Zak Taylor
www.linkedin.com/in/zak-taylor-****a**3
https://github.com/taylorzak
TUCSON, AZ,
ad30lv@r.postjobfree.com
EXPERIENCE (currently employed at PolyPrint, Tucson as an IT administrator.)
PPEP Inc, Tucson, AZ - SYSTEM ADMIN
JAN 2023 – August 2023
IT Admin for PEP Inc. throughout southern Arizona. Active Directory and Group policy. Physical repairs of PCs and laptops. Re-imaging and installs of OS and deployment of applications. Server maintenance. Asset management. Security protocols such as MFA and VPN’s. Backups and VOIP. Azure and Microsoft 365 admin.
IBM, Tucson, AZ -STORAGE AREA NETWORK TEST ENGINEER MARCH 2020 – JULY 2022
HARDWARE: Installation, upgrade, and maintenance of high-performance computing systems and physical servers such as Lenovo X-series and IBM. SAN volume controller storage. Wireless access points and administration. SOFTWARE: VM Ware, VM creation. Linux and Windows Server 2012-2019. VMware server with Linux and Windows VMs; Windows Hyper-V Server. Provided support for testing environments such as Spectrum Protect, Spectrum Control. Development and Test, and Spectrum Protect Plus TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Tucson, AZ - ELECTRONICS/FIRE SAFETY TECHNICIAN
2015 - 2020
Maintained and tested fire Electrical systems, conducted troubleshooting of faulty parts and circuit boards for campus-wide electrical systems. Electrician for over 10 years. Had Security clearance for Davis-Monthan. EDUCATION
Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ — ASSOCIATES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (August 2021)
Currently enrolled at University of Pheonix for a Bachelors in Data Science
Currently studying Data Analytics, Database server management, SQL, R and C#. Tableau and more.
Completed a 6 month bootcamp from the University of Arizona in Coding and Full stack Dev that ended in 12/2022
AWS Cloud Practitioner certification
SKILLS
MS Windows and Server. SQL
server. Database admin. Linux
OS. Active Directory and group
policy for windows. HYCU
backup. mRemoteNG. PDQ
Deploy. Installation and
maintenance of physical servers.
Installation, configuration, and
management of virtual host
systems: VMWare, ESXi, and
vCenter, vSphere, Aruba
Wireless. Some CISCO VOIP
knowledge. AWS.
PERSONAL
Attention to Detail
Communication
Team Work
Time Management
Education / Teaching
Problem Solving
Report Writing
Research and Planning
Adaptable
Creative
Hard-working
Loyal
Motivated
Resilient
Self-managed