Senior Platform Engineer with expertise in solutions design, advanced troubleshooting, and systems engineering, with an extensive experience across multiple storage, virtualization, and middleware technologies. A strong background in designing, implementing and supporting infrastructure solutions based on the requirements of the business. I’ve recognized for clear, decisive actions that improved business performance and streamlined processes, excellent oral and written communication skills; the ability to clearly articulate to all project members and stakeholders (including application owners, implementation engineers, vendors, and end-users as well as management); and is a team player who works well with technical and non-technical resources.

EXPERIENCE

Lead Infrastructure Engineer – Robert Half (Honda Research and Development) (August 2015 – Present)

Designed and implemented infrastructure solutions based on functional business requirements to support critical performance testing of production applications. Also responsible for creating server policy, procedures and documenting the Honda R and D physical and virtual environments.

Ensured system improve

Responsible for the migration of the Honda R and D Active Directory environment to one central Domain

Responsible for the VMWare ESXi and VDI migration to new Domains

Designed and implemented Netapp storage solutions based on business/project requirements.

Supported infrastructures within the datacenter (VMware, Windows, hardware/software).

Determined the requirements for the new application, which was converged with virtual services.

Led the team, which was responsible for driving project implementations. This included operating system installs, application installs and creating supporting documentation for production installs.

Solutions Engineer – Kforce (Nationwide Insurance) (Jan 2015 – Apr 2015)

Served as an expert in hardware/software systems engineering in a Windows environment. Undertook the most complex projects requiring additional specialized technical knowledge.

Ensured system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.

Designed the most complex hardware/software components, tools, and utilities for Nationwide Business Units and I&O.

Determined based on the requirements whether the application needed to be Highly Available or the Disaster Recovery had to be built in. Determined if the storage had to be tier 1 or 2, and NAS storage. Determined the best practices and created policies.

Responsible for designing and solution Enterprise-Level IT environments by gathering technical requirements; working with Application teams and 3rd party Vendors while leveraging peer Engineering teams, Operation teams, and Architects in order to exit Data Center South.

Worked with the DBAs for the configuration and implementation of the database for ta three-tier Web application project.

Ensured application security using Single Sign On, SSL, LDAP, and Active Directory.

Tested out the highly available and Disaster Recovery solutions. This included functionality tests with the application team.

Determined the requirements for the new application, which was converged with virtual services.

As a senior engineer, worked with application owners, vendors, implementation engineers, and managers.

Senior Server and Storage Engineer - Wendy’s Company (Apr 2012 - Nov 2014)

Primary storage resource to provision, design implemented all storage needs based on business requirements. VMware resource that supported and provisioned VMware hosts and guest in a Windows environment.

Provided the design for new SAN network that included updating all fabric switches.

Designed and implemented storage solutions based on business/project requirements. Provided support, provisioned, and zoned storage to Windows 2003-2012, Linux/Unix and VMware.

Designed, built out, configured, supported, and provisioned VMware hosts and guest within ESX4 and ESX5 environments using Dell standalone and blade servers

Provided support and maintained Brocade FC switches, Dell Compellent array, EMC DMX4 array, NetApp FAS3240, Dell Blade center, VMware ESX4/5.

Designed, configured, and implemented internal/external Enterprise solution to Secure Data and Media Transfer. Ensured application security using Single Sign On, SSL, LDAP, and Active Directory.

Consolidated over 50 file servers down to 24 vfilers, which saved dollars and reduced the physical servers footprint by 40% with the current server environment to 85% virtual.

Handled the infrastructure aspects of databases; worked SQL clusters, database performance, and storage performance.

Responsible for testing the HA/DR solutions.

Worked with executive teams to determine their needs, application owners, vendors, and end users.

Various Roles – JPMorganChase (May 2005 – Apr 2012)

Worked in the following roles at JPMorganChase.

Engineering Lead - Performance/Capacity (Aug 2011 – Apr 2012)

Designed and implemented infrastructure solutions based on functional business requirements to support critical performance testing of production applications.

Architected and maintained a production-like infrastructure that is used to perform application performance testing.

Responsible for planning, designing and implementing highly available application server topologies. Utilized Sitescope for System monitoring.

Performed build-outs of 2 additional datacenters in different geographic locations. This includes driving project timelines, creating and adhering to budgets, forecasting equipment purchases and reporting to senior management.

Engaged and owned the relationship with external vendors (EMC, Microsoft, NetApp, and IBM).

Defined and negotiated SLA agreements between internal organizations to provide a mutually beneficial relationship for all parties. Held quarterly reviews of current SLA's with stakeholders to ensure we continue to meet customer expectations.

Determined key metrics for the environment and provided reports to quantify the value of the team. These reports are used to base headcount and capacity planning decisions for the environment.

Identified opportunities to increase productivity through automation, proactive alerting for potential issues, and coaching staff to look for creative solutions to chronic problems.

Supported all infrastructures within the datacenter (SAN, VMware, Windows, hardware/software).

Tested the HA/DR solutions.

Managed and maintained over 3.5 Petabytes of storage (Symmetrix, Clariion, IBM XIV, NetApp NAS, and Brocade).

Worked on the Oracle infrastructure components with the DBA.

Led and developed a group of senior engineers. This included workload management, issue escalation, training, and new personnel hires.

Recognized for clear, decisive actions that improved business performance and streamlined processes.

Reduced server hardware footprint in existing performance datacenter by 30% leading to savings in power and cooling.

Leveraged highly available VMware Virtual Infrastructure (vSphere) environment to improve server availability, reduce workload for IT staff, and automate server deployment

Engineering Lead - Windows/Infrastructure (August 2009 – April 2011)

Led a global team of 12 engineers (Philippines/India/US) within the Windows environment. The team was responsible for 3000 OSI's across UAT, Dev, IST and performance. In addition to support activities, the team also performed new system designs and project implementations.

Architected and implemented large scale system deploys while adhering to standards for the financial industry.

Led the team, which was responsible for driving project implementations. This included operating system installs, application installs and creating supporting documentation for production installs.

Primary Storage Engineer responsible for infrastructure design, configuration, management and provisioning of EMC Clariion, Symmetrix, IBM XIV Arrays and Brocade SAN Fabric in Windows, UNIX, AIX, Solaris and Linux Environments.

Managed and maintained over 500 terabytes of storage (Symmetrix, Clariion, IBM XIV, NetApp NAS, and Brocade).

Managed the Retail Performance Lab Data Center infrastructure assets that include SAN Fabrics/Arrays, Windows Servers, ESX Hosts, VMware guest. Other responsibilities included system design, implementation, integration, and administration.

Primary Engineer engaged on Windows projects including but not limited to: System Design, Upgrades, Migrations, Integration, and automation.

Documented the policies/procedures of WIN2K3/WIN2K8 web, application, SQL Server, and MS Clustered servers for the Retail Line of Business.

Ensured application security using Single Sign On, SSL, LDAP, and Active Directory.

Responsible for workload distribution, training, and mentoring.

Windows Engineer (2006 – 2009)

Member of RFS IT Non-Production Infrastructure Server/Application Support Team responsible for design deliverables, systems configuration and implementation of Windows Server 2008 and 2003 servers in DMZ, ESF and SESF zones in a multiple platform environment. Other responsibilities included the management, provisioning of EMC Clariion, Symmetrix Frames and Brocade SAN Fabric on Windows 2003/2008 servers.

Primary Support Engineer on Windows server projects including but not limited to: System Upgrades, Migrations, Integration, and Automation.

Designed, configured, and implemented Windows 2003 and 2008 IIS web, application, SQL Server, and MS Clustered servers for the Retail line of business.

Managed, configured, and provisioned VMware Hosts and Guests.

Windows Implementation Engineer (2005 – 2006)

Member of GTI SDCM (Strategic Data Center Migration) Core Team, responsible for major Data Center Systems migration and merger between JPMChase and BankOne enterprise midrange. As a member of this team responsibilities included: design deliverables, systems configuration and implementation of Windows 2000 and 2003 servers in DMZ, ESF and SESF zones in a multiple platform environment.

Designed, configured, and implemented Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 IIS web, application, SQL and MS Clustered servers for the CIG/TSS. Also designed, configured and implemented HBA/SAN on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003.

Managed and configured LAN on Windows 2K/2K3 (DHCP, DNS, WINS, Active Directories, Group Policy and Security).

Various Roles – The Limited (Sept 1998 – Sept 2005)

Worked in the following roles at The Limited.

Systems Engineer (1998 to 2005)

Served as a primary Technical Project Manager for information systems group and engineering staff that oversees new project initiatives. Managed, and coordinated the internally activities of outside system and/or service suppliers to ensure control of cost, schedule, risk, quality, performance, etc.

Managed projects of the Building Securities Lenel Security System. Responsibilities included Concept Development & Justification, System Implementation of Lenel using Win2K running SQL2K and MSCS, Risk Management and Management of new projects

Responsible for maintaining and administering process distribution center automation systems infrastructure.

Provided Second Level system support on QNX for the WMS/PKMS systems, documenting procedures/protocol and training, evaluation of system lifecycle, and ensuring optimal systems performance.

Network Administrator (Sept 1999 – Dec 2000)

Coordinated, planned, implemented, supported user and management of a departmental and corporate Local Area Network on Windows NT and Novell NetWare. This included switch and router configure, maintenance and support in a cisco catalysts environment.

PC\LAN Administrator (August 1998 - August 1999)

Coordinated, planned, implemented, support user and management of a departmental and corporate Local Area Network on Windows NT and Novell NetWare Environment.

Junior Systems Analyst - Anheuser-Busch, Inc (August 1994 – August 1998)

Maintained and supported Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 Network.

Managed Servers (HP/Compaq), Workstations Compaq and HP Printers

Racked, Stacked, Cable, and configured (HP/Compaq) Servers in Data center

Documented the procedures and protocols.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Capital University, Columbus, OH

SKILLS

Proficiencies: Systems Design and Documentation, Large Project Implementations, Storage, Virtualization, Middleware, Datacenter Management, Training and Team Development

Storage: EMC Symmetrix, Clariion, Dell Compellent, Equallogic, IBM XIV Netapp Filers

Virtualization: VMware ESX 4/5/5.5

Middleware: WebSphere, IHS

DATABASES: SQL Server, Oracle, DB2

Network Appliances: Brocade FC switches

Protocols: DHCP, DNS, WINS, FC, ISCI, SSH

Operating Systems: Windows 2000-2012, Windows NT, Linux, UNIX

Desktop SOFTWARE: Microsoft Office, Visio, Projects

Server Hardware: HP Proliant, Dell Blade and Standalone, IBM

CERTIFICATIONS:

Microsoft MCSE2000

Microsoft MCSA

CISCO CCNA Expired march 2008

Comptia Linux +

Comptia Secerity +

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