Brian Merrifield

About Brian Merrifield

I currently support the operation of the company\'s network, servers, databases and equipment while providing frontline support to end users.

Experience

1. System Administrator

   USA Hockey

   Oct 2021 — Present · Colorado Springs, CO, US

   Helped modernize and transform IT by moving to cloud-first model.Saved money by moving from hardware purchasing model with support contracts to IaaS/SaaS products. Implemented Microsoft 365 for upgrading from legacy Office products, licensing consolidation and savings.Improved IT security by implementing several best practices (MFA) per Azure/365 guidelines.Implemented Nextiva VoIP phone system for better mobility, 50% cost savings for telecom budget.Consolidated unused data center and migrated USA Hockey Office IT systems by migrating 60 VMware VMs into Microsoft Azure. Previous attempts to migrate to data center took 4+ years with no success, completed project within several months using Azure migrate.Migrated 80TB of data from three legacy on-premises storage SANs to cloud storage.Leveraged non-profit offers from Atlassian (JIRA, Trello), Splunk to bring Enterprise software to USA Hockey IT department.

Education

• Pikes Peak State College

  AAS, Broadcasting

  1990 — 1993

• University of Phoenix

  BSIT, IT

  2003 — 2005

Skills

• Microsoft Technologies
• Internet Protocol Suite (Tcp/Ip)
• Synergis Adept
• Mcafee Antivirus
• Tcp/Ip
• Epolicy Orchestrator
• Vmware
• Dns
• Television
• System Deployment
• Servers
• Sql Server
• Critical Thinking
• Server Administration
• Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server
• Windows
• Bash
• Desktop Administration
• Microsoft Sql Server
• IT Automation
• Red Hat Linux
• Couchbase
• Mcafee
• Group Policy
• Video Production
• Windows 7
• Powershell
• San
• Wsus
• Microsoft Exchange
• Sharepoint
• Software Development
• Troubleshooting
• Bmc Remedy
• Infopath
• Technical Support
• Microsoft Office
• System Administration
• Commvault
• Sccm