Senior Virtualization & Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer

GABRIELE CORTINA

Ridgefield, CT • 203-***-**** • *********@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriele-cortina/

SENIOR INFRASTRUCTURE / VIRTUALIZATION ENGINEER

Senior Infrastructure Engineer with 23+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise virtualization, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure environments. Extensive expertise managing both VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V platforms across large-scale production datacenters. Proven success leading virtualization migrations, PowerShell automation initiatives, Active Directory modernization, Cisco UCS deployments, enterprise storage administration, and hybrid cloud infrastructure projects supporting highly available business-critical systems.

CORE COMPETENCIES

VMware ESXi • Hyper-V • SCVMM • vCenter • Failover Clustering • Live Migration • PowerShell Automation • Cisco UCS • Cisco UCS Profiles • Active Directory • Azure Hybrid • Microsoft 365 • VMware to Hyper-V Migration • Enterprise Storage • NetApp • EMC • Pure Storage • Rubrik • Infrastructure Automation • Hybrid Cloud Architecture • Windows Server • DNS/DHCP • Disaster Recovery

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cohen & Steers – Associate Director of Systems Infrastructure May 2025 – May 2026

Supported enterprise virtualization infrastructure including VMware ESXi and Hyper-V failover clustering environments.

Utilized SCVMM and VMware vCenter for VM lifecycle management, provisioning, and infrastructure administration.

Built and configured Cisco M8 servers supporting enterprise virtualization modernization initiatives.

Configured Cisco UCS profiles and supported UCS infrastructure lifecycle operations and firmware management.

Administered Rubrik backups ensuring disaster recovery readiness and data protection compliance.

Ellington – Senior Engineer Sep 2024 – May 2025

Managed Hyper-V and VMware virtualization environments supporting development and production infrastructure.

Served as SME for Azure, AWS, CrowdStrike, and hybrid cloud infrastructure operations.

Engineered enterprise storage solutions utilizing EMC and 3PAR technologies.

Blackbaud – Senior Platform Engineer Jan 2021 – Sep 2024

Primary engineer supporting enterprise VMware hyper-converged infrastructure across production and client-hosted environments.

Migrated 300 VMware ESXi hosts from version 6.7 to 7.0.3 utilizing VMware lifecycle and upgrade best practices.

Deployed and integrated 40 Cisco UCS M6 servers into VMware vCenter and Cisco UCS environments.

Chefs Warehouse – Senior System Analyst Jan 2020 – Dec 2021

Migrated 1,600 users from on-premises Exchange and Active Directory to Microsoft 365 and Azure AD Hybrid infrastructure.

Implemented MFA utilizing Azure Conditional Access and Microsoft Authenticator.

Consolidated standalone VMware ESXi hosts into Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure clusters.

Gartner – Principal Engineer Jul 2016 – Jan 2020

Promoted to Principal Engineer managing an 8-member Messaging & Collaboration infrastructure team.

Designed and implemented enterprise hybrid cloud architecture solutions utilizing VMware and Microsoft infrastructure technologies.

Administered VMware environments across Development, QA, and Production datacenter infrastructures.

Oracle – Senior System Engineer Jan 2007 – Jul 2016

Migrated 3,000 VMware virtual machines to Microsoft Hyper-V utilizing PowerShell automation and native migration tools.

Automated Hyper-V failover cluster deployments improving infrastructure consistency and operational efficiency.

Utilized SCVMM for Hyper-V host management, VM provisioning, and cluster lifecycle administration.

Hyperion Solutions – Network Engineer Jan 2000 – Jan 2007

Installed and configured VMware ESX 2.5/3.0 infrastructure on HP Blade systems supporting enterprise server consolidation projects.

Administered 220+ physical and virtual servers across VMware, Dell, HP, and IBM enterprise environments.

Supported EMC, NetApp, and HP enterprise storage platforms.

EDUCATION

Mission College — Santa Clara, CA

Computer Science Coursework

2006

SUNY Cobleskill — Cobleskill, NY

Computer Science Coursework

1995

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