Chris Ervin

Sr. Network Engineer at Greater Seattle Area
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Credentials

  • CCIE Data Center
    Cisco
    May, 2014
    - Oct, 2024
  • CCNP Routing and Switching
    Cisco
  • MCITP Database Administrator
    Microsoft
  • MCITP Enterprise Administrator
    Microsoft

Experience

  • Greater Seattle Area
    • Graphic Design
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sr. Network Engineer
      • Nov 2014 - Present

       Architecture and Design for network, security, storage, and compute for small to Fortune 100 size customers.  Leading customers through architecture, design, and implementations for business critical projects with complex requirements via time spent with customer in-house architects, workshops, SME engagements, etc.  Engineering and project planning for successful design and implementation of projects for customers while providing lowest possible impact scenarios.  Engineering leadership and facilitation for complex business critical projects involving coordination of internal SME resources in key IT verticals (cloud, big data, voice/collaboration, etc.).  Documentation creation and engineering leadership for Statement of Work, Level of Effort, Bill of Materials, and As-Built.  Consulting based assessments of existing IT environments leading to creation of road-map and prioritized recommended change list documentation.  Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, IOS-XR, Aironet, Meraki, ASA, UCS and Nexus design and implementation.  F5 LTM design and implementation.  Palo Alto design and implementation.  Splunk design and implementation.  Aruba wireless design and implementation. Show less

  • Microsoft
    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • IT Service Ops II
      • Dec 2013 - Nov 2014

       Lead engineer for one of the largest UCS environments at Microsoft.  Lead engineer for Nexus switching across 7 or more data centers globally.  Cisco and Juniper router network management.  NetApp, EMC, Compellent, and HP NAS/SAN storage management.  Large scale Hyper-V design and deployment across 7 or more data centers globally.  F5 hardware and VM deployment and support.  Large scale SCVMM environment deployment and support.  Hyper-V network virtualization through SCVMM.  PowerShell automation for UCS, virtualization infrastructure, and virtual machine deployments used for Microsoft training classroom environments.  Custom production application support including large infrastructure and SQL/IIS. Show less

  • Wimmer Solutions, on assignment to Watermark Estate Management Services, LLC
    • Systems Engineer
      • Mar 2011 - Dec 2013

       NetApp SAN Enterprise storage architecture, design, and administration.  Hyper-V cluster/non-cluster architecture, design, and administration.  Windows Server, Office 365, ADFS, and Azure architecture, design, and implementation.  PowerShell automation for NetApp SAN, Windows systems, and custom monitoring.  Tier III and Tier II escalation point and technical leadership for Tier II and Tier I.  Exchange engineering, implementation, and administration for multiple organizations.  Meet high production availability and reliability uptime expectations for core services.  Project management for technical projects including cross-team coordination.  24x7x365 availability for Tier3/Tier2 response to monitoring alerts and reported issues.  Operational transitions/implementations of new technologies and applications.  System Center Suite – SCOM, SCCM, SCSM, SCVMM, SCDPM.  AD, PKI, DHCP, DNS, DFS file share, and Group Policy administration.  SQL, SharePoint, and Lync/OCS implementation and administration.  ITIL documentation and creating documented policies and procedures. Show less

  • Mantis Technology Group, on assignment to Microsoft Corporation
    • Operations Engineer
      • Apr 2010 - Mar 2011

       Project management and system design for OEM partner companies to access a secure build environment from off campus locations around the globe. OEM’s used this system to create tools, drivers, and other hardware based solutions by accessing controlled portions of Windows source code in a buildable environment.  PowerShell automation of daily builds for a large security product’s source code.  Managing public facing Microsoft production applications and systems including; infrastructure design, implementations, migrations, and support.  Automation of manual operations related work using SQL Agent jobs and PowerShell. Show less

  • CompuCom, on assignment to Microsoft Corporation
    • Systems Analyst
      • Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

       Systems and network design and deployment in collaboration with development and test teams to provide infrastructure solutions for product development and testing.  Windows Server design and engineering of Active Directory domains, local and group policies, Hyper-V, DNS, DHCP, WINS, SQL 2005/2008, IIS 6.0/7.0, DFS, WDS, and TS.  Network management; configuring layer 2 and layer 3 Cisco switches, including VLAN’s, trunks, Port Channel, and inter-VLAN routing. Creating network documentation.  Compellent SAN administration.  Automation of server system tasks by creating batch, VBS, and PowerShell scripts.  SQL 2005/2008 and IIS6.0/IIS7.0 installation and administrative configuration.  Training new lab technicians on server and networking procedures and best practices.  Facilities, electrical, and HVAC planning and maintenance in datacenter environments. Show less

  • Siemens IT Solutions and Services, on assignment to Microsoft Corporation
    • System Administrator
      • Sep 2007 - Nov 2008

       Interfacing with customers and engineers to plan and complete projects and tickets.  Multi-domain Windows network infrastructure troubleshooting and support.  Creating/managing virtual machines with Hyper-V, Virtual Server 2005, and Virtual PC.  Configuration of network equipment for test teams including Cisco 2950/3560 switches.  Server build/maintenance including Windows network components and applications.  Interfacing with customers and engineers to plan and complete projects and tickets.  Multi-domain Windows network infrastructure troubleshooting and support.  Creating/managing virtual machines with Hyper-V, Virtual Server 2005, and Virtual PC.  Configuration of network equipment for test teams including Cisco 2950/3560 switches.  Server build/maintenance including Windows network components and applications.

Education

  • Western Governors University
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Network Design and Management
    2013 - 2013
  • University of Washington
    Certificate in Unix and Linux Administration
    2011 - 2012
  • Bellevue College
    Associates of Arts Degree, Network Services and Computing Systems
    2006 - 2009

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