Lead Network Engineer (Hosting)

• 2013 - Present

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

• 2012 - 2013

• Architecting changes to infrastructure, improving uptime and scalability. • Day to day management of multiple virtual infrastructures and physical infrastructure. • Leveraged cloud infrastructure to expand capacity during peak usage and build out scalability. • Contributed code and scripts to the company’s “Operations Manager” product. • Architecting changes to infrastructure, improving uptime and scalability. • Day to day management of multiple virtual infrastructures and physical infrastructure. • Leveraged cloud infrastructure to expand capacity during peak usage and build out scalability. • Contributed code and scripts to the company’s “Operations Manager” product.

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

• 2008 - 2012

• Lead a small team in the day to day management of Storage, Virtualization, Network Security, Database, and Custom Services, for client-facing application, hosted in multiple datacenters. • Architecting new systems and changes to existing systems, I was able to achieve a higher quality of service at lower cost through virtualization. • Designed and implemented additional datacenter environment to meet needs of International clients. • Moved company to SPLA licensing model, allowing more flexibility to client operations, reducing cost. • Improved server build process by implementing standard build practices and implementing scripts. • Architected upgrades to existing network and storage infrastructure for several parts of the company, providing increased productivity. • Championed changes to application architecture, allowing high availability and increased security. • Mentoring and cross training team members, providing cross coverage, and increasing ability to meet client-hosting needs. Show less

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

• 2008 - 2012

See Above; Wolters Kluwer Sold this portion of the business to AccessData in 2010 See Above; Wolters Kluwer Sold this portion of the business to AccessData in 2010

Senior Systems Engineer

• 2007 - 2008

• Architected mobile demonstration of company offering to be used by marketing department for trade shows and for on-sight demonstration. • Created training course for NOC members to certify their ability to work with the network management systems used by the company. • Augmented off the shelf software to meet company needs to monitor specialized equipment. • Improved server build process by implementing standard build practices and implementing scripts. • Handled day to day management of Server infrastructure, Network Security, and Storage Show less

Network Manager

• 2002 - 2007

• Architected solutions customized to individual client needs as described during meetings with the clients in person and on the phone. • Leading a team of three to manage diverse sets of client-facing environments, both in-house and collocated at datacenters. • Handled pre-sales technical questions raised by prospects for sales team, and provided presentations to these prospects of proposed solutions as necessary. • Stream-lined service offerings by removing road-blocks to implementation, such as the need to know client IP ranges, through insights on how to surmount these obstacles. • Designed and implemented major changes to custom application architecture, reducing hosting costs and increasing application reliability, performance, and security. • Architected security infrastructure to incorporate the use of RSA keys to use network resources. • Day to day design and management of Data storage, Virtualization, Database, and Networks Security Architectures to meet differing client needs. • Post-Sales implementation, documentation, and improvement of client solutions. Show less

Westchester Operation IT Consultant

• Aug 2001 - Jun 2002

Handled Day to Day, Network and Server administration, and user issues. Handled Day to Day, Network and Server administration, and user issues.