Jay Holcomb
Green Cove Springs,FL
Summary
Systems Engineer with 20+ years of experience in Enterprise Server Infrastructures. Specializing in Virtualization, Enterprise Storage, Disaster Recovery, and Cloud integration. Proven record in leading large-scale migrations, multi-site infrastructures, storage optimization, and disaster recovery readiness for environments. Supporting thousands of servers and 100k+ end-users. Recognized for improving infrastructure reliability, modernizing backups, and delivering resilient, and scalable solutions through effective collaboration.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Systems Engineer
Point Broadband Fiber
01.2022 - 04.2025
- Sole Systems Engineer overseeing enterprise-wide infrastructure and integrations across multiple acquisitions.
- Managed over 2,000 VMs (Linux/Win), multiple hosts and clusters across 4 vCenters.
- Oversaw infrastructure supporting 112,000 ISP subscribers.
- Led migrations of acquired companies into Point Broadband infrastructure with minimal downtime.
- Administered the VxRail vSAN environment across Production and Non-Production workloads. (12 hyperconverged hosts)
- Improved backup reliability by 100% through the implementation of air-gapped and immutable backups. Through the use of Veeam Backup solutions across multiple environments.
- Executed VMware upgrades and monitored for CVE reports. Maintaining positive security posture. Upgraded VxRail with VxVerify and vCenter for the hyperconverged infrastructure.
- Designed and implemented the Equinix Datacenter topology, including rack/stack, cable management, reorganization, and cage acquisitions. This required a lot of travel.
- Working with vendors to retrieve quotes, conduct purchases, and manage licensing.
Infrastructure Administrator III
Grainger LLC
01.2020 - 12.2021
- Administered 5,000 VMs and 400+ physical blades across multiple clusters within VMware and Nutanix infrastructures.
- Supported UCS and HP hardware (Gen7–Gen10, C3000/C7000 chassis)
- Managed AWS workloads alongside on-prem virtualization.
- Implemented patch management using SolarWinds and WSUS. VMware priority patching in the lab environment for newly published CVEs.
- Led the DR Team during the annual Site Recovery Manager (SRM) test. Validating thousands of VMs and applications in a controlled two-day failover exercise to ensure full disaster recovery readiness.
- Improved infrastructure reliability through incident response, bridges, and root-cause analysis.
Consultant
Holcomb Consulting
09.2015 - 12.2019
- Provided remote IT work for a Media/Storage Solutions company.
- VMware Administration, O365/Exchange support, Active Directory, and DNS Management.
- Implemented server patching via WSUS.
- Managed storage upgrades, backups, and server break/fix for client infrastructures.
System Administrator
Service Experts
10.2014 - 09.2015
- Administered VMware, Cisco UCS Servers, Dell EMC, MS Exchange, Patching, Active Directory, Windows DNS, Application Management
System Administrator
Imperial Management
10.2013 - 08.2014
- Administered VMware v5, Storage, Backups, Active Directory, O365, Patching, Break/Fix
System Administrator
Genpact LLC
09.2012 - 10.2013
Administered Active Directory, MS Exchange, Server Management, Group Policy Editor, and Patching.
System Administrator
ITT Exelis
01.2009 - 12.2012
- Administered Classified/Unclassified DoD Networks (NIPR,SIPR,CITRX) servers, Active Directory, Group Policy, MS Exchange, SCCM, Patching, VMware v4
Education
Intune (MDM/MAM) -
Udemy
Jacksonville, FL02.2025
CompTIA A+, Security+, Server+ -
Prometrics Testing Facility
Dallas, TX06.2011
High School Diploma -
Marshwood High School
South Berwick, ME05-2001
Skills
- Virtualization: VMware v4–v8, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Proxmox
- Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure, AWS
- Known Systems: Windows Server 2003–2022; Linux – RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu; VMware Proton
- Infrastructure: Cisco UCS, HP ProLiant, Dell, SuperMicro
- Enterprise Storage: Dell EMC & Unity, VxRail vSAN, Synology, iXsystems TruNAS, NAS
- Tools and Applications: vSphere, ESXi, vSphere CLI, vCenter, vMotion, DRS, High Availability, NSX, Site Recovery Manager (SRM Appliance), Nutanix AHV, Nutanix Prism, Bash, PowerShell, MS Office 365, Active Directory, Group Policy, DHCP, DNS, SSL/TLS, f5 BigIP (DNS/VPN), BlueCat, Fortinet VPN, Veeam Backup, Avamar, Okta, Docker, SolarWinds, CrowdStrike, Zabbix, WSUS, Ansible, CMDB, TCP/IP, iLO, iDRAC
- Collaboration & ITSM: ServiceNow, Confluence, Teams, Slack, WebEx, Zoom
- Methodologies: ITIL, Agile, Project Management
- Soft Skills: Communication, Leadership, Analytical Thinking, Problem-Solving, Troubleshooting
U.S. Navy – Honorable Discharge (2001 – 2009)
AME2 / EA-6B, F-14, F-18 A-C
Timeline
Systems Engineer
Point Broadband Fiber
01.2022 - 04.2025
Infrastructure Administrator III
Grainger LLC
01.2020 - 12.2021
Consultant
Holcomb Consulting
09.2015 - 12.2019
System Administrator
Service Experts
10.2014 - 09.2015
System Administrator
Imperial Management
10.2013 - 08.2014
System Administrator
Genpact LLC
09.2012 - 10.2013
System Administrator
ITT Exelis
01.2009 - 12.2012
Intune (MDM/MAM) -
Udemy
CompTIA A+, Security+, Server+ -
Prometrics Testing Facility
High School Diploma -
Marshwood High School