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Datacenter Infrastructure Management Engineer – Datacenter ManagementDatacenter Infrastructure Management Engineer. In this role, I focused on improvement datacenter infrastructure standards, management tools and processes.Solution Architect – OperationsDue to a reorganization, I was reallocated to the Operations team in a solutions architect capacity. I worked on projects to improve documentation, processes and stability of the of the platform • Delivered improved vCloud Air management cluster standardso Performed a discovery of all existing PODs Documented the capacity and failure domain deficiencies of the existing design Analyzed the findings and provided recommendations to the Infrastructure, Operations and Datacenter management teamso Generated new standards and build to documentationo Provided PMO and Implementations team with technical oversight for POD deployment leveraging the updated specifications• Owner of the POD blueprintso In coordination with datacenter operations, maintained as built and template documents for all PODsSenior Engineer- DevOpsDue to another reorganization in the management structure, I was asked to join the DevOps team as a senior member of DevOps engineering. Our new team was responsible for working closely with the development teams on the delivery of new services and management of the development labs and integrations environments.

Architect managed services, dedicated private cloud and hybrid cloud solutions to meet existing and potential strategic, FED and SLED customer requirements. Communicate with all levels of operations and business management to identify solution requirements. Engaged with operations and product management to identify gaps in our current portfolio and recommend solutions to align with current industry trends. Develop relationships with vendors to stay abreast of current technology roadmaps and emerging technologies.Technologies:• Cisco Nexus, Cisco UCS, Cisco ASA, HP, 3PAR, Sourcefire, EMC, NetApp, SafeNet, Solidfire, VMware, Citrix NetScaler, F5Achievements• Boosted productivity by streamlining the process of quoting dedicated private clouds.• Enabled the sale of the private cloud in combination with the virtual disaster recovery product • Served as the primary solutions architect on all custom dedicated private and hybrid cloud solutions.

Managed the systems engineering team as Lead Systems Engineer for a mid-sized environment of Windows physical and virtual servers. Leveraged Quest and Script Logic tools to manage and monitor Active Directory. Played a key role as lead engineer on multiple enterprise projects, including Nagios, VMware, Citrix XenApp, NetScaler, SAS, Tidal, Globalscape EFT, and SharePoint. Served as primary engineer for the annual off-site disaster recovery test at SunGard. Launched NetScaler application delivery controllers to provide highly available/load-balanced web services.Achievements• Increased efficiency by developing and documenting processes and procedures for the systems team, such as the server hardware lifecycle, VMware host deployment standards, VMware host patch testing and deployment, virtual machine template creation process, and virtual machine deployment.• Spearheaded process improvements resulting in peer review sessions, change management, centralized encrypted password management, and documentation.• Completed multiple successful designs/redesigns:o Citrix infrastructure utilizing XenApp, application streaming, EdgeSight monitoring, and password manager.o MS SQL Enterprise cluster with a migration of all SharePoint, Citrix, and VMware databases instances to the platform.o VMware environment using HP C7000 Blade enclosures to increase failover capacity and resource utilization and reduce the physical footprint.• Served instrumentally in improving storage utilized by the VMware environment and replacing all Windows files servers in the Dallas datacenter by recommending and aiding the storage team with the implementation of NetApp filers.