A Senior System Engineer with an extensive background across a broad spectrum of experiences. Proven capabilities in troubleshooting, maintenance, and configuration of hardware and software dealing with servers and switches.

EXPERIENCE:

12/12-Present

URS Apptis – Chantilly, VA – Sr. Windows Systems Engineer – LEAD

(Contracting to the Federal Trade Commission)

Duties Include:

Maintaining the FTC Windows 2008 Active Directory production environment through project management and implementation

Analyzing engineer reports to streamline processes and address environment challenges and plan future enhancement initiatives

Teaming with the Cyber Security Officer (CISSP) to implement STIG’s within Windows environment and applications

Using Tenable NESSUS scan reports to assist with network hardening initiatives and identifies security patch vulnerabilities

Maintaining the Exchange environment and ensuring high availability by applying patches and verifying that it able to communicate with the internal user population and receive email transmission from external sources

Installing and configuring VMware hypervisor operating system on HP BL450 servers within a C7000 blade enclosure and Dell stand on servers

Management of the VMware hypervisor environment which includes ESX 4.0, ESXi 5.0 and ESXi 5.1 host using vCenter Update Manager and CLI

Deploying operating system patches for physical and virtual machines using the vCenter Protect patch management tool

Assigning Raw disk mapping to Virtual Machines via the vCenter management ver. 5.0 console

Monitor Virtual environment resource usage using vCenter management console

Creating and maintaining Microsoft Windows virtual machines using ISO files using the VMware vCenter management console

3/10-12/12

Industrial Bank – Washington DC – Sr. Systems Engineer

Duties Include:

Managing SAN storage volumes via HP P4000 Central Management Console(CMC)

Creating server profiles and assigning storage space to those profiles via the HP4000 CMC

Installing and configuring ESXi OS on HP BL450 servers within a C7000 blade enclosure

Configuring and maintaining ESXI system and networking on HP BL450

Assigning SAN Volumes to Virtual Machines via the vCenter ver 4.0 management console

Converting physical server machines to virtual machines using the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone utility

Monitor Virtual environment resource usage using vCenter management console

Deploying, managing and migrating virtual machines using vCenter management console between SAN volumes

Deploying patches using vCenter Update Manager

Create and Maintain Active Directory Users and Security groups based on user ‘s granted access by management

Maintaining the Exchange server stability by applying patches and verifying that it able to communicate with the internal user population and receive email transmission from external sources

Maintaining Exchange 2003 environment by applying software patches while managing their user and mailboxes insuring proper maintenance

Deploying operating system patches using the WSUS Software deployment systems

Performing SQL Database administration functions such as user creation, database backup and restoration and the importing of queries

6/09-3/10

Friends and Company – Washington DC – Sr. Systems Engineer

(Contracted to the Industrial Bank of Washington DC)

Duties Include:

Maintain Active Directory Structure by monitoring domain controller replication of domain objects, security rights and Group policies information throughout domain

Create and Maintain Active Directory Users and Security groups based on user ‘s granted access by management

Maintain the Exchange server stability by applying patches and verifying that it able to communicate with the internal user population and receive email transmission from external sources

Maintain server and workstation health by deploying anti-virus updates using Trend Office Scan

Maintain Domain Naming Service (DNS) for the Industrial banks Active Directory environment

Maintained Exchange 2003 environment by applying software patches while managing their user and mailboxes insuring proper maintenance

3/09-6/09

Optimos-Chantilly, VA – Network Field Analyst\Technician

(Contracted to WMATA for short term project)

Duties Include:

Assisted in the network assessment of the user population, workstation inventory and HW\SW deployment strategy of Wmata domain

Assessed network bandwidth potential to determine best SW deployment strategies

Created Microsoft Active directory Users and Security groups

Created Exchange Mailboxes and associated them with a specific Active Directory User account

Assisted in standardizing the user’s desktop environment based on Organization Unit assignment using Microsoft Group Policy and Active Directory Users and Computer

7/05-01/09

DataNetworks-Hunt Valley, MD –Sr. Windows Systems Engineer

(Contracted to the University of Maryland – Dining Services)

Duties Include:

Implement and maintain Cisco Pix Access Control List (ACL’s) and Network translations for Dining Services department

Configured and Maintain a dual internal and external DNS and WINS server for UMCP-Dining Services Active Directory Structure

Implement, research and design the Current Active Directory Structure for UMCP-Dining Services department

Maintain Active Directory Structure by monitoring domain controller replication of domain objects, security rights and Group policies information to file servers and workstations

Monitor Firewall for unauthorized attempts to access UMCP- Dining Services network, load stability and performance efficiency for University of Maryland –Dining Services department

Assessed network growth potential and recommend possible hardware and software upgrades based on company requirements and budget for I.T. related projects

Research, plan and implement security solutions in the form of Mcafee Epolicy software along with Mcafee enterprise client software network Antivirus to harden the network infrastructure

Deployed Operating System and Software patches through Software deployment systems such as WSUS and SMS 2003

Assisted UMCP - Dining Services with configuring their Legato backup software by scheduling the backup of their data servers, application servers and domain controllers

Implement and Maintain a Certificate Authority Server

Maintained Exchange 2003 environment by applying software patches while managing their user and mailboxes insuring proper maintenance

Implemented and maintain the MS Terminal Server, which remote users use to access UMCP network resources

Configured, Implemented and Maintained the Barracuda spam firewall for the UMCP email environment

12/03-12/04

The Engle Group – Washington D.C. – Sr. Network Engineer

(Contracted to Support the United States Department of Agriculture)

Duties included:

Researched and planned future projects related to network growth, security and stability of all Microsoft devices on the Domain

Assisted Internosis engineers in designing and implementing initial and current Active Directory design of organizational units layout of active directory tree structure

Researched, planned and implemented Citrix’s Metaframe XP remote access solution to provide licensed Microsoft suite products to the USDA home users

Researched, planned and implemented Cisco Security Agent virus prevention solution into the USDA campus

Researched, planned and implemented the Savin’s Ricoh digital imaging device for desktop scanning and fax capabilities for OSEC and OCIO users

Applied group Policies to organizational units for mass desktop top manageability and security purposes

Assisted with migrating users from exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 using the MS Exmerge utility

Created users and groups within Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000

3/01-7/03

Northrop Grumman – Washington D.C. – Sr. Network Engineer

(Contracted to Support the White House)

Duties included:

Assisted Microsoft engineers with migrating user accounts, data, shares and groups from NT4.0 to Windows 2000

Assisted Microsoft engineers in designing and implementing initial and current design of organizational units layout of active directory tree structure

Assisted Microsoft engineers in designing and implementing the pilot and current design of directories, shares and group layout within the active directory tree structure

Assisted Microsoft engineers in designing and implementing the pilot and current design of the Microsoft XP workstation loads for the EOP campus

Researched, planned and implemented SecurPBX biometrics voice recognition security solution for access to the EOP campus

Researched, planned and implemented RSA SecurID security solution for access to the EOP campus

Designing FDDI, Gigabit Ethernet, Token Ring and ATM LANs for production and test lab environments

Planning and assisting with future development issues.

Researching and planning future projects related to network growth, security and stability

Troubleshooting network related outages dealing with the cables, servers, switches or routers

Setup a master domain model network in which remote sites could be access from the main EOP campus site with NT4.0 and W2K machines

Updating IOS version of the routers and switches

Configuring and implementing switches into a Gigabit Ethernet LAN environment

9/00-3/01

Tek System – Washington D.C. – Sr. Network Engineer

(Subcontracted by Logicon to support the White House)

Duties included:

Researching and planning future projects related to network growth, security and stability

Beta testing software and hardware for implementation into a production environment

Testing and configuring fiber channel cards connected to the EMC mass storage unit

Troubleshooting network related outages dealing with the cables, servers, switches or routers

Building and configuring RAID devices for use with network file servers

Consolidating multiple user and data directories onto one powerful server

Configuring Secure-Id security software for the dial-up authentication of EOP users into the EOP domain

Routinely backing up and occasionally restoring files on NT Servers.

Setting up W2K RAS\ROUTER connections for secondary sites connected back to Primary site.

4/00-9/00

Information Technologies Systems - Washington D.C. – Jr. Network Engineer

(Contracted to U.S. Customs)

Duties included:

Planned and assisted with future development issues.

Beta tested software and hardware for implementation into a production environment

Worked with a team to organize and propose plans for network improvements

Managed NetWare and NT accounts within their respective Tree and Domain

Managed Ccmail & Exchange accounts within the NT Domain

Applied patches to the NT servers which improve overall performances of the machines

Performed regular hardware upgrades and maintained to insure the server operated efficiently

Prioritized and responded to calls made to the centralized help desk

Beta tested software and hardware for implementation into a production environment

Configured network services such as WINS, DNS, and DHCP for operations into new and established networks

Performed some database upgrades to the T-series periodical database

Imported records in the Tseries Database

Performed regular maintenance and database upgrades on the T series periodical database

11/97-4/00

Federal Reserve Board - Washington D.C. - Network Administrator II

Duties included:

Traced network connectivity faults from server to workstation

Beta tested software and hardware for implementation into a production environment

Installed/configured and maintain NT and Unix workstation and servers in a production network environment

Setup user and group accounts under NT and Unix operating systems

Prioritized and responded to calls made to the centralized help desk

Built/maintained RISC-based workstations and servers’.

Built and configured RAID devices for use with our network file servers

Managed accounts and resources across trusted domains

Managed security of network file servers at local and shared directory levels

Manage NIS maps for Sun network configuration

Backed up mission critical information and restored information when necessary

Dealt with vendors for the purposes of product and price comparison

Worked with a team to organize and propose plans for network improvements

Implemented and configured a trust relationship between domains

Installed and configured network printers and print servers in our NT domain

12/96 – 11/97

Dyn Trade Systems International – Alexandria, Virginia – Network Administrator I

Duties included:

Installed/configured and maintain network file servers.

Setup individual network accounts on a Novell 4.1 network system and Microsoft NT domain.

Maintained the operation of in-house microcomputers and computer peripherals connected to the local and wide area networks.

Troubleshot computer equipment down to board level.

Prioritized and responded to calls made to the centralized help desk.

Provided on site and offsite support for computer software packages.

Built/maintained IBM-compatible PCs’.

Installed and assisted staff with use of PCs’ and software.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Network Protocols : IPX/SPX, NetBIOS, TCP/IP, RIP, IGREP. BGP, OSPF

Hardware interface : X86 Motherboards and Processors, Pentiums I -IV Motherboards and Processors, SUN workstations and Servers, Patch Panels, Hubs, DATA Cabled, Extend Net printer Cards, Jet Direct Cards for Network printers, Barracuda Spam Firewall, Cisco 2501 routers, Cisco PIX515e, Cisco 2900 XL switches, HP BL450, P4000 San Storage unit

Operating System : AS/400, Microsoft NT 4.0, Microsoft W2K Professional, Microsoft XP, Windows 7, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008, Novell Network 4.1.1, SUN v.5, Solaris v.4, Solaris v. 5.1.

Application Software : Microsoft Office 95 - 2010, Microsoft BackOffice, PC Support, Client, Exchange 2000 & 2003 &2010, Lotus Notes 4.6-5.1, Backup Express7.1, Legato Backup, Arcserve Backup, SMS 2.0 & 2003, Ghost imaging,, MS Terminal Services, Citrix Metaframe XP, Mcafee epolicy orchestrator, Trend Micro Office Scan, Radius’s Secure ID ACE Authentication SW

EDUCATION:

Currently working toward the “Windows 2008 Enterprise Administrator Certification”

MCP Certified 2002 - CISCO 4 U – Washington, D.C.

Administering and Configuring Windows 2000 Professional

Administering and Configuring Windows 2000 Server

CCNA Certified 2001 - MAIST Technical School – Alexandria, VA

CCNA 2.0

MCSE: Certified 1999 – MAIST Technical School – Alexandria, VA

MCSE Core Classes + Exchange 5.5 & Internetworked w / TCP/IP

Strayer College – Washington D.C. - 1025 15th Street, NW 20005

Majored in Computer Information Systems (emphasis on Network Engineered)

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University – Greensboro, NC 27411-1200

Majored in Computer Science (emphasis on Computer Analysis)

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