Maintenance System Administrator

Chris Szumloz

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Summary

Windows administrator with over 15 years of hands-on and multi-tasking experience. Adept at handling multiple system

operations, including installation, upgrade, configuration, administration and maintenance of windows systems.

Proficiency

- Windows Server Administration (Windows NT4.0, 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2012)

- Hardware virtualization utilizing VMWare 5.5

- Cisco UCS

- Symantec Netbackup up to 7.6.0.1

- Symantec Endpoint Protection up to 12

- Data Center Consolidation

- Change and Incident Management using Service Now

- Disaster Recovery

- Cisco, HP, Dell and IBM hardware

- Creating Standard Operation Procedures

- Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and 2010

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Employment History

Senior System Administrator 7/31/2007 present

Covance Inc.

- Primary responsibility includes global support of 2,500+ physical and virtual windows servers in 48 data centers.

Support includes the installation, upgrade, configuration, administration and maintenance of these servers.

- Completed an 18 month project that consolidated 48 data centers into 4 co-locations. Tasks included the planning

and coordination of virtualizing the hardware of 1,500+ windows servers into 4 co-locations.

- Build and deploy new windows physical and virtual servers into the environment as necessary.

- Provide detailed root cause and preventative corrective actions to adverse hardware and Windows OS events.

- Developed and implemented disaster recovery planning and strategy for multiple applications spanning multiple

global sites.

- Lead a project team that decommissioned and archived servers and data for 70+ Windows 2000 and Windows NT

4.0 servers across two locations.

- Worked on a team that successfully collapsed 8 legacy Windows NT 4.0 domains into an Active Directory 2008

environment.

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8/1/2002 7/31/2007

System Administrator

Covance Inc.

- Primary responsibility included the installation, maintenance and configuration of 500+ Windows servers spanning

15 locations in North America.

- Responsibility included server, desktop and application support of an IVRS infrastructure. Support included the

installation, upgrade, configuration and maintenance of 70+ Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 servers across two

locations.

- Responsibility included the maintenance of backups and completion of restores as necessary using Netbackup.

- Completed project that successfully upgraded a global 6,500 user base from Windows 95 to Windows XP.

- Created and implemented Standard Operating Procedures.

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7/1/1999 8/1/2002

System Analyst

Covance Inc.

- Primary responsibility included server, desktop and application support of an IVRS infrastructure. Support included

the installation, upgrade, configuration and maintenance of 70+ Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 servers across

two locations.

- Perform customized server and desktop builds as necessary.

- Globally maintained backups and completed restores as necessary using Veritas Netbackup.

- Planned, maintained and implemented disaster recovery strategy for an IVRS Infrastructure.

- Worked on a team to implement change control standard and practices.

9/5/1998 3/9/1999

Technical EDUCATION

Network Engineering Technology and Administration Certification

Computer Learning Center Inc., Philadelphia, PA

4.0 GPA

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