Stephen C. Reese

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With over 15 years of experience, I am a seasoned Talent Acquisition Professional skilled in developing and executing comprehensive strategies aligned with organizational goals. I excel in collaborating with diverse teams, enhancing our employer brand, and attracting top talent through strategic marketing efforts. As a leader, I effectively manage and inspire a team of three, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. My expertise extends to developing pipeline strategies, forging strategic partnerships, and implementing diverse sourcing and recruiting approaches. I work closely with the Director of People & Culture to refine recruitment processes, leverage data-driven insights, and provide thought leadership to enhance the overall candidate experience and optimize talent acquisition continually.

Areas of Expertise

Project management

Process improvement

Help desk management

Wireless AP management

Systems analysis

Inventory control

Data warehousing

Technical evaluation

IT security

Purchasing

Cost controls

User support

Infrastructure design

Technology deployment

Training & development

Network administration

Accomplishments

Plan and manage Charleston Catholic High School’s $46K IT budget for hardware and software procurement; also, provide technical support to 52 teachers and 480 students.

Researched, recommended, and configured 30 Chromebooks as well as new wireless access points for the school; also researched and recommended Active Panels to replace Smartboards.

Provided project management for companywide installation of ESET Endpoint and ESET File Server Antivirus for both Walker Machinery Co. and Whayne Supply Co., serving a total of 2,200 users; captured thousands of dollars in savings as a result.

Served as Project Co-Lead for three companywide computer refresh rollouts as well as Caterpillar software installation and maintenance.

Career Experience

Engineer, Life Cycle Management Cyber Security, Elite Technical Services for Mirion Technologies 11/2022-11/2023

Provide System Administration pertaining to cyber security for nuclear power plants in their closed network environment supporting a wide variety of different Windows Server and Windows Desktop operating systems. Also provide support in proprietary software AIM that detects unusual instances at customer video, laser, unapproved removable devices, that also works alongside McAfee (now Trellix) ePO and SIEM systems. Mirion currently has 78% of the market in providing cyber security for the United States, and two in Canada.

Configure patch sets for Windows systems for our customers Windows updates

Update McAfee/Trellix software components to the latest versions our customers might have installed on their systems

Customer visitation to install updates

Repair customer hardware including server, network switches and routers, along with computer workstations

Provide support for our Production team in bringing up new network environments which include firewalls, switches, routers, servers, hardware storage, workstations and the software needed per customer needs

Compose detailed instructions to customers that need service prior to onsite visitation

Provide customer support in backup solutions using Acronis and ArcServe

Taking customer server and workstation backups and copying them to our vSphere lab environment in order to diagnose what issues they are having and find a solution for them

Using VMware, vSphere, vCenter 6.7 and 7

Obtained a Canadian Secret Clearance Level II

WSUS Patch Management

Windows System Administrator, Ryan Consulting Group 05/2020-11/2022

Provide Windows Server Administration in a closed network environment for software engineers in supporting 25 virtual Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2016 residing in a ESXi storage array using ESXi 6.5 and ESXi 6.7. Also, in the environment are 16 Linux servers used in flight simulations for the engineers. The network is spanned across the country with over 500 users.

Provide file inventory management to address the usage of stored data on four NAS devices ranging from 2 TB to 15 TB that will be moved to a new storage array Configure basic to administrative to rights users for network assigning them to their appropriate groups

Bring online new vCenter 6.7 on large storage SAN Migrate 53 servers using vMotion to new storage array

Become a liaison between two closed network environments Create and support end user’s needs for both Windows and Linux

Software licensing for end users, File and Print Management, Group Policy

Assist with the coordination of environment migration from one facility to another location

Bring all Windows servers up to Windows Patch compliancy using Ivanti Security Controls

Maintenance of Windows Servers 2008 R2 to 2019 Obtained an DoD Secret Clearance

Lead System Administrator, Southwest International Trucks 2019

Provide lead system administration for 20 Virtual Machine servers using Dell Compellent SAN. Assist in providing technical and end-user support for new Karmak business system. Assist in maintaining Avaya IP Office phone system, disk-to-disk backup, and replication to D/R sight. Oversee installation, configuration, and maintenance of the Primary and Secondary Domain Controller servers, including file, print, and share server along with primary and secondary domain controller and DHCP/DNS server both using Server 2012 R2 thru 2019.

Relocation plans of D/R equipment relocation to Fort Worth Maintenance and re-configuring of Veeam 9.5 backup system

Server maintenance on Windows Servers 2012 R2 and 2019 Enterprise Researching the best PC imaging system for the company Led company-wide inventory using Gigatrak

Led team in rolling out 70 PCs and Laptops, and 10 printers to be compliant with new business system called Karmak.

Maintenance of ESXi 6.5 VMWare on Dell Compellent SAN Installation and maintenance of Office 2013-2019

Director of Technology Infrastructure / System Administrator 2016-2018

CHARLESTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Provide system administration for 3 school servers, 50+ computers, Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, wireless access points, 33 projectors, and Smartboards. Manage a $46K operating budget.Ω xcs. Oversee installation, configuration, and maintenance of the Primary and Secondary Domain Controller servers, including file, print, and share server along with primary and secondary domain controller and DHCP/DNS server both using Server 2012 R2.

Provide tier 2 to 52 end-users, providing both hardware and software support.

Plan and manage the school’s $46K IT budget for hardware and software procurement.

Manage the school’s computer lab and 530+ user accounts for all teachers and students.

Researched, configured, and brought on-line domain controllers and new primary domain for the school.

Saved the school $3K by using a Wire Access Point (AP) system Set up Active Directory with user log-in scripts and folder redirection.

Configured and maintained printer server, DNS, DHCP, and the latter with Superscope subnet, also configured mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, and Chromebooks) for network domain connectivity.

Fiber and copper wire management, along with maintaining Cisco VoIP switches

Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro installation and support GPO on AD OU’s VoIP Maintenance

System Administrator, Cecil I. Walker Machinery Company & Whayne Supply Co. 2010-2016

Oversaw system administration of corporate servers and computers for Walker Machinery Company and Whayne Supply Company. Installed, configured, and maintained 28 servers in both a physical and virtual environment, including email, antivirus, file servers/shares, and SQL servers. Provided expert tier 2 technical support for hardware and software issues as well as computer installation for 2,200 company employees.

Served as Co-Lead of the Walker Machinery Company computer refresh rollout project.

Streamlined and configured Walker Machinery tape backup jobs utilizing Symantec Backup Exec.

Delivered expert hardware support for major business system conversions for both companies.

Led the successful rebuild and restoration of SQL server after a catastrophic hardware failure.

Managed installation, diagnosis, and end-user support for a variety of Microsoft applications; provided daily administration and maintenance of the Microsoft Exchange email server while also serving as Windows File Share Administration for the creation of folders and files on Windows Server 2008 and 2012 R2.

Delivered Active Directory administration and maintenance for 786 end users.

Administered a leased budget of $944K for laptops and computers and $22K for network printers; oversaw the annual purchasing of LTO backup tape cartridges with an $8K budget.

Maintaining and configuring mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to 2013.

Performed break/fix on both company’s servers and PC equipment

Information System Specialist, Cecil I. Walker Machinery Company 1998-2010

Installing and maintaining all computing equipment and desktop software for an operation with 786 users, while also providing technical support, ordering computer/printing supplies, and configuring mobile phones. Additionally, I consistently ranked as the top performer for successfully closing help desk tickets for 11+ consecutive years and directed installation, diagnosis, and technical support for all Microsoft applications

Additional Titles Held

System Programmer Analyst and Computer Operator

Education

BS, Computer Management & Data Processing

West Virginia Institute of Technology

Certifications: Dell Premier Access and CompTIA A+

Technical Skills

Microsoft Windows Servers – Microsoft Exchange – Microsoft Windows – Microsoft Lync 2010 Active Directory – Symantec Backup Exec – Symantec Endpoint Antivirus – ESET Endpoint Antivirus VMware Environments (versions 4 and 5.5) – Script Logic Enterprise Security Reporter 3 – Cisco Switches, Routers, and IronPort Firewall

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