Aaron Kennedy

Experience

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  Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

  Feb 2003 - Nov 2010

  Support Analyst and Helpdesk Technician

  I worked on the helpdesk for four years before graduating to a Support Analyst position where I learned server and network infrastructure.

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  Unity College

  Nov 2010 - Apr 2015

  Systems/Network Administrator

  I supported the campus infrastructure including HP Blades and SAN as well as Microsoft DPM backups and tapes. I also performed several build-out Initiatives:Migration of access-layer switches from Brocade/Foundry to ExtremeMigration of campus wireless access from Meru to ArubaImplementation of Aruba ClearPass solution for both wireless and wired NAC in mixed Brocade/Foundry+Extreme environmentInstallation and configuration of Dell Sonicwall firewallReplacement of phone system with ShoreTel VoIP Show less

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  MaineHealth

  Apr 2015 - Dec 2020

  I support the datacenter infrastructure for three midcoast Maine hospitals and have performed extensive platform overhauls. Some of my initiatives have been:Install and configure 11-node HCI Simplivity platform across 3 sites and migrate workloads from IBM blades/HP Proliant hosts and iSCSI/FC SANsImplement VMware infrastructure including provisioning hosts, installing vCenter, building vSwitches, presenting iSCSI/FC/NFS datastores, building and maintaining templates, P2Ving physical instancesEstablish Quest Rapid Recovery backup and geo-replicated disaster-recovery system initially with virtual instances and later physical instances on Dell R730 platformBuild NSX lab for evaluation and testing on retired HP Proliants and iSCI Dell Equallogic SAN Show less

  • Senior System Engineer

    Sept 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Systems Engineer

    Apr 2015 - Dec 2020
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  Tuxera

  Jan 2021 - now

  Senior Technical Support Engineer

  Supporting Tuxera's Fusion File Share, the high-performance, scalable SMB file server on Linux! https://www.tuxera.com/products/fusion-file-share-smb-enterprise/