Joseph D. Garrett, II

Clearances: DOD TS/SCI/CI Poly

DOE “Q”

**** * **** ***

Pensacola, FL 32506

aduy8v@r.postjobfree.com

Objective:

Contribute my experience and vast technical knowledge to highly skilled teams and organizations, supporting secure implementation and operations of corporate and/or government/military missions.

Professional Education

Microsoft 365 Security Administration Associate

Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator and Engineer (MCSA, MCSE+Security) retired

ITIL v3 foundation

VMware vSphere 5 Install & Configuration Certification

Current CompTIA Security + certification.

Professional Experience

Consultant

Microsoft, Inc 2019 -2023

Working at Microsoft Federal in the Modern Workplace Business Applications group of Microsoft Consulting Services, I support the needs of the customer in the SharePoint environment. My work includes delivering technical solutions, so that the customer can maximize their investment. I also provide assessment and evaluation services to assist the customer in making their environment more stable, reliable, and ready for updates, upgrades and migrations. My scope includes SharePoint on-premise 2010,2013, 2016 and 2019, and SharePoint online.

Senior Systems Engineer 2017 / 2019

Raytheon/CSRA, Pensacola FL

Supporting Dept. of Homeland Security, NPPD, DOMino contract

Windows systems sustainment, operating system updates, patches and configuration changes.

Support SharePoint 2010 farms and SharePoint 2016 farms via central administration. Installed 3rd party web apps and did on-premise SP2010 to SP2016 migration using 3rd party tool.

Provide and manage system documentation; manage testing and implementation of upgrades/changes.

Design and develop complex, integrated solutions to meet business requirements or enhance performance.

Provide technical leadership to less experienced personnel.

Install and maintain Server 2008r2, 2012r2 and 2016 enterprise integrated architecture such as Active Directory and Microsoft server features and roles according to mandated, secure standards in a virtualized environment.

Respond to outages and work with other teams/vendors to resolve issues.

Support and apply system hardening, vulnerability remediation, ISVMs, ICVAs, and DISA STIGs to Windows server platforms.

Information Assurance Engineer Advisor 2016 / 2017

CSRA, Pensacola FL

Supporting Dept. of Homeland Security, NPPD, DOMino contract

Provided extensive information security evaluations for computers systems and software deployed upon the enclave systems within this program.

Experienced, in-depth knowledge of the tools which included Nessus, Splunk, and Redseal.

Key team player in providing CDM (continuous diagnostic monitoring); analyzed, and responded to vulnerabilities; sustained optimum protection to the environment from ever-changing exploits.

Sharepoint Administrator/System Engineer 2014 / 2016

CSRA, Pensacola FL

Supporting Dept. of Homeland Security, NPPD, DOMino contract

Supported Microsoft SharePoint 2010 farms in both a physical and virtual environment. Provided customer and user assistance, sustaining a highly available Sharepoint deployment.

Tested / developed Sharepoint 2013 farm using Windows Server 2012 and MS SQL 2012 cluster.

Key team player in providing Windows Administration support with trouble tickets, server patching and configuration using DOD STIG and DHS standards.

Instrumental in HP Openview Windows deployment, as well as deployment of the EWAH (External Web Application Hosting) Windows infrastructure.

Supported the IA team in performing both NESSUS and SCAP scans and vulnerability mitigation.

LMSA Systems Administrator 2012 / 2014

L-3/Wintec, Inc., RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom

Supporting the 352nd Special Operations Group (AFSOC)

Provided support for the operational readiness of the 352SOG electronic maintenance technical order programs.

Systems included IMIS, ETMS, and TCMax.

Ensured optimal distribution of timely USAF approved information availability, supporting the technicians who were responsible for the maintenance of the Special Operation aircraft assets of the unit.

Support of the Windows 2008 servers, MS SQL 2008, as well as Windows 7 OS for over 100 Panasonic CF-31 laptops for the mission ready operators.

Additional duties included working with the local communications squadron to ensure network and wireless communications for the laptops on the flight line.

Maintaining the deployed mirror of the IMIS system; maintained updates, geographic neutral non-network-aware versions of the program, supported deployed units in standalone mode.

Sharepoint Administrator/Systems Engineer 2010 / 2012

Smartronix, Hurlburt Field, FL

Primarily responsible for the operation and maintenance of over 80 servers running the SharePoint application and the SQL back end services across multiple domains and networks.

Provided support for the Sharepoint implementation utilized by U.S. Special Operations Command. SharePoint services provided include site creation, site recovery from backup, software solution deployment and troubleshooting with the Application Development team.

Responsible for daily operational tasking, diagnostics for MS Windows Servers (2003 & 2008), MOSS 2007, and SQL 2005; Tier 3 support for end users onsite and geographically deployed.

Enterprise included over 50% VMware: Built and deployed many physical and virtual servers for multiple component commands.

Installation & Configuration Team Lead 2010

TEK Systems, USAFE Europe

Installation/Configuration team lead for USAFE CITS Block 30 (AFNET Increment 1) sites; responsible for management of proper installation and configuration of the computer suites in Europe.

Traveled to several sites to ensure that all pre-conditions were met to ensure the proper equipment and services were available to facilitate the installation of the multimillion dollar suites and to minimize downtime for the onsite engineering personnel.

Primary POC between the prime contractor and government representatives on each site.

Tasked with providing weekly status reports to management, maintained budget and schedule requirements.

Systems Engineer 2009 / 2010

TEK Systems, Hurlburt Field, FL

Test and Integration Engineer for the SharePoint portal for U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command.

Provided technical assessments of any software products to be integrated into the SharePoint environment.

Researched product capabilities and limitations, both in real and virtual lab environments.

Advisor during the Sharepoint integration project implementation phase.

Sr. Systems Engineer 2008 / 2009

Apptis Tech Solutions, Baghdad, Iraq

Systems engineer/administrator for a US Army combat brigade assigned to the Multi National Division-Baghdad.

Administrator of Active Directory user/group maintenance for Windows Server 2003.

Managed Exchange Server 2007 cluster, SQL 2005, IIS management of MOSS 2007 server. Symantec Endpoint Solution 10 & 11 and WSUS.

Equipment integration support for Dell 1900 and 2900 series servers, Sun x4100 series servers, Dell MD3000 SAS storage arrays, NetApp FAS 250 and FAS 270 storage Arrays.

Managed VMware ESX 3.x virtual servers on both Sun and Dell platforms.

Cleared to work for NIPR and SIPR systems.

Configuration Engineer 2008

TEK Systems, Montgomery, AL

Instrumental key team member on a USAF Block 30, SPRL 1 configuration project. Principle duties included burn in and configuration of HP Proliant Servers, Blue Coat Web Proxy Servers, Nortel Network Load Balancers, Cisco routers and switches, and Belkin remote management products.

IT Manager /Team Leader, Network Support Specialist 2000 - 2008

Advantage Credit International, Pensacola, FL

Performed administrative duties for the IT department. Oversaw daily network operations for companywide enterprise.

Assisted management with budget development, assigning department priorities and setting department goals.

Supported the needs of the development staff. Built and performed database backup, maintenance and index tuning for a SQL 2000 A/P cluster server.

Configured daily maintenance and implementation of NLB and standalone Windows 2000, 2003 web and file servers.

Vendor interaction and collaboration for assets including computers, misc. hardware and software products.

Managed the Track-It work order tracking system, multiple SQL 2000 servers, and the FileMagic, electronic document storage system and all data center computers.

Team Lead duties included assigning work duties, verifying timesheets, scheduling vacations, writing performance evaluations, and other duties as assigned.

Additional duties included support of SQL, File Storage, and Web Server configuration, upkeep and performance monitoring.

Information Systems Coordinator 1996 - 2000

Escambia County Public Safety, Pensacola, FL

Designed and built First LAN at Escambia County Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

LAN administrator, Novell 3.12, 4.11. Desktop, Laptop, and File Server hardware and Software Support.

Appointed to be Field Data Collection Program Lead, which included development of custom queries using Crystal Reports.

Integrated EMS LAN to Escambia County Wide Area Network (WAN).

Administered the Telecommunications System of Emergency Medical Services Admin office.

Worked with network switching and connection equipment, patch panels, 110 blocks, and rack mounted equipment.

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