Specialties: Server architecture, Server, Storage, and Network Virtualization

Senior Systems Engineer @ Lead Engineer responsible for the following technologies: Windows Server 2012R2 / Active Directory Microsoft Exchange 2010/2013 Proofpoint Managed Email and Archive Solutions Microsoft ADFS and Okta SSO Cloud Identity Solutions Vmware ESXi / vRealize / vOPS / Vmware SRM / Vmware Replicaton Netapp and HP Storage Arrays FCOE, ISCSI, CIFS and NFS fluent HP Proliant DL/BL and Cisco UCS B/C series Servers Cisco Unified Communications 10.x Cisco Routers, Switches, and ASAs VPN / Firewalls with Firepower/ Cisco Snort / Firesight Perimeter Protection Data Domain 2500 Deduplication devices Veritas and Symantec Backup solutions Microsoft System Center suite Nagios / NagiosXI Monitoring / Cacti Provide 24 x7 On Call Escalation Provide mentoring and positive direction to IT staff From September 2013 to Present (2 years 4 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaSenior Systems Engineer @ Lead in architecting and maintaining Microsoft Active Directory 2003-2008 envi on Vmware. Lead role in architecting and maintaining VMware virtual environment on HP blade environment (c7000 enclosures with BL460G6). Nearing 70% virtualization of main datacenter. Maintain EMC Clarion CX Storage Network, Brocade switches, and related storage fabric devices for various hardware platforms. Lead role in developing, implementing and maintaining Hitachi AMS 2500 SAN Secondarily responsible for Exchange 2003 environment. Provide day-to-day operations as 3rd tier escalation assistance for Network Operations, Systems Administration, and Systems Engineering departments. Provided detailed Business continuity and Disaster recovery plans - remote site / hot site model Provide Project Management experience to responsibly guide infrastructure projects. For example - Cisco Unity, Cisco ASA deployments, Hitachi SAN deployment, HA/DRS ESX clusters in remote offices, architect remote office backup (disk to disk) solutions. From February 2006 to September 2013 (7 years 8 months) Senior Systems Administrator @ Administer large enterprise wide SQL Servers, IIS Servers, and, Windows 2000 - 2003. Responsible for Disaster Recovery planning (hardware and SQL log shipping.) Build and manage HP/Compaq Proliant DL/ML server lines. DL380, DL580G2, DL740, DL760G2. Storageworks 4314, 4345, MSA30, MSA1000, Fibre cards. LTO Ultrium II backup's deployments. Manage and build Microsoft SQL Clusters via MSCS. Expert level Windows administration. Web IIS administration; File level security. Provide detailed documentation for various environments builds. Perform patch management for Production, QA, and DEV environments. Troubleshooting of various system, servers, and network issues. Responsible for Production server and Data Center overall health Managed Veritas / Arcserve local and remote backups Responsible for Insight Manager, NT Event logs, SMS queries, NetIQ, Netcool, and SNMP monitoring tools. Extensive hands on configuration of HP SAN arrays and EMC Clariion RX600. Intermediate level of VB and WMI Scripting for systems administrative purposes. Perform and oversee various projects from inception to production deployment. Responsible for Systems Architecture and Design for Operational units. Configuration, installation, maintenance of Windows 2003 servers. Patch management, deployment and mitigation for Windows 2000-2003 servers. Install and maintain VMWare ESX infrastructure. Install and maintain SQL 2000 - 2005 database servers; perform various database tasks Working closely with the Network Systems, Support Center and business unit teams to support the architecture and operational practices of the enterprise. Responsible for Citrix Metaframe XP farm. Responsible for EMC DMX / Clarion administration and maintenance From August 2003 to January 2006 (2 years 6 months) Senior Infrastructure Engineer @ Managed complex Windows NT/2000 Server installations, configurations, and updates Managed complex Novell Netware 5.0 Server installations, configurations, and updates Cisco switch and router installation for LAN and WAN connectivity 24/7 on call server support Lotus Notes Domino 5.0 installations and administration Implemented a centralized backup scheme using Arcserve 6.6, 7.0 and Brightstor 9, 11 and Veritas Netbackup Datacenter 3.4 using a StorageTek 9740 unit From September 1997 to April 2003 (5 years 8 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaNetwork Administrator @ From 1995 to 1997 (2 years) Greater Los Angeles Area

Bachelor's degree, Craology @ University of California, Los Angeles From 1992 to 1994 Associate of Science (AS), Funny Business @ Glendale Community College Ed Engay is skilled in: VMware ESX, Storage Area Networks, Virtualization, VMware, Active Directory, Disaster Recovery, Windows Server, Servers, System Administration, Data Center, Security, IT Management, Microsoft Exchange, Server Architecture, Storage