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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Denver, Colorado, Us

Mount Laurel, Nj, Us

Responsible for total day-to-day infrastructure needs both logistic and technical, research and development, and documentation of technologies. Providing 24x7 streaming video, Video on Demand, and hosted virtualized servers access to over 1500 clients with minimal downtime. Implementation and management of SAN and associated technologies to support over 300 Terabytes of stored production data.Research and implementation of technology to support a private cloud infrastructure and server lifecycle management, including: oVirt, 10Gbps SAN/NAS, and HP BladeSystem hardware, Puppet / Chef, TheForeman.Maintain 24x7 delivery of live and VoD video as well has hosted VM access via 2 physically diverse routes to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to ensure reliable delivery of client services to our CDN and onward. Rebuilt core network stack to Highly Available contemporary equipment, properly sized to the company's needs, and migrated all production services to the new network stack [Cisco ASR1001, Juniper SRX 550, Cisco 3750, Brocade 10Gbps SAN switch] Continued refinement of monitoring, reporting, problem resolution procedures and tools to reduce time between failure and resolution. Develop deployment automation and Standard Operating Procedure for new hosted client services streamlining delivery. Work with various development teams to increase performance and efficiency of current products and develop new products and services. Automation of repeat tasks using Ruby, Python, BASH, and Chef / Puppet.Negotiation of vendor services including company wide phone system replacement, colocated rack space in 1102 Grand facility in Kansas City, MO, metro loop connecting New Jersey office to Philadelphia colo.Developed life-cycle management solution for private cloud, internal hosted services, and bare-metal servers utilizing The Foreman and Puppet / Chef. (Yet to be implemented, but on roadmap) *More upon request*

Marlton, New Jersey, Us

Provide UNIX, CentOS, and AIX, as well as network infrastructure support for end users within CHA and its clients in support of GE IDX Healthcare Management and EMR Solution.AIX / CentOS server installs and maintenance on both physical IBM hardware as well as virtuals running in ESX or KVM virtualization environments.Maintain a mixed physical/virtual environment of 100+ severs running a variety of CentOS/Red Hat/Windows/AIX operation system versions while supporting cross platform integration.Deployed and supported Virtual Machines in both KVM and VMWare environments.Provided backup solution using EMC Networker for short term and long term storage of backups and client data.Assisted in creation of an implementation plan to covert over 80 clients to EMR Solution.Employ and enforce technology guidelines, operating procedures, and support documentation.Enforce HIPAA Compliance as measured by management review of all processes and procedures.Configured switching, routing, firewall devices for over 80 clients as well as configuring VPN access from each to two separate datacenters.Maintained core networking equipment in both datacenters.

Designed and implemented cost effective networking solutions for clients based on individual business needs. Clients ranging from small peer-to-peer networks to multiple domain environments. Support more than fifty clients with Remote and On-site Help Desk Support, Network Maintenance and Administration, and Network Engineering Support.Designed and supported each client with Disaster Recovery solutions to include active monitoring of servers, hard disks, and stability of network connections. Provided instruction on user level operations of new hardware or software. Managed servers in MS Server 2003/2007, Redhat/CentOS, Ubuntu.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Perform site surveys and recommend the best technology solutions to clients looking to implement computer systems into their business.Construct, repair, and maintain computers and networks for homes and small businesses.Setup and maintain Windows 2003 based servers for contracted clients. Provide instruction on user level operations of new hardware or software. Installation and maintenance of network based web accessible CCTV systems

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