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Jesse Newell

Enterprise IT System Engineer
Thornton,CO

Summary

Offering a solid background based on advanced formal training and ten years of experience in Information Technology, demonstrating superior personal initiative, technical expertise, network performance, management creativity, and consistent performance success.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Promotion: 3rd Level PowerShell Engineer

DB Schenker
Lakewood, Colorado
05.2020 - Current
  • Promoted to 3rd Level PowerShell Engineer; responsible for creating autonomous solutions.
  • Pioneered the use of Azure DevOps, leading the creation of an agile development cycle to deliver custom PowerShell modules that were delivered to 60 IT colleagues improving efficiency and automation.
  • Maintained Azure Pipelines using YAML build files and ensured deployment scripts ran smoothly allowing a CI/CD process for PowerShell modules.
  • Ensured version control and branch management using Azure Repositories and git.
  • Designed a process to download corrupt PST files from Azure Storage using PowerShell then automatically repairing the files before re-uploading back to Azure Storage.
  • Creation of several Azure Automation Runbooks using Microsoft GRAPH API and PowerShell to automate policies for over 60000 users. Reducing overhead for on-boarding new users and enforcing company policy.
  • Streamlined report creation into PowerBI with PowerShell and Azure Runbooks. Allowing management to quickly see the health and status of a large, complex, global tenant.

System Engineer

DB Schenker
Lakewood, Colorado
08.2018 - 05.2021
  • Provide 2nd level support for a large-scale enterprise environment for all issues relating to Office 365, Exchange Online, and Azure Active Directory, SharePoint, Teams, and Intune.
  • Experience with Service Now, providing timely support in a 24x7 follow the sun model environment.
  • Successfully migrated 7000 users and devices in North and South America to Azure and Office 365 as part of a Global Workplace environment initiative.
  • Project Manager for a team of 25 System Engineers to migrate over 50000 user's local PST archives to the cloud. Ensuring company data was not at the risk of loss by migrating PSTs to the user's Online Archive.
  • Developed custom Windows Applications to support PST migrations using REST API, PowerShell, and C#. This automated information gathering for engineers to present results in a clear way, increasing the efficiency of the migration process.
  • One of 50 nominated to join the Digital Boostcamp workshop in Belgrade, Serbia, to explore ways to create more efficient systems utilizing Teams and Office 365 resources for the benefit of the entire company.

IT Support / System Administrator

KAHUNA USA, LLC
Westminster, Colorado
07.2017 - 08.2018
  • Direct administration of 30+ Windows 2008/2012/2016 Servers (Physical and Virtual), 150 Windows 7 & 10 workstations and 120 users.
  • Successfully identified several common tasks requiring multiple man-days per month to complete due to complexity and frequency. Developed a series of PowerShell and VBS scripts reducing the activity to less than 1 hour per month.
  • Expertise in Microsoft Deployment Tool in conjunction with Windows Deployment Service to manage and create images for deployments of enterprise computers and software. Reducing time required in creating new machines and increasing uniformity across the business platform.
  • Deploys, configures and maintains network infrastructure including: Brocade ICX 7250 / VDX 6740, Dell 5400 series switches, and Aruba wireless access points.
  • Development of network management tools to automate deployment of 40 separate software packages and multi-user Active Directory attribute changes. Reducing time required for users to attain needed software products and minimizing interruptions to business functions.
  • Creation of automated server tools including Virtual NIC status and CPU alerts using a combination of Virtual Basic and PowerShell allowing quick fault isolation and troubleshooting. This attributed to increasing network uptime to 99.95%.

Information Technician

U.S. Navy
Virginia Beach, Virginia
07.2010 - 12.2016
  • Trained and supervised two IT associates and managed all information system assets and SIPRnet/NIPRnet message traffic for a squadron of 14 F/A-18 SuperHornet jet fighter-bombers and approximately 280 personnel.
  • While attached to Carrier Air Wing Three ADP Department, consistently sought out by name to troubleshoot computing issues for 1500+ user accounts and 540+ NIPR/SIPR machines. Gained reputation as the “go-to” technical expert.
  • Successfully completed a 16-week training program to certify as a U.S. Navy System Administrator (4/13-9/13).

Education

B.S - Computer Science

Regent University
01.2016 - Current

A.S - Social Science

Tidewater Community College
05.2014 - 05.2016

Skills

Virtualization: VMware ESXi, HyperV, Azure, pfSense

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Timeline

Promotion: 3rd Level PowerShell Engineer

DB Schenker
05.2020 - Current

System Engineer

DB Schenker
08.2018 - 05.2021

IT Support / System Administrator

KAHUNA USA, LLC
07.2017 - 08.2018

B.S - Computer Science

Regent University
01.2016 - Current

A.S - Social Science

Tidewater Community College
05.2014 - 05.2016

Information Technician

U.S. Navy
07.2010 - 12.2016
Jesse NewellEnterprise IT System Engineer