PETE GARISSON

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SUMMARY

Highly skilled, dedicated Systems Engineer with proven leadership abilities, attention to detail and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment. Exception ability to coordinate, implement and evaluate the effective of Systems required accomplishing projects and objectives. Extensive experience in High Availability solutions and Virtualization.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

OS

Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 2012 R2

Servers

Active Directory, Internet Information Server, MS SQL Server, SCOM, SCCM, SCVMM, VMWare ESX Server, Windows Failover Cluster, WSUS, Hyper-V, WDS, DFS, Group Policy

Hardware

Dell, Hewlett-Packard, EMC SAN, F5 Load Balancer, SonicWALL Firewall

Networking

DNS, WINS, DHCP, TCP/IP, SNMP, SMTP, VPN, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, NAT, PAT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RWK IT Services, Frankfort, IL

06/2015 to Current

Systems Engineer – Provide Managed Services for Township Governments and Small Businesses

New Hyper-V infrastructure build outs for small businesses

Virtualizing Existing physical Server Infrastructure

Implementation and design of a new WDS infrastructure

Installing new DFS setup or configuring existing one

2012 server SAN and ISCSI Server build outs for HA environments

Implementing new GPO’s per customer’s Specifications

Working with 3rd party vendors to migrate applications when upgrading or

Virtualizing existing servers

SonicWALL firewall setups

Windows Server administration and break fix

Troubleshooting performance issues on windows server

New SQL Server builds and database administration

Schedule and perform patching per customers downtime schedules

New Active Directory configurations

AD Upgrade to 2012R2

Energizer, Saint Louis, MO

01/2015 to 06/2015

Virtualization Admin – Helped to separate the Virtualization infrastructure for Energizer Holdings

Bare metal new Hyper-V hosts build out

Installed a new SCVMM 2012R2 infrastructure adding hosts and VM’s

Virtual machine management through Hyper-V admin and SCVMM

Conversion of single host Hyper-V hosts to HA hosts

New ESX 5.5 hosts build out

Migrating Virtual machines from ESX 5.1 to 5.5 Hosts

Creation of new machines through Vcenter 5.5

Storage management through Vcenter

Microsoft, Redmond, WA

06/2010 to 12/2014

Systems Engineer – Managed and expanded the Server infrastructure for MSIT (Microsoft IT)

Technical escalation point for Clustering and virtualization(Hyper-V)

Windows server support 2003,2008 and 2012 (Break Fix and Delivery)

Windows Failover Cluster support (Locally and Geographically based)

Designed and implemented a cluster Heartbeat Connection standard for MSIT

Build new Hyper-V clusters build and support existing ones

Virtual machine creation using SCVMM or Hyper-V Admin

Troubleshoot Virtual Machines using SCVMM or Hyper-V Admin

Add\Remove CSV Volumes to Existing Hyper-V clusters

Network management on Hyper-V Clusters

Implemented VMware vSphere test environment.

Installed Vcenter 5.5 and added SAN data stores for VMFS storage

Created new Distribute Virtual Switch and separated management

and production networks.

Create new VM’s and support existing lab machines from vCenter

Installing and administering SQL High Availability Setups

New SQL Server clusters builds and support existing clusters

Hands on experience zoning on Cisco and Brocade Switches

SAN drives break fix on Physical, HP Blades and VM’s

Experience in SAN Management for Windows Operating systems using SMC and Unisphere

Created Data Devs, tdevs, Meta Volumes using SMC

Creating new VM’s in Azure using Azure Portal

HDD resize, Memory and CPU addition from Azure portal

Microsoft, Redmond, WA

01/2010 to 06/2010

SCOM Admin – Worked in a department that managed monitoring for office 365

Update alerts (rules, scripts, triggers) and supporting the current SCOM infrastructure.

Add new servers to SCOM monitoring

Troubleshoot agent health issues with servers.

Import and export new Management packs into the SCOM System

Create overrides and tune Management packs to avoid unnecessary alerts.

Troubleshoot agent heartbeat alerts.

Add new gateway Servers to SCOM System

Add permissions for users to access SCOM Console

Microsoft, Bellevue, WA

06/2009 to 12/2009

Infrastructure Engineer – Managed server infrastructure responsible for Bing Ads

SQL Server Stand alone and cluster Installs

Support File and Windows 2003/2008 Clusters

Troubleshoot SAN Issues on Physical and Virtual machines

Troubleshoot Network Connectivity on Physical and Virtual machines

Storage administration on Clarion, DMX4 & VMAX arrays

Troubleshoot Server Performance related Issues

Perform patching per property and company guidelines

Troubleshoot and fix any server AD connectivity Issues

IIS 6.0 and IIS 7.0 Administration

Hyper-V Installation and support

Virtual machine support using SCVMM or Hyper-V administration

Aplus.net, Overland Park, KS

11/2006 to 05/2009

Sr. Systems Admin – Managed and expanded the Windows server infrastructure for this dedicated

Server hosting provider

Windows Server administration and break fix

Systems Center Operations Manager Administration

Installing and administering standalone and clustered SQL Servers

Create new Monitoring / Authoring rules in System Center Operations Manager

Design monitoring platform on SCOM per Customer’s Specification

Schedule and Install server updates per customer specified downtime

IIS 6 & 7 Install and administration

Troubleshoot GPO or network related problems in an AD Environment

Troubleshoot and analyze causes of server performance problems

Troubleshooting IIS permission, Connection Issues

Symantec Antivirus Server Administration

Creating new virtual servers and support through Microsoft Hyper-V

EDUCATION

2003 Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator

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