Candidate ID: #34
Location: Falls Church, VA (not willing to relocate; 0% travel)
Clearance: TS/SCI w/ CI Polygraph (10/2025)

EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY

• Current/Most Recent: 2+ years (May 2023 – Present) across systems engineering roles supporting defense and intelligence agencies – Led a side-by-side migration of legacy domain controllers to Windows Server 2022, stood up VMware vSphere 8 across two sites, and administered enterprise DNS/DHCP/IPAM in classified environments
• Past: 18+ years of progressive systems administration and engineering across DoD, intelligence, and civilian federal environments – Deep experience in VMware vSphere (5.x through 8.x), Active Directory and Group Policy, Microsoft Exchange migrations, STIG-based hardening, patch management, and Tier 3 infrastructure support

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Virtualization & VMware Engineering – Deployed and configured ESXi hosts and vCenter Server Appliances across multiple sites, built HA clusters and distributed switches, provisioned a 400 TB+ vSAN pooled from 32 SSDs, and previously administered a 24/7/365 enterprise environment of 60 ESXi hosts and 550 VMs across eight networks and DR sites
• Windows Server & Active Directory Migration – Executed forest preparation and SYSVOL FRS-to-DFSR conversion, transferred all five FSMO roles, deployed failover DHCP, demoted legacy DCs with full metadata cleanup, and managed OUs, GPOs, trusts, security groups, and account provisioning across seven enclaves
• Security Compliance & Hardening – Applied DISA STIGs, SCAP/SCC scans, and security patches within mandated timelines, implemented PKI certificates for vCenter and ESXi hosts using OpenSSL, configured DNSSEC and DNS security policies, and supported accreditation package documentation
• Messaging, Cloud & Patch Management – Designed and migrated Exchange environments (2003→2010, 2007→2010, 2010→2016) with DAG and NLB high availability, deployed Windows and Exchange instances in AWS EC2 with EBS snapshot-based disaster recovery, and managed enterprise patching via WSUS, VUM, and LANDesk

Credentials: B.S. Computer Networking (Cum Laude); CompTIA SecurityX CE and Network+; MCSE (Server 2012 Infrastructure, Server 2016 Cloud Platform); VCP-DCV on vSphere 6.5, 6.7, 7.x, 8.x, and VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator on vSphere 9.x