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Palo Alto, California, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

New York, Ny, Us

- Hired, managed, and metored a team of 12 DevOps, Software, and Systems engineers focused on cloud networking, devops, security, and systems architecture- Provided governance, security, and architectural models for customers migrating existing workloads to public and hybrid cloud including automation of greenfield applications and identification of effective tooling to support assessment and migration intent- Walked large publishing customer through multiple cost-optimization exercises resulting in 30% YoY cost savings including audit of Cloud operating model to align with customer financial and operational objectives- Implemented hybrid cross-cloud connectivity for pharmaceutical research company including creation of reference architectures to support operational requirements, SDLC pipelines to support and extend use, and associated reports on security posture- Provided supervisory guidance for deployment and management of remote learning workloads during pandemic closures to support remote learning capabilities for school district supporting over 100k students- Performed multiple Migration Readiness Assessments and Migration Readiness Planning exercises for large public and private entities encompassing workloads ranging from mainframe through hybrid cloud with multiple migration targets- Provided architectural guidance, oversight, and implementation for migration and consolidation of infrastructure across public cloud providers, cloud provider accounts, and managed VMWare infrastructures to support customer business goals

Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

- Guided team in migration of existing infrastructure towards DevOps enabled infrastructure in AWS- Enabled autoscaling for Web Fleet based on Windows Server and IIS- Enabled autoscaling, distributed logging, and automated tagging/naming for multiple CentOS fleets providing application services- Enabled automated cost governance and cost-recovery for non-production workloads

Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

- Provided guidance for systems architecture of migration of Oracle EBS workloads from legacy AIX into Amazon AWS using Red Hat Linux for an Industrial Products Manufacturer- Designed architecture for new revenue generating application in Azure and AWS to provide availability and reliability beyond base platform SLA for a Global Fortune 100 Restaurant chain including architectural refactoring to take advantage of native cloud capabilities- Performed TCO modeling for go-forward hybrid and public cloud migration and infrastructure consolidation strategy for Fortune 100 Materials Manufacturer including refactoring and consolidation of global ERP systems - Architected systems infrastructure for RedShift based analytics platform system to replace workloads previously using a legacy system based on VMWare, Informatica, and GreenPlum for a global Pharmaceuticals company- Guided multiple customers through the stages of migration to dataceneters, across datacenters, and towards hybrid cloud

Seattle, Washington, Us

- Provided guidance in developing dev ops practices for a large global hedge fund with existing secure release management practices and performed code auditing for C#, VB, and JAVA for gaps, dependencies, and security issues- Facilitated discussions for a top performing global hedge fund on upgrading from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 and RHEL including formulation of preliminary migration plan and downstream impact of migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 and interconnected system dependencies- Provided strategic and architectural guidance for an upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 from Windows Server 2003 for a large insurance company with thousands of physical and virtual servers including numerous applications utilizing incompatible technologies requiring remediation resulting in creation of a migration "cheat sheet" of evaluation and refactoring criteria processed through a Powershell report against deployed systems referenced against inventory in BMC Remedy- Reverse engineered and documented a deployment of Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 to troubleshoot a connectivity issue affecting a significant number of users in several countries in a recently centralized data center environment

New York, Ny, Us

* Re-designing and implementing disaster recovery plan to be application service oriented with proposed RPO/RTO on a per-application basis* Re-implemented Exchange 2007 based mail system and other network application services while minimizing perceived downtime to users during transition* Designed and implemented redundant Exchange 2010 migration with little to no perceived downtime to users both on and off the domain with heterogeneous connectivity and client configurations* Assisted in the re-design of current datacenter and infrastructure with focus on hardware consolidation, geographic service distribution, and utilization of IaaS/PaaS* Initiated and created documentation for procedures on server maintenance, client maintenance, user data retention, data backup and data restoration* Managed private cloud based on vSphere 5 with resource and capacity monitoring* Migrated workloads from aged 14TB EMC SAN to 32TB iSCSI SAN with minimal downtime experienced by the business

New York, Ny, Us

* Implemented monitoring system for VMWare environment capturing data from both managed and unmanaged bare-metal hosts.* Reduced attack surface area for globally accessible applications not requiring VPN login as well as initiating VPN login restrictions and changes to Application and Security gateways* Designed and implemented Citrix XenApp 5 application delivery environment providing several levels of application and service redundancy to over 3000 users globally* Virtualized and consolidated legacy physical and virtual systems to provide better resource utilization and reduce management and licensing overhead* Migrated branch office servers to a more flexible model of virtualized systems and management tools while making changes transparent to users* Managed Enterprise deployment of Sophos Endpoint Security of over 5000 nodes both managed and unmanaged* Administered and maintained Active Directory, Exchange mailboxes and Group Policy using both Microsoft tools and Windows Powershell creating both management and reporting tools for the organization* Designed standardized Windows deployment images for desktop and mobile systems with complete documentation on build and implementation* Provided desktop support to Mac OS users and level III support to Windows users both onsite and remote* Mentored service desk staff in troubleshooting methods, conflict resolution, and additional software tools available to them within their permission set* Performed day-to-day administration and maintenance on over 100 physical and virtual servers

* Designed and implemented web-based distributed labor tracking system for printing and feasibility testing of client projects, replacing cumbersome handwritten process* Restored, repaired, and enhanced functionality of network servers running Windows Server 2003 and various forms of Linux* Migrated network services and user information from aging Novell domain to Windows 2003 mixed-mode Active Directory Domain Structure* Consolidated active directory domains across organization from four disparate Windows 2000, 2003, and Novell domains to a single multi-site Windows 2003 domain for ease of management and application deployment with seamless experience for users* Designed basic security structure for LAN and standardized user environment for ease of support using group policy for Windows based domain users* Provided desktop support for Windows and Mac users, including visitors, executives, and on-site staff* Created organization and site-specific logon scripts to simplify system management* Performed analysis of user problem ticket activity and proposed recommendations aimed at helping to increase user knowledge and understanding and/or their ability to help resolve problems themselves

B.S., Psychology, Computer Science

Psychology, Computer Science

Computer Science

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