DOLAPO OKUNOLA
New York,NY
Summary
Highly experienced Enterprise Systems Engineer with over a decade of expertise in designing, maintaining, and securing complex systems in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. MBA candidate specializing in Information Technology. Proven ability to collaborate effectively, troubleshoot problems, and implement innovative solutions. Expertise in: Datacenter Virtualization: VMware vSphere & Hyper-V, Cloud Technologies: AWS, Azure & GCP. Backup and Recovery: Veritas NetBackup & Cohesity Operating Systems: Windows Server, Linux (Red Hat, Solaris,AIX) Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP Storage: SAN, EMC, NetApp
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Montefiore IT
New York, NY
01.2018 - 03.2024
- Configure and install physical and virtual servers, ensuring IT infrastructure stability
- Administer VMware and Citrix environments for optimal performance
- Manage enterprise data protection infrastructure using NetBackup
- Expertise in Microsoft Windows Server and UNIX OS configuration
- Managed Active Directory infrastructure, including user and group creation, Group Policy configuration, and domain services
- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure seamless IT operations
- Deploy, configure, and maintain Linux servers
- Troubleshoot server alerts and implement necessary fixes
- Perform upgrades and patches on enterprise server infrastructure
- Triage ServiceNow Incidents, Service Request and Change Order Tickets
- Designed high availability architectures that incorporated clustering technologies such as VMWare HA
- Diagnosed and resolved technical problems related to server infrastructure or application environment
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of industry trends in technology; recommended changes accordingly
- Collaborated with other teams to develop solutions that meet customer requirements
- Installed new hardware components such as storage devices or memory modules according to best practices
- Troubleshot system issues remotely to ensure maximum uptime
- Implement and maintain server security best practices.
SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NYC Health + Hospitals
09.2012 - 12.2017
- Managed VMware infrastructure and supported various customer's servers.
- Coordinated with Vendors support teams to resolve complex issues.
- Configured and maintained Windows & UNIX Servers Infrastructures .
- Deployed virtual machines and managed storage resources
- Created PowerShell scripts for automation and reporting
- Assisted in network infrastructure upgrades and migrations
- Deployed new server solutions and technologies to advance infrastructure and meet business needs
- Designed and maintained system documentation for infrastructure technology installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Opinion Access Corp.
02.2012 - 09.2012
- Managed file systems, monitored performance, and troubleshooted alerts
- Supported 300+ servers in a 24x7 data center environment
- Administered Symantec NetBackup for data backups
- Developed strategy for process automation in backup infrastructure.
Systems Engineer
Mobile Telecom Network
04.2009 - 01.2012
- Managed windows and UNIX file systems, monitored performance, and troubleshooted alerts.
- Support 200+ servers (SUN SPARCS, X-SERIES, MID-RANGE, HITACHI, BLADES, M-SERIES & WINDOWS SERVER) in a 24x7 data center.
- Administered Symantec NetBackup for data backups
Developed strategy for process automation in backup infrastructure.
Education
MBA - Information Technology
Monroe College
The Bronx, NYBachelor of Science - Chemistry
Lagos State University
Lagos NigeriaSkills
- Virtualization Technologies
- Capacity Planning
- Hardware Configuration
- Cloud computing expertise
- ITIL framework knowledge
- Scripting languages proficiency
- Linux and Unix administration
- Change management processes
- IT service management
- Windows Server (2016, 2019,2022)
- Databases: MySQL, MSSQL
- Backup and Recovery
- Linux Administration
- Database Management
- Server Hardware Maintenance
- Technical Documentation
- Network Administration
- Data Center Operations
- Active Directory Administration
- Server security administration
Certification
- VMware vSphere: Fast Track v6
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- VMware Horizon view
- ITIL
- Data Analyst/Data Operations
- Cohesity
- IBM DevOps (In Progress)
Veritas Certified Specialist
MS Azure Fundamental
Timeline
Sr. SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Montefiore IT
01.2018 - 03.2024
SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NYC Health + Hospitals
09.2012 - 12.2017
SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Opinion Access Corp.
02.2012 - 09.2012
Systems Engineer
Mobile Telecom Network
04.2009 - 01.2012
MBA - Information Technology
Monroe College
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Lagos State University
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