Engineer Citrix
Resume:
Sam Sanders, Citrix Administrator/Engineer
Watauga, Texas 76148
Cell 817-***-****
ac94uo@r.postjobfree.com
EXPERIENCE:
Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE – 16+ years)
Citrix Certificed Administrator (CCA – 16+ years)
Experience in Windows Terminal Server/RDS configuration and licensing
Citrix Winframe/Metaframe 1.8/XPe/PS 4/XenApp 4.5/5.0/6.5 (15+ years) on Windows 2003/2008/2012 server.
XenDesktop 5.6/7.6 with PVS 7.1 (6 years) deployment and management.
Citrix technical lead a (1.5 years) –Lockheed Martin
Storefront 2.6/3.x build and configuration (3 years)
Citrix WebInterface (12+ years)
Citrix Licensing Server and License management (8+ years)
Citrix Director deployment and operations (3 years)
Played a large part in installing, imaging, refreshing servers and maintaining them through their life. Hardware and virtual. Tier 1 to Tier 3 support .
Manage farms on 3 to 3000 servers. XenApp main farm, a secondary DMZ farm using Citrix Secure Gateway, and two 4-9 server XenApp farms. Installed a small number of small XenApp farms.
Managing a XenApp 4.5 farm with 60+ servers.
Managing a XenDesktop 5.x farm with PVS 6.1 with 120 desktops and Hyper-V.
Microsoft Active Directory (5 + years)
HP/Compaq Proliant Server line, DL380/385
HPRDP, Platespin, Sysprep, Vmware Vsphere 4/5/5.5, Foundstone.
Managed and reported via Citrix summary database.
Managed Netscaler 9.3 on 7500 HA running Access Gateway
Netscaler (ADC) 10.5 load balancing/monitors and firmware upgrades.
Participated in Disaster Recovery projects performing tests to restore servers and documenting the process for Citrix server DR plans.
Trainer for Windows, Word, Citrix to support personnel.
XenServer 6.5 deployment with Netscaler (ADC) 10.5 vpx install. XenDesktop 7.6 and Storefront.
WORK HISTORY:
March 2019 to Present: Resource Logistics assigned to Sogeti, client project at Weir Group
Citrix Consultant, contractor
Support of Citrix in Central IT Core Infrastructure Triage Project
Evaluation and troubleshooting of Citrix UPM
Evaluation and improvement of Peformance of Session logons across the WAN
January 2017 to February 2019: TEKsystems, assigned to LHP Hospital Group,
15660 Dallas Parkway
Suite 600
Dallas, Tx 75248
Citrix Engineer, contractor,
Support of XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6 with Provisioning Server 7.1 and VMware.
Creation of templates, move and migrating of VMs, Updates to vdisks, reverse imaging of vdisks.
Build of new Storefront servers and configuration.
April 2016 to November 2016: Reliance One, Inc. assigned to Celanese International, Las Colinas, Texas.
Citrix Systems Engineer, contractor,
focusing on moving Citrix XenApp farms into a secure segment.
Building a new XenApp 7.6 farm including new Citrix license server, Storefront servers, and migration of applications from a XenApp 6.5 farm.
Support of older 4.5/50/6.5 farms. Support of some Netscaler aspects.
Documenting migration and deployment procedures.
January 2016 to April 2016: Holland Square Resources, Franklin, TN, assigned to St. Luke’s Health System, Boise, Idaho, Remote office at home 100% in Watauga, TX.
Citrix Engineer III, working as contractor on the Server IT group.
Working tasks including installing, moving, and testing new and updated applications, deployment of virtual servers, machine catalogs, desktop groups, using vsphere 5.5,
Provisioning Server 7.1/7.5, XenApp 6.5/7.6.
Manage change request and Go-live events. Work tests and documentations and reports.
Work escalated break/fix.
October 2014 to October 2015: TEKsystems,
assigned to Ascension Health Information Services
Citrix Consultant on National team.
Remote work, office in Nashville, TN
Escalations, documentation, RDS license inventories, troubleshoot Citrix XenApp 6.5 server and farm issues, assist in UPM setup, configure Citrix policies
Perform Netscaler configurations including:
firmware upgrades to 10.5
load balancing for xml brokers/monitors
Review settings for traffic management as it relates to the managed Citrix farms.
Netscaler (ADC) documentation of VIPs, member servers, monitors, and naming standards.
Vulnerability remediation via WinSCP against sslv3
Observed Netscaler (ADC) migration from one vpx to another new vpx
Performed forced failovers and nsconfig saves
Assist client in adjusting Webinterface console to use VIPs and test.
Training and self-study on XenDesktop/XenApp 7.6 – Online training lessions, edocs, webinars, lunch & learns.
May 2014 to October 2014: AIG Global Services
Senior Citrix Administrator
AIG Datacenter, Fort Worth, TX
Contract position, working with Modis
14241 Dallas Pkwy, Suite 200
Dallas, Tx 75254
Perform Tier 2 escalations, and system changes.
PVS server 6.0 tasks, vDisk updates, and break/fix.
February 2012 to May 2014: Monitronics International, Dallas
Citrix Systems Engineer
2350 Valley View Lane
Dallas, TX 75234
Citrix Engineer/admininistrator/architect of Citrix farm and future Citrix efforts.
Lead Citrix SME.
Stood up XenApp 6.5.
Worked with integrator to upgrade Access Gateway to new Netscalers 9.3.
Applied best practices to farm via load balancing, zone design, security, Citrix admin permissions, Citrix hotfixes, server hotfixes.
XenDesktop/Provisioning Services 6.1 completed with Microsoft Hyper-V. (2012)
Completed vdisk updates on XenDesktop.
Deployment of XenApp servers via VMware 4.0/5.0.
Upgraded Web interface and deployed.
Built new VM servers and added to farm.
Used summary database to create monthly reports.
Create/edit/monitor profiles.
Completed online training in XenDesktop 5, XenApp 6/6.5, and VMware 5.
Completed Netscaler training – first 3 day course.
A deployed Netscaler 7500 HA pair was handed off to me to manage.
Completed several Netscaler (ADC) tasks:
Applied certificate and verify expirations
Updated firmware, downloaded firmware and staged for upgrade.
Worked with 9.3 version session polices/profiles under sslvpn
Add intranet applications, permissions to IP ranges.
Set Bookmarks
Set split tunneling config
Configure Certificate authority to use and create client certificates. Created 250 certs for dual factor authentication. Set NS to use dual factor.
Create and export keys.
View logs and report logs to Citrix. Generate support file
Update DNS server entries
Adjusted administrator accounts/passwords
Check HA statuses.
Configure Intranet IPs for each user sessions.
Working with IBM platform servers.
Configured Citrix Profile Management and Policies for XenApp 6.5.
Configured Session Printers filtered by IP address.
December 2002 to November 2011: Computer Systems Analyst Senior (Windows Server/Citrix Administrator)
Lockheed Martin –EBS
P.O. Box 748
Mail Zone 2177
Fort Worth, TX 76101
Windows 2000/2003/2008 Server system administration. Windows Terminal Server/Citrix Metaframe/XenApp administration and troubleshooting,
Administration of client accounts and resources,
Support to webservers associated with Citrix Web Interface technology;
Assisted in deployment of Citrix Metaframe XPe, PS 4.0, and XenApp 4.5/5.0 on Windows 2000/2003; managing a 160 server farm; Presented Training to support desk in Orlando and Denver on technology of Citrix and terminal server.
Citrix software IM packaging, hotfixes and patches, security updates, compliance and audit requirements.
Site contact for using Platespin Migrate to use in new server builds and hardware refreshes.
Use VCenter/Vsphere to administrate virtual servers.
Installed first small XenApp 4.5 farms at location and first Windows 2008/XenApp 5.0 farm on site.
Appointed Citrix team technical lead. Facilitated the golden image of important Citrix server image and led in the rollout of the image across 100+ servers.
September 1997 to December 2002: Senior Member Technical Staff (NT System Administrator)
Computer Sciences Corporation, Technology Management Group
6100 Western Place, West Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76107
The above address is no longer valid; please contact this address/phone:
Corporate Headquarters
3170 Fairview Park Drive
Falls Church, VA 22042 USA
Phone: +1-703-***-****
Windows NT system administration. Windows Terminal Server/Citrix Metaframe administration and troubleshooting, ;
December 1996 to September 1997: Senior Network Analyst
Texas-New Mexico Power Company
P.O. Box 2943
Fort Worth, TX 76113
The address above, during my employment, is no longer valid; This is the current contact address/phone:
1207 W Parkwood Ave
Friendswood, TX 77546-5403
Support of Client/Server network issues.
Support to Support desk.
Netware (3.12/4.11) and Windows NT Administration.
Project leadership and implementation of Microsoft Internet Information Server, Proxy Server, and Exchange Mail server.
I singlely deployed the NT Domain, DNS and WINS services, Exchange Server and MS Mail for PC Networks coexistence.
April 1992 to December 1996: Product Support Engineer
Microsoft Corporation
1321 Greenway Drive, Las Colinas, Texas 75038
Technical support of Windows 3.x, Word for Windows and Word for Macintosh, PowerPoint for Windows and Macintosh, Microsoft Publisher, and Windows 95.
Developed Small Group Training in Publisher, HTML, OLE on the network, and Word/WordPerfect comparisons, .
Administer Windows NT 3.51 Server using Windows and Macintosh File/Print Services.
Other Skills include:
Managing work-study students on a college campus
Coordinating a campus media learning center.
Built and supported computer labs in a library setting.
Dropped network cables and closet patching.
Signal Intelligence (USAF and contractor)
EDUCATION:
Cleveland Institute of Electronics Home Study
University of Texas at Arlington: 21 hours 4.0 gpa
Dallas Baptist University: B.A. degree in Radio/TV cum laude
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary: 24 hours graduate courses
Microsoft Technical Support Training including:
Windows 3.x, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95
Customer Support Skills
Word for Windows, PowerPoint for Windows and Macintosh
Macintosh System Software
Microsoft Publisher
Upgrade course Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Other Technical training:
HP Netserver Technical Training Course
HP Windows NT Tuning and Optimization
CBT Systems training courses on numerous NT administration and networking topics.
Microsoft 688 Course: Internetworking TCP/IP on Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft A-219 Course: Systems Management Server 2.0 (SMS)
Microsoft 1125 Course: Implementing Site Server 3.0
Microsoft Windows 2000 courses: 1560, 1561, 2154AC
Citrix course: Citrix Metaframe XPe Enterprise Management, CTX-2621
Citrix course: Citrix Metaframe 1.8 to Metaframe XP Skills Update, CTX-1210
Six Sigma Green Belt Training course
Microsoft SQL 2000 implementation course.
Attended Citrix I-Forum/Synergy in 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012
Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server 3.0, CTX-1223BI
MS-2279 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 Advanced Design and Troubleshooting
CTX-1455AW Citrix Access Suite 4.0: Common Management Platform Administration
Vmware and Netapp: in-house week-long class taught by Vmware trainer.
Citrix XenApp 4.5-5.0 course, 5-days
Microsoft Course for 70-293 Windows 2003 Active Directory, passed exam, self-study
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 implementation – 5 days
Citrix XenDesktop 5 self-paced computer based training
Citrix XenApp 6.0/6.5 self-paced computer based training
Self paced training in XenDesktop 7.6
Self-paced training in VMware 5
Knowledge transfer of XenDesktop and Provisioning Services and Microsoft Hyper-V
HONORS:
Graduated Cum laude from Dallas Baptist University, 3.6 gpa
Alpha Chi Honor Society
Honor in Radio and TV at Dallas Baptist University
Art Awards in High School: Gold Key Scholastic Art Awards, Hallmark Honor
Governor’s School of North Carolina, (Art Achievement)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION:
DOD Secret Clearance renewable, previously held Top Secret.
MCP Exchange Server 5.5
MCSE certified (NT 4.0)
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) Metaframe XPe and Presentation Server 4.0
Microsoft Windows 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure exam
Microsoft Windows Vista Configuration Exam
HOBBIES, INTERESTS, TALENTS:
Computers, networking
Church ministries and participation
Guitar music and speaking
Travel/camping/photography/Photoshop
Amateur Radio(KE5BU)/electronics
Woodworking/Home Improvement
Clowning, balloon twisting, DJ
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