
Project was completed wifout any unplanned outages, and wif no significant downtime, due to the use of VMWare Converter to virtualize existing servers, greatly decreasing the overall hardware footprint in the new data center.Building new ESX and ESXi environments and building new virtual servers for all production and support systems, including corporate email (Exchange), FTP, Active Directory, and proprietary applications.Moving all call center, development, and business operations workstations, reimaging all PCs for use in new call center.

Assisted in business relocation project in Summer of 2009 this task included:.Assisted client IT teams in troubleshooting DB and application performance issues.Helped collect specifications for new systems from client IT contacts.Running on Dell rack mounted servers wif EMC VNX SAN Helped build and manage "Gated Cloud" environment, consisting of one multi-server VMWare ESX cluster, utilizing Cisco virtual switches to segregate client traffic on shared cluster.Provided Tier 2 support for managed Exchange, SQL and Web server environments.Performed storage migrations for Production application servers from NetApp 3000 to NetApp 6200 NAS devices and Production Database servers from EMC VNX to EMC VMAX SAN devices.Developed monitoring requirements to catch recurring issues. Reviewed weekly capacity reports and engaged appropriate teams to resolve issues found.Performed project design, including task identification, scheduling, and execution.Engineered and verified backup schedules, shared storage allocations, and data mirroring for approximately 8000 servers utilized by 100 independent applications wif thousands of application dependencies.Engineered and verified Firewall Rules, DNS changes, VIP implementation and User account creation.Provided Tier 3 support for infrastructure issues, including OS (Red Had Linux, AIX, Windows and SUN), Applications (Weblogic Websphere) and hardware.Remedy, Symantec Backup Exec, Altiris Notification Manager, MS VisioĬhannel Technology Infrastructure Engineer.MS Exchange, MS Office, MS Visual Studio.NET, Clarify.HP, IBM, Dell Blades and rack mounted servers.HP, EMC (VMAX and VNX) SAN, NetApp Filers.


Strong planning, time management and prioritizing skills. Directory VMWare ESX and ESXi environment design and installation and HP and EMC SAN support and maintenance.Specialties include Windows Desktop and Server support, including Exchange and Active IT Professional wif 7 years of hands - on experience.
