Helen Garza
E: *******@*****.*** •M: 757-***-**** • San Antonio, TX 78217
HELP DESK TECHNICIAN
Help Desk Technician, who assumes complex assignments, meets strict deadlines and delivers superior performance. Over
6 years of experience with helpdesk support, Windows/UNIX server administration and upkeep, workstation deployment
and troubleshooting, and hardware diagnostics. Skilled at learning new concepts quickly, working well under pressure, and
communicating ideas clearly and effectively. Core competencies include:
System Administration • Desktop and User Support • SharePoint Portal Administration
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HEADQUARTERS EUCOM • Stuttgart, Germany • 2011 - 2012
The mission of the U.S. European Command is to conduct military operations, international military engagement, and
interagency partnering to enhance transatlantic security and defend the United States forward.
Knowledge Management (KM) Engineer
Maintained over 15 sites and 55 sub-sites in the SharePoint 2007 Portal and over 10 sites and 20 sub-sites in the 2010
portal.
• Selected to initiate, plan, develop, and execute an Authorized Service Interruption project for the Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA); this led to the design of a workflow process that decreased notification
process time by seventy-five percent.
• Expertly resolved 372 trouble tickets for EUCOM Directorates.
• Quickly and effectively provided customer support for all SharePoint challenges to include adding/modifying
sites, web pages, distribution lists, and permission levels
USS NITZE (DDG-94) • Norfolk, VA • 2006 - 2010
The mission of the USS Nitze is to conduct prompt, sustained combat operations at sea in support of national policy.
Network/Systems Administrator
Lead Systems Administrator for NTCSS and NIAPS servers which were crucial to the command’s training, maintenance,
and material readiness.
• Aided in the removal and restoral of 3 Classified servers, 3 Unclassified servers, and 2 stand-alone servers
supporting NIAPS and NTCSS enclaves
• Network Administrator for 7 servers, 14 switches and over 200 workstations
Helpdesk Technician
Expertly operated and maintained over 85 Information Systems, facilitating system utilization for 260 personnel during 2
deployments.
• Solely responsible for the successful recovery of financial records preventing the loss of $250,000 in supply
requisitions
• Maximized network capabilities by establishing barge computer services to 35 Unclassified and 4 Classified
workstations
EDUCATION
Journeyman Networking Core, NEC 2735
Center for Information Dominance Learning Site Norfolk •Virginia Beach, VA •2010
Provides basic and in-depth levels of instruction in Local Area Networks (LAN) and Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN),
with focus on system administration.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Excel • Word • Power Point • Outlook • InfoPath
• Visio • Nintex Workflows • Remedy • Active Directory • Veritas Backup Exec