Steven Drexler

Networking Specialist

City, State 000-000-0000 email@email.com

Summary

I have always had a keen interest in technology, and this has led me into my career. I started out as a network infrastructure technician and have
ended up leading multi-million RAND projects, implementing total ERP business software solutions, selling bandwidth and creating complete
open sourced solutions for the businesses.

Work experience

Cisco 2016-08 - Present

Networking Specialist
Desktop and application support. IT infrastructure and Networking Specialist, installation and configuration of new servers, HP smart start,
iLO configuration and RAID levels(HP Proliant DL380P Gen8/HP Proliant DL380 G7) based on the requirement.
Preparing ESXi 5.5 hosts, configurations of storage, network, virtual machines and P2V conversion as needed. Installation and configuration
of Hyper V servers and virtual computers(type 2).
Active directory users and computer configurations, DC demotion, performing authoritative and non-authoritative database restoration.
Implementation and troubleshooting of new group policies to improve organizational security. Administration of different mailbox types,
distribution group, troubleshooting mail delivery issues, and edge server in Exchange server 2010 environment.
Managing, scheduling and restoration of Symantec backup exec 2012 client and troubleshooting backup exec issues. Installation and the
configuration of the different backup job on Veeam 8.0, troubleshooting backup failure issue.
Managing WSUS server, troubleshooting WSUS issues and ensuring clients are up-to-date. The configuration of new DHCP scope and IP
reservation based on multiple sites requirements.
Installation and configuration of NAS storage based on the requirements of sites.
Daily monitoring of Datacenter assets to make sure that there is no hardware related issue.
Maintaining data center assets and data center diagram based on the equipment's list.
Troubleshooting performance related issues, user support for Windows clients OS's, Hardware, Printers, LAN and WAN.
Supporting users based on the request or incident.

AT&T 2012-06 - 2016-07

Network Analyst
Responsible for installation and configuration of hosted Active Data Calendar software and client network support.
Supported office workstations and systems for both onsite and offsite employees.
Management of users/groups and permissions within Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, and CRM.
Implemented the offsite backup solution to facilitate a disaster recovery solution.
Assisted in migration of hosted client servers to high availability database center Migration of external DNS servers to the cloud-based
system.

D-Link 2008-04 - 2012-05

Network Support Engineer
Managed and monitored activities of Linux and Windows servers.
Regular system administration activities like backup, restore user administration, etc. Applying operating system patches and configuration
changes. FSMO roles administration: Placing of Global Catalog and FSMO role transfers.
Managed Simple Partitions and file systems. Active directory and ADC user account management.
Configured the RAID levels.
Monitored and managed the Enclosure Components using OA\IMM.
Performed routine audits of systems and software.
Monitored system logs and event logs. Updated the Firmware and getting the Diagnostics. Installation and configuration of Hardware
components in the HP/IBM/Dell servers.

D-Link 2004-02 - 2008-03

Associate Network Support Engineer
Implemented batch files and relevance as per the requirement.
Able to fixing the patches in all the clients based on the applicability; making up the fixlet and baselines based on the criteria.
Maintained and removed the security tool.
 Established and maintained effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Education

Associate in Applied Science, Computer Information Technology: Networking 2000 - 2003

Virginia College

Bachelor of Science 1997 - 2000

California Institute of Technology

Skills

Data Base Troubleshooting

CAT 6 Network Design Fibre Network Design

Solution Architecture Linux and Open Source

Data Center Administration Desktop and Application Support

Active Directory, DHCP and DNS Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Administration

Certifications

Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Solution Associate