JEREMY J. VIET
1830 NE 13TH Ave #2 · Portland OR
(503) 347-5839 · Jeremy@JeremyViet.com
SYSTEM ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS
Throughout my career, I have taken pride in the fact that I’m able to walk into a situation, quickly assess it, and hit the ground running in order to make a large, immediate impact in a variety of environments. Combining this with my communication skills and my focus on results, I ensure that technology takes a forefront in delivering value to the company for which I am working.
CORE COMPETENCIES
· Cross-platform server administration
· Virtualization
· Networking
· System Automation
· Database Administration
· Email administration
· Management
· Mobile integration
· System Design
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
· Configured Exchange for shared hosting and wrote client, group, and user creation scripts to complete Tecology’s managed service provider environment.
· Served as technical contact and instructor for pilot program to teach USMC-Miramar IT staff the skills needed to pass the CCNA/CCNP exams.
· Improved overall site security at PosterGarden and enacted a plan to make the company PCI Compliant.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Systems Engineer
Portland, OR
Tecology 2010-Present
• Maintain, architect, and deploy systems and networks for multiple clients at sites across the United States in the real estate, insurance, construction, mortgage, and non-profit sectors.
• Automated ticket submission, tied system to Active Directory, implemented group-based package deployment, and instituted system-wide monitoring.
• Design and execute plans for clients migrating into and out of local/remote data centers, incorporating IaaS and SaaS solutions.
Independent IT Consultant
San Diego, CA / Portland, OR
2008-Present
• Manage existing infrastructure, research and implement new systems and processes for a variety of businesses including a multi-store retail location and restaurants while providing remote end user assistance.
• Provide networking, advanced database, IIS, Sharepoint, Windows and Linux server, and Office training to a variety of companies and agencies including the USMC, DHS, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Entergy, IRS, California state and local governments, San Diego Regional Airport Authority, and Sharp and Rady’s hospitals.
• Migrate systems on aging hardware to virtual environments.
• Assist management teams in cutting unnecessary IT costs and renegotiating service contracts.
IT Manager
Portland, OR
PosterGarden 2007-2008
• Oversee cross-platform servers, network infrastructure, and end-user support for a mixed-OS environment; administer all additional phone, and physical security systems.
• Research and implement solutions including company-wide XMPP messaging, SNMP-based system monitoring, knowledge management, and remote data backup.
• Manage developers and implement revision control.
• Introduced a number of time-saving system improvements, including: Team network adapters in the NAS and Terminal Servers in order to improve network performance. Migrate an Access leads database to MSSQL, dramatically increasing performance.
Special Agent (Systems Administrator)
Double Agent (In-Home Tier 1-2 Support)
Portland, OR
2004-2007
Geek Squad / Best Buy
• Implement and maintain system and network infrastructure at various businesses.
• Perform various system-based administration duties including:
Email and Active Directory administration and migration
Antivirus implementation
Disaster Recovery
• Created a documentation template which was used as the basis for a company-wide standard.
Technical Support Manager/Jr. Systems Admin
Sioux Falls, SD
Dakota Internet Services 2001-2004
• Substantive range of responsibilities from Linux systems administration, networking, and web design to telephone and on-site support.
• Managed and expanded an 802.11 FHSS wireless metropolitan area network.
• Researched and implemented HIPAA compliancy.
• Assisted in design and programming of web-based accounting system, successfully reducing monthly overdue receivables.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
· Operating systems: Windows 2008/2003 and RedHat/Debian/OpenBSD distributions. Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 and Mac OS X.
· Hardware: Dell/HP/Lenovo/Apple servers and workstations, Cisco/HP/Dell/Watchguard/Sonicwall network devices, Nimble Storage and Compellant SANs, NAS, NEC IPK/Trixbox/Talkswitch/Nextiva/Cisco VOIP systems.
· Client/Server Software: Virtualization (VMWare, Hyper-V, KVM), Directory services/Authentication (Active Directory, LDAP, Samba, and RADIUS), DNS management (Windows and BIND), DHCP, Communication (Exchange 2003/2007/2010, Lotus Domino Server, Postfix, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Sharepoint, Alfresco, Openfire, Asterix), AntiSPAM solutions(SpamAssasin, Postini, Symantec Mail Security), Relational and Cloud-based databases (MS SQL Server 2003/2005/2008, Oracle 10g/11g, MySQL, PosgreSQL, SimpleDB), Web (IIS 5/6/7, Apache, nginx), Remote Access (Citrix, Terminal Services, VPN), Monitoring (System Center Operations Manager, Nagios, Splunk, OpenNMS), Security (ISA 2006, Windows Server Update Services, Trend Micro Client/Server Security, Symantec EndPoint Protection, ESET NOD32/Remote Administrator, Kantech EntraPass), Line of Business (Microsoft Dynamics/POS, Quickbooks Enterprise/POS, RetailPro POS, ADP, eTime), Backup (Acronis, Backup Exec, Arcserve, rsync), Ticketing (KBox, RT, Redmine)
· Applications: MS Office, Crystal Reports, ACT, Adobe Creative Suite, Quickbooks, Acrobat Distiller, and various multimedia applications with a focus on audio.
· Languages: Powershell, Python, Shell Scripting, SQL, XML, Perl, HTML, PHP, and Visual Basic.
· E-Commerce: PCI Certification, Email Campaigns
· Networking: Cisco IOS, VLAN, EIGRP, IGRP, HSRP, OSPF, OSI model, TCP/IP model.
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, AND MEMBERSHIPS
Computer Science – Dakota State University
MCSE updating to MCPITP: Enterprise Administrator
CCNA
Microsoft Small Business Specialist
Microsoft Certified Professional
Citrix Metaframe administration and installation training
Google AdWords training
LOPSA and SAGE member
ADDITIONAL OFF-DUTY SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Home KVM environment with Windows 2008, CentOS, and XP containers including a GNS3 test lab.