Bryan Jackson

Bryan Jackson

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  • About me

    Solution Architect at M2 Technology Inc. (USAF veteran)

  • Education

    • Community College of the Air Force

      1993 - 1997
      Associate of Science Computer Science Technology
    • University of Phoenix

      2008 - 2010
      Bachelor of Science Information Technology
  • Experience

    • United States Air Force

      Nov 1993 - Nov 2003
      Computer Programmer
    • Compaq

      Nov 2000 - Nov 2003
      Resident Consulting Associate

      - Designed and implemented VPN client solution at secure customer location providing access to cooperate network - Deployed multi site suite of domain controllers, exchange mail servers, Symantec Mail Relay servers and 10 TB multi-fabric SAN including: multi-site (Compaq DRM), multi-node (Microsoft active/passive clustering) fault tolerance and disaster recovery solutions- Designed and implemented Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Server solution supporting over 1000 clients- Analyzed and corrected system malfunctions and custom applications errors written in FORTRAN 77, ADA, IDL and Motif on Alpha/VAX (Open VMS), Solaris, HP and DEC (UNIX) and Windows NT computer systems- Ensured over 99.99% uptime on AltaVista’s Firewall/Tunnel and DEC MicroVAX 1000 proprietary One-Way-Gates Show less

    • Trawick & Associates

      Nov 2003 - Nov 2007

      - Managed 4 enterprise storage administrators in support of three Air Force Space Command networks including remote management of equipment at over 10 locations across North America- Operated and maintained following enterprise services for over 70,000 customers worldwide: Exchange 2003, Outlook Web Access (OWA), Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) 4.1 with S/MIME, Symantec Mail Security for Exchange, Symantec Mail Security for SMTP, IXOS e-mail archival and Defense Messaging System (DMS) 3.1- Also operated and maintained over 116 TB of enterprise storage (SAN, NAS and DAS) including HP EVA 5000/6000, HP XP 12000, Brocade (2Gb and 4Gb) and Cisco fibre channel (FC) switches and routers providing storage for enterprise Exchange, SQL, file services and log files Show less - Managed 20 enterprise messaging administrators and supervised two shifts daily in support of three Air Force Space Command networks including remote management of equipment at over 10 locations across North America- Operated and maintained following enterprise services for over 70,000 customers worldwide: Exchange 2003, Outlook Web Access (OWA), Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) 4.1 with S/MIME, Symantec Mail Security for Exchange, Symantec Mail Security for SMTP, IXOS e-mail archival and Defense Messaging System (DMS) 3.1- Also operated and maintained over 116 TB of enterprise storage (SAN, NAS and DAS) including HP EVA 5000/6000, HP XP 12000, Brocade (2Gb and 4Gb) and Cisco fibre channel (FC) switches and routers providing storage for enterprise Exchange, SQL, file services and log files Show less - Consolidated eleven Exchange 5.5 sites into single Exchange 2003 organization with two Admin Groups (AG) including migration of over 7,000 mailboxes to single AG and collapse of eleven SMTP name spaces into one- Integrated technical refresh of primary SAN array from EVAs to XPs including data migration of over 4 TB of e-mail. Designed and integrated COOP plan with XP array asynchronous data replication for enterprise Exchange clusters and for enterprise SQL cluster and various custom AFSPC web servers including SharePoint Services. Utilized Microsoft Exchange server sizing process to ensure created LUNs would support expected Exchange IOPS- Planned and integrated enterprise backup solution replacing Veritas Backup Exec with CommVault Galaxy and installing enterprise tape library, HP ESL 712e, increasing capacity and throughput Show less - Led 10 enterprise messaging administrators and supervised three shifts daily in support of the AFSPC unclassified network including remote management of equipment at COOP site- Operated and maintained following enterprise services for over 50,000 customers worldwide: Exchange 2003, Outlook Web Access (OWA), Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) 3.6, Symantec Mail Security for Exchange, Symantec Mail Security for SMTP, IXOS e-mail Archival and Defense Messaging System (DMS) 3.0- Operated and maintained over 40 TB of enterprise storage including Compaq EMA 12000, HP EVA 5000, Brocade and Cisco FC switches and routers providing storage for enterprise Exchange, SQL, file services and log files- Consolidated sixteen Exchange 5.5 sites into single Exchange 2003 organization with twelve Admin Groups (AG) including migration of over 15,000 mailboxes to single AG and consolidation of 5 SMTP name spaces- Integrated technical refresh of primary SAN array from 1Gb SCSI EMAs to 2Gb FC EVAs Show less - Operated and maintained following enterprise services for over 50,000 customers worldwide: Exchange 2003, Outlook Web Access (OWA), Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) 3.6, Symantec Mail Security for Exchange, Symantec Mail Security for SMTP, IXOS e-mail Archival and Defense Messaging System (DMS) 3.0- Operated and maintained over 40 TB of enterprise storage including Compaq EMA 12000, HP EVA 5000, Brocade and Cisco FC switches and routers providing storage for enterprise Exchange, SQL, file services and log files Show less

      • Manager, Storage & Recovery Services Group

        Oct 2007 - Nov 2007
      • Manager, Messaging Services Group

        Aug 2006 - Sept 2007
      • Technical Project Manager

        Dec 2005 - Aug 2006
      • Messaging Technical Lead

        Oct 2004 - Dec 2005
      • Storage & Messaging Technician

        Nov 2003 - Oct 2004
    • HP

      Dec 2007 - Aug 2010
      Storage Consultant

      Consulting and Integration services for HP branded:- Storage: including XP, EVA, MSA, ESL, MSL- Storage Management Software: CommandView XP AE, RAIDManager, Performance Advisor, CommandView EVA, Replication Storage Manager and Storage Essentials- Design and migration services: Data Replication Solution Services (BC & CA for both XP & EVA), Vdisk/LUN Design and Implementation Service and Data Migration Service

    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise

      Sept 2010 - Jul 2017
      Enterprise Storage Solution Architect

      Building relationships, being an advocate for my customers, and selling HPE solutions to solve customer business problems.

    • M2 Technology Inc.

      Jul 2017 - now
      Solution Architect
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • HPE ATP - Storage Solutions V3

      Hewlett Packard Enterprise - Suisse Romande
      Jun 2018
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    • Associate - Information Storage and Management Version 3.0

      Dell EMC
      Mar 2018
      View certificate certificate
    • Specialist - Technology Architect, Midrange Storage Solutions Version 1.0

      Dell EMC
      Mar 2018
      View certificate certificate
    • HPE ASE - Storage Solutions Architect V3

      Hewlett Packard Enterprise
      Aug 2018
      View certificate certificate
    • Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP)

      Nutanix
      Jan 2019
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    • Nutanix Certified Systems Engineer (NCSE): Level 1

      Nutanix
      Jun 2019
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    • HP APC - StorageWorks Solutions Architect [2011] equivalent to "HPE ASE - Storage Solutions Architect V2"

      Hewlett Packard Enterprise
      Nov 2011
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    • HPE ATP - Hybrid Cloud

      Hewlett Packard Enterprise
      Mar 2024
    • Nutanix Systems Engineering Novice (NSEN)

      Nutanix
      Aug 2017
    • HPE ASE - Edge-to-Cloud Architect

      Hewlett Packard Enterprise
      Jul 2024
    • Scality Certified Architect

      Scality
      Sept 2024