Stephen Harper Email & Phone Number

Stevensville, Md, Us

Stevensville, Md, Us

Cloud architecture and deployment in Azure using Portal, PowerShell, Azure Cli, ARM and Bicep, and DevOps PipelinesTeam lead over operations team. Provides detailed troubleshooting assistance, guidance, training, and mentoring. Oversee projects to deploy new systems. Oversee project for lifecycle replacements.Interface with development team to ensure best practices are followed and operations is not impacted by code deployments.

Maryland, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia

I am the "bright ideas" guy as my boss likes to say. I come up with how we get the new solutions put in place. I designed, planned, executed, and led a team through a complicated Datacenter migration into AWS, including the migration of more than 75 servers, 100 databases, a completely new CommVault backup solution, and the deployment of our presence in the collocation facility. I provide guidance for all of the day to day complicated break-fixes. I am currently designing the end to end smart card authentication configuration for workstations, servers, and federated applications.

Baltimore, Md

Responsible for managing and maintaining Linux and Unix servers for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

Fort Meade, Md

Senior Systems Engineer responsible for entire ThinClient environment. Built and Managed ThinCilent environments using Sun Ray Session Server software running on Solaris, SunRay ThinClient devices, Citrix XenApp 4.5 farms and Windows Server 2008 R2 RDS. Designed deployment for remote sites of Application Server Platform.Performed Life Cycle Replacement planning for 50+ Windows servers.Responsible for complete documentation of systems, following the ITIL change management process, ensuring security of systems using Standard Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), and Design of systems to ensure highest levels of interoperability with remote systems.Planned and deployed event management using NetIQ App Manager and NetIQ Security Manager.Managed team of 12 very skilled Systems Engineers on the Design Team. Responsible for time sheets, engineer resources for tasks and projects, weekly reporting and hiring new talent. Responsible for weekly team task updates and coordination of efforts of team members.

Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition 8.0 (9000 series with FIPS, 7000 Series).Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 Administration/Engineering.Citrix Password Manager 4.6 Administration/Engineering.Engineered WYSE terminals into the environment.Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Administration/Engineering.Citrix License Server Administration.; Configured Citrix Web Interface for LAN and WAN access through NetScaler and through Citrix Secure Gateway.Configured Citrix clients including Java, Web Interface, PNAgent and Program Neighborhood.VMWare ESX Server Administration. VMWare Infrastructure Administration.HP C7000 Series Blade Chassis management/configuration.Troubleshot BlueCoat proxysg issues.

Performed business case research and implementation of Citrix Access Gateway appliance to provide highly accessible Citrix applications to global customers.Consolidated several DNS zones from multiple sources into single Windows DNS architecture to provide simplified management of zone data and TCP/IP configurations. Implemented Microsoft Network Load Balancing solutions for IIS 5 and IIS 6 servers resulting in enhanced availability of the services provided by those servers. Performed D4/D2 Active Directory SYSVOL restorations to correct issues with Active Directory replication and user authentication, resulting in reduced login time, fewer helpdesk calls, and error group policy application.Performed Exchange 2003 upgrade to SP2 on all servers in entire Exchange Org including Microsoft Clustered Servers and Load Balanced front-end OWA servers as a requirement for the daylight saving time changes required that occurred in 2007 as well as to enhance security and functionality of the Exchange servers.Performed daylight saving time change preparation processes for 1400+ Microsoft Exchange mailbox calendars and 150 + public folder calendars while reducing impact on users. Installed / tested Windows Server 2003 SP1 in Microsoft clusters.Implemented Windows Media Services 9 Series for streaming content publications thereby providing streamlined access to archived company press releases and conferences.Consistently provisioned Windows Servers for application and security readiness.

Utilized Quest QMM and EMW as well as ADMT 3.0 to perform complete domain and Exchange migration from Windows 2000 Active Directory with Exchange 5.5 to Windows 2003 A/D with Exchange 2003. Migrated 800+ mailboxes, 650+ clients, 800+ users.Planned the migration project with entire migration team to minimize impact on users.Created Custom Query Based Contact Lists for Exchange 2003 using LDAP to provide customized address book views for federal employees.Rewrote all logon scripts using VBScript to replace .bat and .cmd files to streamline logon process, enhance functionality of scripts, and reduce login time.Implemented Windows System Update Services (WSUS) as alternative to the SUS server that was in production. This resulted in granular control of Microsoft updates.Performed user and computer account and mailbox management in Active Directory and Exchange.Document D/R proceduresPerform D/R testing Recovered failed Exchange 5.5 server from backup due to catastrophic failure of system. Used disaster recovery procedures minimizing loss of emails and productivity.Implemented Blackberry Enterprise Server and METAmessage Server to provide wireless access to email for federal employees. Trained helpdesk on configuration of handhelds and management of accounts.Performed backup administration and implementation using NetVault and ArcServeIT to ensure effective data recovery solution.Documented backup and restoration procedures for use by successors, ensuring smooth transition of managerial responsibilities and minimal backup downtime.Research avenues for software and hardware purchases to achieve lowest cost, highest productivity system solutions.Maintained documentation for operations and for ISO 9001:2000 certification requirements.Mentored several ActioNet employees; trained in administrative tasks, helped prepare for certification exams, trained in A/D, Exchange 2003, VBScript, and other topics to increase the skill sets of team members.

Responsible for entire Computing and Technical Studies department during evening hours of operation.Oversaw proper operation of as many as 500 lab computers and users during evening classes to ensure students received best possible education experience.Built and imaged computers as well as repaired and upgraded existing hardware to ensure systems operate correctly.

Bachelor'S Degree, Cybersecurity/Business Administration

Lync Server 2013 Voice And Online

Lync Server 2013 Core

Education record

Deploying Sccm 2012

Management Skills For New Managers

Activities and Societies: This week long course provided excellent skills to learn how to manage a team of employees.

Citrix Xenapp

Activities and Societies: Citrix XenApp Administration

Vmware Esx 3

Activities and Societies: ESX 3 and VI3

Itil Certification, Itil Foundation

This was job training for ITIL Foundations. I am now ITIL Foundations certified.

Associates; Certificate, Cis: Program Analays, Cis: Computer Information Systems

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (A.A.S.), Computer Programming C++

Activities and Societies: Phi Thetta Kappa A.A.S computer programming in C A.A.S computer generalist

Windows 2000 Active Directory/Cisco Internetworking

The class was geared toward taking and passing the 7 required exams for the MCSE in Windows 2000. I have earned said certification shortly.

Associates, Computer Programming; Computer Information Systems - General Technology

High School Diploma, General