Brandon Zapp
IT Infrastructure Engineer
- Role
- Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer at Tegria
- Location
- Custer, SD, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brandon Zapp
Senior-level Expert with over 18 years’ experience delivering on-site network management and support services across diverse industries. Presents programs and solutions to drive growth. Provides supplemental and total management support for IT systems, including establishing and maintaining networks and servers. Strong aptitude for identifying new technologies and solutions to support client needs. Offering exemplary planning, project management and communication talents. Area of Expertise Includes: Storage Administration Microsoft Windows Servers Data backup and recovery systems O365 Server Management Team Leadership and Development Data Protection and Replication Networking Account Security Maintenance VMware vCloud/vSphere Technology Integration Network Troubleshooting TECHNICAL SKILLS Data Networking Firewalls; LAN; WAN; Cisco. Databases SQL Virtualization and Cloud VMware; Hyper-V; AWS EC2; Cisco UCS; Windows Server; Storage administrator Office and Productivity Applications Proficient with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Office 365.
Experience
Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer
Jan 2007 — Present
Recruited as senior-level IT for Sisu Healthcare IT Solutions, refined Operational and Engineering practices that reduced significant incidents by 50 percent. Built disaster recovery systems IMPACT: Managed high core Cisco UCS Infrastructure and MDS, data protection and storage. Planned Disaster Recovery, cloud and converged Infrastructure. Key Achievements: VMware - Provided higher uptime with the implementation of storage vMotion, fault tolerance, and MS clusters, Built, configured & administered VMware ESX 3.5, vSphere 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x; cluster creation, resource pools, vApps, build, configure and deploy VMs and templates, virtual networking, develop, test, and maintain a disaster recovery plan for critical VM\'s and application data, P2V, HA & DRS Windows - Managed Microsoft Windows Servers (Powershell, Active Directory, DNS, Exchange, etc.); Managed server hardware, OS, and application installs; script creation and support. Office 365 – Migration and administration of O365 tenants. Antivirus - Implemented and administered Microsoft SCCM for server and desktop protection Storage - Administered DellEMC SAN; Clariion; VNX; Unity RecoverPoint - Setup and administered replication sets for disaster recovery Research - Evaluated new technologies, software, and integration into the network infrastructure. Key Duties: Evaluated existing procedures and made proactive adjustments to meet changing demands. Developed proposals for clients outlining project scope and timeline. Worked with AWS EC2 pilot project to accomplish technical aspects of projects. Collaborated with IT specialist in disaster planning, network backup and recovery process monitoring. Led team development and assisted in all project management coordination.
Education
Lake Superior College
Associate of Applied Science Degree, Computer Networking
2001 — 2003
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