Brian Flinn
Senior System Administrator
San Marcos,TX
Summary
Quick Learning Systems Administrator with Ten years of management and technical experience. Exceptional people skills and a great work ethic to complete all tasks to the best quality.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior Systems Administrator
Kestra Financial
2022.05 - Current
- Delivered Tier 2 and Tier 3 support for problem identification, diagnosis and issue resolution.
- Mentored contractors and offered constructive feedback for performance improvement.
- Evaluated software products to determine compatibility with existing systems.
- Attended meetings to deliver status reports to key stakeholders.
- Conducted company wide trainings on new policies and products implemented by System Administrators.
- Created run books for procedures and tasks to standardize support and training.
- Maintained Hybrid Active Directory and Azure Active Directory environment with Group Policies and Intune polices and configurations.
- SharePoint site creation and administration for new firms and existing employees to streamline information sharing.
- RingCentral administration for new firms and existing company to make call flow changes to suite the environment.
- Set up new financial firms created by umbrella company with phones, email and infrastructure to ensure early success of firms.
- Completed full tech migrations of phones, email and infrastructure for acquired firms to pull all information to umbrella company's oversight.
- Utilized Ivanti and Connectwise Automate for patching of endpoints and servers for compliance.
- Worked with Cyber Security leads to create policies and implement changes to secure company's environment and minimize threats and data leaks.
Lead IT Specialist
Expanse Electrical Company
2018.10 - 2022.04
- Created Microsoft Power Automation Flows to Automate organizational tasks to reduce micromanagement and free up resource time for more productivity.
- Implementation of Azure AD (cloud-based Active Directory) to maintain more positive control over company assets and accounts.
- Inventory management of Endpoint devices like Laptops, Cell Phones and endpoint peripherals.
- Created and implemented service request system with Microsoft Forms, Power Automation and SharePoint Document Libraries.
- Designated Network Engineer and Administrator.
- Solved technical issues by troubleshooting, resolving and documenting service tickets for 10 Branches across Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado and North Dakota.
- Created company reporting and lookup tools with Microsoft Power BI and Power Automation.
- Creation of accounts and maintenance of permission of ERP system.
- Onboarding of new company acquisitions as well as new employees.
- Managed SQL queries to pull data from ERP database for company reporting purposes.
Battalion Intelligence Systems Maintenance NCOIC
7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
2015.07 - 2018.10
- System administrator for DCGS-A Lite for 3rd Battalion 7th Special Forces Group, as well as SOJTF-OIR in Kuwait and the Syria/Iraq CJOA
- Trained and Lead shops of various sizes while stateside and deployed
- SOCRATES and COE JWICS Trusted Agent, Remote Terminal Security Officer and PKI Issuer
- Responsible for implementation and maintenance of the Trojan Spirit system utilized by analysis for Secret, Top Secret and Top Secret/SCI information
- Responsible for implementation and maintenance of Geospatial Intelligence workstations which utilize DCGS-A workstations
- Perform patches and troubleshooting on DCGS-A GWS and DCGS-A Lite Basic Analysis Laptops.
- Maintained military intelligence Communications Security (COMSEC) systems with complete accuracy to support national safety.
- Prepared, planned for and coordinated execution of support missions to aid deployed forces and individuals.
Electronics Maintenance Technician
3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)
2013.01 - 2015.07
- Radio, Communications and Night Optic Devices Maintenance
- Responsible for readiness of every Battalion of 3rd Special Forces Group's communications and Optical Devices before every Deployment
- Responsible for repairs and upgrades of every Battalion's Communications and optic devices during and after deployments
- Trained other subordinate members and ODA Teams of 3rd Special Forces Group on new communications equipment.
Education
Intelligence Maintenance And Integration
US Army
Some College (No Degree) - Electrical Engineering And Computer Science
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TXSkills
- Former Top Secret/SCI Clearance
- Vast experience with Leading, Training and Maintaining various size shops and teams.
- Versed in hardware troubleshooting and network administration.
- Experience in software troubleshooting
- Familiar with C++ and C# object oriented programming
- 10 years maintenance and technical experience
- Competent in Unix/Linux, Windows, Routers and VMware
- Proficient with Active Directory and Azure Active Directory
- Versed in different phone platforms like RingCentral and Microsoft Teams
- Proficient with Microsoft 365 Products and Cloud based operations
- Great personable skills to ensure achievement of common goals
Certification
CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+
Timeline
Senior Systems Administrator
Kestra Financial
2022.05 - Current
Lead IT Specialist
Expanse Electrical Company
2018.10 - 2022.04
Battalion Intelligence Systems Maintenance NCOIC
7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
2015.07 - 2018.10
Electronics Maintenance Technician
3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)
2013.01 - 2015.07
Intelligence Maintenance And Integration
US Army
Some College (No Degree) - Electrical Engineering And Computer Science
Texas Tech University
CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+
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