Shawn P. Woods
MCP NET+
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7953
Telford, PA 18969
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Information Technology Systems Administrator
I am an accomplished IT professional with experience in
administration, analyzing, and support of information services. I possess
an in depth expertise in the development, deployment, analysis,
optimization, trouble shooting, and documentation of LAN/WAN hardware and
software. I work diligently to keep accurate and up to date records of all
IS related material, which includes; serial keys, volume licenses, notes,
instructions, and all server documentation.
Qualifications Highlights
Systems Administration Server Administration
Network Administration
Information Security Project Management
Technical Analyst
Technical Expertise
Information Security
. Provide information security and business continuity training to
employees as needed.
. Manage Check Point R70 Firewall-1. (Linux Secure Platform R70)
. Experience with CISCO ASA\5510 VPN\Firewall.
. Maintain all user accounts security access.
. Operate multiple Web Filtering services including iPrism, and
WebSense.
. Work with multiple enterprise level antivirus\antimalware
software.(Symantec, McAfee EPO, Trend Micro)
. Manage IPS\IDS, Antimalware, and IPSec\SSL VPN.
. Setup and maintain VPN and teleconference connections to international
clients and employees utilizing a multitude of mediums.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
. Develop, coordinate, and implement disaster or emergency recovery
procedures for information systems.
. Work with external service providers and vendors to identify, select,
and implement backup and archiving disaster recovery-related software,
hardware, and processes.
. Research, implement, and manage Hyper-V virtual environment for
disaster recovery and clustering failover.
. Provide and recommend improvements to policies and procedures.
. Coordinate with departments to determine acceptable RTO, and RPO.
Exchange Administration
. Manage Exchange 2007 clustered environment and a single sever Exchange
2003 site.
. Office Communicator 2007r2 administration.
. Maintain all MX records
. Experience with spam filtering including; MXlogic Mail Defense and
Barracuda Spam Firewall
Help Desk Administration
. Manage and maintain help desk ticketing systems.
. Assigned all help desk tickets to designated administrator based on
area of responsibility.
Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Products
. Microsoft Windows Server 2000, 2003, and 2008
. Maintain and trouble shoot DHCP, DNS, and Static IP addresses
with reservations.
. Work with TCP\IP, SMTP, SNMP, and FTP protocols
. Deployed Hyper-V server virtual environment.
. Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and 2007
. Microsoft Terminal Server
. Microsoft SQL 2000 and SQL 2005
. Microsoft IIS 6, and 7
. Microsoft Office Suites
ERP systems
. Technical Lead for Syteline ERP
. Project Manager for upgrading from version 7.05.10 to version 8.
. Facilitated in the transition from Vantage to Syteline ERP system.
Professional Experience
06/09- present The Edcomm Group, Fort Washington, PA
Systems Administrator
. Lead technician for all IT projects.
. Exchange 2007 Administrator
. Project Manager: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, Server
Virtualization, Documentation.
. Help Desk Manager.
. Implement/configure/monitor/maintain all areas of Information
Security.
. Charged with evaluating new security technology and conducting
vulnerability assessments.
. Create and maintain all IT policies and SLA's for company use.
. Network infrastructure management including; FatPipe link aggregate,
four dissimilar ISP mediums, network switches, DHCP reservations, and
DNS.
. Remote monitoring and management utilizing IpSwitch, What's Up Gold
software (24 Dell servers, 350 websites including free BSD and
Windows.)
. Software Library Management
. Oversee all IT documentation utilizing IDEAS documentation management
system
. Provide asset management for Dell Optiplex Systems utilizing Microsoft
System Center Essentials
. Coordinate continuing education for the IT department.
. Support local intranet.
. Assist with maintaining global mobile workforce utilizing Windows
Mobile devices, iPhone, and BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
. Secondary Responsibilities include:
. Webmaster (free BSD, Apache, PHP, IIS)
. Backups (Symantec Backup Exec 12.5)
07/06- 06/09 Innovative Office Products, Easton, PA
Systems Administrator- 09/07 to 06/09
. Project Manager for Syteline ERP system upgrade.
. Manage companies IT infrastructure; including servers, phone system,
network, and end users.
. Main contact for all technical issues pertaining to Syteline ERP
system.
. Install all system patches to all Windows related systems, and
Syteline ERP system.
. Upgraded from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005.
. Assist with determining department's yearly budget.
. Transitioned the company to a new ISP. Saving the company an estimated
$7k per year.
. Implemented a CISCO ASA\5510 VPN\Firewall.
IT Technician- 07/06 to 09/07
. Continuously give fast and dependable support to end users.
. Keep detailed records of network documents.
. Support over 125 users, 14 servers (HP, Dell, and IBM), and a Nortel
BCM 400 phone system.
. Research and configure iPrism Web Content Filter; in order to increase
work productivity.
. Work with WSUS to determine which updates to apply.
. Setup all network printers.
. Maintain printer server and file server.
. Perform monthly IT auditing, and maintenance.
. Make recommendations for all hardware upgrades and perform upgrades to
servers, which includes increasing drives for RAID sets and RAM size.
. Performance monitoring and tuning of all servers.
. Responsible for all standardization of hardware and software.
11/05 - 07-06 Circuit City, Montgomeryville, PA
PC Technician
. Diagnosed, performed troubleshooting, and repaired customers'
computers.
. Efficiently offered courteous customer service and recommendations in
an atmosphere that demanded constant productivity.
Education
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Candidate to receive a Bachelors of Science in Technology Management
3/08- Present Bucks County Community College, Newtown PA
Currently enrolled in and pursuing the MCSE/MCSA certification.
MCSE/MCSA Certification:
MCP: 70-270: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft
Windows XP Professional- Passed
MCP: 70-290: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Environment- Passed
MCP: 70-291: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure-
Currently studying for.
CompTia:
NET+ Certification-Passed
7/04-7/06 Lehigh Valley College, Center Valley PA
Associate in Specialized Technology Degree
Personal Computer Networking
Cumulative GPA 3.64 Cum Laude
Degree Accomplishments:
Successfully engineered a private LAN that included Exchange Email,
Microsoft SQL, Active Directory, and Remote Access Server. In a single site
single domain structure.