J. Darren Lofthouse

Experience

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  Self Employed

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1996

  Network Analyst/Consultant

  Consulted with MIS managers and small business owners with ideas on best implementations of computer business systems.Maintained a variety of file server hardware and software configurations.Upgraded software and hardware on various network systems and workstations.Implemented dial-in/out modem sharing servers and communications servers.

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  Salt Lake County MIS

  May 1992 - Oct 1995

  Microsystems analyst

  Setup and configured Novell NetWare 4.x, 3.11, and 3.12 file servers with a variety of configurations.Installed a variety of communications servers (NetWare Connect, NetWare SAA, Ocean Isle Reachout 3.3, & PC Anywhere IV).Installed and configured Novell NFS and Firefox Novix systems for UNIX to Novell data access.Installed new workstations on 10BaseT Ethernet and IBM Token Ring networks.

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  AOL

  Oct 1995 - Sept 1996

  LAN Technician

  Responsible for the installation, maintenance, and upgrading of 4 Compaq Servers running NetWare 4.1 and 500+ users.Installed and maintained 1000+ diskless workstations running Windows 3.11 and Microsoft Office and 20+ laptops running Windows 95, Office 95 and other software as needed.Provided Corporate Office with information and recommendations with regards to the installation and maintenance of Servers and Workstations at our 3 Technical Support Centers as well as troubleshooting and solving NDS Design, Implementation, and Troubleshooting problems. Show less

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  BDM International

  Oct 1996 - Nov 1997

  LAN Systems Engineer

  Participated in the development and contracting phases of the Royal Saudi Air Force Directorate of Maintenance and Engineering's LAN.Installed, configured, and maintained all LAN equipment and Novell NetWare Servers.Coordinated all purchases of Computer Equipment with the Directorate of Computing.Installed, configured, and supported Network and Workstation Software including English and Arabic versions (NetWare 4.1 and 4.11, ArcServe 6.1, Windows 3.1 and 95, Microsoft Office Pro 4.3, 95, and 97). Show less

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  The Walt Disney Company

  Feb 1998 - Jul 2005

  Intel Systems Analyst, Sr

  ­ Build and install Netware 6.0 and Windows 2000/2003 Servers.­ Provide operating system support for Netware 6.0 and Windows 2000/2003 Servers.­ Provide hardware support for Compaq DL and ML Class Servers.­ Configure Cisco switches for proper VLAN and line speeds for server installs.­ Administer Active Directory, Group and User Security, Cluster Resources, and DFS.­ Install and configure clusters where needed and test for proper failover.­ Major Projects: Migrated Netware 3.11 Servers into a Netware 4.11/NDS environment. Migrated Netware 4.11 to 5.1 and consolidate servers along with a complete redesign of the NDS tree. Migrated Netware 5.1 (13,000 NDS Users) to Windows 2000 and Active Directory. Migrated Windows 2000 Servers to Windows 2003 using clustering technology. Show less

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  IBM Global Services

  Jul 2005 - Oct 2012

  Intel Systems Analyst - The Walt Disney Company

  ­Build, Maintain, and Support VMware ESX 3.X, 4.X, and 5.X Hosts and associated Virtual Machines.­Build, Maintain, and Support Intel Servers including Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Novell, and Linux Operating Systems.­Provide hardware support for Compaq DL and ML Class Servers and IBM x Series Servers.­Provide support to Project Managers and Architects during planning, purchasing, and build phases of new Intel servers procured for the Disney account.­Provide Dedicated SME support for Disney Theme Parks and Resorts acting as escalation point for all issues related to Intel Servers on the Disney account TP&R BU. Show less

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  HCL Technologies

  Oct 2012 - Aug 2017

  VMware Team Lead - The Walt Disney Company

  ­Manage Team of VMware Systems Administrators providing them with technical guidance as needed to maintain standards, supportability, and best practices across the environment.­Install and maintain VMware ESXi 5.1 Hosts and Virtual Center systems.­Provide reports as required by upper level management, retrieving data through scripts as available for patching, storage consumption, and other configuration data.­Provide support to Project Managers and Architects during planning, purchasing, and build phases of new Intel VMs procured for the Disney account.­Create and manage standard processes governing cluster builds and migrations, host upgrades and patching, and VM resource increases/modifications and tools installs/upgrades.­Work closely with Disney DTSS and product TAMs to develop roadmaps for new implementations and system designs to support the requests of application and development teams. Show less

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  Ciber Global

  Aug 2017 - Jan 2020

  Cloud SE - The Walt Disney Company

  Work with application developers to design AWS, and on premise infrastructure to support a wide array of business applications.Provision AWS services such as ECS, EC2, S3, Route53, Lambda, ElastiCache, and other supporting services using terraform, atlantis, and github.Provision Akamai properties to support external access to public applications.Work with application teams to troubleshoot application issues during and after deployment.Manage access roles and policies across many AWS accounts using terraform.Developed processes to maintain standards and security in accessing the AWS cloud resources across many different accounts. Show less

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  Sling TV

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2023

  Sr Cloud Engineer