Jason Shiplett

Objective

To leverage my experience in on-site consulting with a wide variety of clients, designing and implementing solutions around VMware vSphere, View, vCloud Director, and Cisco UCS

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Certifications and Awards

• VMware vExpert 2012
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional 4 – Datacenter Design (VCAP-DCD)
• VMware Certified Professional – Cloud
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 3, 4, 5
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician (CCENT)
• VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP) 4, 5
• VMware Sales Professional (VSP) 5

Work Experience

Clearpath Solutions Group – Herndon, VA
Solutions Engineer/Senior Consultant
Feb 2012 – Current

• Design, implementation, and documentation of VMware vSphere 5, vCloud Director 1.5 and 5.1, View 4.6 – 5.1, Cisco UCS systems, and EMC SANs.
• Upgrade legacy vSphere 4 to vSphere 5, vCloud Director 1.5 to 5.1, View 4.x to 5.x
• Install and configure backup systems such as Veeam Backup and Replication and Quest vRanger
• Existing vSphere implementation analysis, health check, troubleshooting, and problem solving
• Corporate blog author
• VMware subject matter expert

NetStar Systems Intl. – Suitland, MD
Systems Engineer, on-site at US Bureau of the Census
Feb 2009 – Feb 2012

• Expansion of existing 10 ESXi 3.5 host/VirtualCenter 2.5 production environment to 170 vSphere 4.1u2 host/vCenter Server 4.1u2
• Consolidation of disparate IT virtual lab silos into a single homogenous enterprise virtual lab environment consisting of 30+ vSphere 5 hosts
• Agency-wide subject matter expert on all things VMware
• Administration of VMware vSphere in production and lab
• Microsoft Server 2000 – 2008 R2 administration
• Consultation on requests to add to existing environment.
• Physical to virtual conversions of Windows and Linux servers.
• VMware infrastructure lead on large-scale Citrix design and deployment
• Business analysis (ROI/TCO) and large scale capacity planning
• Active participation in Federal and DC VMware User Groups (VMUG), including technical presentation to Federal VMUG in March 2011 and regular participation in “Ask the Experts” sessions

Harrington Industries – Raleigh, NC
Systems Engineer
Oct 2010 – Feb 2012

• Design and implementation of production and DR VMware infrastructure, including ESXi, vCenter Server, Site Recovery Manager
• Migration of disparate SQL nodes to enterprise SQL 2008 R2 cluster
• Migration of Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010
• Configuration and implementation of EMC Celerra NS-120 at HQ and DR
• Design small business View 4.6 implementation

The Charles Machine Works, Inc. – Perry, OK
IT Support Analyst
Sep 2006 – Feb 2009

• Supported over 1000 clients on Dell desktops and laptops in an AD/Exchange 2003 environment with Windows 2000/Windows XP.
• Managed Terminal Services/Wyse thin clients for approx. 125 users.
• 500 user VDI/50 server consolidation implementation, including ROI/TCO calculation, planning for connection broker, SAN, switches, server hardware, thin clients, backup strategy, P2V strategy, and VMware infrastructure
• SAP user administration including user account unlock / password reset, profile setup, and routing authorization requests.