Jason Brown

Senior Server/Datacentre Technician at Grand Erie District School Board
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(386) 825-5501
Location
London, Canada Metropolitan Area, CA
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Credentials

  • Microsoft Certified System Engineer
    Microsoft
    Jan, 2005
    - Oct, 2024
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate
    Cisco
    Jan, 2002
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • Grand Erie District School Board
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Server/Datacentre Technician
      • 2016 - Present

      Part of a team of two responsible for all system administration for the Board’s server “fleet”:approximately 75 Windows Virtual Machines/20 Linux VMs running in Hyper-V on enterprise class HPE hardware. Responsibilities include:● Setup and maintain all public facing and intranet web/application servers. This includes bothLinux (CMS running on PHP/Apache/Debian) and IIS (Windows) servers. Maintain public DNSzone, IP block, SSL certificates, Load Balancers.● Troubleshoot any availability or performance issues related to above.● Active Directory Administration (Domain Controllers, Group Policy, shared folders,Security/NTFS permissions, User/Group Management).● Oversee backup/restore procedures (Commvault) and Disaster Recovery: SAN replication, HVreplica to DR site, plus cloud backup of key systems (AzureBackup).● Ensure system updates & patches are applied on a regular basis (Operating system & hardware).Automation/reporting via WSUS.● Microsoft Cloud administration: Office 365 (hosted Exchange, Sharepoint, OneDrive), AzureAD(User management, Sync & Fed servers)● Automation related to all of the above. Routinely write Powershell scripts that make configchanges to 100s of servers or touch 20,000+ user accounts (both “on-premise” and“cloud/Azure”).● Work closely with the "programmer/analyst" group to resolve issues that they bring forward tothe infrastructure team. Show less

    • Infrastructure Technician
      • Jan 2008 - Dec 2015

      Responsible for many “core” infrastructure components. Job highlights included:● Setup and maintained Firewall/Internet Access: implement policies/rules according tomanagement directive, access logging, VPN etc. At peak times, devices would approach 10,000outgoing user sessions. (PaloAlto, Sonicwall and Netscreen firewalls)● Designed and implemented the main Network Monitoring system used by Helpdesk/IT tomonitor the entire board network including Data Centre. (Solarwinds Orion, Nagios) Show less

    • School Infrastructure/Server Technician
      • 2003 - 2008

      Setup and maintained network infrastructure components for Norfolk County Schools (5 Secondary, 15 elementary). Responsibilities included:● installation/configuration/monitoring of routers/switches, wireless access points● installation/configuration/monitoring of school WAN links (point to point wireless, DSL, fibre)● Troubleshoot problems related to WAN/LAN availability and performance.● maintain school based Windows file/print/DHCP servers

Education

  • University of Windsor
    Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
    1994 - 1998
  • Niagara College
    Post Graduate Certificate, Computer Network Operations
    1998 - 1999

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