Kurt Martinsen
Auburn, WA *****
***************@*****.***
Professional Summary
Highly accomplished Systems Administrator/Sr. Application Analyst with expertise in designing, integrating, and supporting IT systems to improve business operations. Skilled in solutions design, leadership, and technical problem-solving. Top-performing IT professional with a strong technology background and a track record of success.
Accomplishments
Achieved multiple Exchange migrations on-premises, Exchange Online and hybrid environments.
Located and resolved all Application Impersonation members before Microsoft expiration.
Managed Microsoft CoPilot AI installation in MS Teams, ServiceNow connections and CoPilot Studio agents.
Assisted in migrating Exchange 2016 to DoD GCC High tenant
Assisted Microsoft in creating a migration tool for Microsoft Stream Classic to MS Stream online.
Located and updated all Basic Authentication applications with upgraded Modern Authentication.
Work History
June 2012 - February 2025
Providence Health & Services / Pacific Med Center - Renton, USA
Sr Systems Engineer
Daily administration and support of a large IT infrastructure, including many regional facilities
Assisted in the onboarding process of new employees by provisioning Windows Active Directory and Exchange Admin Center accounts, then replicating to Azure AD and Exchange Online.
Provide analysis for system and network administration
Exchange migrations: 2003/2010 hosted, 2010/2013 on-prem and 2016/M365 Microsoft tenant
Sole support of 2016 on-premises Exchange for a Department of Defense contract
Provided full documentation for complete server build procedures.
Equalized power grid and wiring for physical and virtual environment
Installed complete test environment VMWare virtualization system, including two Dell Equalogic SANs
Day-to-day Citrix XenServer administration for 175 virtual servers, mostly Windows OS
Resolved the "escalated" help desk tickets promptly, providing high-quality support to end users experiencing technical issues.
January 2011 - January 2012
Getty Images - Tukwila, USA
Systems Engineer
Company Overview: ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT- Built IBM 300, 3000 M2 servers, Dell R610, R710, R810 and HP Proliant series; Decommissioned servers for storage, including SAN recovery & QLogic cards
Teamed multiple sets of nics, Multiple RAID configuration, upgraded firmware for RSA, IDRAC and ILO
Coordinated server downtime and completed maintenance for VM, LINUX, SOLARIS and Windows 2003 and 2008 platforms
Researched and tested SNMP options for SCOM and Nagios monitoring
Diagnosed, ordered and installed all replacement server and switch hardware
ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT- Built IBM 300, 3000 M2 servers, Dell R610, R710, R810 and HP Proliant series; Decommissioned servers for storage, including SAN recovery & QLogic cards
Moved, racked and cabled (fiber/copper) a 2000 server datacenter to multiple co-locations
Education
Tacoma Community College Tacoma, WA
Associate of Science Computer And Information Sciences
Certifications
Microsoft 689 – Supporting MS Windows Server Enterprise Technology
Microsoft 922 – Supporting MS Windows Core Technologies
Microsoft 803 – Administering MS Windows NT
Microsoft 578 – Networking
PowerShell certification
Exchange 2013 certification
Key Qualifications
Infrastructure Design & Implementation
Project Life Cycle
System Planning, Installation, Analysis and Maintenance
Application Installation and Support
Quality Control
Project Management
Technical Support
Data Management
Team Leadership & Training
Custom Computer Builds
Network Consulting
Specialty Projects
Professional Highlights
Systems Administrator, Pacific Medical Center / Providence Hospitals, Seattle, WA, 06/06/12, 02/18/25, Daily administration and support of a large IT infrastructure, MS Stream migration, CoPilot implementation, implement and support of many infrastructure components. Multiple Exchange migrations, including hosted, on-premises, hybrid and Microsoft Cloud based tenant.
Systems Engineer, Getty Images, Tukwila, WA, 01/01/11, 01/01/12, ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT- Built IBM 300, 3000 M2 servers, Dell R610, R710, R810 and HP Proliant series; Decommissioned servers for storage, including SAN recovery & QLogic cards., Moved, racked and cabled (fiber/copper) a 2000 server datacenter.
Favorite accomplishments- 1. Converted a standard RV into a mobile dentist office that accompanied three doctors. 2. Replaced x-ray stop-bath to process online patient images. 3. Assisted in building the MS Stream Classic migration tool for Microsoft.
Skills
Systems Installation Expertise
Project Coordination
Technical Support Expertise
PowerShell Scripting
Sophos Antivirus Management
Microsoft Exchange Management
Proficient in Microsoft Outlook
Network Cabling Expertise
VMWare and Citrix XenCenter
Evault and Livevault Backup systems
Wireless Network Infrastructure
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Server Management Expertise
Incident Resolution Expertise
Storage management
Active directory
Projects
File Server migration across forest domain. 1500 employees
Copilot integration - 200,000 employees
MS Stream migration and upgrade to Microsoft tenant - 200,000 employees
Basic Authentication applications to Modern Authentication - 200,000 employees
Sole support for DoD Exchange - 110 employees
Assisted in separating all DoD data from Hospital environment- Built a new domain, servers, storage & applications - 110 employees
RBAC EWS Application Impersonation member disbursement and replacement. - 200,000 employees
References
Chris Kinney Director of IS Services
Pacific Medical Centers/Providence Hospitals
Cell: 206-***-****
*****.******@**********.***
Ryan Marberg Tech Consultant II
SeattleTechs
Desk: 425-***-**** Cell 206-***-****
*****@*******-*****.***
Kevin J. Cain Sr. Manager Digital Workspace Operations
Providence St. Joseph Health
Desk: 509-***-**** Cell 509-***-****
*****.****@**********.***