Terry Zolinski Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Canada Area

As needs for the company change, so do my skills. I never back down from a challenge and will pursue whatever knowledge is required to get the job done. My passion leads me to do great things.Develop Disaster Recovery roadmap, provide guidance to other teams and carry out implementation.Design and implement Data Security initiatives.Deploy and maintain AWS server and storage infrastructure via CI/CD pipelines using AWS CloudFormation: Compute, Database, StorageDevelop Automation frameworks (DevOps) with an "Automation First" mindset.Architect File Services Platforms: AWS, NetApp, CohesityThird party vendor managementSystem performance monitoring and tuningAsset lifecycle managementPlan and execute cloud migration strategies

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Provided support to development managers, database analysts and tier 1 through 3 IT staff members to ensure business continuity and knowledge transfer.Determined business requirements by working with senior management.Researched products and solutions, then identified potential areas of implementation.Designed and implemented disaster recovery and backup initiatives to strengthen business resiliency across the firm.Analyzed requirements for a wide range of business markets, from SMB to Enterprise.Worked with outside vendors to cultivate business relationships and ensure we were utilizing technology to the best of our ability.Managed the procurement and installation of server and storage monitoring applications.Determined server and storage requirements and reported to senior management with plan of action.Ensured best practices were followed during implementation of technology projects.Server and storage performance monitoring and reporting.Achievements:Managed an extensive product analysis to determine if a new backup technology would meet business objectives.Discovered problems with the new server room and recommended a course of action to ensure the transition was handled without issue.Analyzed VMware licensing requirements which saved the company upwards of $30,000 annually, at the same time licensing the rest of the firm's unlicensed fleet of more than 100 servers.Planned the transition of our DR site to a new building by managing team members' time and ensuring tasks were done in proper order.Handled an exhaustive list of power outages and AC failures throughout my tenure.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Project management.Process design and documentation.Active Directory administration and implementation.Server and storage architecture and maintenance.Automation and scriptingTroubleshooting and problem solvingDisaster Recovery/High Availability/Data IntegrityServer room / Datacenter design.Served as a technical lead to 7 other team members, some remotely located across Canada.Built and maintained automation scripts as a measure to utilize time more effectively.Windows PowerShell, NetApp ONTAP CDOT, Nimble OS, vSphere PowerCLIManaged the product life cycle of all server and storage infrastructure and some software platforms.AchievementsDealt with the implementation of a new NetApp Storage array and handled the transition from NetApp 7-Mode to Cluster Mode with minimal knowledge or training of the new model.Deployed the end to end solution from server to storage, including storage networking.Facilitated the emergency transition of our server room to a data center during a fire downtown.Having no prior experience cabling a NetApp array, successfully documented the server room configuration and migrated it to a data center, bringing it back into production within one day.Assisted with more than 10 successful mergers of other accounting firms across Canada, ranging in size from 10 to 250 people.Managed the upgrade of Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012 R2.Process design and standardization were key to the successful roll out across 50 physical sites.Worked with internal SQL resources to test feasibility of implementation for SQL Clustering.Supported the planning, testing and deployment of an SQL cluster initiative.Assisted with the planning and implementation of a change management structure and issue/outage documentation system within the IT operations department.Facilitated the deployment of all necessary server and storage infrastructure for an extensive SharePoint deployment across 4 domains.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Designed, built and maintained server and storage infrastructure.Antivirus administration.Active Directory management.UPS maintenance.Managed VMware upgrades and transitions.Managed the upgrade from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008/R2 and created standardized documentation to ensure all sites were easier to manage, eliminating risks associated with misconfiguration.Facilitated the procurement and installation of VMware Vcenter.

Calgary, Canada Area

Respond to computer support problems for both hardware and software.Answer support calls, document issues and manage time effectively.Logistics and shipping of computer and related hardware/software.