Summary
• Experienced network engineer in a 200+ server environment.
• Proven experience with VMware and SAN administration/configuration.
• A proven track record of driving IT projects through to successful completion.
• Experienced with building and configuring highly available network infrastructures and systems.
• Experience with Cisco router and switch configuration and network design.
• Terminal Server design, configuration and administration.
• Checkpoint Firewall implantation and administration.
• Strong technical, analytical, communication and customer service skills.
• Team Leader responsible for supervising junior staff members.
Technical Profile
Operating Systems: Windows 2008 Server, 2003, XP, 2000, NT 4.0, 98, 95, UNIX/Linux (Red Hat and Ubuntu)
Software: IIS, MSSQL 2000/2005, LSMTP, VMware Virtual Center, Listserv, Veeam, MRTG, Ghost, Snort IDS, Wireshark, Microsoft ISA, Checkpoint FW-1, VMware ESX Infrastructure 3.x and 4.x, Lab Manager, VMware Server, Cisco IOS, Open-e, Openfiler and IPSentry.
Networking/Protocols: DNS, VLAN, DHCP, WINS, TCP/IP, SSH, FTP, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP, NAT, ISCSI
Other Technologies: Cisco MDS 9216a, Cisco 3750, 36xx, 35xx, IBM DS4800, MD3000i, Equallogic, Ironport SMTP, Bluecoat ProxySG, F5 BigIP LTM, Array Networks SSL VPN, Windows Clustering Services, Dell Servers, IBM Blades and Xseries servers
Professional Experience
Senior Systems Administrator October 2010 – Present
Rochester, NY
Responsibilities:
• Work with vendors for software, hardware and support purchases.
• System and application support .
• Equallogic PS5000 configuration and administration.
• Administer, configure and update Vsphere 4 environment.
• Maintain windows server web farm.
• Propose and demo new technologies to the Director of IT.
• Citrix farm administration.
• Participate in on call rotation.
Projects:
• Designed a robust high available Vsphere environment.
• Implemented a backup and recovery solution with PHDvirtual backup and Vmware’s Data Recovery.
Network Engineer April 2010 – October 2010
Responsibilities:
• Work with vendors for software, hardware and support purchases.
• Provide 24 hour support via cell phone and VPN.
• System and application support for our hosted software.
• MD3000i ISCSI SAN setup, configuration and administration.
• Administer, configure and update Vsphere 4 environment.
• Maintain windows server web farm.
• Propose and demo new technologies to the Director of IT.
Projects:
• Architected a high availability VMware Vsphere infrastructure to save hardware costs.
• Proposed and implemented Veeam Backup and Replication as backup solution for VMware Vsphere.
• Designed a new Windows 2008 Active Directory infrastructure.
Senior Network Administrator, Team Leader September 2007 – April 2010
Responsibilities:
• Team Leader on a global network operations team of 6, responsible for the construction, maintenance and uptime of the Harris Interactive global network consisting of 1000+ workstations, 400+ Windows servers, 100+ Cisco routing and switching devices, 12 VMware ESX hosts and 4 Check Point firewalls.
• IBM DS4800 SAN installation, configuration, management and space allocation.
• Router and switch setup, configuration and maintenance.
• F5 LTM setup configuration and administration.
• Ensured air conditioning and FM200 received regular maintenance.
• Developed ASP/VBScript applications and scripts to automate processes and administrative tasks.
• Collaborated with engineering team to identify root cause of production software defects.
• Administration of Windows Clusters, Active Directory, DDNS, DNS, WINS, DHCP, DFS, etc.
• Setup and configured ISAPI, ASP, and ASP.NET web applications on IIS server farm.
• Responsible for online survey system uptime (40,000+ visitors a day with over $120 million in annual revenue).
• Interviewed and trained new network team employees.
• Work with telecommunication vendors to ensure data lines issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Provide 24-hour customer support via pager and cell phone.
• Negotiate with vendors to for new hardware and support purchases.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and solutions to the Director of IT.
• Provide direction to fellow team members on projects and issues.
Projects:
• Designed a robust VMware ESX cluster with DRS and HA to consolidate hardware for production systems.
• Design and setup a DMZ to protect staff network from possible Internet threat from Internet facing systems.
• Upgraded ESX cluster from 3.5 to vSphere 4.0.
• Integrated F5 BigIP LTM in existing infrastructure for high profile project.
• Worked with Database Operations to implement a Microsoft SQL 2005 multi-node cluster.
• Designed VMware environment with both Fibre Channel and ISCSI san storage.
• Replace an aging VPN solution with a SSL VPN with NAC security.
• Evaluated and recommended Veeam to backup the VMware Infrastructure.
• Installed Bluecoat ProxySG for content filtering and Internet access restrictions....
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