IT System Administrator

Career Profile:

Windows System Administrator, specializing in Microsoft Exchange and Office 365. Over 10 years’ experience in Windows and Messaging. Multiple upgrades and migrations. Love scripting and learning new skills. I have done troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

Recent Activity:

I was laid off From Marathon in October 2020, due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Since that time, I have been taking classes to improve my technical knowledge. I also got my CompTIA Security + certification. I am currently pursuing my associate degree in computer science. The curriculum uses C, C++, and Java as programming languages.

Technical Classes:

Microsoft MCSA Windows Server 2016 70-740 Microsoft MCSA Windows Server 2016 70-741

Microsoft MCSA Windows Server 2016 70-742 Microsoft Securing Windows Server 2016 70-744

Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam Prep (AZ-104) CompTIA Security+ SY0-601

Computer Skills:

Microsoft 365 Administrator, Exchange Online Administrator, SMTP, FTP, Microsoft Exchange Cluster Administrator, Microsoft Windows Server Administrator, Active Directory Administrator, DNS, and InfoBlox, Disaster Recovery, Lotus Notes Server Administrator, Blackberry Enterprise Server Administrator, VBScript, PERL, PowerShell, Access, Excel, HTML, SQL queries, Crystal Reports

Certifications:

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

CompTIA Security+ SY0-601

Employment History:

Marathon Petroleum San Antonio, TX 10/2018 – 10/2020

IT Technical Specialist

Microsoft Exchange Administration, Office 365 System Management, Windows Server Administration, Active Directory, DNS, Scripting

Migrated 10,000 users from On-Premise Microsoft Exchange to Office 365 (O365).

Developed PowerShell scripts to Migrate Distribution Groups to Office 365 (O365).

Migrated 1000 Distribution Groups from On-Premise Microsoft Exchange to O365.

Extracted & Exported Exchange & O365 data to PST files for the Legal Department.

Used Microsoft Exchange eDiscovery to capture data for the Legal Department.

Upgrade Microsoft Exchange 2016 CU 9 to 2016 CU 12 and then to 2016 CU 15.

Migrate Enterprise Vault (EV) to O365 via Quadrotech Archive Shuttle

Used VSphere to manage VM servers.

Tesoro (Andeavor) San Antonio, TX 02/2007 – 10/2018

IT System Administrator

Microsoft Exchange Administration, Symantec Enterprise Vault, Blackberry, Windows Server Administration, McAfee Email Gateway, McAfee GroupShield, Active Directory, Scripting

Created new Exchange 2003 Servers and migrated users to the new Servers.

Coordinated/Implemented Daylight Saving Time upgrade earned IT Valued Employee Award

Migrated Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 and McAfee GroupShield Antivirus software.

Created PowerShell scripts to move users from Exchange 2003 Servers to Exchange 2007.

Created and managed a Microsoft Exchange Cluster for High Availability.

Implemented McAfee Secure Mail (IronMail) appliance.

Implemented and Managed Enterprise Vault (EV) & Discovery Accelerator (DA)

Cross Trained team members on Microsoft Exchange & Symantec Enterprise Vault

Did some work on SQL servers to support Enterprise Vault (EV) & Discovery Accelerator (DA)

Upgraded EV & DA Servers to 8.0 SP5 and Exchange Servers to Exchange 2007 SP3 RU2

Ran Discovery Accelerator (DA) to capture data for the Legal Department.

Extracted & Exported Exchange data to PST files for the Legal Department.

Participated in Exchange Disaster Recovery Drills and Updated All Exchange Disaster Recovery documentation.

Created scripts to remove all Secondary Email Addresses from the Exchange environment.

Created Transport Rule to prevent forwarding Corporate Communication messages externally.

Education:

San Antonio College San Antonio, TX 06/2023 – 12/2023

Associate of Science in Computer Science

Summary:

Experience Windows Systems Administrator, Microsoft Exchange Administrator, and Office 365 Administrator, eager to reenter the IT industry after completing my degree.

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