Systems Administrator
CurrentExperienced systems administrator with expertise in the key areas of IT infrastructure, including MS Windows W2K8, W2K12 server and VMware environment - servers and View Desktops - Nimble storage integration, replication and support, VMware SRM and Disaster Recovery. Supporting of EMC Data Domain storage and backups with EMC Networker.Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills, experienced in implementation of complex solutions for the needs of company and rapidly changing… Show more Experienced systems administrator with expertise in the key areas of IT infrastructure, including MS Windows W2K8, W2K12 server and VMware environment - servers and View Desktops - Nimble storage integration, replication and support, VMware SRM and Disaster Recovery. Supporting of EMC Data Domain storage and backups with EMC Networker.Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills, experienced in implementation of complex solutions for the needs of company and rapidly changing environment, meeting expectations within project needs and budget.Proactively managing 99% virtualized server and user desktop environment of more than 60 servers and 150 virtual desktops, ensuring systems stability and minimizing downtime. As a member of IT team, actively participated in many successful projects and provided significant cost savings for the company, disaster recovery and enabled flexibility and remote access for the users:- Converting physical server infrastructure to a virtual, based on VMware ESXi, Dell PowerEdge hosts and Equallogic storage. Helped with transition to Cisco UCS hosts and Nimble SAN later on.- Took the lead in implementation of VMware Horizon View desktop and transition of all users from physical to virtual desktops, allowing all users to have access to their virtual desktops remotely.- Performed various tasks during Disaster Recovery project and Data Center migration to a DR site. Performed complete data volumes/datastores transition from Dell to Nimble SAN, backups and replication setup. Installed and configured Cisco UCS servers. Implemented VMware Site Recovery Manager based on Nimble storage replication.- Managing of company's antivirus protection using Symantec Endpoint protection.- Implemented EMC Data Domain backups and replication system with EMC Networker.- Deployed and tested touch screen systems for remote crude oil terminal sites. - Took the lead in a recent upgrade of Windows Domain infrastructure from 2008 to 2012. Show less
