Howard Mallard
Washington,DC
Summary
Honorably discharged US Marine Corps veteran. 10+ years of experience Working as an IT Consultant. Supporting IT infrastructure in the following area: AWS Amazon services. Azure and Google Cloud Platform services and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Knowledge with Virtualization product suites/technologies including vSphere (ESXi, vCenter). VMware (vRA) vRealize Automation with NSX. vCenter Orchestrator, vSphere Replication, vSphere Client, Capacity Planning, VMware Workspace ONE.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
IT Projects Consultant
SNMP3 Security
Washington DC
01.2017 - 12.2023
- Provide data center migration road maps to DOE upper leadership on cloud services to AWS and Google FedRAMP
- Decommission old government Data Centers
- Managed three Teams and executed six end-to-end cloud implementations for organizations in hi-tech, marketing and healthcare
- Managed Team supporting setting up AWS services including EC2 and other AWS service
- Provided leadership to supported 4 teams of an 'impossible project' migration moving 3,800 users and company data from the previous company to all new cloud AWS environment with Active Directory in 8 months, in a politically charged environment; delivery on-time and within budget, despite assuming control of the project 4-months behind schedule
- Provided leadership in the completion of the build-out of two large Data Centers
- One located in Ashburn, VA the other in Denver, CO
- Direct the development and implementation of Cloud strategy and approach using AWS and Azure services
- Supervised department of 15 employees and managed other department heads: Development, Q&A, Networks, Desktop Support, and Project Managers
- Reduced recurring annual IT overhead by 15%, channeling savings to Innovative Test
- Managed VMware infrastructure including Performance tuning, capacity planning, managing clusters of ESX servers and policy creation VMware ESXi VMware 6.5x-6.7 vSphere in a distributed system environment (Windows Linux setup Dell Vx-Rails environments Configuration management in a distributed system environment
- Supported clients in Designing, implement, and maintain security controls for Azure AD/ AWS and related cloud services like Okta
- Update current VMware environments from 6.5 and 6.7 to 7.x and VMware VMware Horizon View VDI 7.x, 8.x Custom build images Windows Server, and Linux OS images for use in auto deployments and cloud workloads
- Well experienced in Datacenter asset migration including applications, network, data, virtual machines, storage and security to cloud and converged infrastructure Have hands-on experience in SDN architecture and implementation using NSX Manager, Distributed Firewall (Micro -Segmentation), Distributed Logical Switching using VXLAN, Edge Service Gateway and Service Composer Provided systems migration knowledge of Azure Cloud Solutions / Amazon Web Services (Public and GovCloud) Installed and configured VMware Workspace ONE to support VDI cloud environment for 500 users
- Configuring NSX High Availability for Distributed Logical Routers and Edge Devices Working experience on vCenter Server Management, vSphere Networking, Security and Storage
- Manage four teams, SAN Storage, Cloud Virtualization, Windows Team and Unix/Linux Team
- Developed plan for patch management
- Serve as technical lead in providing support to federal contract Enterprise Operations Management branch
- Managed Teams supporting the Installed and configured VMware Horizon View VDI Solutions
- Interact daily with supervisor, operations manager, and technical staff in all project specialties
- Interactions with client counterparts on project matters within area of responsibility
- Supporting clients' needs in the management of big data in large enterprise class type environments, and in line with industry best practices, thinking outside the box, and be able to make recommendations to improve overall governance and support continuous improvement
- Worked with clients in establishing AWS IAM user groups, roles, and policies
- Designed new Virtual environments using Dell VxRails hardware Installed and integrated system enhancements and ensured interoperability and a seamless connection between internal and external systems
- Managed VMware infrastructure including Performance tuning, capacity planning, managing clusters of ESX servers and policy creation
- Scripted using PowerShell, WMI, Visual Basic, and Bash/Perl
- Designed new virtual environments using Dell VxRails hardware; implemented solution at the Equinox datacenter
- Responsible for production mission critical application delivery to trading floor and partners
- Involved in design, implementation, and maintenance of current large scale physical and virtual consolidated infrastructures as well as with the design, test, and implementation of future technologies within virtual space.
Sr. Citrix / Sr. VMware, VDI Solutions Architect
Pepco Holding
Washington DC
01.2013 - 12.2017
- Developed Citrix XenDesktop 7.14 VDI Solution for Pepco to support three call Centers
- This Citrix solution provides support for over 10 million of its customers Designed new VMware 6.x environment to support over 1,600 servers with the capacity to support Pepco Holdings 5,592 employees with an additional 34,000 employees from Exelon located in Chicago, Baltimore, New Jersey, Delaware, Washington DC, Atlanta, and Texas
- Delivered major releases and VMware patched level to stakeholders on time
- Designed and built cloud service using Microsoft Azure models including Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Software-as-a-Service for six companies
- Successfully deployed XenDesktop feature packages that include use cases, work-flows, requirements and functional specifications for hand off to development team
- Reduced Data Center congestion by installing VMware on Sun Blade servers; this reduces data center cost by 50% saving over the 2-year time frame
- Installed and provided administration support for VMware vRealize Automation, Orchestration, vCloud Automation Suite (vCloud Director, vCloud Connector, vCenter Operations Manager
- Installing and configuring 8 Citrix delivery controllers and NetScaler to support four storefront servers Actively involved in PSM VMware vSphere4/ESX4, Win2003/2008R2 Server deployment in DR environment Installed SAN Storage and providing, Administration, including Zoning, Host Mapping (HBA), LUN (FC/iSCSI) Management, Multipathing, Installing Proprietary Software, Troubleshooting
- Hands on experience with Automation/Scripting tools including vCenter Orchestrator, PowerCLI
- Defined, Implemented, Supported Backup and Data Recovery Strategies using CommVault Sampan, Veeam B & R, Native SQL, Symantec Backup Exec, EMC Replication Manager, Symantec Netbackup, PowerShell Scripts
- Comprehensive understanding of TCP/IP, Networking, Subnets, VLANs, Routing, Switching
- Test and recommend Replication/Backup solutions for VMware, SAN, and Disaster Recovery
- Implemented and Administered XenDesktop 5.6 - 7.14
- Implemented/Administered Configured and Managed Multiple ESXi 5.1- 6.5
- Configured and Managed Multiple XenApp 4.5 - 6.5 Farms with Diverse Deployment Strategies
- Configured Windows (DFS) Distributed File System
- Managed XenServer 6.1 Environment with Virtualized Servers and Desktops
- Administered Windows Active Directory, DHCP and DNS Infrastructure.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer System Technology
The International University of Japan:
JapanSkills
- Virtualization: VMware vSphere 55-67, VMware ESXi, vCenter, vSphere Client, vRealize Operations Manager, VMware vCloud Automation Center Host Profiles, VMware, NSX-T, Horizon View VDI, Vmware update Manager, vMotion, Log Insight, DRS, HA, Storage DRS, vSwitch/dvSwitch networking
- Setup and configured VMware Workspace ONE and Veeam Backup & Replication Suite
- Systems administrator for Linux Systems RedHat/Suse /Ubuntu
- Backup & Recovery: Veeam, CommVault Sampan, Avamar, Symantec Backupexec
- Microsoft Services: AD, DNS, DHCP IIS 70, MOSS/SharePoint, Exchange Server, Microsoft Office
- Server Consolidation/DR: VMWare SRM, EMC Replication Manager, Platespin Recon
- Protocols: FTP, SSH, iSCSI, NFS, HTTP, TCP/IP, FC, SMTP, POP3
- Database: SQL Server 2012/2016, MySQL Server
- Server/Storage Hardware: Cisco UCS, DELL, HP, VCE Vblock, EMC VNX 7500/5500/5300
- Scripting/Automation: PowerCLI, PowerShell, JavaScript, Puppet, ESXCLI, vRO/vRO, AmazonCLI, Google Console
Education Certificates Certifications
- The International University of Japan: Bachelor of Science Computer System Technology (Tokyo)
- IPv6 Introduction Basic and Advance (completed).
- Trained on Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA with Nuclear power plants are thermal power)
- Certified SMARTS Engineer Administrator, Herndon, VA (completed).
- VMware Certified Professional – VCP-DCV510 (Datacenter Virtualization) (pending exam)
- Building Cisco Multilayer Switch KPMG Knowledge Center, McLean, VA (completed).
- HP 9000 System Administration, HP Open View Architect, Redhat RHEL Administration (completed)
- Rackspace Hosting Cloud (Certified)
- ITIL V3 Foundation, currently studying exam (Pending)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate Training, KPMG Training Center; McLean, VA (completed).
- Trained on Cisco UCS, EMC VNX 7500, CCNA-R&S, MS SharePoint, Windows Clustering, SQL Servers, SCOM, SCCM, Cisco Nexus 1000v (completed).
- Trained on (NERC CIP framework with Pepco/ Elelon
Awards
Best Service Award,’ FCC PCS Auction Team for first online action to generate $490 Million. Award of Excellence, U. S. Navy Naval Medical Command “Best Implementation”. Pepco Award for Outstanding service creating the largest remote (VDI) desktop environment.
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IT Projects Consultant
SNMP3 Security
01.2017 - 12.2023
Sr. Citrix / Sr. VMware, VDI Solutions Architect
Pepco Holding
01.2013 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Science - Computer System Technology
The International University of Japan: