Josh Kornblum



JOSH KORNBLUMSUMMARYI.T. Professional with 5 years of experience in diverse and challenging positions. I have developed knowledge, and analytical thinking applied to a range of specializations, including Systems Administration, Network Administration, Virtualization, and Automation. Track record for diagnosing problems and consistently delivering effective and practical solutions. Quickly learn and master new technology; equally successful in both team and self-directed settings.TECHNOLOGYOperating Systems:MS Server 03/08/12/16, MS Desktop 7/8/8.1/10, RHEL, OEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Chrome OSStorage & Backup:Windows Server Backup, Windows Server Essentials Backup, Semantic Backup Exec, IBM IronMountainLanguages:Powershell, DOS, Visual Basic, Bash, C#Networking:DHCP, Cisco MX Series Security Appliances, Load BalancingVirtualization:VMWare, Hyper-V, XenServer, ProxMox, VirtualBox, AWSInfrastructure:Public & Private AWS, MS HA Clusters, Datacenter Hands & FeetAutomation:Puppet, SCCM, WSUS, Management Engine Desktop Central, Image Creation, Scripting, Desired State ConfigurationMonitoring: SCCM, Spiceworks Network Monitor, NCentral, PRTG, EM7Ticketing Systems:Spiceworks, OS Ticket, Service Now, Fresh Desk, ConnectWise, Kayako, SamanageApplications/Services:Citrix, DNS, IIS, Active Directory, WDS, MDT, Windows Print Server, GPO Management, MS Office, Adobe Creative Suites, FTP, SFTP, SSH, DNS, Apache, Nginx, OpenVPN, PfSense, Xentyal, Rockstor, FreeNAS, APC UPS, Replication, NodeJS, Web DevelopmentCertifications:MCA, MCSA Server 2012, A+ (Linux+, LPIC-1, SUSE CLA, are in progress)EXPERIENCEPomeroy IT SolutionsSystem Administrator IFEB 2016 – PresentPerform regular inspections of onsite datacenter. Oversee onboarding/offboarding process from both a manual and automated perspective using Samanage API, Powershell and manual efforts. Daily user administration in our onsite and cloud services such as O365.Monitor, maintain, provision, and decommission 150+ servers onsite and off-site comprised of both Windows and Unix systems.Create GPOs, AD automation, DNS maintenance, replication between sites, file system management, user data management.Maintain over 4000 users and 1500 computer systems.Create documentation and processes for runbooks and disaster recovery.Install OS patches and software monthly.Ensure daily backups are completed.Identify user needs.Administer machines using SCCM, and Puppet.Creation of corporate computer images.Develop programs and scripts used to assist my daily tasks. Developed a corporate widget for providing users with information about their computer systems. Configuration SpecialistOCT 2012 – JUN 2014I was responsible for imaging client machines via SCCM, FOG Server, Semantic Ghostcast, and physical installs. Upgrading physical hardware to meet the client’s needs and repacking in OEM boxing.Rack server buildouts. While at Pomeroy I worked on a team to install 500 blade servers, wire/label them, and apply the server image to each machine. Mobile Device Management. Applying configuration profiles via Apple Configuration Manager for 1000+ devices. Break/Fix printer repair. Printers and laptops that had reached EOL were cleaned and recorded for donation.At the end of my Pomeroy career, I worked in the call center providing desktop support for Compass Bank. I assisted in Mobile Device enrollment, Citrix XenDesktop management, and account lockouts. Data IntensitySystems Administrator IIJUN 2015 – FEB 2016I perform System Admin tasks for 5 of Data Intensity’s clients – they are all enterprise-level environments and are a mix of both Windows and Linux/Unix. Creating and/or modifying scripts for various tasks such as moving users in AD, appending information to user-fields, querying system information, moving/copying files, startup scripts for drive mappings, etc. Creation of new server instances whether that be via ESXI, Hyper-V, AWS, etc. I am usually tasked with the creation of the VM and initial provisioning like installing whatever underlying pre-requisites might be needed. Ex: Recently asked to create new OS Ticket instance in AWS.SCCM Management and installation. I have experience creating application packages from source for deployment, building software packages for OS/Security/Application patching, and remote management.Recently integrated an APC UPS into customer’s LAN to ensure 100% server uptime. Create/modify Puppet modules for customer to push out configurations to clients.Create/modify thresholds for managed services like CPU/Memory/Disk Space utilization for alerting the customer. Perform RCA on both Windows and Linux/Unix servers. Forward Edge, LLCDesktop EngineerJUN 2014 – JUN 2015Forward Edge specializes in IT support for the education system from K-12. I was solely responsible for the entire LAN of Mercer Elementary School and also provided support for the other 8 schools in the Forest Hills School District.Break/Fix/Install printers, fax equipment, VOIP, ran Ethernet cabling, and installed wireless access points. Added users to Active Directory, used Powershell scripting to modify user-fields in AD, created GPOs for various tasks including: application deployment, drive mappings, security group creation, blocking portable-apps, etc.Created DHCP scopes for each school and specified an IP range that would work. Also added DHCP reservations for certain devices.Created the client images that were used for the 2015-2016 school year (these were W7, W8.1 images) I used both WDS and SCCM for image deployment. Performed routine backups on the servers on-site via Semantic Backup Exec.Managed Google Apps & Admin console as they were a Google-based district. Successfully migrated locally-stored end-user data from our physical servers to each user’s Google Drive account, removed the folder-redirection GPO in place, and wrote a script to re-write the computer’s registry values to point to the user’s Google Drive directory, thus ensuring better file management as well as adding cross-platform functionality and freeing file space on our local servers.EDUCATIONUniversity of KentuckyAugust 2009 – December 2011 Electrical Engineering (transfer)Gateway Community & Technical CollegeJanuary 2014 – May 2015Computer & Information TechnologyREFERENCESChuck Owens513.508.4406Sam Emmitt317.782.5186Tom Pallo513.515.4661 ................
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