Technical Skills:
- Hardware: HP, Dell, Cisco UCS, SuperMicro servers
- Software/OS: Exchange 2003/2010, Forcepoint, Symantec BE 2012 & SEP, SolarWinds, vSphere 5.5/6, Citrix XenApp 6.5, NeverFail, RHEL, Centos, Ubuntu and Windows OS’s, Avigilon VMS
- Network: Palo Alto Firewalls, Mikrotik, Cisco, Arista, Bridgewave, Siklu, Mimosa, Ubiquiti
- Access Control: RBH, Assa Abloy, Autec, Siedle, U&Z, ButterflyMX
Experience:
MSP (2017-2024)
Senior Systems Engineer/ Director
- Infrastructure Maintenance
- Responsible for ISP and MSP systems deployment and infrastructure.
- Responsible for the deployment and monitoring of all systems and network infrastructure.
- Manage and deployed the SolarWinds NPM, NCM, SAM and Grafana solutions.
- Managed Palo Alto NGFW and GlobalProtect VPN solutions.
- Deploy and configure switches and networking gear as needed, Arista and Cisco primarily.
- Setup ACL rules for networking gear to ensure a secure environment.
- Deployment, maintenance, and operation of all Windows, Linux and SQL servers.
- Managing multi-site NetApp environments to meet the business storage needs.
- Created and managed security level policies and access for NetApp SMB shares for general user access.
- Managed, maintained and upgraded Active Directory and all GPO policies for the enterprise environment as well a AD replication.
- Managed Brocade environment for SAN to VM infrastructure.
- Ensuring patch management for all Servers and end user desktops.
- Responsible for all VM’s (Windows Server, RHEL/CentOS, and Ubuntu primarily) in our
- VMware, Hyper-V, and Azure instances as well as designing and deploying the high availability features and quarterly testing.
- Maintained and manage all hypervisors in the environment.
- Deploy and maintain Aruba CPPM and AW infrastructure for campus-wide Wi-Fi systems, as well as segregated networks in various stores, restaurants and amenity spaces.
- Managed Cisco WLC controller and various APs for legacy locations.
- Able to run cable/wire in an environment.
- Have configured and installed radio microwaves on rooftops for PTP and PTMP installations.
- Ran backup solutions for all servers and SMB shares in the environment to ensure a speedy recovery in case of failures.
- Designed, and maintain the BCDR testing for the enterprise.
- Generator & ATS testing to ensure all is operational for disasters.
- Camera deployments and installs in the event technicians were not available.
- Managed the helpdesk and field technicians teams as well as provided troubleshooting help.
- Ran and maintained AV and security solutions for all endpoints.
- Technical purchasing manager for the enterprise.
- Designed, maintained, and managed Enterprise VMS system with 650 cameras and 5PB of storage across 20 servers for the properties.
- Ability to read floor plans and design security layout for CCTV, AP and Access Control systems.
- Aided in the design of various high rise apt buildings for security and amenity location requirements.
- Designed and deployed POE lighting for a newly constructed apartment building to allow for cost savings benefits.
- Powershell scripting to meet various needs.
- Install and deploy fiber infrastructure to all endpoints.
- Design and maintain various access control infrastructure for multiple high-rise buildings.
Financial Company (2012-2017)
Systems Technician
- Infrastructure Maintenance
- Configured and deployed physical and virtual servers for the environment
- Involved in moving equipment into new datacenters
- Upgrade VMware ESXi hosts with new software and hardware where appropriate
- Ensured domain computers and servers are patched to the appropriate levels
- Network monitoring
- Configure and setup nodes in SolarWinds NPM and APM
- Create reports for management to show current and future utilization
Education
- Bachelor of Science: Information Technology
- Concentration: Information and Network Security
