Steven A Gabriel

**** ******* **. ******** ******* MI 48310

248-***-****

adwfn1@r.postjobfree.com

Highly skilled IT professional with a background in systems administration, maintenance, project coordination and end-user training. Accomplished in designing solutions to achieve software compatibility and streamline system upgrades and installations. 20 years managing *NIX & Microsoft operating systems, servers, and specialized logistics software. 10 years tenure in administering and maintaining complex USAF avionics systems. Seeking to leverage comprehensive IT experience to take the next career step with a respected organization that values hard work, strategic thinking and results.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (truncated)

Applications System Administrator July 2018 - Present

Peraton - Sterling Heights, MI

Assess & implemented latest innovations to recommend and adopt cost-effective, useful solutions. Implementations include but not limited to: Splunk vs. Arcsight: Symantec Altiris (ITSM) vs. SCCM: HID CMS vs Astra

Orchestrated and overseen upgrades to system hardware and software. MongoDB, Splunk, Symantec Altiris, GSA Application Releases. Created configuration guides for deploying said applications.

Tenured experience toward continuous round-trip 24-hour disaster exercises.

Manage remotely day-to-day GSA applications & equipment to promote optimal systems.

Domain administration to include but not limited to: GPO policies and procedures, & server certificates.

Managed network-related projects from concept to implementation specifically related to Cisco IOS upgrades to remain security and operations compliant.

CAPM Project Management Sep 2017 - July 2018

Self Employed Services Troy, MI

Produced over 15,000 project hours as Alteryx Applications Engineer. Implemented a Windows based, Controller/Gallery/Multiple Worker configuration with an embedded Mongo DB. Project included Tableau installation and maintenance support & Agile sponsored directives toward:

Software server & client installations, upgrades, evaluations of current technology and vendor proposals

Increased product knowledge by staying up to date on product offerings, features and functionality.

Liaised with project managers to evaluate project scope and define milestones and deadlines.

Assessed, monitored and reported on work progression.

Managed creation of disaster recovery plans for business continuation using Mongo DB native commands written in Powershell

Conferred with end user personnel to identify and resolve problems.

Cloud Architect March 2013 – Sep 2017

CDI/IBM - Troy, MI

Designed Technical Solutions Documents (TSD) for IBM Smart Cloud

Managed an effective infrastructure of 16 Global sites; leveraging Object Storage (IBM DS8000s & V7000s, Softlayer, Cleversafe & AWS), Large scale tape libraries supporting 96 drives with Spectrum Protect / TSM as primary backup solution running on Redhat servers

Orchestrated Cross-team collaboration to design a Backup as a Service (BaaS) solution whereupon data encryption is enabled while in transit & at rest

Provided status updates to keep upper management informed and to reach goals related to Data integrity, network usage, capacity & latency while maintaining 99% Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Created & deployed governance process improvements to ensure system scalability and reliability

Mentored Platform Build/Engineering teams to globally deploy Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Developed support documentation for Service Desk integration

Lead Proof of Concepts Projects and conducted technical research and development to enable innovation based on business criteria

IT Service Delivery Engineer Apr 2007 - Aug 2013

CDI/IBM - Troy, MI

Establish, implement and support multi-account governance processes for cohesive development of business IT strategic goals

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for peer-peer reviews. Change Review Board team member. POC for Incident attributes and how they affect Meantime to Recovery (MTTR). Principal Escalation Problem Support (CritSit & First Priority accounts) ALL saving IBM millions in legal litigations, excessive downtime, high MTTR events

Coordinated with cross-functional delivery teams to perform root cause analysis (RCA) utilizing the (5'Y's) methodology toward problem/incident ticket resolution

Investigated backup/recovery failures or difficulties to diagnose and orchestrated remedial and follow-up actions.

Performed security compliance audits

Applied Six Sigma, LEAN & Agile methodologies to IBM process improvement & business solutions

Principal in Tivoli Storage Management(TSM), its Data Protection Agents for Databases (SQL, Oracle, Informix, SQL Backtrack), TSM for Data Domain/Avamar/EMC NetApps; Mail (Exchange & Domino); Networker for select clients

Administered AIX/LINUX & Windows platforms acting as Spectrum Protect Servers & Media Managers to include physical and virtual tape libraries & SAN

CORE COMPETENCIES

Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Change & Release Mgmt Critical Situation Mgmt

Backup/Recovery *NIX Administration

Windows Administration MS Office 365

Mongo DB Admin Splunk Administration Leadership & Management

Education and Training

Community College of USAF

Electronic Engineering Technology with Minor studies in

EW Avionics Systems

Training Management

Computer Science

Production Control

Control Quality Assurance

Global Network Solutions

Project Management (CAPM / Agile & Six Sigma / LEAN)

Splunk Inc

Splunk Admin/Data Admin/SME

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1981- 1991

Honorable Discharge – Sergeant - EWS Technician

Honors, Awards, Memberships

Eagle Scout – Boy Scouts of America

Stamp Philatelic Society – Collector of US & European stamps

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