Curtis Sikyta
Omaha,NE
Summary
Servant leader with over 20 years of experience designing, deploying, documenting, and managing complex projects in public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
Natural team leader with a history of success energizing, motivating, and leading cross-functional teams of all sizes in both waterfall and agile environments.
Ability to identify and solve problems from simple to complex, technical to non-technical, and small to large.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Enterprise Architect
Fiserv
Omaha, NE
09.2023 - Current
- Drove standardization efforts for technology platforms, reducing complexity while improving reliability.
- Managed vendor relationships to negotiate contracts and ensure timely delivery of products and services.
- Analyzed 2023 disaster recovery approach and presented recommendations for improvement for 2024
Infrastructure Storage Engineer II
DSM Tech Enterprises
Omaha, NE
12.2021 - 07.2023
- Supported systems and storage infrastructure necessary to support the Filecoin decentralized storage network.
- Architected, installed, and maintained multiple Petabyte scale storage solutions running on zfs, ceph, and gluster.
- Responsible for all aspects of datacenter operations in four sites including installation, maintenance, and repair of all mission critical equipment.
Cloud, System, Architect, and Datacenter Manager
First National Technology Solutions (FNTS)
Omaha, NE
06.2013 - 06.2021
- Responsible for the datacenter budget and roadmap, anything going in or out of the datacenters, including planning, vendor management, physical installation, cabling, decommissions, and access.
- Functioned as tech lead on a cross-functional stable team of approximately fifteen engineers focused on customer satisfaction and continuous improvement for half of the customer portfolio.
- Designed, deployed, documented, and trained engineers and admins on new and existing solutions.
- Continually collaborated internally, with clients, and with partners on hardware and software POCs to ensure delivery of relevant technical solutions.
IT Manager
First Data Corp
Omaha, NE
04.2008 - 06.2014
- Re-energized an underperforming 13 person NOC team in approximately 8 weeks by aligning expectations, empowering employees, monitoring KPIs and other metrics, and coaching.
- Drove high priority, customer impacting calls by coordinating the efforts of large groups of technical, non-technical, client, and management resources, consistently delivering an MTTR under target.
- Communicated with all levels of technology, management, the business, and clients regarding root cause and fix actions for all client impacting issues.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Maryville Technologies
Omaha, NE
12.2006 - 03.2008
- Led the design, installation, and configuration of a twelve site, multi-state system migration on a variety of hardware platforms and UNIX based operating systems including AIX/Solaris/Linux.
Senior UNIX and Storage Engineer
Physicians Mutual
Omaha, NE
01.2006 - 12.2006
- Provided support for an AIX, Solaris, Linux, and StorageTEK storage environment during a complex transition from mainframe to open systems.
- Developed backup and recovery, and disaster recovery resources and processes.
UNIX and Storage Engineer
Data Transmission Network
Omaha, NE
10.2002 - 01.2006
- Balanced an annual team budget of over $7Million.
- Executed the design, procurement, and installation of a multi-tier enterprise EMC SAN providing a single point of management for all critical storage.
Unix and Storage Administrator
Carlson Hospitality
Omaha, NE
07.1997 - 10.2022
- Installed, administered, and provided 24x7 support for
- Open and Windows systems.
- Administered backups using Veritas Netbackup attached to multiple StorageTEK libraries.
Education
Master of Science - Securities Analysis - Portfolio Management
Creighton University
Omaha, NE12.2012
MBA - Business Administration With A MIS Emphasis
Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE11.2009
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE12.2007
Skills
- Hiring, and Developing Talent
- Solving Complex Problems
- Prioritizing Competing Projects
- Aligning Work with Goals
- Infrastructure Design & Delivery
- Making Technical Consumable
- Partnering with Vendors/Clients
- Strategic and Tactical Planning
Timeline
Enterprise Architect
Fiserv
09.2023 - Current
Infrastructure Storage Engineer II
DSM Tech Enterprises
12.2021 - 07.2023
Cloud, System, Architect, and Datacenter Manager
First National Technology Solutions (FNTS)
06.2013 - 06.2021
IT Manager
First Data Corp
04.2008 - 06.2014
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Maryville Technologies
12.2006 - 03.2008
Senior UNIX and Storage Engineer
Physicians Mutual
01.2006 - 12.2006
UNIX and Storage Engineer
Data Transmission Network
10.2002 - 01.2006
Unix and Storage Administrator
Carlson Hospitality
07.1997 - 10.2022
Master of Science - Securities Analysis - Portfolio Management
Creighton University
MBA - Business Administration With A MIS Emphasis
Bellevue University
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
Bellevue University