Experienced Systems Engineer versed in developing solutions for mission-critical needs. Specializes in deploying systems within ongoing operations while causing minimal disruptions. Committed to verifying compatibility, required operational thresholds and budgetary compliance of developed products.
· Managed/Updated/Troubleshooted all things vCenter, resulting in a 15% improvement in system uptime.
· Managed Pure Storage Array and FlashBlade appliances (NFS/SMB) and performed Self-Service Upgrades across Storage Arrays.
· Set up and managed PureStorage vvols within vSphere environment for 100+ virtual machines.
· Developed several PowerShell scripts for automating infrastructure tasks, and maintained a repository with 30+ scripts.
· Utilized automation of vmtools for all windows machines via MECM, managing a total of 70+ machines.
· Utilized team PowerShell modules to standardize scripts for team members.
· Worked as the SME for PKI Administration, resulting in 90% reduction in certificate expiration events.
· Developed a PowerShell script for automating CSR and certificate file creation with .crt and .pfx extension for multiple certificates.
· Built Microsoft cert authority for domain, managing 100+ internal TLS/SSL certificates.
· Managed external certificates via DigiCert for the organization, maintaining a repository of 15+ certificates.
· Utilized ansible for automating tasks across {30} VMware database VM's and ESX hosts.
· Utilized python for security scan of 90+ IPMI addresses.
· Managed backups for 50 Linux filesets, Windows Servers and VMware VM's utilizing Rubrik Backups.
· Utilized Ansible for automation of installing driver software across 90 ESX host devices.
· Utilized PXE boot and Ansible playbooks to configure ESX hosts within vSphere for 45 devices.
· Monitored and set up alerting for devices utilizing LogicMonitor for 100+ devices.
· Installed (Racked)/Updated Server Systems at our Colocation Datacenter sites, managing a total of 90+ devices.
· Performed discovery and sizing of customer environments in order to produce cloud services sales volume results.
· Provided Bill of Materials, supporting the formulation of Sales Orders for cloud service deployments.
· Built multiple Statements of Work for migrating customers into Azure environment for multiple} managed projects.
· Built Visio and/or Lucid Chart diagrams for solution build-outs for customer environments.
· Received Chef Configuration Management Training, including building Chef Client Workstation, Chef Server and associated nodes for bootstrapping.
· Performed design and deployment of managed services and monitoring for 30 customers in the Central Valley.
· Increased network reliability by implementing proactive maintenance for multiple clients.
· Troubleshoot various network issues on 30 client sites remotely and on-prem.
· Discovered and executed sizing of customer environments to build solutions.