A good Sys Admin is worth his weight in salt.
Career Overview
Joe has more than 7 years of experience in the IT industry with a track record for solving complex business problems with efficient use of technology and project execution. Joe has a strong foundation as a system administrator having completed several projects from AD Migrations to implementation of an Exchange 2007 geo cluster and has earned several Microsoft certifications. He is highly motivated, energetic, flexible, and able to manage both time and resources to maximize productivity. Joe’s employers have utilized his technical and communication skills by having him service internal clients as well as external customers.
Professional Experience
New Resources Consulting, Milwaukee, WI; March 2008 – Present
Technical Specialist
Network administration including server setup, maintenance & upkeep, data management, backups, Exchange and VM administration in a Microsoft Windows hosted environment with a network topology containing a production, client and development domains
- Responsible for more than 80 servers in 3 domains and 2 data centers
- Maintain reliable backups of Exchange Cluster, SQL Cluster, SharePoint, Active Directory and file servers
- Implemented a WSUS solution to keep patches and upgrades to Windows operating systems current
- Utilize latest Hyper V technology to streamline VM management
Projects
- Integral role in data center relocation where 20 servers, SAN and network equipment were moved to a new data center with no loss of data and minimal downtime to clients and customers
- Implemented an Active Directory tool that allowed bulk creation of AD users and a self service portal where users could change their password without IT assistance
- Executed an Active Directory migration upgrading from 2003 Active Directory to 2008 Active Directory
Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc., Milwaukee, WI; February 2002 – March 2008
Network Administrator
Responsible for providing technical support to engineers and architects in distributed offices located in six Midwestern cities
- Planned, installed, and managed implementation of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator which included automated deployment of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i to more than 1000 computers
- ePO implementation resulted in over 4 years without an outbreak while maintaining virus software and operations for the entire company
- Lead the implementation and deployed first companywide Anti-Spyware software using ePO to every computer on the network
- Provided Lotus Domino support and maintenance for servers and users in 6 different locations
- Developed and implemented new project directory structure for more than 10,000 client projects
- Maintained high availability of 8 HP servers and over 100 workstations in 8 different locations
- Assisted in design and migration into Windows 2000 Domain from NT workgroup environment
- Assisted with implementation, testing and maintenance of enterprise wide WSUS
- Successfully planned, coordinated and applied upgrades of critical servers running Windows NT Server to Windows 2000 Server with no data loss and zero downtime to customers
- Expanded server storage by 12 fold with no data loss and zero downtime to customers
Montgomery Watson Harza, Milwaukee, WI; May 2000 – August 2001
Information Technology Internship
Summer and holiday internship where I had an opportunity to learn about the IT industry and supporting end users
- Implemented Microsoft Office upgrade from 97 to 2000 with minimal downtime to more than 150 customers in 2 weeks
- Provided solo backup support for 150 users
- Assisted in the maintenance of NT network applications and digital telephone network
Expertise at a Glance
Certifications
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) – Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (MCTS) – Windows Server 2003 Hosted Environments: Configuration and Management
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) – Windows Server 2003
- CompTIA Net+
- CompTIA A+ Technician
Applications
- Active Directory
- GPO
- Exchange 2007
- IIS
- Domino
- WSUS
- Backup Exec
- Virtual Server/PC, Hyper V
- CRM 4.0
- SharePoint
- McAfee Enterprise Suite
- Trend Micro
Concepts
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- DHCP
- RAID
- FTP
- LAN/WAN
Operating Systems
- Windows (NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, 2000, 2003 & 2008 Server)
Education
- St Norbert College, De Pere, WI;
B.S. in Computer Science
