Administrator Air Force

Christopher W. Outlaw

*** ******* **** ( Vicksburg, MS, 39180

601-***-**** ( *****.******@*****.****.***

Systems Administrator / CONSULTANT: DOD, Classified Information Systems

Seasoned Systems Technology Specialist and Consultant with 6+ years of

experience fueling productivity and managing cutting edge network centers

by spearheading multiple high profile Information Systems projects in

corporate and battlefield environments with a "Think on your Feet" fast

paced attitude.

. Impact the security, sustainability, and performance of enterprise

applications and systems through expert orchestration of strategic

security policies, extensive maintenance procedures and future technology

research.

. Equipped with a strong portfolio of successes contributing to Network

Operation Centers effectiveness and availability.

. Implement advanced analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and

effectively address business, operational, and technical needs of

clients.

. Direct hands on experience in several Middle Eastern environments:

Afghanistan, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar

. Career Notes: Currently deployed to Afghanistan and possess an Active

Secret Security Clearance

Disaster Recovery ( Windows Server 2003 ( Combat Communications ( Citrix

Suites ( Security Policy Analysis ( Enterprise Server Administration (

Exchange 2003 ( Technical Liaison ( Microsoft Exchange 2003 ( Report

Writing ( Iron Port Gateways ( Application Development ( End User Support

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Systems Administrator / USACE / Kabul, AFG ( 2009-Present

Systems Administrator III, USACE / BITS ( 2006-2009

Lead Special Projects Systems Administrator, Horne LLP ( 2005-2006

Air Force Network Ops Center / Manager, U.S. Air Force ( 2003-2005

Information Systems Management Roles:

U.S Corp of Engineers / BITS, Vicksburg, Mississippi / Kabul, AFG ( 2006-

Current

Systems Administrator III, Exchange / Active Directory Systems Engineer:

Established and cultivated key relationships with local site information

managers and functional systems administrators. Acted as key liaison

between the CEEIS / Windows Systems Team and 24 district information

managers. Proactively maintained USACE systems by ensuring that all were

IAVA compliant and security procedures were adhered to.

. Manage Forest level USACE Active Directory on NIPR and SIPR Networks

and 280 site Domain Controllers

. Led a team tasked to stand-up new Area Engineering Offices throughout

Afghanistan

. Installed VSAT I-Direct NetModems, performed Peek-Pull calibrations

with VSAT engineers at the teleports

. Responsible for DHCP scope authorization and management for the AED

Afghanistan district

. Implements IAVA patches and modifies system and OS configurations to

meet IA guidance and DISA STIGS

. Resolved complex PKI CAC authentication problems for Afghanistan and

Iraq customers utilizing satellite links

. Resolved mail problems daily with other external agencies and within

USACE ensuring timely delivery to recipients

. Created and configured Group Policy Objects and linked to appropriate

containers for new ACE-IT pc refresh

. Worked to resolve inbound spam problems on Iron Port Gateway

appliances and filter issues with valid e-mail.

. Configure and administer all servers with an aspect on Citrix and

Microsoft platforms.

. Focal point for Microsoft SharePoint administrative task and

configuration changes to Corp of Engineers Portal

. Provide analytical support to the USACE Central Processing Center

consisting of 180 multi platform servers and USACE proprietary

applications.

. Monitored and managed 65 Citrix servers and the Citrix Data Store

ensuring peak performance.

. Provides Systems Administration of a Windows/Citrix MetaFrame farm of

servers used to deploy various contracting, financial, and real-estate

applications used by Corps employees worldwide.

. Install, upgrade, maintain, and administer the multi-server environment

using Citrix thin-client technology in a Windows domain environment.

. Troubleshot and resolved complex problems and challenges with Active

Directory replication over slow link VSAT connections

Horne LLP, Jackson, Mississippi ( 2005-2006

Special Projects System Administrator: Project Manger and Information

Technology Liaison for the 280 million dollar

Hurricane Katrina Public Assistance Program Contract. I was the center

piece of communication between FEMA / MEMA

and private contractors Horne LLP and Baker Donnellson regarding all

aspects of Information Systems.

. Configured Network Operations Center to serve the Hurricane Katrina

Public Assistance Program

. Developed and collaborated MEMA SharePoint portal that served

critical documents and tasks to PA officers

. Created a secure multi-user Frame Relay VPN network in Biloxi, MS that

connected all users to NOC in Jackson

. Stood up 6 more additional office networks across the State to assist

the public in a expedient manner

. Managed a 24 terabyte Left Hand SAN that housed over 1.2 million state

and federal documents related to disaster

. Spearheaded a digital document delivery initiative utilizing SQL and

Highland Front End UI so federal officials and public officials could

retrieve information from the web securely.

. Supervised all configuration management procedures and changes made

to the infrastructure architecture

U.S. Air Force, World Wide ( 1997-2005

Systems Administrator / Supervisor: Played a pivotal role in the rollout of

Microsoft XP Professional to more than 6,000 workstations and Windows

Server 2003 to more than 200 Servers. Lead a team initiative to create and

administer a Blackberry Exchange system for high ranking Air Force

Executive officers. Directly responsible for managing all security patches

and updates from the AFNOSC were applied in expedient manner.

. Identified problems, restored to service and updated AFSCN's UNIX (Sun

Systems, IBM) based systems

. Worked Directly with Air Force Network Operations Security Center on

multiple deployment projects and ensured that deployed field units had

100% availability to network assets.

. Ensured that DNS servers and zones were updated correctly and accurately

and responsible for monitoring Blue Coat proxy servers

. Efficiently planned and administered 6,000-user Wide Area Network

consisting of approximately 300 Microsoft servers, file servers and

storage area network servers.

. Functioned as Lead Administrator for Blackberry Wireless Data

Exchange Server initiative

. Controlled and managed network IP address space, Domain Name System,

Network Directory

Information Technology Projects (2003-Present):

U.S CORP OF ENGINEERS, IRONPORT EMAIL GATEWAYS (2006-Present)

Installed and configured new inbound mail gateway for the US Corp of

Engineers

. Optimized mail flow into the Corp of Engineers ensuring more than 1

million emails a day were sent quickly and safely

. Utilized SBRS, Spam Quarantines, Content Filtering, Anti-Virus to

secure mail servers inside the USACE network

U.S CORP OF ENGINEERS, CITRIX PRESENTATION SERVER 4.5 FARM (2006-Present)

Chosen to stand up a Production Citrix PS 4.5 farm consisting 60 HP BL460G1

blade servers. .

. Elevated the performance of enterprise USACE applications by migrating

Citrix farm to a modern Presentation 4.5 platform

. Ensured USACE business capabilities were 100% available during the Citrix

server migration from Citrix XPe to 4.5.

U.S CORP OF ENGINEERS, BUSINESS OBJECTS DATA WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT (2006-

Present)

Configured and managed a Business Objects web portal delivering dashboards

and reports to key executive decision makers in the Corp of Engineers.

. Collaborated with Data Base Administrators and Linux Developers to

establish a robust data warehouse that delivers real time data and

statistics from multiple interagency databases utilizing scalable Neteeza

appliances hosted and delivered on Windows and Solaris platforms

HORNE LLP, FEDERAL DIGITAL DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT (2005-

2006)

Tackled a short notice tasking to have all paper copy federal Public

Assistance applications and supporting documents in a digital and OCR SQL

database that could be searched by specific fields via a secure web

interface with Active Directory authentication.

. Optimized productivity and operational quality by ensuring that strict

policies/procedures were followed during the development stage of the

Data Warehouse and Web UI Front End.

U.S. AIR FORCE, Upgrade of 6000 workstations and 200 servers (1997-2005)

Played an instrumental role in the large task of upgrading 6000 client

machine operating systems and 200 Windows servers.

. Coordinated the massive rollout project with 30+ workgroup managers and

completed 2 months ahead of schedule.

EDUCATION/AFFILIATIONS

Information Systems Technologies, CCAF, Montgomery, Alabama 2004-2005

Communications Systems Specialist School, Keesler AFB, Mississippi, 2004

Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, Keesler AFB, Mississippi, 2003

Airmen Leadership School, Little Rock AFB, 2002

Hinds Community College, Raymond, MS 1996

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