JUSTIN VELNOSKY

Colleyville, TX – ad4pf6@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Insightful, results driven IT-Professional with notable success in designing a broad range of infrastructure improvements and enhancements while participating in planning, analyzing, and implementing solutions in support of business objectives. Experience with server infrastructure, disaster recovery, high availability, local and remote databases, end user software suites, workstation and third-party device maintenance, network security protocols and network regulation compliance, including HIPAA and PCI. Cloud Azure Architect with extensive experience designing, implementing and migrating cloud workloads in Azure.

Major strengths include strong leadership, excellent communication skills, competent, strong team player, attention to detail, people oriented, fast learner and proficient in methodical and analytical problem solving.

●Extensive Azure Architecture Design and Administration

●Designed and implemented Azure Webapp infrastructure and redundant gateway and WAF design.

●Designed and Implemented Azure Virtual Networks between 4 locations.

●Write Azure policy in template form to keep best practices and company security policy within the Azure platform. (self-healing, boundary keeping)

●Designed, implemented and configured enterprise level wireless networking installations

●VMware vCenter and ESXi use and deployment with clustering 5.0 and later.

●Microsoft Active Directory and Domain to include TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS. Group Policy (including IIS)

●Administrator to Microsoft server platforms 2000,2003,2008(R2),2012(R2),2016,2019 including Domain/AD migrations from older platforms to newer.

●Hyper-V 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 administration (Replicated and Clustered)

●Administrator to Exchange 2003/2008/2010/2013/Exchange Online

●Experience with SQL 2000 / 2003/ 2005/ 2008/ 2012 / 2016 Servers and Clustering

●Experience with Microsoft SCOM and SCCM

●Worked with EMC and Netapp SAN infrastructures (participated in classroom Netapp training)

●Written and implemented Security Protocols for client networks

●Over 10 years of experience designing, installing, and configuring Local Area Networks upwards of 500 users

●Experience with public domain administration including SSL certificates, DNS, MX and @ records

●Extensive experience with Microsoft products and operating systems such as Microsoft Office Suite, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10, Windows 11

●Proficient with Cisco CLI and configuration of Cisco appliances

●Experience with ITIL ticket oriented help desk software (Jira, Service Now,Kaseya)

●Disaster recovery software and hardware including Simpana Commvault, and NetBackup, Azure Backup

●Finished training for HIPAA and HITECH

●Officially trained on Simpana Commvault backup software and implemented system wide changes to decrease storage license use, saving the company thousands of dollars in licensing

●Experience with Data Center migration projects

●Extensive experience designing and implementing Cloud migration projects and infrastructure

Certifications Held

Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

CompTia: A+ Certified

CompTIA: Network+

Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Associate (Expired June 2018)

Education Associate Degree of Art – Tyler Junior College Tyler, TX

One year left on Bachelor of Science degree in Cloud Computing

EXPERIENCE

08/2022-Present North Dallas Bank and Trust

IT Infrastructure Solutions Architect - Manager

Responsible for managing the IT infrastructure team who architects, engineers and implements technology to better enable business objectives. Works with the CIO to create new policies and procedures in conjunction with other business groups around the bank. Manage cybersecurity procedures with Microsoft Defender, CASB, Information Protection and Intune.

●Successfully manage a team and ensure that all projects are completed on time and within budget.

●Developed and implemented IT policies and procedures to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.

●Collaborate with other departments to identify and implement new technologies to improve business processes.

●Conduct regular training sessions for employees to ensure that they were up-to-date with the latest technologies and best practices.

●Manage vendor relationships and negotiate contracts to ensure that the company receives the best possible pricing and service.

●Architected and implemented Conversion from MPLS infrastructure to new SD-WAN SASE platform, saving thousands each month while increasing overall security posture.

●Designed Microsoft Information Protection platform with successful implementation of data protection labels across all departments.

●Successfully migrated older telephony system to new cloud VOIP solution, reducing telephony hardware requirements while enhancing usability, and also significantly reducing cost.

12/2016-Present Federal Home Loan Bank Dallas

Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Responsible for the VMware environment spanning multiple locations with over 400 vms, including maintenance, patching and implementation of new hosts. Chosen for the Cloud implementation team as a lead for the migration to the Cloud,. Involved in planning and executing a colocation data center migration as well as assisting in a re-architecture of the networks and underlying topology. Participated in Disaster recovery planning and architecting a fail back and forth topology. Built patching architecture in SCCM for all Windows guests and assist in managing a SCOM implementation for alerting in the environment.

●Chosen for Cloud implementation team as a lead to design and implement a company wide cloud migration

●Assisted in designing two Data Center migrations to colocation centers

●Managing VM and host workloads, resource allocation and storage distribution across the VMware clusters, as well as patching and design

●Participated in professional Cloud training

●Script daily routine tasks as well as Infrastructure automation, including VM provisioning and image creation, including a self-service script. Primarily using PowerShell in automation

9/2016 – 12/2016 Technology Service Professionals. Contractor for Texas Instruments

Sr. Systems Administrator

Work on a team as a level 3 infrastructure support and design implementation administrator at Texas Instruments. Collaborate on new environment build-outs and support over 4000+ servers with most in a virtual environment. Assist with lower level support documentation and procedural criteria.

●Managing VM and host workloads, resource allocation and storage distribution across the VMware clusters

●Troubleshooting any VMware related issues, patching of vCenter and hosts

●Assist with SCCM patching deployments

●Edit and create PowerShell scripts to assist with configuration deployments and changes, as well as routine tasks

●Work with multiple teams (SQL, SAN, Network) to coordinate changes and improvements to the environment

●Troubleshoot Windows Server issues and test new configuration proposals

07/2015 to 09/2016 Mary Kay Cosmetics

Systems Administrator

Sole consultant on a team of five managing 3000+ VM servers and 200+ Physical hosts across the enterprise on the VMware Platform team who manage vCenter and Windows servers for the Dallas and Latin America regions.

●Managing VM workloads, resource allocation and storage distribution across the VMware clusters

●Troubleshooting any VMware related issues, patching of vCenter and hosts

●Building VM shells and configuring them for OS build out

●Create and manage Windows clusters including storage provisioning using Veritas Storage Foundation mostly to be used in SQL cluster deployments

●Assist with SCOM patching deployments

●Edit and create PowerShell scripts to assist with configuration deployments and changes, as well as routine tasks

●Work with multiple teams (SQL, SAN, Network) to coordinate changes and improvements to the environment

●Participate in full disaster recovery implementation and testing locally and remotely to colocation site

●Troubleshoot Windows Server issues and test new configuration proposals

07/14 to 07/15 Dimont & Associates, Dallas, TX

Systems Administrator

●Sole Systems Administrator responsible for the operation and maintenance of the server infrastructure at both the DFW office location and the DFW colocation site, totaling in over 40 physical and virtual servers.

●Responsible for maintaining constant uptime and efficient operation for the bulk of the company’s workforce.

●Configure and maintain Hyper-V 2008 and 2012(R2) environments in direct replicated or clustered format.

●Maintain EMC SAN used for maximum redundancy and uptime metrics.

●Assist with high level help desk tickets when needed and work with other members of infrastructure and development teams to achieve project timelines.

●Responsible for the enterprise backup and disaster recovery software and hardware, maintaining all backups for the company including an indexing server for email recall and all storage and SAN hardware that is utilized by the system.

●Assist often with network issues and implementations of changes throughout the infrastructure.

●Pull status reports on daily operations for higher level management and create solutions for any issues that arise.

●Participate in design and infrastructure planning meetings to assist in project scope and timeline requirements. Participated in Colocation site relocation.

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