Professional summary
Infrastructure-focused Senior Systems Administrator with expertise in VMware, Windows Server, Linux, PowerShell automation, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, GitOps, networking, and enterprise platform operations. Proven success supporting large-scale environments while improving automation, standardization, reliability, and operational visibility.
Professional experience
Trinity Health — System Administrator
January 2024 – Present
- Support infrastructure consisting of approximately 17,000 physical and virtual servers in a multi-site healthcare environment.
- Maintain Windows Server and VMware platforms supporting critical healthcare applications and infrastructure services.
- Perform provisioning, upgrades, migrations, troubleshooting, and decommissioning across the server lifecycle.
- Develop PowerShell automation to reduce manual work and improve consistency.
Trinity Health / Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center — Senior Client Technologies Analyst / System Administrator
March 2021 – December 2023
- Supported approximately 300 physical and virtual servers.
- Administered VMware infrastructure supporting critical healthcare operations.
- Installed and maintained server hardware, operating systems, datacenter deployments, and enterprise applications.
Progressive infrastructure and technical roles
2000 – 2021
Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator, Junior Network Engineer, Desktop/Network Analyst, IT Contractor, healthcare support analyst, and U.S. Army Signal Support Systems Specialist.
Selected technical projects
Enterprise infrastructure home lab
- Built and maintained a four-node Kubernetes cluster using Argo CD GitOps workflows.
- Implemented Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alertmanager, Uptime Kuma, and Zabbix monitoring.
- Designed routed VLAN architecture and centralized firewall management through pfSense.
- Deployed Longhorn storage, certificate automation, ingress, sealed secrets, backups, NetBox, phpIPAM, and multiple self-hosted workloads.
- Used PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Bash, and Git to automate infrastructure tasks.
Microsoft platform engineering
- Built a SharePoint Server Subscription Edition farm with SSL, MySites, managed metadata, user profiles, and SQL storage design.
- Developed SCCM PXE and task-sequence workflows for Windows Server deployment and in-place upgrades.
- Created reusable PowerShell automation for Active Directory, server lifecycle, prerequisite installation, reporting, and remediation.
Education & certifications
Education
Master of Information Systems
University of Phoenix, 2026
Dean’s List · Epsilon Pi Tau Honor Society
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
University of Phoenix, 2017
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Certifications
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Microsoft Certified Professional
MCSA: Windows Server 2008
MCITP: Enterprise Administrator