Engineer Manager
Resume:
Joseph Adams
Email: abqjub@r.postjobfree.com
Address: FL RT50\East Colonial Drive
City: Orlando
State: FL
Zip: 32826
Country: USA
Phone: 855-***-****
Skill Level: Experienced
Salary Range: $75,000
Primary Skills/Experience:
IT Technical Project Management Solutions Architect Data Center Engineer Systems Engineer IT Manager
Educational Background:
Bachelors Degree, Political Science
Radford University, 09/1982 - 05/1987
Radford, Va
Job History / Details:
JOSEPH ADAMS
FL RT50\East Colonial Drive
Orlando, FL 32826
abqjub@r.postjobfree.com (email preferred)
Linked-In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/adamsjoseph
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Versatile Solutions Architect & Systems/Windows/Data Center
Engineer with 20 years success deploying technologies that
take enterprise system performance and business efficiency
to the next level. Expertise in Data Center Consolidation,
Virtualization, Solutions Architecture, Project Management,
Operations and Engineering. Most recently fulfilled dual
roles as Data Center Consolidation Project Manager & Data
Center Supervisor for the US Marshals. Central resource in
technically demanding environments: Joint Chiefs of Staff-
Pentagon, Secret Service, Transportation Security
Administration, US Postal Service, HP, Unisys, Group 1
Software, SICPA Securink Corporation and Claritas.
* Plan, manage and execute highly complex projects;
deliver enterprise-wide rollouts with minimal disruption to
critical business processes.
* Intuitive & analytical, assessing infrastructure issues
& developing strategies for resolution.
* Seasoned contributor with superior communication and
decision-making abilities.
EDUCATION
Radford University, Radford, VA - B.S., Political Science
KEY COMPETENCIES
Enterprise Architecture
Large-Scale Project Design & Management
Data Center Management
Operations & Engineering Management
Strategic & Tactical Planning
Business Process Reengineering
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
MCTS - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - Exchange
Server 2007 & Windows Server 2008
MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional - Exchange 2003,
2000, 5.5
MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer - Windows 2000,
NT 4
CNE - Novell Certified Netware Engineer - Netware 5, 4
CLEARANCE
Top Secret (DoD), inactive
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Personal Leave 04/2012 - Present
Relocated from Northern Virginia to Orlando, Florida.
US MARSHALS (through Alta-IT Services), Rockville, MD;
09/2010 - 03/2012
DATA CENTER CONSOLIDATION PM, DATA CENTER SUPERVISOR,
SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT, SENIOR ENGINEER
DATA CENTER CONSOLIDATION: Directed Data Center
consolidation & cleanup, enabling relocation of US Marshals'
legacy Headquarters Data Center, consisting of VMware 4 & 5,
Exchange 2007, Windows 2008/3, UNIX, Linux, Infrastructure
and Mission Applications.
DATA CENTER SUPERVISION: Delivered comprehensive support for
HQ Legacy production & development, new off-site production
and COOP sites (6 Data Centers, 3 locations). Efficiently
maintained production, test and development environments
while providing VMware support for the enterprise.
Administered 30+ VMware ESXi 5 Hosts, 200+ VMs running
Windows 2008 and (with Linux Admin) Red Hat Linux 5\6. Co-
implemented 5 Dell M1000e Chassis and 94 Dell M610 Blade
Servers (60% of Enterprise Production, Test, Dev & Mission
Application Servers). Administered vSphere Production
Enterprise (four 3-12 Node Clusters) with HA, DRS, Host
Profiles & Update Manager connected to 400TB of NAS & iSCSI
Storage (with Storage Admin).
KEY DATA CENTER CONSOLIDATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
* Instrumental in design & implementation of Production
Data Center Enclave at component agency Data Center, hosting
HQ Production at remote facility.
* Vital contributor to VMware infrastructure design at
new facility, including HA using vSphere, vCenter and ESXi 4
and ESXi 5 to provide a mission-critical production
infrastructure.
* Developed technical and PM system architecture
design/engineering documentation.
* Coordinated BlueArc SAN installation (HQ & COOP, 155TB
each, multi-tiered iSCSI storage).
* Orchestrated (with Network Team) Cisco acquisition for
Host facility network infrastructure.
* Upgraded legacy Data Center and redesigned Enterprise
CM Server Inventory, improving space, power, cooling,
density, virtualization, service availability as well as
reducing costs.
KEY DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
HEADQUARTERS VMWARE PRODUCTION & TEST\DEV ENVIRONMENT:
* Implemented Test\Dev modernization project:
transitioned architecture to modern clustered
configurations, utilizing high availability & security
hardening (VMware & Windows 2008 R2 Security Baseline
Template) for 10 VMware ESXi Hosts (5 Clustered), 50+ VMs in
HQ development & 5 VMware ESXi 5 Hosts (3 Clustered), 20+
VMs in HQ production.
* Decommissioned and virtualized over 100 legacy Dell
2650/2950 Servers to VMware.
* Aided in decomm'ing 104 Exchange Servers & Domain
Controllers, saving $150K+.
* Decommissioned legacy US Marshals domain, HyperV
Cluster and Lync development environment (10+ virtual
servers), including IP, Domain and DNS cleanup.
* Deployed over 50 new VM Guests from Template for both
Infrastructure and Applications.
* Completed Power Certification for APC Data Center UPS
supporting 6 computer rooms.
* Successfully directed APC UPS Warranty Consolidation
and Renegotiation project, collapsing 4 warranties to 1 with
more coverage but no cost increase.
SRA/PENTAGON (JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, OFFICE OF THE CIO),
Rockville, MD; 11/2009 -09/2010
(through IntePros Consulting)
SENIOR MICROSOFT ENGINEER
Knowledgeable technical and leadership resource on mission-
critical projects spanning classified and unclassified
networks in an Exchange 2003, Windows 2003 and Active
Directory environment.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
* Played key role in preparation for Command Combat
Readiness Inspection (CCRI) Audit. Mentored AD team in
securing environment, domain controllers, DNS and DHCP.
* Achieved "outstanding" security compliance rating
(97.5%), by working with team to ensure servers,
workstations and applications met all DISA security
guidelines.
* Designed upgrade for SMTP gateways from Symantec Mail
Security 6.0 to Brightmail 8.1 and implemented SQL & Web-
based business intelligence solution for Strategic Gaming
Division.
CONTINUING EDUCATION/PERSONAL LEAVE; 01/2008 - 11/2009
Acquired Windows Server 2008, Exchange 2007 Certifications
while caring for terminally ill parent.
EMC MICROSOFT FEDERAL PRACTICE, Rockville, MD; 09/2006 -
01/2008
SENIOR SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
Client: US Secret Service (USSS)
Principal Architect for migrating non-standard legacy
Appliance email to Exchange 2003 for 100 US Secret Service
offices, encompassing accounts/mail, bulletin board to
public folder, Outlook Web Access & Blackberry integration
for both production and high-secure COOP sites. Migration
ensured support for Presidential Security Detail Agent
Blackberries for 2008 Presidential Election.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
* Spearheaded on-time deployment of Exchange migration,
including architectural design and custom migration process,
test lab, migration prototype & schedule and installation of
eMail Cluster (3A/1P) multi-site SAN-based solution for
Exchange system supporting 15,000 users.
CLIENT: DEFENSE FINANCE & ACCOUNT SERVICE (DFAS)
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENT:
* Drove consolidation of high-volume RightFax solution
(BlackBerry Enterprise Services, RightFax, SQL, Exchange
2003) processing 2MM invoicing/payroll faxes from 8 legacy
sites (BRAC'ed) to 2 central high availability sites,
entailing full system deployment, account migration and on-
site deployment within aggressive base close schedules
(BRAC).
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)/Unisys,
Escalation Team Lead (Server Team)/Network Engineer, 12/2004
- 09/2006
US Postal Service/HP, Senior Network Engineer, Exchange/AD
Team Lead supporting ACE Server Management Contract, 01/2004
- 05/2004
Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Network
Engineer & Shift Lead for TSA\DHS, 07/2003 - 12/2003
US Postal Service/HP, Lead Migration Engineer, supporting US
Postal Service ACE cc:Mail & Novell to Exchange & AD
migration project, 07/2002 - 07/2003
Group 1 Software, Senior Network Engineer, 02/1999 - 03/2002
SICPA Securink Corp, Network Manager/Engineer, 07/1995 -
10/1998
Claritas Inc., Manager/Networks & PC Systems, 03/1992 -
03/1995
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