Dynamic IT leader with extensive experience at the FBI, excelling in cloud infrastructure and database migration. Proven track record in architecting system migrations and enhancing network security. Adept at project management and virtualization technologies, driving operational efficiency and reducing physical footprints by 75%. Committed to delivering innovative IT solutions.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead IT Specialist
Federal Bureau of Investigation
09.2018 - Current
Successfully migrated entire system to private cloud within FBI boundaries.
Architected migration from on-site hardware to cloud-friendly infrastructure for FBI IT branch alignment.
Planned and executed migration of FOIA application to Oracle Database Appliance 8, updating workstations to support transition.
Collaborated with Oracle DBA on enterprise application upgrade, configuring VMs in VMware for optimal performance of Oracle 19.
Reduced physical footprint by seventy-five percent through hyper-converged infrastructure and virtualization.
Maintained essential applications as Red Hat Enterprise Linux Senior Administrator, ensuring operational reliability.
Administered Active Directory for lab digitizing all FBI files, managing Group Policy Objects.
Designed and built infrastructure for new Central Records Center supporting DocLab and FOIPA operations.
IT Specialist
Federal Bureau of Investigation
06.2017 - 09.2018
Collaborated with Oracle and database administrators to plan hardware upgrades for Oracle RAC.
Collected hardware and software requirements for Oracle Database Appliance architecture, ensuring alignment with organizational needs.
Configured and installed MS SQL for multiple division applications, overseeing user access and security controls to maintain data integrity.
Utilized HP BigFix for division system patching, ensuring application security compliance.
Collaborated with ISSO to prepare and fulfill all POA&M requirements, enhancing compliance and security posture.
Designed, installed, and configured upgrade from EMC Clarion to EMC VNX storage system.
Migrated Oracle SQL databases and applications during storage system transition.
Transitioned virtual machine hosting from Hyper-V to VMware for enhanced performance.
Principal Network Administrator (IMD, Winchester)
CACI
03.2010 - 05.2017
Supporting 120 plus Windows 2003, 2012 R2, 2008 R2, and 2012 R2 / 2008 R2 Hyper-V servers predominantly on Dell PowerEdge platforms in 3 separate enclaves.
Evaluated the infrastructure and developed an implementation plan to resolve the identified problems in the infrastructure, in order to increase the environments stability and up-time.
Primary Red Hat Linux system administrator supporting our Oracle 12C RAC configuration with three nodes.
Custom built OS image to include the DISA STIG compliance requirements.
Replaced the Windows 2003 domain controllers with new Windows 2008R2 and updated the domain environments security posture with newly created group policies that were DISA STIG compliant.
Additionally built 3 offline WSUS servers to ensure all systems are updated with the latest approved patches.
Reviewed, designed and implemented a highly available Windows 2012R2 Hyper-V cluster to support the migration of old physical servers into a virtual environment that will support over 60 servers and have the scalable options to support the future growth of the site.
Working with other team members a plan was developed to re-ip address all systems to the correct network range and segment into VLANs to support a true Cisco networking architecture.
All network devices were migrated to the new VLANs with DHCP scopes for all user facing devices and static IP addresses for all servers.
Designed and built SharePoint farm with Project and TFS to support unit projects and facilitate custom code tracking and configuration management for all customer applications.