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Birmingham, Alabama, Us

Bloomfield, Ct, Us

Nashville, Tn, Us

Design, architecture, management, and support of server hardware, network, network devices in the Medalogix application environments.Design, architecture, management, and support of networks and network devices in the Medalogix platform environments.Deployment of corporate infrastructure.Administration of HIPAA and Center for Internet Security guidelines and policies.Assist with the Devops support and initiatives.Manage all software licenses for Medalogix.Manage all technology inventory.On-boarding/Off-boarding employees in regard to hardware and systems security.

Nashville, Tn, Us

• With direction from the Chief Architect, engineered the Windows infrastructure for the UES project. This project services the TWIC enrollment program, and the TSA Precheck program. This included designing the Active Directory hierarchy. Constructing all security Group Policies as per DHS and TSA STIGs for the servers and the workstations. Working with the Security team to validate the design and remediate any security vulnerabilities, and to confirm we are in compliance. Designing the PKI for the system. Creating a base image windows 7 image and designing deployment for the workstation system wide (about 800). Working with the network team to ensure windows firewalls, and hardware firewalls work well together. Worked with Linux engineers to design a homogeneous communication between the Application and Management systems. Designed a support portal for the helpdesk using MS Remote Desktop Services. Configured and maintained RSA Authentication Manager for two factor login to all Windows Systems. Designed and wrote Powershell scripts to maintain the system including file maintenance, patching, user provisioning, and software deployment. Helped design Powershell scripts to stand up DR/UAT instances.• With what we learned from UES, Engineered the Windows infrastructure for UEP, which is a SaaS program rolled out to various States for enrollment services. This included the same duties as designing UES, but an expanded version that will service 50 times as many enrollments when completed, so it had to scale up exponentially. Worked with the rest of the Systems team to discover and design a Configuration Management solution using Ansible and Powershell.• Along with the rest of the Systems team we would manage and support legacy company offerings and designed the transfer of some of these systems to newer infrastructure, or to roll the application into existing infrastructure to a new vertical.

New York City, Ny, Us

• Completed an install of VMWare ESX 4.1 on two hosts and an Equalogic SAN. Converted many physical machines to virtual, and built a Windows 2008 R2 and SQL 2008 cluster in that virtual environment. Task with day-to-day maintenance and monitoring.• Completed a migration of Windows 2000 physical machines to Windows 2003 and Windows 2008.• Planned and implemented remote access for all physical servers with the use of KVM over IP, and either HP ILO cards or Dell DRAC cards.• Implemented, under the supervision of the Senior Software Architect, Linux (CentOS) web servers using Apache Tomcat, and JBOSS, behind a Cisco Load Balancer for Development, QA and Production environments.Day-to-Day Duties included:Directly responsible for all physical and virtual servers in the environment, Including, but not limited to: Monitoring and maintaining daily, weekly, and monthly backup rotation, and confirming all servers are backed up to meet compliancy PCI standards level one. Patching Windows and Linux servers to meet security and PCI compliance. Ordering and maintaining all SSL certificates. Assisting the helpdesk and level two technicians whenever possible.

• Assisted Dell Contractors migrated three legacy domains into one. After the migration, this domain supported over 6000 users. We used the Quest Migration Management software to complete this migration. My role consisted of standing up domain controllers at the corporate sites that needed them, and managing the desktop authority logon script environment for all users and sites.• Implemented a Network Load Balancing solution using F5 Big-IP local traffic managers. I successfully load balanced Exchange webmail, Citrix Access Gateways, Microsoft SharePoint, Two different EMR packages including Greenway Primesuite and iMedica, and numerous company websites.• Implemented a user group policy to lockdown windows XP machines at Clinics. These machines consisted of laptops, tablets, desktops and scanners.• Completed a project to team all 250 physical servers in the datacenter for network fail-over.• Created the install image for all Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 physical or virtual servers that were to be commissioned on the enterprise.• Assisted in a Data-Center move that brought 60 servers from Cleveland, OH, and 20 servers from Conshohocken, PA to one cage at Peak 10 NAS2, bringing a total of about 200 servers, 25 SAN shelves, and a Foundry Network backbone online in one cage.• Worked with Tools Forever to complete an automated user creation program using an inter-office form to supply the data. This included organizing all objects in Active Directory in the correct OU and to be populated with the correct data supplied from HR.Day-to-Day Duties included: Principal for all things Active Directory and Group Policy across 11 domains. With a small team responsible for Deploying and managing over 500 Physical and Virtual servers. Last tier of helpdesk support. Responsible for all logon scripts for every user on any platform. Foundry switch modifications, configuration, and setup. Managed all Print servers. Shared a one week after hours on-call rotation.

Santa Barbara, California, Us

Directly responsible for all domain Windows Servers at the head office and Co-location. Planned and implemented all Windows server projects. Managed the company's web presence at a co-location datacenter. Installed and configured replacement web servers and Barracuda Load Balancers for high availability. Installed and configured two Windows 2003 SQL 2005 clusters within a fiber switch network using HP Storageworks NAS, that ran the company's customer reporting database. Migrated from a Linux based I-mail POP3 server to Exchange 2007 for the entire company. Migrated to Trend Micro Officescan from a client side Symantec Anti-virus solution. Implemented proper backup procedures, and disaster recovery. Responsible for all Internal and External network connectivity using Cisco ASA's, PIX Firewalls, and Catalyst Switches. Managed all websites, and external DNS records for the External domain. Worked to secure company’s websites and internal network to meet HIPAA standards. Single support contact for all helpdesk requests for all users in the company.

Directly responsible for all local domain Windows Servers. Planned and implemented all Windows server projects for the site, and branch sites under my support umbrella. Migrated from Windows File server to a NetApp NAS solution (StoreVault). Implemented proper backup procedures, upgraded backup environment to Backup Exec 11d in two locations, Goleta, and Bristol UK. Completed a domain migration of the Bristol UK office, to parent company domain. Upgraded the analog phone switch to an Avaya VOIP phone system at the Sunnyvale site. Responsible for all Internal and External network connectivity of the site. Managed all websites, and external DNS records for the local domain. Managed and maintained Intranet site for local site using HTML and Java Scripts. Inherited all SQL and Access database responsibilities after the DBA left the company in 9/2007. Consistently in the top 5 helpdesk ticket closer throughout the Motion Group.

Calabasas, Ca , Us

Directly responsible for all Windows servers in the domain. Within the two years on staff I completed projects such as, upgraded 10 antiquated servers to newer Dell Poweredge servers, this included Domain Controllers, Exchange servers, Citrix servers, application servers and internal web servers. Upgraded Active Directory from 2000 Native to 2003 Native. Upgraded the Citrix environment from Metaframe XP to Citrix Presentation Server 4. Implemented Windows Sharepoint Services and Microsoft Project Server 2003. Lead Systems Administrator for the Corporate Office move from Agoura Hills to Calabasas. Upgraded to Exchange 2003 from 2000, Implemented Veritas Netbackup 6, in three locations, Calabasas, Daventry UK, and Shenzhen China. Implemented IT infrastructure in the Shenzhen, China Office (Domain Controller, Antivirus, Exchange, File and Print Services, Network and internet Access, Client PC’s.) Before leaving the company, I was involved in the e-commerce project, suggesting hardware and technology standards that best suited the company. Recommended all windows based server technology, and made all windows based server purchases. Last level of support for all Windows related Helpdesk requests for 350 users, and primary support for all users in Shenzhen, China. Rotated response of the 24/7 on call pager, resolving issues outside of normal business hours.

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

Within six months, promoted to Systems Administrator from an Associate position. Accountable for sixty plus Windows Servers in a highly available data center environment. Provided hardware, software and network support for corporate users, documentation and follow-up of all trouble tickets. Worked closely with other System Administrators to complete Server level support tasks, including server software and hardware upgrades, troubleshooting backup systems, also Citrix administration implementation and troubleshooting. Created an intranet site that organized software for new PC builds. Took shifts with 24/7 on call pager, resolving issues outside of normal business hours, Member of the corporate infrastructure team, which decided hardware, and software standards, planning and implementation for all users worldwide.

Associate'S Degree, Network And System Administration/Administrator

Associate'S Degree, Network And System Administration/Administrator