Stefan Schins

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MIAMI, FL *****

act3fq@r.postjobfree.com

305-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a professional career in Information Technology where I can use my knowledge of Networking, Virtualization, and Information Systems to enhance the functionality, efficiency, and day-to-day operations of the IT infrastructure.

EDUCATION

Information Technology, Bachelor of Science One class remaining (for minor)

Florida International University Miami, Florida

EXPERIENCE

Senior Middleware Engineer November 2015 – January 2016

Bayview Asset Management Miami, Florida

Worked with Cisco Tidal Enterprise Scheduler.

Developed Bash scripts to automate Cisco Tidal Enterprise Scheduler job tasks.

Developed a C# utility to work with Cisco Tidal Enterprise Scheduler. This application was a work in progress.

Senior Network/Systems Administrator April 2015 – October 2015

Cinema Equipment & Supplies Miami, Florida

Responsible for configuring and maintaining Cisco Meraki networking hardware.

Routers and Switches

DHCP, VLANs, VPN

Security appliances, Wi-Fi access points

Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining a Continuous Integration system based on Jenkins, Bash scripts, and PowerShell scripts. Used for Python and PHP projects.

Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining Bugzilla to track software bugs and report on resolution status.

Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances.

Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining Amazon RDS instances.

Responsible for designing C# utilities to assist in repetitive Amazon EC2 tasks and assist tech support personnel with daily operations.

Responsible for implementing Bash and PowerShell scripts to assist with Amazon EC2 maintenance.

Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining a cloning solution based on Open Source software to rapidly deploy polling devices.

Responsible for implementing Ansible to remotely manage and maintain polling devices.

Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining the following Virtualization Environments; Vmware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and ProxMox VE (a Debian based distribution that uses KVM and Containers).

Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining Active Directory and Group Policy.

Responsible for implementing FreeNAS for backups and user storage.

Senior Systems Engineer April 2013 – January 2015

Chen Medical/Chen Technologies Miami, Florida

Responsible for server builds; physical and virtual.

Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining the following Virtualization Environments; VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and ProxMox VE (a Debian based distribution that uses KVM and Containers).

Responsible for creating virtual machines (Windows and Linux) for all medical practices located in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Virginia.

Responsible for implementing the following Network Services on all Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machines; ADDS, DNS, DHCP, DFS, SNMP, Group Policy, and File and Print Services.

Responsible for documenting every aspect of the Virtualized Environment on the company Wiki and SharePoint.

Responsible for migrating virtual machines from VMware ESXi and ProxMox VE to Microsoft Hyper-V using a personally developed Bash and PowerShell script.

Responsible for backing up virtual machines for disaster recovery.

Responsible for implementing a video streaming solution for patients waiting in the lobby using DFS, an Android media device, and a personally developed C# application.

Responsible for designing C# applications for Tier 1 and 2 support.

Currently learning to implement and manage Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and Exchange Online. Also pursuing an MCSE.

Senior Network/Systems Administrator May 2004 – April 2013

Florida International University, College of Business Miami, Florida

Installed, configured, and maintained network equipment; Linux based routers, Linux based firewalls, Ethernet switches, and Fibre Channel switches.

Installed, configured, and maintained servers (rack mounted/blades and virtual).

Installed, configured, and maintained Storage Area Network (SAN) equipment and Fibre Channel Disk Arrays; HP EVA 5000, HP EVA 4400, HP MSA, and Promise Technologies Disk Array.

Designed and implemented a security strategy for the College of Business using the following technologies; Linux iptables (NetFilter Firewall), VLANs, NAT, Active Directory (Authentication/Authorization), Group Policies (Server/Desktop configuration), Patch Management (Server/Desktop using WSUS), Virtual Private Network (VPN), Site-to-Site Tunneling, Network Access Protection (NAP), and Virtualization.

Implemented the following Network Services for the College of Business; Directory Services (Active Directory), DNS, DHCP, SNMP, HTTP, E-mail, File and Printer Sharing, Network Access Protection, and VPN.

Was instrumental in the decision process on adopting Virtualization Technology in the College of Business.

Consolidated numerous physical servers into virtual servers (P2V migration) using VMware Converter and VMware vCenter.

Implemented the first virtualized computer lab at FIU using Zero Client Technology (Pano Logic VDI).

Designed and implemented a disaster recovery plan for the College of Business.

Documented all aspects of the College of Business network.

Researched and presented new technologies to the Director of IT.

Help Desk Support January 1997 – May 2004

Florida International University, College of Business Miami, Florida

Provided technical support for the faculty and staff at the College of Business.

Installed and configured hardware and software.

Designed and implemented Active Directory using Windows Server 2003.

Introduced cloning technology (Ghost) into the College of Business.

Used cloning technology to distribute Operating System images to faculty and staff computers.

Computer Lab Assistant, UTS January 1996 – January 1997

Florida International University Miami, Florida

Assisted students with various software questions and/or issues.

Installed and configured hardware and software.

AWARDS

IT Employee of The Month, IT Administrators Committee, Florida International University

Letter of Achievement, College of Business, Florida International University

IT Skills

Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10

Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2

Linux

MS Office

MS Visio

MS Visual Studio

MS SQL

MS IIS

Snort IDS/IPS

McAfee Enterprise Security with ePO

.NET Framework

VB.NET

C#.NET

C/C++

Java

Bash scripting

MS PowerShell

VMware ESX/ESXi

VMware vCenter

MS Hyper-V

ProxMox VE

Pano Logic VDI

HP Command View EVA

HP iLO

HP Onboard Administrator

HP Insight Manager

HP Thin Client

Symantec Ghost

Personal Skills

Self-motivated

Ambitious

Eager to learn

Strong ethics

Team player

Good tech writer

Good speaker

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