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Kevin Campbell

Yorktown,VA

Summary

With a proven track record at Swisslog Logistics, I excel in systems architecture design and technical leadership, driving IT infrastructure transformations and fostering team development. My expertise in cybersecurity and network engineering has significantly enhanced operational efficiencies and security measures, demonstrating a commitment to excellence and innovation.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Principal Systems Engineer

Swisslog Logistics
03.2020 - Current
  • Provided critical skills needed to transfer support of customers’ IT infrastructure from third party vendors to newly formed North American Managed IT Services team (NA-MITS)
  • As the customer base grew, I took ownership of training and developing new team members
  • Maintained relationship with vendors of IT hardware and software license
  • Monitored and reported on deployed environment to ensure contractual obligations are met
  • Architected standard IT solution to run small to medium customers automation environment
  • Design and develop comprehensive IT Architecture solutions that support business requirements and align with organizational goals
  • Evaluate existing IT systems and infrastructure to identify weaknesses and areas for improvement
  • Design quality control and test procedures to ensure the deliverables meet established design and reliability goals
  • Engaged with European counterparts to standardize and document solutions with eventual goal of 'follow the sun support' for our customers
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementations
  • Spearheaded the creation of a formal change control process for NA-MITS

System Architect

Chugach Government Solutions, LLC
07.2019 - 03.2020
  • Supported the development team for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Unclassified Common Operational Picture (UCOP) program
  • Responsible for the designing, building and maintaining the VMware vSphere development environment, including vSwitches, VM templates and servers, as well as all physical aspects of the environment, iSCSI storage, ESXi host, and Dell networking
  • Built out new development environment to support latest release
  • Worked with Government and third-party support companies to repair failed hardware
  • Upgraded Main-test suite from VMware 6.0 to 6.7
  • Updated or created system installation guide and other necessary documentation
  • Ensured environment meets Government security guidelines for production use

System Architect

Chugach Government Solutions, LLC
10.2016 - 10.2019
  • Established a Data Center Information Management (DCIM) solution to NSA/CSS, with access provided to the end user as a software as a service (SaaS)
  • Responsible for building the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment on a pair of Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor clusters (AHV) as well as all guests operating systems
  • Present the iTRACS application as a service running on Citrix XenDesktop
  • Utilizing Citrix Netscaler VPX to provide secure access to the environment
  • Maintain the technical currency of the environment by establishing WSUS servers for patching Microsoft Operating Systems and SQL servers
  • Following vendors guidelines, the Nutanix hypervisors and Citrix solutions are kept up to current levels
  • Secure and maintain Windows servers using the latest STIG guidance

System Administrator

Chugach Government Solutions, LLC
12.2017 - 05.2019
  • Visit several sites in Alaska as part of the Rescue 21 initiative to document hardware and trace out connections
  • Recreated customer provided drawings from PDF format to Visio so they can be edited in the future
  • Perform bandwidth analysis on hub links and make recommendations on ways to improve utilization
  • Created network proposal utilizing an IP solution to replace the current CDMA network

System Architect

Chugach Government Solutions, LLC
12.2015 - 10.2016
  • Supported the development team for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Unclassified Common Operational Picture (UCOP) program
  • Responsible for the designing, building and maintaining the VMware vSphere development environment, including vSwitches, VM templates and servers, as well as all physical aspects of the environment, iSCSI storage, ESXi host, and Dell networking
  • Re-designed current single site development environment into a new multi-site configuration, which enables the team to meet the requirements in the statement of work with minimal capital investment
  • Create documentation detailing hardware and software installation as well as graphical representations of hardware environment used in troubleshooting network performance and data flow problems
  • Collaborate with Coast Guard Administrators to make changes to CG Network

IT Operations Director

Perfect Commerce
07.2007 - 12.2015
  • Oversaw global IT Operations, including management of the network infrastructure, telephone systems, datacenter operations, and desktop support
  • Responsible for supervising cloud, co-located and fully managed datacenters located in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States
  • Ensured availability of production systems based on SLA agreements with internal and external clients
  • Lead the architecture, implementation and maintenance of enterprise data center solution utilizing VMware, Cisco UCS, ECM VNX storage arrays
  • Established a business continuity plan by designing a warm DR site utilizing EMC Recover Point, VNX replicator and VMware Site Recovery manager
  • Managed the teams responsible for infrastructure change management process including the scheduling and testing of hardware updates, OS service pack, COTS and internally developed software upgrade as it progressed from the development up to the production environments
  • Managed relationships with third party vendors and partners to ensure efficient use of budget in procurement of IT infrastructure and maintaining software license compliance
  • Joined department heads when meeting with customers to present solutions to ensure objectives specified in RFP are met and security concerns were addressed
  • Managed multiple projects to improve the IT infrastructure and efficiency of the organization including consolidating datacenters as the company grew through M&A activities
  • Established and oversaw security policy and enforcement

Information Technology Director

ComServe Corporation
03.2001 - 07.2007

Systems Engineer/Team Lead

Electronic Systems Inc.
01.1999 - 03.2001

Network Technician/Network Administrator

York County School Division
08.1997 - 01.1999

Skills

  • Systems architecture design
  • Technical leadership
  • Requirements analysis
  • Network engineering
  • Cybersecurity expertise

Certifications Awards

  • VMware VCP
  • CompTIA Security +
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
  • Certified Cisco Network Administrator
  • Commander’s Award for Public Service from the US Army

Qualifications Summary

Over a decade in IT Management, including personnel leadership, budget preparation, vendor relationships and planning, and operation of enterprise datacenters. Almost 30 years of system administration and operational leadership experience.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Principal Systems Engineer

Swisslog Logistics
03.2020 - Current

System Architect

Chugach Government Solutions, LLC
07.2019 - 03.2020

System Administrator

Chugach Government Solutions, LLC
12.2017 - 05.2019

System Architect

Chugach Government Solutions, LLC
10.2016 - 10.2019

System Architect

Chugach Government Solutions, LLC
12.2015 - 10.2016

IT Operations Director

Perfect Commerce
07.2007 - 12.2015

Information Technology Director

ComServe Corporation
03.2001 - 07.2007

Systems Engineer/Team Lead

Electronic Systems Inc.
01.1999 - 03.2001

Network Technician/Network Administrator

York County School Division
08.1997 - 01.1999

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