Steven J. Morris aczgsv@r.postjobfree.com
251-***-**** 149 Brentwood Dr. Daphne, AL 36526
**/**** – Current LegionIT Technology Group Mobile & Baldwin Co. AL IT Consultant
Service consultant for small to mid-sized companies for a common variety of services including,
Network Firewall and security administration
(Cisco ASA, Dell Sonic Wall, pfSense and various router & switch brands)
Network topology, VLAN design and implementation
Office to office encrypted communication using IPSec VPN tunneling in both hub and spoke and mesh topologies
Network remote monitoring using Zabbix for proactive outage resolution
Active Directory, Server administration and support
Web server implementation and administration of IIS, Apache, NGINX
Viral endpoint security (Symantec, etc.)
Remote desktop session server deployment and application support
Converged PBX & VOIP installation and management
Commercial physical security systems and biometric security access
Employee time tracking equipment and server side logging
Network document and scan management
Simple computer hardware and OS maintenance
Network and video cabling repair, installation and expansion
Desktop support for the resolution of email, application database connectivity and account security access, etc.
Quickbooks administration and database repair / recovery.
Microsoft Outlook database repair / recovery.
vmWare and HyperV administration
HTML, PHP, CSS editing for internal and external domains
(Several clients including Comcast Cable, Intec Communications, Auxilio Inc., Mercy Medical and Apostolic Church of God.)
08/2004 - 01/2011 MTel Communications Chicago, IL & Pensacola, FL Technician / Manager
Maintenance of DOD satellite systems, USAF (Eglin Air Force base and Hurlburt field FL.)
Motorola Canopy back haul deployment (T1 and T2) and single node installation for wireless internet service provider.
Blockbuster POS (point of sale) system contract for the state of Illinois. (Installation of Cisco routing eq. and Commercial satellite eq. to establish corporate mesh for central database connectivity).
Service and consulting for commercial networks (software and hardware, including printers)
Worked with multiple teams of technicians to insure job integrity and client satisfaction.
Responsible for warehousing and maintaining client supplies and equipment. 06/1999 - 07/2004 CNI Telecommunications IL, OK, TX IT Supervisor / Project Manager
Management areas included travel of Dallas & Ft. Worth, TX Chicago, IL & Tulsa, OK
IT Technician management and support of contracts for AT&T, Paragon, Charter Communications & Wide Open West cable companies for the installation of residential and commercial high speed data, video and sip services.
Responsible for morning meetings and technician routing assignments.
Provided technical support to field technicians either on site or from help desk.
Worked with dispatchers to insure customer issue resolutions and satisfaction follow-ups.
Joint management of company job site supplies and warehouse stock levels.
Technician recruiting and training.
Payroll and client invoice management.
Company CompTia A+ Instructor.
03/1993 - 04/1999 United States Army United States, Kuwait Sergeant E5
Major duty station of Ft. Hood, TX
M1A1 & M1A2 Tank Gunner
Soldier combat readiness training
Unit publications officer
Leaving rank SGT E-5 NCO
Education and Certifications
Associate of Applied Science, Network Administration, FSCC Faulkner State (Dec., 2015) 3.859GPA, Magna cum Laude
Associate of Applied Science, Network and Technical Support, FSCC Faulkner State (Dec., 2015) 3.859GPA, Magna cum Laude
Fiber Optics Association– certified fiber optics technician (2014)
Dallas Community College – Cisco Networking Essentials (2001)
SBCA – Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (2002)
A+ CompTIA – Computing Technology Industry Association (2000)
ACMT – Apple Certified Macintosh Technician (1999)
Panduit Fiber optics – certified fiber optics technician (1999)
Central Texas Community College – Industrial Electronics (1995)
HIPPA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - OSHA Academy (2016)
Military Education
Non-Commissioned Officer's Academy
Combat Emergency Medical Management
CPR and First Aid Certification
Combat Lifesaver course
Hazardous Materials Certification
Other Experience (coincides with multiple employment positions)
Windows Server & Desktop Administration
Proxy Servers, forward and reverse (Squid)
DNS Server and domain zone file administration
Server clustering for high availability using HAProxy
Cisco ASA adaptive security appliances
pFsense and open source security and routing platforms
Xeams mail server deployment and administration
Zabbix network monitoring server
Enterprise Wireless Security including Radius authentication
Ubiquiti AirOS & UniFi devices and controllers
Microsoft Active Directory and LDAP
Security and Anti-virus End Point Server’s
Linux (Debian) based Operating System’s
IPv6 network and subnet design and deployments
Hypervisors and Virtualization
Microsoft HyperV, VMware ESXI and Workstation
Veeam Backup and replication
Microsoft Office, Apache OpenOffice, IBM Lotus Symphony, Libre Office and Kingsoft WPS
RAID volumes and recovery
Kiosks systems and Thin Clients
vmWare AirWatch administration
Fleetmatics (Reveal) administration
Health Care Provider CPR and First Aid certification – American Academy (2012)
TSCI – Construction and Industry Safety (2011)
OSHA Classes –
OSHA operations awareness (2011)
OSHA Hazardous Communications (2012)
OSHA EFIR – Emergency action and fire prevention plans and Procedures for large-scale industrial operations (2012)
Organization Membership
Phi Theta Kappa
SETI UC Berkeley
Current projects and goals
VMware ESXI Administration
Dell PowerEdge DCAPE-100
Bacula Enterprise solutions
(References)
Huston Greer, Senior VP, Intec Communications 417-***-****)
Deanna Matatall, CIO, SNJ Inc. 817-***-****)
David Hollen, CEO, Shout Communications 513-***-****)
Scott Smith, IT Administrator, Tel Staffing 850-***-****)
Greg Shaw, Deacon, Apostolic Church of God 251-***-****)
Stephen Shaw, Bishop, Apostolic Church of God 251-***-****)
Jay Tiniacos, Manager, Sandy Sansing 850-***-****)
Leonard Clarke, CEO, TecCube 954-***-****)
Fahad Jaffery, Operations Manager, Catholic Health East 518-***-****)
Mike Bynum, Director of Operations, Intec Communications 936-***-****)