Matthew Akin

About Matthew Akin

15+ years of cross-platform experience in Systems Administration and Engineering, including analysis, design, installation and maintenance of hardware and software.• Strong technical background in management and administration of large scale server environment (2500+ servers) including large virtualized environment (1500+ servers) as part of global cost savings initiatives.• Strong technical troubleshooting skills in a large scale, multi-platform environment.• Strong server engineering and technical project management skills.• Strong interpersonal skills when working with other teams.• Extensive experience with ITIL methodologies and practices along with disaster recovery planning and execution.Computer SkillsHardware: HP server hardware, HP blade technology, Dell server hardware, Dell High Density Servers, IBM Server Hardware, HP ILO and Avocent DSView KVM Solutions, QLOGIC HBA technologies, BlueCat, miscellaneous hardware.Software: Teamquest, Sitescope, Symantec Netbackup, Symantec Storage Foundations (with VVR replication components), VMWare converter, VMWare Virtual Center, Oracle Virtual Box, Apache Tomcat, Microsoft IIS, SunOne Webserver, HP Systems Insight Manager, HP Server Automation, Shavlik NetChk Protect, McAfee Agent and Antivirus Software, BIT9, Microsoft SCCM, Tripwire, Arcsight.Operating Systems: Windows Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows 2012, Windows 2016, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10, Red Hat Linux (5.x), Red Hat Linux (6.x), Solaris 10, VMWare ESX 4.x, VMWare ESXi 5.x, VMWare EXSi 6.x, Oracle VM.Database: Microsoft SQL Server (various flavors), MySQL Server.Other Skills Training and extensive work with ITIL methodologies; Extensive experience with server audit standards/requirements for PCI, HIPAA, Visa/Mastercard, FFIEC, Sarbanes-Oxley, Technical documentation of server standards.

Experience

1. Infrastructure Architect - Advisor

   Fiserv

   Jan 2014 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US

   Multiple roles within the Enterprise Technology Organization servicing the Windows Server environment.• Roles included stints with operational, project, and platform architecture roles.• Provided day-to-day and on-call support of a large scale 24x7x365 environment with Windows 2003/2008/2012/2016 server platforms, Dell server hardware support, VMWare, ESXi (300 servers), Linux, and HP Blade Technology.• Extensive work with securing environment for compliance with PCI-DSS 3.x standards, patching, integration, and DCO (Data Center Consolidation) projects. • Maintained systems that are following current industry risk, audit, and regulatory requirements.(PCI DSS, FFIEC, Sarbanes-Oxley)• Managed several active directory environments including user and group management, group policy management, audits, and maintenance.• Managed outbound proxy connections from large associate based VDI environment as part of PCI-DSS requirements.• Successfully implemented/migrated server patching to SCCM from WSUS/manual patching processes for large business unit that accounts for over 50% of the company revenue.• Current role is with the Platform Architecture and Engineering team helping to plan and build out key Windows infrastructure used across the enterprise (Active Directory, DNS, PKI, SCCM, SCOM, etc).

Education

• Carroll University

  BS, Computer Science

  1997 — 2001

Skills

• Vmware
• Windows Server
• Red Hat Linux
• Veritas Storage Foundation
• Iis
• Server Hardware
• Pci Dss
• Blade Servers
• Esxi
• Oracle Vm
• Hp Server Hardware
• Itil
• Server Hardening
• Datacenter Virtualization
• Security Patch Management
• Risk and Audit Compliance
• Servers
• Network Security
• Security
• Databases
• Netbackup
• Software Installation
• Windows
• Network Design
• San
• Data Center
• Disaster Recovery
• Vmware Esx
• Solaris
• System Administration
• Operating Systems
• Vmware Infrastructure