Massachusetts Water Resources Authority – MWRA
July 2016 – Present
Network Administrator III
- Provide high quality email services within agreed SLA for MWRA Customers
- Contribute to the continual email service improvement processes
- Manage, support and troubleshoot all aspects of the authorities messaging solution including several Exchange Server 2010 systems and NetScaler load balancers
- Provide support and troubleshoot for Cisco IronPort E-mail security gateway
- Provide support, management and troubleshoot Mobile Devices and Active Sync
- Lead the planning and deployment of Exchange 2016 upgrade.
- Manage and support all aspects of the MIS infrastructure, including Active Directory, DNS, ADFS, Certificate Services and Windows Operating Systems
- Provide support for Storage solutions, hardware devices and Virtualization (VMware)
- Assist with implementation of new backup technologies, ranging from configuration and set up to implementation, and support
- Provide and maintain technical and project documentation and training.
Fresenius Medical Care
January 2016 – July 2016
Sr. Systems Messaging Engineer – Contractor
Responsibilities as a senior support engineer in the messaging team:
- Manage and Support Cloud Identities by Using DirSync
- Manage and Support Federated Identities Using ADFS
- Monitor and Troubleshoot Office 365 Availability and Usage
- Manage Users, Groups, and Security with PowerShell
- Manage, support, and troubleshoot Office 365: Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Skype for Business, OneDrive for Business, Yammer, Office ProPlus 2013 / 2016, and other related technologies
- Manage, Support and troubleshoot messaging related technologies such as Active Directory, Certificate Services, DNS, DHCP and other technologies.
- Assist and Support the Management of Clients and end-user devices
- Provision SharePoint Online Site Collections
- Configure Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business Online for end users
- Manage, Configure, and Troubleshoot Security and Compliance for Office 365
Zensar Technologies, INC.
10/2015 – 12/2015
Sr. Systems Administrator – Exchange/Lync – Contractor
Team lead for a large, global, and complex messaging environment with responsibilities in the administration, management, and support of many messaging related services, processes, and technologies, such as
- Microsoft Exchange 2010 and 2013
- Lync / Skype for Business
- Blackberry Enterprise 10
- Good Mobile Device Management
- F5 Hardware Load Balancer
- Citrix NetScaler
- RightFax Enterprise
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- AirWatch
OSRAM Sylvania
8/2012 – 10/2015
Systems Specialist – Engineering
Responsible for the North and South America Region for a large Exchange environment with 10 Exchange servers and more than 20, 000 mailboxes. My function included the planning, deployment, management, and troubleshooting of many technologies:
- Acted as the project lead for the upgrade of 323 Windows 2003 Servers to Windows 2008 / 2012 in Several Countries
- Acted as the project lead for the North America region for the planning, designing, implementation, and support of the Lync 2013 environment
- Assisted in the design, implementation, and Migration of Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013 and Office 365
- Automated common Exchange and Lync tasks with PowerShell.
- Managed BlackBerry Enterprise Servers 5 and 10
- Managed and configured Websense Cloud Mail Security
- Managed and Configured EMC SourceOne Email Archiving and Compliance
- Installed, managed and configured EMC Networker Backup for Exchange and SharePoint
- Installed and configured Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 and 2012 R2
- Installed, managed, and configured Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2012R2
- Managed and configured DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP, IIS, FTP, Group Policy
- Designed, deployed, and managed VMware ESXi 5 and Microsoft Hyper – V
MetraTech Corp., Waltham, MA
2005 – 2012
Sr. Systems Administrator
Helped in the planning, implementation, and maintenance of a stable technical infrastructure by:
- Producing a well-designed, highly resilient, flexible, and cost effective messaging environment that included Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, SharePoint 2007, Office Communicator 2007 R2
- Performed preventive maintenance and upgrades
- Managed and Supported Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, IIS, FTP, WSUS and Group Policy Objects
- Planned, Designed, Implemented Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESX 4 and ESXi 5
- Monitor email services to correct problems and ensure agreed SLA
- Produce relevant systems documentation for installations and configurations
- Provide timely and effective support for servers, work stations and Infrastructure during business hours as well as after-hours, as needed.
- Managed and Implemented Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 Operating Systems
- Assisted in management, backups, and restore of SQL 2008
- Installed, configured, and managed both HP and Dell Servers
- Deployed, configured, and managed Symantec Antivirus
Education
- Master of Business Administration – MBA in Project and Quality Management at California Intercontinental University (Graduated August 2016)
- Bachelor of Science in Information Technology – Network Administration, Kaplan University Online
- AA in Computer Science, Adrian College, Adrian, MI. 49221
Accomplishments – Technical and Professional Certifications:
- CompTIA A+
- CompTIA Network+
- Cisco Certified Network Associate – CCNA
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer – MCSE (Windows 2003)
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator MCSA (Windows Server 2008)
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator MCSA (Windows Server 2012 R2)
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate – MCSA: Office 365
- VMware Certified Professional – VCP5.5
- ITIL Foundation
- Certified Information Systems Security – CISSP
Areas of Expertise/Interest (Recent Classes and Courses)
- Designing/Deploying Exchange 2016
- Managing Office 365 Identities
- Citrix NetScaler 10: Design and Deployment
- Digital Forensics Tools in Kali Linux
- What’s New in VMware 6
- Enterprise Security for CASP
- Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2016
- Certified Ethical Hacking
- Information Systems Auditor
- Risk Management