Jason Ratter — Resume

Career Summary

Results-driven Infrastructure Engineer with over 20 years of experience in VMware, Windows Server, and enterprise infrastructure environments. Skilled in designing and supporting resilient virtual infrastructures, capacity planning, and automation using PowerShell, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code principles. Strong background in vulnerability remediation, patch management, and compliance. Adept at collaborating across teams to optimize, secure, and modernize large-scale systems.

Key Qualifications

Windows Security & Administration: server hardening, registry configuration, patch management.
Vulnerability Management: remediation via configuration, patching, registry changes.
Networking & Firewall: CCNA; Cisco routers, VPNs, firewalls.
Automation & Scripting: Advanced PowerShell; VMware automation; PowerCLI.
Database Integration: SQL Server 2022, SSMS, C# integration.
Virtualization & Monitoring: vCenter, vSphere, PRTG, WUG, SolarWinds.
Cross-Platform: Windows, Linux, Azure, Office 365 administration.

Highlighted Projects

Automated VMware VM creation, reporting, and failed-backup alerts via PowerShell.
Connected to 60 vCenters for automated ingestion into SQL databases and reporting.
Built AD reports and automated AD provisioning; automated DB updates with PowerShell.
Developed global web app (IIS, C#, ASP.NET, SQL, PowerShell, AD) featured at Ford Technology Fair 2019.

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Divinity, Maryvale Institute – England
Associate of Applied Science (Computer Information Systems), Wayne County Community College
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900, 2025)
Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104, 2025)

Professional Experience

Application Coordinator — ThyssenKrupp

June 2025 – Present

Azure Administration.
Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 administration.
OpenText Enterprise support.
PowerShell, Smartsheet, Quickbase for automation and coordination.

Web Developer — SPSE

Dec 2024 – Feb 2025

PowerShell script writing.
PHP, JavaScript development.
Integrated ChatGPT AI and Google Gemini AI features.
Worked with Google Cloud Platform and WordPress.

Systems Engineer — Michigan First Credit Union

May 2024 – Aug 2024

Managed vSphere 7.03 hyperconverged environment with SRM failover.
Wrote VMware snapshot reports and automated tasks using PowerShell.
Performed vulnerability remediation and patch management.
Administered SQL, Intune, Azure, and Active Directory.
Supported SilverFort MFA Security System and Veeam backup system.
SolarWinds network monitoring; Azure Entra, Intune, Office 365 support.

Systems Engineer — Farrow Customs Brokers

Aug 2023 – May 2024

Managed multi-location VMware vSphere environment and performed migrations.
Supported Cisco and Avaya phone system networks.
Administered and created users in Office 365.
Addressed and remediated vulnerabilities reported by external SOC.
Active Directory and Azure administration.
Produced snapshot reports from VMware using PowerCLI and output to HTML.
Hyper-V management; Windows Server 2016/2022 administration.
PRTG network monitoring; MySQL and MS SQL scripting; SharePoint on-prem & cloud.

System Administrator — Ford Motor Company

Oct 2018 – Jun 2023

Managed and upgraded VMware hosts across North America.
Used PowerShell to automate tasks and updates for ESX hosts.
Supported ESX hosts and Windows servers globally.
Performed vulnerability remediation and system patching.
Created a global web app using IIS, Active Directory, C#, ASP.NET, HTML, PowerShell, SQL, Visual Studio (featured at Ford Technology Fair 2019).
Connected to 60 vCenters to pull data and insert into SQL databases.
Automated VM creation, reporting, backup validation, and AD reporting.