Sr. Systems Administrator
Windows Server 2002-2016 administration and technical expert in Windows file services and authentication services, including server and active directory security and group policy management.Configured and managed DFS namespace and DFSR for entire organization worldwide, including replication to a dedicated disaster recovery center and replication to multiple locations.With our organization split in Summer 2017, I utilized DFS replication to split/migrate data from 300+ servers to new servers and datacenters .Hardware and software configurations in HP, Dell, and VMware Servers, utilizing SAN, NAS, and local storage.Maintained master server list of all file services servers in all domains, along with admin passwords, HP iLO ids/passwords, hardware/OS versions, & disk space.Setup alerts for disk space, CPU utilization and server unavailability utilizing Patrol, IBM BigFix, tools written in-house, and/or local windows server reporting which alerted help desk or emailed alerts to our group mailbox.Setup Varonis infrastructure to enable file scanning and generate reports to identify data owners to assist with data split on 200+ servers when company split in 2017.Setup and managed directory and user space quotas on file services servers.Troubleshoot Windows server access issues, slowness, replications issues, ransomware, etc. Work with vendors (Varonis, IBM, Microsoft, Novell)Project leader/member of Novell NetWare migrations to Windows Servers.Decommissioned all Novell NetWare Servers and cleaned up/removed all eDirectory objects.Project leader/member of AON/Alight data split.Project leader/member of UK migration of 100+ servers to a 3rd party hosted data center.SuSE Linux 10.x administration and technical expert, OES2 services.Zenworks Linux Management 7.xNetWare 3 - 6.5 Zenworks for Servers 3.0.2-7.0 Zenworks for Desktops 4.01-7.0