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Susan Airey, MCSE, CCSA

Susan Airey

Beeton, Ontario (Between Toronto and Barrie)

digitalmek@engineer.com

 

Objective: 

 

To continue to offer my technical skills in positions requiring hands on technical leadership roles which leverage my years of technical project implementation, team management and solution design skills. An environment to lead into the next level of enterprise networking with a team of skilled professionals working together towards a common goal.

 

 

Overview of Current Skills:

 

Computer Technical Sales and Support 15 Years

LAN/WAN Administration and Engineering 10 Years (MCSE 1997)

Firewalls, Routers, Switches and Hubs 10 Years

Internet/Firewall Specialist (CCSA 8 Years)

Expert Exchange / SMTP Email Administration with Disaster Recovery 10 Years

Expert Microsoft Network Administrator (Active Directory, Exchange, IIS, SQL, Cluster, W2K, W2003 etc)

Expert Team or Project Leader with Technical, Communication, Documentation and Presentation Skills

 

Incorporated 2004 – 2040488 Ontario Inc

 

Work Experience:

 

Strategic Connections Inc                                            Mar 2007 – Present

Senior Systems Administrator                                       

Report to Manager of IT Marcin Ozgo

 

IT Department Team Member (team of 3)

Day to day Server Support / Projects - Outlook / Exchange / POP3 Internet mail / Blackberry / SQL / Active Dir

Project – Implement active directory domain, exchange 2007 server, File Server on iSCSI SAN with VM Ware

 

 

Bank Of Montreal                                                           Nov 2005 – March 2007

Senior Messaging Analyst                                            

Report to Manager of Operations Jeff Zelding

 

Messaging Support Team Member (team of 18)

Day to day Server Support / Projects - Outlook / Exchange / Notes / OWA / Internet mail / Blackberry / SQL / Active Dir Outages and Disaster Recovery – Exchange 5.5, 2000 and 2003 Servers / Win2000 / 2003 / AD/

MOM Monitoring, WUS, Cluster Admin, Virus Scan, Group Shield, Bright Mail, Mail Sweeper…

Project - Share Point Team Site Development

Project - Lotus Notes to Exchange/Outlook Migrations

Project - Exchange 5.5 / 2000/ 2003 Migrations

Project – Migrate 3200 users form Blackberry Enterprise Edition 3.6 to 4.0

Systems Admin – Outage Response: Resolved 100+ outages exchange, blackberry, clusters, windows 2000/2003

Systems Admin – Exchange, Blackberry, OWA - 3rd level support for Messaging Technicians

Systems Admin – Backup / Restore on Veritas / TSM, Dell / Compaq Loaders for Exchange 2000/2003 and Lotus Notes

Systems Admin – Process Improvement and Documentation

Systems Admin – Operational Maintenance 250 Servers

Systems Admin – McAffee Group Shield for Exchange EPO administration

Systems Admin – Pandemic Planning - On call rotation, remote administration, ORP Program

Systems Admin – Business Continuity Planning – Team Liaison to corporate committee

Systems Admin – MOM Tuning Project

Systems Admin – Exchange 2000 Server Decommissioning / Lease Returns

Systems Admin -  Metrics Reporting – Exchange,  Blackberry, Antivirus, Hardware Inventory

Training – Viatil ITIL, Blackberry Enterprise Edition 4.0, Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007

 

 

 

 

Bank Of Montreal                                                           April 2005 – Nov 2005

Contract – Exchange Messaging Support Technician Level 3                                          

Report to Manager of Operations Jeff Zelding

 

Messaging Support Team Member (team of 18) 6 month contract

1200 + Trouble Tickets Resolved - Outlook / Exchange / Notes / OWA / Internet mail / Blackberry

Server Outages and Disaster Recovery – Exchange 5.5, 2000 and 2003 Servers / Win2000, 2003 (100+ incidents)

MOM Monitoring, WUS, Cluster Admin, VirusScan, Group Shield, Bright Mail, Mail Sweeper etc

 

 

Government of Nunavut                                                  Jun 2004 – April 2005

Contract – Sr Systems Admin                                       

Report to Manager of Operations Jeff Bisson

 


Informatics Server Support Team Member (team of 3)

Day to day server support of 100 servers in a Windows 2003 Enterprise Environment including Daily Status Reports

Day to Day Admin of Brighstore ArchServ 11.0 on Dell PV110 LTO2 Drive, Antigen SPAM Defense, MS Exchange 2003, Active Directory (Multiple OUs)

Royal Blue Ticket System – daily 3rd level support of queues and tickets

Remote Community Support – 3rd Level support for remote site techs

Project – Legal Registries and Justice Application Implementations (various apps)

Project – Cape Dorset NU – Double backup capacity, add extra DLT Drive

Project – Pangnirtung NU – Site Evaluation, assist remote tech

Project – Rankin Inlet NU – Implement Win 2003 based payroll server

Project – all remote sites – assist techs to implement new LTO2 drives, upgrade / config ArchServ 9.0 to 11.0


 

 

IServ Ontario                                                                Feb 2004 – April 2004

Contract – NT Systems Admin Level 2 Tech Lead           

Report to Hosting Service Director Tony Khoo

 

NT Server Support Team Member

Project - Getronics Migration Technical Lead

Team Lead – coordinate team members to obtain project objective

Team Lead – Day to Day Project and Time Management

Successful completion of project - migrate 100 servers in 6 weeks to new support team

Project included 42 SDMT Servers from Wilson location

Day to day server support of 450 NT/Unix servers in a mixed infrastructure environment

Day to day problem tickets, server changes and customer support and issue resolution

 

 

Roxio Inc Richmond Hill ON                                           Nov 2002 – Dec 2003

Sr Systems Administrator – Team Lead                         

Report to Operations Director Steve Anderson Santa Clara CA

 

3 Building CAN connected to Global WAN via VPN

150 Advanced Users / 30 NT servers

Team Lead – Team of 3 (including myself) (Sr Management in California)

Team Lead – Personnel Management and Motivation

Team Lead – Day to Day Project and Time Management

Team Lead – Interviewing, Staff Relations, Performance Reviews

Team Lead – Dept Financing, Purchase Order Management, Expense Submissions

Team Lead – Budget Planning 2003

Team Lead – Project Planning 2003

Team Lead – Department Meetings and Conferences

Project – Core Network Stabilization and Upgrade

Project – Implement Cisco 6509s and 3550s to replace existing switch backbone

Project – Implement Cisco 3548-12G Core switch

Project – Replace all existing Ethernet patch cables during switch implementation

Project – Implement Cisco VPN Concentrator for Site to Site Tunnels

Project – Migration of Global technical support services to RH

Project – Complete Renovation of Second floor to support 70 Users incl Desktop Builds

Project – Telecom and Data re-cabling of second floor (350 drops)

Roxio Inc Richmond Hill ON     continued                           Nov 2002 – Dec 2003

Project – Build Brand New Server Room to Support 30 Tech Support Department Servers including:

Telecom, Data, Power, HVAC, UPS, Racks and Tracks and Labor

Project – Technical support server migration from Santa Clara to RH phased implementation

Project – Redesign of existing server room, add Power, Data, Reduce Furniture, Eliminate Clones

Project – Clone server migrated to Dell Racks and Servers with External Arrays

Project – Combine FTP Servers and re-implement

Project – Visual Source Safe to Perforce Migration

Project – Migrate Whats Up Gold Monitoring Server to RH from Maple Grove

Project – Implement SMTP Gateway with Exchange 2003

Project – Implement MS SUS for Patch Management (dev only)

Project – Implement Global File Replication Server for daily builds

Project – Implement Veritas Enterprise Edition and SDLT Auto Loader

Project – Server and Desktop migration Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition to Trend Micro Enterprise AV Suite

Project – Emergency Migration of Checkpoint FW 4.0 to Cisco PIC 515e

Project – Santa Clara – PIX 515E Planned Implementation to develop true DMZ

Network Admin – Day to Day support of 30 windows 2000 and Linux Servers including:

Active Directory, Exchange, DNS, DHCP, IIS, SQL, File and Print etc…

Network Admin – Day to Day (24/7) support of Security Systems for all 3 Buildings

Network Admin – Day to Day telecom support for all 3 buildings

(PRI, DS3, ISDN, Fiber Optics, 250+ DID Lines, BIX, Meridian set programming, Voice Mail, Analog fax/modem lines, Cisco Switches (6500, 3500 series), Routers (7400 series), Fiber Switches, CAT 5 + 5E  Ethernet Cabling (700+ Drops), and Aspect Telecom Backbone, Aspect Sets)

Network Admin – Day to Day Purchasing, Order Tracking and Approval, Inventory Management

Network Admin – Day to Day Disaster Recovery (24/7) hardware recovery, software recovery

Network Admin – Day to Day Virus Server Admin incl. Daily Virus Detection routine and ghost cleansing

Network Admin – Day to Day Security and Intrusion Detection Monitoring

Network Admin – Day to Day Ghost Image Management, patching and cleaning for QA / Engineering

Network Admin – Day to Day Maintenance of Site Diagrams and Documents

Network Engineer – 24/7 Support LAN/WAN Network and Infrastructure for Canada

Network Engineer – Day to Day Support of Global Firewall Infrastructure

Network Engineer – After hours support of Global Network including Germany, UK, Holland, US and Canada

Network Engineer – Backup to Primary Network Engineer for all routers and global WAN Assets

 

ThinData Inc. (App Development + Hosting Provider)  Jun 2001 - July 2002

Sr Systems Administrator / Systems Team Leader         

Report to CTO Chancellor Crawford

 

Team Leader: Team of 3

Web Site Support 200+ Web Sites

Server Support 15+ NT 2000 and Linux Redhat Servers: WWW, Media Server, DNS, MX, POP

SQL 2000, MS Exchange 2000, Network Monitoring, Hot Fix Monitoring, Backup and

Disaster Recovery, PDC, File Server, Development Environment, Collocated Client Servers

Team Lead – Personnel Management and Motivation, Interviewing, Staff Relations, Performance Reviews

Team Lead – Dept Financing, Purchase Order Management, Expense Submissions

Team Lead – Budget Planning 2002 - 2007

Project – Develop 24/7 Enterprise Environment from 5x9 Network

Project – Backup and Disaster Recovery Strategy with Veritas Suite

Project – 24/7 Network Monitoring at ASP engine Level with What's Up Gold

Project – 24/7 Outage Response Team (Mission - >20 Minute "Return to Up Status" for all services)

Project – Policy and Procedure Documentation

Project – Upstream Bandwidth Provider Switchover

Project – SAN Implementation with Network Design and Budgeting

Project – Network Information and Administration Database and Application

Project – Implement Norton Anti-Virus Corporate Edition

Project – Implement SPAM Filtering and Control with Xamime Linux based Tool

Project – Migrate to new Server Room (in less then 6 Hours Production Downtime!)

Project – Path to MS Gold Partnership Certification with Fully Certified Staff

Project – VPN - E-Commuting and Remote Administration (24/7 Response Team)

User Support – 35 In House Developers and Corporate Users running PCS with Windows 2000

Pro/Server, MS Office, MS Interdev, MS Project, Design and Development Applications

Day to Day - Server Checks and Log Reviews, Security and Intrusion Detection Monitoring, Maintenance Requests, Client requests (www, ftp, email, dns, media streams etc), Client Presentations and Quotes, Internal Meetings,

Resource Planning, Purchasing and Lease Management

 

Public Service Employee Relations Commission        Jan 2001 - May 2001

BC Provincial Government                                            

Contract - Systems Dept:  Technical Systems Analyst    

Report to Team Leader James Wall

 

Member of Technical Analyst Team of 3

System and User support in a 200 User NT 4.0/2000 environment

New Machine builds, scripting, application installations and documentation 

Windows 2000 Rollout Team, testing and administration

2nd level helpdesk calls including hardware replacement, application installations, user profiles,

User education etc...

 

 

JCI Corporation (3 Positions)                                       Mar 2000 - July 2000

IT Team Leader                                                              May 2000 - July 2000

Report to CEO Charles Connaty

 

IT Team leader: Team of 8

Team Lead – Personnel Management and Motivation

Team Lead – Day to Day Project and Time Management

Team Lead – Interviewing, Staff Relations, Performance Reviews

Team Lead – Dept Financing, Purchase Order Management, Expense Submissions

Team Lead – Department Meetings and Conferences

Team Lead – Creation of IT Vision 2000 LAN/WAN Upgrades and Resource Planning

Team Lead  – Creation of IT Budget 2000 - 2003

Management of 3 Teams overseeing all aspects of Corporate Network: LAN/WAN/ISP, Internal Security,

Business Communications

Daily Maintenance and Planning for NT Domains with 80+ User environments in escalated growth mode

 

JCI Corporation (3 Positions)                                       Mar 2000 - July 2000

Local Area Network Team Leader                                    April 2000 - May 2000

Report to NOC Manager Bob Bergey

 

LAN/WAN/ISP Team Leader: Team of 4

Team Lead – Personnel Management and Motivation

Team Lead – Day to Day Project and Time Management

Team Lead – Interviewing, Staff Relations, Performance Reviews

Team Lead – Dept Financing, Purchase Order Management, Expense Submissions

Team Lead – Department Meetings and Conferences

Project – Network Monitoring and Stabilization

Project – LAN/WAN Assessment

Management of LAN/WAN/ISP Team Duties and Reports

Daily LAN/WAN Administration, Team Management and project planning including NT4.0 SP5+, Exchange 5.5,

SMTP/POP WINS, DNS, Radius, SQL 6.5/7.0, IIS 4.0, Backup, EMC SAN, FW-1, Nokia VoIp, Citrix

Winframe/Terminal Server, ATM, Fiber Optic OC-12, Tigress Dial-Up

ISP: Customer Support and Troubleshooting for all ISP related help calls including DNS, POP, WWW…

 

JCI Corporation (3 Positions)                                       Mar 2000 - July 2000

Technology Specialist                                                   Mar 2000 - April 2000   

Report to Noc Manager Bob Bergey

 

NOC Technical Specialist: Fiber Optic OC12 ATM and SONET WAN

Newbridge Training Sessions: ATM technology and terminology, Newbridge equipment Administration

Detailed understanding of the network design, plan and hardware configuration


 

Sales & Merchandising Group (3 Positions)                 Jul 1997 - Mar 2000

Internet and Exchange Administrator                              Aug 1998 - Mar 2000                     

Report to VP Technology Services, Susan Smith

 

Project – Creation of a Secured 24x7 E-Business Domain

Project – Design and Implement Checkpoint Firewall-1

Project – Implementation of all new Web Sites (approx 15 E-business sites)

Project – 6 Site Enterprise Upgrade to Exchange 5.5

Project – Train expanding Web Team of 3

Responsible for 20+ Servers including SQL 6.5, IIS 4.0, MS Exchange 5.0/5.5, Checkpoint Fwall-1,

BDC/PDC WINS, DNS at Multiple Site Locations including USA

Cisco Routers 1004, 2500 and 3600 10.x+ Series

Technical Project Lead for all e-business and web enabled customer solutions

Daily Administration and Troubleshooting of DMZ Domain and SQL Backend

Daily Server Checks and User support for all Internet/intranet and exchange server sites

After hours support and disaster response for all LAN/WAN infrastructure

Manage group projects, usually team of 3

 

Sales & Merchandising Group (3 Positions)                 Jul 1997 - Mar 2000

Help Desk Manager                                                       Aug 1998 - Nov 1998                                    

Report to Director of IT, Susan Smith

 

Promoted to Helpdesk Manager (Temporary Assignment): team of 3

Managed the Help Desk and User Support Team

Daily tasks included: support calls, hardware repair coordination, equipment lease management, equipment return and requisition, staff payroll and HR needs, new hire training, product upgrades, disaster response, special projects etc.

Also maintained Exchange/Web Administration Duties and operated as a backup to the network administration team.

 

Sales & Merchandising Group (3 Positions)                 Jul 1997 - Mar 2000

Network Administrator                                                    Jul 1997- Aug 1998   

Report to Business Communications Manager David Jennings

 

MCSE co-op placement as Network Administrator, hired on full time after co-op period

Project – Network Upgrade and Stabilization: extensive reorganization and upgrade of all network infrastructure

Daily Administration and Support of a 30+ Compaq Server NT 4.0 LAN w/ 5 WAN Locations over Frame Relay with Cisco Routers

3rd level Support of 250 Users of an NT4.0 domain with TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS, DNS, MS SQL 6.5, MS Exchange 5.0, RAS, IVR, cc:mail, MS Proxy 2.0, MS IIS 3.0, ftp, www, file services, Backup Exec daily backup, Cisco, pipeline and Ascend router connections

User support for Compaq laptops and desktops running MS and Custom corporate applications

 

Computer Sales, Support, Purchasing, Assembly, Troubleshooting 1992 – 1997

 

Cyber Microsystems                              Purchaser/Technician                 May 1996 - Aug 1997        

Sue and Micah’s                                    Owner Operator                         Apr 1995 - May 1996

A Plus Software Yonge                         Technical Sales / Purchasing      Jan 1995 - May 1996

Beginner’s Computers                           Hardware Technician                  Jan 1993 - Jan 1995

Home Based PC Repair                         Hardware Technician                  Mar 1992 - May 1997

 

Training and Certifications, Skills, References:

 

Please see my web site for these lists:

 

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