Erik Skinner

Experience

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  Harrison School District

  Jun 2000 - Nov 2004

  Technology Support
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  Atmel Corporation

  Nov 2004 - Nov 2016

  Previously providing support for Atmel's Cloud Infrastructure. (ATML was acquired by MCHP)

  • Senior Network Systems Administrator - Cloud Infrastructure

    Jul 2015 - Nov 2016

  • Senior Desktop Support Technician

    Apr 2011 - Jul 2015

  • Desktop Support Technician

    Nov 2004 - Apr 2011
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  Microchip Technology Inc.

  Mar 2017 - Apr 2022

  Providing architectural guidance and supporting other virtualization administrators in our hybrid cloud operations with a focus on VMware products. Orchestrating and executing global virtualization projects.Promoting and evangelizing Infrastructure as Code and script-assisted routines for configuration management and Desired State Configuration in the environment. Building standard images via modern OS life cycle pipelines for life cycle consistency and increased security and sharing that to our counterparts globally.Supporting day-to-day IT operations, planning and execution of projects, and providing staff support for local data center, networking, and infrastructure teams at Microchip offices in Colorado. Facilitating IT group communication and partnership with the various business units we support to ensure each team has what they need to succeed. Show less Supporting day-to-day IT operations, planning and execution of projects, and providing staff support for local data center, networking, and infrastructure teams at Microchip offices in Colorado. Facilitating IT group communication and partnership with the various business units we support to ensure each team has what they need to succeed. Providing global governance and continuing support for our hybrid cloud operations with a focus on VMware products. Orchestrating and executing global virtualization projects.Driving automation initiatives for the business while learning and introducing other topics to the team ranging from Infrastructure as Code and script-assisted routines for configuration management to Desired State Configuration and template build pipelines for life cycle consistency. Show less

  • Sr. Systems Engineer II - Global Virtualization / Site IT Manager

    Sept 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Site IT Manager for Colorado Springs / Sr. Systems Engineer in Global Virtualization

    Nov 2016 - Sept 2021

  • IT On-Site (Helpdesk) Manager

    Mar 2017 - Mar 2020
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  Nordstrom

  Apr 2022 - now

  Sr. Engineer - Virtualization and IaC

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