It Manager Network Administrator
Resume:
Norman Smith
San Francisco, California *****
************@*****.***
Work Experience
Senior Network Administrator
I have left Pixxel and am looking for more consulting work or perhaps full time work.
Currently I have concentrated on networking and cybersecurity, but I also have lots of skills with network and infrastructure design
2016-2024
· Primary network and cybersecurity consultant for Pixxel Space technologies. I designed their international network that communicates with India and gathers data, telemetry and commands from a network of hyperspectral satellites. Purchased and configured Ubuntu and Windows servers. Also worked on NIST compliance.
· Worked as an independent consultant, designing, installing, troubleshooting, and configuring network equipment. In this role I have done work for Chase Bank, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Qatar Airlines, and Green Lots. I have security clearance to work alone in Chase data centers and banks as well as other secure areas.
02/01/2014-11/30/2015 Active Sports Clubs
§ Reported directly to the VP of Technology. Created a virtual data center using VMware and third party tools to convert 40 virtual servers to AWS instances. I was the local MySQL and MSSQL DBA. Wrote stored procedures to extract data from MSSQL databases into MySQL physical instance. Then wrote MySQL stored procedures to make the data available to the corporate web site.
Also responsible for firewalls, switches, wifi systems (30+), physical servers and networking equipment. As well as Kaspersky administrator for 500 workstations. Used Kaspersky to deliver Windows updates as well as installing new software.
Designed and installed VPN network. Working with FortyCloud the network allowed access to services and virtual servers at Amazon Web Services which served nearly 50 locations nationwide. Optimized performance for VOIP traffic using our DSL/VPN network of StoneSoft firewalls as we moved from Cisco/T1 VOIP to cloud based Ring Central to reduce costs. Trouble shot the installation.
Senior Systems Administrator
8/20/2013-02/01/2014 Club One Inc
§ Created and maintained VMware cluster with 50 VMs to support all business departments. Designed and implemented network infrastructure using McAfee NGFWs and Active Directory, including VPN access using FortyCloud. Setup active monitoring using OpManager and Splunk. Also responsible for other firewalls, Windows and Linux physical servers and networking equipment.
Owner/ Head Consultant
12/2003 – 8/19/2013 Mandrax Consulting (Owner), San Francisco, Ca
§ Client: Club One Inc 2005-2013
§ Provided DBA services for MSSQL and MySQL servers. Installed and updated all versions of Windows and Linux servers. Installed and maintained SharePoint for intranet use. Installed Splunk server and used the information to troubleshoot network issues. Wrote local scripts to extract from Kronos and SFTP the data ADP. Installed and maintained Xiotech SAN using Brocade fiber switch, providing dual channel support for high availability. Built a open source fiber channel SAN for backups. Installed Cisco/VMware cluster to run Call Manager functions on virtual servers.
§ Client: Jamba Juice 2003-2005
§ Installed Java/MySQL based scheduler application to 500 locations. Updated applications as bugs were found and distributed the changes to all locations. I acted as the release manager including; testing new releases, reporting errors to the developers, maintaining proper versions of Windows at the sites, writing install scripts, fixing database problems, verifying the right files were in the release, and distributing it to all locations on CD.
Manager Database Development
9/2000 - 12/2003 Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, Ca.
§ Directed all software/hardware development efforts with a yearly budget of 5 to 10 million dollars: Including Intranet site, Internet site, Extranet site, and internally used products. Those products included; MSSQL, MS Access, MS Project, Visual Studio, Data Center design (hardware and software).
§ My staff included 7 developers, two DBAs, and one project manager. I also directed the work of two contract companies that are involved with the Intranet and Extranet sites. I also direct the network group in all architecture decisions. I was also in charge of the Active Directory upgrade and future policy based application delivery systems. Built first Legal CRM system using SharePoint that linked shareholders to client financial records as well as present/past client/matter information. The system also held attorney/client relationship data to help encourage new business but eliminate conflicts of interest.
Education
Southern Missouri University
BS Computer Science
University of Missouri at Kansas City
§ 9 hours of Master's CS related class work.
§ Numerous class by Cisco, Microsoft and others
Skills
Slack, Virtualization Expert, MS SharePoint Services, Email Systems, SQL Server, IIS, MySQL, Apache/Linux, Network and Data Center Design (both physical and virtual), Windows and Linux/Unix Server (Installation, Customization and Administration), Project Manager, System Architect, Team Leader, Database Developer/Designer, Mac OS and networking, VOIP, Firewalls (McAfee, Fortigate, Meraki, Juniper, Sonicwall), WiFi expert, Fiber and Ethernet switches, SANs, Wireshark, BitDefender and JumpCloud. Ubuntu, Red Hat, and other Linux variants.
References furnished on request.
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