Charles Behm
Sr. Systems Engineer-Senior
Security Clearance: < Secret, 17 February 2009, U.S. Citizen>
Current work location :<Afghanistan>
ELY, IA 52227
acazii@r.postjobfree.com
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Relevant General and Specialized Experience
Veteran 15 years exp Accomplished IT professional with demonstrated
success implementing strategic IT initiatives that improve the business
functionality with positive impacts on the bottom line. Technology savvy
self-starter, adept at moving into new environments and extrapolate from
existing experience to quickly adapt to new technologies fluently.
Military Experience:
US Army Reserves ; Combat Engineer / Military Police; 2001 - 2009
Deployed to Active Duty in 2003 to IRAQ in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom
Oasys; 2012 -Present
Lead VMWare Engineer
As the Lead VMWare Engineer, My duties and responsibilities include, but
are not limited to:
. Virtual infrastructure design and implementation - Deployed a country
wide VMWare implementation consisting of: five ESXi 4.1 clustered host
servers per Data Center, vCenter running in a clustered environment
enabling Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) across the resource pool
and High Availability for failover.
. Lead the Design and Testing of VMWare 5.0 built testing environment
for upgrading to VMWare 5.0 from 4.1. Lead testing for VMWare View 5.0
and design salutations for VDI implementation.
. Design, implement and supported VMware Production, Development, Test
and DR environments
. Implemented, maintained and supported SRM Site Recovery Manager for
Disaster Recovery Sites. Instructed and trained VM Admins on SRM
functions and uses.
. Assessed system performance, capacity planning, design and VMware OS
evolution and standardization.
. Designed and documented SOP's for VMWare, ESXi, vCenter and SRM
Processes
. Mentored Systems Administrators and VMWare Admins on all VMWare
products and support issues
. Implemented Solarwinds monitoring for VMWare Environment
. Lead root cause analysis with incident and problem management for
VMware systems
. Setup and Implemented VCS for backups and single file restore in
vCenter
. NetApp Data on Tap 8 created NSF Datastore connections, iSCSI Luns,
Volumes, Snap Mirror, Snap Vault, Backups, Deduplication, and CIF
Shares
FulcrumIT; 2010 - 2011
Systems Engineer
As the Systems Engineer, My duties and responsibilities include, but are
not limited to:
. Successful US and NATO forces Enterprise Architecture systems
implementation - Traveled throughout Afghanistan to Build Data Centers
and Technical Control facilities to provide a higher class of
enterprise services to the war fighting customer.
. Configured NetApp and Dell SANs storage arrays for all shared drives,
datastores and backup devices. Created NFS Shares and LUNS for VM
client images and data storage.
. Virtual infrastructure design and implementation - Deployed a country
wide VMWare implementation across twelve sites each consisting of: ten
ESXi 4.1 clustered host servers, vCenter running in a clustered
environment enabling Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) across the
resource pool and High Availability for failover. Created templates
for deploying VM clients, migrated existing physical servers via VM
Converter (P2V) reducing the power, cooling, logistics costs, and
physical equipment footprint which combined together for a significant
cost savings.
. Designed and implemented enterprise systems infrastructure with
technologies consisting of Windows Server 2003 and 2008 R2 Domain
Controllers and members servers providing the following services:
Active Directory, DFS replication, DNS, DHCP, Back Exec, Exchange,
File and Print, and SCCM/ConfigMgr with WSUS/SUP for servicing
critical warfighting customers throughout Afghanistan.
Intuit; 2007 - 2010
IT System Consultant
As the IT Systems Consultant my duties and responsibilities include, but
are not exclusive to:
. SQL Database conversion for a major Real Estate investment company
with over 20years of data and an excess for $100 Billion in assets.
Converted legacy system data from Access, Excel, and Oracle to SQL
2005 system using Data transfer tools, SSIS, T-SQL scripts, SQL Import
and Export function.
. Managed 2000/2005 SQL Server infrastructure consisting of 40+ servers.
Created and maintained all maintenance plans, performed backup &
restores, monitored user and job activity and scheduled jobs.
. Installed/upgraded and migrated all versions of SQL Server. Work with
and trained clients and employees in SQL setup, SQL account creations,
Maintenance plans, SSAS/SSRS installs, SSRS website policies, SQL
performance issues and troubleshooting SQL Jobs.
. Worked with external clients on Server hardware recommendations for
upgrading or migrating to new SQL systems to best fit their database
and company needs.
. Planned and implemented company training environment, improving the
training experience for both internal employees and external clients.
Training environment utilized a SQL 2005 backend running over 100
databases with Citrix client servers publishing multiple applications.
. Gathered and assessed needs from internal business units; created
custom solutions to resolve issues (e.g., system slowdowns, virus
outbreaks and process bottlenecks); and developed functional solutions
for business departments.
. Implemented and supported Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server and
Citrix Xenapp 5 server in a Windows Active Directory environment for
internal users and external clients to access published applications.
Citrix Xenapp 5 for Windows 2003 used the Application streaming to
build application profiles for Client use on the external Citrix web
site. Setup and supported environment to include application
publishing, user account access, web environment setup, VMware setup
of desktop and server environments.
. Managed multiple IIS Web servers utilizing server clustering and load
balancing, to improve network traffic and bottleneck processor
overloads.
Plastic Platers Inc.; Network System Administrator; 2006 -2007
As the Network Systems Administrator my duties and responsibilities
include, but are not exclusive to:
. Designed and implemented backbone of network consisting of the Domain
Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Firewall, Router and switches.
. Monitored Network traffic ran updates on all servers created disaster
recovery plans, performed onsite backups and offsite offloading, setup
SAN storage and file sharing.
. Managed 2003 Server infrastructure consisting of 40 networked servers
running Terminal Server, Citrix, SQL 2005, Remote access (VPN), IIS
Web and SharePoint 2007.
. Supported network Quest T1 routers, setup site to site VPN access,
Firewall, IP Nat, IP Forward and Norton Antivirus and IT Security
rules.
. Designed and implemented Cisco wireless network throughout company
environment accompanied wireless network with a Mesh Topology Network.
Improving the path between the source system and a destination in the
network providing a failsafe wireless network.
NexStar/MBNA; Desktop Server Analyst; 2005 -2006
Specific tasks performed included, but were not exclusive to:
. Implemented Server 2003 and provided maintenance
. Providing tier 3 technical support
. Install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain desktop services and
equipment as part of trouble ticket resolution
. Performing user account management in Active directory
. Inventory and control management of all software available to the
organization
. Analyzing and troubleshooting system problems
. Providing systems analysis
. Performing windows administration, modifying login scripts
Contract Employment; IT System Support; 2004 - 2005
McLeodUSA; Sr. Desktop Analyst; 1997 - 2002
Education:
. 2010 - Present Devry University; Bachelors in CIS
Certifications:
. CompTIA Security Plus
Additional Training and/or Courses:
. NET APP SANs Data on TAP 7, 8
. VMWare 4.1 VCP Course
. 70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Environment
. 70-291 Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
. 70-299 Implementing and Administering Security in a Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 Network
. 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure