L ARRY M I C HAEL LAWSON
**** ******** ***** #***, **** Melbourne, Florida 32904
301-***-**** ****@*****.***
SUM MARY
Over twenty years experience in Information Technology maintaining the
daily operations of a fully operational data center and help desk. My goal
is to provide first level support for customers in helping them to meet
t heir needs relating to either hardware or software issues according to
company service level agreement.
T EC H N ICAL SKI L LS
●REMEDY TICKETING ●NOVELL CLIENT
●ACTIVE DIRECTORY ●IB M MA INFRAME Z9/10
●PASSWORD RESETS ●REMOTE ACCESS
●TCP/IP COMMANDS ●M ICROSOFT OFFICE
P ROFESSIONAL EXPER I E NCE
Technology Support T ie r 1 Analyst Oct 2008 – Feb 2010
QinetiQ-NA, Herndon, VA
• Provided customer focused telephone information to all of the Department of
Homeland Security and Customs Border Patrol customers.
• Managed service requests and restored service or referred more complex
i ncidents to advanced support Tier 2.
• Processed over 150 calls weekly; Documented customer calls with Remedy
t icketing.
• Monitored applications for Customs and Border Protection for current
operational status.
• Reset passwords utilizing Active Directory, Novell Client, Remedy, and
mainframe portal.
• Read technical manuals for new SOP procedures for new added applications.
• Guided customers with self help password reset procedures.
• Checked customers’ software or hardware problems through remote access.
• Submitted weekly status reports to Team Leader and Project Manager.
• Requested new guidelines for unsupported applications.
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L ARRY M I C HAEL LAWSON
4600 Explorer Drive #301, West Melbourne, Florida 32904
301-***-**** ****@*****.***
• Trained new team members with service desk application.
• Verified customer BI status for disabled accounts with System Security.
• Received and logged incoming VIP, Critical Outage priority calls.
• Transferred incoming Canadian calls for Global Online to GOES service desk.
• Instructed CBP remote laptop customers with KEYFOB synchronized pin
n umber reset.
Senior Computer Operator J une 2007 – Oct
2008
Amdex Corporation, Springfield, VA
• Team Lead for group that provided 24X7 support for customers in a
mainframe and multi-platform environment.
• Printed weekly bills for Customs and Border Protection.
• Prepared nightly backup tapes for offsite t ransport.
• Checked system application monitors for Tivoli, Managed Objects, TMON,
and investigated error messages using SOP procedures and guidelines.
• Produced weekly reports to senior management.
• Mounted operating system tape requests.
• Opened Remedy t icket for hardware failure for onsite and offsite data centers.
• Trained new employees in Technology Operations procedures for the data
center.
Network – Data Center Operator M arch 2001 – June
2007
Ruland & Associates, Rockville, Maryland
• Checked SUN/UN IX servers and identified problems. Sent escalated
i ncidents to senior personnel when needed.
• Processed payroll nightly.
• Oversaw all servers and performed nightly backups.
• Input Disaster Recovery tapes during preliminary testing.
• Updated password resets on Windows 2000 servers.
• Contacted vendors for printer support.
• Printed and distributed monthly bills.
• Scheduled facility checks for Data Center and UPS system.
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L ARRY M I C HAEL LAWSON
4600 Explorer Drive #301, West Melbourne, Florida 32904
301-***-**** ****@*****.***
• Rebooted servers for weekend scheduled maintenance.
P roduction Control Specialist – Computer Operator J uly 1990 – Nov
2000
QSS INC., Greenbelt, Maryland
• Processed daily and monthly payroll schedules.
• Restarted daily production jobs utilizing JCL.
• Contacted Database team members when problems occurred.
• Checked payroll schedules for proper execution of jobs.
• Set initiators on the mainframe to speed up processing.
• Operated the Xerox 4050 and 4890 printers.
• Maintained inventory of onsite paper supply and printer forms.
• Contacted senior programmers when an application failed to generate correct
data.
• Provided nightly report of restarted jobs to supervisor and manager for
morning meeting.
Level 1 Help Desk Analyst – CHS J uly 2010 –
November 2010
Comprehensive Health Services Cape Canaveral, Florida
• Provided phone support for CHS health clinic users with password resets in
Active Directory.
• Monitored the Supports Works ticketing queue for submit ted hardware or
software request and incidents.
• Assisted IT Infrastructure senior admin with desk side phone support for
C HS in ternal users.
• Provided SharePoint assistance for password resets for clinic users and
assisted with locating documents within SharePoint.
• Guided CHS employees to the Enterprise Service Center online portals for
submitting an incident or request and registration for the self service
portals.
• Escalated high priority NextGen EMR,EHR,EPM to the Hybrid Health
Operations queue or to the Senior Analyst or IT Help Desk Manager.
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L ARRY M I C HAEL LAWSON
4600 Explorer Drive #301, West Melbourne, Florida 32904
301-***-**** ****@*****.***
• Provided phone support for remote customers for CHS in Afghanistan and
I raq.
• Notified CHS senior developers when customers inquired about an issue with
H ybrid Heath, NextGen, METS, and H U MS.
• Attended weekly meetings with IT Director and IT Help Desk Manager along
w ith other IT Infrastructure team members.
ADD I T IO NAL I N FOR MAT IO N
Securi ty Clearance Status Active
HD I Support Center Analyst Certified 2009
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