11822 Rockaway Lane
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703)915-3763
kentjulien24@gmail.com

Kent H. Julien, Jr.

 

Experience Summary:

·   Over 10 years of networking experience and customer operations support. 

·   LAN/WAN design, including planning and maintaining while continuing to expand knowledge in network security. 

·   Extensively experienced in a wide variety of computing environments, including Microsoft Server 2012, Exchange 2010/2013, Sharepoint 2010/2013, VMware and Citrix.

·   Familiarity with routers, switches, and firewalls.

Certifications:

·   MCTS Certified Windows Server 2008 Active Directory: Configuration

·   Citrix Certified Administrator

·   Dell Certified Systems Expert

·   MCP Certified in Windows XP Professional

·   A+ Certified

Professional Experience:

Technology and Supply Management   November 2013 – Present

Lead Systems Network Engineer

·               Design, install and configure the entire LAN/WAN network infrastructure, which includes data and voice.

·               Install and maintain Windows Server 2012R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems.

·               Installed, configured and maintain the Exchange Server 2013 system with ongoing maintenance.

·               Implement the company’s first Sharepoint Server 2013 portal for all departmental sites including customer sites and IT Help Desk.

·               Configure and maintain all SonicWALL firewalls at the corporate office including branch offices.  This includes Site to Site VPN, Remote VPN access, NAT and Firewall Access Rules.

·               Setup Wireless Access Points that are centralized by the firewall for access to users and customers.

·               Implement Barracuda Spam Firewall to manage all inbound and outbound email traffic to protect against threats.

·               Segregate the Voice and Data systems with two internet circuits installed at the corporate office.

·               Design, implement and maintain IBM and Dell iSCSI SAN Solutions.

·               Install, configure and maintain VMware ESXi 5.5 and 6.0 environments

·               Implement company’s first Disaster Recovery Cloud Solution for all critical servers.

·               Support and manage Star2Star Phone Cloud solution for all offices, which includes portal management, Polycom phone provisioning, assigning extensions, direct dial numbers and working closely with the provider.

·               Maintain backup solution using Symantec Backup Exec for all Production and Development Servers.

·               Work closely with the CFO on the yearly IT Budget for IT requirements, personnel growth and company projects.

·               Provide supervision, guidance and growth to the IT team on a daily basis.

·               Ongoing negotiations with vendors for IT software/hardware requirements as well as departmental needs for the company.

·               Provide Windows 7/8 desktop support for all company users on site or remotely.

·               Monitor the company network using Nagios installed on Linux platform for system warnings and outages.

 

 

RxAlly   April 2012 – August 2013

Senior Systems Administrator

·               Support Small Business Server 2011, which resides in a Datacenter located in Ashburn, Virginia.

·               Configure and maintain SonicWALL NSA 2400 firewalls, which includes Object and Group creation, Site-to-Site VPN creations, Content Filtering, Access Rules and Global VPN clients for the Corporate and Branch office.

·               Support Exchange Server 2010 which includes mailbox, distribution groups, contacts, and room creations.

·               Implemented and configured company Intranet using Sharepoint 2010 Foundation, which includes site creations for each department and help desk ticketing system site.

·               Design, implement and maintain IBM SAN Solution, which includes VMware 5.1, IBM Storage DS3500 Series, and IBM x3550 M4 host servers.

·               Implement LifeSize Team 220 2^nd Generation Video Conference solution in all company conference rooms for internal and external video calls.

·               Support and manage Cisco VOIP Phones and administration on user assignments, huntgroups and voicemail.

·               Implement Nagios on Linux platform to monitor all network devices in the infrastructure with email notifications.

·               Maintain NTFS security permissions on file server for all divisional shares.

·               Support Active Directory, User account creations, Group Policies, VB Scripts and OU structure.

·               Provide Desktop support for corporate and remote users running Windows 7 and Windows 8.

·               Maintain desktop and laptop images using Acronis Snap deploy 4.

·               Ongoing negotiations with vendors to order servers, workstations and software for business needs that are HIPAA compliant.

·               Ensure all IT Projects meet or are lower in cost with the yearly departmental budget.

·               Inventory on all network equipment and documentation.

·               Android and iPhone mobile device support.

 

Trident Systems   July 2009 – February 2012

Senior Systems Administrator

·               Support 50 servers that include Windows Server 2003, Windows 2008 R2, and Linux operating systems.

·               Maintain and support Active Directory which includes Group Policies, Site Link Replication, User and Group creations, and VBS scripting.

·               Designed and implemented Dell EqualLogic PS6000E iSCSI SAN for the Production environment.  This includes creations of volumes for Windows and VMware host systems. 

·               Designed and implemented Disk to Disk to Tape backup solution using Symantec Netbackup 7.1 for faster backups, restores and offsite storage installed on a Red Hat Enterprise 5.5 Server.

·               Migrate existing Virtual Machines from VMware ESX 3.5 to VMware ESX 4.1on 4 host servers.

·               Maintenance of the Corporate Secure Room Servers and Workstations which includes weekly and monthly backups, Windows Updates, Antivirus Definition updates and checking systems logs.

·               Configure and administer ACTAtek Biometric Fingerprint Access Control devices for Corporate Door entries.

·               Manage and perform database maintenance on Exchange Server 2003 in a two server hardware Failover cluster environment.

·               Monitor all network devices including servers, switches, firewalls, finger print access devices using Nagios Open Source Monitoring Application.

·               Support SPAM Administration using Google’s Postini Services for network users. 

·               Performs Security updates on all Windows Servers and Workstations using Microsoft WSUS and Scriptlogic Patch Authority to ensure all systems current each month.

·               Planned, documented and performed domain migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 R2, which includes a total of 8 domain controllers.

·               Manage internal and public DNS Servers for name resolution.

·               Support Mobile devices which include Blackberry devices managned by Blackberry Server 5.0, iPhones, and Droid Cell Phones.

·               Installed and implemented Symantec EndPoint Management 12.1 to protect all company workstations.

·               Manage and Support Siemens phone system which includes phone extensions moves to offices or cubicles, physical phone configurations and voicemail setup.

·               Work with vendors to order servers, workstations, software and other equipment needed for IT and other Corporate Departments.
 

Kadix SystemsMay 2008 – April 2009

Senior Network Engineer

·               Install and configure Dell Power Edge Servers utilizing RAID technology with Windows 2003 R2 and Windows 2008 Server.  This includes domain controllers, File Servers, Print Servers and Web Servers.

·               Administer, and monitor Exchange Server 2003 which includes database and storage group maintenance.

·               Administration of Active Directory including creating user accounts, contacts, security/distribution groups, mailboxes and modifying group policies.

·               Support 200 users internally and externally at client locations.

·               Create and reimage HP and Dell laptops for end users using Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery.

·               Install, configure and support Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 Suite.

·               Support the Information Systems team with IIS websites, SQL Server and other development applications.

·               Monitor the performance of network devices and servers using sniffing tools to identify potential problems and bottlenecks.

·               Responsible for company-wide backups using Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 and ongoing maintenance to ensure backups are completed successfully.

·               Centrally monitor McAfee Antivirus applications on all workstations and servers.

·               Ensure all workstations are up to date using Microsoft WSUS.

 

National Committee for Quality Assurance   March 2002- May 2008

Network Engineer

·               Responsible for day-to-day administration of a 200 user network.  This includes Windows Server 2000 and 2003, Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows XP\Vista Workstations, network printers and software installations.

·               Configuring Dell Power Edge Servers and Dell Storage Devices using RAID technology. 

·               Configure and support 40 Blackberry devices using Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.1.

·               Create images for desktops and laptops using Symantec Norton Ghost and create server images with Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery.

·               Analyze and resolve end user Dell desktop and laptop systems.  Upgrade or Replace defective hardware components when needed.  

·               Implementation and administration of Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 environment including Secure Gateway 3.0 and Web Interface 4.5. 

·               Implementation and administration of Virtual Environment running VMware ESX 3.5 which includes test and productions servers.

·               Administer and maintain Exchange 2003 Server.   Monitoring Trend Micro Scan Mail on Exchange Server.

·               Responsible for ensuring that company-wide daily backups are run using VERITAS Backup Exec 12 in conjunction with a Dell Tape Library.

·               Train new employees on current operating system and policies. 

·               Install and configure Live Communications Server 2007 for instant messaging capabilities.

·               Installing and monitoring Trend Micro Office Scan on all workstations and servers. 

·               Support the organization’s helpdesk function by providing 2^nd and 3rd tiered support when required.

·               Support HP network printers and Canon copiers.
 

Education and Professional Training:

·   Information Technology Networking, University of Maryland University College, Coursework  2001-2004

·   Cisco Networking CCNA Class, ACE, September  2008

·   The Learning Tree – Microsoft Windows Server, Symantec Backup Exec,  Microsoft Exchange
 

Security Clearance       Active DoD SECRET Clearance (as of 10/2009)