Paul Frontera
Brooklyn
Summary
Seeking a position where my extensive experience as an infrastructure manager and engineer will help the overall goals and success for a company.
Infrastructure manager and Cloud engineer with over 20 years’ experience in technology. Areas of expertise include Windows servers, Hypervisor Technologies, Directory Administration, and Cloud administration with certifications in Azure and AWS.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Cloud Engineer
Interpublic Group/McCann Worldgroup
01.2020 - Current
- Manage the on-premises and Cloud infrastructure for McCann WorldGroup headquarters in New York City.
- Responsibilities include VMWare administration, Hyper-V administration, SAN technology, Network switches, backup and disaster recovery solutions.
- Implemented and zoned storage using Pure SAN and Brocade switches.
- Configured networking for Servers using Dell Network Switches.
- Migrating on-premises infrastructure into Azure.
- Provided infrastructure solutions to offices in North America and Latin America.
- Manage and administer Google Workspace.
- Performed the migration of VMWare VMs to Hyper-V.
- Configured Failover Clustering for Hyper-V.
- Perform annual and semi-annual controls for IT compliance.
- Project lead to migrate data from Twinstrata cloud gateway to Tiger Bridge Cloud Gateway.
Windows Server and VMWare Engineer
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
04.2010 - 01.2020
- Managed the VMWare infrastructure which included designing, installing, and configuring ESXi.
- Built servers for various workloads including, but not limited to SQL, IIS, Exchange, Applications, Printers.
- Used PowerShell to maximize administrative duties.
- Migrated infrastructure between datacenters in New York City.
- Worked on various projects collaborating with different technology teams to success.
- Worked on Active Directory to create domains, administer DNS, Sites and Services, as well as Users and Computers.
Senior Trade Floor Desktop Support Manager
CIBC World Markets
03.1999 - 08.2008
- Provided level 2 support for all Retail, Trading, and non-Trading lines of business which included deploying new desktops, operating systems, and application support.
- Contributed subject matter expertise for applications critical to the daily functions of all lines of businesses which included traveling to branch offices to setup them up and de-commission.
- Worked closely with different groups in technology to implement and/or resolve any issues that may have happened.
- Supervised 8 people, including one person in San Francisco where tasks were schedules were managed, and tasks were assigned on a daily basis.
- Was involved in the successful migration of technology systems from CIBC World Markets businesses to Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
- Managed several projects consisting of different criteria with various technology teams. Project included Desktop rollouts as well as Market Data application rollouts to the Trading Floor.
Education
BOS - Business Management for Technology
DeVry University
01.2017
AOS - Computer Technology
TECHNICAL CAREER INSTITUTES
01.1998
Skills
- Server Hardware
- Windows Operating Systems
- VMWare
- Cloud Technologies
- SAN Hardware
- Backup and Restore
- Scripting languages
- On-Premises Migrations
- Disaster recovery planning
- Data migration
- Monitoring tools
- Design
Websites
Certification
- Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate, 05/23
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, 05/18
Timeline
Senior Cloud Engineer
Interpublic Group/McCann Worldgroup
01.2020 - Current
Windows Server and VMWare Engineer
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
04.2010 - 01.2020
Senior Trade Floor Desktop Support Manager
CIBC World Markets
03.1999 - 08.2008
AOS - Computer Technology
TECHNICAL CAREER INSTITUTES
BOS - Business Management for Technology
DeVry University
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