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Justin Nelson

Chesterfield

Summary

Experienced technology professional with 20+ years in IT, focusing on designing and maintaining computer infrastructures. Seeking a company aligned with dedication to IT systems and growth opportunities. Passionate about utilizing cutting-edge technology to create secure network infrastructures and positively impact the IT community. Self-motivated, reliable, organized, and adept at problem-solving and customer service.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Owner/Operator

CyberBytes Technology
01.1996 - Current
  • Providing helpdesk support, network engineering, and software development for all sized companies.
  • TK Software - Systems Engineer / VMware Server Management.
  • HealthX - Systems Engineer / Software development.
  • Indiana Commission on Proprietary Education - Assessed schools for state of Indiana accreditation.
  • City of Anderson Department of Transportation - Implemented Backup solution.
  • Greatbatch Medical - Implemented Data Domain disk backup system.
  • Daleville Community Library - Technical Support Services.
  • Chesterfield Pizza King - Networking and Security Services.

Sr. Security Analyst

Virtusa
11.2017 - 02.2019
  • Provided triage, automation, and process improvement as Sr. Security Analyst for Virtusa contractual obligations.
  • Developed and maintained Cylance automation scripts.
  • Developed and maintained scripts to collect data and build metrics for entire SOC.
  • Analysis and triage of security events using, but not limited to; Swimlane (Case Management), ArcSight (SIEM), Cisco Sourcefire (IDS/IPS), Symantec DLP, Symantec Enterprise Protection (Virus Scanner), McAfee Enterprise Protection (Virus Scanner), Cisco Ironport, Qualsys (Vulnerability Scanner), Kenna (VRM System), Tanium (Asset Management), and Cylance (File system protection).

Systems Administrator

TEKsystems
07.2017 - 10.2017
  • Short-term contract to help with acquisition integration for TEKsystems customer.
  • Juniper Switch Configurations and Installation.
  • Juniper Firewall Configurations and Installation.

Sr. Systems Engineer

SmartIT
09.2016 - 05.2017
  • Provided performance tuning, break-fix, automation, and implementation as Sr. Systems Engineer for SmartIT contractual obligations.
  • NetBackup Engineer / Administration.
  • PowerShell Automation.
  • Ansible automation of RHEL and Windows.
  • RHEL (Linux) Administration.
  • Windows Administration.
  • VMware ESXi 6.0 Administration, 5, 5.1, and 5.5.

Sr. Systems Engineer

PCM
04.2015 - 08.2016
  • Administered and maintained 850+ Windows, VMware ESXi, Linux/Unix servers, NetBackups and SAN/NAS storage as Sr. Systems Engineer for PCM contractual obligations.
  • Administered and maintained Exchange 2013 DAG.
  • Primary Administrator Symantec NetBackup 7.5/7.6/7.7 environment.
  • Administered and maintained RedHat Storage Cluster, Dell Compellent, HP EVA, and HP 3PAR SANs.
  • Administered and maintained Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, and RedHat Linux.
  • Administered and maintained VMware ESX(i) versions 3, 4, 5, 5.1, and 5.5.

IT Technician III

Ricker Oil Company
10.2013 - 08.2014
  • Provided helpdesk support and System Administration over 50+ locations operating 24/7.
  • Removed rogue DHCP server.
  • Implemented SAN and iSCSI services.
  • Implemented IDS/IPS using Snorby on Security Onion (Sourcefire technology) Linux.
  • Repaired VMware ESXi datastore corruption using VMware PowerCLI.
  • Implemented iSCSI datastore on VMware ESXi 5.5 hypervisor.
  • Repaired Hyper-V clustered storage corruption using PowerShell.
  • Fixed FSMO rolls in Active Directory.
  • Implemented Maintenance plans for Microsoft SQL 200X Databases (Multiple versions in house).
  • Managed both Hyper-V and VMware ESXi 5.5 hypervisors.
  • Installed and configured Snapserver NAS.

Sr. Systems Administrator

Sherry Laboratories
07.2011 - 05.2013
  • Provided helpdesk support and network engineering across ten locations nationwide.
  • Upgraded VMware ESXi 4.0 to VMware ESXi 5.1.
  • Managed VMware ESXi infrastructure.
  • Migrated Network infrastructure to Colocation site.
  • Managed Sonicwall Firewall.
  • Implemented IDS/IPS using Snort and SnortReport on Slackware Linux.
  • Managed Barracuda Spam Firewall.
  • Migrated Windows 2003 Servers to Windows 2008 R2.
  • Managed and maintained a variety of proprietary and custom software packages.
  • Managed and implemented Backup Exec 2010 and retention plan.
  • Implemented FreeNAS(FreeBSD based) rsync backup server.
  • Managed and maintained Dell MD3000i, MD3220, and MD1000 SANs.
  • Performance tuned and monitor Microsoft SQL 2005 & 2008 Databases.

Sr. Systems Engineer

Nyhart Company / ABG Indiana
02.2006 - 05.2008
  • Provided helpdesk support and administrated a network consisting of 70 LAN users.
  • Implemented Linux Firewall using iptables and bash (Migration from Watchguard Firewall).
  • Implemented OpenVPN and SSH remote access servers.
  • Implemented Microsoft SQL 2005 Database and Maintenance plans.
  • Developed custom Bandwidth Monitoring package for Linux Firewall.
  • Migrated from Galaxy backup software to Symantec Backup Exec.
  • Upgraded 28 Windows 2000 Servers to Windows 2003 Server seamlessly.
  • Managed VMware ESX Server v3.5.
  • Managed Citrix remote portals for offsite employees.
  • Managed and maintained Xiotech HBA Fibre Channel SAN with 1-to-1 zoning.

DSLIndiana / eGIX
02.2005 - 02.2006
  • Provided helpdesk support and installation for OC-1, T1, SDSL, and ADSL circuits.

Systems Administrator / Helpdesk Support

Benefit Systems, Inc. / North America Health Plans.
06.2003 - 01.2005
  • Provided helpdesk support and implemented UNIX based file/print services and Apache based Helpdesk software package. Maintained and administrated a network consisting of 60 LAN users.
  • Implemented Samba file and print services.
  • Implemented PerlDesk helpdesk support software on Apache web server.
  • Administered 50 Netware Clients.
  • Maintained Linux and UNIX servers.
  • Maintained Citrix environment.

Systems Engineer / Software Engineer

Healthx.com
05.1996 - 06.2003
  • Implemented, managed, maintained and administrated a network consisting of 50 LAN users, 12 WAN users and over 100,000 application users and a voice network. Also shared responsibility for web content development and data integration.
  • Helped develop plan for the purchase of a network solution, both hardware and software.
  • Migration of .COM to collocation site which includes, but is not limited to: Network Infrastructure design, IIS Web Farm design, SQL Database structure, Backup Solution, VLAN and DMZ configuration, and Virtual Private Network Services.
  • Performed help desk and administrative functions supporting numerous hardware and software configurations including, but not limited to: Siebel 7.0, Microsoft Office 2000, ACT 4.0, Microsoft SQL 7.0, Microsoft SQL 2000, IBM workstations, combination of Dell and IBM Servers, and WAN/LAN connections.
  • Performance tuned and monitor Microsoft SQL 200 Database.
  • Helped develop and maintain Active Directory domain infrastructure.
  • Implemented and maintain Terminal Services on Windows servers. (Microsoft's Citrix equivalent)
  • Developed enrollment forms for ASP/COM driven application on a SQL 2000 database backbone and data integration reporting tools for the Data Integration team.
  • Implemented VMware Workstation for developers mirroring server environment.

Education

High School -

Highland High School
Anderson, IN
01.1997

Vocational School - Electronics

Anderson Vocational School
Anderson, IN
01.1996

Skills

  • Linux system administration
  • Web services management
  • Linux scripting proficiency
  • User authentication systems expertise
  • Proficient in virtual technologies (KVM/QEMU, Hyper-V, VMware)
  • Microsoft Server & Workstation OS environments
  • SQL Servers (Microsoft, MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
  • Microsoft Scripting (VBScript, PowerShell, Batch)
  • Programming (Visual Studio 60, NET 2015, SQL database development)
  • AI Orchestration
  • SAN/NAS Technologies
  • Extremely fast learner

Timeline

Sr. Security Analyst

Virtusa
11.2017 - 02.2019

Systems Administrator

TEKsystems
07.2017 - 10.2017

Sr. Systems Engineer

SmartIT
09.2016 - 05.2017

Sr. Systems Engineer

PCM
04.2015 - 08.2016

IT Technician III

Ricker Oil Company
10.2013 - 08.2014

Sr. Systems Administrator

Sherry Laboratories
07.2011 - 05.2013

Sr. Systems Engineer

Nyhart Company / ABG Indiana
02.2006 - 05.2008

DSLIndiana / eGIX
02.2005 - 02.2006

Systems Administrator / Helpdesk Support

Benefit Systems, Inc. / North America Health Plans.
06.2003 - 01.2005

Systems Engineer / Software Engineer

Healthx.com
05.1996 - 06.2003

Owner/Operator

CyberBytes Technology
01.1996 - Current

Vocational School - Electronics

Anderson Vocational School

High School -

Highland High School

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