NICHOLAS BATE

• Managed team of 8 developers
• Worked directly with CTO and company owners to determine new software strategies and to standardize technology stack
• Worked with external and internal customers to arbitrate and solve product issues as needed
• Worked to develop new customer relationships
• Architected and managed company software development lifecycle and continuous integration strategies

• Worked on all aspects of systems builds for customers, including software & hardware components
• Provided Level 3 support to existing customer installations
• Worked both nationally and internationally as needed
• Implemented wall-to-wall solutions for both data and voice applications, including testing
• Evaluated 3rd Party software and tools, and integrated as necessary
• Created and maintained site documentation to stringent standards

• Built and maintained VMWare MultiSite environment which included over 300 virtual servers
• Built and maintained VDI environment using VMWare Horizon
• Decommissioned over 60 Windows 2003 physical servers and rebuilt as VMs in VMWare
• Introduced Rubrix backup systems and decommissioned previous tape backup system
• Introduced and implemented PureStorage DFS and decommissioned old EMC
• Transitioned from Exchange onsite to hybrid Office 365

• Designed and implemented new Backup solution using Barracuda devices
• Designed and implemented VDI using VMWare Horizon software
• Sole responsibility for the continued support of both
• Sole responsibility for the development and production environments, both physical and virtual hardware and software
• Team Lead of 10 other System Administrators

• Solely responsible for the Rational Clearcase and Clearquest applications, providing developers with support with all problems they face
• Shared responsibility for the HP PerformanceCenter and QualityCenter applications, from user administration to problem resolution
• Responsible for SiteScope management for the servers my applications are on
• Completely split the application in two when the bank split off the Credit Card Processing arm into a separate company
• Went from UNIX/UDB at the Bank to Windows/SQL at the new company
• Performed with complete success
• Responsible for monthly internal audits and bi-yearly Federal audits with regards to SOX compliance

Various Projects (Listed Below)

• Led a team of network professionals in building a PCI-compliant network and moving applications behind it to secure customer credit card data
• Performed daily Project Management tasks
• Provided technical expertise with regards to intrusion detection methodology, plus configuration of both Cisco and Juniper hardware

• Served as an Audit Consultant
• Performed Ethical Hacking of customer’s corporate and wireless networks
• Provided details as to where the network was vulnerable, and methods to fix the vulnerabilities
• Provided information as to what software and hardware levels all the servers were currently set to
• Provided guidelines to help them identify additional methods they could use to strengthen their entire infrastructure prior to them moving office locations

• Served as Configuration Manager
• Ensured that developers followed a strict policy for code management and promotion
• Set up environments for each of the project teams
• Trained developers in Configuration Management methodology and in the use of the Serena VM tool
• Was the only one allowed to promote and deploy code