Engineer System Administrator

MATTHEW FURMAN

VMware - Datacenter - Windows - Linux

Saratoga Springs, NY

*******.*****@*****.*** - 518-***-****

Over ten years of progressively diverse Information Technology experience in a wide variety of industries

and environments, including multiple large Data Centers. Five plus years of Help Desk/Desktop Support/

SystemAdministration. Consulting, technical leadership, technical training and documentation experience.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Migration Engineer

Sullivan and Cogliano - Waltham, MA - April 2013 to April 2013

Temporary position.

Windows/VMware Server Engineer

Insight Global - Boston, MA - December 2012 to February 2013

Global support for on-site and internationally located datacenters. Server hardware mostly HP and HP

Blade systems. Server software mostly Windows 2000/2003/2008 R2. Various other storage and networking

systems installation, maintenance and configuration. Environment included over 230 VMware vSphere virtual

machines, vCenter, ESX 4/5/5.1.

Service Desk Analyst

State of New York OGS - Albany, NY - August 2012 to December 2012

Provided ITIL compliant Desktop Support for various departments including, Executive, HR and IT, during a

fast paced Statewide restructuring

Jr. VMware Engineer

Consultant/Micropowerapp.com - La Jolla, CA - June 2012 to August 2012

• Designed and deployed VMware vSphere 5.0 Server environment to test VMS software with proprietary

hardware. Installed and configured ESXi Host. Cloned vm’s for test environment and organized into Resource

Pools.

• Managed VM storage with Datastore Browser on local Datastore and NAS NFS connection. Maintained

Snapshots of production vm’s and maintained all other Networking, Storage, and Security concerns. Converted

P2V/V2V and moved vm’s with Standalone or vCenter Converter.

• Administered environment with vCenter deployed on Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine, Update

Manager, Web Client, SSH, and vCLI commands.

• Created and updated existing technical documentation for VMware product administration and company

product hardware to software configurations.

• Engineered and deployed solutions for co-workers and Director of IT for any requests pertaining to in-house

IT Support and involving vSphere 5.0 administration.

Computer Resource Specialist I

UCSD School of Medicine - La Jolla, CA - February 2012 to August 2012

• Supported all types of computer hardware/software (Windows 7, Server 2008, Novell, Linux, SQL Client,

Outlook to Exchange) regarding installation, maintenance and configuration tasks and projects. Resolved

issues in a speedy and professional manner. Includes printers and various other peripheral technical support.

• Created and/or updated existing technical documentation. Assisted in training and information sharing

projects with co-workers. Managed inventory of all Network Nodes/IP Addresses, etc.

• Assisted System Administrator and Director of IT with all types of networking, server room, audio-visual and

telecom projects.

Temporary Employee

Robert Half Technology - San Diego, CA - July 2010 to August 2010

Assisted 3rd party consultant with several day migration and upgrade of Network PC's at a local major retail

sales corporation and major software company (Neiman-Marcus and Intuit).

Assistant System Administrator

San Diego Supercomputer Center/UCSD - San Diego, CA - January 2008 to March 2009

Monitored and maintained 24/7 uptime of all equipment in a 1000+ server, high-performance datacenter via

NOC. Installed and configured a variety of Linux based server clusters on Sun, Dell and other server hardware.

Worked with both engineers and users to provide Tier I/Tier II support. Supported IT department with Windows

Desktop Support projects as needed. Participated in physical deployment of new data center.

IT Support Administrator

University of California San Diego - San Diego, CA - September 2007 to December 2007

Field Service Tech and Desktop Support in large enterprise environment. Active Directory and SMS

administrator.

System Administrator

Sourcefire, Inc - Columbia, MD - March 2006 to May 2007

Supported a 100+ mixed OS server environment in the IT department as well provided backup support for

400+ servers in the Engineering and Software Development datacenter. Redeployed and implemented new

Backup and Recovery system. BIND DNS and DHCP administrator. Administered Linux (Scalix) email server

solution. Acted as Cisco VPN administrator.

Installed and configured a variety of proprietary security products for evaluation.

Consultant

TekSystems/Chesapeake Appraisals - Columbia, MD - January 2006 to March 2006

Acted as 2nd shift Data Center Operator. Provided Level I and II Helpdesk and Desktop Support.

via Mainframe computers. Deployed printer server monitoring system (HP). Assisted System Administrators

in Windows Active Directory administration and related tasks.

Field Service Technician/System Administrator

Your Tech Source - South Glens Falls, NY - February 2004 to January 2006

Network and Systems Field Service

Surveyed small and medium business and proposed, upgraded and integrated Information Technology

solutions in mixed OS and varied software and business environments, upgrading hardware, migrating data,

and training users/creating documentation for new network.

EDUCATION

SSP-MPA

Hudson Valley Community College - Troy, NY

A+ Certification

Comptia

Network+ Certification

Comptia

Security+ Certification

Comptia

SKILLS

Windows Client/Server, Linux Client/Server, VMware

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