtual migrations; Vmware Converter, vCenter, HA, DRS, P2V, networking and storage arrays
• Install and configure local and cloud based backup solutions; Veritas Backup Exec, IBackup, Veeam backup and replication systems utilizing disk based storage and LTO tapes for offsite disaster recovery options.
• Provide Windows Server Administration, patch management and end point protection systems.

Wallingford, CT

• Ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the health data of over half a million members, as well as all strategic company information. Design and architect security operation’s isolated virtual.
• VMware vSphere 5x, vCenter, Site Recovery Manager, HA, DRS, vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• VNX and 3PAR storage arrays, EMC Recover Point, Avamar, encryption of data in-transit and at-rest.
• Provide technical escalation point for Security Operations personnel maintaining the following systems; SIEM, DLP, Data Access Governance, Content Filtering, Spam, and End Point Protection.
• Primary technical resource for security and change management programs.
• Establish and implement policies, procedures, standards and technologies to enforce and maintain information systems security across the enterprise.

Valhalla, NY

• Project management, incident response, leadership, influence change within IT department; identify short comings, propose new policies and procedures that implement best practices throughout data center.
• Team Lead on several key application and network implementations, successfully meeting project management delivery dates and all identified business goals.
• Kronos time, attendance and scheduling with biometric multi-factor authentication
• Meditech 6.0 Server farm with Bridgehead backup and disaster recovery solution
• Responder 5 Nurse Call and RFID Badge System
• Cisco UC VOIP and Wireless Production/Guest networks

Montvale, NY

• Team Lead for onsite Information Technology Managed Services for Medical Centers, Hospitals, Clinics and Medical Practices throughout the United States. Diagrammed and executed distributed architecture environments.
• Interface with internal, customer, and third-party vendors for configuration, integration and deployment activities while maintaining strict compliance with existing policies, procedures and established standards.
• Troubleshoot complex AD related issues which include logon failures, account lockouts, network connectivity, DNS/WINS name resolution, authentication problems, and FRS/DFS replication issues.
• Redesign and implement a more efficient corporate wide Internet Protocol address scheme for several hundred workstations, servers, printers, firewalls, routers and switches that span a network of over 35 sites.
• Install and configure SQL servers locally and remotely with transactional and data replication, Mirroring, Windows single sign on authentication, maintenance plans, backups and disaster recovery options.
• Implement Web Filtering devices, End Point Protection, Patch Management, Certificate of Authority, SSL Citrix Server Farms, Terminal Services, Microsoft Exchange, and backup systems with LTO tape libraries.

Harrison, NY

• Provide professional Information Technology Managed Services to over 300 Medical Practices throughout the Tri-State Area (NY, NJ, and CT). Design, build and maintain dependable Information Technology Infrastructures.
• Active Directory, Sites and Services, Policy Editor, Exchange, SQL, IIS, Terminal Services, Certificate of Authority, Citrix Server Farms, Electronic Medical Records, Picture Archive Computing Systems (PACS), API.
• Domain Migration; Deploy company-wide rollout of Windows XP Professional to over 200 workstations utilizing BIOS upgrade disks, Symantec Ghost and Microsoft Sysprep.
• Secure and maintain firewalls, routers, switches and VPN using various authentication methods, routing protocols, access control lists, encryption, tunneling and data integrity algorithms.