VMware
- ESX/ESXi through vSphere 8, vCenter, vSphere Lifecycle Manager
- Clusters, HA, DRS, affinity rules, vRealize Operations (vROps), SRM
- PowerCLI, SAN, upgrades, and capacity planning
Professional summary
Infrastructure Engineer with 10+ years of IT experience, specializing in enterprise VMware ESX/ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, PowerCLI, and global virtualization support. Advanced PowerShell automation, HPE ProLiant/iLO, infrastructure capacity planning, monitoring, vulnerability remediation, and L3 root-cause analysis.
OpenShift
- Kubernetes and OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt)
- CDI, DataVolumes, TopoLVM, PVCs, and StorageClasses
- Three-node cluster administration and Windows Server 2025 VM deployment
Automation
- Advanced PowerShell for VMware, reporting, and operational tasks
- Python and Ansible for infrastructure automation
- Global tooling and SQL-backed inventory across 60+ vCenters (Ford)
Global manufacturing scale (Ford)
- Three upgrade cycles involving 120+ ESX/ESXi hosts
- 27 North American manufacturing plants (Canada, U.S., Mexico)
- Global VMware support and automated reporting at enterprise scale
Platform & security breadth
- Windows Server, Active Directory, Azure, and Microsoft 365
- Cisco routing/switching/firewalls; Check Point (CCSA)
- Vulnerability remediation, patching, and compliance-focused operations
Additional training
- Kubernetes, Ansible, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
- Cisco routing/switching/firewalls, Check Point, VMware, Azure
- Active Directory and enterprise identity administration
Portfolio
Hands-on examples: VMware vSphere at scale, vmFinder (custom vCenter inventory tooling), and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Windows Server workloads.
VMware vSphere
Day-to-day vSphere administration: clustered Windows Server VMs, host inventory, and VM operations in the vSphere Client.
vmFinder
A custom tool I built to find VMs and hosts by name, IP, serial, or MAC, then jump into vCenter or iLO from one screen.
Red Hat OpenShift
Three-node OpenShift cluster with Virtualization (KubeVirt/CDI): TopoLVM storage, DataVolumes, and Windows Server 2025 deployment.
Professional experience
Looking for new assignments — Dec 2025 – Present
Open to infrastructure engineering roles: VMware, OpenShift/Kubernetes, automation, and hybrid cloud operations (remote or on-site).
Senior Systems Engineer — ThyssenKrupp, Southfield, MI (Remote) · Jun 2025 – Nov 2025
Deployed and administered a three-node Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes cluster; installed OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt/CDI) for Windows VM workloads.
Implemented LVM Storage (TopoLVM) with dedicated 200 GB disks per node and the lvms-vg1 StorageClass; configured local thin-provisioned storage and WaitForFirstConsumer PVC binding.
Resolved incomplete LVMS rollout on the third node (vg-manager readiness, LVMVolumeGroup NodeStatus, device-selector behavior); standardized disk selection using WWN paths and OS-disk filtering.
Configured CDI upload proxy, DataVolumes, and the win2k25 catalog DataSource; installed Windows Server 2025 with a SATA installation ISO and separate system-disk PVC.
Troubleshot virt-launcher startup failures tied to DHCP/NetworkManager DNS search domains; applied DNS-policy workarounds and guest networking adjustments.
Systems Engineer — Michigan First Credit Union · May 2024 – Aug 2024
vSphere 7.03 hyperconverged environment with SRM failover; PowerShell automation, vulnerability remediation, SQL, Intune, Azure AD, Veeam, and SolarWinds monitoring.
Systems Engineer — Farrow Customs Brokers · Aug 2023 – May 2024
Multi-site VMware, migrations, Cisco/Avaya telephony, Office 365, SOC-driven vulnerability remediation, PowerCLI HTML reporting, Hyper-V, and PRTG monitoring.
System Administrator — Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI · Oct 2018 – Jun 2023
Managed and upgraded VMware hosts across North America; three ESX/ESXi upgrade cycles across 120+ hosts and 27 plants.
Automated VM creation, reporting, backup validation, and AD reporting; connected to 60+ vCenters for SQL-backed inventory and global web tooling (Ford Technology Fair 2019).
Network Administrator — Sequris Group, Royal Oak, MI · 2013 – 2017
Check Point firewall support group; Tableau, SQL, and custom CRM application support.
Education & Certifications
- Associate of Applied Science, Computer Information Systems — Wayne County Community College, Detroit, MI (May 2005)
- Bachelor of Divinity — Maryvale Institute, London, UK (Jun 2012)
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900, 2025)
- Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104, 2025; renewed Aug 2026)
- AutoCAD Certified
- CompTIA Security+ (in progress)
Contact
Email: giasone777@gmail.com
Phone: (226) 345-3699
Available for new infrastructure engineering assignments (remote or on-site)