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Bradley S.

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Experience Datacenter and Virtualization engineer with 10+ years experience.

Skilled in Active Directory, Windows Server 2003-2012, VMware vCenter, ESX & ESXi, View, Vmware Operations Manager. Networking, Firewalls, PowerCLI, Powershell. Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Office 365, DHCP, IIS, DNS, ADFS, Azure, Citrix, Xen, Debian, Redhat

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Consultant

VACO
Aug 2010 - Present
National Medical Client, FL • Perform security analysis of all infrastructure requested by management team • Replace all IT employees and train replacements • Analysis systems and create documentation on how they work and how to maintain them • Develop a playbook on how to build out a new clinic location with repeatable instructions • Install and configure all technology systems for 1 new clinic and supervise all other contractors on location in Texas • Perform licensing contract negotiations with various vendors that saves $15k dollars over 2 years. National Retail Client, FL • Perform analysis of SQL performance issues of VMware guests running on EMC SAN • Upgrade SAN controllers with new memory and to support adding disk shelf • Install and configured new disk shelf and upgraded storage capacity from 1TB to 4TB with 2 tiered datastores utilizing NL-SAS and 15K SAS disks for SQL guests • Performed storage migration of existing SQL guests to new storage • Upgraded vCenter and VMware cluster from ESX 4.0 to ESX 5.1 • Installed and configured vCOPS foundation and trained engineers on the benefits and use National Restaurant Client, FL • Install and configure vCenter for existing hosts • Prep 2003 Active Directory domain for upgrade to 2008 and complete 2008 upgrade • Install and configure Exchange 2010 and migrate users from 2007 and decommission servers National Restaurant Client, FL • Install and configure 3 new hosts for a cluster • Install and configure EMC VNXE3100 SAN to support VMware cluster National Retail Client, FL • Install and configure vCenter for existing hosts • Prep 2003 Active Directory domain for upgrade to 2008 and complete 2008 upgrade • Install and configure Exchange 2010 and migrate users from 2007 and decommission servers Logistics Client, FL • Review current VMware cluster for performance issues related to NetApp SAN and supporting infrastructure. • Install and configure 3 new VMware 4.0 hosts and migrate 10 guests to the new cluster Medical Client, FL • Designed virtual infrastructure to support a medical electronic records system for external doctor offices • Installed and configured SQL to support vCenter • Installed and configured DoubleTake to support SQL replication

Virtualization Consultant

Siemens Information Services
Feb 2009 - Dec 2010 (1 year, 10 months)
• System support for 600+ ESX hosts • Completed Storage and Virtualization Infrastructure assessments • Built 20 VMware ESX Clusters consisting of 8 nodes with VMotion and DRS • Continuing previous Server consolidation project with 130 migrated servers since March 09 • Optimized resources across ESX system, gaining 40% capacity with existing infrastructure • Deployed ESXi for “Branch in a Box” at 42 remote locations • Upgraded 80 hosts to vSphere 4.0 • Consolidated all physical servers in Orlando DC to Virtual Machines, 300 in total • Migrated entire Orlando datacenter to Newark, CA using Platespin • Attended ITIL training and utilized it in day to day operations and process creation.

Consultant

Vitalize Consulting Solutions
Mar 2008 - Feb 2009 (11 months, 1 day)
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA NOV 2008 • Completed Virtualization Project assessment of early stages • Built VMware ESX system consisting of 4 nodes with VMotion and DRS • Migrated several production servers for proof of concept • Installed and configured VDI system and created templates for automatic deployment Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, Del SEP 2008 • Completed Virtualization Project assessment of early stages • Reviewed project plans, vendor proposals and virtual machine candidates • Documented recommendations • Recognized project gaps and cost saving measures NorthBay Medical Center, Fairfield, CA AUG 2008 • Completed Virtualization Project assessment of early stages • Reviewed project plans, vendor proposals and virtual machine candidates • Documented recommendations Methodist Hospital System, Houston, TX JUL 2008 • Completed Storage and Virtualization Infrastructure assessment (both current and future plans)

Qualifications

VMware VCP

VMware
2013
VMware Certified Professional

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