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Summary

System Administrator/Technical Support Engineer with over 20 years’ experience in electronic messaging systems and collaboration platforms, as well as Windows server administration. Motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal, communication and troubleshooting skills. Committed to taking ownership and resolving issues expeditiously.                              Well-known “Go-To” person to get things done.

Work experience

Columbia Law School
08/200811/2020

Systems Analyst - Email Administrator

Served as subject matter expert on electronic messaging and collaboration platforms, and primary point of contact for all email-related questions. Supervised by and reported directly to the CIO and CTO.

  • Overhauled company’s email and collaboration infrastructure, bringing downtime to near 0%
  • Implemented Domino policies, dramatically reducing administrative costs and support calls
  • Performed setup and administration of IBM MaaS360 portal, monitored device compliance
  • Spearheaded migration of legacy messaging system to a contemporary cloud web services platform
  • Coordinated Front rollout, managed teams/inboxes; expedited user support during and post-migration
  • Managed user and group accounts lifecycle on multiple systems across custom applications
  • Troubleshot mail routing and delivery in CanIt-PRO, Domino, Gmail and Front; SPAM attack prevention, response and mitigation
  • Evaluated and recommended services, software and hardware vendors for multiple IT projects
  • Designed and maintained custom Domino applications
  • Performed setup and administration of High Availability SonicWall SSLVPN appliances
  • Investigated DMCA violations and other security requests; identified infected machines
  • Maintained server SSL certificates for HTTPS, IMAPS, SMTPS, LDAPS, SSLVPN, SFTP on variety of platforms
  • Performed server monitoring and troubleshooting, automated routine administrative tasks using shell scripting, REG files and scheduled jobs
  • Created technical documentation for IT staff and end users
  • Provided 24/7 on-call Level 3 client support
Steve & Barry’s
01/200807/2008

Lotus Domino Administrator

Provided system administration support for a Domino infrastructure in the NY and India offices.

  • Streamlined company email directory using multilevel nested departmental groups
  • Performed BES administration, user management, device activations, IT Policies, and troubleshooting
  • Managed MailWatch email security portal
  • Created program documents and scripts for scheduled server maintenance
  • Conducted Domino server security auditing
  • Consolidated SMTP infrastructure, optimized spam control settings
  • Implemented password management for PCI compliance
Fordham University
07/200612/2007

Messaging Engineer - Team Lead

Provided system administration support for a 31-server/35,000-user Domino infrastructure at the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses.

  • Performed installation and configuration of Lotus Domino servers, clustering and high availability
  • Monitored and troubleshot the automated user account generation system
  • Deployed and configured the Trend Micro ScanMail antivirus software
  • Administered and maintained the Mirapoint Message Store/RazorGate servers
  • Led the development, testing and documentation of Disaster Recovery procedures
  • Acquired the Mirapoint Certified Engineer Training
Track Data Corporation
09/199803/2006

LAN/Desktop Support Analyst - Team Lead

Managed a multi-domain Windows network with 10 branches in the US and the UK.

  • Implemented antivirus and WSUS solutions, reducing server and client downtime
  • Created and deployed custom Windows Group Policy templates
  • Managed the setup and administration of Terminal Servers with Citrix MetaFrame
  • Performed tape backups/restores, created Arcserve backup scripts
  • Awarded “Employee of the Month”

Education

Omsk State Technical University, Russia
19761981

MS in Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Patent of a multifunctional magnetic-bubble memory device

COPE Institute, NYC
19951996

Diploma in Computer Programming

Visual Basic, PowerBuilder; UNIX, C, Oracle, SQL

Skills

Software

Lotus Domino/Notes, Gmail, Google Groups, CanIt-PRO, Front, Listserv, Mailman, Grouper, ServiceNow, Remedy, IBM MaaS360 MDM, SonicWall SSLVPN, VMware, TeamViewer, G-Suite for Education, MS Office, Xymon, Zoom Pro, Dropbox, OneDrive, Smartsheet, SolarWinds, Citrix, BES, SQL Server

Hardware

Servers, Desktops, Laptops, Routers, Switches, JetDirect Print Servers, Scanners, Network Printers, Tape Drives, Firewalls, Mobile devices, WLAN controllers, WAPs, KVM switches, ISDN, PCMCIA

Operating Systems

Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/2003/2008/2012/2016/XP/7/10, MS-DOS, Linux, Mac OS X,  Android

Networking

TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, RAS, VPN, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, LDAP, SSL, SSH, FTP, RDP

Core Competencies

  • Systems Administration
  • Troubleshooting and resolving issues
  • Learning new technologies
  • Technical Support
  • Customer Service
  • Electronic Messaging
  • Windows Server
  • Monitoring, Maintenance and Upgrade
  • Account Management
  • Documentation
  • Highly adaptable
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Multi-tasker
  • Reliable
  • Organized 

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