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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateCandidate's Name (Hawthorn Woods, IL) Email: EMAIL AVAILABLE | Phone: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE
Experienced System Administrator with expertise in design, management, and troubleshooting for systems and
networks.
Technical Highlights
Experience deploying multiple VMWare environments in high availability clusters.
Strong experience with EMC VNX Storage along with Dell & Equallogic storage.
Strong experience with server hardware sourcing/setup/troubleshooting.
Strong experience with Juniper SRX, Netscreen and Fortinet firewalls.
Maintained WANs from the Primary location to Disaster Recovery Site for seamless failover.
Experienced in designing, building and maintaining SQL Server Clusters running on the following Microsoft
platforms 2000-2017.
Provided technical support for both local and remote users throughout the United States.
Implemented and maintained server monitoring systems, policy development, Exchange servers, storage
networks.
Implemented system migration, server migrations from physical to virtual, network planning & deployment.
Designed and implemented high-availability VMware in primary and secondary datacenter of corporate web,
monitoring, remote access, and development servers with integration with EMC VNX Fibre Channel SAN and
Juniper firewalls and switches for redundant networking.
Systems & Technologies
Servers (Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012R2/2012/2008R2/2003/2K/NT, Linux, Mac)
Virtualization (VMware vCenter, VMware ESX/ESXi Server 3.0 through 8.0, Microsoft Hyper-V)
Application Servers (Lync, SharePoint, Citrix, FreeBSD, Exchange)
Database Servers (SQL, MySQL)
Desktops (Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista/XP/2K, Mac OS X, iOS)
Smart Phones / Mobile (iOS, Blackberry, Android, Windows mobile)
Firewall Equipment (Juniper SRX, Netscreen, Cisco, Palo Alto)
Mail Servers (Exchange 2016/2013/2010/2007/2003)
Networking Protocols (IPv4, IPv6, OSPF, BGP, SIP, VLANs) Web Servers (Apache, Microsoft IIS)
Backup Software (EMC Avamar. Recoverpoint, Symantec Backup Exec, Acronis)
Microsoft Azure / AWS
Certifications
VMware Training
JunOS Management and Training Courses
Professional Experience
Lenzip, Rolling Meadows, IL July 2018-Current
System Administrator
Manage VMWare ESXi Environment
Upgraded ESXi environment with QNAP ISCSI Shared Storage
Server and ESXi Patching
Wireless Network Expansion
Provide day to day support for Servers and Workstations
Pfsense configuration/upgrades
Primary Oncall Support / Helpdesk support
Aaroco Custom Software, South Elgin, IL July 2018-Current
Senior System Administrator
U.S. Citizen No Felony Convictions
Candidate's Name (Hawthorn Woods, IL) Email: EMAIL AVAILABLE | Phone: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE
Manage Hyper-V Environment
Hyper-V Redesign and new server deployment
Server Patching
Maintain Firewall and Wireless network
Pfsense configuration/upgrades
Senior support for Servers and Workstations
Primary Oncall Support
7 Layer Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL July 2019 March 2020
Senior System Engineer
Worked at single client in manufacturing company in Glenview, IL
Managed and maintained around 2,000 VM's including Windows 2012 R2, Windows 2012, Windows 2008 R2,
Windows 2008, Windows 2003 R2, These servers were both physical and virtual systems.
Microsoft Azure, Hyper-V and VMWare administration and configuration
Managed and updated Dell, HP, Cisco and IBM Infrastructure
Provided Top tier support for team
Primary Oncall contact and role was shared with 1 other Senior team member
Created and maintained procedural documentation for management and Infrastructure team
Actively participated in executing, reviewing, and refining Disaster Recovery Plan
Worked closely with senior members from infrastructure teams
Takeda, Bannockburn, IL March 2019 July 2019
Senior System Engineer
Managed and maintained Windows 2012 R2, Windows 2012, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2008, Windows
2003 R2, These servers were both physical and virtual systems.
Configured and managed VMware Infrastructure
Configured and maintained HP and Dell Infrastructure
Worked with custom in-house software for Plasma collection
Shared after hours oncall rotation within team
Grainger, Inc., Lake Forest, IL - January 2016 May 2018
Infrastructure Platform Engineer Tier III
Managed and maintained around 7,000 VM's including Windows 2012 R2, Windows 2012, Windows 2008 R2,
Windows 2008, Windows 2003 R2, These servers were both physical and virtual systems.
Configured and managed VMware environments including versions 6.5, 6.0, 5.5 and 5.0.
Configured and maintained HP and Cisco Blade s within the company s data centers/distribution centers/branch
stores.
Managed and updated Cisco Blade Infrastructure
Provided Tier 3 support and resolution from our Tier 2 and Tier 1 teams
Shared after hours oncall rotation within Tier 3 team
Created and maintained procedural documentation for platform support Tiers
Actively participated in executing, reviewing, and refining Disaster Recovery Plan
CDK Global, Hoffman Estates, IL - February 2015 October 2015
Systems Administration II
Configured and managed around 25,000 VM's including Windows 2003, Windows 2003 R2, Windows 2008,
Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012, and Windows 2012 R2. These servers were both physical and virtual
Managed 25,000 vm s using Vmware vCenter versions of 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, 4.0.
Manage Active Directory and DNS
Installed and deployed HP Systems Insight Manager at multiple new data centers.
U.S. Citizen No Felony Convictions
Candidate's Name (Hawthorn Woods, IL) Email: EMAIL AVAILABLE | Phone: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE
Created server infrastructure in the new data centers for the data center migration (Switch Supernap 8 Tier IV
Data Center)
HP Onboard Administrator: BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure G3, HP Blades
Configured and Managed the HP OA at new and existing data centers. Including following iLO firmware
versions.(4,3,2)
Medcor Inc., McHenry, IL - April 2001 September 2014
Systems Administrator
Maintained and managed SQL Servers in a HADR Environment including Windows Failover Clustering and SQL
Alwayson Clustering
Provided top level support for Exchange, Active Directory, SQL Server, VMWare and other internal systems.
Experience with Juniper SRX and Netscreen firewalls as well as designing and implementing Juniper EX-Series
virtual Chassis environment.
Architected VMWare clusters utilizing EMC VNX fibre channel SAN
Utilized EMC Avamar and Recoverpoint technologies to provide high availability and ultra-fast RTO disaster relief
capabilities
Migrated enterprise external DNS from Active directory to a high-availability Ubuntu BIND cluster.
Overhauled power protection infrastructure with extended runtime solutions to ensure availability.
Designed and implemented Citrix XenDesktop environment on VMWare ESX and ESXi to provide overseas
developers with low latency high performance development systems.
Designed and managed migration of corporate email from Exchange 2007 to 2013.
Managed Exchange 2003 and 2007 Clusters.
Managed and maintained corporate phone systems that included Inter-Tel and Mitel.
Managed and maintained Barracuda Spam filters.
Managed and maintained Websense web filters.
U.S. Citizen No Felony Convictions
Candidate's Name (Hawthorn Woods, IL) Email: EMAIL AVAILABLE | Phone: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE
Fox Valley Internet, Elgin, IL - June 1999 April 2001
Senior Consultant
Provided top level support for support staff and clients.
Provided clients with guidance on network setups and network designs.
Designed and implemented Active Directory for local use.
Deployed Linux backup system for local backups.
CDR Technology Group, South Elgin, IL - June 1998 - June 1999
Senior Consultant
Build custom servers and desktops for clients.
Implemented and maintained client networks
Provided onsite support for active customers.
Education
Larkin High School - Graduated in 1998
U.S. Citizen No Felony Convictions
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