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Earnest J. Acree Jr

East Chicago,IN

Summary

Resourceful System Administrator consistently responds to wide range of technical challenges with focused and creative approach. Highly effective at problem solving and decision making. 20 Years of progressive IT experience. Progressive experience marked by continuous contributions above and beyond requirements. Career achievements in large-scale software deployments, network buildouts and data security.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Windows System Engineer

Corrugated Supplies Company, LLC
2022.05 - 2023.09
  • Resolved issues and escalated problems with knowledgeable support and quality service.
  • Diagnosed and resolved hardware and software issues.
  • Planned and implemented upgrades to system hardware and software.
  • Monitored networks and network devices to resolve technical problems quickly.
  • Installed and configured network printers and other peripheral devices.
  • Diagnosed and executed resolution for network and server issues.
  • Implemented, developed and tested installation and update of file servers, print servers and application servers.
  • Evaluated software products to determine compatibility with existing systems.

Corporate System Administrator

UGN, Inc
2014.03 - 2022.05
  • Deployment, Management,and administration of VEEAM Enterprise Management Environment
  • Installed important security and functionality patches to maintain optimal protections against intrusion and system reliability.
  • Worked with users to determine areas of technology in need of improved usability.
  • Consist of 6 locations each running VEEAM Backup and Replication Version 10A
  • The Enterprise server is running SQL2019 Standard, and the other site are running SQL2016
  • Express
  • All backups are configured to locally maintain XX days but to replicate to Azure for Protection
  • Backups consist of physical, virtual, SQL databases, clusters
  • Management and administration of MDM Environment
  • Deploying application to various mobile devices using Intune
  • Add and assign mobile apps to users, groups, and devices
  • Management and administration of Nutanix Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
  • O Cluster consists of three Node Cluster Environment
  • Deployed and Implemented a new Windows SQL Server 2017 Enterprise Cluster Environment
  • Cluster consists of Two Always Available Cluster Environment
  • Currently working with my DBA to migrate DB’s from old SQL Cluster to the New Cluster
  • O Management and administrator of Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise 3 Subscription
  • O Administration of Exchange 2016 Online
  • O Administration of SharePoint 2016 Online
  • O Management and administration of the on-premises Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Server
  • O Management and administration of Active Directory Federation
  • Services SSO Environment
  • Management and administration of the Windows 2016 Active Directory environment o Management and administration of Active Directory Users and Computers
  • O Management and administration of Active Directory Sites and Services
  • O Management and administrator of DNS and DHCP
  • O Management and administration of Group Policy
  • O Management and administration of DFS Namespace and Replication
  • Management and administration of Windows Server 2016 Routing and
  • Remote Access Services o Management and administration of PPTP, SSTP, and IKEv2 VPN
  • Management and administration of Network Policy Services
  • Management and administration of the MIMECAST SPAM Filtration
  • Management and administration of CrowdStrike Endpoint Protection
  • Management and administration of the COMMVAULT Backup Infrastructure
  • Management and administration of VEEAM Backup Enterprise Manager
  • Management and administration of XIOTECH ICE Fiber Channel Storage Area Network
  • Management and administration of Cisco 2500 Series WAP Controller and
  • Cisco AIRONET 2702 accesspoints
  • Management and Monitoring of the WAN, LAN, and MPLS Network Environment
  • Management and Administration Avaya IP Office phone and voice mail system
  • Management and administration of the NUTANIX Hyperconverged
  • Infrastructure at the Manufacturing Plants (3 Node Hyper V & AHV
  • Clustered Environments)
  • Provided Help Desk Support, Training, and Mentoring to IT Technical Staff

IT Manager

McAllister Equipment Company
2009.05 - 2014.03
  • Manage and support five Branches throughout the state of Illinois
  • Interact and negotiate with various Vendors and Contractors to perform different services
  • Management of all network infrastructure resources(Servers,workstations,network hardware,etc.)
  • Deployed Servers from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
  • Planned and implemented the Migration of Unix Database to Microsoft SQL 2008 for ERP
  • Converted all Workstations from Windows XP to Windows 7 Professional
  • Management and administration of the Windows2003/2008 Active Directory environment
  • AdministrationofMicrosoftExchange2003/2007environment
  • Administration of BES Server (Blackberry Manager 4.1)
  • Management and administration over Cisco Call manager system (VOIP) and Unity voicemail system
  • Management and administration of the AIX IBM Server environment
  • Management and administration of Windows 2003 Routing and Remote Access
  • Decommissioned old physical Servers after successful conversion had been validated
  • Install, upgrade, repair, and maintain all workstations throughout the organization
  • Management of the Symantec Backup Exec 2010 tape backup system
  • Management and Administration over the Microsoft CRM 4.0 Server environment
  • Provide help desk support and training to staff

Jr. Systems Administrator

UGN, Inc
2006.10 - 2009.01
  • Responsible for Maintaining an IT budget that was over 500,000 annually for various contracts
  • Help Design, implement and test Strategies for Disaster Recovery plans for operating various systems
  • Management of all network infrastructure resources(Servers,workstations,network hardware,etc.)
  • Interacted and negotiated with various Vendors and Contractors to perform different services
  • Management and administration of the Windows2003 Active Directory environment
  • Install, upgrade, repair, and maintain all workstations at the Chicago Heights facility
  • Assisted in maintaining and Troubleshooting WAN/LAN Network Support
  • Worked with Maintenance Department with managing and supporting Wonderware Software
  • Management of the Symantec Backup Exec tape backup system
  • Administration of the Avaya phone and Infinity voice mail systems
  • Provide help desk support and training to staff

Education

Bachelors Science - Computer Science

Alabama A & M University
Normal, AL
05.1996

CCNA, MCP, A+, Network + Current -

Technology Computer Learning Center
Portage, IN

Skills

  • Technical Skills
  • Hardware:
  • Servers (Dell PowerEdge R810, R710, R510, R410
  • R310, R430, R630, R820, R740); Cisco Switches, Routers, Cisco
  • Wireless Controller, Cisco Wireless Access Point, HP Switches
  • FortiGate Firewalls, HP WAP, HP Wireless Controller, HP Ariba Series
  • Switches
  • SAN: EMC, NETAPPS E2700, XIOTECH and NUTANIX NX-UQ1-1NL3-G5, NUTANTIX NX-T00-4NL3-G5
  • Operating Systems: Windows Servers 2012 R2, Windows Server
  • 2016 - Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Enterprise, Linux, Apple IOS
  • Android
  • System Software: CrowdStrike Endpoint Protection, Symantec Endpoint Protection, AVG Enterprise
  • Microsoft SCCM 2012, Symantec Backup Exec, SQL 2012, SQL 2014
  • SQL 2017, SQL 2019, Exchange 2010, Exchange 2016, Office 365, NUTANIX Prism, AOS
  • VMWare, SharePoint 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016 / 2013
  • System Languages: PowerShell, HTML, SQL
  • Technologies: Cisco Call Manager VoIP, Avaya iPhone VOIP, Avaya
  • PBX, LAN, VLAN WAN, MPLS, DNS, Terminal Services, Active Directory
  • LDAP, VPN, DHCP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, FTP, TCP/IP V4 – V6, VMWare
  • Microsoft Hyper-V, and VEEAM, COMMVAULT, Solar Winds, Cacti
  • Wireshark, and What’s up Gold, Hyper-V Clustering, SQL Cluster.
  • Hardware Installation and Configuration
  • File Servers
  • Security Standards
  • Data Backups
  • VMware Virtualization
  • Permissions and Access Control
  • Configure Servers

Certification

Industry Certification Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Microsoft Certified Professional CompTIA Network+ Certification CompTIA A+ Certification

Timeline

Windows System Engineer

Corrugated Supplies Company, LLC
2022.05 - 2023.09

Corporate System Administrator

UGN, Inc
2014.03 - 2022.05

IT Manager

McAllister Equipment Company
2009.05 - 2014.03

Jr. Systems Administrator

UGN, Inc
2006.10 - 2009.01

Bachelors Science - Computer Science

Alabama A & M University

CCNA, MCP, A+, Network + Current -

Technology Computer Learning Center
Industry Certification Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Microsoft Certified Professional CompTIA Network+ Certification CompTIA A+ Certification

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