Micah R. Swarb
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Cross Roads, TX 76227 aczi0v@r.postjobfree.com
Summary of Qualifications
Experienced Datacenter Technician with a demonstrated history of working with a variety of software and hardware in a service driven High Availability Data Center environment. Seeking to expand professional and technical skills in Virtualization and System Administration. Education
University of North Texas - Denton, TX Aug 2011
B.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis
Work Experience
Rackspace Hosting
Data Center Technician II Sep 2013 – Feb 2017
Identified and troubleshoot hardware failures on x86-based servers to include the replacement of failed hardware components primarily Dell PowerEdge and HP ProLiant servers.
Supported servers running Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu Linux and VMWare ESXi Server
Troubleshoot LAN connectivity issues and reestablish remote access to customer configurations utilizing SSH, Terminal Services/Remote Desktop Services or Remote Access Controllers
Completed the troubleshooting, and replacement of network device hardware including access and aggregation switches, firewalls, load-balancers and security appliances in the form of Cisco ASA and ASA-X series firewalls, F5 BigIP and Brocade ADX series load- balancers and Alert Logic IDS
Completed the troubleshooting, and replacement of storage devices including VNX and Netapp arrays
Completed customer configuration maintenances including hardware modification, operating system installation, mounting of the devices within cabinets and completion of all cabling needs required
Troubleshoot copper and fiber cabling including initial installation testing as well as connectivity issues with previously deployed copper or fiber cabling Micah R. Swarb
Computer Science Corporation – Coppell, TX
Consulting for UTC Feb 2012 – Sep 2013
Help Desk Analyst
Responded to customer inquiries to ensure customer needs are met. Assisted customers in resolving technical problems by providing guidance regarding software and hardware problems. Resolved and/or referred more complex technical problems through a defined escalation process. Logged and tracked inquiries using a problem management database and maintain history records and related problem documentation. Identified, evaluated, and prioritized customer problems and complaints to ensure that inquiries are resolved appropriately.
Training
While employed as a Data Center Technician for Rackspace
• Cisco CCNA ICND I Boot Camp
• Red Hat RHCSA Boot Camp