Stephen Michael Christie
ac7q3a@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
Who is Stephen Christie?
Bringing over 15 years of experience to the table, I am a highly qualified Network Architect.
My career highlights encompass the design of innovative enterprise solutions, seamlessly executed on a global scale.
Whether your goals are to reduce operational costs or to increase company revenue or transform your existing infrastructure; you can depend on my proven track record of delivering impactful results through a steadfast commitment to aligning business objectives and technology solutions.
Recognized for my exceptional skills which enable Business Development through IT Project Management. Specializing in all aspects of IT: Automation, Networks, Servers, Applications, Disaster Recovery Strategy, and adeptly addressing complex Security challenges.
Notably, I also have a positive history of elevated Security Clearance approvals.
ITIL SOX PCI HIPPA GLBA SOP LEAN IT AGILE ISACA SCADA DIACAP STIG DHA PKI
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Including but not limited to:
Datacenter and System Migrations, Capacity Planning, Cloud Computing, Hybrid, Replication, Disaster Recovery, Azure, AWS, Google, Cloud Backups, Microsoft Active Directory, Office 365, Citrix VDI XenApp, VMware NSX, SRM, Servers, Blades, Storage SAN, Cisco, Network Load Balancing, Clustering, Nutanix, Central Logging, Reporting, Alert and Monitoring, Web Farms, Automated Patch and Software Delivery, Oracle DB, SQL, CRM, EDC, Middleware.
HARDWARE EXPERIANCE
Including but not limited to:
IBM Blade Servers, IBM SAN Storage, HPE Nimble, HPE Blade Servers, HPE ProLiant Servers, HP EVA SAN, Pure Storage, Dell Blade Servers, Dell EqualLogic SAN, NetApp Storage, Compellent Storage
EMC SAN VNX Flash, Recover Point, Data Domain, EMC Networker, CommVault, Linux Clusters
Cisco FTD & ASA Firewalls, Cisco ISE, Cisco DUO, Cisco UCS Servers and Blades, PaloAlto Firewalls, BigIP F5, VMware VeloCloud SDWAN, Radius, Cisco Meraki Wireless & Switches, Arista Switches.
ACCREDITED TECHNICAL TRAINING
VMWARE
Class: VMware v8 (2023)
Class: VMware v6 (2016)
Class: VMware v5 (2013)
Certification: VCP 4 (2010)
Certification: VCP 3 (2007)
Certification: VCP Trainer (2007)
Certification: Capacity Planner (2007)
MICROSOFT
Class: MS Azure Cloud Security (2022)
Class: MS Azure Identity Provider (2021)
Class: MCITP 2008 (2010)
Class: MCSE 2003 + Exchange (2004)
Class: MCSE 2000 + Exchange (2001)
Class: MCSE NT 4 + Exchange (2000)
CITRIX
Class: Citrix XenApp 7 (2014)
Class: Citrix XenApp 6 (2010)
Class: Access Gateway (2007)
Class: Net Scaler (2007)
Class: Citrix Presentation (2007)
Class: Citrix Metaframe XP (2000)
CISCO
Class: Cisco CCNA (2007)
Class: Cisco CCNA (2001)
Comp TIA
Certification: Comp TIA Security + se (MIL DOD Compliant)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Baker Engineering Sr. Systems Architect 02/2019 – 03/2024
Transforming Business Requirements into Solutions, I lead a Technical Team of Engineers through multiple high value projects which increased company efficiency and permitted the expansion of talent and services with the net result of increasing revenue 20 million dollars per year.
X-Technologies Sr. Virtualization Architect 02/2017 – 02/2019
Solution Architect and Technical Subject Matter Expert providing security focused solutions to fulfill the mission to integrate PKI into US Military Systems and Applications. I also served as a Technical Escalation Support and Technical Writer documenting Requirements and Task-Steps to support necessary technology platforms including Virtualization, Storage Systems, Network Equipment, Identity Management, Cloud Computing on Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.
KFORCE Sr. Virtualization Engineer 08/2016 – 12/2017
Technical Escalation SME of Servers and Virtualization and Storage Systems to DoD Dental
Healthcare Sites for DENCOM MEDCOM DHA. Support the Storage Migration project of EMC VNX
Storage, also ATMOS AVAMAR, Dell Servers, and Cisco ASA Firewall. Technical lead of migration
project to the DOD Cloud.
Insight Global Sr. Virtualization Architect 03/2016 – 08/2016
Technical Team Lead of Migration Project to the Amazon AWS Cloud, and Escalation SME of Server
Virtualization and Storage Migration to DoD Amazon Web for the Development systems of
Healthcare Application Gateway Sites (CHAS). Racked and Upgraded Dell Servers, Dell
MD1000,1200,1400 Storage JBOD and ISCSI. Administer Cisco ASA 5510 Firewall DELL Servers
iSCSI Storage.
BioBridge Global Sr. System Architect 09/2014 – 02/2016
Engineer Redundant Data Center with Active Active Servers Cluster of Microsoft 2012, VMware 6
and vRealize with Horizon, Citrix XenApp Provisioning Server Netscalers. Cisco UCS Servers Blades,
EMC VNX 2 5600 SAN, EMC Recover, EMC Data Domain, HP Blades, HP EVA MSA SAN.
Electronic Document Mgmt Systems, SQL, Oracle, Linux, HIPPA and Regulated Systems.
NuStar Energy Axeon Datacenter Migration SME 02/2014 – 08/2014
Technical Lead of Migration Project to the Azure o365 and Hybrid On-Prem Active Directory
Migration and site Cutovers which Migrated 200 Refinery App Servers and 300 users from
Multiple sites. Servers with Compellant Storage, Dell Blades and IBM Blades.
Hewlett Packard Sr. Storage SME 01/2013 – 02/2014
Technical Team Lead and Escalation SME of Server and Data Migration and Integration to DoD
FDCCI Government Datacenter Consolidation project to consolidate 40 production datacenters into
new Managed Application Private Cloud. HP Blades, HP EVA, NetApp, EMC Storage, Cisco
Energy Transfer Co. Sr. Virtualization Engineer 12/2012 – 01/2013
Project Technical Lead of Migration and Consolidation 4 datacenters with Hybrid Virtual Infrastructure into unified MS 2012 HyperV Cluster away from out of support XEN Server Xen App and VMware servers. Consolidate NetApp and HP EVA into Compellent Storage.
Hewlett Packard Datacenter Migration SME 08/2012 – 12/2012
Technical Team Lead and Escalation SME of Server and Datacenter Consolidation project to migrate into 40 new production cloud datacenters.
Accelera Solutions VDI Solution Engineer 04/2012 – 08/2012
Architect solution for Global MHS Private Cloud infrastructure and migration strategy. Onsite Datacenter Engineer to Rack and Configure Server Storage and Network equipment of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure project to the Department of Veteran Affairs to create Private Cloud VDI Architecture for 10,000 Virtual Machine Desktops, Citrix XenApp Server Provisioning, Hyper V 2012, Netapp FAS Storage iscsi, Dell M1000 Blades, Cisco Nexus 5000 FCoE.
Accelera Solutions Virtualization SME 10/2011 – 08/2012
Design and create proposal documents with technical schematics for a globally distributed DoD Private Cloud of datacenters called MAG Sites (Managed Application Gateway). The worldwide infrastructure to deliver Applications and Patient Data to Military Health personnel.
CPS Energy Sr. Infrastructure Engineer 10/2010 – 10/2011
Principal Architect and Implementation Engineer managing the project to migrate from legacy servers into a High-Availability Private Cloud. Rack and Configure HP Blade Servers in Production and Recovery Datacenters with over 5000 MS Server 2008 virtual machines. P2V project of 1000 Legacy Servers. HP EVA Storage and HP Blade Servers.
Robert Half Int. Sr. Citrix & Firewalll Engineer 07/2010 – 09/2010
Brooke Army Medical Center Site, Consult on Citrix implementation and Cisco Wireless Project.
Assisted integration of Citrix NetScaler Access Gateway for multiple Hospital sites.
IBM Global Sr. Infrastructure Engineer 09/2007 – 06/2010
Technically Manage Team of Server Engineers and customer facing IT Projects. Designed a strategy and executed the migration of Legay Hardware and Software into new gen VMWARE, Citrix, and IBM Server Hardware platforms. Supporting VMware, Citrix 6.5, Microsoft SQL. Implemented a rapid rollover strategy for Applications and Services capable of Automated Failover to a remote location Disaster Recovery Data Center.
IBM Global Cloud Solutions Architect 06/2007 – 08/2007
Founders Award of Recognition. When IBM made the move to launch their first-ever large-scale Cloud Services Offering, I was selected to be the Principal Consultant to provide the Architecture design. Requirements included the need for a scalable Milti-tenant ISP-Like infrastructure hosting 25,000 Virtualized Desktops on Launch date within six (6) months, and to be expanded via automation to over 250,000 Virtualized Desktops by the end of two years. Utilizing IBM, VMware, Microsoft, Citrix.
Hewlett Packard Sr. Systems Engineer 05/2006 – 10/2007
Sr. Engineer and Principal Consultant to Enterprise customers including:
Chesapeake & Devon Energy, FAA, Lockheed, UMB Bank, Integris Health.
Engineer Virtualized Production Infrastructures and Disaster Recovery Datacenters.
VMware Certified VCP and Jumpstart Trainer and Capacity Planner and VDI, CyberArc,
Linux, Citrix XenApp Server Provisioning, Microsoft Server 2008 AD, Exchange 2007,
SharePoint, SCOM. HP Servers, HP Blade, HP EVA, EMC Storage, Double Take, PlateSpin.
IBM Global Sr. Systems Engineer 12/2005 – 04/2006
Systems Engineer to IBM customers to design and build virtualized datacenters.
IBM Blades, IBM 4000 SAN, VMware, Linux, Citrix, Microsoft AD, Exchange 2003, SQL,
Double Take, Geo Cluster, Cisco Blade Switches and Fiber Channel.
Achievement: Creating new production infrastructure; 100 Server Builds in 14 days.
DELL Inc. Team Lead Silver Server Support 06/2005 – 12/2005
Technical Lead and Coach Gold Server Analyst Team for Advanced Software Support.
VMWARE, Microsoft Server 2003 AD, Exchange, Alt OS Linux, and MS Clustering Queues.
Escalation and Emergency Response Tech for Recovery of Critical Production Servers.
Engineer in First OKC Dell Datacenter and VMware and Microsoft Customer Scenario Lab.
EDS Sr. Systems Engineer 02/2005 – 06/2005
Sr. Analyst at secure Government bunker site of +5000 Dell and HP servers.
Systems Administrator responsible for all servers and workstations.
ARINC Sr. Systems Engineer 01/2005 - 02/2005
Infrastructure Engineer of DFW Airport Traffic Control Production Datacenter.
IBM Blades with Cisco switches, CyberArc, Microsoft 2003 Clustered Servers hosting custom FAA software. Technical Writer of Manuals for production and recovery processes.
TV Guide Network Engineer 2 09/2004 – 01/2005
Sr. Systems Engineer Project to Refresh 500 Production Servers. Implement first Microsoft 2003
Active Directory Site, Exchange, SQL, SharePoint. Unix, HP ProLiant, HP SAN Storage, and robot backup libraries. Technical Writer of Change Docs and Procedure Manuals.
COLLEGE EDUCATION
Northeastern State University NSU Tahlequah, OK 1996 - 1998
Degree Program: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Tulsa Community College TCC Tulsa, OK 1995-1996
Degree Program: Associates in MIS
Edison High School: Diploma/GED Tulsa, OK 1992-1994