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Desktop Support @ Career Institute of Technology Supported 120 workstations and 50 users. From 2002 to 2004 (2 years) System Administrator, SCCM @ Anthem, Inc. Part of a team of engineers tasked with building and maintaining client systems over a national network of users. Assisted in the integration and consolidation of configuration management processes and systems of multiple subsidiaries into the larger Anthem Inc. organization. Responsible for general desktop engineering related to OS imaging, application and security update deployments. Increased implementation effectiveness and reduced integration errors against large scale deployments (70,000+ endpoints) through planning and automation in powershell. From June 2016 to July 2017 (1 year 2 months) Costa Mesa, CASenior Analyst, IT Services @ Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX is like Special Forces… we do the missions that others think are impossible. Managing and maintaining systems and tools that engineers use to take on these missions is no simple task. Using experience, automation and self-service, Information Technology at SpaceX is able to be more agile than many companies.Key Contributions:Provide strategic input and direction for handling the matters involving a geographically distributed IT systems, while providing simple but effective scalability, performance, and reliability.Create detailed technical documentation for lower level staff and direct the installation and configuration of servers, network equipment, and other IT datacenter systems in a controlled environment.Build, test and upgrade productivity / security / engineering software to workstations while maintaining hundreds of self-service application installations.Test / Deploy and Maintain Windows patches on all non-mission / non-test workstationsManage all user account access and enhance resource and service account creationImplemented client based security enhancements such as AV, log aggregation, and password randomization to meet compliance standards. From November 2013 to June 2016 (2 years 8 months) Hawthorne, CAITS Specialist - Automation and Campus Support @ Westwood College Increased scope of Symantec Management Platform to 14 locations totaling 4000 machines in an education environment, and 500 servers in a data center. Used system to install and implement various software packages such as upgrading to Microsoft Office 2013 and dozens of applications using Symantec Workspace Virtualization (SWV).Trained regional Campus Systems Administrators with best practices and policies.Assisted Telecommunications Manager in national implementation and upgrade of Avaya Agent at 15 locations.Continued to manage, maintain and replace machines at local campus with one part-time employee on limited hours. From February 2011 to November 2013 (2 years 10 months) Anaheim, CASenior Campus Systems Administrator @ Westwood College Managed wide scope of projects including: Symantec Management Console agent and plug-ins install to 1300 desktops in 18 campuses nationwide, standardized email signature rollout to 2,000+ users and installed and supported VOIP push to 250 clients in 4 locations.Budgeted and managed capital expenses for entire campus as well as departmental operating expenses. Reduced expenses by 10% since 2008.Trained other CSAs with best practices and policies.Managed ~550 workstations, 60 employees and 1100 students with one fulltime employee. Completely redesigned local campus network infrastructure from the ground up for stability and security. Implemented DeepFreeze and Ghost to manage workstations via PXE. Managed up to 6 part time employees. Improved Student Satisfaction by 30%. From August 2006 to February 2011 (4 years 7 months) Network Administrator @ Melissa Data Responsible for 100 clients and 40 servers in a business environment.Implemented DR procedures and offsite backup routines.Monthly 99.99% reliability of business-critical infrastructure.Played major role in technology related decisions including load balancing and failover. From August 2005 to August 2006 (1 year 1 month) IT / DevOps Lead @ Relativity Space Responsible for creating and maintaining cutting-edge systems within a company at the forefront of additive manufacturing and rocket-powered flight vehicles.Utilizing open-source and proprietary software with government cloud-computing resources, Relativity Space is at the leading edge of technology.Implementing enterprise-level tools at a small size allowing for rapid future expansion. Greater Los Angeles Area