Joe Topjian
2004 16th St NW, Calgary AB, T2M-3P5
(403) 454-1412
joe@terrarum.net
Objective
I'm a certified Systems Administrator with over 5 years of experience who's currently seeking a full-time job in the Calgary area relating to Windows Server Administration.
Skill Summary
- Active Directory design, installation, and administration.
- Windows Infrastructure (DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP) design, installation, and administration.
- SMS 2003 / WSUS installation and administration.
- Group Policy design and administration.
- Windows File Sharing services (including DFS) design and administration.
- IIS installation and administration.
- Exchange 2003 administration.
- Windows Client (98/ME/2K/XP) installation, deployment, and administration.
- Scripting with VBScript and PowerShell.
Work Experience
12/06 -- Present
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (Calgary, AB)
Systems Administrator, Network Analyst
- Administered and maintained environment of 10 Windows 2000 and 2003 Servers.
- Utilized SMS 2003 to inventory computers and distribute software.
- Maintained 2-node cluster running file, print, and Exchange services.
- Created several scripts to automate computer deployment and software installation.
06/04 -- 10/06
NexTier Bank (Butler, PA)
Systems Administrator, Technical Support
- Designed and Administered Windows 2003 Active Directory environment.
- Supported 20 Windows servers and 400 Windows 2K/XP clients.
- Decreased support calls by creating automated network scripts.
- Minimized desktop replacements and installations by designing a managed rollout solution.
- Increased employee satisfaction of IT department by providing outstanding technical support.
- Created and presented several tutorials and software demos to audiences of the Bank
10/02 -- 10/03
Portal Systems Network (Vandergrift, PA)
Systems Administrator, Web Developer, Technical Support
- Administered 8 Linux and 1 Windows server hosting 3,100 user accounts and 120 domains.
- Created system scripts and web front-ends to manage customer account data.
- Created web applications for customer to sign up for services and view account status.
- Created automated reports that detailed customer inventory, trends, and activity.
- Provided 24 hour Tier 1 and Tier 2 server (Windows 2K, Linux) and client (98-XP) support.
10/00 -- 10/02
West Pittsburgh Localconnect (Oakdale, PA)
Technical Support, Web Developer
- Provided Tier 1 client (98-XP) support to the ISP.s 1,000 customers.
- Created documents and manuals for troubleshooting various Windows client desktops.
- Designed and maintained the ISP.s webpage.
Personal Activities
- Created Adminspotting.net: an IT related website with news, reviews, and discussion.
- Author of Unix for the Beginning Mage: a short book that teaches the Unix command line.
- Regular reviewer of technical books for Apress and Packt Publishing.
- Maintain personal web and email servers for hosting web pages and email for friends and myself.
Certifications
- MCSA: Messaging 2003: Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator, focus on Messaging.
- LPIC: Linux Professional Institute.
Education
Pittsburgh Technical Institute
Oakdale, PA
Associate in Computer Networking Systems, October 2002
3.93 GPA
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