Terry Allen

About Terry Allen

I have 24 years of experience in information technology with a focus in, cloud/hybrid infrastructure, cyber security, program/project management, and server/network administration. I am certified in several demanding IT functional areas and have consistently demonstrated the ability to learn new technologies. I regularly manage large scale multi million dollar IT projects in the public sector and have a thorough formal education in Business/IT Management. I am a critical thinker with advanced capabilities as a collaborative problem solver. I am an elite leader of people, processes/projects, and things who understands how to effectively build teams and achieve desired outcomes. I have a proven track record of exceptional performance in the most challenging and demanding of assignments and positions.

Experience

1. Senior System Engineer

   Peraton

   Jul 2023 — Present · Tacoma, WA, US

   Designs, develops, and implements highly available, multi-region solutions within Microsoft Azure and VMware environments. Collaborates with contractors, Microsoft Azure, and external vendors in planning, designing, developing and implementing project plans to deliver scalable and secure IT solutions for the customer.• Adheres to specific project schedules, deadlines, budgets and goals to fulfill client and stakeholder expectations.• Manages over Windows and Linux systems and administers in numerous on premises and Microsoft Azure Gov Cloud and commercial environments, including provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring, policy governance and security.• Led the architecture and implementation for edge location services for geographically dispersed users in remote parts of the world, providing them low latency connection to mission critical resources.• Performs daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups. Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.• Conducts periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning. Performs ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.• Azure experience - extended working knowledge in cloud service, IaaS, Azure blob storage, storage accounts, and storage explorer. Configured NSGs for two/three tier applications. Configured VNETs and subnets as per project configuration requirements. Conducted frequent VM Migration, backup, and cloning.• Provides Tier and other technical/operational support per request from various constituencies, investigates and troubleshoots complex technical issues. Creates and maintains documentation to help train employees resolve day to day issues.

Education

• University of Phoenix

  Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General

• Webster University

  Master's degree, Information Technology Management