About
Hello! I am Justin Smith. System Administrator by day, and hobbyist by night.
I enjoy working with technology and solving intriguing issues, large or small. In an ever changing industry, I strive to learn about new technologies and experience as much as I can. Outside of my profession, I enjoy performing break/fix in my home lab. For outdoor activities, you’ll find me cycling, hiking, and exploring new places.
Basic Information
Email:
justin@jwsmith.info
Address:
Orlando, FL
Language:
Ansible, Bash, Powershell, PowerCLI
Work Experience
January 2021 - Present
Xcel Energy
VMware Converged Senior System Administrator
| ▶Administering and supporting VMware virtualization technologies, including VMware vSphere, vCenter Server, and ESXi, as well as products from vendors such as Dell and Cisco | ▶Security patch management, ensuring timely identification, assessment, and deployment of patches to protect systems from vulnerabilities and maintain a secure IT environment | ▶VMware, vCenter, SRM, vROPs, Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). |
| ▶Experienced in deploying and configuring VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), providing a unified, integrated platform for building and managing private and hybrid cloud environments | ▶Documenting processes and following ITIL standards, ensuring adherence to best practices and effective change management within the organization | ▶Provides technical expertise in analyzing requirements and recommending solutions, leveraging in-depth knowledge to guide decision-making and drive effective outcomes |
| ▶Mentors other engineers to apply engineering background knowledge for project design, analysis, and project coordination of services or products. | ▶24/7 365 day support including maintenance activities | ▶Reviews and manages server logs, performs diagnostics |
| ▶Incident management, conducting thorough problem investigations to identify root causes and implementing effective solutions for prevention and resolution | ▶PowerCLI, bash, and ansible scripting |
January 2016 - 2021
Xcel Energy
Linux/Unix System Administrator
| ▶Support 1400 and growing Unix/Linux physical and VMware virtual environment | ▶Create detailed documentation for change proces | ▶Create knowledge base articles for troubleshooting |
| ▶Suggest hardware configurations and provisioning resource | ▶24/7 365 day support including maintenance activities | ▶Reviews and manages server logs, performs diagnostic |
| ▶Incident solutions and problem management investigation to solution |
May 2014 - December 2016
Progressive Insurance
Systems Engineer
| ▶Provided support in office and remote agents | ▶Administrate and troubleshot virtual machines within vSphere | ▶Managed and maintained PC's/Laptops/Thin Clients/Virtual desktops throughout the organization |
| ▶Automated common troubleshooting steps and tasks for physical and virtual equipment | ▶Created document knowledge articles on operating systems as well as hundreds of applications | ▶Installation, configuration, development, implementation, support and maintenance of complex operating systems, hardware components, and applications |
July 2011 - May 2014
Georgia Southern University
Information Technology Specialist
| ▶Help Desk/End-User Support | ▶Supported Mac OSX and Microsoft OS systems | ▶Directed training and skills development with professors |
| ▶Created knowledge articles including issues and solutions for other team members to use | ▶Analyzed and deployed troubleshooting scripts saving specialist time | ▶Collaborated with students and faculty to increase the educational experience |
January 2013 - May 2013
Norfolk Southern
Distributed Systems Intern
| ▶Managed sharepoint pages including desiging infopath forms with complex workflows | ▶Assisted Systems administrator in operational support of the AIX operating system | ▶Managed security permissions of file systems on Unix, as well as exchange servers |
| ▶Coordinating storage with SANs team, working with virtual operating systems(VIOS), Virtual SCSI, Virtual Fiber Channels | ▶Worked with AIX systems, maintain and upkeep of test and production servers. Making regular backups, and creating shadow copies for testing to production | |
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree
2011 - 2014
Information Technology Network and Datacenter Administration
Certifications
| ▶ Security + SY0-501 June 2018 |
| ▶ VMware VCP DataCenter October 2023 |
| ▶ Future Objectives: |
| AWS Architect January 2025 |
Training
| ▶ Ansible Automation Technical Workshop |
| ▶ Powershell 2.0 Workshop |
| ▶ RHSA Training Class |
| ▶ Redhat Satellite Configuration class |
| ▶ VCF/SDDC Management VMware class |
| ▶ vSAN VMware class |
| ▶ vCenter and ESXi Troubleshooting VMware class |
| ▶ Tanzu Namespace Management VMware class |
| ▶ VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V8 VMware class |
Justin Smith
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