Engineer Manager

Anatolie Criucov

** ********** *****, *******, ** 06854 Cell: 203-***-****

*******@*****.*** http://www.linkedin.com/in/acriucov

SENIOR NETWORK/SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Seeking a Senior IT Position with a Progressive Organization

CORE COMPETENCIES

Senior IT professional eager to contribute comprehensive technical knowledge as well as dynamic team

management and project administration talents toward actively supporting a progressive organization in

optimizing results. Strong background in LAN/WAN topologies, network administration, system security, E-Mail,

and Internet systems. Offer 10+ years of experience in system analysis, architecture and design,

infrastructure, project/program management, strategic planning, and network operations management for a

broad range of industries. Plan, direct, and implement critical projects focused on innovative information

technology and creative solutions. Proficiently steer projects from concept through delivery. Integrate business

and technical solutions to maximize operations, improve business performance, and satisfy clients. Excel at

interacting with broad populations including senior management, staff, designers, engineers, and clients.

KEY SKILL AREAS

Systems Administration & Engineering Troubleshooting LAN/WAN Infrastructure

Resource Allocation/Administration Network Design Testing Cisco Infrastructure

Enterprise Architecture Process Improvements Active Directory Best Practices

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Healthmarkets Inc. – Implemented Nagios/Cacti 24x7 monitoring environment and centralized Wiki server

to share knowledge, maintain documents, and build VM Ware ESX, and Sun Solaris zones.

Blueberry Software Inc. – Planned, built and configured company’s headquarter data center from A to Z.

Advertising agency Makler-plus – Initiated and redesigned company’s LAN/WAN, managed migration from

Windows 98 to Windows XP and Windows NT/Novell Netware to Windows 2000 and then Windows 2003.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Operating Systems: Sun Solaris 8-10, Red Hat ES/AS, Mac OS X, MS Windows (NT3.1, NT4, Windows

2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Vista), Novell Netware 3x/6x; Virtualization: VM Ware VI, ESX, GSX,

Xen, Altiris, AppStream, Ardence, Citrix, MS Terminal Server, and Softgrid

Networking: IP, TCP, IPX/SPX, VPN, LAN/WAN, Network Analysis,

Architecture/Communication/Design/Migration/Monitoring, HP SAM, NAS, Dell/HP SAN, T1. Cisco ASA,

Cisco Switches, and F5 LTM

Other Skills: HP OpenView Products, HP Systems Insight Manager, Internet/Intranet, Firewall, Disaster

Recovery, Systems Administration, Anti-Virus-Spyware-Spam, Blades, DNS, DHCP, Web servers, Snort,

Squil, Mantis, and Jira/Confluence

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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND (SELECT LIST)

Network/Systems Engineer, Health Markets, Inc., Norwalk, CT 2007-2008

IT Consultant, Desktop Environment Solutions, United Health Group, Hartford, CT 2007

Senior Systems Administrator, MIS Department, Blueberry Software Inc., Stamford, CT 2005-2007

Computer Technician, SkyBridge Internet And Computers, New Haven, CT 2005

Computer Technician, Mediatek Solutions, New Haven, CT 2004-2005

KEY PROJECTS (SELECT LIST)

Applied extensive IT experience toward providing expert maintenance, installation, and support for

various Sun Solaris/Red Hat/ Windows environment for projects, as well as day-to-day company needs.

Designed, installed, and configured Network Monitoring System based on Nagios/Cacti/MRTG to perform

24/7 operations; handled Virtual infrastructure setup, configuration, maintenance and support based

on Solaris 10 zones, VM Ware ESX, Red Hat EL 5 Xen.

Implemented and built xWiki server to maintain all processes and developed/integrated test software

packages to evaluate, compare, and analyze performance and deliver solutions.

Designed and built company’s network infrastructure, including establishing DNS, DHCP server for

office-wide LAN; maintained and supported Red Hat AS, ES servers with Tomcat Application Server for

JIRA and Confluence.

Built and configured Mantis Bug Tracker System to coordinate activities for Product Managers, Testers

and Software Development Team.

Decreased overseas conference calls costs by proactively initiating and implementing Video

Conferencing System based on Polycom hardware to effectively communicate with outsourced providers.

Optimized critical security and integrity of operations for a small business by strategically designing,

developing, and executing proactive disaster recovery and business continuity plans and procedures, as

well as daily incremental data backup and weekly data backup onto DVD.

Proficiently implemented and maintained strict security measures for wireless network using WEP and MAC

address filtering, including installing and configuring Active Directory for small groups and executing daily

data backup for all workstations in the network.

Configured Biometric Access Control Systems including all software and hardware configuration and

significantly reduced employer's dependence on outside vendors.

Implemented and maintained spam filtering, nightly network-wide virus scanning, security measures on all

servers, and a Matrix-UPS power backup system for server closet & main network switches.

Career Note: Additional experience as a Computer Systems Analyst for Advertising Agency Makler-Plus SRL

and Network Administrator for various companies.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

BS in Computer Science, Electrical & Radio Engineering - Technical University of Odessa, Ukraine

MCSE training courses at CBT Direct; MCTS: Windows 2008 Server; Sun Solaris 10 online courses

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