Professional Summary
Senior Systems Administrator with extensive experience maintaining high-availability enterprise environments across hybrid Linux and Windows platforms. Skilled in system automation, virtualization, storage infrastructure, and disaster recovery planning, with a commitment to stable operations and rigorous compliance.
Professional Experience
Rideau Telemetric Solutions
Ottawa, Ontario
Lead Systems Administrator
Mar 2019 – Present
- Direct the ongoing reliability, security, and maintenance of hybrid IT infrastructure spanning on-premises VMware vSphere clusters and Azure enterprise tenancies.
- Automate routine server provisioning, patching cycles, and backup validation across 180 virtual machines using Ansible and PowerShell scripting.
- Administer Active Directory Domain Services, group policies, and identity access management controls under zero-trust guidelines.
- Orchestrated the scheduled zero-downtime migration of core storage arrays to modern SAN architectures, preserving data availability for 650 local and remote personnel.
Laurentian Geospatial Systems
Ottawa, Ontario
Senior Systems Administrator
Aug 2013 – Feb 2019
- Managed 90 physical and virtual Linux (RHEL) and Windows servers supporting compute-intensive spatial analysis workloads.
- Standardized Veeam backup schedules and off-site disaster recovery replication routines, cutting recovery time objectives from six hours to two hours.
- Implemented centralized monitoring and alert thresholds using Zabbix, eliminating undetected hardware and service anomalies across critical production hosts.
- Supervised perimeter firewalls, VPN endpoints, and VLAN routing segments across three regional branch offices.
Canatronics Instrumentations
Ottawa, Ontario
Systems Administrator
Oct 2008 – Jul 2013
- Maintained high availability for enterprise mail systems, file clusters, and local database hosts serving engineering and fabrication units.
- Administered endpoint security policies, disk encryption, and automated patch rollouts using WSUS and System Center Configuration Manager.
- Troubleshot escalated Tier 3 system incidents related to domain authentication, DNS resolution, and network adapter trunking.
Education
Algonquin College
Advanced Diploma · Computer Systems Technology · Ottawa, Ontario · Honours · Sep 1984 – May 1987
Focused on enterprise network design, distributed operating systems administration, and data communications protocols.
Selected Technical Projects
Disaster Recovery Modernization Project
Nov 2023 – Aug 2024
- Architected a secondary disaster-recovery site across hybrid cloud infrastructure, establishing automated failover drills and verifying data consistency for mission-critical services.
- Formulated documentation for standard operating procedures, failback protocols, and incident reporting compliant with organizational audit guidelines.
Technical Skills
Windows Server Administration
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
VMware vSphere
Active Directory & GPO
Ansible
PowerShell Scripting
Disaster Recovery Planning
Storage Area Networks (SAN)
Veeam Backup & Replication
Zabbix Monitoring
TCP/IP Networking
Languages
English
C2
French
B2
Certifications
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Red Hat · Apr 2025
Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
Microsoft · Nov 2024
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco Systems · Jun 2021
Community Involvement
Ottawa Community Tech Exchange
Ottawa, Ontario · Sep 2018 – Dec 2022
- Volunteer Systems Technician
- Assisted in refurbishing and configuring donated workstations with lightweight Linux distributions for community adult-learning programs.
- Maintained local classroom network switches and shared printer services for volunteer instructors.