Software Engineer at Oracle Cerner Corporation working for CernerWorks Automation Team. Responsibilities include maintaining/upgrade powershell scripts, programs, Chef Automation Pieces (Cookbooks, add-ons), Jenkins Pipelines, and Ansible. All work is scheduled using the Agile Methodology.

Software Engineer at Cerner Corporation working for CernerWorks Automation Team. Responsibilities include maintaining/upgrade powershell scripts, programs, Chef Automation Pieces (Cookbooks, add-ons), Jenkins Pipelines, and Ansible. All work is scheduled using the Agile Methodology.

Systems Engineer for Children’s Mercy Hospital, major responsibilities include managing storage architecture, linux systems, and Automation of many system processes including SFTP Jobs, Server Deployments, product deployments, and data movement.

Systems Engineer for North Kansas City Hospital. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining the core system infrastructure services for North Kansas City Hospital. Platforms currently managed include EMC Storage infrastructure including 2 VNX 5600's w/ File and Block Mgmt, Isilon, Unity, XtremIO, along with our HyperConverged Infrastructure running on VxRACK Flex. Other responsibilities include maintaining Avamar Backup System, VMware VSphere/VDI Infrastructure, Exchange 2016, and other hospital systems. Also responsible for systems monitoring and alerting, as well as automation, and orchestration of systems using python, saltstack and other open source tools.Outside of Systems Engineering/Administration, also responsible for cost planning for 3 to 5 years the various environments we are asked to deploy/upgrade. In addition, to these tasks, also mentoring, and training three System Administrators/System Engineers.Accomplishments:* San Migration Clariion NS480/CX-240 to VNX 5600* NAS Migration - Celerra/Atmos/Centerra to Isilon* Migration from Traditional 3-Tier Architecture to HyperConverged Infrastructure.* Automated parts of the build environment to save time on server deployment and ensure various features are implemented/installed - Anti-Virus, Monitoring, Inventory.* Implemented and Rolled out Patch Management Solution/Procedures to the Hospital.* Application Virtualization Migration from Citrix Xenapp to VMware Horizon View w/ RDSH* Implemented Documentation repository and Standards for Documentation for infrastructure team.* Backup Migration from Commvault to Avamar (RAIN Array), and from Avamar (RAIN Array) to Avamar Data Domain* Migrated Long Term Storage from Tape Library's to Cloud Storage

Linux System Engineer for Staples Promotional Products. Responsibilities include maintenance and deployment of 120 Red Hat/Cent OS servers, Storage Systems including EMC Clariion, VNX Series, and Promise E-Class SAN's, Cisco Fibre Channel Switches, VMware ESX/ESXi Environments.Accomplishments* Deployment of new Puppet Management system to automate system management.* Deployed 4 new proxy servers 3 - Transparent, 1 Standard.* Rebuild DNS System* Working on bringing the systems into PCI Compliance.* Upgraded/Overhauled ESX 3.5 system, bringing it up to ESXi 5.0 U1, improved performance of VMware Systems, added V-Motion, DRS, and HA Capabilities to Environment. Massively improving stability of the virtual environment.* Active-Directory Replication into HP Openview Ticketing System* Storage Migration - From Xiotech Magnitude 3D to EMC Clariion CX4-120* Deployment of New VNX-5500* Virtualization of the Overland Park DataCenter* Linux/AD Integration* RHEL 6 Upgrade

Linux Network Administrator contracted out to the USDA. Responsibilities include rapid deployment of Red Hat Linux VM's on a VMWare platform. Administration of the existing 200 intel based RHEL Servers, and 200 Z-Linux Servers running Suse.Other responsibilities include basic maintenance of the Bladelogic System, maintaining the RH Satellite server.Accomplishments* Linux/Active Directory Integration* Bladelogic Patching Roll out* Development of new JBoss environment as an alternative to Websphere

Linux/Netware Network Administrator for Armed Forces Bank’s datacenter. Major responsibilities include Maintaining and developing Novell IDM Drivers connecting 4 E-Dir Tree's, 3 AD Domains and a host of secondary drivers. Other responsiblities include maintaining our Adobe Livecycle System, remote access for employees through Stone-Ware(SSL Web Based VPN), crystal reports server, Zenworks for Servers and Desktops, maintaining and developing custom checks for nagios network monitoring. Other duties include secondary administration of our Novell GroupWise system, general Novell E-Directory administration, and maintaining our 200 + OES Branch Servers, as well as a backup DBA for our MySQL Cluster.

Night Shift Supervisor for the Network Operations Center for GSI. Responsibilities include supervising a 3 man crew overnight, and being the main point of contact for all Change Control. Responsibilities also include monitoring of a variety of environments, for various customers including Burger King, Simon Malls, Wageworks, and many other customers. Provide training to new NOC Personnel and System Administrators. System Responsibilities include monitoring, and alerting when problems arise, troubleshooting and resolving issues. Updating and securing sites.

System administrator for The Leavenworth, KS Mental Health Guidance Center.Responsibilities include system administration over a Novell network of approximately one hundred users, managing desktop computers and applications through ZenWorks 4. Responsible for maintaining Avatar, Cache, USL Financials, Abra, and a variety of billing applications specific to the mental health agencies. Currently maintaining one Windows NT server, three Windows 2000 Servers, and 3 Netware 5.1, and 2 Netware 6.0 servers, and 1 Windows XP Professional server running Apache Tomcat. Provided training to all new employees on computer use and policies relating to there use. Other responsibilities include managing the HVAC system through envision, and physical security through Citadel door control software.

Help desk technician providing support for a variety of applications, including Windows 95, NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Professional as well as Nortel’s VPN client, Microsoft Office Applications, IBM Mainframe AS/400, and a variety of Sprint proprietary Applications. The help desk responsibilities included using a variety of remote control tools to implement fixes on client machines including terminal server, Net Meeting, and SMS.