Michael Farace Email & Phone Number

Ukraine

Khmelnytskyii, Khmelnytskyi Region, Ukraine

Ukraine

I’m the Windows Team Manager for the Site Reliability Engineering group at Pythian, providing 24/7 support to our customers. Pythian is an established consulting company, started in 1997, with over 300 employees in approximately 30 countries, and growing.My team specializes on our customers' Windows support needs, with consultants currently based in 4.

San Mateo, CA

* Responsible for Datacenter and IT Architecture, Infrastructure implementation and support*Network Security, Security Policies and PCI Compliance* Vendor Management, including contract and pricing negotiations* 99.997% uptime on Datacenter availability* Dual, fully redundant and functional Datacenters* Currently Managing a team of 7 for Datacenter and IT.

Responsible for Datacenter and Corporate Infrastructure systems, which includes: * Datacenter architecture, implementation and support, including VMware virtualization with ESX* Vendor Management (selection, procurement, contract negotiations)* Corporate infrastructure design and support* other responsibilities TBD

Was the outsourced IT Architect, IT Manager and Network Engineer at Hytrust for over 3 years. I helped Hytrust grow from 6 people to over 35. I designed the initial Corp IT architecture, setup the physical and virtual servers, and performed all system maintenance and administration of the Corp network. I also setup redundant internet links, performed email.

Supporting the live site, including the following responsibilities:* Datacenter design, layout, and migrations* Vendor management and escalations, Contract negotiations* Procurement and Inventory management* Live site support on Windows and Linux (DotNet,Tomcat, Java)* Macbook / VMware escalation support for developers. * Maintain and support Confluence.

Working in the Infrastructure Engineering group (aka Dev Ops), I provide a wide range of multi-platform support. Current responsibilities include: Developer Support, Release Engineering, Product and Network architecture review and design, and multi-platform support for Dev, QA and stage environments.

Systems Engineer for Hotmail Operations, and Windows Live Alerts, and for four months, Acting Lead of my team. Worked closely with Development and QA teams to support all aspects of the software release and deployment cycles: Spec reviews, Deployment Docs, Release Engineering (for Alerts), Software Deployment and Test, bug reporting, etc.Supported windows.

Designed and installed Firewall and VPN infrastructure for BackBlaze's online backup service, consulted on Data Center architecture, development system setup and troubleshooting, and provided on call support for system administration issues.

* Responsible for Datacenter Support, Corporate LAN, and Internet Security, and assist with some Facilities issues.* Design and maintain multiplatform network (Windows, Linux, Solaris)Skills used on a daily basis:* Unix support (RedHat 7.3 - Ent 3, and Solaris 7-9)* Web support (apache, tomcat, IIS)* Network Monitoring (nagios, cacti)* Email support.

I manage and support the following in my environment: I work at a small software development company providing Supply Chain management softwarre to large contract manufactures and OEMS'.I provide support for the following:Firewall and Internet Security, Windows 2000 servers and desktops, Network design, Colocation hosting, VPN support, and anything with a.

Senior Network Engineer, also providing PreSales Engineering support for professional services vendor. Worked on Network Architecture, Security, and various network integration projects involving Windows and Solaris intergration and adminsitration, and Internet Security (Firewalls, VPNs, etc).

Sr. Network Engineer, responsible for all Unix based Firewall installs, in addition to working on large Novell network installations (multi-city, up to 1,000 people), and being lead on Solaris and HPUX projects, in addition to Windows network support.