Christopher Yanesh                                           460 E Emerald Lake Dr, Sumter  SC, 29153                                                                             cell:  (803)406-9874  email: christopher.yanesh@sc.rr.com DOD security clearances: SECRET (adjudicated Feb 15, 2007)

Summary:   Highly talented, experienced and multi-faceted IT professional with a unique skillset involving a broad range of virtual, network and server abilities backed by industry leading certifications; virtual infrastructure specialist covering a variety of both data center virtualization and desktop/application delivery technologies.  I am a seasoned manager with 10+ years of progressively increasing managerial experience.

Technical Skills: 

•Operating Systems:  Server 2012, Server 2008, Windows 7, Server 2003, Cisco IOS/NX-OS, Unix.

•Hardware:  Servers, Desktops, Laptops, Printers, Thin/Zero Clients, Miscellaneous Computer Peripherals, Smartphones.

•Software:  Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Lync, Visio, Project, Quest Active Roles Server, McAfee ePO, Good for Enterprise MDM, Exchange, SCCM, NetBackup, Dell Appassure/ RapidRecovery backup.

•Virtualization:  VMWare vSphere 5-6/View VDI, Citrix XenApp 6.0/6.5 with Provisioning Service, Hyper-V, Dell Compellant SAN.

•Network: Routers, Switches, Wireless Access Points, WiFi routers, Cisco ASA, McAfee Firewalls, Bluecoat Proxies, Cisco Nexus, UCS, DHCP, DNS, BIND, NAP, Active Directory, Group Policy, Microsoft TMG 2010, TCP/IP, Cisco ACS, Cisco Call Manager, Avaya phone system.

•Programming:  PowerShell, PowerCLI, Visual Basic, Java, VBScript, DOS.

Abilities

•Proficient at analyzing, researching, troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues.

•Accustomed to, and works well within groups and teams.

•Capable project manager in a complex environment involving many different specialties and areas of responsibility.

•Quick to learn new technologies/methods, especially relating to computer/technical components.

•Skilled at reading, analyzing and interpreting reports/statistics; reviewing and implementing technical instructions/diagrams.

•Experienced with assuring work quality, inspecting in-progress and completed tasks. 

 

SAFE Federal Credit Union                                                March 2016 – Present

Network and Security Administrator

•  Responsible for design, configuration, administration and maintenance of network, firewall server and virtualization for a $1B financial institution with 40+ remote branches/ATM’s; 50+ virtual and physical servers/ESXi hosts, Dell Compellant SAN.  Coordinated with manager and vendors on hardware/budget of proposed solutions and implemented high level projects.

•I spearheaded the completion of our ATM router upgrade swapping out 20+ Cisco 881 routers with 891 routers; moved networks off VLAN 1 and implemented new tunnel configurations and authentication settings improving network security; implemented MSTP in core building ensuring HP and Cisco switch interoperability solving a long standing problem of trunking between multiple vendors.

•Authored and implemented virtual hardening/deployment guide based on VMWare vSphere 5.5 environment utilizing VMWare published guide; set procedures for deployment of new VM’s/hosts maintaining security and following best practices.

•Designed and implemented new Nexus 5k aggregation/distribution layer; increased 10G port density providing for increased and future ESXi host capacity. 

 

 

info|RELIANCE                                    September 2015 – March 2016

Consultant – Systems Administrator

•  Provided technical expertise to the Air Forces 609 ACOMS unit at Shaw AFB in all systems/services including vSphere virtual environment, Exchange 2010, Active Directory domain, 150+ virtual and physical servers, HBSS, SCCM; also provides training on critical for military personnel.

•Spearheaded projects which included design, implementation and documentation of Active Directory structure, permissions, group policy; wrote Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) providing documentation for advanced tasks. 

•Resolved several chronic problems with site services – normalized network on SQL cluster to ensure availability and redundancy; remedied insufficient storage space for NetBackup policy enabling correct operation of critical backup software.

L3 NSS                                  July 2014 – September 2015

Enterprise Support Specialist (July 2014-June 2015); Systems/Network Engineer Operations Subject Matter Expert (June 2015-September 2015)

•  As Operations Subject Matter Expert I am the technical expert and contractor supervisor on shift for administering/troubleshooting all AFCENT enterprise service networks, systems and virtual infrastructure for remote sites of 5000+ users comprising of: WAN links, Cisco switches/routers, Cisco ACS, vSphere 5.0/5.5 virtual infrastructure, EMC SAN, Remedy ticket system, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, Firewalls, Bluecoat proxies and Exchange email system. 

•  Recently, I troubleshot several service outages for email and Active Directory management discovering Exchange database servers that had failed; also discovered service account log on problems requiring modification of GPO.

•  Provided support/troubleshooting for entire range of AFCENT enterprise network services and infrastructure; provides tier 2 support to remote sites or escalation and worked with engineers for chronic incident and problem resolution.  Troubleshoot and monitor entire AFCENT enterprise network including: WAN connections, servers, services, firewalls, proxies, network connectivity, physical and virtual infrastructure. Troubleshooting included: vSphere 5-5.5 virtual environment, Dell servers, Cisco switches/routers, McAfee firewall, Bluecoat proxy, Microsoft Active Directory environment with Server 2008R2/2012R2, Group Policy, SCCM, Exchange 2010, DHCP, DNS, NAP, Good For Enterprise MDM, McAfee HBSS security suite, DISA STIG requirements.

 

Itility                                         Aug 2013 –June 2014

Thin Client Engineer

•  Administered all aspects of AFCENT Trusted Thin Client infrastructure consisting of VMWare server virtualization (vSphere 5.0), Citrix XenApp 6.0 presentation using MS Server 2K8R2 published desktop environment; utilized Citrix provisioning for vDisks; performed updates and patch remediation for 100+ servers for compliance with DOD requirements(STIG/IAVA).  Performed extensive troubleshooting of technical problems within virtual environment including: group policies, Active Directory, security, IP/VLAN association, network troubleshooting.  As third level engineer, researched, tested and implemented solutions to add new services/applications and resolve long term problems for users.

•  Resolved several service availability shortcomings - I built Citrix Web Interface/Zone Data Collector utilizing Server 2K8R2 and Citrix XenApp6; implemented event log collector for 100+ virtual servers to streamline troubleshooting.

Kaydon                                   Apr 2013 – Aug 2013

Network Technician II

•  Overall IT site lead for two plants at Sumter, SC location which includes: approx. 250 users/200 Windows XP workstations,100 printers, Siemens VOIP phone system, cell phone management, Cisco network equipment/Dell servers; responsible for managing asset inventory/life cycle replacement;  Extensive workstation, peripheral, network, Active Directory and server troubleshooting; monitored and managed entire site network identifying areas for improvement, spearheading deployments, correcting outages and improving user experience.

•  Utilized broad range of network administration skills to locate all Cisco WAP’s to ensure correct VLAN/AAA settings; documented/ diagram plant IDF and WAP locations using MS Visio where no previous document was present.

General Dynamics Information Technology                                   Sept 2012 – Mar 2013

System Administrator (Sep 2012-Mar 2013)

•  I was part of system administrators team managing ARCENT vSphere 5.1 virtual infrastructure comprising of FlexPod arrangement of Netapp storage, UCS server hosts and vSphere; I was also part of the VDI implementation test rollout consisting of 50 test users in preparation for general implementation for 500+ users which was a VMView 4 with WYSE Zero client configuration.

•  Designed/setup/configured virtualized VSphere 5.0 lab environment using 4 Dell PowerEdge 710R servers, Dell EqualLogic 6000 iSCSI storage, Cisco 3750 switch/2621XM router; provided learning environment to setup/install VMware virtualized environment from ground up; configured switch, router and routing, ESXi hosts, SQL server, 2008R2 virtual servers, vCenter Server, VMView/Composer.

Military Experience

US Air Force, Master Sergeant, Retired                                                                              Sept 1992 – Oct 2012

•While I was active duty I held several high level management positions such as the alert maintenance unit superintendent, I oversaw the 20FW’s #1 mission, south east sector air defense; responsible for 31 personnel/four aircraft/$12.4M facility; as a production superintendent, I executed daily production effort and flying hour program for 250 personnel/29 aircraft valued over $750 million; and as a project leader I successfully coordinated two separate exercise projects involving the successful execution of mission, logistics, coordination of 50+ personnel and $100M+ in assets.  I have managed a section of over 80 personnel.

Certifications

•Cisco Certified Networking Professional(CCNP) Route/Switch

•VMWare Certified Professional 6(VCP6-DCV)-vSphere 6

•VMWare Certified Professional 5(VCP5-DCV)-vSphere 5.5

•Cisco Certified Networking Associate(CCNA) Datacenter & Security

•Cisco Certified Design Associate(CCDA)

•Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert(MCSE) Server 2012 Infrastructure

•Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate(MCSA) Server 2012 & Server 2008

•Microsoft Certified Professional(MCP)

•Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist(MCTS) Microsoft Windows 7 Installing/Configuring

•Citrix Certified Administrator(CCA) XenApp 6.5

•ITIL V3 Foundation for Service Management

•CompTIA Security+ce, CompTIA Network+ce and CompTIA A+ce certifications

Education

•Masters of Science in Information Systems(CNSS 4011/4013 approved curriculum) with a concentration in Enterprise Network Management, Strayer University, June 2015

•Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems, Saint Leo University, January 2012

•Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts, Saint Leo University, December 2010

•Cisco Internetworking Certificate, Central Carolina Technical College, May 2013

•Professional Manager Certification from Community College of the Air Force – 30 credit hour certificate recognizing experience/education in management.