Demonstrative Infrastructure Manager with extensive understanding of disaster recovery, business continuity and virtualization. Enthusiastic professional tasked with overseeing administration of user accounts.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Infrastructure Manager
Elliott Davis
06.2018 - Current
Direct supervisor to 3-4 staff managing 9 locations and 2 data centers
Project manager and lead technical supervisor for multiple projects including Data center relocation and hardware replacement, office relocations, migration to Office 365, Teams phone system, conversion from Hyper V to VMware, and multiple others
Manage all aspects of infrastructure including firewalls, network, SDWan, hyper-converged hardware and SAN
Management team lead for multiple projects outside of Infrastructure.
Senior Systems Administrator
Elliott Davis
02.2015 - 06.2018
Responsible for infrastructure for 15 offices including servers, network, and firewalls
Team lead for office moves and up-fits
Daily management of 250+ servers
Primary leader of DR and backup strategy and maintenance
Network administrator for layer 2 and layer 3 configurations.
IT Operations Engineer
Volkswagen of America
03.2014 - 02.2015
Project manager for upgrading VMware environment to the most current version
Project manager for several new software deployments
Team member of the Ops team assisting with daily troubleshooting issues throughout facility
Responsible for deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting all office servers
Assisted networking team with Nortel network equipment
Main project lead for both production and disaster recovery data center rebuilds.
Senior Systems Administrator
Environmental Solutions Group
01.2013 - 03.2014
Senior administrator for company's data centers in 7 location utilizing Dell and HP servers, EMC and NetApp SAN Storage, and Cisco network appliances
Responsible for deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting approximately 275 servers
Project manager for deployment of enterprise wide VMware View system designed for manufacturing facilities
Maintain Riverbed WAN optimization equipment
Project manager for rebuilding the primary data center in Chattanooga and migrating servers from Fort Payne data center
Responsible for major systems such as JDEdwards OneWorld, Exchange, Engineering Pro-E, SigmaNest, Sharepoint, and many more
Maintain major Cisco network environment for each location including Cisco Nexus 5000, 2960, 3560, 3560X, and 6400 Core switches
Deploy standards for Group Policy with each location, department, and job role
Continue responsibilities as Network Administrator.
Network Administrator
Environmental Solutions Group
10.2011 - 12.2012
Assist team with administration of 150+ servers throughout 5 locations
Help desk for over 500+ users and over 500 computers
Active Directory management
Exchange email system maintenance using GUI and Powershell
Primary team member responsible for Shoretel VoIP for entire company
Daily backups using Symantec Backup Exec to tape
Maintaining and deploying servers under virtualization using VMware
Installation and maintenance of Cisco switches over multiple VLANs.
IT Administrator
City of Columbus
02.2006 - 07.2011
Responsible for forecasting, creating, and maintaining $500,000 budget per year
Supervisor of IT staff
Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining approximately 12 servers running different OS such as Server 2000, 2003, and 2008, and Linux
Deployed, upgraded, and maintained Active Directory
Experience with HTML and web design
Experience with multiple instances of SQL driven software packages
Installation and maintaining Cisco switches over multiple VLANs
Planning, ordering, configuring, and installation of VOIP phone system throughout city
Research, purchasing, setup, and installation of many different software packages for multiple departments
Help desk for approximately 100+ users
Fiber Backbone design linking all facilities into one integrated network
Many different projects meant to improve the overall user productivity throughout the city
Deploying VMWare datacenter to centralize all facilities into one datacenter.
Patrolman/Office Manager/Investigator
City of Columbus
01.2002 - 01.2006
Certified Police Officer with State of Mississippi
SWAT Team member
Certified Motorcycle patrolman
Certified Computer Forensic Examiner
Responsible for the supervision of approximately 6 personnel of Administration
Handle all Information Technology issues for the Police Department
Conducted quarterly inventory on all department equipment
Processed all paperwork for ordering of equipment on a $300,000+ budget
Patrolled assigned area on days and night shift.
Education
Associates in Business -
East Mississippi Community College
Columbus, MS
05.2008
B.S. in Business Administration / Management of Information Systems -
Mississippi University For Women
Columbus, MS
05.2011
Skills
IT infrastructure
IT project management
Staff Oversight
Infrastructure Planning
IT Infrastructure Proficiency
Budget Administration
Project Leadership
Business Continuity
System Integration
Data Center Management
Capacity Planning
Virtualization Technologies
Cloud Computing
Backup and Recovery
Network Architecture
Personal Information
Title: Infrastructure Manager
Timeline
Infrastructure Manager
Elliott Davis
06.2018 - Current
Senior Systems Administrator
Elliott Davis
02.2015 - 06.2018
IT Operations Engineer
Volkswagen of America
03.2014 - 02.2015
Senior Systems Administrator
Environmental Solutions Group
01.2013 - 03.2014
Network Administrator
Environmental Solutions Group
10.2011 - 12.2012
IT Administrator
City of Columbus
02.2006 - 07.2011
Patrolman/Office Manager/Investigator
City of Columbus
01.2002 - 01.2006
Associates in Business -
East Mississippi Community College
B.S. in Business Administration / Management of Information Systems -
Mississippi University For Women
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