Chrys Bundy
Systems Engineer
St. Petersburg, FL,FL.
Summary
Seasoned Systems Engineer with over 16 years of cross-functional leadership in planning and deployment of private cloud and virtual workpace solutions. Exceptional knowledge of VMware vSphere and ESXi. Well-versed in large-scale deployments, upgrades and data storage solutions.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Systems Engineer
Tech Data Corporation
Clearwater, FL
08.2014 - Current
- Designed and implemented a full hardware refresh of compute infrastructure supporting the company’s virtual environments using Cisco UCS and EMC solutions.
- Managed corporate VMWare ELA (license agreement) and negotiated terms for the yearly renewal.
- Worked with various application owners to assess requirements when publishing via Citrix XenApp.
- Created and maintained scripts supporting VMware infrastructure with processes ranging from configuration of template/parent VMs as well as detailed queries of the environment.
- Updated architecture diagrams and documentation of various solution build-outs.
- Worked with the NetBackup/Storage administrator to create dynamic backup jobs that utilized vCenter machine tagging.
- Served on the integral disaster recovery team in the lead up and weeks following hurricane Irma.
- Planned and executed the vSphere 5.1 to 6.0 across the Americas while following strict change management policy.
- Served as a backup storage administrator when needed, supporting EMC VNX as well as Pure Storage arrays.
- In addition to my IT duties, served as co-founder and chair of Tech Data’s LGBTA Business Resource Group (BRG).
Sr. Infrastructure Specialist
National Geographic Society
Washington, DC
07.2007 - 08.2014
- Expert level knowledge of vSphere including vCenter, ESXi, vCOPS, and LogInsight.
- Led the design and implementation of new infrastructure buildouts utilizing VMware, Cisco UCS, NetApp and Hitachi storage.
- (75 ESXi hosts, 1.3 PB storage) Oversaw the transition of virtual backups from legacy IBM Tivoli to CommVault Simpana 9 while adhering to strict change management procedures.
- Experienced with PowerCLI and PowerShell for large batch operations and report generation.
- Provided technical expertise in the deployment of Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop on VMware vSphere 5.
- Hands-on management experience with NetApp FAS3100 series, Hitachi AMS and HUS series storage arrays, including setup, code upgrades, and advanced performance troubleshooting.
Education
Associate Coursework - Management Information Systems
Southern Illinois University / University Of Delaware
10.1998 - 05.2000
Skills
VMware vSphere
Backup Administration
Storage Administration
Server Infrastructure Management
Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop
Business Recovery Planning
Hyperconverged Infrastructure (Nutanix, vSAN, Hyperflex)
Windows Server OS
Linux (RHEL & CentOS)
Scripting (PowerShell, PowerCLI)
Active Directory, DNS, DHCP
Certification
VMWare VCA-Cloud, VCA-DCV, & VCP-DCV (version 5.1)
Volunteer Work
St. Pete Pride, President
Heart Walk, Team Captain
The SMART Ride, Team Coordinator, Top Fundraiser
Timeline
Leading at the Speed of Trust (Franklin Covey)
04-2017
Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.x
11-2016
VMWare VCA-Cloud, VCA-DCV, & VCP-DCV (version 5.1)
04-2015
Systems Engineer
Tech Data Corporation
08.2014 - Current
Red Hat Linux Administration
01-2014
Sr. Infrastructure Specialist
National Geographic Society
07.2007 - 08.2014
Associate Coursework - Management Information Systems
Southern Illinois University / University Of Delaware
10.1998 - 05.2000