Engineer Manager
Resume:
JOB OBJECTIVE
Experienced and passionate system engineer with ten years of experience looking to leverage my IT background with leading Projects, Infrastructure Management and IT System deployments to the position of Senior System Engineer.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
American Tire Distributors
Infrastructure Engineer April 2019 to August 2020
Install, Configure and maintain the following systems
oWorked to design VDI environment to support 2000 plus users
oVMware vSphere, and vCenter: Upgraded and patched from version 6.5 to version 6.7 update 3
oVMware Horizon VDI environment: Configured UAGs, set up and configure connection servers, upgraded VDI environment from version 7.5 to 7.10
oBuilt Workspace One on premise environment
oConfigured and Optimized Windows 10 Gold Images for pool deployment
oDeployed Linked Clone, Instant Clone and Persistent Desktop Pools
oSetup App Volumes
oConfigured UEM for Linked Clone and Instant Clone Pools
oMicrosoft Active Directory
oGPO
oCisco UCS
oInfoblox’s DNS, DHCP
oPure and EMC Storage Systems: Built: LUN’s, NFS Data Stores and CIFS across the enterprise
oWindows Server 2012,2016 and 2019: Deployed and Supported windows servers across the enterprise
oF5 Load Balancer: Configured VIP’s for UAG’s and Connection Servers
oZerto
Vanguard Group, Charlotte, NC September 2018 April 2019
VDI Engineer
Install and Configure the following VMware components
Engineered a VDI environment to support 5000 plus users across multiple Data Centers
oVMware Identity Manager (Workspace One Cloud): Worked to Integrate Horizon VDI and AirWatch environments
oBuilt Windows Connector servers for Workspace One Integration across Data Centers
oVMware UAG: Configured UAG’s for user access across multiple Data Centers
oConfigured UAG’s for VDI and AirWatch Environments
oHorizon Published Apps: Built RDSH server and Created RDS Farms
oConfigured Cloud Pod for user access across multiple sites
oTests and migrate software, patches, upgrades, applications, and/or hardware
oPlans and coordinates enterprise-wide infrastructure projects with other IT and client teams
oMaintains, monitors, and tunes Production system and applications performance
oMigrate from Citrix XenApps to Horizon Published Apps
oWindows RDSH servers
Albemarle Corporation, Kings Mountain, NC May 2018-September 2018
IT Manager
Provide technical leadership for Virtualization, windows, exchange and cloud technology solution
Provide technical leadership for incident escalations
Manage critical infrastructures
Secure, architect and back up enterprise data management systems
Participate in disaster recovery testing and business continuity
Develops and administers budget for Albemarle’s IT expenditures
Develops performance-based planning and reporting, Disaster Recovery and operating procedure documentation
Maintain Data Center/Server Room operations, including power/UPS, HVAC, physical security
Participates in special projects as directed
CohnReznick LLP, Charlotte, NC September 2017-May 2018
Server Engineer
Provide tier 3 troubleshooting of server and storage infrastructure
Administer and maintain VMware and Hyper-V environments across multiple sites
Maintain Storage infrastructure across multiple sites
Responsible for server sizing, procurement, and deployment as needed
Administration and support of Microsoft Systems including Win 2008\2012 R2 domain environment, SQL, DNS, Active Directory, ADFS
Support and administration of Hyper Converged Infrastructure + Knowledge of HP servers, Cisco Blades, and Cisco Rackmount servers
Server sizing, procurement, and deployment as needed
Ensure the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the information systems that support core functions
Maintain Data Center/Server Room operations, including power/UPS, HVAC, physical security
Cleveland Community College, Shelby, NC June 2010 – August 2017
Senior Analyst Project Lead
Engineered a Horizon VDI solution to support 2500 user from versions 4.0-7.1
Lead IT Project integrations and infrastructure upgrades
Provide tier 3 troubleshooting of server and storage infrastructure
Provide recommendations for new IT system deployments and Infrastructure upgrades to the CIO.
Install, configure, and maintain the following systems and environments:
oServer Virtualization Environment (VMware vSphere, VMware vCenter)
oDesktop Virtualization (VMware Horizon View): Built out VDI environment for on premise and remote users
oApplication packaging (ThinApp)
oApplication Virtualization, User State Virtualization (Unidesk)
oSamsung Zero Clients
oWindows Operating Systems (7,8,8.1and 10)
oWindows Server Operating Systems (2003,2008, 2012)
oNetApp Storage Systems
oMicrosoft Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and GPO
oMicrosoft SQL Servers (2008 r2, 2012 r2)
oOffice 365
ovShield Server Load Balancers
oinfobloxs DNS, DHCP
oSharePoint Servers
oLinux Web Servers
oWindows Clustering
oWindows Application, File and Print Servers
oDell Servers
oCisco UCS
oMicrosoft Exchange Servers
oVeeam Backup
oSymantec Endpoint Security
oTrend Micro Deep Security
oIdP - SSO - SAML - Shibboleth integrations
oDisaster Recovery implementation
CERTIFICATION & TRAINING
Certifications
VCP 6-Data Center Virtualization
VCP 6-Desktop and Mobility
Training
Implementing Azure Infrastructure Solutions
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage 5.0 & 5.5
VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage 6.2
VMware vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage
VMware vSphere on NetApp
NetApp Data ONTAP 7-Mode Administration
Querying Microsoft SQL Service 2012
Administering Microsoft SQL 2012 Databases
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC
B.S. Business Administration, May 2007
Cleveland Community College, Shelby, NC
A.A.S. Information Systems, May 2004
REFERENCES
Howard Roberts
CIO, Cleveland Community College
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Joseph Governale
Senior Infrastructure Engineer, American Tire Distributors
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Bryan Kuhn
Senior Solutions Engineer, Data Network Solutions
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Bill Roberts
Manager - Enterprise Infrastructure, American Tire Distributors
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