RON TARKINGTON
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rtarkva

 

SR. TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS MANAGER

SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER I SENIOR WINDOWS ADMINISTRATOR

A proactive, results-oriented Senior Technology Operations Manager  with expertise developing and leading teams in the design, deployment, and maintenance of global cloud network, services, and security systems in a large scale production. Expertise in DevOps, Information Security, Virtualization, Network Monitoring, and System Administration. Security Clearance Status: DoD sponsored TS/SCI/SSBI with CI Poly.

 

EXPERTISE

 

Virtualization: VMware vSphere 5.x (ESXi, vCenter Server, HA, DRS, and FT)

Oracle VM Manager (PCA)

Hardware: Dell Poweredge R900 , IBM x3600 series servers, Dell Equallogic PS6000 SAN        Storage

Server Administration: Windows 2012 Active Directory, DNS, Solarwinds, and Certificate      Authority (PKI); Symantec Endpoint Protection

Accreditations: Infrastructure Virtualization (IV) Sales Competency vSphere 5; Infrastructure     Virtualization (IV) Pre-Sales Competency vSphere 5; Infrastructure                                                             Virtualization               (IV) Post-Sales Competency vSphere 5; Business                                                             Continuity and Disaster  Recovery (BCDR) Sales Competency vSphere 5;                                               IaaS Sales Accreditation  Competency 1; VMware Competitive Accreditation                                               Program

Certifications: VTSP 5, VSP 5, ITIL v3 Foundation, CompTIA Security+ CE, (ISC)2 SSCP

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

UNISYS CORPORATION, Reston, VA1/2015-Present

Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol, Boeing Corporation

Senior Systems Consultant

Currently leading Windows Server Administration vulnerability remediation team for DevOps Windows 2012 Active Directory, DNS, WSUS, and Group Policy Object Management environment.

•        Designing and overseeing deployment of Microsoft SCCM 2012 for Application and OS Deployment. Deployed SQL Server 2012 for backend database architecture.

•        Designed and deployed Anti-Virus IPS solution, McAfee’s ePolicy Orchestrator.

•        Utilizing Nessus Vulnerability Scanner for vulnerability identification and remediation purposes.

•        Managing administrative team of VMware vSphere 6.x and Oracle VM Manager

DevOps private cloud architecture.

 

ARMA GLOBAL CORPORATION, Fort Belvoir, VA2013-2014

Senior Virtualization and Windows Administrator

Team Lead for DevOps infrastructure technical support team in a special and sensitive unit of the US Army. 

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Maintained the system infrastructure for an Active Directory-based, virtual, server environment using a Windows 2008/2012 server development platform; VMware environment consisted of ESX Server 5.5, vCenter Server 5.5, SQL Server 2008, and vCenter Operations Manager. 

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Deployed network monitoring provided by a Solarwinds Network Operations Center and SAN storage provided by NetApp.

 

SOTERA DEFENSE SOLUTIONS, Herndon, VA2012-2013

Senior Virtualization and Windows Administrator

Technical lead for virtual machine (V2V) migration from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1 for the DIVS Advanced Concepts Unit of the FBI.

•        Supervised V2V server migration of mixed Red Hat Linux, Windows 2003 and 2008 virtual machine environment. Maintained Windows Server-based hardware and software; installed new systems; performed administrative and management tasks to maintain system operation, system security and performance, and data integrity. Performed analyses and studies, prepared reports, and conducted executive presentations.

•        Interfaced with applications specialists, system users, and vendor contacts. Installed, tested and deployed vendor security updates; provided third-tier support for escalated Help Desk tickets; documented and updated windows server configurations.

 

JSI TELECOM, Chantilly, VA2010-2012

Professional Services Specialist

Team lead of Production Services Department and technical support expert for lawful intercept and data collection systems software manufacturer.

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Administrated and managed Windows 2008 Active Directory-based PKI solution involving the deployment of Certificate and Registration Authority servers for issuing, revoking, and storing x.509 digital certificates

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Operated a Windows Server OS platform and Voice Box Unified Communications (VBUCM) consisting of IBM x3600 series servers, APC 1500 UPS’s, Dell Equallogic SAN, Cisco Catalyst, and ASA network appliances.

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Implemented, tested, and deployed site-to-site disaster recovery data collection system, utilizing SAN, load balancing, NIC teaming, high availability, and fault tolerant technologies.

 

NUMONYX/INTEL CORPORATION, Folsom, CA2009-2010

Senior Enterprise Applications Support

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Team management lead of mission-critical applications team provisioning Windows 2008 Terminal Services Servers; conducted VMware P2V migration of legacy physical machines.

 

TAOS, INC., Santa Clara, CA2008-2009

VMware Administrator

Technical manager and integrator for virtualization projects using ESX 3.5 Server. Client list included Net App, Coverity, and San Diego City Employees Retirement System.

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Used Net App to coordinate the physical to virtual (P2V) migration of 150 servers for server consolidation and power savings; complied with Change and Release Management policies and procedures; customized a version of Remedy to keep track of Incident and Problem Management.

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Deployed virtualized Exchange 2003 frontend/backend solution with RPC/HTTPS configuration instrumental in email migration from email hosting facility to in-house data center; managed the virtualization of Documentum environment necessary for server consolidation and the decommissioning of out of warranty (obsolete) physical servers.

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Designed, deployed and administered Network Management solution for the City of San Diego’s Data Center and Retirement System Organization.

 

SAN DIEGO DATA PROCESSING CORPORATION, San Diego, CA2005-2008

Network Integrator

Deployed 16 TB ESX system configurations, with FC switch fabric, and Proliant BL blades for ESX hosts. 

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Designed and engineered new Windows 2003 file share based on virtualization and clustering technology, SQL, and Exchange cluster environments; established root cause determination of backup issues, the Backup Exec, tape library, and data recovery solution.

 

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Cybersecurity – In Progress, University of Maryland, University College

Bachelor of Science, Economics, California State University, Sacramento, CA

Course work in Physics and Business Administration, California-Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo, CA