John Glackin

 

19624 Blueridge Mountain Rd

john@glackin.net

Bluemont, VA 20135

 

 

 

Employment

Enterprise Support Lead / Sr. Technical Account Manager – Amazon Web Services

Herndon, Virginia (July 2016 – Present)

            •  Became Enterprise Suport Lead, mentoring and leading a group of TAMs

            •  Worked with commercial, public sector, FedFin, and GovCloud customers

•  Engaged with customer directors and executives to advance their cloud deployments

•  Advocated for enterprise customers as their voice in AWS

•  Watched over enterprise customers and guided them through issues and new innovations

•  Escalated support cases as appropriate to ensure timely resolution and customer satisfaction

•  Worked with AWS service teams to ensure customer issues and requests were given priority

•  Visited enterprise customers regularly, dedicating one day a week to onsite office hours

•  Hosted cadence meetings to review operations, case metrics, case lists, and feature requests

•  Partnered with account team to provide technical and strategic advice to customer

•  Used various web tools to analyze disruptions, provide metrics, and plan changes

•  Wrote one page customer overview documents and key issue documentation

•  Attended Amazon re:Invent, escorting customer through presentation and meeting logistics

•  Achieved AWS SA Associate, SysOps Admin Associate, and Developer Associate certifications

 

OA&M Systems Engineer – LGS Innovations, LLC

High Point, North Carolina (June 2011 – July 2016)

•  Mentored and delegated tasks to two server administrators and two network administrators

•  Administered Active Directory for thirteen sites

•  Installed new Windows 2012 R2 Active Directory Domain and new Domain Controllers

•  Wrote change control docs for all server patching, hardware maintenance, and implementations

•  Presented all infrastructure group changes in change control advisory board meetings

•  Built and Provisioned Oracle ZFS SAN storage

•  Implemented enterprise Microsoft Certificate Authority with Auto Enrollment of user certificates

•  Created Group Policy Objects (GPO) to push various settings and registry changes

•  Installed SQL 2012 and SQL 2008 R2 and setup database maintenance plans

•  Backed up and restored MS SQL and Oracle databases

•  Installed Oracle Database 11g and migrated databases from 10g

•  Created Oracle Database links and synonyms and SQL links to Oracle Databases

•  Wrote SQL queries, created users, and set security on Oracle DB and MS SQL

•  Scripted scheduled tasks to copy backup files to NAS and archive system logs

•  Collaborated in creation of new corporate laptop image on Windows 7

•  Created IIS web sites with SSL certificates and redirects

•  Administered DNS for servers and web sites

•  Purchased, managed, and transferred domain names

•  Installed and administered hypervisor hosts: Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle VM, Oracle VirtualBox

•  Installed Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2 Cluster and Hyper-V replica servers

•  Deployed Microsoft Assessment Planning Toolkit to assess P2V consolidation requirements

•  Built Windows Server 2012 R2, Server 2008 R2, Oracle Linux 6, and Solaris 11 servers

•  Deployed and supported: SharePoint 2013, Exchange 2013, Lync 2013, System Center 2012

 

Production Engineer / Senior Systems Administrator – PHE, Inc

Hillsborough, North Carolina (October 2007 – June 2011)

•  Lead PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) compliance team

•  Managed the activities of systems administrator, security analyst, and three support technicians

•  Responsible for all web sites for a million dollar a week e-commerce company

•  Remotely managed all production hardware and software in a hosted data center

•  Configured Alteon and Citrix NetScaler Web Load Balancers

•  Maintained load balanced server farm of sixteen IIS Web Servers and two SQL DB Clusters

•  Managed Cisco ASA and PIX Firewalls, Active Directory, tape library, and production network

•  Maintained HP ProLiant Server hardware and RAID arrays

•  Deployed dozens of development, QA, and production ASP.NET web sites on IIS

•  Monitored web sites using Gomez Performance Monitoring and Gomez Script Recorder (GSR)

•  Updated Windows Media Server with streaming product videos linked from web sites

•  Uploaded weekly web site code changes and site content using scripts I wrote

•  Built VMware ESX server and four virtual servers for web development and test environment

•  Installed and configured Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2005, 2008, and 2010

•  Built Microsoft Virtual Server (Hyper-V), Windows Server 2008 R2 and Server 2003 servers

•  Installed Microsoft SharePoint 3.0 and added template for internal technical Knowledge Base

•  Automated reporting of server uptime stats from a Web Service with new console app and SQL

•  Connected Excel 2007 to SQL 2005 with cell driven parameter queries for goal reports

•  Tested SQL scripts on development servers and deployed to production MS SQL databases

•  Backed up internal Sys Admins for server, network, AD, Exchange, PC, and other issues

 

Network Administrator / Server Administrator – Dixie Sales Company

Browns Summit, North Carolina (October 2004 – October 2007)

•  Administered Cisco PIX Firewall, Cisco Routers, and Cisco Switches

•  Setup three site-to-site VPNs using Cisco PIX hardware

•  Implemented client-to-site VPNs using Cisco and Microsoft software

•  Installed wireless network of thirteen access points in four locations in U.S. and Canada

•  Maintained thirteen Dell PowerEdge Servers running Windows Server 2000

•  Installed three PowerEdge Servers and eight Virtual Servers running Windows Server 2003

•  Administered HP/Compaq/DEC Alpha DS20E running OpenVMS

•  Created and updated new corporate Intranet web site

•  Setup two new Internet web sites and four development web sites on Microsoft IIS

•  Migrated web sites with SQL database connectivity (ASP and ODBC)

•  Installed and configured Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL

•  Wrote SQL Transformation Packages including Visual Basic code

•  Created silent-install rollout packages of applications for Desktop Support use

•  Installed and configured Microsoft DNS servers, DHCP servers, Exchange Server

•  Administered Interactive Intelligence (I3 CIC) software phone switch for 100 agent call center

•  Deployed Cisco 7940 IP Phones in US and Canada over a WAN

•  Implemented QoS (Quality of Service) over WAN for VOIP traffic prioritization

•  Purchased and configured Pocket PC phones and Smart Phones for VPN and email

•  Planned and executed Internet Service Provider change and IP re-addressing

•  Replaced tape backup system with D2D2T (Retrospect and Windows Storage Server 64-bit)

•  Installed new McAfee anti-virus software with Enterprise Management (ePO)

•  Wrote inventory collection scripts and database for PC/server hardware and software

 

Business Analyst / Server Support –  National Commerce Financial Corporation

Durham, North Carolina (December 2001 – October 2004)

•  Sat on Corporate Technology Steering Committee

•  Supervised rollout of web based Corporate Referral System

•  Developed project plans, task lists, schedules, and issues lists

•  Lead project status meetings; wrote agendas and meeting minutes

•  Setup file transfers between Windows, IBM VMS, Linux, and Alpha OpenVMS

•  Converted Supply Order System from Mainframe to Web Application

•  Administered Citrix Metaframe Server farm and published Citrix Applications

•  Installed and configured Citrix Client Software and network printing with Citrix

•  Performed QA and Clean Management testing of new applications for rollout

•  Setup SSL encryption on web sites using Verisign certificates and HTTPS redirection

•  Tested web application installations on MS Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

•  Upsized MS Access databases to MS SQL

•  Administered Compaq/DEC Alpha DS25 running OpenVMS

•  Wrote batch files and Unix shell scripts to PGP, FTP, SFTP, and SCP files

 

Technology Analyst / Senior Technical Specialist  –  J.P. Morgan / CRC

New York, New York (September 1998 - August 2000)

(CRC Consultant placed permanently at J.P. Morgan in Investment Banking Technology)

•  Managed Break-Fix Technicians and Disconnect-Reconnect Technician

•  Administered Novell NetWare 4.1 using NWAdmin

•  Supported 120 Users on Windows NT 4.0 Workstation

•  Rolled out various applications using SysDiff

•  Supported Lotus Notes 4.6/5.0, MS Outlook 98/2000, and Office 97/2000

•  Administered Microsoft Exchange server and accounts

•  Installed and configured Citrix Client software

•  Converted entire Network Infrastructure from Token Ring to Ethernet

•  Restructured Enterprise shared drive resources for security and space

•  Coordinated installation of T1 and ISDN lines for Research Data Feeds

•  Performed extensive software and hardware troubleshooting

 

Information Management Analyst –  Montgomery County, Virginia

Christiansburg, Virginia (July 1995 - September 1998)

•  Administered Novell NetWare 3.12, NetWare for SAA, and GroupWise

•  Supported 130 Users on Windows 3.11 / 95 / MS Office / Perfect Office

•  Installed and supported 3270 Emulation hardware and software

•  Created Access databases: Fixed Assets, Inventory, Subdivisions, Rolodexes

•  Lead two-year project creating complex building permit system in Access

•  Designed, coded, and maintained Montgomery County Web pages

•  Provided analysis for equipment purchasing and budgeting

•  Planned and scheduled computer training classes for employees

 

Computer Sales / Consultant –  H&W Computer Systems

Christiansburg, Virginia (May 1994 - July 1995)

•  Sold and installed PC’s and Novell network software

•  Serviced hardware and software

 

 

Technology Experience

 

Windows Server and Desktop OS

Gomez Monitoring, Gomez Script Recorder

 

Microsoft Hyper-V, OracleVM, Xen Hypervisor

Cisco VPN, Microsoft VPN

 

Microsoft SQL, MySQL, Oracle Databases

Cisco ASA Firewalls, Cisco PIX Firewalls

 

Microsoft IIS

Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches

 

Microsoft Exchange

Citrix NetScaler Load Balancers with App Firewall

 

Load Balanced Terminal Server Farm, RDP

Cisco VOIP (Voice over IP) Telephones

 

Microsoft System Center

Interactive Intelligence (I3 CIC) Phone Switch

 

Microsoft Visual Studio Team Suite, TFS

PCI DSS (Payment Card Ind. Data Security Std.)

 

Microsoft Office SharePoint

Technology Project Management

 

HTML, ASP, VBS Script, Unix shell script

Leading Teams of Administrators and Technicians

 

PowerShell Scripting

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Services

 

PGP encryption for PC, Unix, Mainframe

AWS Support Tools

 


Education

AWS Certified Developer – Associate (March 28, 2019)

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (March 22, 2019)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (January 9, 2017)

Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Databases (July 13-17, 2015)

Core Solutions of Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Training (January 12-16, 2015)

Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Training (November 18-22, 2013)

ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (February 28, 2013)

Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator (MCITP:EA / MCSE) (July 2, 2010)

Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator (MCITP:SA / MCSA) (August 1, 2009)

Adventure Sports (Kayak / Ski Instructor) – Garrett College (August 2000 - May 2001)

Microsoft Certified Professional - NT 4.0 Workstation (November 2, 1999)

Geographic Information Systems Training in ESRI ArcView (March 1997)

 

B.S. Forestry and Wildlife Management (Biology Minor) – Virginia Tech (May 1994)

 

 

 

 

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