Operating        Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server, Windows 2012 Server, Linux, UNIX.

Systems:

Networking: Fifteen years’ experience supporting and managing enterprise networks. TCP/IP, VPN, Network Server and Internet Security including IIS and a variety of portal, web, and application servers. Specialized scope includes VMware, Citrix, Terminal Services, SCCM, Active Directory, DNS, Windows Clustering, Wireless Architecture, PowerShell Scripting and Cisco Prime.

Storage:Ten Years’ experience with EVA8100, XP24000, EMC 5300, 5700VNX and VMAX storage frames. MDS 9710 Storage Director Configuration. Support, manage and provision LUNS using HP Storage Essentials and EMC Unisphere.

Hardware: Servers: HP Proliant DL Series 360, 380, 580. HP Blades C7000 configured with 460’s and 465’s with Virtual Connect. Cisco UCS with B420, B200, B230, Cisco Router and Switch configuration.

Virtualization: Ten years of experience installing, configuring and managing virtual infrastructures. VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1 host farm with Virtual Center 5.1 configured with HA and DRS for automatic host failover and resource distribution. Hot site DR configuration using SANS replication and virtual infrastructure.

Finance/Healthcare   Ten years of experience providing financial and healthcare application support

Apps:                         including EPIC, Omnicell, OnBase, Lawson, McKesson Clinical Apps, Hyperion, SAP, Great Plains, Deloitte & Touche CorpTax and CorpInternational.             

Enterprise Apps: Office 2010 and Office 2013, UCS Director, Citrix XenApp 6.5, Microsoft SCCM 2012, UCS Manager, HP Openview.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Memphis, TN

Systems Administrator II – Virtualization Team (2004 – Present)

·   Responsible for the maintenance, uptime, availability and operational health on the Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012 platforms.

·   Implementation of UCS Director for Workflow Automations of New Project and Resources Requests.

·   Troubleshooting and support of the 1000 enterprise servers located in the corporate data center.

·   Installation and administration of VMware ESX Enterprise Host servers supporting a mixture of guest operating systems.

·   Installation and administration of the Citrix XenApp 6.5 Farm delivered via Provisioning Services running a mixture of guest operating systems and diverse healthcare applications.

·   Remote support of Citrix Metro and Regional application users located at fourteen facilities.

·   Capacity planning for additional server consolidation and application migration to VMware ESXi 5.1

·               Enterprise services and application administration. (Active Directory, DNS, WINS, Antivirus, Backups)

·               Patch Management, Group Policy Administration and Microsoft SCCM 2012 Administration.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)

INTERNATIONAL PAPER, Memphis, TN1999 to 2004

Systems Specialist III – Windows Enterprise Support (1999 - 2004)

·   Responsible for the maintenance, uptime, availability and operational health on the Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 platforms.

·   Troubleshooting and support of the 800 enterprise servers located in the data center.

·   Installation and administration of VMware ESX Enterprise Host servers supporting a mixture of guest operating systems.

·               Enterprise services and application administration. (Active Directory, DNS, WINS)

·               Patch Management, Group Policy Administration and SMS Package creation and deployment.

·   Managed planning and deployment of Project Phoenix as a site coordinator, upgraded existing hardware and integrated current software into Windows 2000.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Microsoft vNEXT Beta Testing: (DevOps)

Implement a Software Defined Datacenter using the latest bits from Microsoft. Windows Server 2016, Hyper-V, Software Defined Network, Storage Containers. Additional integration testing with Docker and

Server 2016 Container feature to build always available containerized applications.

5/25/2015 – Present (Until Completion)

EMC IT-as-a-Service Planning and Design (MR-1TP-NPITAAS)

7/27/2015 – 7/31/2015 – 5 Days

EMC Virtualized DC and Cloud Infrastructure Planning and Design (MR-1TP-NPVICE)

6/8/2015 – 6/12/2015 – 5 Days

EMC Cloud Infrastructure and Services v2 (MR-1TP-CISV2-0815)

2/23/2015 – 2/27/2015 – 5 Days

EMC VNX Unified Storage Management (MR-1TP-VNXUNIDM)

3/24/2014 – 3/28/2014 – 5 days

·   Implement Unisphere security

·   Provision and manage host access to block storage

·   Perform basic host integration tasks for block storage

·   Integrate Microsoft Windows, Linux, and ESXi hosts to VNX block storage

·   Configure and manage advanced storage features such as FAST VP and FAST Cache

Cisco UCS Director – Design/Installation/Configuration

“Project – Self Service Model for New Projects with Automations”

350 N. Humphries Blvd. Memphis TN (Cisco Systems)

8/21/2013 – 8/30/2013

Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Implementation (Lesson and Lab)

Hands-on labs – Architect, Deployment, Management of compute resources in a Cisco UCS environment

57 Germantown Court Cordova, TN (Cisco Systems)

3/6/2013 – 3/8/2013 and 9/16/2013 – 9/17/2013

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure and Manage [v5.0]

Hands-on training course, installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere. ESXi 5.0

5100 Poplar Ave. Clark Tower, Memphis, TN

4/11/2011 – 4/15/2011 - 5 days

United States Military: Regular Army Veteran

101^st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY

11/29/1988 – 5/31/1998