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Information Technology Consultant

ManTech International Corporation

Mar 2024 - Current (2 years 3 months)

• Manage/Maintain AWS Cloud Environment • Assist in Developing Use Cases to test a multitude of technologies • Prepare reports and gives presentations • Incorporate manual and automated mechanisms to allocate server storage space and provisioning storage (EBS and S3) • Use Software defined infrastructure and automated configuration management applications. • Responsible for setting up monitoring and issuing alerts for cloud based Linux systems. • Setting up and monitoring system administration tasks in a cloud environment. • Responsible for Supporting security rights and restrictions. • Monitor enterprise cloud-based systems. • Set up and support backups and disaster recovery in AWS cloud environment.

Linux Systems Administrator

SAIC

Apr 2023 - Feb 2024 (11 months)

• Preform day to day operational maintenance, support and upgrades for Red-hat Linux Systems. • Preform software installations on both virtual and physical servers and workstations. Provide management with status of projects, problems or other outstanding project related issues. Perform ad-hoc requests for new server builds, user account support and modifying configuration files and scripts as directed.

Implementation Engineer

BeyondTrust

Oct 2022 - Mar 2023 (6 months)

• Gain a thorough understanding of the customer's network, information, and security systems. • Review the scope of work with the customer to ensure implementation expectations will be met. • Implement the agreed-upon design and architecture that best fits the customer's business goals. • Help Engagement Managers, Implementation Managers, and Project Managers set customer communication and expectations, to ensure customer satisfaction throughout implementations. • Provide all knowledge transfer and support to the customer during the project engagement, including installation, configuration, and use case scenario implementations. • Provide troubleshooting during the engagement and assist with post-sales technical questions and concerns

Cloud Administrator-AWS

Cognosante

Oct 2021 - Oct 2022 (1 year 1 month)

• Assist Cloud Architects to provide operations and migration services that enable VA to tailor the availability and delivery of cloud computing services based on business and technical requirements • Utilize the future VA Enterprise Cloud Operational Tools (VAECOT), CSP native portals and tools, and/or other VA TRM approved tools necessary to provide operations and migration support • Assist with upgrading, installing, and configure monitoring solution for AWS for Windows and Linux servers • Maintain gold images/scripts • Assisting with reporting on current infrastructure status, and planning for future usage

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Cloud Operations Specialist

GeoLogics Corporation

Jun 2021 - Oct 2021 (5 months)

• Configure, and administer cloud computing technologies, infrastructure, and applications to meet the organizations requirements with a focus on operations. • troubleshoot issues and plan for the future cloud capacity requirements. Develop road map and business case for capacity growth with focus on operations. • Lead and perform the installation and configuration of cloud management applications with focus on operations. • Assist and support the design, deployment, management and operation of salable, highly available and fault-tolerant systems in the cloud by working directly with stakeholders. • Identify and document product bugs and feature requests and work with internal support teams, external providers, as well as customers to

Principal Systems Administrator

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Oct 2020 - Jun 2021 (9 months)

• Maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network, software, and system engineers, PC desktop technicians, project managers, end users, and customer and IT management. • Analyze internal or external customer requirements and determine equipment and software requirements for solutions. • Test new releases of products to ensure compatibility and minimize user impact. • Create and maintain user and computer accounts and modify file permissions and security access lists. • Interact, meet, discuss, and troubleshoot issues with vendors; evaluate vendor products, services, and suggestions. • Works under minimal direction and independently determines and develops approach to solutions. • Make rec

Senior Solutions Specialist

Deloitte Consulting LLP

May 2019 - Jul 2020 (1 year 3 months)

• Supported Client projects and Worked on AWS EC2, IAM, S3, EBS, Elastic Load balancer (ELB), auto scaling group services. Interacted with client teams to understand client deployment requests. Coordinate with the Development, Database Administration, QA, and IT Operations teams to ensure there are no resource conflicts. Worked closely with Project Managers to understand a code/configuration release scope and how to confirm a release was successful. Proficient in AWS services like VPC, EC2, S3, ELB, AutoScaling-Groups (ASG), EBS, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, Route 53, CloudWatch, CloudFront, CloudTrail. Experienced in creating multiple VPC's and public, private subnets as per requirement and distributed them as groups into various availabilit

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Systems Administrator

L3 Telemetry

Aug 2018 - May 2019 (10 months)

• Work with Information Assurance team providing systems administration support for classified programs. Collaborate with other IT personnel to perform systems administration tasks in both classified and unclassified environments. Preform standard SA duties in classified areas, such as building workstations & servers, patching systems, hardening systems, access provisioning, Active Directory tasks, networking, hardening systems using STIGs and DOD's Secure Host Baseline other classified SA duties.

Systems Administrator 3

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Jul 2015 - Aug 2018 (3 years 2 months)

• Ensure servers and/or workstations data integrity through evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions. • Supporting media management through internal methods and procedures or through offsite storage and retrieval services. • Making system images and performing a restore, using Acronis or other imaging tools. • Configuring and improving desktop developer workstations to run a full range of development tools on a single workstation. • Recommend and implement system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management. • Document technical processes and procedures as need

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Systems Administrator 2

Storage Solutions Inc.

Jun 2014 - Jul 2015 (1 year 2 months)

• Red hat Linux Enterprise 6 and RHN Satellite server 5. • Manage operating system configuration, maintenance, patching, and troubleshooting. • Optimize physical and virtual systems and system capacity analysis and planning. • Oversee testing and implementation of software, systems, and data networks. • Coordinate and monitors simulation testing across all platforms. • Plan and execute installation and configuration of Linux and Windows systems in the datacenter.

Systems Administrator

Booz Allen Hamilton

Aug 2013 - Jun 2014 (11 months)

• Provide system administration and database administration in building and supporting the infrastructure for complex applications, including Web services and Web based applications that provide for robust database interaction. • Install Virtual/Physical Centos Linux servers and workstations. • Apply knowledge of Windows virtual desktop environments and Linux computer operating system configuration, system level programming, and computer security and accreditation needs. • Advise staff and client on administrative policies and procedures, technical problems, priorities, and methods.

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IT Specialist II

Atlantic CommTech Corporation

Dec 2012 - Aug 2013 (9 months)

• Configure and install network equipment on local area networks at US Embassies and Consulates worldwide. • Train Department of State IT personnel in all associated hardware and software and provide them with systems documentation. • Installation and Migration of Virtual Management and Host Servers (VMware), Domain Controllers (Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008), Member Servers (Microsoft Windows Server 2003), Exchange Servers (Microsoft Exchange 2003). • Set up of Workstations (thin clients, thick clients). • Provided technical solutions for other routine to complex network installations.

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Systems Administrator

HP Enterprise Services -NMCI

Jul 2006 - Dec 2012 (6 years 6 months)

• Responsible for maintenance, daily operations and troubleshooting of 3 large Navy and USMC virtual sites with over 65 ESX servers and 500 Virtual Machine clients. • On call duty 24/7 on rotational basis. • Maintain/rebuild Windows 2000/2003 Standard/Enterprise servers. • Load server operating systems on new servers. • Active directory server account creation, Maintenance and GPO's. • Install hot fixes and security patched on both new and production servers. • Participate in new server projects and deployments. • Install and configure VMware ESX servers/Workstations in the Enterprise (Virtualization project). • Trouble shoots Server issues.

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System Administrator/ Desktop Support

EDS Corporation - Bellsouth Account

Jun 2004 - Jul 2006 (2 years 2 months)

• Monitor, operate and maintain hardware, software, and networks for the BellSouth account. • Perform first line of support for service interruptions such as printer routings, power outages, wiring problems, and malfunctioning services. • Maintain disaster recovery procedures for LAN and related equipment/software. • Upgrade, modify and replace hardware, software and network components. • Perform system backup and recovery. • Create and maintain user login identification information and login scripts. • Monitor system performance, gather data, and prepare management reports. • Audit hardware/software inventory to ensure their integrity as well as licensing compliance.

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Help Desk Analyst

EDS Corporation -NMCI account

Sep 2002 - Jun 2004 (1 year 10 months)

• Responsible for screening, referring and diagnosing internal or external inquiries and work requests as they relate to maintenance of personal computers and related systems. • Responsible for screening, referring and diagnosing internal and external inquires and work ticketing system, Tivoli remote access and administer users on the NMCI Network. • Provide guidance to less experienced help desk personnel. • Serve as the initial point of contact for resolution of desktop/network related problems in several thousand user environment.

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