Mission Viejo, CA 92691

dpeak@cox.net

Phone: 949.300.7531

EDUCATION

California State University at Fullerton

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Management Information Systems

Saddleback College

Associates of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems

 

CERTIFICATIONS

·               Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

·               Certified Novell Administrator (CNA)

·               Certified Cisco Network Associate (CCNA)

·               Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

 

TECHNICAL

SUMMARY

Protocols: TCP/IP, IPX, VPN, WAP, PPP, DNS, WINS, POP, FTP, SFTP, SNMP, SMTP, HTTP(S), SSL, Telnet, NNTP,HDLC, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, ARP, ICMP, IGMP, UDP, 802.11, RTP,SIP

 

Software: MS IIS 6.0/7.5, Apache Tomcat 7/8, MS Exchange 5.5/2003/2007, Office 365, VMware ESX 3.5, 4.0, 5.1, SMS 1.2, MS SQL 7.0/2000/2005/2008, Cloud Computing, Sharepoint 2003/2007, Domino/Notes R5, CCmail, PC Recruiter CRM, Great Plains, QuickBooks, Backup Exec, Netbackup, Cheyenne Backup, Legato, LAN Manager, IPSwitch IMAIL, Gordano NTMail, EA Administrator, HP Open View, Solarwinds, LANDesk, MS SCCM, eGManager, LANDesk 9, BMC Remedy ITSM, Spiceworks, Spotlight on SQL/Exchange, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Ping Plotter, Top Tools, Compaq CIM, BESR, SNA Router, Symantec System Recovery, Norton Enterprise Anti-virus, Ghost, ACT 4.0, PC Anywhere, Remote Desktop, Kaseya, VNC, Dell DRAC, HP ILO, McAfee Netshield & Virus scan Anti-virus, Webshield, Trend Micro Interscan 3, WinFax, Rightfax, Omni Scan, Paperport, Harbinger EDI, Novell SAA, S-CAP and Tenable Nessus Auditing Tools.

 

Hardware: Cisco 2400/3600 Routers, Cisco 3800/4500 Catalyst Switches, Cisco Meraki Wi-Fi, Ruckus P300 Zone Flex PTP Wireless, Sonicwall Firewalls, Palo Alto Firewalls, WatchGuard Firewalls, Bay Networks Switches, HP Procurve Switches/Hubs, Foundry/ Brocade Load Balancer and Server Iron Switch, Edgewater Switches, HP ProLiant Servers, Dell Poweredge Servers, HP and Dell desktops, IBM Lenovo laptops, Cisco VOIP Phones, Cisco UCS, Mitel VOIP and Teleworker, Polycom Teleconference, Nortel/Avaya & Panasonic PBX Systems, ISDN, Dedicated and Wireless T1/T3, Dell Powervault SAN, HP MSA1000 /EVA 5000 SAN, Buffalo NAS, Modems, NIC Cards, Tape Drives/Hard Drives, Raid Array Controller Boards, Network Appliance Shared Data Storage, VA Linux, Servers, Desktops, Laptops, Blackberry PDA Devices, Symantec Netbackup Appliances

 

Systems/Platforms: MS Windows Server NT/2000/2003/2008/2008R2/2012R2, MS Windows 9X/ME/XP/Vista/Win7/8.1/10, Windows for Workgroups, MS-DOS, RedHat Linux, Sun Solaris 8, Novell NetWare 5.1/4.11/3.12, OS9/OSX, Cisco IOS

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL

SUMMARYHighly motivated military veteran with a current Secret Security Clearance, customer service oriented and results driven.  A Systems Engineer with demonstrated success in the design and implementation of enterprise level IT infrastructures. Utilized developed images and automated scripts in the design and deployment of physical and hypervisor Windows and Linux servers. Incorporated and maintained clustering and load balancing technologies in various applications including IIS, MSSQL, Remote Desktop, Sharepoint, File Services and multiple branded firewall devices.  Extremely skilled in SAN/NAS Storage and Windows Server daily maintenance operations and support.  Over 15 years of progressive project implementation and management responsibilities including:

 

·               Solid knowledge of LAN/WAN network administration and support under Windows NT/2000/2003/2008& R2/2012&R2, Novell NetWare, SunOS and Linux environments.

·               Combined expertise in project planning and design with strong technical qualifications.

·               Strength in formulating strategies for technology acquisition, relocation and implementation.

·               Specialized techniques for SAN LUN management, Email/Internet, backup/recovery, firewall, remote connectivity, network design/migration, switching/routing and broadband solutions.

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE

 

 

June 2015 – March 2016   On Target / Lyon Property Management/ThreeWire Systems (Contract Consulting)

Irvine, CA

Senior Network Systems Engineer

 

·   Programmed, configured and tested 78 Cisco Catalyst 3850 and 35 Cisco Catalyst 4500 series IDF/MDF switches for 17 public school locations.

·   Worked onsite and remotely to test and resolve any network project connectivity issues.

·   Setup and maintained NSA 2400 and TZ-205 Sonicwall firewalls with VPN tunnels for over 51 apartment and condominium properties nationwide.

·   Setup and maintained HP Procurve 2920 switches to accommodate data and VOIP connectivity and performance to all properties.

·   Configured Ruckus P300 Zone flex wireless bridge for remote property PTP data communications between buildings unequipped with data cabling.

·   Provided planning and roll out of new property network connectivity for private and public access, CCTV camera and security systems and company staff and resident Wi-Fi connectivity.

·   Planned and configured upgrades of HP DL380 VMware Host servers for corporate data center Hyper-visor environment.

·   Worked with hardware vendors and onsite property IT Engineers to plan and coordinate network projects to allow for company’s current and future growth.

·   Performed DISA Audits, Scanning and mitigation of Windows 2012R2 and Windows 2008R2 domain environments for Department of Defense internal and public facing Websites.

·   Utilized DISA S-CAP and Nessus scanning and auditing tools to find in-depth

non-Compliance and Vulnerabilities.  Mitigated extensively through GPO and platform registries.

 

 

 

 

 

July 2013 – Oct 2014Advanced MP Technologies

San Clemente, CA

Senior Systems Engineer

 

·               Led team of technicians in relocation and build-outs of company IT infrastructure.

·               Managed Internet facing website and Intranet application Web Servers as well as Network Infrastructure Servers for 300 plus employee electronics Distributor Company.

·               Maintained and monitored PTP and VPN connections between 12 offices and remote users in the U.S., Asia and Europe.

·               In charge of server redundancy, backup and recovery with Netbackup appliance in both VMware and physical server environments.

·               Headed project to replace 12 older WatchGuard XTM series firewalls with Palo Alto PA series firewalls in all sales and distribution offices as well as Data Centers worldwide.

·               Migrated and transposed firewall polices for WatchGuard to Palo Alto

·               Installed Palo Alto Panorama on M100 appliance to manage all recently deployed firewalls in the enterprise.

·               Supported Linux and Oracle database environments.

·               Lead Project manager for core supply Warehouse IT infrastructure in relocation of all IT equipment and resources.

·               Upgraded and maintained company core Cisco UCS VOIP system including Call Manager and Jabber communication applications.

·               Maintained VMWare and other virtualization environments including Nexus 1KV.

·               Management and daily monitoring of WAN/ LAN network as well as IT infrastructure with Solarwinds Orion core application server.  Added and configured additional modules for asset management and network discovery.

·               Migrated 405 company MS Exchange 2007 server mailboxes to Microsoft Cloud Azure Office 365 environment. Updated user Outlook clients to 2010 to accommodate cloud email.

·               Utilized Spiceworks ticketing system for trouble calls and daily IT tickets.

 

 

Jan2012 – July2013General Dynamics Information Technology (USCIS / DHS contract)

Laguna Niguel, CA

Senior Systems Engineer

 

·               Tasked as Lead Engineer for a team of 12 IT staff supporting over 3200 Federal Employees USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) and in support of 14,000 Federal Employees for the Western Regional Area Offices.

·               Deployed and serviced Windows and Linux servers inside Federal Building Data Center on a daily basis as well as non-production hours as needed.

·               Maintains CLAIMS 3 (Computer Linked Application Management System), LANDesk, Remedy ITSM and LAN Print

and Application Dell Poweredge Servers along with Dell Powervault SAN.

·               Responsible for configuration and update pushes via LANDesk to over 1700 Dell desktops.

·               Maintained desktop inventory and asset connectivity and reporting to LANDesk.

·               Troubleshooting and client side installations of LANDesk software.

·               Assisted with Microsoft SCCM migration/Enterprise rollout

·               Maintains U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance.

·               Team member of 24 x 7 Blackberry Enterprise Server support for DHS (Department of Homeland Security) maintaining over 1200 Blackberry devices worldwide along with Blackberry Enterprise server clusters.

 

 

 

 

Mar2004 – Jan2012       Surrex Solutions Corporation

Irvine, CA

Senior Systems Network Engineer (Lead)

 

·               As a senior member and leader of a four member Network and Systems Engineering team, design, analyze and maintain corporate WAN, VPN and LAN networks.

·               Integrated company website with internal recruiting SQL database for client external web access. Maintained and updated IIS server content in a client accessible load balanced web services environment.

·               Configured, troubleshoot, and maintain Brocade, Hewlett Packard, SonicWALL Cisco and Mitel VOIP network and associated devices. 

·               Lead Engineer for all network and server projects to a national 36 location enterprise utilizing enterprise Terminal Server for application distribution along with Cisco and Mitel VOIP Systems. 

·               Configured and troubleshoot load balancing issues between collocation facility and branch offices all underpinned by different telecommunication providers.

·               Designed MPLS network implementation between China and US server network locations. 

·               Managed overall IT infrastructure including Cisco ASA firewalls, Cisco routers, Cisco switches and Windows servers for 36+ offices.

·               Designed and maintained shared storage devices such as NAS and SAN hardware utilizing SCSI, ISCSI standards and protocols.

·               Built and maintained development, staging and production server environments with standalone and virtualization server platforms.

·               Worked in a collocation server environment as well as corporate end user office environments. 

·               Provided a stable, efficient and secure network infrastructure for over 200+ employees and staff. 

·               Designed and implemented disaster recovery plan for network and servers. 

·               Implemented full network and server redundancy. 

·               Helped to create company policies and procedures as well as their adherence though monitoring and direction. 

·               Trained and guided other IT personnel and company staff with software, hardware and applications instruction.

·               Implemented scripting for Active Directory customization of user profiles as well as mapping and accessibility of network resources.

·               Created Group policies for standardizing user profile environments.

·               Built, managed and maintained Exchange, SQL and Sharepoint servers.

·               Manage and maintain Blackberry Enterprise Server and Blackberry smart phones for executives and sales force staff

·               Deployed, tested and supported EHR systems at contracted medical facilities

 

Apr2000 – Mar2004R.A. Lotter Financial Group / eAgency Systems

Newport Beach, CA

Senior Windows Server Engineer

 

·               Promoted to IT Network Manager, solely accountable for designing, administering and upgrading technical infrastructures to optimally support users throughout the 2 organizations. 

·               Researched, recommended and implemented new hardware, software and networking solutions to expand business operations. 

·               Built, configured, deployed and administered LAN/WAN infrastructures, consisting of MS Windows NT/2002/2003 and MS Exchange servers, including security, patches/fixes, updates, mailboxes, public folders and distribution lists. Designed and implemented security, remote access and broadband strategy. 

·               Created and supported development infrastructure, facility data center and server room environments.

·               Analyzed and resolved hardware, software and networking issues.

·               Maintained proprietary applications and third-party software. 

·               Established and enhanced relationships with vendors. 

·               Hired and mentored team of 3 and budgets of up to $250K.  

·               Solely accountable for establishing technical infrastructure and procedures for R.A. Lotter Financial Group, consisting of MS Windows NT environment.

·               Spearheaded the successful migration of network from MS Windows NT to MS Windows 2000 Active Directory, and messaging environment from MS Exchange 5.5 to 2003.

·               Selected to design and implement high-availability development infrastructure to support new e-business venture for eAgency Systems, utilizing MS Windows 2000 and MS Exchange servers.  Deployed a VLAN to allow access to co-location facility.

·               Created and migrated Server Room to mirror Development environment in Texas and support growth.

 

Jume1999 – Apr2000GameSpy Industries

Irvine, CA

Windows Server Engineer

 

·               Brought in to relocate, design and implement high-availability infrastructure to support back-end environment for this start-up Internet organization. 

·               Configured, administered, upgraded and maintained 28 PDC, BDC, IIS 4.0, Terminal Server, MS Exchange and SQL 7.0 servers at co-location facility to support more that 1,500 internal users and global customers. 

·               Set-up and configured patch panels, switches and routers. 

·               Collaborated with Desktop Support Group to provide Level II & III support to users.  

 

Jan1995 – June1999Raytheon Systems Company / Hughes Technical Services

El Toro, CA

Network / Systems Administrator

 

·               Team member of 2 accountable for expanding, configuring and optimizing LAN/WAN infrastructure to support Engineering Representatives.

·               Administered and maintained PDC/BDC, Fax, Print, File, SMS, SQL, Web and MS Exchange servers to optimally support more than 750 users.  

·               Managed back-up, anti-virus and disaster recovery strategy. 

 

Jan1996 – Dec1998United States Marine Corps Reserve

Los Alamitos, CA

Network / Systems Administrator & Administrative Chief

 

·               Administered and enhanced multi-node network infrastructure, consisting of MS Windows NT, Novell NetWare and Linux servers. 

·               Managed back-up/recovery, anti-virus and security strategies. 

·               Trained users on hardware and software usage.