• Delivered company projects as a lead project engineer. Coordinated project planning, including itemization, and outlining the scope of projects.• Designed, implemented, and supported Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure.• Performed company-wide migration to Office 365 from on-premise and hosted Exchange.• Managed remote administration and support for over 70 clients.• Provided resolutions for Tier 3 escalated tickets and projects for the entire organization.• Implemented spam and security filtering policies through Mimecast email management services.• Optimized existing client infrastructure according to clients needs and the latest technology.• Setup and administered firewalls (LAN, WAN, IPsec Tunnels, SSL VPN, Web Filtering, Application Filtering, High Availability Load Balancing).

• Configured hypervisor infrastructure VMWare vSphere hosts and virtual machines• Managed and maintained Windows infrastructure with AD, GPO and Scripts• Designed and monitored the LAN/WAN network environment including routers, switches, firewalls, Internet access and software applications• Migrated and implemented Exchange Server 2016• Deployed VoIP phone system and extension listing• Performed systems backups using Veeam Backup• Provided premier user support (hardware/software troubleshooting)

• Administered and designed LANs, WANs internet/intranet and voice network.• Lowered spam and phishing emails on Exchange 2010 by 90% using Postfix Forwarder.• Implemented monitoring system (Zabbix) for servers, network equipment and workstations.• Installed and configured Snort intrusion detection systems.• Created and deployed Windows images using MDT and WDS.• Designed user manuals and provided detailed technical support.• Scheduled regular automatic backups of mission critical servers and restored data from those backups in a timely manner.• Provided 24/7 on-call mission support for critical organization functions.

• Managed virtual systems using MS Hyper-V and Veeam.• Administrated and performed troubleshooting on a variety of Windows and Linux servers.• Implemented security policies and virus protection.• Supported Active Directory, Exchange, Group Policy.• Facilitated remote access to client sites with OpenVPN.• Provided full user desktop support.

• Integrated MS Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows Servers (Active Directory), Microsoft Workstations, and network security devices for 1700 users.• Installed, configured and maintained MS SCCM 2007 R3 (provided updates, software distribution, operating system deployment and reporting services).• Implemented an advanced ticket request system (OTRS) for the Help Desk team.• Installed, configured and upgraded desktops, laptops and tablet PC’s.• Implemented zero-clients and virtual farms.