Richard D. Foster

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Brentwood, NY **717

Tel#631-***-**** Cell#631-***-****

Email: acuujd@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Technical expertise in Windows Server 2012, 2008 R2, VMWare vSphere 5.1 & 5.5 with a versatile technical ability applicable to multiple technologies. A team player, consistently demonstrating ownership of projects undertaken thus enhancing the team’s success with Active Directory, vCenter Server, vConverter, vCom, vCenter SRM, vSphere Tools, Tableau 8.2 & 9.0, Visio 2013, Office 365, SharePoint 2013, BigFix for Auditing Servers, HP One View, PowerShell 3.0, SCCM 2012 SP1, HP Blade & Rack Servers, IBM x Series Servers, Capacity Planning Tools, Network Security, Network Monitoring (SolarWinds, Nagios, SysEdge, SCOM), IBM Director, AntiVirus Tools (Sophos, Symantec), SAN, NAS Solutions, EMC Isilon, MS Exchange Migrations, ADMT, CMDB, Patch Management, DNS, DHCP, MS Clustering, MS Load Balancing, Veritas NetBackup, Backup Exec, CommVault, MS SQL 2008. Experience with Decommissioning Data Centers, Site surveys, System planning, Documentation, Administration, Troubleshooting, Data Recovery, etc.. Proficiently identify and utilize technology to improve, simplify, and expedite work priorities.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Cobham – Windows Engineer – Consultant 2015 – 2016 Plainview, NY

Lead Engineer for build out of Virtual Datacenter for Development Environment

Provisioned VM’s with VM Templates via vCenter Server using VMWare vSphere 5.1/5.5

Installed Windows Server 2012 R2 on Domain Controllers and Member Servers

Installed, Configured, and maintained SQL 2014 on servers in Production & Development

Installed and maintained SQL Clusters utilizing Failure Cluster Manager in Production environment

Implemented ADMT 3.2 to migrate Computers & Users to new domain from older domains

Utilized Capacity planning tools for future growth of companies hardware & software for ROI purposes

Used Powershell 3.0 Cmdlets & Scripts for automating of processes and procedures within AD, SQL, etc.

NYUMC – Windows Engineer – Consultant 12/14 – 05/15 New York, NY

Provisioned VM’s with VM Templates for Production & Development Environments

Utilized VMWare vCenter Server to work in Virtualized Production, Dev, & DR Environments

Assisted in new build out of DR Datacenter – ESXi Hosts with HP Blade - Gen 7, 8, & 9 Servers

Installed and configured Tableau 9.0 for BI based project in Production environment

Worked on SAN Storage project with EMC Isilon & VNX storage devices in Production environment

Responsible for migration of Data from Storage Devices to EMC Isilon in Production Environment

Managed and worked on Service Requests for AD Group Creation & Increasing Resources on VM’s

Configured Windows Servers with Nagios & SunGard Monitoring software for generating alerts (CPU, RAM, Disks)

Collaborated with other IT teams to complete work in Production Environment (e.g. Network & Storage Teams)

Lead Engineer on IBM Director & Nagios & SysEdge Monitoring projects for Windows 2008 & 2012 Servers

Supported and Deployed Windows Server 2008 R2 & Windows Server 2012 Servers – Dev. & Prod.

On Call Rep every 7 weeks for One Week supporting over 3000 Dev. & Production Windows Servers

Created Remediation plans & Documentation for IT based Projects (e.g. IBM Director, Nagios Monitoring, etc.)

Smart Source – Technical Specialist – Consultant 09/13 – 11/14 New York, NY

Installed & Migrated vSphere 4.0, 5.1, & 5.5 ESXi Hosts into Production environment.

Extensive knowledge of Windows virtualization implementation, support, upgrades and regular patching

Organized and implemented BI solution Tableau 8.2 for Content Distribution in Production environment

Provisioned VM’s with VM Templates via vCenter Server using vSphere 5.1/5.5

Installed and Managed BigFix Agents on Production based servers for Auditing of all Servers

Coordinated and executed changes thru the change control policy and process

Tested and implemented new software releases and upgrades, while minimizing risk for unplanned outages

Worked with business units to recommend, select and validate software and tools to meet business needs

Configured Cisco Switches & Routers in Datacenters for use in Production environments

Implemented Cisco WAP, Dlink Switches, Cisco and Netgate Firewalls along with 2 tier applications

Provided senior level escalation for complex problems and mentored less experienced team members

Configured and tested CRM based application software and ran health tests for all devices on network

Collaborated with 3rd party Network & IT Teams to get work completed (e.g. Network & Storage Teams)

Implemented Remote Access software to WiFi network for future technical assistance

Capital One Bank – Sr. Systems Engineer\Wintel Operations Engineer - Consultant 12/11 – 07/13 Melville, NY

Supported VMWare 4.1 & 5.1 for vCenter Server, vSphere Client, vConverter (P2V) Conversions, vMotion etc.

Installed & Maintained Windows Server 2008 R2 Servers in Pre-Production & Production Environments

Implemented Active Directory in Production Environment (GPO’s, DNS, WINS, DHCP, Domain Controllers etc.)

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Capital One Bank – Sr. Systems Engineer\Wintel Operations Engineer - Consultant 12/11 – 07/13 Melville, NY

Developed & Managed Powershell (ver 3.0) Scripts to Automate tasks in Production environment

Utilized HP Service Manager (CMDB) for Change Management in Pre-Prod & Production environments

Migrated over 500 Virtual & Physical servers in multiple Datacenters utilizing RoboCopy & Acronis

Administrated over 10,000 VMWare & Physical servers with Windows Server 2008/2003

Used SCOM, Site Scope, Alarm Point for monitoring of all Microsoft Windows Servers

Facilitated SQL Server 2005/2008 support with assistance from Internal DBA’s & Off shore staff

Documented new procedures that will be utilized in decommission process and compliant within the banks guidelines

Organized ITIL Service Lifecycle for IT Service Management to drive consistency and efficiency

First Data Corporation - Sr. Systems Engineer - Consultant 05/10 – 05/11 Melville, NY

Installed Windows Server 2003 & 2008 operating systems on HP Servers, in a 24/7 Development & Prod Datacenter

Initiated and configured VMWare vSphere 4.1/5.0 for vCenter Servers & vConverter for P2V migrations

Implemented ITIL for IT Service Management for Service Lifecycle to sustain excellence and consistency

Monitored production environment with Alarmpoint, MOM, Managed Objects, & Enterprise Systems Management

Utilized VMWare vSphere Client, HA, DRS, vMotion, & Update Manager in a Production environment

Utilized Powershell scripting for automation of processes in Production environments (ver 2.0/3.0)

Allocated and managed SCCM 2007 for installing software & patching servers in Production environment

Supported IIS 6 & 7, MS SQL 2005 with DBA’s in Dev. and Production on Physical and Virtual servers

Worked with Change Management team and created documentation for all changes made in Dev. & Prod

Worked with Incident Management as the 24/7 on-call for all Pre-Prod/Prod environments for 3000 servers

Investigated with Network/Firewall teams on issues concerning Production servers in multiple locations

Coordinated and updated Imperva 8.5 & ISS agents for security on Database servers in Production environment

NY Times - Sr. Windows Engineer - Consultant 03/07 - 12/09 New York, NY

Coordinated & Installed Windows Server 2008 & 2003, (64 bit) in 24/7 Datacenter Production environment

Initiated and maintained VMWare VSphere 4.0 and utilized VCenter Server 4.0 /4.1

Installed HP C & P class blade servers into C3000/7000 enclosures, utilized ILO 2 to manage servers

Established and supported Exchange 2007 on multiple servers in production environment on W2K3 (64 bit)

Setup and monitored Applications and Production servers in Stage & Production environments

Designed and maintained MS Clustering for 2 & 3 tier applications in Stage & Production environments

Created Visio diagrams documenting 2 & 3 tier architecture in Stage & Production

Capacity planning in Data Center for software & hardware used in the Production environment

Aligned ITIL origins for IT Service Management to meet or exceed service expectations within business needs

Holtzbrinck Publishers - Sr. Windows Engineer - Consultant 08/06 - 12/06 New York, NY

Migrated Servers from NT4.0 domains to Windows Server 2003 domain using ADMT 2.0 & NET IQ

Worked on migrating Exchange 5.5 Servers to Exchange 2003 using Quest Migration software

Utilized Capacity planning tools for future growth of companies hardware & software for ROI purposes

Lead Engineer on procedures and documentation for AD migration infrastructure environment

Used Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 in Development, & Production environments

Initiated and configured HP SIM Server 5.0 for purposes of maintaining HP Proliant servers stability

Administered security guidelines on all Production servers in a Datacenter environment

Configured and documented setup of SMS 2.0 servers for installing software on PC’s on LAN

CT Corporation - Sr. Windows Systems Specialist - Consultant 03/06 - 07/06 New York, NY

Utilized Build Servers for the installation of new software code into a Production environment

Worked on the general build process for Web Applications including usage of VSS for source control software

Utilized VMWare 3.0 and vConverter for migrations (V2V & P2V) with ASP.NET based applications

Setup and managed IIS 5 & 6 for migrating Web Applications, including managing config files, COM & .NET 2.0

Contributed and planned ITIL service lifecycle for IT Service Management to drive consistency & efficiency

Worked with Terminal Server to remotely access Pre-Production & Production Servers

Updated Web Servers and Application Servers with all Security protocols and Updates

Worked with SQL, and Oracle databases with DBA,s on Production issues on a daily basis

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North Shore LIJ Health System - Sr. Windows Server Engineer - Consultant 09/05 - 02/06 Westbury, NY

Installed and configured IBM xSeries Servers & Blade Servers into a Datacenter environment

Setup security policies for all production servers on Windows based servers

Utilized Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 in Development & Production environments

Worked with LAN/WAN teams on firewall based security in the health system environment

Utilized ASP.NET applications on IIS 5.0 & 6.0 Web servers in production environments

Administered Citrix, Exchange, SMS, BigFix, & software monitoring servers in health system

ADP - Sr. Windows Systems Engineer - Consultant 02/05 - 07/05 Edgewood, NY

Installed HP Proliant DL 360, 380, & 580 Windows 2003 Servers into multiple Datacenter’s

Managed HP’s Insight Manager and Net IQ agents on all servers in 2 Datacenter’s

Team Lead for implementation & configuration of Tableau 8.2 for BI purposes within Production

Lead Engineer on procedures for CA’s Unicenter & Software Delivery into ADP’s Production environment

Installed CA’s ETrust Vulnerability Manager, E-Audit, and E-Policy agents on all servers

Member of ADP’s security team for network security and Sarbanes Oxley compliance

Configured and modified security policies on all Windows servers in Production

Used MS Visio 2003 for layout of servers in all environments of ADP

Symbol Technologies - AD Migration - Consultant 09/04 – 12/04 Holtsville, NY

Worked with the Lead Architect on all aspects of the NDS to AD migration in a Enterprise environment

Installed Windows/Exchange Server 2003 utilizing Security Hardening documentation from Microsoft

Maintained W2K3 Servers in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley documentation

Created OU design diagrams, security OU requirements and Exchange OU structure updates

Created AD OU naming standards for the AD environment (Ex. Description, Site ID, Unique ID, etc.)

Migrated all data from NDS Servers to AD utilizing drive mappings documentation

SAIC - LAN Administrator - Consultant 09/03 – 01/04 New York, NY

Installed Windows Server 2003 on Dell/Compaq servers (Domain Controllers & Member Servers)

Implemented VSS, VPN, Remote Desktop, Visio, and SUS on notebook PC’s

Utilized ADMT for migrating workstations from NT 4.0 to Windows 2000

Migrated workstations running Windows 2000 to Windows XP Professional

Performed Site survey of new facility and moved all servers and workstations to new location

IT support for all executives and upper management of SAIC

BEA Systems – Team Lead - Sr. Systems Administrator – Consultant 08/02 – 05/03 New York, NY

Manage and maintain the New York office network and user operations

Managed all servers and PC’s in an Active Directory network

Oversee client services division and sustain optimal satisfaction record

Migrated workstations from Windows 2000 to XP Professional (300 Nodes)

Setup And configured Blackberry PDA’s & MS Office 2003

Installed and maintained Windows Server 2003 and VPN access for remote users

Site surveys and managed rollout of Exchange 2000 at the New York facility and other external offices

Produce monthly analysis reports for executive level management

Backed up data with Veritas NetBackup on a daily basis at NY site

Conduct domestic and international travel to other BEA offices

AT & T - Migration Specialist - Consultant 02/02 – 06/02 New York, NY

Migration from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows XP Professional (1000 Nodes)

Installed ADMT to migrate NT 4.0 PC’s to Windows 2000 (Active Directory)

Installed Windows 2000 Server and Active Directory on DC’s

Maintained Blackberry Enterprise Server and PDA’s for mobile users

Installed Anti-virus software via the LAN and updated Anti-virus software on servers

Site surveys and wrote documentation for migration process including managing IT personnel

Traveled extensively throughout the New England area to several different sites

Installed & Configured MS Exchange, MS Office Suite, Security software, etc.

EDUCATION

11/13 Incident Management Response - Network Security

03/12 University of Phoenix Online – BS in Information Technology - Ongoing

01/01 Certificate in MS Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server

06/00 Certificate in Visual Interdev 7.0 (MSDN)

04/00 – 05/00 CCNA Certificate in Cisco Routers

04/89 – 08/90 Suburban Technical School, E. Islip, N.Y. Diploma in Digital Computer Technology

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