Resume of VMware and Linux Engineer

Title
VMware and Linux Engineer

Primary Skills
VMware, Linux, Windows, RHCE

Location
US-FL-Orlando

Posted
Aug-08-07

Relevant Experience


IBM Global Services / Walt Disney Company; Windows and Linux Intel Systems Specialist, 11/2006-5/2007, Lake Buena Vista, FL

As a part of the IBM Global Services team assigned to the Walt Disney World® account, I am directly responsible for the Windows and Linux server infrastructure implementation and support for the Walt Disney Corporate network consisting of over 1700+ Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SuSE Enterprise Linux based Intel servers. I am also involved in the daily maintenance and implementation of numerous VMWare ESX virtual machines (2.5.x and 3.0).


Network Construx LLC; Owner & Sr. Engineer, 7/2004-present, Orlando, FL

As the President and Sr. Engineer of Network Construx, a regional solutions provider and VAR, I manage the day-to-day operations and client engagements of the company. We provide information technology services to small and mid-sized clients throughout the Central and Southwest Florida markets. Some of the various services we provide include:

Windows© Server 2003 and Windows© Small Business Server 2003 implementations
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Linux implementations and Linux-Windows integrations
Linux-based Virtualization implementations such as VMWare and Xen.

Independent Contractor; 8/2001-5/2004, Pittsburgh, PA

Provided Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Linux consulting to various small businesses in the Greater Pittsburgh area on short-term contract basis.

Crown Castle International; Systems Engineer, 2/2000-7/2001, Canonsburg, PA

Project Lead for global corporate Antivirus and E-mail architecture design.
Project Lead/Sr. Engineer for Citrix Metaframe 1.8 & Artemis Project Management Software for over 200+ users Engineered, implemented and supported the entire corporate NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 LAN/WAN infrastructure composed of over 5000+ users in 3 countries.
Exceptionally skilled with Microsoft Windows network design and support and Exchange 5.5/2000 implementation and disaster recovery.
Fully experienced in the daily operations of a truly global corporate data center (200+ servers, 24/7 uptime, disaster recovery)

Inacom, Inc.; Sr. Systems Engineer / Consultant, 9/1998-1/2000, Pittsburgh, PA

I personally consulted for some of the largest financial and service related corporations in the Pittsburgh area including Alcoa, Mellon Bank, PNC Bank, Respironics, and Intermedia. Significant experience was gained with both the implementation and support of Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server and Workstation as well as LAN/WAN implementation & support.

Provided operating systems rollouts/installs, special project implementations, and Level 3 support for mission-critical servers.

Provided on-site training and knowledge transfer to clients on project implementations and software packages.

Installed and configured numerous remote office WAN installs utilizing Cisco routers.


UPMC Health System; Consultant I /PC Support, 9/1997-9/1998 Pittsburgh, PA

Provided daily end-user and executive level desktop support for the numerous affiliated hospitals, physicians, and executive management personnel of the largest health care organization in Pennsylvania with 10,000+ nodes.

Significant experience in a heterogeneous Windows and Novell based LAN/WAN utilizing the entire Windows family of operating systems (Workgroups 3.11, NT 3.51, NT 4.0, 98, 95, DOS)

Worked as part of a vital team to provide the critical support necessary for the day-to-day needs of the health care staff.

Fully experienced in customer service, having interacted with all levels of staff, from nurses to surgeons to executive level directors.

Cattron, Inc. ; Electronics Technician, 1/1995-5/1996, Sharpsville, PA

Provided electronics troubleshooting and PC-board quality assurance for RF-based industrial remote controls. Gained experience in the operations of an electronics based industry as well as electronics design and fabrication principles


Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Combined Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio. Majors in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. 1995


Technical Certifications

RHCE Red Hat© Certified Engineer, RHEL 4.0 Cert. # 804006270222828
LPIC-1 Linux Professional Institute Certified Level 1 # LPI000106556 Click to verify
LPIC-2 Linux Professional Institute Certified Level 2 # LPI000106556 Click to verify
CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate (2000-present)
MCSE Microsoft© Certified Systems Engineer NT4 (1999-present)
MCP Microsoft© Certified Professional (1998-present)


Software Skills

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server and Workstation, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 , Windows XP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS,ES
Red Hat Linux 7.3,9.0
Fedora Core 2,3,4,5 , Ubuntu Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, 10
Embedded Linux development (XScale, PPC, x86)
Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP
Microsoft Office 2000/XP/2003
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003
Citrix Metaframe 1.8/XP and Presentation Server 3.0
Active Directory
Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5/2000/2003
Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005
Microsoft Windows Terminal Services
VMWare Virtual Server ESX
C, C++, XHTML, DHTML, XML, JavaScript, OpenGL, Mesa
Bash, Perl, misc. shell scripting


Hardware Skills

Cisco routers and switches (2500/3600/7000/6509)
Cisco Aironet 1300 and 1500 Series Wireless Mesh access points
Cisco 4400 Series Wireless LAN Controller
Cisco Catalyst Switch family
Cisco PIX v.7.0
SonicWall, Checkpoint, and FortiGate firewalls
Hp/Compaq Proliant Servers -- all models
Dell PowerEdge Series Servers -- all models
IBM eSeries x-server Family -- all models


Certifications
RHCE
MCSE
LPIC-1
LPIC-2
CCNA


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