System Administrator

joseph hall

***** ******** ****** ***** *****: 832-***-****

Houston, TX 77095 ********@*****.***

Senior System Administrator

Expert in Architecting High-Performance Networks in Engineering Campus Environments

A top-performing hands-on Senior System Administrator with more than 15 years of experience managing system and network infrastructures in complex campus environments. Orchestrated the transition to new technology and new facilities resulting in improved network performance, availability, and controlled costs during a period of significant growth for the company. Architected and implemented optimized infrastructure designs leading enterprise programs that upgraded server quality, re-architected the switching network, offloaded storage to the SAN, and utilized higher end UPS systems to offset frequent brown outs. Responsible for planning for Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and backup and recovery in addition to expertly supporting critical Engineering and Drafting teams that are dependent on the availability and up time of mission critical applications.

Areas of Expertise

Infrastructure Management

Relocations and Migrations

Strategic Planning/Analysis

Engineering Applications

AutoCad, Genie, Gibbscam

Network Architecture

Business Requirements Analysis

Business Continuity

SAN

Switching Networks

Project Management

Disaster Recovery

Virtualization

Technical Leadership

Security

Professional Experience

VERSABAR INC, Houston, TX 1/2006 – 12/2016

System Administrator

Expertly managed a high-performance Engineering and Drafting Campus Environment

Provided outstanding support for heterogeneous multi-location hardware and software campus environment consisting of dozens of VMware virtualized servers, Cisco Routing and mixed Cisco Calatlyst/HP Procurve modular/switching system, EMC VNX SAN, and HP Workstations.

Achieved significant improvement in network uptime during a period of explosive growth for the company leading programs that upgraded server quality, re-architected the switching network, offloaded storage to the SAN, and utilized higher end UPS systems to offset frequent brown outs.

Introduced many important IT policies and standards that included improvements in mailbox administration, password policy, security changes that significantly reduced malware incidents and network downtime by nearly 100%, and a retooled UPS policy that saved many thousands of dollars in unnecessary outages and hardware damage.

Routinely met with various organization stakeholders to determine their evolving needs for system and network services and to consolidate those services into a well-architected Campus support plan.

Provided expert technical leadership and support to the management and leadership team including working with the Accounting team to safely share and secure files, and troubleshoot Certiflex Dimension and MS Dynamics workflow. Also supported the Drafting team in efforts to reduce Autodesk workstation costs and improve performance, and collaborated with Engineering to identify a better software solution for their FEA (Finite Element Analysis) that facilitated complex modeling needs.

Spearheaded the efficient and scalable network infrastructure design of a new corporate facility that limited overall campus network issues, reduced costs by up to 90%, and expanded troubleshooting capability.

Played a significant role in the development of the corporate disaster recovery plan including selecting the Austin Texas backup site, promoting server virtualization and SAN backup strategies, and purchasing sufficient bandwidth which together provided the essential infrastructure to recover from any lengthy outage.

Improved overall security posture through proactive measures like introducing network filtering using Fortinet FortiGate and expansion of the use of Kaspersky tools to create a fully functional secure enterprise system.

Reduced license costs by hundreds of thousands of dollars by efficiently managing the server, workstation, and desktop licensing for critical software packages like AutoCAD, Genie, and GibbsCam which were essential for the work output of a team of 60 Engineers and Designers.

Demonstrated expert root cause analysis skills remediating a wide range of complex support issues including those relating to the availability of mission-critical CAD and FEA systems used by the Engineering and drafting teams.

Prevented a major safety issue by collaborating with network engineering to identify and resolve a cabling problem with the Axis camera system which monitored high load testing where no person could safely work.

Created a reservation file that prioritized the availability of licenses for key members of the engineering and drafting department improving productivity by facilitating the management of the Autodesk licenses.

Achieved certification on the sophisticated and high-cost Axis camera systems and designed and deployed an architecture that allowed managers and test crews to monitor critical jobs in real time from remote locations.

Implemented a cost savings strategy for the deployment and configuration of 3 different tiers of workstations reducing deployment time by 70% by automating the process with Windows deployment Service (WDS).

Researched the best products and negotiated meaningful discounts with all hardware and software vendors.

Developed the business requirements and managed the seamless integration of the Lenel security entry system in collaboration with the Executive team and the building design team.

Built a successful product support strategy for our roughly 400 users that was managed by the IT team and drew upon outside vendor technical support when required to address issues that exceeded collective internal expertise.

Early Career Snapshot:

Network Administrator and Crude Oil Analyst, Abacus Technology Corporation, Chevy Chase, MD

Data Analyst, Orkand Corporation, Silver Spring, MD

Data Analyst, Telesec Temporary Services, Wheaton, MD

Senior Marketing Representative, Southern Management Corporation, Silver, Spring, MD

Education

B.A. Degree in English Literature, University of Maryland, MD

Professional Training and Certifications

Cisco CCNA

Microsoft MCSE

Microsoft MCSA

CompTIA A+

Axis Certified Professional

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