Gregory Winn
Scarlet Oak Run
Clayton, NC *****
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Summary
Resourceful, detail oriented Sr. Systems Administrator
AS Degree – Herzing College 1993 – Electrical Engineering Technology / Computer Information Systems
Professional Experience
Cisco Cloud Services CCS 5/2015 – 01/2016
Sr. Systems Administration
Cisco Cloud Services Division working with Openstack Cloud OS in Data Center Virtualization Environment 10,000+ systems
Openstack management and configuration of multiple server nodes and role services
Configured Cisco UCS B & C series Server Nodes firmware updates and OS installs “ RHEL 7, CentOS, and Ubuntu 14.04
Installed custom python bootstrap scripting of Hiera Data to infrastructure build node, ceph node, nova node, and net nodes
Ansible code automation deployments of virtual machines service and tenant clouds
Basic code customizations with Puppet application management utility (linux, windows servers)
Go Pipeline code deployment from SDLC repository
Windows Server 2008 – 2012 site builds and deployment of Microsoft Components
Active Directory windows server site management KMS, DC, Service server, and SQL Server stand-a-lone and clustered
MS SQL 2012 Clustering – HA Configurations and deployments
Rally Project Management
Openstack virtual machine troubleshooting “CLI”
IPAM ip address management and service of “A, AAAA, and NS” host record creations
Spin up vm’s with pre-configured and custom glance flavor images (compute, network, and storage)
Worked across multiple network and infrastructure teams to access and troubleshoot openstack environment.
Gerrit code creation and deployment from Ubuntu local vm via ssh server connections
Jenkins code verification and adherence to +2 validations
Customization of RHEL server OS scripting with VI Editor and NANO “cli” editors
Scripting with Powershell v3 scripting language
Randstad Technical Staffing / Genworth Financial 12/2014 – 3/2015
Sr. Windows Systems Administrator
Data Center Sr. Systems Administrator mentoring and managing 4 junior Systems Administrators
Windows Server Enterprise Active Directory Administration
Windows SCVMM 2012 SP2 Administration and management of Active Directory computer objects in System Center Administration Console
Windows 2008 - 2012 Hyper-V & Server core server builds, administration and placement AD
iSCSCI Boot from SAN to attached NetApp Storage LUNs C:Mode & 7 Mode
Cisco UCS Server profile builds, administration, & configuration B200M2 / B200M3
VMWare 5.5 vSphere / vCenter Server administration HA Configurations
VMWare vCenter Data store Administration VMFS
Windows Powershell v 3.0 scripting server build, administration, and some automated processes
Windows 2008 Proxy Servers
CA Ticketing Systems
Infoblox IPAM DHCP, DNS, & IP Management Active Directory Forest
Virtual VLAN logical network / logical switch creations VMWare and Hyper-V
Nagios SNMP monitoring
MS Office 365 client messaging
Environment: Microsoft Active Directory, Outlook 365, Lync 2010, IIS, Cisco VPN, NetApp Storage, Dell, SCVMM, Hyper-V, VMWare 5.5, CA Ticketing System, Windows 2008 – 2012 SP2, Netbackup
Listingbook, LLC – Greensboro, NC 02/2013 – 07/2014
Sr. Systems Engineer / Project Management
Implemented/Managed Windows Server 2008 - 2012 Active Directory 2500+ user domain
Management of company GPO’s local and forest domain policies, creating and applying policies to user and computer accounts.
Management of Windows IIS 7 application pools and virtual directories for company website url listings. Implemented certificate request and installation for SSL protocol layer
Managed email system MS Exchange 2010, Active Sync, and MS Lync 2010 for corporate and remote users.
Maintained Symantec EndPoint anti-virus server and the deployment of virus updates to company server / workstation infrastructure.
Management of VMWare vCenter / vSphere 5.0 clustered production servers and VMFS data stores
Setup and Migrated 50 VMWare development servers to System Center 2012 on Dell Blade server hardware with brocade hba connection to EMC SAN storage device
Maintained Dell Sonicwall firewall, firmware updates, object creation and management, as well as maintained VPN for remote user access to company LAN
Supported Barracuda load balancers to company webserver pool in High Availability setup
Management of Couchbase Image Server Cluster and topology of data buckets
Management of Fusion Reactor webserver monitor of Cold Fusion web services
Instrumental in the server build of MS SQL Server database clusters Windows 2008 – Windows 2012
Instrumental in the configuration and migration of company production servers to the AWS Cloud EC2. Designing cloud network and migrating carbon copies of production servers to AWS Cloud
Managed server alerting and event software application PRTG to monitor server operational performance and uptime
Utilize batch and PowerShell 3.0 scripting to manage routine server related task functions
Working with DBA managed SQL Failover Cluster servers in active / passive runtime states
Implemented Windows Azure in a sandbox environment as a test bed from company developers to test corporate applications. CentOS client/host authentication and validations.
Managed HP Pro Curve managed switches
Off-site Data Center management for company bare metal equipment doing amber walks as well as new rack builds, and hardware replacement.
Managed company wireless network for users BYOD connectivity
Created and administered cold site replication of development environment with Windows Hyper-V Replica
Utilization of both Dell & HP Server hardware
Google Analytics website traffic monitoring and site metering
Managed Postini (Inbound spam Filtering) for exchange 2010 server configuring MX records and DNS forwarding of inbound mail to postini spam filter
Install and configured Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Media Servers for backup to Quantum i40 Scalar storage tape drive library. D/R Also flat file backup of MSSQL database files to EMC Storage SAN. Symantec Backup Exec 2008 LAN server backup to WD usb drive.
Managed multiple IT projects companywide communicating with Outside Vendors or third party’s for IT project purchases
Environment: Active Directory, Exchange 2010, Lync 2010, Norton’s A/V, IIS, Outlook Web, VPN, EMC SANs, Dell, DAS, Cold Fusion, Fusion Reactor, Symantec Backup Exec 2008 - 2012, Security IPS, Security IDS, Dell SonicWALL, PCI Compliance, Barracuda, HP managed switches, data center, quantum tape backup, SQL 2008, VMWare, Hyper-V, SCCM 2012, vCenter, vSphere 5.0, wireless adapters, WSUS, WDS, MS Orchestrator, App-V, CentOS, Redhat.
Winnz Consulting - Capel Rugs 12/2012 – 02/2013
Sr. Network Administrator / Systems Engineer
Instrumental in the architecture, design and upgrade of existing Active Directory network infrastructure
Project Manager hardware and software upgrades and deployments company-wide 500+ users
Windows Server 2003 - 2008 Administration – Active Directory Management
Citrix WinFrame – policy creation and management v. 4.5 – 6.5
Symantec Anti-virus – Server and client management
MS Outlook 365 Email Administrator
Cisco routers and switches (ASA)
Unitrends Archive Server (Data Backup & Recovery)
EMC SAN Storage Administrator CX-4 240
WSUS 3.0 server and client patch management applications and security
MS SQL 2005 - 2008 Database monitoring and security
Corporate IPhone/ Android user account setup and management
Active Sync – MS Exchange Outlook 365
Symantec Backup Exec 2008 D/R HDD storage off site
Terminal Services Server
Implementing migration from P2V all LAN/WAN Servers Citrix to VMWare 5.0
Implementing and managing VMware VSphere Virtual Server environment v 5.0
Cisco Wireless Access Points
Environment: Windows 2003 -2008, Active Directory, Cisco ASA, Outlook 365, Terminal Server, Citrix Presentation Server, EMC SAN, MS SQL 2005 -2008, Unitrends Archiving Backup Data Recovery.
Aurora Diagnostics – Birmingham, Alabama, Greensboro, North Carolina, West Palm Gardens, Florida 04/2011 – 12/2012
Active Directory / MS Exchange 2007-2010 / Network Administrator
Implemented Windows Server 2003 - 2008 Active Directory 5000+ users currently
Managed MS Exchange 2007/2010 Servers, setup new user accounts, maintained database storage levels, monitor client mailbox sizes to meet pre- defined company policies ITIL
Managed Blackberry Enterprise Server, connected users blackberry devices, configured certificates to device, monitor server availability.
Managed Symantec Anti-Virus Server, install latest version of a/v software to server, pushed updated server and client anti-virus software via package pushes, monitored network antivirus definitions and status.
Managed Data Protector Backup Server, monitored and changed daily data backups to LTO5 magnetic tape drives, insured all daily and weekly backup jobs were successful and current. In accordance with corporate data disaster recovery model.
Managed WSUS Patch Management Server, pushed client update software to client machines, ensuring that all server and client systems were up to date with latest security patches.
Windows PowerShell scripting – MS Exchange 2010, utilized PowerShell to migrate existing mailboxes from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010.
Implemented VMware ESX Server test environment pre- production activation to Sphere 5.0
Managed MS SQL Server, enterprise manger to monitor database jobs, tables and security.
Managed Cisco Routers and switches, monitoring outside client connectivity to corporate domain.
Managed MS IIS Server, corporate web server
Managed Barracuda Firewall Server, configured and monitored white list and blacklist web links.
Administrator Orion Web reporting console software forest level monitoring (Solar winds)
Ghost Cast Server, installed and created WIM’s for desktop machines Windows XP/Windows 7
Environment: Windows 2003/2008, AD, Exchange 2007/2010, Blackberry Enterprise Server, iSCSI, SAN, Barracuda, Orion, Ghost, Terminal Services Server, Connect DX, HL7 .
BBVA Compass Bank – Pomeroy IT Solutions – Birmingham, Alabama 11/1010 – 04/2011
Technical Support Engineering Specialist III (Contract)
Worked from Remedy Ticketing System Level II/ Level III Support Technician
Maintained Windows Server 2003/2008, 10K+ users
Active Directory / Group Policy management
MS Office 2007
Managed MS SCCM 2007 – MS SMS 2003 Servers Software deployment
Cisco VOIP phone systems
Windows XP/Windows 7 OS’s
Implementation of TPM encryption hard drive security
Ghost imaging custom OS design collaboration with Dell Systems Engineers
Print Server management
IT Help Desk Support Level II - III
Environment: Windows 2003/2008, AD, SCCM-SMS, MS Exchange 2007, Citrix, Windows 7
Gateway Gaming - Birmingham, Alabama 04/2010 – 11/2010
Server Administrator II (Contract)
Configured and installed Windows Server 2003/2008 Domain Controllers and member servers
Configured and installed MS SQL 2005 Backend Databases
Configured and installed Symantec Anti-Virus unmanaged clients
Configured and installed Gateway Gaming Game console software at client locations
Configured and installed Watch guard Firebox VPN routers
VNC remote connect to client servers and desktop systems
Dame ware remote connect to client servers and desktop systems
Windows XP OS / Linux OS
Project Management Gaming Systems Operations Multi-state operations
Environment: Windows 2003/2008, MS SQL 2005, Gateway Gaming software, Symantec Anti-Virus
SBC Internet Services BellSouth – Birmingham, Alabama 08/2008 – 06/2009
Systems Administration SMS 2003 (Contract)
Configured and installed Windows Server 2003 - 2008
MS SMS 2003 Software application management of 100K + node WAN multi-state deployments
Enterprise Site management Collections, Distribution, Advertisements, and hardware inventory
MS SQL Backend Database management
Windows MSI application building and packaging of BSOD
Windows Server builds bare metal and deployment
Environment: Windows Server 2003 – 2008, Active Directory, SMS 2003, MS Office2003
Southern Guaranty Insurance – Montgomery, Alabama 07/2006 – 07/2008
Senior Technical Remote Support Engineer (Contract)
Implemented and managed Windows Server 2003 10K+ users
Managed Altiris BDD software
Managed MS Exchange 2003
Installed Windows OS on WYSE / HP thin clients
Database management SQL 2000
Managed of Citrix clients
AS 400 Mainframe
Cisco routers 2900 & 6500 catalyst series configurations and optimizations
IT Help Desk Support Level III
Environment: Windows 2003, Active Directory, Altiris, Exchange, AS 400
Enterprise Technology – Alabama Department of Transportation – Montgomery, Alabama 08/2004 – 04/2006
Senior Network Administrator (Contract)
Windows Server 2003, Active Directory, Enterprise 10K+ users
MS SQL 2000 Database management
MS SMS Software Deployment Administration
MS Exchange 2003 Server Administration
Ghost Cast Server software capture and deployment
NetBackup – Data Backup solutions D/R version 4.5
MS SMS Server Administrator
Management of Site Collections, distributions, advertisements, assessments for Alabama Dept. of Transportation corporate and 9 division branch offices
Disaster Recovery planning for server recovery
IT Help Desk Support Level III
Environment: Windows 2003 server, Active Directory, Exchange, SQL 2005, SMS 2003