J. PERRY GODFREY

**** ***** *** ***, ** Paso, TX 79911 ad1tyn@r.postjobfree.com

ABOUT

EXPERIENCE

Experienced IT Professional with skills ranging from Programming, Engineering to Program Management. A team player with integrity, always endeavoring to bring his best to the Company.

Virgin Galactic (part of the Virgin Group) Spaceport America, NM

IT System Engineer Sept 2019 – Present

With our Information Security Team, I updated Security Standards for File, Application and Database Servers (Vmware, Linux and Windows). Maintain ITAR compliance on all related systems

Set up User and Application utilizing SSO connections with LDAP and SAML. Also, these connections requires the set up of Microsoft and Okta MFA

Set up Linux LDAP and Active Directory utilizing Kerberos

Set up and Maintain MS SQL Cluster for HA of Enterprise data

Configure SSL CA and Public certificates on Web applications

Proficient in-place upgrades of Windows Server 2008/2012 to 2019 versions.

Support Media Team, with Dell Isilon backend storage SMB, network and Video Rendering on MACs.

Manage the Migration of Office 365 users between 3 domains in local Active Directory to one Azure hybrid tenant. Utilized ADMT tool with added MS SQL copies of AD database in the mailbox migrations.

Manage virtual (Azure and VMware) and physical servers (VxRail, Cisco UCS, Isilon) and storage environments (Pure, NetApp Storage and vSAN)

Design and implement the PaperCut Printing System in Azure and DataCenter

Create and Utilize Powershell scripts for O365 management and Deploy security software to infrastructure devices

Document Knowledge Articles in Atlassian Jira to be utilized by general users and IT professionals

DYOPATH (formally Dyonyx) El Paso, TX

Server Engineer (Contract Support for The El Paso Electric Co.) Nov 2016 – Aug 2019

Manage virtual and physical servers and storage environments (Nutanix, HPE 3PAR & NetApp Storage)

Design and implement automation tools to meet strict IT Controls and consistencies of deployments.

Support, troubleshoot, and tune performance for all Windows, Linux, and storage systems

OVM Deploy and Management for Prod and UAT Oracle Databases

Managed RMAN Oracle Backups

Work with various business units to learn requirements and process flows to recommend and deploy new applicable systems.

Write and maintain project documentation, including data standards, procedures, and definitionsGalatic for the data dictionary (‘metadata’). Also, document updates needed in current disaster recovery procedures.

Work with SOX compliance validation as governed by IT Controls and Processes but not limited to established standards.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, TX

Server Administrator III & IV Sept 2013 – Nov 2016

Designing, installing, administering, and maintaining advanced computing systems which include: VMware servers, EqualLogic SAN, Windows Server 2012

Manage Enterprise Backup solutions (CommVault & Veeam Backup Solutions) for dependable Disaster Recovery plans

Development and implementation of standards and procedures

Assist senior departmental management in IT strategic planning

Provides support for server operating systems and server applications such as: (Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop, Linux Red Hat)

HUBBELL Incorporated El Paso, TX / Juárez, México

Information Technology Manager Nov 1994 – Jun 2013

Managed the IT sites, personnel and operations for El Paso and Juárez for 15 years

Planned IT budgets in a mix of 6 business units in three different Hubbell Platforms (multiple financial leads)

Assisted in the upgrading of Legacy Mainframe ERP system to SAP Finance and Manufacturing System

Designed, implemented, and maintained the following Application systems in a teamwork setting:

o SAP Business System Material and BOM Structure Data Link and customized MS-SQL stored procedures between US/Mexico Custom Program Vastera

o EMC Celerra/CLARiiON iSCSI Storage in Datacenter

o User access and security tracking system to be within compliance of Sarbanes-Oxley requirements

o VB.NET Web Portal for the payroll supervisors and management

o Visual Basic with MS-SQL client server data connections--Human Resource Network Access tracking, Production and support Machinery Maintenance Program, Tool-crib Inventory System, Systems hardware maintaining and software licenses tracking system

Demonstrated flexibility with various business personality types and maintained highly effective working relationships with users, directors, VP’s, and Plant Mangers

Researched, Compared (industry technology trends for effective utilization) & Implemented numerous costs saving projects that used new and existing technologies in both hardware and software (ex: Payroll Timecard .NET client/server application, Cross Border Cell Phones, Cloud Controller Wireless solutions, VMware server consolidation into Data centers, Data storage utilizing EMC hardware)

Installed and Maintained (including IOS upgrades) 4 manufacturing plants in Juárez (3 LAN/WAN subnets) and 1 LAN/WAN subnet in El Paso with Cisco network in a fiber ring configuration

Coded VB.NET for Active Directory automated updating and Domain Controller users and computers data gathering. Also designed numerous AD group policies to automate and lock down client computers to meet Hubbell’s and governmental C-TPAT standards

Lockheed Space Operation Company (Lockheed Martin) Kennedy Space Center, FL

Associate Shuttle Processing Engineer Jul 1991 – Aug 1993

Review design details and incorporate mechanical modification to the orbiter processing facility.

In the position of Mass Spectrometer / Cryogenic Technician: Planned and performed maintenance, validation, and mechanical/electrical troubleshooting on mass spectrometer helium leak detectors (mass spec) which are used as ground operations for NASA Space Shuttle.

SKILLS

Azure Cloud, Azure SQL, SAML, LDAP, Kerberos, Atlassian Jira, MCP certification, VCP certification, Proficient in Microsoft Office products, Visual Basic Programming products, Apache and IIS Web Hosting .NET Framework, DB2 and MS SQL Database programming (Stored Procedure CURSORs and T-SQL scripts), Corel Office Products, SAP System proficiency, AutoCAD and related Engineering Software, Designed and Maintained a Device Asset / IMS Users Audit management system with MS SQL backend.

Pure Storage, NetApp ONTAP, HPE 3Par, EMC Celerra CLARiiON, iSCSI LUNs, Cisco IOS, Android up to 4.1, Nortel Switches, IP Telephony, Avaya IP phones, VMware ESX vSphere 3.0 – 7.0, Microsoft Hyper-V (Azure and Local), Linux (in the environments of VMware, EMC, Red Hat Enterprise RHEL, Rocky, Debian and Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Aerohive, Avaya)

Veeam Backup, CommVault Simpana, SSymantec Veritas Backup Exec, Citrix, Microsoft Exchange Office 365 and Microsoft SQL Server Administration, Automox, Antivirus Systems (Crowdstrike Falcon, TrendMicro, Vipre, Panda, McAfee, and Symantec)

EDUCATION

1986-90 Auburn University

Bachelor of Science in Engineering/Aerospace

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