Michael Burrows Email & Phone Number

Vienna, Virginia, US

• Support the day to day administration of the DOE F5 environments located at Germantown, MD and Albuquerque, NM.
• Participate with the NETOPS Team expanding and managing the Cisco based DOE network.Career Accomplishments:
• Design and implement a new GTM environment to support their Energy Global Directory Services at multiple sites.
• Plan and implement the migration of 1000 VIP’s from 6400’s running 10.2.4 to new 7200’s running 11.6.0.
• Clean-up and upgrade the Albuquerque environment from 10.0 to 11.6.0.

Norwalk, Connecticut, US

• Diligent design and management of the F5 BigIP Global Traffic Manager (GTM) environments and Local Traffic Manager (LTM) environments at various datacenters to provide load balanced application delivery
• Work closely with multiple teams in designing and implementing network infrastructure and configuration details to optimize application delivery.
• Maintain oversight of Marriott’s core networks currently running on a combination on Catalyst and Nexus switches; as well as to other networks such as backup, console, and out-of-band networks
• Exemplary support to the core infrastructure at the Frederick, MD (MCNC) and the Iron Mountain (RDC) datacenters; wireless infrastructure at the MCNC and RDC; and the laboratories at the MCNC and in Rockville

Bethesda, MD, US

• Skillful design and management of the F5 BigIP Global Traffic Manager (GTM) environments along with the F5 BigIP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) environments at various datacenters to provide load balanced application.
• Close collaboration with several teams in designing the network infrastructure and completing F5 configuration details, as well as in developing and maintaining environments
• Keen oversight to Marriott’s core networks currently running on a combination on Catalyst and Nexus switches; as well as to other networks such as backup, console, and out-of-band networks
• Exemplary support to the core infrastructure at the Frederick, MD (MCNC) and the Iron Mountain (RDC) datacenters; wireless infrastructure at the MCNC and RDC; and the laboratories at the MCNC and in Rockville
• Significant contribution to the ongoing upgrade to eleven F5 LTM pairs to new hardware by evaluating current environments, recommending three solutions to management, and collapsing several environments onto single.
• Proactive involvement in the design and development of the new Cisco Nexus environment which provided the company with 10 GB capability at the server, resulting in the availability of all networks in every rack and.

Bethesda, MD, US

• Delivery of outstanding hardware and software assistance for 250, Windows CP, Windows 2000, NT4.0, and Win98 users on a Windows 2000 Active Directory network
• Expert supervision to all the computer and user accounts
• Demonstration of creativity in designing images for PCs and re-imaging machines as necessary
• Full responsibility in migrating from Token Ring to an Ethernet network
• Excellent assistance in the upgrade and migration of the Ethernet wiring closet
• Facilitation of the migration process of Novel 4.11 to NT4.0 then to Active Directory

• Execution of comprehensive inspection and replacement of hardware to ensure Y2K compliance
• Configuration of new hardware while wiping and loading PCs and laptop through the use of Norton’s Ghost software
• Removal and installation of software for Y2K compliance
• Completion of the backup of individual databases, map network drives, and printers
• Revision of login scripts and registry parameters
• Display of skills and expertise in delivering desktop support for users in a large, fast-paced Win 95/Netware 4.11 environment

Washington, D.C., US