SEAN A. STECH, MCSE, MCITP:VA, CCNA, CCP-V, CCIA, VCP5-DCV

*** ***** ******

Hoffman Estates, IL 60169-3246

Home: 847-***-****

Cell: 630-***-****

E-Mail: acgv6c@r.postjobfree.com

HARDWARE: HP/ Compaq workstations and servers, Dell workstations, iSCSI

Storage Arrays

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows 3.1/95/98/ME/NT 4.0 Workstation/ 2000

Professional, XP Professional, Windows 7 Windows NT4

/2000/2003/2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2 Server

APPLICATIONS: MS Office 4.3 thru 2010, MS Exchange 5.5 thru 2010,

Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.x, Veritas Backup Exec 7.3

thru 12.5, ArcServe Brightstor 7.0 thru 12.5, Norton Ghost,

Partition Magic, Rightfax Fax Software 7.0 thru 9.3,

Citrix Presentation Server 1.8 thru XenApp 6.5, Active

Directory, DHCP, DNS, IIS 5 & 6, Postini, Barracuda,

SCVMM2008R2, Edgesight

VIRTUALIZATION: Windows 2008/2008R2 Hyper -V, Citrix Xen Server 5.6,

VMWare ESXi 3.0, 3.5, 5.x

DATABASES: SQL 2000 & 2005

FIREWALLS: Watch Guard Firewall, MS Proxy Server 2.0, ISA Server 2000,

2004, 2006, Smoothwall Express 3.0 SP1, Cisco ASA 5505,

5510, Sonicwall, Citrix Netscaler

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

04/2013 - Present MIZKAN AMERICAS, INC

Network Administrator

. Senior network administrator of network, virtualization, firewall, and e-

mail applications for multiple domain, multi-million dollar food

ingredient manufacturer

. Lead Citrix administrator/engineer for 7 Citrix servers supporting US

operations

. Planned, designed/engineered, and implemented enterprise VMWare

virtualization project resulting in 85% reduction in the number of

physical server hardware footprint and 70% savings in power and cooling

. Level 3/level 4 networking support in response to trouble tickets

. 24/7 on call

3/2011 - 04/2013 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN'S

AFFAIRS

Systems Administrator - Citrix/Terminal Server - Contract Position

. Senior Citrix administrator/engineer (SME) for 250 Citrix/XenApp servers

supporting US operations in four (4) separate Citrix 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 and

6.5 farms and XenDesktop

. Senior network administrator for over 500 local servers supporting the US

central region operations in a Windows 2003/2008

. Monitored all Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop instances using Citrix Edgesight

. Server network (100 physical host servers, 300 hyper -v virtual servers,

50 VMWare virtual servers and 50 Xen Server virtual servers) with

workstations running Windows XP Professional and Windows 7

. Level 3/level 4 networking support in response to trouble tickets

4/2010 - 12/2010 COMPTIA

Network Operations Manager

. Manager of network, systems, firewall, and e-mail applications for

multiple domain, multi-million dollar, multiple-site computer education

association

. Configuration, stability, and operation of the Windows 2003/2008 Server

network (30 physical servers, 50 hyper -v virtual servers, and 20 VMWare

virtual servers) with workstations running Windows XP/ Win7 Professional

. Creating, maintaining, and deleting user profiles, personal shares, and

Exchange 2007/Outlook 2007 mailboxes on clustered Exchange servers

. Maintaining systems security procedures consistent with control

requirements using Active Directory GPO and security tools including the

responsibility for assigning directory and file permissions

. Migrated Windows XP workstations to Windows 7 environment

. Managed, support, and configuration of Cisco 5510 firewall using ADSM

. Management of vendor relationships for external network consultants,

external supply consultants, external application and application support

consultants

. Level 3/level 4 networking support in response to trouble tickets

. 24/7 on call

4/2009 - 2/2010 ZTRIM HOLDING, INC

IT Manager - Position Eliminated/Outsourced

. Manager of network, systems, firewall, and e-mail applications for single

domain, multi-million dollar, single-site food additive manufacturing

organization

. Configuration, stability, and operation of the Windows 2003/2008 Server

network (7 physical servers and 12 hyper -v virtual servers) with

workstations running Windows XP/ Vista Professional (30 workstations)

. Managed, support, and configuration of Cisco 5505 firewall using ADSM

. Managed, supported, and configuration of Cisco 3560-E and -POE switches

with separate VLAN's

. Maintaining systems security procedures consistent with control

requirements using Active Directory GPO and security tools including the

responsibility for assigning directory and file permissions

. All levels of networking support in response to trouble tickets

. 24/7 on call

7/2008 - 4/2009 INSIGHT, INC

Network Administrator II - Position Eliminated/Outsourced

. Lead Citrix administrator/engineer for 40 Citrix servers supporting

worldwide operations in two separate Citrix 4.5 farms for

multiple domain, multi-billion dollar, world-wide, multiple site

technology solutions provider

. Senior network administrator for over 200 local and 300 remote servers

supporting US operations, including clustered Exchange servers

. Level 3/level 4 networking support in response to trouble tickets

. Rotating 24/7 on call

6/2006 - 7/2008 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC

SURGEONS

Network Administrator

Network and citrix administrator of network, systems, firewall, and e-mail

applications for multiple domain, multi-million dollar, multi-site

professional medical association running 26 physical Windows 2000/2003

servers and 150 Windows XP workstations

12/2002- 4/2006 MEADOWS CREDIT UNION

Network Administrator

Network and citrix administrator of network, systems, firewall, and e-mail

applications for multiple domain, multi-million dollar financial

institution running 30 physical Windows 2000 servers and 100 Windows 2000

workstations

6/2002 - 12/2002 CRESTWOOD ASSOCIATES, LLC

Network Engineer

Installation, maintaining and support of external client networks for multi-

million dollar Microsoft solutions provider

12/2001 - 3/2002 ENTRAN (formerly ACE, PLC)

Information Technology Manager - Position Eliminated

Manager of network, systems, firewall, and e-mail applications for multiple

domain, multi-million dollar, multi-site road and bridge architectural firm

4/2000 - 11/2001 GENEVA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, INC

Network/Systems Manager - Position Eliminated/Outsourced

Manager of network, systems, firewall, and e-mail applications for single

domain multi-million dollar musical instrument importer/exporter

9/1999 - 3/2000 J.D. EDWARDS

Infrastructure Support Specialist - Contract Position

Third level help desk and desktop support

4/1999 - 9/1999 IBM GLOBAL SERVICES/LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES

Technical Support Analyst - Contract Position

Third level help desk and desktop support

EDUCATION:

Indiana University - Bachelors of General Studies Degree

Cisco Corporation - CCENT, CCNA, CCNA:Voice Certifications

Citrix Corporation - CCA (4), CCEE, CCIA, CCA-V, CCP-V Certifications

Computing Technology Industry Association (Comptia) - A+, Network+, i-Net+,

Security+ Certifications

Microsoft Corporation - MCP, MCSA (5), MCSE (5), MCDBA, MCTS (3), MCITP:VA

Certifications

ProSoft Corporation - CIW-Associate, CIW-Professional, CIW-Security

Analyst, Master CIW Administrator Certifications

VMWare Corporation - VCA-DCV, VCA-WM, VCA-Cloud, VCP5-DCV certifications

Global Knowledge - Intro To Project Management (5 day) course

MILITARY EXPERIENCE:

11/1986 - 3/1992 INDIANA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD and US ARMY RESERVE

Progression of ranks from PFC. to 2LT. Positions ranged from support roles

(Engineer Bridge Crewman PFC. to SGT.) to leadership and management roles

(Fire Support Team Chief/Aerial Observer 2LT, Quartermaster Platoon

Leader/Assistant Operations Officer 2LT). Honorable Discharge awarded in

March 1992. Awards include Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal,

National Defense Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Army Reserve Overseas Training

Ribbon.

Contact this candidate