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Architecture & Design IT Operations System Engineering

Network Engineering Database Management Project Management

• Excel at leading high-impact IT projects, steering continuous improvement, and directing unified teams in achieving project goals according to fiscal, timeline, and quality criteria.
• Proven success in designing and implementing robust solutions which enhance productivity, profitability, and competitive positioning for clients and employers.
• Outstanding skills in effectively and efficiently managing IT personnel, strategic plans and business cases, while closely monitoring technological trends and advancements.
• Adept at cross-functional team leadership, system and network management, implementing best practices, business needs analysis, end user training, and expertly navigating system migrations and upgrades.

TEKsystems (USAA), San Antonio, Texas, 2017 to Present

Lab Operations Engineer

         Spearhead broad-scope infrastructure and user support, complete proof of concepts for R&D projects, foster cooperative vendor relations, and implement new technologies for USAA Innovations production.

         Clarify requirements for new technologies in support of projects encompassing Microsoft Exchange, Skype 2015, SaaS, SharePoint, AWS architecture, VMWare, SSO for cross-domain access, and patch management for VM/server platforms.

Westinghouse Electric Company Cranberry Township, 2015 to Present

Team Lead / Solutions Architect

         Generate proof of concepts for new technologies and proficiently design solutions including gathering system requirements for O/S, hardware, network, and storage.

         Apply strong leadership talents toward directing, mentoring, and motivating nine systems engineers.

         Work extensively in VMWare environment comprising over 18,000 windows servers and 5,000+ SUSE.

         Implemented Citrix 7.6 environment for App publishing and VDI, and designed infrastructure for publishing 100+ VDIs with VM Horizon for engineering systems.

Lantek Computer Services Carnegie, Pennsylvania, 2013 to 2015

Sr. Systems Engineer

         Defined customer requirements and designed cutting-edge solutions spanning Microsoft products, cloud technologies, Citrix solutions, VMWare, physical servers, and blade systems.

         Launched multiple new technologies with an emphasis on Active Directory, Windows Server, MS Exchange, VMWare, Citrix, and Hyper-V.

         Installed and configured switches, firewalls, SSL appliances, encryption devices, load balancers, SANs, and physical servers for virtualization.

Coventry Health Care / Aetna, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2013

Manager of Systems Engineering

         Directed team of engineers in completing server builds from requirements gathering to timely completion.

         Joined forces with Data Center Manager and team members to effectively integrate HP and Cisco servers and associated network and storage connections.

         Collaboratively consolidated IT needs and equipment following acquisition of Coventry to Aetna.

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Advanticom Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2010 to 2013

Sr. Systems Engineer

         Performed technical troubleshooting for clients and championed large-scale deployments (migrations, upgrades, etc.) with specialization in MS Exchange, Windows Server 2008 R2 / Active Directory, Citrix Presentation Server, VMware, SLQ 2008/R2, and SharePoint.

EDMC (KForce), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2009 to 2010

Windows Engineer

         As integral member of Windows Infrastructure group, planned, coordinated, and deployed all new hardware and infrastructure related to Active Directory.

BNY Mellon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2007 to 2009

Sr. Exchange / Active Directory Engineer

         Headed domain builds and migrations, Exchange Server upgrades and builds, and proof of concepts.

         Led team of agents in delivering 24/7/365 Exchange support across 13 continents and 100+ countries.

CVS / Caremark, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2007

Server Administrator

         Helmed MS Exchange upgrade & migration, completed physical and virtual server builds, configured firewalls, installed server applications, and maintained 400+ servers across seven trusted domains for AD.

REXAM, North Versailles, Pennsylvania, 2000 to 2007

Information Technology Specialist

         Efficiently supported 2,000+ end users by monitoring, troubleshooting, configuring, and administering desktops, laptops, servers, networks, company cell phones, and Blackberry devices.

         Governed sourcing and procurement of IT products by authoring strategic business cases for new software and hardware, evaluating vendors, and negotiating pricing to ensure budget compliance.

         Created and maintained Access databases to support and enhance quality assurance activities.

         Orchestrated seamless migration of 14 sites and 1,500+ users to Active Directory.

Prior Background:

Technical Specialist, Sarcom, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; System Administrator, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; Network Technician, Gannon University, Erie, PA; Programmer, US Marine Corps

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Edinboro University Of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA, 2000

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer NT 4.0 (MCSE)

Windows 2000 Active Directory Implementation & Administration

Citrix Certified Advanced Administrator

MCSE 2012 Server MCSE Exchange 2013 MCITP Certified Office 365/Azure - 2013

VCP (VMWare Certified Professional) BCNA

Software, Databases & Tools: Dell / IBM / Cisco / Fujitsu / HP Servers, Active Directory, Citrix, Shavlik, Exchange Server, SQL Server, Windows 2000, 2003, 2008/R2, 2012/R2, 2016, Hyper-V Server/Advanced Server/Ent, Informix, Novell Netware, Cisco VPN, Cisco Firewall, HP Openview, TCP/IP, NetBackup, Enterprise Vault (KVS), SMTP, Checkpoint, LDAP, FAS, NSF, Veritas, Goodlink, Blackberry Enterprise, Trend Micro, McAfee Group Policy, Microsoft Project, Visio, Office, FrontPage, Lotus SmartSuite, 3Com, Quest, VMWare, Hyperion, Altiris, Citrix XenServer, XenApp, Endoscope, NetScaler and Access Gateway, F5, vSphere, Dell-EMC/Compellent/EqualLogic, NetApp, HP 3PAR, Fujitsu, Web devices AWS/Google/Azure, SQL, Access, Oracle, MySQL, Pervasive

Languages: C++, C, HTML, Java, Assembly, Pascal, Perl, Lisp, Fortran, Cobol

Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux / Ubuntu / Cent OS, Sun Solaris, Windows (all versions)

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Dear Hiring Manager:

I am currently exploring career opportunities as a (INSERT JOB TITLE) and am submitting my resume for your review. In advance, thank you for your time and consideration.

I bring to you a seasoned career in the IT arena, advanced capabilities in network and system engineering, and excellent talents in solution design, project coordination, team leadership, and infrastructure optimization. My polished managerial, analytical, client relations, and troubleshooting skills certainly indicate my ability to drive positive transformations in any environment. To complement these qualifications, I offer strong abilities in end user training and a constant commitment to enforcing stringent quality control in all initiatives.

As an integral member of your IT department, you will find that I am well-positioned to deliver immediate and long-term results, with a steadfast commitment to supporting you in not only attaining, but exceeding your goals. I am eager to discuss how my qualifications uniquely match your current and future needs, and look forward to interviewing with you in the near future.

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