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Louisville, Us

- Manage Virtualization Infrastructure of Computershare USA within three main N.A. Datacenters as well as multiple other remote sites internationally – This comprises over 10,000 VM’s running on ESXi and Nutanix AHV Hypervisors- Experience implementing, managing, and maintaining 400+ Nutanix HCI hosts including experience with AOS, AHV, Patching, and Nutanix Files Notable Projects:- Part of a large project team tasked with with the design and migration of a large portion our workloads of over 8000 VM’s from ESXi to Nutanix AHV- Managed a large project to remediate aging HW Infrastructure from over 20 of our remote sites and datacenters. This consisted feasibility studies, networking requirements, budgeting, parts sourcing, scheduling, etc.

Paris, France, Fr

*Transitioned to Capgemini as part of CSL Behring's outsourcing - MSP transition 2021 and was rebadged to Capgemini. Work and responsibilities unchangedDesign, Install, and Manage the following ESXi based deployments:- Global 550+ host Cisco UCS Blade environment consisting of 8000+ VMware VM's in a HA configuration- Over 150 nodes of Dell VXrail HCI consisting of 6000+ Virtual Desktops used by over 250 remote locations spanning the US, EU, AUS, and other locations abroad- Utilize vRops, SRM, Replication, VRNI, VRLI, and multiple other vSphere suite tools to optimize and manage our environments located in the US, EU, AUS, and other locations abroadManage and maintain datacenter infrastructure including CRAC units, Schneider Inrow Cooling, Rack PDU's, CAT Generators, Collaborate with a global Backup/Storage/Virtualization team to ensure operational uptime of business critical systems.Notable Projects:- Live side-by-side upgrade/migration of production 40 host ESXi 5.5 to 6.7 environment with zero downtime- Implementation and management of multiple 10-20 node VXrail HCI Clusters- Assisted in successful design, construction, and commissioning of on-site secondary/Active-Active datacenter for failover and load splitting purposes

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Design, Install, and Manage the following ESXi based deployments:- Global 550+ host Cisco UCS Blade environment consisting of 8000+ VMware VM's in a HA configuration- Over 150 nodes of Dell VXrail HCI consisting of 6000+ Virtual Desktops used by over 250 remote locations spanning the US, EU, AUS, and other locations abroad- Utilize vRops, SRM, Replication, VRNI, VRLI, and multiple other vSphere suite tools to optimize and manage our environments located in the US, EU, AUS, and other locations abroadManage and maintain datacenter infrastructure including CRAC units, Schneider Inrow Cooling, Rack PDU's, CAT Generators, Collaborate with a global Backup/Storage/Virtualization team to ensure operational uptime of business critical systems.Notable Projects:- Live side-by-side upgrade/migration of production 40 host ESXi 5.5 to 6.7 environment with zero downtime- Implementation and management of multiple 10-20 node VXrail HCI Clusters- Assisted in successful design, construction, and commissioning of on-site secondary/Active-Active datacenter for failover and load splitting purposes

Kankakee, Il, Us

System Administrator over VMware Virtual Environment and HP Blade ServersDescription: Directly manage a VMware environment of over 900 VM's and 70 HPE ESXi Blade Hosts. This includes a deployment of VMware Horizon View (VDI) which constitutes over 200 desktops and Wyse Zero Clients managed via Teradici Device Manager.Including: VMware vSphere 5.5/6.5, Virtual Desktop/VDI (VMware Horizon View), ESXi Hosts, HP Blades and Blade Chassis, Wyse Zero Clients, Teradici Device Manager, Cohesity

Kankakee, Il, Us

End User Support. Including hardware/software/printer troubleshooting and repair, PC imaging and deployment, user account services, timely ticket resolution, IT Project Coordination in various roles.Utilize VMWare client and server, Windows Server 2003, Active Directory, Cisco IP Phones, Canon and HP printers, Miscrosoft SCCM, McKesson Application Suite, McAfee Antivirus, Wyse Virtual Devices, Imprivata SSO, Jaco Carts, Laptop troubleshooting and repair. Utilized Footprints Ticketing System to effectively service end-user needs

Bachelors, Computer Science

Associates, Computer Information Systems