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Vancouver, BC, CA

Calgary, Alberta, CA

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Lead a team of six, split between two geographic regionsOversee a complex 24/7 network of four Data Centers and hundreds of remote locationsInteract with stakeholders, provide expert advice, translate business to technical requirementsEvaluate current team dynamics, provide insights to senior management on improving the team and the business unitProvide.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Performed audit of core network. Created comprehensive multi-layer Visio network diagrams of all DataCentres. Evaluated network devices for best practice improvements to increase network stability and security. Flagged security and availability risks, created remediation plans; working on implementations.Evaluated complex routing environment with many.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Performed audit of core network. Presented best practice and security improvements on existing systems and planned projectsCreated comprehensive architectural diagrams for Layer 1, Layer 2 and Layer 3 of the datacenter networkCreated documentation framework; organized existing documentationWorked in PCI and non-PCI environmentsPart of team-oriented.

Toronto, ON, CA

Tasks include: Evaluate new technologies: compiling requirements, designing evaluation criteria and testing plans; conduct evaluations, document findings, recommend solutions Interact with vendors for systems support, procurement, and tender evaluation Produce detailed documentation pre and post system implementation Provide budget and time estimates to.

North York, ON, CA

Evaluated competing technologies and provided technical requirements for procurementsRegularly interacted with vendors and procurement officers; collected quotes, wrote business cases. Deep involvement in procurement process of equipment, software and servicesProvided technical expertise to help create, review and maintain guidelines, policies and.

Toronto, ON, CA

• Roles included:
• E-mail Infrastructure AdministratorDesigned and performed a highly-available Microsoft Exchange migration of 250 mailboxes from 2007 to 2010 in geo-cluster configurationPerform regular maintenance; set up reporting.
• Storage Area Network AdministratorConfigured an iSCSI SAN infrastructure based on Equallogic arrays with replication between sitesManaged EMC Fiber SAN
• Server Infrastructure Primary AdministratorConfigured and maintained blade and rack systemsHardware troubleshooting and RMA processingCreated custom Windows 2008/2008 R2 images for physical and virtual serversCreated.
• Network Infrastructure Secondary AdministratorRe-designed a sister-company network of 600 users spanning five floors using available hardware to maximize availabilityPlanned and executed a physical move of a hot.
• Virtualization Secondary AdministratorUpgraded VMWare infrastructure from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4 in a Highly Available environmentImplemented vSphere 5.5 environmentManaged vSphere infrastructure across two physical sites

Ancaster, Ontario, CA

• Infrastructure support for a large client base
• Experience with wide range of technologies, including wireless, VoIP, VPN, network security, server backup, data recovery, image rollouts
• Designed and implemented new solutions to customers’ specifications in a minimal time frame
• Provided technical advice to sales staff to supply customers with best solutions for their needs
• Quickly adapted to unfamiliar environments
• Provided documentation, training and knowledge transfer to customers’ technical staff after completion of projects