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Wqshington, Dc

Herndon, Va

• Designed and administer VMware vCenter 6.5 (upgraded from 5.5) with 30 ESX hosts across 2 vCenter servers, 3 datacenters and 11 clusters utilizing predictive HA, DRS and sDRS• Designed and administer backup of 400+ servers including Windows, RHEL/OEL, AIX, CentOS, Ubuntu, SQL, Informix, Oracle, MongoDB, MySQL and Exchange using combination of Spectrum Protect and Veeam• Designed and maintain multi-technology solutions for Business Continuity (BCP)/Disaster Recovery (DR) using Spectrum Protect, VMware SRM, DFS and SAN replication providing sub-24 hour RPO and RTO• Designed and administer internal Public Key Infrastructure for internal certificate management using Microsoft Certificate Authority services and external using combination of Thawte, Symantec, DigiCert and GlobalSign• Manage secure PDF signing certificate storage using SafeNet HSM SA4s and SA5s using LunaSA software• Provide administrative support for Adobe LiveCycle ES3/AEM for Digitally Signature and Rights Management• Capture operational metrics for executive management reflecting backup, server and SAN statistics• Designed and administer secure NFS/SMB shares which provide secure shares for Linux and Windows servers• Implemented 9 node Infoblox HA GRID for DNS, DHCP, IPAM and reporting data• Work closely with Security on plans to address Vulnerability Remediation requirements for PCI compliance• Integral in providing school, customer and government auditors data to insure institutional compliance• Administer Sophos Enterprise Console for server anti-virus software on Linux and Windows servers• Trusted with full Legal discovery process in litigation cases• Manage projects for both Business and Infrastructure driven implementations

Winchester, Va

• Responsible for all company IT needs including management of AD accounts, mailboxes, requisition and configuration of hardware and configuring secure network access at primary location and 8 satellite offices• Built and maintained two SQL databases for tracking patient intake/outtake records and billing• Travelled to satellite offices for regular preventative maintenance, emergency repairs and general IT needs• Maintained corporate website and monitored internet traffic, including the production of promotional videos

Reston, Va

• Responsible for all company IT needs including AD accounts, Exchange mailboxes, internally hosted Blackberry server configuration, requisition and configuration of hardware, secure network access, VOIP mailbox and extension configuration using Trixbox• Monitored daily operations of datacenter running a mix of Windows and Linux• Developed SQL asset management database for software license compliance and for hardware monitoring• Scheduled nightly backups of all essential systems and coordinated maintenance windows for patching• Installed, configured and secured several outward facing servers for a customer accessible web portal, marketing videos, VPN access for employees and OWA/IMAP access• Provided 24/7 IT support for full staff consisting of east coast (Mpower Media, LLC) and west coast (Mpower Pictures, LLC) offices, partners and board members• Designed four anticipated regional datacenters for national distribution of customer multimedia files, customer account access and video metadata• *Continued providing part-time consultation through March, 2009 following announcement of company closure in December, 2008

Sterling, Va

Handled Sarbanes-Oxley compliant termination process. Assisted with relocation of all datacenter assets in Sterling, VA to datacenter in Denver, CO.

Sterling, Va

Created and documented full hiring and termination processes and developed application to insure processes were efficiently and accurately followed. Provided Remedy Administrator support and assisted in development of processes to insure SLAs were met.

Sterling, Va

Performed onsite repairs of laptop and desktops and coordinated with vendors for warranty repairs. Provided Tier 2 escalation support for Help Desk.