Windows Server Engineer
Resume:
BRADLEY P. PAYNE
Atlanta, GA 30317
(m) 917-***-****
acz23k@r.postjobfree.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To leverage my expertise with the latest technologies to create highly available and high-performing environments to help organizations meet and exceed business needs.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INVISION Inc (Acquired by MediaOcean July 2016; Duluth, GA) January 2012 – Present
Sr. Director, Systems and Infrastructure
Managed the capex and opex budgets for the company
Reported to CIO, and managed a team of senior engineers across multiple sites
Led teams which designed, implemented and supported all infrastructure and software solutions for both INVISION’s internal I.T. and SaaS platform which hosted Ad Sales systems for some of the largest television networks in the world, requiring 24x7 availability to global users
Responsible for purchase and maintenance of all hardware and software
Designed and implemented the infrastructure solution to support the development of a new application which is driven by big data (Hadoop), and reliant on multiple sources of 3rd party data
Increased the efficiency of the internal development environment by automating virtual machine provisioning in the private cloud, helping reduce time to market for three new products
Utilized AWS EC2 instances through a Virtual Private Gateway and VPN for scaling of development capacity
Migrated the company’s email from on-premises Exchange to a Hybrid Office365 solution to save money on licensing, and increase operational efficiency
Participated in committees to implement policies governing change, problem resolution, and release management throughout the organization
Managed the company’s software compliance, including leading software audits
Worked with pre-sales team to present technical overview and business benefits of our SaaS solution to potential customers’ IT teams and CIOs
Served as the senior technical contact to customer business units/IT Teams for the SaaS service
Managed processes and personnel to ensure compliance of internal IT and SaaS environments with client requirements and industry standards
Led the team which designed and implemented SaaS infrastructure solutions for enterprise customers including AT&T, Dish Networks, TimeWarner Cable, Verizon
Provided career development and technical training to systems admin and systems engineers
Created labs and provided training to DevOps and Technical Support personnel on administration of vSphere
Responsible for planning and executing datacenter consolidations after the acquisition
INVISION Inc (New York, NY) August 2007 – January ‘12
Sr. Systems Engineer
Provided company-wide IT design and implementation while maintaining two corporate data centers and a managed services co-location facility, consisting of over 2000 Windows, Linux, ESX, and Sun Solaris servers.
Provided technical recommendations, guidance, and support to potential and existing high profile clients such as WGN Chicago, Black Entertainment Television, Warner Brothers, NBC Universal, and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Reduced data center and administrative costs, and created a more highly available environment by consolidating many corporate systems and development applications into a virtualized environment, leveraging vSphere and NetApp SAN/NAS
Managed a Citrix environment for a set of high-performance applications, and remote access
Created the project design, and led the effort to certify the DealMaker application for VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 and vSphere working with VMware performance engineers as Technology Alliance Partner.
Designed, planned, and led the project to migrate from internal Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007
Implemented Microsoft SharePoint into the organization, created documentation, trained users, and provided support in its use.
Managed the Cisco switched networks of three locations
Implemented Microsoft OCS 2007 R2 to create a more robust Instant Messaging, Video Conferencing, and Collaboration solution for the organization.
Acted as the lead engineer for designing, implementing, and managing the virtual infrastructure as the company; achieved nearly 100% virtualization of business applications, as well as our SaaS solution
Created automated Disaster Recovery Plans for business supporting applications, as well as our hosted SaaS solutions to meet aggressive RPOs and RTOs
Created PowerShell and PowerCLI scripts to automate tasks for, and report on, the vSphere, NetApp, Microsoft and Citrix environments
Worked with network engineers to upgrade MS OCS 2007 R2 to MS Lync 2010, replacing the enterprise Mitel PBXs with Lync’s enterprise voice
Kaplan Professional Schools (St. Paul, MN) October 2003 – August 2007
Webmaster/Systems Admin
Developed and maintained data driven website that received up to 20,000 visitors per day
Maintained Windows domain to facilitate a growing company and needs; including: Active Directory; Group Policy; DNS, WINS, DHCP, Application Server (IIS), Exchange Server, WSUS, Terminal Servers, Web Servers, and File Servers.
Maintained software, users, and printers in a Citrix environment.
Supported desktop hardware and software
Maintained backups of business and system critical data.
Implemented SharePoint as a web portal and document collaboration system
Shot, edited, and produced videos that were used for instructor training, television and web advertising, and online course content
University of Iowa Stead Technology Center (Iowa City, IA) March 2002 – July 2003
Lead Web Developer
Developed and maintained the website for the University’s College of Business
Created database-driven web applications to help analyze student profile data retrieved from the College of Business website.
Guided lab instruction for students wanting to learn programming and web development skills.
A.C. Financial Corp. (Ames, IA) May 1998 – August 2000
Network Administrator
Helped develop the company’s intranet, which was used exclusively to track document flow, lease approval requirements, and funding parameters based on lease type and designated risk rating.
Responsible for procurement and installation of new company hardware and software
Implemented a Windows Server 2000 domain
Supported proprietary n-tier application
Maintained SQL Server 2000 databases
Supported Exchange Server 5.5
Supported legacy NT 4.0 Servers
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
University of Iowa - Iowa City, Iowa - Class of Spring 2003
Majors: B.B.A. Management Information Systems; B.A. Psychology
Universidad del Pais Vasco, San Sebastian, Spain - Completed Fall 2000
Emphasis: Spanish
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE): Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA:Messaging): Windows Server 2003 / Exchange Server 2003
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA): Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 / XenApp 5 on Windows Server 2003
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
VMware Certified Professional (VCP): VCP 3, VCP 4, VCP 5
Technical Skills
Operating Systems/Hypervisors: Windows NT, 98, XP, Vista, 2000 - 2016 Server, VMware ESX 3.x, ESXi 4.0 – 6.5, RedHat Linux/CentOS
Software/Servers: Exchange 5.5/2000/2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/O365, SQL 2005-2016, Citrix Presentation Server/XenApp, VMware Site Recovery Manager, SolarWinds Orion/APM
Programming/Scripting: PoweShell/PowerCLI, VB Script, HTML, JavaScript, Windows AD Batch Scripting
Network Administration: VoIP, TCP/IP, Wi-Fi, DNS, DHCP, Cisco ASA/Catalyst/Nexus, HP ProCurve
Storage: NetApp Data ONTAP 7-Mode 7.x-8.2.x; Cluster Mode 8.1.x – 8.3.x, SnapManager for Oracle, SQL, Exchange, PowerShell management with DataOntap PowerShell Toolkit
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