Engineer Active Directory
Resume:
Brian C. Lindsay
Houston, TX 77055 *************@***.***
Summary
IT Professional with 17 years’ experience in Windows server administration and engineering, as well as 7 years in infrastructure design in enterprise environments. MCSE who is an empowering, strategic professional, and ambitious self-starter with a high degree of autonomy and a proven track record of meeting goals and deadlines while managing multiple projects simultaneously. A proven leader who can coach and lead team members through motivation, attentive listening, follow up, and persuasive communication. Has expertise in utilizing organizational resources, people, and product knowledge to drive operational performance while maximizing efficiency.
Career
•MCSE and MCSA certified
•Knowledge of server OS, hardware and software architecture, security, and TCP/IP LAN and WAN technologies
Extensive experience implementing and supporting Microsoft products including: OS, Active Directory, SQL Server, IIS
Microsoft Certified Professional Systems Engineer:
Windows 2000 - Windows 2012 Server R2 Windows NT Server 4.0
Windows 2000 - Windows 10 Desktop OS Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Hardware:
HP DL and BL model servers Dell Servers
NetApp HP SAN
Dell EqualLogic BigIP F5 Load Balancers
Operating Systems:
Windows 2000 through 2012 Server Windows NT 4.0 Server
Software:
SQL Server 2000-2012 MS Exchange
Netbackup Office 1993-2013
Checkpoint Firewall HP Openview
Unicenter TNG Netcool
MS SCOM & MS SCCM Citrix XenApp 4.5 - 6
ESX VMWare Hyper-V
Network:
TCP/IP IPX/SPX
NetBeui DHCP
WINS DNS & FTP
Internet:
MS Internet Information Server 6.0-8.5 Oracle WebLogic
IBM WebSphere CA SiteMinder
Experience
Sr. Data Center Engineer at Orion Engineered Carbons June 2016 – Present
Support and maintenance of worldwide Data Center and Server Infrastructure day to day operations
Design company restructuring of Active Directory Migration and VMWare to Hyper-V transition
Global restructure of Active Directory DFS integration
Active Directory preparedness for 2003 Server schema to 2012 R2 schema to facilitate Hyper-V SMB clustering
Global rollout of Forcepoint Internet filtering technology for Malware and ransomware protection
Manage global data center builds at Equinix co-lo datacenters in Dallas, TX and Frankfurt Germany, from conceptualization to hardware procurement and co-lo data center space build out from ground up
Systems Engineer Team Lead at JPMorgan Chase November 2015 – April 2016
Manage all Active Directory domain administrative accounts and all service accounts. Support level includes provisioning server operating systems, software, database clustering, and Active Directory domain creation, as well as day to day application troubleshooting.
Provide day to day direction, training, and mentorship for new IT initiative for JPMorgan as it built its enterprise IT hub
Participated in conceptualizing, designing, & deploying side by side upgrade for the global enterprise
Deployed and configured servers from VM Templates as well as standalone blade servers
Assisted in designing and implementing F5 GTM regional load balancing solution and its datacenter specific LTM load balancers to distribute resources for application web portal access into the EPV tool based on locality
Built multiple DNS integrated Active Directory domains for compartmentalizing Oracle databases containing sensitive administrative account information for the firm, enhanced with Microsoft Clustering services for high availability
Led daily sessions with support staff to relay design concepts and assist in deploying these solutions, as well as producing fully documented processes for the directive and a complete support model for continuing future support
Infrastructure Architect at Smartbridge Technologies June 2015 - September 2015
•Provided infrastructure consultation in third party client future planning assessment for server hardware, physical data center presence, software requirements, and LAN and WAN hardware and topology, resulting in $3.5 million cost savings by utilizing industry guidelines.
•Designed client roadmap and implemented physical to virtual production data center migration as well as corresponding disaster recovery site based on HP blade servers and hybrid HP StorageWorks SANs and NetApp NAS storage solutions utilizing both Microsoft Hyper-V and ESX VMware
•Provided direction, planning, and support for production Hyper-V to VMWare migration
•Presented cloud stack concepts corresponding to client’s unique requirements, and provided data migration assistance to Office 365 and combination of Azure and vCloud Air cloud solutions
•Implemented solution for patching, performance analysis and OS deployment within Microsoft SCCM using SCOM and OSD
•Developed process flow documentation for all critical business applications as related to interfaces between user, network, and server infrastructure topology and their correlated intersects within Microsoft SCOM for escalation procedures
Senior Systems Engineer at Chevron August 2011 - March 2015
•Operated in fourth level escalation support role of Windows Operating System Subject Matter Expert to ensure day to day operational stability of Chevron’s global server infrastructure:
•Provided day to day break fix support for all Windows Server operating systems and related physical hardware and VMware virtual infrastructure
•Instructed hands on internal Microsoft technical training courses and prepared corresponding paths for Microsoft Certification curriculum
•Built, deployed, and supported Chevron’s global physical and virtual Windows Server operating system image library, including daily interactions with Microsoft Pre-Sales Technical Consultants to devise support matrices, produce lifecycle plans, monthly patch planning and outage window correlation
•Microsoft IIS Web Administration Subject Matter Expert for Chevron’s global internal and external web applications: provided global web infrastructure and topology planning, troubleshooting, web developer partnering and guidance, as well as hands on technical training and continuing education courses for Microsoft Internet Information Server
•Provided day to day administrative support and training for global Citrix XenApp environment including on-site and remote user support, application publishing, OS image creation, and farm administration
•Subject Matter Expert for F5 Big-IP appliances: provided daily administration and configuration support, guidance, and training on load balancing, BCP/DR Management, and DNS name server hosting utilizing Big-IP F5 GTMs and LTMs
Senior Systems Engineer at Stewart Lending Services January 2009 - August 2011
•Supported the server infrastructure for Stewart’s technology driven mortgage offerings
•Provided companywide daily operational and administrative support of all Microsoft Windows servers and related physical and virtual infrastructure
•Managed Active Directory site security and group policy, as well as all DHCP scopes and DNS zones
•Acted as infrastructure project manager partnering with software development teams to design and document infrastructure process flow, plan and coordinate resources, budgeting, and timelines for product releases
•Planned and coordinated company-wide infrastructure upgrade from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 Server, utilizing server virtualization, SQL Clustering, server load balancing, website structure re-design, and Akamai web content caching
•Managed daily on site physical data center operations and maintenance as well as co-lo data center partnerships.
Development Systems Analyst at Stewart Title July 2007 - December 2009
•Provided infrastructure support for emerging product lines related to Stewart’s technology based mortgage initiatives for digital property closing and document lifecycle retention
•Deployed, administered, and provided day to day operational support for all Windows servers from hardware procurement and racking to configuring, deploying, troubleshooting, patching and supporting Operation Systems and any third-party Java or Silverlight based middleware
•Coordinated with development groups to ensure custom software adhered to corporate security and infrastructure standards, as well as making preparations to accommodate new software initiatives in a Windows based environment
•Deployed, configured, and performed problem resolution for new websites based in Microsoft IIS to present front end web applications utilizing SQL and Oracle database back ends, and any necessary third party middleware for digital signing initiatives and legal document retention.
Server Administrator at Enron September 2001 - July 2007
Administered Windows server operating systems, CIFS directory security, and user application access for batch scheduling infrastructure performing daily energy trading application transactions
Designed, implemented, and supported infrastructure comprised of sysAdmiral batch scheduling Windows servers and related server infrastructure used for processing daily energy trading transactions
Configured, administered, and maintained MS SQL Server databases for use with sysAdmiral
Provided daily problem resolution and support for sysAdmiral application spanning from application level to network or server and operating system related issues, as well as reverse engineering and problem and performance analysis of VBScript, batch, and Perl jobs written for the environment
Physical data center management, including planning, racking, and maintaining all aspects of Enron’s privately owned data center, as well as post-bankruptcy co-location offerings
Network Operations Center Supervisor at Enron Broadband Services November 2000 - September 2001
•Supervised daily operations for the EBS Entertainment on Demand NOC
•Supervised NOC Engineers/Administrators including scheduling, tasking, and training, as well as network monitoring and remote troubleshooting for the EBS Entertainment on Demand platform and the Enron Intelligent Network
•Assisted in planning and rollout of project components, network racks, servers, and IP connectivity
•Implemented and monitored HP Openview, Veritas Nervecenter, Netcool Omnibus, Unicenter TNG, and What’s Up Gold to monitor EBS’ nationwide network backbone, as well as those of subsidiary companies and projects
Systems Administrator at International Trading Company October 1998 - November 2000
•Provided support and implemented design for server and network infrastructure, provided end user support and acted as project lead for mid-sized nationwide manufacturing facilities
•Day to administration of Windows NT Servers and Microsoft Exchange servers
•Planned, designed, and managed Windows Server upgrade project which encompassed upgrading all NT 4.0 servers to Windows 2000 Server and performing Y2K preparedness
•Management of Domain Controllers, WINS, DNS, and DHCP databases
•Installed, configured and maintained all hubs, routers, and switches in use on the network
•Implemented, administered and maintained Checkpoint Firewall and WebSense Internet filtering software
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