Microsoft Office Engineering
Resume:
Kristopher Kahn
Blooming Glen, PA 18911
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SUMMARY
Systems administrator/detective with a proclivity for flavors of Linux and an eighteen year love/hate relationship with Windows.
EXPERIENCE
Tier 2 Systems Engineer, Contour Data Solutions
Trevose, June 2016 - August 2016
● VMWare administration and engineering, primarily Windows machines.
● Visited client sites to configure solutions for environments.
● Use of: Solarwinds n-able, Nimble InfoSight, Veeam B&R to monitor and maintain client uptime.
Linux Systems Administrator, CardConnect
King of Prussia, February 2016 - April 2016
● RHEL 6-7 administration and engineering.
● VMWare administration and engineering. (Allocation and creation of machines, troubleshooting instances, provisioning).
● RHEL Satellite server installation and administration. (Brought up a new instance of Satellite in Philadelphia, bringing King of Prussia and St. Louis capsule servers up to stage and push content).
Staff Systems Engineer, LexisNexis (Acquired Health Market Science)
King of Prussia, June 2015 - November 2015
● RHEL 4-7 administration and engineering.
● JBoss and Tomcat administration and engineering.
● Management of Apache and IIS instances, on RHEL and Windows systems respectively.
● Tidal Enterprise Scheduler support, deployment, and maintenance (RHEL).
● Troubleshooting and maintenance of Jenkins deployment service.
● GitHub administration for minimal Jenkins, Puppet and Xymon code revision (Please note that *this* was in a learning role with senior DevOps admins).
● Configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of RHEL, CentOS, and Windows virtual machines (VMWare running on Dell metal).
● Procurement, purchasing, deployment, and maintenance of data ce-nter hardware as well as host decommissioning. This includes racking and stacking of machines, cable running, proper networking and purchasing.
● Network configuration (both server and user endpoints).
● Windows 2008/2012 server configuration and troubleshooting (mostly physical hosts, with Windows VMs for QA).
● Exchange administration (Exchange Management Console for enrollments and light PowerShell for mailbox reports and traffic).
● AD account administration (new hires and terminations, memberships and permissions).
● Bash and very minimal Python scripting.
● Constant documentation (post-mortems, discovery diaries, edge cases and configuration documents). I refuse to let anything go undocumented.
Jr. Systems Administrator, Health Market Science
King of Prussia, April 2011 - June 2015
● Physical security administration through on-site PoE cameras and door controllers.
● Manage Help Desk ordering and budgeting.
● Assist and administer approximately 200 users, including off-site and offshore users.
● PC and Laptop repair including Lenovo Twist, t430 and e530 laptops, and Dell Optiplex desktops and Latitude laptops.
● PC administration and monitoring through ESET NOD32 and Websense.
● User creation and administration through Active Directory coupled with Exchange Management Console.
● Automation and scheduling of software deployments on a firm-wide scale through Altiris and later Ninite Pro.
● Audio/Visual setup and administration.
● VoIP Phone and teleconference administration with Mitel Business Phone and Communications.
● Assistance, setup, repair, and troubleshooting including but not limited to: Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora/RHEL distributions), Windows XP/7/8, Windows Server 2008, 2012; Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010, Adobe Creative Suite, Firefox/Internet Explorer/Google Chrome, and hardware including Canon c2030 machines, running of cat5 cable on-site, and server rack/blade maintenance.
EDUCATION
Temple University
Philadelphia, 2006-2010
● Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science.
● Formal study of assembly language, algorithmic analysis and design, code writing, code methodologies and completion of a semester-long capstone project involving an API for touch-screen applications.
● Study included but was not limited to: Java, C, Assembly language, MATLAB, computer architecture, storage and networking, virtualization, discrete and continuous mathematics.
REFERENCES
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