Resume of Charles Long (Sr. Cloud Architect)
I. Objective

 

 

The goal is to effectively lead technical projects related to digital transformation such as migration and/or automation of infrastructure as code.  As an objective for change it is important to increase communication between departments by means of Run-books, Playbooks, Wiki updates to ensure the quality of service is met. Providing information for standardization will help drive the business and help with disaster recovery planning, and Development Operations. Business continuity and disaster recovery planning are based on information that is readily available for support departments to execute within SLA time-frames.  The goal of automation and document of procedures will ensure efficiency while cutting response time for high availability of resources. I have the skills and knowledge of administration, engineering and support for information technologies across the enterprise, including day to day monitoring of activity management, routine maintenance, personnel management, and vendor management. At the end of the day, I bring in-depth knowledge of creating standardize architectures using secure workflows for projects such as, lift & shift, migrations, network implementations, application engineering, and security compliance risk management using multiple technologies. Additional projects include technical operations development for enterprise or corporate infrastructure teams with a proactive methodology.

 

II. Summary of Qualifications and Skills Technologies

1. Domain Administration -Azure AD, ADDS, ADFS, ADLDS, IAM
2. Network Administration -VNET, ExpressRoute, UDR, NSG
3. Database Administration -SQL PaaS, SQL Always On, SQL 2016
4. DevOps Infrastructure as Code -VSTS, Azure Automation, Azure DSC, PowerShell
5. Cloud Platform Architecture -OMS, Storage, Azure DR, TCOI

 

 

III. Education

American Intercontinental University

 

 

Masters of Information Technology Project Management                  02/2011

• Major: Internet Security and Assurance

 

Bachelors of Information Technology                                              08/2009       

• Major: Network Administration

• Minor: Database Design and Implementation

 

Associate of Arts in Business Administration                                   07/2008

• Major:  Information Systems

 

 

 

 

V.  Professional Experience

Long, TechNet Services

Jan. 2009 -Present

Contractor

Sr. Cloud Solution Architect/Engineer                                                                                      

 

Active Directory Domain Services, Physical, Virtual, VMWare, Hyper-V, AWS, VPC, VNet, AZURE AD, IAM, SQL Always On, SQL PaaS, Server 2012r2-2016 Configuration, Patching, AZURE Automation, Cloud Formation, AZURE RM, PowerShell," Infrastructure as Code". TCOI infrastructure, EA Subscription management Devops and end to end Azure to Azure DR experience. Experience with IT compliance and risk management requirements (logging, monitoring. security, privacy, SOX, HIPAA etc.)

 

Cloud on-demand services such as; creating data-centers in the cloud. Shutdown environments or delete and recreate for operational use. Redundant highly available infrastructure as a service with scale-able and security as a priority upfront. Backup and DR protections for compliance of business continuity.

 

Legacy Services

Windows Clustering (FCI, HA) , VMware migrations from P2V or V2V, Private Cloud to Public Cloud Migrations, Additional Solutions, Active Directory Domain Services, SSO, ADLS, ADFS, SFTP, Biztalk, SQL, IIS, etc. Automation of Domain server services and security. Asset management inventory updates and DR planning strategies with systems and network diagrams, Software Design Specifications, and ITIL documentation.

 

Openlink Financial

Oct. 2017- March 2018

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer/Architect                                                                         100% Remote

Duties/Skills

1. Development Cloud Architecture strategy for Azure operations

2. Create infrastructure as code (IaC) using AzureRM-PowerShell, VSTS, CI/CD

3. Multi-tenant design using CSP model

4. Design and build cloud infrastructure using IaC in US, UK, Japan

5. Disaster recovery design, implementation, and test for regional and international sites

6. Documentation Runbooks, Visio, Validate/Test

7. Security compliant (SOX, Hippa, etc.)

8. SME Azure Resources

9. Guide systems design specifications with Compute, Network, Storage operations

10. Encryption at rest and in transit for Azure IaaS and PaaS solutions

 

 

 

VisiantHealth (2015-2017)

Dec. 2016- October 2017

Sr. Platform Engineer/Architect                                                                                          Southborough, MA

Duties/Skills

1. Managed various projects while being HIPPA compliant

2. Cloud POC's AWS, Azure with collaboration of Sr. Cloud Architects to design and build on IaaS | PaaS for SaaS

3. Experience with software tools: Visio, Visual Studio 2015, SQL 2014, SQL 2016, Office 365, PowerShell ISE

4. Windows environment builds with PowerShell Workflow leveraging AzureRM, Azure DSC, Runbook Worker

5. Microsoft Subscription management EA Owner (Service Administrator)

6. Experience with scripting and administration of Active Directory Domain Services, Application Services, Web Services

7. Experience capturing processes to build DevOps code repository decrease resource time for repeatable tasks

8. Experience with AWS Cloud formation, AzureRM Templates, Azure Automation DSC, PowerShell

9. Experience creating and managing environment configurations with PowerShell and unattended installations

 

 

Mar. 2015- December 2016

Sr. Windows System Engineer (Data Center Operations)                                                    Southborough, MA

Duties/Skills

1. Managed various projects while being HIPPA compliant

2. Engineering infrastructure implementation for Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicare, Medicaid, Xerox, and

other clients delivering the implementation of Private Cloud.

1. Leading private cloud to public cloud migration

2. Physical, VMware ESXi 5.5, and AWS technologies leveraged storage EMC ExtremIO, Isilon, CoRaid SRX 6300.

3. Configured websites on IIS 6.0, IIS 7.0 , IIS 7.5 along with website builds, data restores, and backup with EMC networker

4. Installed and Configured SQL server 2008/2014 for HA and FCI.

5. Installed and managed Active Directory Domain Services on windows 2008 and 2012r2 servers.

 

 

 

 

Additional Projects and skills:

1. Level 4 (SME) for Active Directory issues with rights and privileges as well as ADAM, AD LDS, and (ADFS/SSO).

2. Assigned and managed group policies objects and AD structuring with OU’s for Automation of AD.

3. Installed, configured, and resolved issues for ADAM, AD LDS, Active Directory Domain Services, and replication strategies

4. Implemented disaster recovery site for onsite location and 20 other client domains with AD administration projects sole ownership retrofitting new DCs and raising the domain functionalities.

5. Planned and schedule infrastructure maintenance and ensure it has been completed within guidelines with roll back planning additionally.

6. Prepared and planned Disaster asset inventory and remediation with scheduled backups.

7. Sole ownership of creating a new domain for the company. Then created a trust with all legacy domains to move client’s servers into new domain with multiple vlans creating network security layer in addition to domain security. Then created a security model around role based access and server based access to automate the access control. Next, I built over 150 servers for new client environments totaling in 15 environments from start to go live.

8. Architected solutions and client applications for high availability implemented the builds. Cloud migration from VMware private cloud to AWS public cloud. Site to site AD federation across both environments with Identity access management. Built new in the cloud and used AWS services solutions to transition the SaaS to a highly available secure solution with automation for rapid build processes.

 

 

 

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Contractor Onsite Umass Memorial Hospital

Oct. 2013- Mar. 2015

Sr. System Admin (25% Remote) (Data Center Operations)                                                 Worcester, MA

Duties/Skills

1. Administration and maintaining Windows Server and Linux Operating Systems infrastructure (Failover Clustering

2. Enterprise printing, routine help and change tickets, OS patches and break/fix tasks with SLA time frame.  

3. Physical and virtual Server builds, tier III support, and troubleshoot Windows Server 2003/2008/2012

4. Active Directory administration and troubleshooting

5. Windows printing queue configuration and administration within Virtual print clusters

6. Administering DNS VLAN and Subnet.

7. Strong customer service and communication skills, as well as working closely with teammates and business partners.

8. Excellent written and oral communication with internal and external customers.

9. Senior level experience with Active Directory, FSMO roles, GPOs, WSUS, Windows printing, server backups.

10. Experience setting up and/or administering Windows Server 2003/2008/2012r2, DC, DHCP, DNS with 100+ server environments.          

11.  Experience with server-class hardware from major vendors such as HP or IBM and ability to build Windows/Linux servers with minimal supervision.

 

• VB,Power Shell scripting Active Directory Cmdlets

• TSM enterprise backup solution

• Nagios enterprise monitoring/alert system

• VMware 4.x or 5.x administration

• Citrix XenApp administration

 

Agilux Laboratories

Dec. 2012- May 2013

Systems Admin                                                                                                                       Worcester, MA

 

Worcester Housing Authority

Mar. 2011-Dec. 2012

Sr. Systems Engineer/ Crystal Reports 11 Developer                                                        Worcester, MA

 

United States Army

2003 -2006
Logistics Specialist                                                                                                              Kaiserslautern, Germany

• Improved inventory controls operations through the development of innovative, timesaving processes.

• Created master inventory lists using Excel, which resulted in a significant increase in inventory accountability.

• Planned, coordinated, and performed diverse inventory control, retail and customer service functions for military hospitals though out Germany and Iraq.

• Prepared and maintained records of inventory, price lists, storage, expenditures, and goods issued

• Received and recorded inventory; coordinated the movement of merchandise from warehouse to transit.