Jay Winks

About Jay Winks

Professional Goals - Identify business partners with the most growth potential and the best collaborative fit - Iteratively help partners derive ROI gains from superior planning and execution - Combine the professional experience and technical vision of key team members to deliver innovative and valuable solutions - Individually and collectively grow a team of outstanding members who bring diverse talents but share similar goals.Specialties: Consulting Experience and Skills : Systems Engineering Solution Sizing, Specification & Design Implementation Scoping Team & Project Management Technical Pre-Sales and Post-Sales Business Process Analysis Technical Areas of Expertise : Server/Storage Architectures: Comprehensive knowledge of SMB and Enterprise hardware and software platforms for servers and storage. Expert knowledge in iSCSI & FC SAN architectures, Software-Defined Networking and Server and Storage Virtualization platforms. OS Platforms: Deep experience with major prevalent operating systems (Microsoft® Windows™, Apple® Macintosh OS X™, LINUX). Console, API and scripting-level knowledge of common environments (PowerShell, bash, Visual Basic Classic & .NET, VBScript). Networking Architectures: Deep knowledge of TCP/IP, 802.1 wired and 802.11 wireless Ethernet standards and extensions such as 802.1X, 802.1Q and 802.1AD. Advanced Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing design skills. Wide experience with higher-level networking-specific protocols and functions (DNS, WINS, RADIUS, proxies, firewalls, IDS/IDP, load-balancers, etc.). Application Platform Expertise: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, various OSS CMS platforms, Microsoft Live Communications Server/Lync, Asterisk, Microsoft Exchange Server, LAMP, Terminal Services, Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop, VMware vSphere & View, IIS, Windows Network Load Balancing, Microsoft Cluster Services.

Experience

1. Platform Services Architect

   Thrive

   Aug 2025 — Present · Foxborough (Foxboro), MA, US

Education

• Auburn University

  Computer Engineering, Jazz Performance

  1986 — 1992

• Indian Springs School

  Diploma, AP Calculus, AP Physics, AP Jazz, Recording Arts

  1982 — 1986

Skills

• Virtual Private Network (Vpn)
• Disaster Recovery
• Vmware Esx
• Network Design
• Vmware Vsphere
• System Administration
• Active Directory
• Windows Server
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Cisco Technologies
• Vmware
• Networking
• Server Architecture
• Solution Architecture
• Vsphere
• Virtualization
• San
• Firewalls
• Fortinet
• Cloud Computing
• Storage
• Domain Name System (Dns)
• Tcp/Ip
• Hyper-V
• Vmware Infrastructure
• Servers
• Security
• Storage Area Networks
• Network Architecture
• Network Security
• Data Center
• Switches
• Network Engineering
• Wan
• Storage Area Network (San)
• Managed Services
• Dns
• Vdi
• Vpn
• Operating Systems