WILLIAM L. AINSLEY, IV

Fort Mill, SC *****

ad3brm@r.postjobfree.com

803-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Motivated individual with more than 20 years of experience providing IT services to entities ranging from large banks to small consulting firms seeks position that can utilize his skills. Proficient in all aspects of the Information Technology space with a technical solution-oriented mindset and the experience to direct or complement any IT department. Able to quickly master emerging hardware, software, and operating systems to obtain the desired results. Team player who works well either in the company of others or independently to complete projects with attention to detail.

EXPERIENCE

LPL Financial 2018 – 2023

Sr Engineer Technology Ops

UCS engineer managing and maintaining the Cisco UCS infrastructure and VMware hypervisor.

●Responsible for UCS configuration, management and support of a multi-datacenter environment consisting of over 800 UCS Blades and 100 Rack Servers. Orchestrate capacity expansions, hardware refresh and network upgrade projects requiring evacuation of entire FI Domains to migrate to new network architecture.

●Engineer and maintain VMware environments on Cisco UCS as well as non-VMware solutions on Cisco UCS, and VMware implementations on Lenovo SR950 8CPU dedicated SQL hosts.

●Proactively identify trends, perform root cause analysis, problem isolation, and manage adverse events from identification to resolution

●Identify, recommend, and implement upgrades and enhancements required to maintain system functionality and optimal performance including security updates, System Firmware, version upgrades and system patches.

●Design and implement optimal technical solutions for VMware / UCS infrastructure across multiple datacenters

●Analyzing and troubleshooting VMware vSphere physical hardware and virtual machine performance. Troubleshoot Cisco UCS hardware issues

●Work closely with technology teams, Vendors and VARs to deliver datacenter solutions.

TECH-ZONE / COMPUCOM 2017 – 2018

Sr Solutions Architect

Support the South-East Region Sales Team with the design, delivery and support of new and existing MSP clients.

●Assist with Sales engagements communicating to potential clients the technical solutions and services provided by Tech-Zone. Define requirements, establish statement of work, scope compute and network hardware, layout project tasks and milestones to execute.

●Architect and Support the MaaS (Meraki as a Service) offering for our 20+ local clients as well as those clients owning their Meraki Organization needing project assistance.

●Complete Discovery Documentation during pre-sales and onboarding phases of new clients. Collect all information regarding network, compute, backup, cloud, integration and other aspects of client infrastructure.

SWISHER HYGIENE – Acquired by ECOLAB 2013 – 2016

Sr Manager of IT Infrastructure

Architect, Administer and Manage all aspects of the IT infrastructure at Swisher Hygiene, including Cisco network upgrade, auditing Cisco UCS implementation, upgrading VMware, establishing offsite BC/DR environment, negotiating MPLS rollout to manufacturing locations and remote offices.

●Audit Cisco UCS implementation to recognize and resolve configuration issues to leverage the benefits of the investment.

●Upgrade UCS first generation installation at end of year three to higher capacity blade servers and fabric interconnects, repurposing aged but still capable investment for BC/DR

●Establish BC/DR presence in Atlanta utilizing Zerto hypervisor based replication for real-time synchronization and point in time recovery and testing.

●Inventory remote office networks to negotiate a 50+ site EarthLink MPLS rollout realizing nearly a 40% cost savings over the existing various vendor network. Implementation of MPLS network included consolidated reporting, management, invoicing and monitoring to save additional costs.

●Architect datacenter and corporate office Cisco core network upgrade

●Mange the implementation of SCCM and SCOM for workstation deployment, asset management, patch management and software center catalog, as well as application and network monitoring.

●Define Meraki as our remote office network solution for ease of use and management with the cloud based management and monitoring capability

●Deploy industry leading Checkpoint firewalls at multiple locations for intrusion prevention and web filtering to minimize corporate exposure to internet threats.

●Upgrade EOL VMware 4.0 installation to 5.5 with vCops to better monitor the expanding multisite VMware landscape containing more than 175 windows virtual servers.

●Oversee the corporate office installation of Canon MFP’s with Uni-Flow including badge scanners, follow-me printing, usage reporting and LDAP integration.

●Design 6 remote office Hyper-V installations to localize Active Directory, printing and file sharing leveraging DFS for local file access while consolidating files for backups.

●Manage IT support team responsible for handling all user support for more than 1500 employees.

SNYDER’S LANCE INC 2008 – 2013

Sr System Engineer / Data Center Admin

System Engineer/Architect for Snyder’s Lance managing Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, Cisco UCS, VMware, Exchange 2010, and many other business critical applications.

●Designed and supported IT solutions throughout the organization. Recognized inefficient processes then proposed and implemented various solutions to meet the business requirements.

●Successfully deployed Hyper-V, WDS, DFS, SMS, RDS and other Microsoft solutions to improve capabilities of the IT department.

●Datacenter Lead during move to co-located facility which included consolidating 150+ Dell physical servers to VMWare running on Cisco UCS blades.

●Configured Solarwinds to monitor application availability and performance throughout the organization including all datacenters and office locations.

●Primary Configuration Manager administrator for patching and compliance of all servers and desktops also lead for the upgrade from 2007 to 2012.

●Managed the Exchange 2010 upgrade from 2003 including multiple node CAS/HT roles and mailbox role. Also introduced a standalone DR exchange server for redundancy. Configured ISA servers and F5 load balancers to optimize Exchange and ActiveSync client access both internally and externally.

●Instrumental role in domain migration projects for an internal upgrade as well as a company merger.Championed the department to leverage SharePoint 2010 to organize and document IT projects and initiatives.

●Primary Administrator for the Websense web filtering installation to monitor and manage web access for over 100 remote warehouses and 15 office locations and all 3500 workstations.

CRESCENT RESOURCES, LLC. 2006 - 2008

Senior Network and Systems Administrator

Research, propose, and implement emerging technologies for Duke Energy Real Estate branch.

●Design and execute VMware Virtualization project for cost savings and unification of both production and development landscape - with HA/DRS multi node clusters. Recommend and deploy NetApp FAS 270c to consolidate dedicated server storage to a SAN device to lay the groundwork for the VMware project.

●Implement System Center Operations Manager 2007 to monitor Windows instances.

●Research and select Netmon appliance for our network device and systems monitoring needs, including SNMP syslog and network capturing of all VLANS.

●Administer HP Systems Insight Manager for managing and deploying updates to the 50+ physical servers at organization.

●Assist in the design and conversion of Microsoft Exchange 2003 server to Exchange server 2007, including Client Access and Edge Transport roles.

●Redesign remote site to corporate backup infrastructure with DFS to insure that all data on 60+ sales/development sites were being replicated and backed up at corporate office.

●Start the migration process to Windows 2008 AD functional level from 2003.

●Oversee the WAN/LAN connectivity to all sites, monitor and configure site-to-site VPN’s as we transition from private frame relay links to more economical cable/dsl-based services. Investigate WAN compression technologies to streamline existing links instead of upgrading links. The initial proposal of Cisco WAAS for pilot to 3 sites was postponed.

●Support web development team as they deployed new and updates to 75+ websites on a balanced web farm using a WebMux appliance. Managed all aspects of DNS, for both internal and external zones

EQUIFIRST, INC. 2005 - 2006

Systems Administrator

Design and implement Microsoft Operations Manager for the Charlotte campus. Implement Exchange Reporting software Quest Message Stats, for the 4 node back-end and 2 load balanced front-end Exchange enterprise. Manage Dell IT Assistant/Open Manage Server Administrator for the 175+ servers; organize the software/firmware updates for all Dell Servers. Support and Administer a number of packaged software credit applications

OSPREY SYSTEMS, INC. 1997 - 2005

Network and Senior Systems Architect for IT/Hosting Team 2001–2005

Manage entire Osprey Landscape which includes dual site datacenters and redundant networks, a mixed Windows NT/2000 server environment, and has 70+ servers on a Cisco Gigabit fiber backbone. Configure site-to-site VPNs based on client specifications. Monitor and report all Cisco routers and switches LAN/WAN link utilization. Configure and monitor all Cisco Pix firewalls. Manage Nortel Contivity remote access configuration and maintenance

Technical Architect for Hosting Team 1999-2001

Made server and network hardware consultations for new and existing customers using SAP, Web, Database, and Media servers. Configured and supported customer sites, solved O/S and application problems. Managed high available/redundant network infrastructure supporting a shared server farm environment for multiple customers. Designed and implemented a high volume load balanced web site with clustered database backend.

Internal Technology Consultant 1997-1999

Managed entire internal network and server configuration including firewall security, exchange, file and print services, and Web and SAP servers. Supported up to 200 internal consultants both locally and remotely. Designed and configured upgraded network infrastructure during relocation of the corporate headquarters.

Support Magic Consultant 199

FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK 1992-1997

Remedy Developer and Administrator 1995-1997

Defined requirements, developed workflow, installed TCP/IP and Remedy on Windows 3.1, 95, NT and OS/2 workstations. Provided primary application and TCP/IP support for 250 internal consultants. Developed and tested system enhancements

Tier II Support Consultant 1994-1995

Resolved second level support calls for Lotus 1-2-3, Freelance, Organizer, SmartCenter, and ScreenCam as well as second level support calls for Tier I. Liaison to Lotus Technical, tested and implemented new Lotus products. Designed an automated 1-2-3 application for reporting and graphing ASPECT data.

Lotus Tier I Support Consultant 1993-1994

Provided support to internal customers on all versions of 1-2-3 and Freelance in all supported operating systems. Assisted in LAN applications including Passwords, Login Scripts, Data Volumes, and printing parameters for over 150 Novell Netware 3.x servers.

Salem Funds Research Specialist 1992-1993

Reported and analyzed marketing campaigns, income and expenses, budgets, and assets for all existing Salem Mutual Funds. Researched industry data for new funds, compared Salem Fund characteristics to industry averages, generated quarterly Board reports

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