Senior Systems Engineer/SAN Architect/Virtualization Expert

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PHONE 208-***-**** • E-MAIL ************@*****.***

ADAM NIELSON

OBJECTIVE

To advance my career in I.T. and the Server/SAN administration fields

JOB SKILLS

Building and maintaining environments with blade servers, VMware, Linux, Unix, all flavors of Windows, Brocade and Cisco switches, etc

Setup and support LANs, domains, workstations and servers, Fiber Channel/iSCSI SANs including D2D/Tape backups, storage and server virtualization, virtual arrays, etc

Work well in stressful environments as a lead, team player or alone

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

11/04 – present Adecco Technical – HP Site Boise, ID

Senior Systems Engineer

Exact same job as previous position, however now under Adecco Management

In addition to the previous job responsibilities that I still have, I also:

1.Make all decisions on server and network setup and administration

2.Personally budget all infrastructure spending and priorities for the fiscal year ranging from 250k-2 million per year

3.24/7 support of the entire test and production infrastructure

8/00 – 10/04 CDI Information Services – HP Site Boise, ID

Senior Systems Administrator (on-site supervisor/lead)

Administrate multiple domains, servers and workstations for Hewlett Packard’s LaserJet Test Lab

Administrate 100 blade servers hosting VMs with Linux/Windows running such services as: DHCP/DNS for IPv4/IPv6, HA and load-balanced cluster servers, web, mail, monitoring, Active Directory, file-sharing, various SQL and Oracle databases, print, backup, disk imaging, MS VSS, LDAP, support ticket system, inventory, etc.

Implement and support hardware such as: fiber switches, virtual arrays (HP EVA, MSA, etc), tape and virtual (D2D) libraries, x86 and PA-RISC servers, switches, FC, iSCSI, SCSI, SATA, etc.

1/00 – 7/00 Manpower Technical Boise, ID

Customer Engineering Department (short-term contract)

Install servers, DLT Libraries, auto-raids, switches and bridges

Troubleshoot SCSI, Fibre Channel and other hardware issues

Respond to customer troubleshooting requests

9/99 – 1/00 Horizon Digital Boise, ID

Server and Security Administrator/Field Technician

Resolved computer and network problems on-site and by telephone

Maintained company web, mail, and firewall Linux servers

Built computers, networks and servers to fit customers needs

10/98 – 9/99 RMC Internet Services Boise, ID

M.I.S. Administrator/N.O.C. Engineer/Tech. Support Rep.

Responsible for company-wide computers, servers and network

Worked with internet backbone providers to troubleshoot and resolve issues

Built and maintained company Exchange Servers and Proxy Servers

REFERENCES

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