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Hilaire
tzhilaire@gmail.com
781-812-9108
Tampa, FL 33610
Sr. System Engineer Consultant
26 years experience W2
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Summary

  • 15+ years of experience as Senior Systems and Infrastructure Engineer in Data Center Migrations, including experience in Cloud and SaaS Platforms, such as AWS EC2 and Google Web Services, Microsoft Azure. Proficiencies in advanced system administration across multiple industries and sectors.
  • Customer-focused problem solver, and strong conflict resolution and time management skills. Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Managed several virtual environments for the past 15 years led several major projects in upgrading, configuring, troubleshooting, adding storages etc. 
  • Starting with eSX4 to now eSXI 7.03, Led and participated in the installation and configuration of a brand new environment for example at ITA later bought by Google where led the purchase of the servers, the installation and configuration of a brand VMware system and brought it online live for the use of the company.
  • Managed all aspect of the VM life span including updating, vMotion, backup with Veeam etc.
  • Managed Several EMC SAN storages attached to the VMware environment either through Fiber or iSCSI with a Brocade or CISCO switch.
  • Used both Veeam and Veritas in the past to fulfill the backup and disaster recovery aspect of managing the virtual machines.
  • Security and compliance are two important aspect of what I do on the daily basis and knowing what to go after is really key factor not only to protect the company against external factors but also to comply with rules and regulations
  • Hands-on experience with Powercli and PowerShell scripting with daily automation that provide all the insight that enables one to be very efficient.
  • Extended experience with VMware,  developed many skillsets with PowerShell and PowerCLI that enable to find quickly problems and resolutions that fit. ​


TECHNICAL EXPERTISE: Cloud and SaaS Platform: AWS EC2 and Microsoft Azure VMware vSphere 7.3b • vSan 7, vHorizon 7, WorkSpace One vRealize Ops MS Windows Server 2019 and 2022 • MS Active Directory & Group Policy• DNS • Failover DHCP  Exchange 2016 and 2019 / Office 365 • SQL Server 2017 - 2019 • MECM Current Branch 2111  ServiceNow  Varonis Software • GlobalScape & Titan FTP server • Veeam Backup & Replication • CommVault System Backup Management • EMC VNX, VMAX Storage Management  PowerShell • Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS) • Carbon Black Endpoint Security • S Failover Cluster • Dell PowerEdge M-series Blade and HP Blade System, HPE OneView 5.0 • Cisco UCS Blade and Rack Servers  Datacenter Virtualization


Experience
Education
Bachelor's in Business Administration
Babson College
Bachelor's in International Law
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Certifications
VCP5.1-DCD
MCSE
CCNA
Skills
VMWare
2023
22
MS Active Directory
2023
20
Data Center
2021
16
DHCP
2023
16
DNS
2023
16
Database Maintenance
2023
14
Software
2023
12
Dell
2014
11
Group Policy
2023
11
Problem Solving
2023
11
Troubleshooting
2023
11
Systems Engineering
2023
9
Training
2010
9
vSphere
2021
9
EMC
2023
8
Virtualization
2023
8
Analysis
2007
7
Blackberry
2007
7
Database Backups
2023
7
Ghost Imaging
2007
7
LAN
2007
7
Microsoft Exchange
2007
7
Printers
2007
7
Project Management
2023
7
vCenter
2021
7
vMotion
2007
7
WAN
2007
7
WINS
2007
7
Architecture
2016
6
Cloud Infrastructure
2016
6
Systems Engineer
2023
6
Commvault Bacup
2021
5
Database Upgrades
2023
5
Functional
2021
5
Disaster Recovery
2023
4
Infrastructure Engineer
2021
4
Linux
2016
4
Private Cloud
2014
4
Scala
2023
4
Symmetrix
2014
4
System Administration
2023
4
Windows
2023
4
Datacenter Migration
2021
3
FTP
2021
3
Implementations
2021
3
Infrastructure Management
2021
3
MS Azure
2021
3
MS SCCM
2021
3
Workspace ONE
2023
3
Actor
2023
2
Application Packaging
2023
2
Citrix
2010
2
Compliance
2023
2
Data Management
2010
2
Data Replication
2023
2
DFS
2023
2
MS Visio
2023
2
Multi-factor Authentication
2023
2
Onboarding
2023
2
Orchestrator
2023
2
SaaS
2010
2
SAN
2023
2
ServiceNow
2023
2
SQL
2010
2
SQL Server
2010
2
Vendor Management
2010
2
VM
2023
2
Windows 7
2010
2
Xen
2010
2
XenDesktop
2010
2
Applications Architecture
2016
1
Change Management
2017
1
Cisco
2016
1
Configuration Management
2016
1
Continuous Deployment
2016
1
Firmware
2017
1
HA
2016
1
Java
2016
1
Microsoft Excel
2016
1
Remote Project Management
2017
1
RSA
2016
1
Scripting
2017
1
AWS
0
1
AWS EC2
0
1
Brocade
0
1
Carbon Black
0
1
CentOS
0
1
Cisco UCM
0
1
Cisco UCS
0
1
Debian
0
1
Endpoint Security
0
1
Fiber Optics
0
1
FOCUS
0
1
HP
0
1
iSCSI
0
1
Office 365
0
1
PowerShell
0
1
Storage Management
0
1
Ubuntu
0
1
Veritas
0
1
WebServices
0
1
Windows Server
0
1