DANIEL SUAREZ
Lindenhurst
Summary
IT infrastructure professional with expertise in managing vCenter environments and deploying multi-site hyperconverged solutions. Proven track record in disaster recovery planning, ensuring business continuity and optimal performance of storage and network operations.
Overview
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Certification
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Data Center Operations
Telephonics Corporation
Farmindale
03.2011 - 04.2026
- Manage Vcenter 7.x8.x with multiple clusters and datacenters
- Planned, Implemented and Managed multi-site Nutanix Hyperconverged environment
- Migrate across Clusters to consolidate IT footprint
- Disaster Recovery planning and implementation.
- Developed and implemented Disaster Recovery plans to ensure business continuity.
- Ensured optimal performance of storage and network operations through regular maintenance and support.
- Maintain and support storage and network operations
- Storage platform management, including NetApp, Equalogic, Pure Storage.
- Palo Alto Firewall Administration for Corporate Data center
- Assisting the security team with deployment and maintenance of security products such as McAfee, Varonis, SpecOps and LAPS for Microsoft.
Senior Systems Administrator
Health Diagnostics LLC
Melville
01.2009 - 06.2010
- Administered SonicWALL firewalls to maintain data security and PCI compliance
- Administered Active Directory to manage user access and permissions.
- Migrated external email systems to Exchange 2007, enhancing communication reliability
- Managed helpdesk staff, ensuring efficient support for daily operations
Network and Systems Manager
Sleepys, Inc.
Bethpage
07.2005 - 01.2009
- Develop and implement Network, Server, voice and data communications plans for new headquarters relocation project.
- Ensure highly available network operations for retail industry, supporting 24/7/365 functionality.
- Monitor WAN of 600+ Showrooms and devices at each, including: Wyse thin clients, Cisco LAN Switches and WAN Routers.
- Administration of Firewalls to ensure data security and PCI/DSS Compliance.
- Led a team of eight network, desktop, and server technicians.
- Coordinated scheduling of team activities and meetings to ensure efficient workflow.
- Manage skills of technicians to assign TrackIT tickets accordingly
- Conducted bi-annual performance reviews to assess and enhance team capabilities.
- Weekly Staff meetings for status updates on projects and daily maintenance
Manager of Network Services
AlliedTPro, Travel Professionals.
New York
06.2003 - 07.2005
- Deployed and administered Exchange 2003 server to facilitate reliable email communication.
- Managed backups for Linux/Unix systems to ensure high data availability and disaster recovery readiness.
- Configure and administer Cisco Layer 2/3 Switches for a segmented backbone network.
- VPN Appliance configuration and administration, such as Cisco Concentrators with RSA Security.
- Supervised server and desktop technician team to ensure effective support and maintenance.
- Internal DNS server design and implementation
Network Engineer
Stafford Associates, Computer Specialists Inc.
East Setauket
01.2002 - 06.2003
- Installed and configured MS Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server to ensure reliable system performance
- Installed and maintained MS Exchange 5.5 and 2000 Servers to support organizational communication needs
- ArcServe Backup Server Installation/Maintenance
- Provided technical support for Apple Mac devices, resolving issues to enhance user experience and productivity
Network Administrator – newsday.com
Newsdays Inc.
Melville
01.1995 - 12.2001
- Administered NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 servers, ensuring system reliability and performance.
- Executed Novell server backups using ArcServe, safeguarding critical data integrity.
- Managed desktop support operations for newsday.com, enhancing user experience and minimizing downtime.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Computer Science
Queens College
Skills
- vCenter administration
- disaster recovery management
- storage management
- Virtual machine management
- firewall management
- network support
- infrastructure management
Certification
- Nutanix Certification Course March 2022
- SecureWorks table top exercises quarterly
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Data Center Operations
Telephonics Corporation
03.2011 - 04.2026
Senior Systems Administrator
Health Diagnostics LLC
01.2009 - 06.2010
Network and Systems Manager
Sleepys, Inc.
07.2005 - 01.2009
Manager of Network Services
AlliedTPro, Travel Professionals.
06.2003 - 07.2005
Network Engineer
Stafford Associates, Computer Specialists Inc.
01.2002 - 06.2003
Network Administrator – newsday.com
Newsdays Inc.
01.1995 - 12.2001
Some College (No Degree) - Computer Science
Queens College