Christopher Morris
Detroit,MI
Summary
Analytical Network Engineer / Network Technician offering several years of administering and Troubleshooting network infrastructure resources. Knowledge and experience with VMware ESXi 5, 6.7, & 7.0, 8.0 and Microsoft Server 2012R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022, Commvault and Carbonite backup software, HP and Dell chassis/blade server hardware, Dell Powerstore SAN technologies, and Enterasys (Extreme), HPE/Aruba & Fortinet switching.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Network Administrator 1
Renkim Corporation
Southgate, MI
11.2024 - Current
- Member of the Technical Services Group, supporting in-house as well as remote staff members, including collaborating with foreign consultants
- AS400 support, Fortinet VPN & Firewall, and switching support, VMware 8.0 support, Windows Server 2012R2 through Windows Server 2019 support
- Also supporting external clients using Globalscape EFT Server for client uploads
- Assisted with a cloud migration from on-premises environment working in partnership with a third party cloud vendor
IT Technical Consultant
C. Morris Consulting Group LLC
Detroit, MI
05.2023 - 01.2024
- Assisting the previous employer with remote technical support
Network Engineer / Network Technician
McHenry County College
Crystal Lake, Illinois
09.1998 - 04.2023
- Member of the Infrastructure and Security division of the IT department that supports the campus organization for approximately 750 employees, and 10,000 active student accounts using Microsoft’s Active Directory resources in a dual domain environment
- Provided network support services for devices such as Enterasys / Extreme, HP / Aruba Switching, Dell hardware, and other resources including Dell Compellent 10/25gb iSCSI SAN hardware
- Installed and managed Three Dell M7000 chassis with eight blade servers and four MX9116n blade switches in each to support the main campus and our remote business site
- Managed Commvault backup data to Dell MD3060E PowerVault storage and Dell LTO5 tape library storage
- Configured storage policies and cloud copies with Commvault Metallic cloud storage
- Managed Microsoft Exchange 2016 environment with 1,000 mailboxes and migrated to Office 365 and assisted with the migration of Google Workspace to Office 365
- Managed single sign-on environment using Microsoft’s Active Directory Federation Services along with the college’s PKI environment
- Collaborated with stakeholders to keep project goals and deadlines on target
- Collaborated with vendors along with team members to identify the best options for optimizing network infrastructure
- Performed virtual machine and ESXi host provisioning and VM priority setup and monitoring using VMware ESXi / VCenter 5
- X through 8.0
- Assisted with the implementation and support of network monitoring tools
- Worked along with other divisions (client services and DevOps / ERP) to meet assigned goals
- Monitored network capacity and performance using Dell storage equipment
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Business
McHenry County College
Crystal Lake, IL, US08.2010
Bachelor of Science - General Studies / Business
Columbia College of Missouri
Columbia, MOSkills
- Google Workspace
- Network device monitoring
- Commvault & Carbonite backup software
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012R2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019
- Microsoft Windows Server 2022
- Microsoft Active Directory
- Microsoft Azure
- Office 365 administration
- SQL Failover and restoration tasks
- PKI
- Certificate Management
- Microsoft Exchange 2013
- Microsoft Exchange 2016
- Exchange Online
- ManageEngine ADAudit
- EventLog Analyzer
- KeyManager Plus
- SelfService Plus
- Cisco equipment familiarity
- Microsoft ADFS
- DNS
- DHCP implementation
- Management
- Kemp Technologies LM2000
- Kemp Technologies LM4000 Load Balancers
- Collaborating with third-party vendors
- Hardware/software support personnel
- Dell Compellent
- Storage Manager
- Aruba Switching
- Aruba Central
- Aruba ClearPass
- Extreme Switching
- Enterasys Switching
- Information security technology
- Barracuda Email Gateway Defense
- Network Maintenance
- Repair
- VMWare ESXi
- VCenter 5x
- VCenter 65
- VCenter 67
- VCenter 70
- VCenter 80
- Network Troubleshooting
- Rapid7 Vulnerability Management
Certification
VMWare VCP 6
Timeline
Network Administrator 1
Renkim Corporation
11.2024 - Current
IT Technical Consultant
C. Morris Consulting Group LLC
05.2023 - 01.2024
Network Engineer / Network Technician
McHenry County College
09.1998 - 04.2023
Associate of Applied Science - Business
McHenry County College
Bachelor of Science - General Studies / Business
Columbia College of Missouri
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