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Houston, Texas Area

• Built a new Active Directory forest for central user, server and PC management for a specialized, isolated application. Forest implementation including all supporting applications such as Group Policy, Symantec SEP Server, Recovery Manager for AD, and WSUS for patch management to meet client project requirements.• Supported detailed Active Directory cleanup efforts of a large multinational oil and gas company consisting of the identification and removal of stale user and service accounts. Defined user object fields to store consistent user data, and created new user and group provisioning processes.• Supported the divestiture of an overseas oil and gas division by building a fully redundant vSphere 5.5 cluster with vCenter 5.5. The cluster was used to support the messaging environment and application migrations to support the division handover.• Design and build enterprise class Windows PKI environment• Contribute to the implementation of a new Oracle Identity Management 11G R2 PS3 for a large oil and gas company• Perform PCI and HIPAA compliance audits• Supported Cisco UCS implementations with recommended best practice modifications• Assisted education institute with malware/antivirus outbreak across multiple school campuses• Performed vulnerability assessment of Oracle PeopleSoft implementation large higher education institution• Lead the architecture and buildout of a redesigned enterprise network for a turn-key turnaround service company. Redesign included a Nutanix deployment, hypervisor migration, disaster recovery implementation, and best practice security and infrastructure improvements across the entire enterprise in preparation for a Managed Service Agreement• Upgraded an existing F5 BIG-IP to the latest version, setup high-availability configuration for an existing F5 BIG-IP and an additional new BIG-IP instance, and configured LTM virtual servers for new application redundancy for a large government transportation agency

8787 Tallyho Rd, Houston, Tx

• Define multi-year strategic planning for both technological and resource improvements.• Manage staff workloads and maintain weekly and periodic accountability for progress for a team of 11 as the dedicated team lead.• Mentor staff on enterprise architecture and standards, and also administration and troubleshooting operations. Contribute to the promotion of individuals through mentorship.• Conduct resource demand analysis to determine resource needs to accomplish corporate and IT priorities. Recruit and hire talent, including consultants and contractors, to meet needs and goals.• Standardize practices and define procedures to increase efficiency and lower operational errors.• Responsible for Microsoft and virtualization platforms consisting of over 600 servers in a primary and hot-secondary/DR datacenters and branch offices worldwide. Contribute to the migration of on-premise infrastructure to Windows Azure and Office 365 platforms.• Install highly available database tiers using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with Windows clustering, and create master migration plans to move to Microsoft SQL Server 2012.• Migrate and integrate custom .NET line-of-business application from hosted provider into existing infrastructure.• Contribute to numerous supporting efforts including but not limited to a Microsoft System Center Suite implementation, inventory management, datacenter constructions and migrations, hardware refresh cycles, full DR implementation, and in-house development support.

Houston, Texas Area

• Dedicated engineer for external client’s hosted Medidata custom n-tier application within the company datacenter.• Process external client change requests for their dedicated environment, including increasing capacity and redundancy.• Conceive and develop graphical .NET management utility to increase engineer efficiency during custom application maintenance.• Strict adherence to change management protocols including detailed documentation.

•Responsible for server and infrastructure environment consisting of over 200 servers in Houston and over 30 branch offices worldwide.•Architect server infrastructure changes and prepare project direction for implementation by the infrastructure team.•Implementation and administration of highly available SQL and Exchange environments and administration of SAN environment.•Plan, oversee, and provide technical support for installation, configuration, and upgrade of systems including server hardware, vital supporting systems, and systems monitoring.•Work closely with vendors and company management to budget and implement hardware and software systems in line with company objectives.•Coordinate all projects on a daily basis for the infrastructure support team .•Assist the IT Director as needed with day to day management of IT department including infrastructure and helpdesk employees.•Initiate, plan, and oversee construction and creation of a new enterprise-class datacenter facility; plan and oversee migration into the new facility with minimal downtime.•Initiate, plan, and implement business continuity scenarios including the establishment of a geographically remote datacenter.