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Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Acted as Windows /VMWare Engineer /Solaris Engineer• Responsible for Administering OS, DNS , GPO’s , Local Security Policies• Monitored and tuned system performance• Performed system administration ,Symantec Endpoint Protection, SMS, Symantec Netbackup, Connectrix• Installed system and application patches and upgrades

Temple Terrace Florida

• Acted as Windows /VMWare Engineer• Responsible for Administering OS, DNS , GPO’s , Local Security Policies• Monitored and tuned system performance• Performed system administration ,Microsoft Exchange , Symantec Endpoint Protection, SMS, Symantec Netbackup• Worked on a rotating basis for weekend and on-call• Installed system and application patches and upgrades• Mainframe Production Services / Monitor Batch Processing• Afaria Client Administration / Afaria Server… Show more • Acted as Windows /VMWare Engineer• Responsible for Administering OS, DNS , GPO’s , Local Security Policies• Monitored and tuned system performance• Performed system administration ,Microsoft Exchange , Symantec Endpoint Protection, SMS, Symantec Netbackup• Worked on a rotating basis for weekend and on-call• Installed system and application patches and upgrades• Mainframe Production Services / Monitor Batch Processing• Afaria Client Administration / Afaria Server Support Show less

System Administrator for Hosted PM/EHR - Windows Server 2008. Responsible for Administering OS, IntergyApplication, Configuring DNS , GPO's , Local Security Policies, Monitor and tune system performanceConfigured and administered WSUS ServerPerform system administration , backups, securityDirect Client Interface to troubleshoot and resolve system issues.Was key member during growth of Administered sites from 140 to over 400 sites Install system and application patches and… Show more System Administrator for Hosted PM/EHR - Windows Server 2008. Responsible for Administering OS, IntergyApplication, Configuring DNS , GPO's , Local Security Policies, Monitor and tune system performanceConfigured and administered WSUS ServerPerform system administration , backups, securityDirect Client Interface to troubleshoot and resolve system issues.Was key member during growth of Administered sites from 140 to over 400 sites Install system and application patches and upgradesMigration Manager for existing in-house based practices to Hosted PM/EHRDocumented role duties / procedures and trained new staff on sameEstablished weekly Metrics report of team activities to keep our manager up to date with team milestones and task updates. Utilized Symantec Ghost to create and update Virtual Server Base system for Software Upgrades Show less

Served as Primary Windows and HP server administrator escalation point. Responsible for handling OS and platform related incidents on over 3000 Windows servers. Led team of 11 in multiple productivity measurables including incident resolution and server deployments.Primary VMWare administration resource. Responsible for handling ESX 3.5, Vsphere, and Virtual Center related incidents on over 2500 virtual servers on 125 hosts.Migrated hundreds of physical server to virtual utilizing the… Show more Served as Primary Windows and HP server administrator escalation point. Responsible for handling OS and platform related incidents on over 3000 Windows servers. Led team of 11 in multiple productivity measurables including incident resolution and server deployments.Primary VMWare administration resource. Responsible for handling ESX 3.5, Vsphere, and Virtual Center related incidents on over 2500 virtual servers on 125 hosts.Migrated hundreds of physical server to virtual utilizing the VMWare Coverter tool. Upgraded both Virtual Center and ESX servers to VSPhere 4. Performed numerous migrations of servers from Tampa data center to new Georgia Data Center utilizing technologies such as Bare Metal Restore, Virtual to Virtual, and Virtual to Physical migrations.Leader on the team in server OS and hardware refresh activities. Negotiated work with application owners and assisted in testing and application reinstall. Coordinated change outages and executing swing activities.In addition to production incidents, managed several operational initiatives simultaneously. Some of these included refreshing Windows 2000 servers to 2003, Deploying file and print servers to field offices, VMware related upgrades and refresh efforts, SAN storage migrations, and Georgia Data Center migrations. Managed all of these and incorporated them into daily support activities to insure nothing was missed.Acted as primary training resource to onboard new onshore and offshore resources. These included insuring new resources were ready to safely handle incidents in the environment. After onboarding, was the primary resource for ongoing offshore resource training and mentoring. Spent 3 years developing offshore skillsets to make them more valuable to the firm.Developed close relationships with hardware vendors to procure / refresh system hardware. Citrix Administration Handled day to day issues and user requests on the environment. Show less

DCO Monitor and Response / 24/7 Support of TDC DatacenterProvide 3rd level monitor support utilizing - HPOV, CIM ,Arcserve and other monitoring tools - troubleshoot and triage system issues and escalate to appropriate support teamsResponsible for daily operations of the media management processes within the Ward Street Data Center. Ensures proper handling and documentation of the media movement and back-ups within the data center. Formulate SOP's to document all changes in… Show more DCO Monitor and Response / 24/7 Support of TDC DatacenterProvide 3rd level monitor support utilizing - HPOV, CIM ,Arcserve and other monitoring tools - troubleshoot and triage system issues and escalate to appropriate support teamsResponsible for daily operations of the media management processes within the Ward Street Data Center. Ensures proper handling and documentation of the media movement and back-ups within the data center. Formulate SOP's to document all changes in procedures and to establish SOP's for new processes and procedures. Update Lotus Notes databases to reflect server moves, additions and removals. Show less

Computer Programming And Analysis

Information Technology

Studied Information Technology, Cisco Networking