Tim Krupp

About Tim Krupp

Talented enterprise virtualization engineer working for the Defense Health Agency. Leading the design, deployment and integration of specialty virtualization products into our enterprise and cloud infrastructure. Innovates for the infrastructure team, identifying and developing custom automation to simplify complex processes and tasks.DoD Cleared, 3x VCP [VCP7-CMA (Cloud), VCP6-DCV (Datacenter), VCP5-DT (Desktop)]Core: Virtualization, VDI, Scripting and Automation, Cloud. VMware vSphere, VMware Horizon View, Aria Automation, VMware Identity Manager / Workspace One, Aria Orchestrator, Aria Operations Manager, Aria Operations for Logs.Code: Powershell, PowerCLI, Java

Experience

1. Virtualization Architect

   Core4ce

   Jan 2021 — Present · North Charleston, SC, US

   Member of the infrastructure team that deploys, manages and sustains a rapidly growing VMware environment of virtual machines and 1,200+ hosts servicing all Defense Health Agency branches. • Designed and manages RBAC for the entire environment. Manages automated infrastructure changes, including the design and configuration of a custom alerting system. • Creates, implements and automates baselines based on VMware best practice.• Writes Powershell and vSphere PowerCLI scripts to automate complex tasks. Ex: Host Monitoring, vCenter Permissions, Snapshot Retention Automation, Hardware/Tools Upgrades, Security Settings, Infrastructure Reconfiguration, etc.• Leading the design, development, integration and administration of highly customized VMware solutions built into the Cloud Automation network. • Aria Automation (vRA): Fully deployed and built all aspects of the vRealize Automation environment. Access and Authentication, Tenants, Business Groups, Blueprints, Catalogs, Reservations and Fabric Groups. Created custom Blueprints which allow deployment of Windows Servers with extremely detailed specifications utilizing custom Orchestrator code. Blueprints integrate with AD and vCenter for data selection and further customization. Created custom XaaS Forms for PPS and IP Requests which follow approval workflows and integrate with enterprise email services.• Aria Operations Manager: Writes advanced custom views, reports, dashboards and capacity management.• Aria Operations for Logs: Log ingestion for our environment with connectivity into Splunk. Integrated with Aria Operations Manager for additional capabilities and Identity Manager for smart card authentication.• Aria Automation Orchestrator: Writes, maintains and updates custom code. • Identity Manager/Workspace One: Provides a single authentication for application access with smart card authentication.

Education

• Midlands Technical College

  Associates, Computer Technology

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Data Center
• Networking
• Security
• Active Directory
• Citrix
• Integration
• Vmware
• Linux
• System Administration
• Virtualization
• Disaster Recovery
• Servers
• Technical Support