Taras Mazur
917-***-**** *****.*******@*****.*** Jersey City, NJ linkedin.com/in/taras-mazur-646261200
Systems Administrator
Effective, decisive, and results oriented Professional Enterprise Systems Administrator with proven IT service delivery skills and experience in financial services industry. Creative troubleshooter known for an organized task approach, that quickly identifies problems and utilizes technical proficiencies to achieve cost-effective solutions and continuous improvement.
Effective communicator who can distill large amounts of information into usable and understandable knowledge; provides strong team leadership and takes ownership of all aspects of projects. Accomplished critical thinker who demonstrates exceptional work ethic and vision and leads by example. Current with new technologies, providing communication bridge between C-Suite and IT professionals to accomplish common goals.
Areas of Expertise
–Technical Support/Service
–Strategic Planning
–Systems Support
–Data Analytics
–Test Requirements
–Information Security
–Research Management
–Network Security
–IT Service Delivery
–Workstations
–Team Management
–Problem Analytics
Professional Experience
Motorola Solutions New York, NY 01/2023 – 06/2024
Systems Technologist/Field Engineer
Perform System configurations for all supported Company 9-1-1 solutions
Provide front-end support to clients and colleagues in other departments
Provide support to Customers while migrating the Company’s 9-1-1 solutions into a production environment, ensure that installation/quality issues are resolved in a timely and efficient manner
Travel to multiple datacenters, including PSAC1 & PSAC2 locations, to provide troubleshooting and support
Peraton Labs Basking Ridge, NJ 08/2022 – 01/2023
System Administrator/User Support
Support, install, and improve existing systems and services.
Configure and maintain physical and virtual servers and systems infrastructure
Support and maintain portions of the Microsoft 365 environment including OneDrive and Teams
Determine action plans to address issues, communicating proactively with service users
Manage Active Directory for various teams, including Group Policy and Permissions
Thomson Reuters/Refinitiv New York, NY 11/2007 – 4/2021
Technical Specialist/System Analyst
Provided technical customer support for market data applications; identified and resolved system-wide issues
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Implemented and managed specialized support technologies and activities aimed at improving support
Performed troubleshooting of end user incidents, networks, servers, printers, routers, and switches
Utilized monitoring tools to monitor systems, application, network behavior, and performance
Accepted ownership of customer issues until a solution was achieved, providing complete full circle customer satisfaction and experience, analyzed system performance data to identify problem issues
Monitored and managed teams Salesforce service requests and activities to ensure all emails and other entries were recorded, added and responded to in a timely matter
Vendor Management & Logistics
Called out major and recurrent telco circuit issues that were impacting clients, collaborated with product support teams to resolve issues
Liaison between internal business units, development teams, field engineers, and external clients to coordinate the work involving telco providers
Served as the logistics and vendor management subject matter expert to other departments and the field regarding logistics processes, systems, workflow, and tools
Self Reliance Federal Credit Union New York, NY 06/2002 – 11/2007
Network/Systems Administrator
Configured local area network (LAN) using Windows NT/2000/XP and Cisco routers and switches
Administered computer network system for financial institution
Managed employee’s network accounts (secure logins, authentication/authorization, user access credentials)
Provided technical support to all departments within the credit union and branches
Responsible for daily end-of-day and various optical backup procedures
Installed and updated operating systems, hardware, and various software packages
Managed secure network lines used by the loan, accounting, and credit bureau departments
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science – Minor in Business
St. John’s University Queens, NY
Fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, and Polish
Technical proficiencies
HARDWARE: Dell, HP, IBM, IBM AS/400, Network Printers (IBM, HP, Dell Canon), Cisco Routers/Switches, Network Hubs, System Backup Devices (Brightstar ARCserve Backup) Mobile Devices
SOFTWARE:
Operating Systems: Windows 10/11, Ubuntu, UNIX, Mac OS
Networking: TCP/IP, WAN/LAN, Cisco Routers/Switches
Applications: ThomsonOne, O365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), ServiceNow, Outlook/E-Mail Exchange Server, SalesForce, JIRA, Wealth Management, Workday
Languages: HTML, SQL, C++, C, Visual Basic 6.0, COBOL II, OS/VS COBOL
Databases: MS-Access, Active Directory
Self-Motivated…
Knowledgeable…
Results-Driven