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systems engineer

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Illinois
Posted:
December 10, 2015

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Charles Lowry

Objective

To obtain a position as a Systems Administrator/Engineer with a strong company. Continue to learn as well as teach others the knowledge and skills I have acquired over the years.

Experience

9/2014 – 3/2015 Instant Technology Chicago, IL

Systems Engineer – NORC

Implement Citrix XenApp 7.6

Active Directory Administration, Adding users/groups

Create Virtual Machine Desktops and Servers, VM 5.5

Build/Implement Windows 2012 R2 Servers

Build/Implement Windows 7 Desktops

Create Test environment for XenApp deployment

Create Test OU’s for Citrix deployment

GPO created and implemented for Citrix environment

Migrate Citrix 4.5 to XenApp 7.6 environment

Test and implement Citrix published applications from Citrix 4.5 to XenApp 7.6

Administer published applications on XenApp 7.6 for load balancing

Create SQL 2012 Server for Citrix environment

Support and administer Citrix Web User Interface for Front end access

Build and Implement Citrix Web User Interface using RSA two factor authentication

7/2013 - 7/2014 Robert Half Technology Chicago, IL

Systems Engineer – Loyola Press

Windows 2008 Active Directory administration creating OU’s/users/groups/GPO’s and applying security policies within

Implementation of 2008R2 servers with SQL 2008 express per applications requirements

Provide assistance to helpdesk with users Windows 7 desktops

Support of Apple products (ipad,iphone,etc..)

Administration and support of Vmware Enterprise 5.5

Creating virtual desktops (windows 7/8.1) with configurations custom to specific users access and applications

DHCP scope configuration and monitoring of existing configuration

DNS monitoring and maintaining up to date records and configuration for existing forwarding DNS servers

Assisting remote users in troubleshooting connectivity issues with Avaya phones through Sonic Firewall

Implementing and configuring Mcafee EPO 5.1 for onsite devices. Maintaining all virus protection through management console

Assisting in Office 365 migration of onsite Exchange 2010 Sp3 server

Configuring OWA for user abilities to control changing of passwords

Systems Engineer – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Administer Active Directory in a Multi-site configuration (adding users, creating groups, assigning group membership, etc.)

Provide support to administrators in remote sites (Shanghai, London, US)

Install and configure Windows 2012/2012R2 on Dell Power Edge servers

Support Windows servers 2003,2008, etc.

VMware hosts are configured for HA/DRS with vmotion used to migrate virtual machines in case of any failure

Provide support to applications residing on physical/virtual servers

Desktop client support for Windows XP, 7, 8, and 8.1

Troubleshoot existing applications such as Openfire (spark chat), Active directory administration tools, etc.

Administer DNS/DHCP servers, adding deleting DNS records, and configuring scope options in DHCP

Upgrade VMware hosts from 5 to 5.1 using Vcenter update manager

Monitor performance of Virtual environment using Vcenter and Solar Winds Orion Monitoring

Configure 5.1 VMware hosts for storage via NFS/ISCSI

Data Center relocation working with 3rd party NOC 24*7 coverage

Veeam backup software utilized for guest machine backups

2012-2013 Core-Tech Atlanta, GA

Systems Administrator – Abbott Labs

Support of thousands of users spread among multiple sites in multiple AD domains configured to authenticate using trusts

VMware hosts are configured for HA/DRS with vmotion used to migrate virtual machines in case of any failure

Provide support to thousands of customers applications residing on physical/virtual servers

Responsible for providing solutions daily for issues that occur on Microsoft Windows Servers

Administer and support all Windows 2000, 2003, and 2008 R2 servers

Ability to work with multiple groups to resolve issues as well as complete projects

Support Windows Server integrations with Unix/Linux systems

Monitor all servers through BMC Patrol, NetIQ, and BMC Blade Logic that are located within NOC.

Ability to physically work with hardware within NOC. 24*7 Operations being on a rotational coverage.

Administer VMware hosts through Vcenter supporting both windows and Linux virtual guest machines as well as virtual desktops

SQl and Oracle support on Windows 2008 R2 servers

Netbackup and Backup Exec are used for backup and DR testing

Assist third party vendors to resolve issues with customers applications

Work with local administrators in multiple city locations as well as other countries

Provide global support for thousands of users accessing Citrix Access Gateway

Administer and provide support for Citrix PSE 4.5/XenApp 6.5 and VMware ESXI 4.1/5/5.1

VMware administration and support was able to be conducted with the use of Vsphere fat client and web client

Administer and support Active Directory structure

24x7 on call support rotational shift

Administer and support 8000+ servers globally

2011-2012 NETRIX Bannockburn, IL

Senior Systems Engineer

Support Multiple physical client sites configured with multiple AD domains using trusts amongst them

Administer and support Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2 servers

Administer and Support DNS and DHCP for Multiple AD sites

Assisted in configuration of Exchange 2010 and provided end user support using outlook clients for email

Support of Citrix PSE 4.5 and XenApp 6

Implement and configure ESXI 5 to host multiple guest machines

Design considerations are based on budget, software, physical limitations of current systems, growth, security, and access to systems internally and externally

Implementation projects need hardware and software requirements to be met as well as to be completed within time frame

Meet with Project Manager and customer to gather information for design and implementation of infrastructure

Ability to assess the current environment for clients and provide a solution to upgrade or re-design the environment

Visio diagrams are used to document clients infrastructure

Configure and troubleshoot existing VMware environments

Supported VMware ESX 3.x, ESXI 4.x/5

IPhone/Ipad integration with MS Exchange environments

Support of multiple versions of MS windows NT4/XP/Win2k/Win7/Win2k3/Win2k8

Provide end user support daily

EMC/HP Left hand storage support

Provide support for multiple client sites using Blackberry servers and handheld devices

1999–2011 SRDS Des Plaines, IL

Lead Systems Engineer

Infrastructure design considerations were based on information gathered from departmental leaders

All Microsoft Windows infrastructure designs were created to co-exist with other companies as well as Unix/Linux systems

Ability to work with other departments to be on schedule for implementation projects

Implementation of systems allowed for future projects to come online

Designed/implemented/Support Windows 2003 Infrastructure

Implemented and support DHCP/DNS/WINS with the ability to troubleshoot site replication as well

Domain Migration from Novell to Windows 2000

Domain Migration from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003

Integrated Domain infrastructure with multiple corporations

Monitored Systems within NOC and the ability to be proactive on system downtime. 24*7 coverage was applied.

Implemented GPO security standards across the site

Migrated Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003

Consolidated SQL 2000 databases to SQL 2005/2008

Support 150 + users across multiple sites

Virtualized 20+ physical servers to 3 physical hosts using VMware ESX/ESXI 4.x

VDR(VMware data recovery) solution for backups of VM guest machines

Implemented/Support IPhone/Ipad integration with our current Exchange 2003 environment

Supporting Sophos Antivirus

Currently support 150+ VM Guest machines consisting of xp/win7/2k3/2k8/Linux

Multiple Projects were created to Implementation/support of Citrix 4.0/4.5/5.0 farm environments

Implemented Citrix Web Interface/IIS 6.0 for internal users

Implemented Citrix Web Interface/IIS 6.0/RSA for remote users

Implemented Right fax/Exchange solution

Cisco 2600/3500 series switches

CIS security templates

Assist management in providing solutions to other departments as well as integrating parts of the business with other affiliated companies

Provide day to day support to end users and customers

MS/VMware/Citrix/VeriSign Licensing

Provide support and training to helpdesk

24x7 support

Education

Devry University

Business

Telecommunication

Global Knowledge

VMware 4

Cisco – CCNA Course

Red Hat Linux

Hardware

HP Servers: DL585/360/DL365/DL380/1600/1850/5500. Dell: power edge/precision/latitude/Inspiron. IGEL Thin Clients, Wyse Thin clients

Software

MS Windows NT4/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista, VMware 3.5/4x/5, Right fax 8.5/9, MS Office 2000/2003/2007, Adobe Suite, SSH, Red Hat, backup exec, SAV, Sophos Antivirus, IIS5/6, SQL2000/2005, Citrix PSE4/4.5, RSA, GFI, Insight Manager, Act, Cop SSH, Crystal Reports, Dreamweaver, Flash player, IE, Firefox, Spybot, Symantec Ghost, Track-it, Ultra Edit, Visio, Cisco VPN, WinZip, Blackberry, Exchange 2000/2003/2007/2010, SMS, APC management.

References Available upon request



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