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Demetria Evans

Roles:  ·         Network Architect ·         Infrastructure Architect ·         Platform Specialist ·         Network Administrator ·         Systems Administrator ·         Systems Engineer ·         Programmer Analysis ·           Infrastructure Experience: ·         Mid-Range Operating Systems Microsoft: Windows 2.0-NT 4.0, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016, WFWG, DOS SQL Upgrades/Migrations SharePoint Upgrades/Migrations Exchange Upgrades/Migrations IBM: OS/2, DOS UNIX: HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, SCO Linux: Red Hat, Ubuntu,Suse, Fedora, Cywin Web Server: Microsoft IIS 5.0 & 6.0 Active Directory ·         Capacity Planning ·         Server Migrations/Build Outs ·          Infrastructure Planning ·         Network/WAN/LAN Data Center Consolidations ·         Data Center Relocations ·         Help Desk/Desktop Deployment and Support Change Management   Tools/Methods: ·         IIS Migration Tool ·         Netware Migration Tool MS Office ESX P2V/V2P MS Active/Active Clustering MS Active/Passive Clustering ·         MS Project Visio vMotion PowerShell MS Exchange Exmerge   Industry Application: ·         Information Technology ·         Telecommunications     Education: Currently pursuing BS in Math/Computer Science Lawrence Technological University   Additional Training: ·         Microsoft Certified Professional ·         VCP ·         Certified Novell Administrator ·         Certification in TCP/IP ·         Certification in COBOL Programming       ·

Experience Summary               I am a driven professional with over 30 years’ experience providing innovative technological solutions.  I have extensive expertise configuring & installing various network operating systems & operating systems.  My networking background includes extensive experience working with equipment & appliances on network perimeter & DMZ.     Skills Inventory Infrastructure Administration: ·         Managed infrastructure licensing & SLA's ·         Documenting WAN/LAN network detail ·         Research & analysis of new/emerging technologies ·         Implementing IT development/test environments ·         Relocating data centers ·         Implementing new technologies into infrastructure   Network Administration: ·         Administrating TCP/IP protocols for WAN/LAN ·         Securing trusted network perimeters ·         Parallel & in-place network equipment refresh ·         Implementing disaster recovery solutions ·         Implementing secure remote access to trusted networks ·         Securing web, mail, application & databases on network perimeters ·         Implementing secured wireless solutions   System Administration: ·         Implementation of application & hardware virtualization ·         Parallel & in-place operating systems  upgrades ·         Administrating patch management ·         Administrating inventory management ·         Implementing streaming/virtual applications ·         Managing on-site & off-site backups ·         Utilizing Group Policy for centralized client management ·         Deploying clustering solutions ·         Implementing technologies for mixed network, operating systems & client environments     Infrastructure Projects: ·         Planned the construction of new data centers ·         Acquisition of infrastructure hardware/software ·         Cost analysis and acquisition of routers/switches & servers (Cisco, Juniper, Check Point, HP, Dell) ·         Company separations, expanding AD trees & forests ·         Worked closely with vendors on data center builds ·         Worked to move mid-size company’s data center to new location ·         Upgrade & migration of enterprise HP EVA4000 SAN to EVA6400 ·         Implemented iSCSI SAN solution into traditional fiber channel SAN environment ·         Migration of 120 internet/intranet IIS sites from 5.0 to 6.0 ·         Upgrade of Oracle 8 to Oracle 10g ·         Migration of 40 physical server to ESX virtual blade solution ·         Upgrade of Exchange organization from 5.5 - 2000 & 2000 - 2003 ·         Implemented OWA & Certificate Authority for Exchange 2003 ·         Implemented RPC over HTTP ·         Implemented SharePoint remote services ·         Upgrade Check Point firewall hardware & software ·         Implemented spam, malware & virus filtering in DMZ ·         Implemented streaming video for Mayor Dennis Archer to deliver State of the City address over the internet ·         Upgraded analog phone connection to SIP lines (25 locations around the country) ·         Worked with local vendors to implement CUIC at Ford Motor

 

 

 

 

Chronological Summary of Experience

 

1997 – Present           Evans’s IT Solutions

                                    Position: CEO/Owner

Self-owned business providing IT services for local businesses: acquiring networking equipment, servers, workstations and software; interconnecting offices via VPN tunnels.  Providing training and assisting with best practices for small to mid-size companies.

 

08/2013 – 09/2017     General Motors, Warren Tech Center, MI

                                    Position: WINDOWS SYSTEM ENGINEER, Hosting Wintel

02/2013 – 08/2013     TekSystem, Contract position for GM transition to GM

                                    Position: WINDOWS SYSTEM ENGINEER, Hosting Wintel

                                    Responsibilities:

·         Windows Server 2008/2012/2016 builds following GM gold standards – over 22,000 global systems.

·         Harding of OS via patching using tools:

o   Patching using HPSA & SCOM

o   Tools à CMDB, iLo, DRAC, IPAM, Infoblox

o   Automating patching by scripting (PowerShell, VBScript and batch scripting)

o   Working closely with GM’s Security, Firewall, Networking & Storage teams to resolve issue related to GM’s gold Windows builds

·         Development of Windows Server installation and configuration standards and deployment methodologies

·         Upgrades, installs and troubleshoots Windows Server based environments

·         Develops and documents system standards for Windows Server environments

·         Participate in the development of Windows Server installation and configuration standards and deployment methodologies

·         Participate in the design, and implement enhancements and additions to current environment.

·         Provide software and firmware patching

·         Hardware & OS troubleshooting

Virtual systems in ESX infrastructure

Active-Active SQL clusters

P2V migrations

·         Reporting, trending, standardization & optimization of all MS systems.

·         Expanding GM global AD infrastructure with new Cashing Centers and DLP sites

·         Add/delete/modify AD objects within forest

·         PowerShell scripting to automate group policies and security patching

 

08/2011 – 02/2013      Central Clearing Company Southfield, MI

                                     Position: NETWORK/INFRASTRUCTURE ADMINISTRATOR

                                    Responsibilities:

·         Administration of company’s WAN & LAN infrastructure (firewall, switches, servers, desktops/laptop, wireless, printers, scanners, POS equipment, VoIP equipment, VPN remote access)

·         Lead Administrator for Central Clearing Windows 2012 AD infrastructure

·         Infrastructure upgrade from Windows 2000 to 2012

·         Troubleshooting all infrastructure issues

·         Hardware & software acquisitions

·         Desktop imaging & deployment

·         Design of network IP scheme

·         Network surveillance with remote monitoring

·         Network auditing

·         Telecom upgrade from analog to VoIP over 50 locations     

                                               

10/2008 – 01/2011     MTU Detroit Diesel, Detroit, MI/Friedrichshafen, Germany

Position: INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT

                                    Responsibilities:

·         Administrator for Tognum’s virtual server infrastructure for North America (two regional hubs & seven remote locations)

·         Design and build out of tier four data center for migration to new location, including full redundancy between DC’s for parallel migration

·         Expansion and migration of Tognum’s N. American AD forest to new location

·         Duties: disaster recovery, backup/recovery, migrations/upgrades, monitoring, troubleshooting & administration

·         Maintained & developed vendor relations with key vendors – HP, IBM, Dell, Microsoft & VMware

·         Design & document network layouts

·         Implemented new technologies into Tognum’s standard operating environment, SOE,  based on business needs – Application Virtualization, HP’s HA/DR iSCSI & NAS solutions        

Day-to-day Activities:

·         Responding to any system, application & connectivity issues relating to infrastructure

·         Monitoring backup reports & ensuring daily, monthly & yearly backup runs were successful

·         Generating reports – backup, performance, error, KPI & SAN usage

·         Ensuring all infrastructure hardware (Severs, Switches, Firewalls, SAN…) maintenance & support falls under Tognum’s SOE requirements – 24X7X4

·         Making recommendations based on research to replace infrastructure hardware or extend maintenance & support

·         Facilitating the refresh of infrastructure hardware, both local & remote

·         Tracking & documenting infrastructure adds, deletes & changes.  Posting updates to SharePoint sites

SOE Hardware: HP x86 servers, HP EVA SAN, HP iSCSI SAN, Cisco switches, HP fiber SAN switches, Check Point Nokia IP firewalls, Juniper VPN, IBM tape robots, Siemens VoIP HiPath 4000

SOE Operating Systems: Windows 2000-20008 & ESX

 

07/2007 – 09/2008     Ajilon, Dearborn, MI

                                    Position: INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT

                                    Responsibilities:

·         Research & analyze emerging IT technologies

·         Replication of Ford’s SOE AD environment in labs for POC’s

·         Perform product evaluations & make recommendations

·         Build & configure proof of concept infrastructures in lab environments for hardware and software evaluations

·         Document & prepare presentations of research

·         Work with vendors & customers to collaborate on emerging technologies

·         Extensive research into application virtualization: technologies included SoftGrid/Microsoft Application Virtualization, VMWare Thinstall & Citrix XenApps

Applications/OS: Windows 2003-2008, Windows 7, ESX 3.0-3i, Linux, Oracle 9i-10, SQL 2000-2005,  Office 2007, OpenOffice 2.0

Hardware: IBM xSeries, Dell 6000 Series, Portable OS USB devices

 

02/2006 – 10/2008     Logic Solutions, Detroit, MI

                                    Position: NETWORK ARCHITECT

                                    Project:

Design Windows 2003/Exchange 2003 network.  Migrate all devices and     users to new Infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

·         Design network based on customer requirements

·         Assist Project Managers with RFQ & RFP processes

·         Assist customer with major network strategy development & deployment

·         Oversee Network Analysts & System Analysts

·         Implemented mainframe to PC print system

·         Develop relationship with key vendors & partners (Microsoft, Dell, HP & IBM)

Applications/OS: Windows 2003, Exchange 2003, OWA, SQL 2000, MS Visio, MS Project Brooksnet RPM Print Server

Hardware: Dell 6000 Series Servers, Cisco Routers, Dell Switches

 

Position: PLATFORM SPECIALIST

Operating Systems: Windows 2003 x86_32/64, IA64; Solaris 10 x86_32/64, SPARC;  HP-UX 11i; AIX V5.3; Suse 9.3 x86_32/64; Suse 10.1 x86_32/64 ; Suse Enterprise Server 10; Fedora 4 x86; Fedora 5 x86; RedHat Enterprise 4 x86; VMware ESX 2.5

Hardware: HP rx1620, HP rx2620, HP Proliant ML370, Sun Sunfire T2000, Dell 2850, IBM p5-520Q, IBM xSeries 336 HMC

Applications: Oracle 10g for Linux, HP-UX, & Solaris, VMware Server, MS Virtual Server 2005 R2, Xen 3.0, Virtuozzo, Solaris Zones, IBM Virtual I/O Server, IBM HACMP V5

 

10/2005 – 01/2006     Fanuc Robotics, Auburn Hills, MI

                                    Position: NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR

                                    Operating Systems: Windows 2000/2003 NT 4.0, Linux 4.0, Solaris

                                    Projects:

Oracle 8 BAAN Solaris upgrade and hardware migration to Oracle 10g RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.

Migration of Internet/Intranet web sites IIS 5.0 to Windows 2003 IIS 6.0 (120 sites)

 

12/2001 – 07/2005     Carhartt, Dearborn, MI

                                    Position: LAN ADMINISTRATOR

Performed as lead LAN Administrator for NT, Windows 2000/2003 and Netware Network.

Operating Systems: Windows 4.0-2003, Netware 5.0-6.0, RedHat Linux 9.0, Check Point Secure Platform, VMWare ESX

                                    Skills: Firewall, VPN, TCP/IP (FTP, Telnet, SSH, DNS, WINS, NFS,

                                    Samba, Winbind), Active Directory, Scripting, Group Policy,

                                    Clustering, Wireless, Disaster Recovery

Hardware:  IBM 6000 series, Dell 2650-6500 series servers, Cisco PIX, Dell 128 LTO

 

                                    Projects Included:

·         Setup Windows 2000 test lab for migration to WINDOWS 2000 and ACTIVE DIRECTORY from NT 4.0

·         Upgraded Network to Windows 2003

·         Upgraded Exchange Organization to EXCHANGE 2003

·         Implemented RPC over HTTP for remote users

·         Implemented mail virus/spam filtering utilizing Meridius Spam filtering

·         Implemented Exchange mail virus filtering utilizing Symantec Mail Security

·         Migrated network’s File & Print from Netware 6.0 to Windows 2003

·         Installed and configured Windows 2000 Dell CLUSTER for Exchange 5.5 upgrade

·         Planned and performed the upgrade of NT 4.0 network to Active Directory

·         Upgraded entire organization from EXCHANGE 5.5 to EXCHANGE 2000

·         Upgraded DMZ from CHECK POINT Firewall 4.0 to NG 3 including remote user access using FWZ and SecuRemote

·         Upgraded DMZ from CHECK POINT NG3 to AI

·         Setup CHECK POINT SSL VPN for remote users

·         Setup Wireless CISCO network with MAC and WEP security

·         Setup CISCO PIX VPN

·         Setup and configured DNS, DHCP and WINS for 2000 Network

·         Setup and configured Certification Authority Server for SSL and OWA

·         Planned and setup SMS2003 for WAN

·         Planned and setup PROJECT SERVER 2003 and Share Point Team Services

·         Upgraded network from NETWARE 5.0 to 6.0

·         Performed yearly DISASTER RECOVERY testing for mission critical Windows, Netware and Exchange Servers

·         Setup and configured PROXY Firewall server using ISA server

·         Setup and configured TERMINAL Services for our remote locations

 

04/97 – 12/2001         Unlimited Solutions Inc. Detroit, MI

                                    Position: SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

 

·         Performed as the Lead Systems Administrator for Internet/Intranet services.

·         Installed, configured and supported MS WINDOWS NT SERVER, MS WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION 4.0/2000, HP-UX 10.20, OMNIBACK, SAN, EMC, SUN SOLARIS 2.6, LINUX 7.0/5.0, NETWARE 5.1/4.0, CHECK POINT FIREWALL 4.0, TRENDMICRO INTERSCAN VIRUS WALL 3.0/2.1, MS PROXY SERVER 2.0, NOVELL BORDER MANAGER PROXY, MS ISA PROXY/FIREWALL SERVER, NETSCAPE ENTERPRISE WEB SERVER 3.0, MS INTERNET INFORMATION SERVER 4.0/3.0, MS FRONT PAGE 2000, HTML, ASP for IIS, Real Server for Streaming Audio & Video, ORACLE.

·         Installed, configured and supported hardware including COMPAQ SERVERS and WORKSTATIONS, COMPAQ TASKSMART PROXY, HP T & L SERIES SERVERS, and SUN NETRA 220R SERVER.

·         Installed and configured 200 workstations and 6 MS Windows NT servers for the Planning and Development department.

·         Upgraded the City of Detroit Internet services, which included upgrading FIREWALL hardware and software.

 

02/96 - 04/97             Cerner Corporation, Southfield, MI

                                    Position: NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR

 

·         Installed, configured and supported software, such as AIX 3.25, SCO UNIX 3.2, MS WINDOWS NT 4.0, TCP/IP for AIX and SCO, NETWARE 4.1/3.12, SNA SERVER 2.1, and SNA LU 6.

·         Provided support for AIX, SCO UNIX, RS/6000, SNA SERVER, SNA LU, NETWARE and TCP/IP.

·         Installed and supported the IBM 59H SERVER, RS/6000, COMPAQ PROLIANT SERVER, IBM PC, 16 & 8 PORT ASYNC ADAPTERS, INTEL NETPORTS, IBM 4033, and JETDIRECT PRINT SERVERS.

·         Installed and supported Workstation software, such as MS WINDOWS 95/3.1, MS DOS 6.22, WFWG 3.11, NETSCAPE 2.0, MS INTERNET EXPLORER, TCP/IP, REFLECTIONS for MS WINDOWS, MS OFFICE 95.