Manager Project

**** ****** ** ***** 630-***-****

Naperville, IL 60540 E-mail:

**********@*****.***

Soji Mathew

Summary of Solid 16 years of experience in Information Technology.

qualifications

Excellent experience in Managing Technology, Datacenter operations

and project management.

Outstanding talent in problem solving; proven skill in persevering to

solve customer’s problems.

Dedicated, self-motivated, results oriented, up to date with current

technology.

Managed information technology staffs in 3 different locations

Education 08/1996 – 05/1999 University of Illinois Chicago, IL

Bachelor Degree in Science, Information and Decision Sciences

Professional 04/2005 to Present Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Chicago, IL

experience Project Manager (Risk Lead) (2012-Present)

Mange and execute enterprise Risk based projects, act as liaison

between Application Risk Team and Technology group

Schedule and execute Technology based activities such as Critical OS

and Enterprise Security Manager vulnerabilities remediation projects

Manage and lead internal transformation projects, such as Line of

Business transfer, internal device transfer etc.

Assist Level 3 Managers on day to day operation functions, escalate

issues to the appropriate technology partners

Manage and maintain enterprise standard on all servers owned by the

technology group

Manager, Technology Infrastructure (2005-2011)

Information Technology manager for the financial industry firms since

2005. Hire, train, develop and manage a technical team of Systems

Admins, Desktop Admins, and DBAs. Duties and responsibility includes

departmental direction and design, installation, implementation, support,

training, administration and management authority for:

24x7 Data Center Support Server/Desktop Support

Trading Application/System Support Help Desk Operations

Citrix System Support Database

Administration

Active Directory Exchange Server

Linux Installation/Support VMware for Development

Windows Support

Key Project & Achievements:

Recommend and implement/follow policies, procedures, and standards

relating to the information technology for the department per corporate

audit standard

Supervise the design, development, installation, upgrade and

maintenance of systems infrastructure

Assign work and provide technical guidance to subordinate personnel,

providing instructions and answering questions; also coordinate the

scheduling and completion of work by determining departmental priorities

Directed designing and installation of 1 million server infrastructure for

the main Trading System Platform, includes redundant failover site.

Cost saving through aggressive negotiation of contracts and pricing on

hardware/software purchase and other services

Responsible for interacting with third party software consulting vendors,

also Implement and manage in house and third party trading Applications

Implemented varies Market Data infrastructure, e.g. .Comstock,

ThomsoneOne, Activ

Supported and maintained Stock/Option trading platforms that includes

in-house developed and third party, such as Microhedge, Sterling.

Performed work of 2 full time equivalents by over taking personal

responsibility include Application support and database administration

Designed, implements and support Application Servers, such as

Network Servers, Database Servers (SQL), Other Application Servers

Responsible for managing, publishing, supporting Citrix Servers for the

firm

Responsible for managing four Datacenter in different location, also

responsible for co-coordinating 3rd party connections.

Responsible for managing the company Telecom System (Phone

System)

Responsible for Help Desk team does employee desktop support and

client application support

Implemented various storage solutions for trading platforms and

archiving

Extensive hands-on experience in network security, server monitoring

solution, day-to-day maintenance, server hardware designing

Experience in Real time messaging using Tibco MQ and Microsoft MQ

10/2000 to 03/2005 PaxClearing Corp Chicago, IL

Helpdesk/System Administrator Manager

Provided 24/7 technology support for the firm

Responsible for building, deploying windows based server infrastructure

Responsible for managing, publishing, supporting Citrix Servers for the

firm

Responsible installing, supporting Trading applications, such as, Fast

Track, Microhedge, Sterling, Real Tick, First Alert etc.

Responsible for co-coordinating and supporting market data

Managed and supported a helpdesk, responsible for supporting external

clients which include desktops, laptops, handhelds

Managed and supported varies windows server infrastructure that

includes Exchange, SQL, SNA, IIS

02/2000 to 10/2000 Continental Resources, Inc Wood Dale, IL

Systems Engineer (Consultant)

Project1: Suburban Library System

Designing and implementing the Virtual Private Network solution for

service between the main library system site and other ten community

libraries

Project2: Schaumburg Township

Upgraded NetWare 4.11 to NetWare 5, Designed, configured and

implemented Novell GroupWise 5.5 with Internet messaging system,

Implemented the ManageWise 2.6, Re-imaged the desktops with the

latest Novell client

Project3: Goss Graphic Systems:

Designed, configured and implemented Windows NT Domain System in

an existing NetWare 4.11 Token Ring network and integrated the Domain

with Novell Directory Services using NDS for NT. Designed and

implemented the Exchange Server Sites (includes 4 Exchange servers in

each site) and connected with a foreign site. Implemented the Outlook

web access. Configured the connection between GroupWise Domain and

Exchange Server site. Installed and configured the NT Remote Access

Server for the remote users to login to the network.

05/1999 to 02/2000 The John Marshall Law School Chicago, IL

Systems Administrator

Administration of 5 NetWare 4.11 servers on IPX/SPX

Administration of 8 Windows NT servers includes PDC and 3 BDCs

Set up and manage the network including login scripts, backup,

administering users, security features such as NDS and file security and

virus protection procedures, as well maintaining and troubleshooting of

Novell and NT networks includes 300 of IBM PC nodes, maintain and

monitor all network equipment such as Superstack switches, Hubs, fiber

converters etc.

Administration of two Exchange servers 5.5 with 300 and 1300 users

and provide end user support for Exchange client, Outlook, established

the fault tolerance by implementing 2 mirror exchange servers

Installed and configured the external and internal DNS servers, NT

Remote access servers for the users to login to the network, and also

implemented the web server running Internet Information Server 4.0 on

NT server (www.jmls.edu)

Responsible for every day back up using Seagate backup exec 7.01,

maintain and troubleshoot StorageTek 9714 Library Storage Module Tape

backup, Monitor the whole school network using Network General’s

Sniffer System

Designed and implemented the web site for school computer services

department

Disaster recovery experience in Exchange server 5.0, rebuilt and

reconfigured the server from a hardware failure

Supervised 3 helpdesk associates and provided technological support

for the helpdesk

02/1997 to 05/1999 Specialware Corp. DesPlaines, IL

IT Specialist

Administration of Windows NT server (PDC and BDC)

Administration of a Windows NT 4.0 server running Microsoft Exchange,

end user support for outlook97

Administration of a Windows NT 4.0 server running DHCP, WINS, DNS,

SQL7.0 and Proxy Servers

Administration of a Windows NT 4.0 server running IIS 4.0 and ILS 2.0

Installation, configuration, and administration of an Instant Internet proxy

server using TCP/IP protocols for Internet access

Maintain and troubleshoot the Office network

Developed and maintain office Intranet web site

Responsible for upgrading and fixing the computer hardware problems

Installed and configured a Linux Red hat 5.2 print server

Assisted in programming in house database applications in Visual basic

References Available up on request

Objective Seeking a management level position in the field of Information

Technology

Security clearance US Citizen

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