Carmelito Bernadez Jr.

Experience

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  International Exchange Bank

  Jun 2005 - Oct 2006

  I.T. External Helpdesk Analyst II

  Installed, configured and gave continued support on the Electronic Banking systems that had been rolled out to the Central and Southern regional clients. Assisted in monitoring and maintaining of Central and Southern offices systems and network infrastructure. Have assisted Network/Telecoms team various levels of support to the users of Central and Southern region. Successfully completed WinXp and Win 3.11 dual boot conversions and Citrix installations within the regional branches in preparation for the Bankwide globus systems integration. Resolved and documented several technical issues/problem encountered by over 200 Bank clients and users of iBank Central and Southern region in the Philippines. Show less

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  Systems Networks Company Ltd.

  Dec 2008 - Jun 2013

  Systems Engineer/Network Administrator

  Provide support, solutions, recommendations and/or consultation on any prospect or existing client implementations. Lead designs for virtualization, storage and unified communication project requirements. Ensure technical feature translation on proposals in compliance with client requirements.Successfully lead the installation and configuration of HP BL G7 servers within c7000 enclosures at a certain top military sector HQ Data Center for their Windows Server 2008 R2 DMZ requirements.Effectively lead the team during MPLS L3 VPN implementation/roll-out for a top military sector Network Infrastructure project spanning across 17 remote sites within the kingdom involving cisco cme 7.1, cisco 3900/2900 series routers, cisco 2900 series switches and 7900 series ip phones.Effectively managed and configured several MS windows server systems and applications as required for projects and/or needs within the organization.Help maintained the company's’ vendor (Cisco, Microsoft, NetApp, HP, VMWare) Partnership Program through continuous trainings and technical certifications. Show less

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  Johnson Controls

  Jul 2013 - Oct 2018

  Systems Project Engineer/Acting Operations Supervisor

  Lead the way in delivering the required SLA for all supported systems (CCTV, ACS, VCS, AW-RDS, CIMS, AV, CMS-VideoWall, and Workstations) deployed under JCI's project implementation team and/or any sites covered under AMCs.Spearheaded the team in deploying and maintaining ELV systems head end server infra (SAN/NAS Storage, IBM System X, HP DL G7, Dell and Fujitsu Primergy RX servers) along with over 600+ Windows 7/8/10 workstations hosting various applications from 40+ distributed sites. Directed the team in managing, administering and monitoring mixed server OS/application environments (VMware-Hyper-V Virtualization, Windows Server 2003/2008 R2, Symantec BackupExec, Double Take, Windows Failover Clustering, IIS Network Load Balancer and SQL server 2008/2008 R2) for around 15 IP Video Surveillance System sites, 8 Security Access Control Sites and over 20 critical components from mixed systems (AV, PAVA, Tetra, VCS,CIMS) head-end infra.Supervised a team of technicians in minimizing downtime for all critical components deployed under our maintenance/implementation scope.Planned and implemented unique schemes for smart monitoring and proactive maintenance on all systems-related essential components under our scope.Identified and implemented several RFC (Request for Change) requirements/implementations as part of continuous improvement process of a certain system design or whenever required while ensuring minimal to zero negative impact to operations.Liaise with consultants, vendors and contractors alike in determining solutions for issues encountered during implementation/testing/maintenance.Attend/support all client/consultant related exercises/implementation under our SoW whenever required.Generates BoM, HLD, LLD and other necessary technical documentation required for project proposal and/or system handover. Provides pre-sales support to our aftermarket sales team through workshops/project reviews to minimize solution gaps. Show less

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  Thales Gulf

  Nov 2018 - Sept 2020

  Systems Engineer

  Lead the team in deployment and commissioning activities of over 50 PB SAN storage infrastructure (Dell EMC SCV 3000 Storage Center Series) spread across the Railway stations/buildings, (80)10GE iSCSI SAN Switches (S4048-OTN Series Switches) and more than two hundred (200) servers (Dell Power Edge R440E Series under CentOs systems) in a clustered (pacemaker) configuration for TVS System (Thales Video Surveillance Systems) under Doha Metro Project Phase 1. Spearheaded the deployment of Thales VCA (Video Content Analytics) Infrastructure across the railway vicinities built on top of kubernetes, docker, nomad and consul system environments. Ensuring that all component of the system are fully operational as per agreed requirement of the project starting from pre-staging all the way to SAT. Conduct SAT/FAT exercises necessary to commission sites deployed. Including but not limited to application resource high availability implementation with pacemaker clustering, container orchestration via kubernetes, automated deployment through ansible and Foreman among others.Debug logs encountered during troubleshooting integration/deployment phase and resolving it either through system re-delivery or manual patching whenever possible.Generated several windows/linux automation scripts through bash, powershell, batch and/or ansible for daily monitoring, periodic audits, troubleshooting and/or system/configuration change/update requirements. Contribute to design validation/verification via feedback of captured results from assessments of investigations conducted on site including but not limited to, system performance, capacity, robustness of the delivered solutions, etc.Liaise with various teams/entities to try and resolve any issues encountered during the whole life cycle of the project. Show less

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  Rheinmetall Barzan Advanced Technologies QSTP-LLC

  Sept 2020 - now

  Project Engineer