Optimized NetApp storage and implemented flex caching for accelerated delivery

Cut operational costs by 23% by implementing virtualization in production, qa, ie and dev environments

Redesigned datacenter foot print reducing costs exceeding $720K/annually

Increased production availability to an all time company record of 99.9997%

Acting MIS/backup administrator supporting internal users across three countries

2 Years | PlayNetwork, Inc / XM for Business - Redmond, WA (FTE)
Lead Network & Systems Engineer

Managed all infrastructure servers, network nodes, enterprise SANs, backups at all locations and datacenter as well as build out any new environments needed

Introduced and implemented VMWare ESX 4.0 and migrated 35% of production and 90% of development into centralized virtual platform

 Rescued corporate email (exchange), file server and blackberry environments with no backups and no redundant fail safes in place

Audited existing network security and server farm making adjustments to increase security and performance

Managed help desk and trained existing technicians how to increase their knowledge base by utilizing an in house wiki

2 Years | HealthForce Partners - Bothell, WA (FTE)
Systems & Network Administrator

Migrated from Microsoft Exchange 2000 to 07 (automated powershell & ldifde) and integrated enhanced security with linux based spam/virus application Mailscanner

Designed secure centralized intranet site for exchanging all types of crucial data between doctors, nurses and administrative staff members

Monitored all servers, systems and network components via Nagios and Cacti 24x7x365 which relayed alerts via BES Server

Responsible for 85% of all servers and network components spanning NT-2003 Microsoft Server, Ubuntu 6-8LTS Server

Managed network security via SGS-FireWall and Linux based proxy (squid)

Built IT staging platform using MS Virtual Server R2 and performed V2P/P2V transitions to and from bare metal

Introduced VMWare staging platform for development to production QA analysis and approval

1 Year | Intermec - Everett, WA (contract)
Systems Engineer

Implemented Live Communications Server 2005 into a global Active Directory infrastructure to provide fully integrated messaging service for internal users

Global Exchange 5.5/2003 administrator for message control including server supported Blackberry and Mobile 5 enabled devices

Project Lead in migrating 30-35% production environments (P2V) into a centralized IBM blade virtual platform spread across Vmware’s GSX and ESX enterprise solutions integrated with a large SAN for volume storage

Automated several tedious AD tasks through windows scripting including exporting and writing to the schema and OU environments

1 Year | ChemPoint – Bellevue, WA (contract)
Systems Administrator / Virtual Server Engineer

Constructed enterprise VMware ESX Virtual server to house all dev and staging environments as well as build the infrastructure and path to migrate production servers into a centralized virtual environment

Utilized virtual platform environment to automate installations, upgrades, and migrating environments to NAS devices, backups and functionality via linux based scripting saving overall time in creating and managing virtual environments

Windows 2003 DNS, DHCP, Group Policy (including scripting), active directory architect and exchange administrator

Implemented SNMP monitoring tool to watch environments within ESX Virtual Server for any potential bottlenecks and in performance

Team player in upgrading current network backbone infrastructure from copper to fiber optic switching stack increasing performance across the network

Implemented and leveraged MS MOM 2005 to monitor the entire production network and server environment to minimize and prevent any potential failures

Created complete offsite systems backup recovery plan and implemented into current server environment

1 Year | TransAria - Bozeman, Mt (FTE)
Systems Administrator

E-mail/web server administrator for enterprise hosting services

Windows 2000/2003 AD Administrator for domain, data storage systems & MS Exchange

DNS/BIND administrator on Sun Solaris platforms

Internal IT Manager for all software/hardware configurations including servers, core network components and Cisco VoIP CM Server

Monitor and troubleshoot main bandwidth pipes including fiber, gigabit ethernet, Wireless DS3 radios and 900Mhz-23Ghz backhauls using HP Openview and SolarWinds

3 Years | GlobalNet, Inc - Bozeman, Mt (FTE)
IT Operations Manager

Maintained both tower and client-side connectivity (2.4-5.8Ghz) through customized graphical and console based interfaces

Coordinated all installs, truck rolls and field maintenance while managing five employees who directly reported to me

Acting Tier 3 technician for escalated customer/network oriented technical issues and 24/7 network management administrator

Managed all network configurations including IP, script and tower assignments

Monitored 100% system backup procedures including network data, email and server data

Technical Skills: Windows NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista/7, Ubuntu/Debian, Redhat/CentOS, DNS/DDNS, Exchange 2000/2003/2007, Power Shell, Active Directory, Group Policy, TCP/IP, SNMP, DHCP, BIND, F5 6800/8400/TCL, VIP, NAT/SNAT, Nagios, Cacti, MS MOM, Solarwinds, Orion, SAN, NAS, NetApp, Equilogic, Dell M1000/30000, MS SQL, MYSQL, Apache, IIS, Tomcat, LoadRunner, Cisco Catalyst/3800/ASA 5500/5510/PIX515/Airnet, Juniper M10/Netscreen, HP ProCurve, Dell PowerConnect, VMware ESX/ESXi 2-4.5, MS R2 Virtualization, P2V, Symantec Backup Exec, Vertias NetBackup, VRanger, VMWare Cosolidated Backup (VCB), System Imaging, Clonezilla, Symantic, Ghost, Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES), DekiWiki, Sharepoint

Certificate Accomplishmentsxxx-xxx-xxxx:

A+, Network+, Security+, MCP, MCSA, CCNA, JNCIA

Certifications 2009: