Donovan George
Newport News,VA
Summary
Driven Systems Administrator with eight years of experience in software implementation and maintenance. Proven history of managing complex infrastructures and data center operations. Expert in solutions-oriented business application problem-solving and dedicated to providing best-in-class service. Skilled at troubleshooting, communication and collaboration. Focused Project Manager adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Experienced in directing manufacturing employees and keeping efficient production in accordance with quality standards. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
Air Force
Hampton, VA
12.2021 - Current
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance.
- Planned, designed and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Modified and directed project plans to meet organizational needs.
- Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
- Facilitated communication between internal personnel, contractors and vendors for project cohesion.
Systems Administrator
Air Force
Honolulu, HI
11.2018 - 11.2021
- Provided comprehensive training to internal and off-site users to optimize systems maintenance and resolve recurring issues.
- Created patches and solutions to fix bugs in existing applications.
- Supported day-to-day operations, monitoring and resolving client/server and storage issues.
- Integrated and updated software products to boost system compatibility.
- Used HBSS to secure systems against STIG guidelines.
- Created nightly jobs for database backups.
- Maintained current software licenses for computers and mobile devices.
- Configured and maintained 30 Windows Server operating systems with roles features.
Tactical Satellite Communications Specialist
Air Force
Mildenhall, England
09.2014 - 10.2018
- Served in on-call capacity for last-minute or late-night taskings from leadership.
- Worked in dirty and uncomfortable conditions, sometimes in dangerous, deployed locations.
- Tested existing equipment for functionality, quickly and accurately diagnosing problems to provide comprehensive solutions.
- Troubleshot hardware and software to determine and rectify network problems.
- Performed tracing and patching operations for copper networks.
- Collaborated with networking personnel at providers and data centers to determine origination points for faults and recover from malfunctions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Community College of The Air Force
Montgomery, ALSkills
- Project planning and development
- Advanced Problem Solving
- Microsoft Active Directory
- Technical Support
- Disaster Recovery Methodologies
- Project Management
- Systems Installation, Configuration and Upgrading
- VmWare Virtualization
- Software Development Lifecycle
- VmWare VCenter Servers
- Network systems installation
- Hardware and software monitoring
- Analysis and critical thinking
- System upgrades
- Relational Database Management
Certification
- Security +
- Amazon Web Services Practitioner
Timeline
Project Manager
Air Force
12.2021 - Current
Systems Administrator
Air Force
11.2018 - 11.2021
Tactical Satellite Communications Specialist
Air Force
09.2014 - 10.2018
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Community College of The Air Force
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