Christian G.

Infrastructure Deployment Team | ESXI, Nutanix & Cisco Stack • Execute end-to-end deployment of multi-hypervisor Nutanix clusters (AHV & VMware) on Cisco M5/M6/M7 hardware, managing the transition from physical "rack and stack" to logical production. • Provision Cisco ACI fabric and Intersight (IMM) to automate network policies and hardware standardization via Fabric Interconnects and cloud-managed Server Profiles. • Deploy and scale Nutanix Objects and Unified Storage (NUS) clusters to provide enterprise-grade S3-compatible and file storage across the Cisco infrastructure.

Customer - INTEL Subcontractor - Cornerstone Defense • vCloud Foundation - Deploy, configure, manage v5.2 • vSAN - Deploy, configure, manage • VMware Aria suite - Deploy, configure, manage • Ensure seamless management of the comprehensive virtual infrastructure spanning various networks. • Configure/Install/Manage VMware ESXI 8, and vCenter 8 using NKP Native Key Provider / Encrypted VMX and buildout of vSS or vDS virtual standard/distributed switches • Configure Dell PowerEdge Hardware fortified with TPM and Secure Boot - IDRAC w\ restricted TLS ciphers

Customer - INTEL • Ensure seamless management of the comprehensive virtual infrastructure spanning various networks. • Configure/Install/Manage VMware ESXI 8, and vCenter 8 using NKP Native Key Provider / Encrypted VMX and buildout of vSS or vDS virtual standard/distributed switches • Configure Dell PowerEdge Hardware fortified with TPM and Secure Boot - IDRAC w\ restricted TLS ciphers - 10Zig thin/zero client management • Configure/Install/Manage VMware Horizon 8 with *MULTISITE* DEM, Win11, leveraging Nvidia DLS (Delegated License Service) for NVIDIA GRID passthrough/shared GPU virtual desktops • Configure TLS NIST_2024 encryption ciphers on ESXI hosts to enhance security posture • Deploy custom CA certificates to ESXi hosts, vCenters, IDRACs, ILOs, and servers • Configure/Manage NETAPP using ONTAP System Manager to present storage to VMware hosts • Ensure necessary IT projects are completed independently or assigned to others, as necessary • Make recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinate installation, and provide backup recovery • Obtain and analyze internal and external customer requirements and recommend equipment and software as needed • Implement system enhancements that will improve the performance, reliability, and security of the system including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management • Manage backup infrastructure and provide backup and recovery services • Manage DR infrastructure VMware SRM \ VMware Live Site Recovery \ replication appliances • Manage virus protection on a routine basis as directed by policy • Maintain security audit and logging information on all classified networked and standalone computers as directed by the Cyber Security team • Create and maintain user, computer, and service accounts and modify file permissions as directed by policy • Develop and maintain technical processes and procedures as needed

Customer - INTEL

Sub Contractor - Insight Global 2/23/2021 to 2/8/2022 Prime - Trace Systems, Inc. (full-time) 2/9/2022 to 9/22/2022 Customer - US AIR FORCE DISA JITC LAB

Sub Contractor The Goal 7/11/2019 - 10/21/2020 Sub Contractor Spear Inc (full-time) 10/22/2020 - 2/18/2021 Spear Inc acquired by CALIBRE Systems Inc. Nov 2018 Prime - VMWARE Customer - US ARMY C5ISR I2WD

GANTECH (full-time) \ (contractor) GANTECH acquired by GCOM 6/2019 Customer - Maryland Transit Administration

GANTECH Acquired by GCOM 6/2019 April 2015 - June 2016

GANTECH Acquired by GCOM 6/2019 Customer - Maryland Transit Administration

Magellan Health Services Systems Administrator (full-time) Columbia, Maryland