Work Experience Details

Vandis Inc, New York

11/2017 - Present
Sr. Systems Engineer
  • Assisted customers with VMWARE related issues and troubleshooting.
  • Assisted customers with office 365 cloud migration.
  • Assisted customer with Citrix/VMware upgrade.
  • Assisted customer with DELL Storage migration.
  • Participated in many training activities to support various software partners.

Vision For Life OD, New York

06/2017 - 12/2017
IT Administrator / Consultant
  • Unified network infrastructure between offices via VPN site-to-site connectivity.
  • Setup and configured new network infrastructure.
  • Managed Windows 2008R2/2012R2 servers with MS SQL server, setup AD, user groups.
  • New Camera Security System for monitoring in two separate locations using POE.
  • Setup backups for all windows systems/servers infrastructure using Acronis and Veeam backup solutions.
  • Upgraded PC's and Network infrastructure (new cabling to support gigabit network)
  • Replicating backup between locations. Replicating surveillance camera footage between locations
  • Setup NAS servers (using Synology NAS devices)
  • Helped with all the HIPA compliance recommendations
  • Migrated old PBX system to cloud 3CX cloud pbx solution, replaced all phone systems with Voxbeam (huge cost saving solution).
  • Providing day-to-day helpdesk support.

IBM, New York

09/2015 - 06/2017
Senior IT Specialist - Watson Client Experience Data Center Engineer/Manager
  • I was part of the Watson Client Experience Center, my job and responsibility is to run complete data center, from Server (UNIX/Linux, Windows and OSX) trough networking (CISCO) and SAN infrastructure including IBM XIV to Power and Cooling (Server Room). I did architect 3 data centers for client experience center in Austin, Cambridge and San Francisco.
  • Was a key Project Manager for all the Data Center built in Cambridge, MA and San Francisco, CA. for a Client Experience Centers.
  • Unix, Windows, OSX and VMWare systems administration (RedHat 6, Ubuntu 12, 14 and 16), Windows (7, 8, 10, 2012 R2), VMWare (5.5, 6.0 and 6.5), OSX.
  • Interviewed and hired personnel to help maintain datacenters that I did build.
  • Supported DevOps environment (GitHub, Docker, Ansible, etc.)
  • Supported Applications in IBM Hybrid Cloud environment.
  • Setup and administered IBM SAN XIV 2048 and V7000 Storage arrays.
  • I setup CISCO 9504 and 3k switches with redundant links for vrf, vpc and hsrp.
  • Supported global satellite experience centers across the globe (Singapore, Melbourne, Dublin, London and Rio)
  • Implemented monitoring across sites via Nagios and DCNM, vCenter for VMware.
  • Was a main PM for UPS/Battery project in my New York Data Center.

Hardware: IBM/Lenovo x3850's and 3650's. IBM XIV 2048 and IBM V7000. Colfax servers. Cisco Nexus 9504, 3172T. Cisco MDS 9148S and 9396S switches, Lenovo KVM's. APC power strips.

OS: Linux RedHat 6, Ubuntu 14, 15 and 16. Windows desktop 8.1, 10 as well Win 2012 R2 servers. VMWare 5.5,6.0 and 6.5 with vCenter.

Data Center: Vertivo/Liebert/Emerson (PDU, UPS, CRACK DS), ATS Switches, AdaptiveCool, BMS

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York

02/2008 - 07/2015
Senior Systems Engineer / Architect
  • Was part of the Markets Systems Engineering team in a Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  • Served as technical subject matter expert to the Market's Group's project teams.
  • Designed and Implemented system infrastructure components as well as non-functional system solutions and processes.
  • Interacted with Bank's Information Security and Audit teams to ensure that proposed system solutions adhere to FRS policies and standards.
  • Helped implement centrify for two factor authentication enforcement using Kerberos, AD and ED.
  • HP Server Automation (SA 9.04/10.21) and Orchestrator (OO 9.0/10) design, implementation, upgrades and support.
  • Introduced my group to RedHat 4 and 5 as primary platform used to be Solaris 8/10 only.
  • Took major part on the Engineering team for the Data Center Migration project.
  • Extensive knowledge of Solaris 10 zones and zfs
  • Major involvement with Linux virtualization, both on ESX and RedHat.
  • HP/3PAR SAN knowledge, monitoring, tools, snapshots, thin provisioning, volume tuning.

Software: Apache 2.x, Oracle 10g & 11g, MySQL, Veritas Cluster, Volume Manager, HP Server Automation, HP Opsware Orchestrator

Hardware: T4's, M4000, V880, X4100, T2000, Sun-Fire 480R, CISCO MDS 9506, SAN 3PAR S400/T400/7400 Series

OS: Solaris 8, 10 & 11 (SPARC). Linux RedHat ES Release 4, 5 & 6, VMWARE 3.5, Oracle

HealthMarkets Administrative Services Group, Connecticut

08/2006 - 02/2008
Senior Unix System Administrator
  • Responsible for system 24/7 availability and security.
  • I did Data Center reallocation from NYC to TX. I designed and implemented UNIX server migration.
  • Implemented new development and QA environments based on datacenter migration.
  • Working on new disaster recovery strategy and implementation for our new Texas Data Center.
  • Involved with new Oracle SOA and Application servers, code deployments, troubleshooting.
  • Did setup new EMC Clarion CX320 from Dell, installed PowerPath.
  • Implemented Nagios service monitoring tool to monitor the network infrastructure.
  • Hardware and OS installation (Linux RedHat and Solaris 10) on Sparc, Intel and AMD platforms.

Software: Apache, Oracle, MySQL, Veritas Cluster, JBoss 3.2.5, Veritas Netbackup, Solaris ZFS, CITRIX, BMC Control-M

Hardware: V880, X4100, T2000, HP SAN EVA4000, HP SAN EVA6000, EMC Clarion CX320

Sotheby's Inc., New York

01/2000 - 08/2006
Senior Unix Systems Administrator Team Lead
  • Supervise day-to-day UNIX system administrator team tasks.
  • Manage and negotiate vendor relations and maintenance contracts.
  • Responsible for system 24/7 availability and security
  • Designed and implemented Disaster Recovery infrastructure for mission critical application.
  • Implemented complex monitoring structure. (BigBrother, Nagios, MRTG, ORCA)
  • Drastically reduced cost of operation ($950k in between 2001-2005).
  • Did play major role in 2006 major infrastructure upgrade.

Software: Oracle, mysql, Veritas Cluster, Weblogic, Legato, Checkpoint FireWall-1, BigBrother, Solaris ZFS

Hardware: T2000, V490, V440, E4500, Cisco 3640, Nokia Firewalls, SAN Qlogic SANbox 5600

Queens Internet Service Corp., New York

05/1995 - 01/2000
Senior Unix Systems Administrator / Owner
  • Initial setup, design and implementation of a company.
  • Vendor relationship, contracts, projects and management were the major part of my responsibilities.
  • Managing Sun and Linux servers, Cisco routers, dialup servers and internet servers.
  • Light programming in languages such as C/C++, perl, php3, java script, shell, bash, ksh.
  • High networking and Internet background (founded the company and made it grow).
  • Project management and customer relationship were the key steps to success.