Charles Schober

acenj3@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

10+ years of Windows systems administration in demanding environments of the trading and legal

industry, including installing, maintaining and designing server and network environments as well as data

mining, e-discovery and a variety of other functions

Provided responsive and knowledgeable technical support of network connectivity, user administration,

application troubleshooting and resulting in minimum down time

Acted as liaison between technical and end-user groups, explaining complex technical issues to end

users

Computer Skills

Operating Systems: Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2012, Windows 7/8, Linux, OSX

Software: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003/2007/2010, AD

Summation, Autonomy Worksite, Aderant Client Profiles, Microsoft SQL Server

2005/2008/2012, SSIS, Windows Active Directory, Group Policy, IIS, Symantec

BackupExec, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Postini, McAfee SaaS mail filter,

Symantec Ghost, Interwoven/Autonomy Worksite Server and client

Languages: Structured Query Language (SQL), XML, HTML, Perl

Virtual technologies: Citrix, VPN, VMWare, Linux and Windows Hyper-V Virtual environments

Network technologies: SNMP, DHCP, DNS, IPSEC, TCP/IP, VLAN, WEP, WPA

Education: Network specialist, Robert Morris College

Continued studies: Implemented personal, private lab environment containing Windows Server

2012, 2008, all recent Windows desktop environment utilizing Hyper-V. Preparing

for Windows Server 2012 MCSE

Experience:

Freedman Anselmo Lindberg LLC

February 2013 – April 2014

System Administrator

• Performed system administration/engineering of network infrastructure, servers and Windows

workstations.

• Administered Active Directory 2008/2012 environment.

• Administered and enhanced Exchange 2007 environment.

• Implemented and troubleshot VPN/network connectivity and performance issues.

• Engineered back-up tasks and facilitated disaster recovery exercises.

• Managed LAN/WAN DNS, DHCP scopes.

• Implemented VLAN technology.

• Provided Microsoft Office 2010/2013 desktop support.

• Maintained desktop/server virtualization in ESX/VMWare 5.1 environment.

• Administered SAN/NAS storage devices.

• Performed various MSSQL server maintenance/upgrade tasks.

• Provided support for local and remote Windows users.

• Implemented SNMP monitoring.

Consumer Credit Marketing

November 2012 – January 2013 (contract position)

System Administrator

• Performed system administration/engineering of network infrastructure, servers, Windows and

Mac workstations.

• Administered Active Directory 2008 environment.

• Implemented and troubleshot VPN/network connectivity and performance issues.

• Coordinated web application code deployments.

• Developed clear documentation of proprietary web application update procedures.

• Provided user support for Windows and Mac OS X environments.

• Implemented back-up and disaster recovery scenarios.

LawComputing

September 2010 – September 2012

Consultant

• Acted as on-site technical administrator for many legal environments 5 – 150 users.

• Performed network maintenance and upgrades, monitored network utilizing management

technologies including What’s Up Gold, LanSweeper, resulting in faster data throughput.

• Configured and maintained Cisco switches, routers, VPN devices.

• Implemented various open-sourced firewall/VPN/access points including wireless.

• Maintained and upgraded Windows 2003/2008 Active directory Environments with Exchange

2003/2010.

• Implemented access rights and company-specific personalizations via Group Policy.

• Managed LAN/WAN DNS, DHCP scopes.

• Administered mail filtering systems including McAfee and Postini.

• Implemented and maintained back-up routines for servers/mail/data utilizing Symantec Backup

Exec, Veritas, AIS Backup.

• Provided desktop support and installation/upgrades for Windows XP/Windows 7/Mac OSX

workstations.

• Administered Client Profiles and Interwoven/Autonomy Worksite/Filesite document management

systems.

• Administered and maintained SQL Server 2008 platform for document management systems

interfacing.

• Supported Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2007/2010 for end users.

• Installed and troubleshot VMWare virtual machines.

• Performed AD Summation e-discovery on document collections to present for litigation presenting

results to attorneys on an aggressive schedule.

• Provided 2nd and 3rd tier support for many applications.

• Provided desktop support for Windows and Mac OS X workstations.

• Administered SuSE Linux firewalls and mail servers.

• Supported Blackberry Enterprise Environments.

• Provided support for Blackberry/Activsync handheld devices and tablets.

CS Residential Technology

January 2009 - July 2010

Principal

• Perform PC troubleshooting / repair.

• Configured internet modems and routers, including wireless.

• Installed CAT 5/6 wiring and jacks.

• Provided user training in various computing areas including Microsoft Office products.

• Removed Virus and Malware and other desktop support.

PEAK6 Investments, LLC

June 2006 – October 2008

Network/Systems Administrator

• Coordinated and facilitated network connectivity including VPN/IPSEC tunneling.

• Managed electronic transfer of data between individual business units.

• Maintained Windows 2003 Active Directory environment including Exchange Server in a multi-

domain, 300-user environment.

• Managed local DNS, DHCP scopes.

• Launched and maintained MS SQL 2005 and MySQL database, performing SQL queries and

scripts on databases for position/trade data, and as needed for special assignments.

• Implemented SQL Server Integration Services to allow users to custom query SQL database

through Microsoft Excel.

• Implemented Site-to-Site VPN solutions with confidential exchange networks.

• Implemented and supported MicroHedge, Activ and other third-party vendors from requesting the

service quote to facilitating connectivity to that vendor (where applicable).

• Assisted Operations Management with most aspects of setting up new members with clearing

house accounts, applications.

• Assisted with support and enforcement of compliance regulations, including newly legislated SEC

/ clearing house mandates.

• Created and maintained documentation related to proprietary software as well as network

infrastructure using JIRA, Microsoft Visio.

• Active member of company benchmark/goal tracking team.

• G-Bar Limited Partnership

• May 2002 – May 2006

• Support Engineer

• Purchased, configured and supported workstations and handheld equipment for trading and

support personnel.

• Migrated to Microsoft Active Directory environment with Exchange for 100 users.

• Managed local/WAN DNS, DHCP scopes

• Configured/Maintained VPN and firewall including site-to-site VPN.

• Supported remote users to resolve all technical issues including wireless networking/security.

• Performed maintenance and upgrades to network using Cisco and HP hardware.

• Created and maintained database/code back-ups by using Veritas back-up jobs.

• Launched Microsoft SQL database and implemented replication.

• Performed maintenance on Informix Database in UNIX environment.

• Built and maintained Hyperfeed server farm.

• Maintained Citrix Metaframe server farm.

• Supported the full Microsoft Office suite including MS Word, Excel, and Access.

• Worked with quote/data vendors to resolve data-feed latency/mismatch problems that arose.

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