Manager Engineer

Eugene lipsky

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COMPUTER SKILLS:

Hardware: HP SAN EVAs (5000, 6000, and 8000 series) 5 years

Cisco MDS 9500 Series 3 years

Emulex and Q-Logic HBAs 5 years

Nexsan SATA Beast 3 years

HP Proliant and Integrity servers (including superdomes) 6 years

Software: VMware ESX, vSphere 4, HA, DRS, Converter 5 years

Citrix(Metaframe / PS4) 5 years

Command View EVA 5 years

HP Insight Manager 5 years

Altiris 5 years

Operating Systems: Windows (XP, NT, 2000 / 2003 / 2008) 8 years

EXPERIENCE:

5/08 - Present Interpublic Group of Companies. New York, NY

Systems Engineer

. Architect enterprise VMware environment

. Manage and support a 500+ server geographically dispersed

VMware environment

. Consolidate physical datacenters via p2v server migrations

(VMware converter)

. Lead a global migration projects from VMware ESX 3.x to 3.5

and 3.5 to vSphere 4

. Configure and deploy new ESX hosts using scripted installs

(kickstart / UDA)

. Provision and assign LUNs to ESX hosts

. Build and deploy enterprise Citrix servers, publish

applications and desktops

. Communicate with business leads and senior IT management

regarding changes / upgrades / incidents

. Follow Change Control processes in order to ensure

compliance with company standards and procedures, Sarbanes-

Oxley, etc

. Document standard policies and procedures and knowledge

transfer to junior staff

. Troubleshoot all engineering related issues when escalated

from operations

05/04 - 5/08 Interpublic Group of Companies. New York, NY

Core Services Technician

. Managed day-to-day operations and administration of VMware

environment, SAN and provided support within Enterprise

Data Center as well as adherence to best practices

. Acted as a Senior Team Member among datacenter staff, Team

Lead on monthly scheduled maintenance, and managed various

projects, including datacenter expansion and consolidation

projects.

. Remediated Remedy ticket requests for new virtual machines,

more SAN space, driver updates, and service pack

applications.

. Coordinated with application administrators, network

operations, and network security teams to deploy new

software applications and services.

. Deployed new scripted install based Windows 2003 servers

using Altiris RDP

. Deployed new Citrix Metaframe XPe and Presentation servers

into existing farms. Published new applications, remote

desktop links, managed users and troubleshot connectivity

issues.

. Applied and enforced standards and security for the server

environment of a 24X7 data center capable of supporting

applications for the entire enterprise in multiple

countries.

. Monitored the operation of all devices and applications,

taking corrective action when appropriate and involving the

right support organizations according to problem escalation

procedures.

. Ensured the critical up-time in compliance with service

level agreements and applications requirements.

. Wrote and maintained documentation on data center

configuration.

09/02 - 5/04 TechSolve, Inc. New York, NY

Field Service Manager

. Configured SOHO networks, wired and wireless routers,

network cards, firewalls.

. Installed and de-installed Dell, Compaq, HP and IBM File,

Backup, and POS servers, server racks, desktops, laptops

and peripherals.

. Migrated users from Win 95/98/NT/2000 to Windows XP/2000 by

imaging machines with Norton Ghost and transferring data

and settings both manually and with tools such as Altiris.

. Monitored team's performance and provided technical support

for remote site technicians.

05/02 - 01/03 IBM Global Services Garden City, NY

Consultant

. Restarted Raritan KVM switches Win NT and Win 2000 SQL

servers and services as needed.

. Monitored and manipulated MVS and VM console controls in

routine computer operations.

. Operated external 3480, 3490, 3490E tape drives; StorageTek

silos and printers.

. Maintained routine records for onsite and offsite tape

library.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS and TRAINING:

08/98 - 05/02 University at Albany Albany, NY

School of Information Science and Policies, BA

Major: Information Science Minor: Computer

Science

Current titles: VMware Certified Professional - VCP 3 (Oct 2007)

VMware Certified Professional - VCP 4 (Dec 2009)

CompTIA Network+ (2002)

Training:

. HP's SAN Boot Camp

. Altiris Rapid Deployment Training

. Commvault System Administration

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