JEFFREY LEVENBERG

Chamblee, Georgia

512-***-****

www.linkedin.com/pub/jeffrey-levenberg/4/8b6/a69/

Dedicated to finding creative, cost-effective solutions to new technological advances

Ability to diagnose and repair network/server hardware

Loves being busy, transitioning quickly and wearing multiple hats

Proven ability to plan, manage, and implement complex, high visibility projects

Highly developed organizational, communication and assessment skills

Business operations ability includes all aspects of running a small business on a day-to-day basis

20+ years Windows System Administration, troubleshooting, maintenance, installation & configuration experience

20+ years Microsoft Exchange, SQL, DNS, DHCP

17+ years Management/Mentoring experience

15+ years Active Directory, Terminal Service

9+ years supporting and configuring Cisco Switches, Routers and ASA Firewalls

8+ years supporting and working with Windows Azure, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare

6+ years supporting various flavors of Linux

Professional Experience

2019 – Present - Self Employed driver at Uber and Lyft

2018 – AMD, Austin, TX

Dev/Ops Linux Administrator

Supported Development Lab systems and infrastructure for Radeon Technologies Group (GPU), including both desktop gaming systems and servers running Ubuntu.

Supported Jenkins CI system, Cobbler, Docker, Kubernetes, and various other open source products.

Built VPN Tunnel to Co-Lo facility; built out two Windows 12 Servers for DNS resolution and systems monitoring using Cacti, LanSweeper and IP Monitor.

Upgraded LAB network to Gigabit and 10G where available, as well as setting up VLANS to segment traffic.

2017 – Time off

2016 – 2016 Ciber Consulting

Sr. IT Consultant

Engaged in very high profile active directory migration for a Fortune 500 company with over 92,000 employees.

Project relied heavily on our group absorbing a myriad of AD Domains into one cohesive Forrest.

I personally built out over 50 new Windows 12R2 Domain Controllers to replace legacy servers.

Create security groups in Active Directory, create new targeted GPOs for drive mappings and printers.

2014 – 2016 - DBA Jeffrey Levenberg, Austin, TX

High End Gardening

Work with local residents helping beautify their landscapes with drought tolerant local plants.

2007 – 2013 - Pervasive Software, Austin TX

Senior Systems Administrator

Responsible for all management aspects of running a data center with over 100 physical and 200 virtual servers. Also managed another 30 servers located in Greenville, SC, and EMEAA.

Plan and manage upgrade/rollout projects such as upgrade to Exchange 2007, upgrade to Exchange 2010, upgrades to SQL 2008 and Windows 20012R2, SCCM infrastructure and SCOM infrastructure, including upgrades to Active Directory and PKI; also trained staff in use of SCCM and SCOM.

Replaced all 10/100 feeder switches with gig Cisco 2960g as well as replacing very outdated 3505s with 6500 series blade switches for core and third floor as well as building a two gig bonded backbone while implementing rip, adding guest wi-fi VLAN, adding multiple test VLANS, mapping every switch port to every wall port so it would take minutes to find the right port and switch VLANS when needed. I built out a voip VLAN for a migration from a very outdated phone system to lynch (some power shell comes in there).

Replaced all Watchguard firewalls with Cisco ASA firewalls, responsible for entire WAN.

Utilized PowerShell heavily to assist with general AD admin, building scripts to easily add/remove users, etc; also heavilily used PowerShell Scripting to help ease the management of our Exchange Environment as well as our Azure Environment.

Helped build a robust monitoring system consisting of a combination of a good smtp trap setup, MOM, cacti, ipmonitor and splunk. All going to a syslog server of course. I have also utilized demos of Orion and PRTG.

Work with business divisions to find issues and work with vendors to find the necessary solutions.

Provide top level support and mentoring to lower level IT staff relating to phone, remote PC, and on-site support as necessary for both back and front-end systems.

Plan and facilitate replacement of Legacy Nortel phone system with a completely IT Telephony System utilizing Microsoft Lync and Microsoft Exchange in a clustered environment.

2006 - 2007 - Webcore Technologies, Austin TX

Senior Consultant

Spec, sell, implement and support complete IT solutions for a wide range of businesses including lobbyists, retailers, general contractors, securities firms and architectural firms. Act as complete IT Department for said businesses.

Plan and manage upgrade/rollout projects such as moving a client from ISP hosted email to their own Exchange Server, teaching end users advanced Outlook concepts and Public Folder usage.

Provide phone, remote PC, and on-site support as necessary for both back and front-end systems throughout the Austin Area.

Provide 24/7 support for Data Center operations consisting of over 5000 hosted accounts and over 100 co-located or leased servers at 2 locations.

2005 - Pine Ridge Winery, Napa CA

MIS Specialist

Entire IT Department for 35 users in Napa and 10 in Oregon, as well as 5-7 remote salespeople.

Day to day network/client troubleshooting including first line support of AMS.

Vendor maintenance, server upgrades, implement anti-spam solution, fix IP Telephony system, upgrade VPN and WAN links.

Develop and implement overall long term IT strategy.

Develop and implement structured policies concerning systems use and data storeage.

Plan and manage upgrade/rollout of AMS on Windows Beta.

Plan and manage rollout of FRx Financial Reporting software.

1998 – 2004 - Levenberg Consulting Services, LLC Napa, CA

Managing Partner – Senior Engineer – Owner – Founder

Levenberg Consulting Services started out in 1998 as a one man sole proprietorship. By 2000 LCS had 3 employees. In 2001 I brought in a partner and became an LLC, at that point we had 5 employees. In 2003 my partner moved back east and I downsized the business quite a bit, finally returning to the one man shop I started out with.

Spec, sell, implement and support complete IT solutions for a wide range of businesses including retailers, general contractors, securities firms and architectural firms.

Plan and manage upgrade/rollout projects such as moving a client from ISP hosted email to their own Exchange Server, teaching end users advanced Outlook concepts and Public Folder usage.

Design and implement Virtual Private Networks for clients with multiple offices.

Provide phone, remote PC, and on-site support as necessary for both back and front-end systems throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

WM Bridges & Associates, Inc. – Migrate Apple network to Windows 2000/Exchange 2000 solution and integrate existing Macintosh, implement Internet Security, provide ongoing support.

Infrastructure Design Associates – Migrate Microsoft Small Business Server to Windows 2000/Exchange 2000 solution, build VPN solution to allow subcontractors to share data, implement Internet Security, provide ongoing support.

Duracite, Inc. – Migrate web-hosted email to Exchange 2000, migrate Novell network to Windows 2000/Active Directory, provide ongoing support.

CIC Associates, Inc. – Project manage move of 35 PCs and 4 Servers resulting in no downtime for end users.

Cruttenden Roth, Inc. – Support for Bridge, ILX, Bloomberg and general network connectivity to home office in Southern California.

The Wilkes Bashford Company – Design and install a Windows 2000/Exchange 2000 solution, provide Internet Security, provide ongoing support.

1997 – 1998 - Desktop Products, Inc. Emeryville, CA

Senior Systems Engineer

Provide support for all aspects of high visibility mission critical systems.

Work with existing clients’ IT departments to plan and implement new technology rollouts.

Troubleshoot and solve all types of computer related issues for end users.

Responsible for in-house Exchange Server and File/Print Server Farm.

City of San Francisco – major roll-out of new PCs throughout Muni, City Attorney and Parks and Rec Departments.

USPS Legal Department – support for San Bruno office including new PC roll-outs, connectivity issues with home office in D.C., etc.

Montgomery Securities – support for many small brokerage houses including Bridge/ILX support, connecting outlying offices to main office.

1996 – 1997 - Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, LLP San Francisco, CA

NT PC Technician

1995 – 1996 - School Apparel, Inc. San Bruno, CA

PC Technician - AS/400 Operator

1987 – 1995 - Law Offices of Jeffrey Levenberg San Francisco, CA

Legal Administrator

Purchase, install, maintain and support PCs for a busy law firm.

Day to day office administration including AR/AP, vendor relations, docketing, calendaring, Human Resources and workflow management.

Expertise:

Windows12R2/2008R2/2003/XP/2000/NT4.0 Server/Workstation;

Exchange 2013,2010, 2007, 2003, 2000 & 5.5;

DPM; SCCM, SCOM, and Lync (Skype) 2010 and 2007;

Cacti, Docker, Python, Jenkins, Cobbler, Kubernetes;

Hyper-V, VMWare; Cisco Call Manager;

Cisco Routers, Switches and VPN Concentrators;

SolarWinds IP Monitor, PTRG, Splunk, Wireshark;

BoxTone cell phone management;

DFS/NFS, Never fail and related DR/Failover software;

Blackberry Enterprise Server; Citrix; Active Directory; IIS;

MS Cluster Server; SQL Server Administration and general relational database management;

Right Fax; TCP/IP; DNS; VPN; RAS; WINS, SNMP;

O365, Azure, AWS

Web design and maintenance;

Various corporate anti-virus and backup solutions;

Various DAT and DLT Autoloaders;

Various NAS and SAN devices;

Cisco ASA, WatchGuard, SonicWALL and other hardware firewalls;

Network file and print;

Web Trends products;

AutoCAD installation and basic support;

Support of various industry-specific accounting packages, including AMS and American Contractor;

Phone system configuration and support;

IP Telephony;

Netware and Macintosh integration with Windows Networks;

Dell, HP and Compaq servers and workstations, among others

Ubuntu, CentOS and Redhat Linux.

Multi-talented MCSE with over twenty years of network management, system administration, maintenance and troubleshooting experience, both in-house and as a consultant working with business owners. Experience and expertise includes everything from physical installation to remote support, running an office, implementing new technology, negotiating, buying and selling hardware and software in coordination with executive management and as a small business owner.

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