James Comber
acxbj5@r.postjobfree.com
Somerville, MA 02143
Education
Northeastern University Boston, MA
D’Amore-McKim School of Business December 2015
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Concentration: Management Information Systems
Activities: Northeastern University Film Enthusiasts Club, Northeastern Entertainment Society
Summit Country Day School Cincinnati, OH
High School Diploma June 2011
Awards and Activities: National Honor Society, Varsity Baseball 2010 Team Division
Champions, Varsity Football Team, Film Club
Experience
Picis, Inc. Wakefield, MA
Technical Support Analyst January-June 2013
Repaired broken machines and decommissioned those unable to be repaired
Set up HP Integrated Lights Out for the data center (physical wiring and software)
Set up and maintained Virtual Machine environments
Performed general server upkeep, i.e. updates, reseating components, troubleshooting
Wayfair, Inc. Boston, MA
IT Support Coop June 2014-August 2015
Created/fixed/improved Powershell scripts
Imaged machines using PXE boot and Macs using DeployStudio
Developed internally facing web pages using mostly PHP, Javascript, HTML
Used SCCM to push software to user's machines
Worked on a new onboarding process for new hires
Moved 2 remote offices into the main office (~500 people)
Repaired broken machines (including laptops), replaced cards/drives, PSU's, etc..
Audited conference room setups for functionality
Rolled out 16gb of RAM upgrade for all Engineering machines
Nutraclick Boston, MA
Support Engineer March 2016-October 2016
Took care of all help desk requests for ~160 users (broken PCs, software, new hires, etc.)
Built out an inventory system and populated it with data
Wrote bash scripts for automation/reporting purposes
Used SaltStack to manage multiple Linux servers
Learned to manage VM's from the terminal with virsh
Vetted new services for implementation such as Lastpass and multiple anti-virus solutions
Skills and Interests
Computer Skills: Proficient with Office, Active Directory, familiar with SQL, Powershell, PHP, Javascript, bash, and HTML; Built/upgraded many machines
Interests: Reading novels/comics, guitar, video games, computers, film