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Texas, United States

Gatineau, Québec, CA

Coppell, Texas, US

• Hands-On/Functional Roles: Lead Systems Architect & EngineerLED DEVOPS / OPENSHIFT TEAMS RESPONSIBLE FOR:
• Manage/administer Jenkins and Bamboo servers and CI/CD pipelines
• Create Dockerfiles/Containerfiles for microservices
• Scripting (Ansible/bash/Python)
• Monitoring and alerting to Slack channels (via Ansible/Python scripts) for OpenShift and Microservices health checks
• Manage/administering Bitbucket git repository, Quay container image registry, OpenShift ConfigMaps and Secrets, OpenShift LDAP integration, OpenShift roles utilizing RBAC

Coppell, Texas, US

Irving, TX, US

• TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP | IT OPERATIONS | SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT & ANALYSIS APPLICATION AND DATABASE SUPPORT
• Achieved career progression through leadership positions during tenure, earning continuous promotion based on exceptional performance in all assigned roles, while managing cross-divisional teams to conduct efficient.
• Entrusted to develop a 3-year IT plan across 65 field offices, implementing VPN to HQ from all 65 MADD Office locations, consolidate/aggregate internet providers, and standardize VoIP phone system across organization.
• Promote an emphasis on high-priority information technology initiatives with new governance standards and technology prioritization, improving reliability, security, and redundancy with maximum uptime of information.
• Administer and streamline IT operations, along with managing IT budget, purchasing, risk management, and project management
• Strategically plan and build management consensus for migrating physical infrastructure to Azure cloud environment, thus enhancing business functionality and reducing operating costs

Irving, TX, US

• Hands-On/Functional Roles: Lead Systems Architect & EngineerSYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT & ANALYSIS | IT OPERATIONS | APPLICATION & DATABASE SUPPORT
• Strategically planned and implemented the cloud-based practice, while authoring processes and methodologies to enable delivery of IT and business alignment, information architecture, and data governance
• Advocated and promoted data management best practices, while developing robust applications, and measuring system performance, coupled with centralizing & digitizing programs and migrating legacy systems to SalesForce
• Supervised upgrades/maintenance of SQL servers, enterprise infrastructure migration to Cloud; successfully centralized and migrated servers to Hyper-V virtualization/Dell Equallogic SANs
• Architect, engineer and administration of CentOS/RHEL Linux servers, Windows servers, Azure cloud services, VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, SANs, Veeam, Manage Engine (Service Desk, patching, systems/network monitoring.
• Website / server expertise (IIS / Apache / Wordpress / HTML / CSS) including installation, administration, configuration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, capacity planning, monitoring, and security.

Irving, TX, US

• Hands-On/Functional Roles: Lead Systems & Network EngineerIT INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING | TECHNOLOGY MIGRATION & UPGRADES HIRING & TRAINING | IT OPERATIONS | IT SERVICE DESK
• Progressed and promoted to an IT Manager role, conducting efficient IT operations and driving IT projects & initiatives, while managing technology migration, upgrades, and deployments
• Provided leadership and mentorship to a technical team, while simultaneously strengthening IT departmental capabilities, refining IT operations, and overseeing IT infrastructure planning and implementation
• Addressed organization's information technology needs, developed robust processes, and enforced IT governance and standards, while reducing IT costs and maximizing available resources
• Supervised all IT operations, shouldered networking and server management duties, and functioned as the central repository for technical advice & solutions regarding network systems, hardware, and software.
• Showcased leadership and management abilities through managing an IT budget, planning technology equipment upgrades and replacements, and hiring and training IT staff

Irving, TX, US

• SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION | NETWORK ADMINISTRATION | NETWORK SECURITY BUSINESS CONTINUITY | DISASTER RECOVERY
• Ensured business continuity through management of high-profile, complex networks and business systems
• Researched, evaluated, and implemented network and systems standards following industry best practices
• Defined and followed discreet procedures and protocols to ensure network and systems integrity & compliance, while monitoring network and systems utilization, user functions, and performance metrics
• Project managed successful implementation of a self-help password reset site for employees, slashing service desk tickets by 10%, and improving resolution timelines
• Credited with completing nation-wide inventory of all MADD computers for the first time in company history – Created Windows Active Directory group policies, email / user accounts, user security groups and assignments

• SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION | NETWORK & SYSTEMS SECURITY BUSINESS CONTINUITY | DISASTER RECOVERY | HIRING & TRAINING
• Coached, guided, and mentored IT staff in administering organizational systems, and trained end users on computer hardware / software - Assisted with systems planning and upgrades for IT equipments and software
• Authored Windows Active Directory group policies, Windows Servers, SQL Servers, email / user accounts, user security groups and assignments
• Employed strategic procurement practices to purchase equipment at the best value on behalf of the school district
• Identified, troubleshot, and resolved network issues such as DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, wireless network, switch, printer issues – Operated as the Tier 3 escalation for advanced Service Desk tickets
• Administered complex networks & systems and resolved problems relating to the operation of the system/network by developing solutions to ensure the smooth system operations

West Hartford, US

• Managed Windows Active Directory / Novell network access responsibilities
• Installed, repaired, troubleshot, and provided maintenance for all site networked computers, printers, installed software, and phones
• Developed, updated, and maintained the run book and associated documentation
• Actively managed site server backups and offsite backup rotations
• Provided remote and in-person support and training for users on hardware and software
• Identified, troubleshot, and resolved network issues such as DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, wireless network, switch, and printer issues