Quixari Ruffin
- Role
- Director of Information Technology at Phoenix Energy Technologies
- Location
- Long Beach, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Director of Information Technology
Feb 2017 — Present · CA
Catalyzed the growth, maturity, and business continuity of IT infrastructure containing 100 internal and external employees, and over vendor locations throughout North America. Reduced 40% of hardware equipment and operational costs by virtualization and migrating IT infrastructure to Azure, IAM/EOP/DLP/SSO and AWS, EC2/S3/VPC for SaaS/PaaS/IaaS cloud services. Architect, design and implement Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BCDR) initiatives for on premise and cloud infrastructure to ensure High Availability (HA) for all critical systems. Provide IT governance and leadership for all initiatives of IT to manage budgets and cut costs. Built out systems and policies structured around the NIST, ITIL, and ISO frameworks to measure productivity. Secured and encapsulated WAN and LAN network and BGP traffic across secure BOVPN encrypted tunnels with layered protection. Achieved successful Windows Server 2008R2/2012R2/2016/2019, Microsoft Azure, Office 365, WatchGuard firewall/VPN/SSL/TLS/IKEv2/IDS/IPS, and VoIP migration optimizations while facilitating uptime for all critical systems. Drive the vision and security posture to facilitate a scalable IT infrastructure network utilizing DevOps and automation to reduce costs. Facilitated and oversaw the migration of Microsoft Exchange Server on premise to Office 365 Exchange Online by leveraging PowerShell scripting and utilizing Azure AD and Active Directory. Balance and manage operational and business concerns to ensure consistent delivery of quality SDLC products applications and services while utilizing.NET/IIS and adhering to OWASP guidelines. Work with Sr Management to develop strategies to enhance services, improve user effectiveness, increase optimization and foster scalable growth. Built out Quantitative and Qualitative Business Impact Analysis reports to identify acceptable risk thresholds to stay in compliance with regulatory guidelines.
Education
Ross Business Institute
A+ Certification Course, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology
2003 — 2004
Computer Learning Center
Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) Degree, Computer and Networking Systems
1996 — 1998
(ISC)2
CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional (Course)
2020 — 2020
Santa Monica College
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
2009 — 2010
West Los Angeles College
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Course, Windows Server 2012 / Computer Science
2016 — 2016
West Los Angeles College
Cisco Networking Academy Course / Linux Administration LPI Course, Information Technology (Networking), A
2013 — 2014
University of Phoenix
Bachelors Degree (B.S) Information Technology Information Security Systems, Computer and Networking Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, B
2020 — 2022
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