Peter Calvanese Jr.

Professional Summary

Datacenter Engineer with over 9 years of experience in various types of datacenter environments. Excel at building and maintaining professional relationships as well as being very team oriented. Possess the proven ability to create and deliver solutions tied to business growth, organizational development and systems/network optimization. Skilled problem identifier and troubleshooter comfortable managing systems, projects and teams in a range of IT environments.

Skills

Datacenter Manager

Operations Manager

Vendor Management

Datacenter Infrastructure

Project Management

Applications SME

Installing, troubleshooting and deploying various technologies

In-Depth experience with network cabling in Enterprise Environments.

Experience supporting and managing diverse client base

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)

Sr. Professional Systems Administrator/Datacenter Engineer

September 2015 to Present

Spearheaded the VERINT project, rack/stack/install/configure both onsite and remote locations-converting telecom and saving client roughly 2.1M

Lead install Project of NetApp filers and shelves, 3170 and 3270

Lead Tapeless Initiative, removing all tape libraries and adding DD990’s for replication.

Zurich Refresh and Decommission management, for remote sites along with OKC.

Consolidated/Relocated 2 Datacenters and saved Client over 50k in expenses

Integral part of addition of new SAN Implementations

Implemented the VMAX here onsite in OKC, including the newest VMAX3.

Manage, on behalf of CSC, all sites in OKC and all remote sites asked to visit.

Datacenter Consolidation Management, have either spearheaded or been an integral part of consolidating/relocating/shutting down of various sites, acting as Project Management/Datacenter Engineer for CSC/Client.

Work with the various groups to help fulfill those strategies and provide standardization

Port determination and requests, working closely with network for proper alignment of projects within the Farmer's/Zurich network

VLAN determination or verification for CSC groups requesting equipment to be implemented in DC

Oversight of all CSC projects going into the DC, insuring all various groups are using proper implementation

Project planning and architectural diagram validation

Troubleshooting of problems with cabling and configurations- coordinating with application and network teams to drive a solution

Lead the multitude of people through the process for racking, networking, decommissioning, asset tagging, preventative maintenance, etc.…

Accept deliveries and handle the shipping of equipment offsite

Manage resources for change weekends, as well as ALL Vendor Management

Work with various internal/external groups (such as, UNIX, Linux, WINTEL, Cisco, telecommunication service providers, provisioning, equipment vendors, engineers, architects, the NOC, customers and internal departments) to install, troubleshoot, repair equipment, and service customer, and facility equipment

Travel to all Remote Locations for client/CSC for all projects having to do with decommission, asset tagging, installs, new projects, etc.

Datacenter Consolidation- have either spearheaded or been an integral part of consolidating/relocating/shutting down of various sites, acting as Project Management/Datacenter Engineer for CSC in these regards.

RACK59

Operations Manager

October 2014 to August 2015

Responsible for Obtaining SOC 1/2/3 Certifications and Audits

oManaged budgets for all vendors as well as DC improvements.

oSpearheaded the project of making entire campus fully redundant.

oWrote the Narrative, Assertion and all policies that are applied and still currently used.

Strategic Planning of all aspects of DC infrastructure

Development of Standardization

New DC product assessment and evaluation - air flow management/wiring management/automation systems/environmental; product evaluations – DCIM tools,

Vendor management - Power install/Fiber install/Infrastructure PM

Managed multiple companies within Colocation Datacenter, as well as the Datacenter itself.

Implemented DCIM Tools, advanced Ticketing System with a client portal

Administrator of Solar Winds, WEBCtrl, and all power capacity planning.

Tested, and implemented NETBOTZ for all Datacenter Monitoring for Power, HVAC, Humidity, Network Utilization for each, etc.….

Computer Sciences Corporation – CSC

Configuration Management

March 11, 2013 to October 2014

Server standardizations

Rack and stack activity for all Network/GIS/Desktop/Farmers internal groups

Vendor management for CSC

Validation of all work completed

Oversight of all CSC projects going into the DC, insuring all various groups are using proper implementation

Troubleshooting of problems with cabling and configurations- coordinating with application and network teams to drive a solution

Manage resources for change weekends

Assists on projects for both internal/external customer installations through coordinating facility services, equipment, and cabling in preparation for customer installations.

National American Insurance Company - NAICO

Sr. Computer Operator MIS

August 11, 2008 to March 8, 2013

Duties include troubleshooting, identifying, isolating and resolving complex detailed issues revolving around desktop environments. Included in checking and maintaining datacenter, constantly monitoring servers, in both physical and virtual capacities

Served as IBM iSeries System Administrator, working closely with Programmers to find and fix, implement changes and check all environments daily.

AS400 System Administrator/Engineer.

Converted entire company, which consisted of 5-5 floor buildings, to CAT6, including running, terminating and toning

Managed: All servers within Datacenter, whether Telecom, Network, Print servers, etc.….

Maintain hardware and software while minimizing downtime and maximizing productivity.

Manages the Helpdesk for 250+ users, including remote offices and VPN users.

Installation and support of a variety of computer related systems, networks and peripherals.

Research and develop applicable methods to increase productivity.

Education/Training

Class of 2000, Chandler High School, Chandler, OK

Two years College, Philadelphia Community College- Multimedia Communications

CompTIA A+, Net+, Sec+ certification Bootcamp- Atlanta, GA 2008

CISSP Bootcamp – Oklahoma City 2013

CISA- Oklahoma City 2013

Windows, Symantec Backup Exec 2010-2012 Administrator

AS400 Administrator/SME

AIX

IM/CM

IIX Peering Certified- Dallas, TX 2015

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