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Engineer Customer Service

Location:
Kansas City, MO
Posted:
January 30, 2020

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Mike Pennington

***** * *** ******* *****: 913-***-****

Olathe, KS 66062 Email: adbiml@r.postjobfree.com

Information Systems Manager / Engineer

Professional Information Systems Engineer with over 10 years of experience establishing and maintaining servers, email platforms and security infrastructure. Strong customer service background, providing support for up to 2500 users. Adept with Microsoft Windows server and Exchange platforms, HP servers and SAN storage, Cisco and Barracuda Firewalls, Anti-SPAM and Web Filter products and load balancers.

Areas of Expertise

Microsoft Server 2008, 2012, 2016 Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Active Directory

Exchange DB availability groups Group Policy Fiber Channel / iSCSI storage

HP Server Platforms Symantec Backup Exec PRTG Network monitoring

DNS / DHCP Cisco UCM, UCCX, Unity RAID / SAN storage

VMware ESX 6 SOX regulatory documentation Android / Apple phone integration

Departmental budgets Data Center management Software licensing

Disaster recovery planning Department management PowerShell, Windows and Exchange

Key Skills Detail

Management of Department. Hiring staff and management of departmental duties.

Microsoft Server – Expertise with all major versions of Windows, 2000, 2003, 2008R2, 2012R2, 2016.

Microsoft Active Directory - installation, upgrades and use.

Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services, creation, implementation, operation. PKI / Certificate Authority.

Exchange DAG - Database Availability Group configuration and maintenance. Powershell functions.

Microsoft DNS / DHCP - installation and maintenance.

Microsoft Group Policy Object creation, administration, application.

Windows Desktop Operating Systems - XP, Windows7, Windows 10, iMac, installation, patches and maintenance.

Novell Netware and GroupWise messaging, large scale systems. Novell Directory Services.

HP ProLiant servers – All models of HP hardware including DL380, DL360, DL320 Gen 5-9, Driver updates, BIOS flash.

HP and Lefthand SAN storage - installation, configuration and maintenance. Raid 0/1/5/10/50

Symantec Backup Exec – Install and maintain all versions, including related LTO 1-5 tape and tape drives.

Barracuda Systems Firewalls – Anti SPAM, Web Control, load balancers.

Administration of Cisco ASA and PIX firewalls, and POE switches. Cisco ADSM software, vLan construction.

Cisco Call telephony - Administration of Unified Callmanager, UCCX, and Unity. Exchange integration with Unity.

SOX and local system documentation and standards - Microsoft Visio diagrams.

Disaster recovery and Business continuity planning. Built both documentation and physical for off-site locations.

Software purchase and licensing control. Microsoft, Adobe Cloud, and other vendors. Microsoft Audit Experience.

Co-ordination of outside vendors, Sprint, AT&T, Microsoft, other software and hardware providers.

Professional Experience

Konark Software / US Dept. of Agriculture, Kansas City, Mo. - Contract May, 2019 – Present

Security and Windows Engineer – Security Operations Division.

Active directory maintenance for enclave, Domain administrator, multiple domains.

Group Policy creation/administration/maintenance. Advanced Group Policy administration.

Windows 2008R2 and W2012 operating systems.

Active directory Certificate Services, Certificate Authority / PKI implementation

CDM / Homeland Security operations and tools. Archer, Splunk, ForeScout.

Secret Clearance. NIST security compliance scanning / group policy objects.

US Marine Corp, Kansas City, Mo . – Contract. Feb 2019 – May 2019

Sr. Information System Engineer

Active directory integration of 250 servers, 1500 users. Multiple domains.

Operate and maintain Windows 2016 operating systems.

Active directory and Group policy modification and evaluation, and testing via NIST standards.

Environment documentation.

Kingfisher Systems / US Dept. of Agriculture, Kansas City, Mo. – Contract. May 2016 – Feb 2019

Sr. Information System Engineer – Security Operations Division.

Active directory integration of 50-75 servers, 350 users. Multiple domains.

Operate and maintain Windows 2008/2012 operating systems.

Radius / Policy Management server/ DNS server.

Active directory Certificate Services, Certificate Authority / PKI implementation.

Maintain Multiple WSUS servers, approve and apply operating system patches.

Environment documentation.

Physical and Virtual Machines.

Application Support - Department of Homeland Security/ CDM Integration. Forescout, Nessus, RES.

Active Directory Migration Toolkit.

NIST /SCAP security compliance scanning / Group Policy Objects

TRIP MATE, INC., Kansas City, Mo. April 2002 – May 2016

Information Systems Manager / Engineer

Active directory integration of 25 servers, and 145 users.

Operate and maintain Windows 2003/2008 operating systems, and Novell NetWare platforms.

Maintain Exchange email systems operation and install patches.

Design, build and implement an HP SAN, two locations.

Manage firewall security changes in Cisco and Barracuda systems.

Coordinate ISP, SSL, domain, and hardware vendors.

Develop disaster recovery location build-out, 20 servers, SAN storage.

Software and related computer licensing and purchasing. Vendor Co-ordination.

Managed staff of nine developers and support people.

LEO BURNETT ADVERTISING AGENCY, Chicago, IL – Contract. Sept 2001 – April 2002

Large-Scale Email Support

Delivered high-quality customer service to 2500 users. Netware, Windows, GroupWise

Converted 30 worldwide offices to common email platform and common infrastructure.

SPRINT, Overland Park, KS – Contract. April 2001 - Sept2001

Project ION 5 - Deployment Office

Coordinated large-scale computer integration.

Managed documentation budget and purchases.

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY, Kansas City, MO Jan 1997 – March 2001

Systems Engineer

Provided high-quality support for logins, 100 servers, 2500 users, and related infrastructure components and server storage arrays.

Novell Netware, GroupWise, Windows NT/2000

Linkedin profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-pennington-865243b5/

Education & Training

University of Missouri, Kansas City Missouri

Basic and Advanced PC and Networking, Maple Woods Community College

Sanford-Brown College, Cisco CCNA certification

Technical Schools for Microsoft, Novell and GroupWise Platforms

Novell CNE, Microsoft MCP, Cisco CCNA

CompTIA Security Plus and Network Plus

Various Novell Technical Courses



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