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• Linux/Unix/Windows administrator with over 7+ years of progressive IT experience in managing infrastructure and production servers. • Extensive hands on expertise on Windows, RedHat, CentOS, and Ubuntu Linux. • Experience of handling production environment with Domain controllers in multiple locations managing Active Directory, Exchange, DHCP, DNS, DFS and SQL. • Knowledge and implementation of open source...

• Linux/Unix/Windows administrator with over 7+ years of progressive IT experience in managing infrastructure and production servers. • Extensive hands on expertise on Windows, RedHat, CentOS, and Ubuntu Linux. • Experience of handling production environment with Domain controllers in multiple locations managing Active Directory, Exchange, DHCP, DNS, DFS and SQL. • Knowledge and implementation of open source applications. • Implemented imaging and cloning technologies like Windows Deployment and Linux PIX to speed up the process new installation. • Keep abreast of current technologies, self-starter attitude, strong interpersonal skills, can work in a team. Specialties:Unix, Linux. RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, iSCSI, Windows, DNS, VirtualizationLinux System Administrator II @ From March 2013 to Present (2 years 8 months) Hayes, MiddlesexWindows and Linux Systems Administrator II @ Working as a Linux System Administrator in the SMB Hybrid team, supporting thousands of dedicated and cloud customers with their day-to-day Linux and Windows issues. Main responsibilities fall within: configuring and tuning the LAMP and LNMP stack; troubleshooting application and server issues (performance, bugs, application errors); managing server security; looking after the client's infrastructure with regards to cloud solutions, load balancers, networks and more. I also aid customers in setting up a tailored infrastructure for their particular application. This involves recommending high-availability servers, adequate scaling, segregation of services, recommending caching technologies and so forth. From July 2012 to March 2013 (9 months) Hayes, MiddlesexIT Systems Administrator @ Part of a technical team that provide IT services to the London Councils. Working in an extremely challenging environment where resources are low, expectations are high and there is a zero tolerance on all security relates issues. The IT services include all mainstream technologies such as W2003R2/W2008R2, AD, VMWare, MS Exchange, MS SQL Server, Citrix, RSA and Secure FTP Server. There are also a number of bespoke applications written in VB and .Net that are maintained by an in-house development team. From September 2010 to July 2012 (1 year 11 months) London, United KingdomIT Infrastructure Consultant @ From May 2010 to August 2010 (4 months) Brighton, United KingdomContractor - Network Lead @ External Contractor - Provisioned to conceive a Project to provide Wyrley Media with an internal IT department, migrating from their previously used solutions to a hosted in house solution. The project involved a number of mainstream technologies including but not limited to; Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, VMware, ISA and hardened Linux front facing servers providing services to remote workers and the public. From January 2010 to May 2010 (5 months) Contactor - First Line Support @ Remote Support Issue Logging Issue Management Active Directory Administration VPN Administration From January 2010 to April 2010 (4 months) London, United KingdomTechnical Lead @ During this employment position, I was required to manage and maintain a fleet of servers owned by the company as part of their web hosting services provider, devotehost. This involved the setup and configuration of various software packages, involving CentOS, cPanel, Apache, BIND and various other tools. I was also required to maintain daily security audits of equipment as well as providing assistance to customer enquiries. From April 2009 to January 2010 (10 months) IT Technician @ Part of a team of engineers providing support for the Public Sector including but not limited to the Ministry Of Justice, duties included, - 2nd line desk side and service desk support - 1st line desk side support - Troubleshooting Windows operating system faults and application faults - Support of special needs users - Troubleshooting Printer and attached devices - Application deployment using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 From November 2008 to October 2009 (1 year) London, United KingdomIT Technician @ Part of a technical team that provide IT services to SOHO customers. Working in an environment where resources are low and expectations are high. The IT services include all mainstream technologies such as W2003R2, AD, MS Exchange, MS SQL Server and VPN technologies. From January 2006 to September 2008 (2 years 9 months) St Aloysuis College Michael Leer-Hipple is skilled in: Linux, Windows Server, Virtualization, VMware, Active Directory, vSphere, System Administration, Cloud Computing, Citrix, SQL, Windows 7, Rackspace Cloud, Servers, Security, Windows, ISA, OpenStack, Disaster Recovery, Hyper-V, Websense, Microsoft Exchange, Rackspace, Automation, Apache, Debian, Nginx, Varnish, Mentoring, DNS, Networking, Red Hat Linux, Infrastructure, Operating Systems