Sara Hazle
Georgia
Summary
Former Linux System Administrator with over 8 years of experience in Linux and VMWare administration. Strong coordination and communication skills, which proved effective in supporting a team internally and working with other operation teams to provide technical solutions and customer satisfaction. These skills transferred through the transition as an administrative professional, dedicated to cultivating positive client, staff, and management connections. Strengths include strong multitasking skills, good organization, and a dedication to accomplishing the tasks at hand.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Admissions and Administration Assistant Manager
Exceptional Learning and Arts Academy
09.2022 - Current
- Establishes and maintains communication with prospective clients and provides guidance thru the enrollment process
- Has directly supported enrollment process for over 200 students since August 2022
- Assists in the implementation of academic activities, both virtual and in-person
- Has successfully aided in coordinating 3 in-person field trips, 2 in-person graduation ceremonies, and more than 30 virtual school-wide activities
- Manages Student Information System via the Gradelink application
- Maintains school roster including enrolling new students, creating and populating classes, working with teachers to enter assignment information, overseeing and publishing report cards, and generating and providing transcripts as needed
- Provides technical support for the Microsoft 365 applications utilized by entire staff and student body
- Creates and assigns email addresses, creates and manages Teams for each classroom, and creates policies for Teams, OneDrive, and Active Directory in support of the business
- Answers phone calls, emails, and text messages from current and prospective clients in a timely manner
- Supportes teachers and students in the classroom with technical or disciplinary matters.
ESL Consultant
Cambly
12.2021 - Current
- Connects with both novice and advanced students to help improve knowledge and techniques
- Provides a comfortable and reassuring environment for building confidence in conversational English while tactfully providing correction and adjustments in grammar and pronunciation.
Physical Education/ Health Teacher
Exceptional Learning and Arts Academy
09.2022 - 06.2023
- Prepared for and taught physical education and health to students ages 10-17 in a virtual environment
- Promoted developing healthy habits for youths and their families
- Complied with state standards for physical fitness benchmarks and exercise programs
- Assessed student comprehension through regular assignments, quizzes, and activities.
High School Teacher
Best Life Ever Academy
09.2021 - 06.2022
- Prepared for and taught the following three elective courses for high school students: Introduction to Coding; Workforce Readiness/ Life Planning; Creative Writing
- Educated students on the core principles of computer programming and helped them attain an understanding of object-oriented design and Javascript
- Built life-long learning skills and habits to prepare students for continued education or for entering the workforce, while managing life goals
- Maintained classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate for maturity and interests of students
- Monitored student growth and academic process.
ESL Consultant
TutorABC
12.2016 - 08.2021
- Taught lessons encompassing a range of skill-building activities for speaking, writing, reading, and listening
- Provided one-on-one and group instruction for non-English speaking students within virtual classroom settings.
Linux System Administrator
Freddie Mac
Reston, VA
08.2007 - 07.2015
- Managed, configured, and supported nearly 2000 SuSE and Red Hat Linux physical and virtual servers running primarily on HP Blade physical servers and built on VMWare ESX hosts
- Provided post-delivery support to multiple high priority applications and served as the preferred point of contact for many of these applications
- Worked with multiple technical and project teams to complete the migration of tools and technologies from physical servers to virtual servers to streamline our environment and keep it up to date
- Provided primary and secondary 24/7 on-call support for our complete Unix-based infrastructure of over 3000+ Linux, Solaris, and AIX physical and virtual servers on a rotation basis with other team members.
Business Technology Associate
Freddie Mac
McLean, VA
07.2006 - 08.2007
- Participated in a year-long training program to understand the company's project life system; worked with multiple teams including change management, environment delivery, information security, and system administration
- Selected as lead speaker and guest panelist for several different corporate college hire program events.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA05.2006
Skills
- Linux System Administration
- VMWare Administration
- Coordination
- Communication
- Technical Solutions
- Customer Satisfaction
- Operating Systems
- Red Hat Linux
- IT Tools
- VMWare
- Red Hat Satellite
- Microsoft Entra
- Microsoft Teams
- Education Applications
- Gradelink Student Information Systems Administration
- IXL Administration
- IT Applications
Timeline
Admissions and Administration Assistant Manager
Exceptional Learning and Arts Academy
09.2022 - Current
Physical Education/ Health Teacher
Exceptional Learning and Arts Academy
09.2022 - 06.2023
ESL Consultant
Cambly
12.2021 - Current
High School Teacher
Best Life Ever Academy
09.2021 - 06.2022
ESL Consultant
TutorABC
12.2016 - 08.2021
Linux System Administrator
Freddie Mac
08.2007 - 07.2015
Business Technology Associate
Freddie Mac
07.2006 - 08.2007
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Spelman College
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