Dustin Menzie

Dustin Menzie

Communications computer system operator. Network administrator and Help Desk technician

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior System Engineer at General Dynamics Information Technology

  • Education

    • Ivy Tech State College

      2000 - 2001
      Business

      Some coursework completed

    • Ball State University

      1997 - 2000
      Telecommunications

      Some coursework; Attended several technical career field training courses, including advanced Exchange troubleshooting sponsored by Microsoft Completed several courses on Exchange 2003 building, including disaster recoveryAttended Active Directory courses on building management and troubleshooting domains Completed specialized training in migrating Active Directory and Exchange

  • Experience

    • United States Air Force

      Apr 2001 - Nov 2004
      Communications computer system operator. Network administrator and Help Desk technician

      Communications computer system operator. Network administrator and Help Desk technician. Worked in comm vault managing messages. Also worked as a security manager while stationed in Germany. Was stationed at Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ and Sembach Germany.

    • Kansas Air National Guard

      May 2004 - Jul 2007

      Monitored ANG enterprise network comprised of ~175,000 users and 200+ locations. Administrator of Exchange 5.5 and 2003. Worked with Active Directory and maintained 250+ domain controllers. Responsible for repair of all issues related to Active Directory and Exchange. Participated in migrations from NT domain to 2003 enterprise. Wrote procedures to migrate exchange servers from the legacy NT domain to 2003 domain. Worked in ANG NOSC. In charge of ANG enterprise network comprised of ~175,000 users and 200+ locations. Monitored Exchange 5.5 and 2003 and maintained 250+ domain controllers for enterprise. Responsible for resolving all Active Directory and Exchange issues. Participated in migrations from NT domain to 2003 enterprise. Wrote procedures to migrate exchange servers from the legacy NT domain to 2003 domain.

      • Network Administrator 2210 GS

        Nov 2005 - Jul 2007
      • Directory Services Administrator

        May 2004 - Jul 2007
    • Service By Design II

      Nov 2004 - Jul 2007
      Network Admin

      DOD contractor for DCMA Wichita focusing on network and computer administration. Handled all aspects of networks and computers for ~60 users in five locations.

    • Indiana Air National Guard

      Jul 2007 - Aug 2008
      Staff Sergeant

      Administrator of 25 servers. Write documentation for building new servers. Maintain and troubleshoot Active Directory and GPOs. Deployed to Kuwait for 60 days providing base level support to the Army.

    • MSD Pike Township

      Jul 2007 - Jan 2008
      Network Administrator

      Maintained SMS server. Worked on new application deployments and building application servers. Administrator of MacAfee AntiVirus server.

    • Zotec Partners

      Jan 2008 - Sept 2008
      Network Engineer

      In charge of designing, documenting and testing Active Directory 2000 to 2003 migration and 2003 to 2007 exchange plan. Account migration completed via Microsoft native tools and exchange portion via Priasoft. In charge of repairing and managing GPOs, Active Directory structure and exchange. Implemented and monitored backup scheduling with VERITAS Backup. Responsible for server management and maintenance. Administered seven-server Citrix farm. Routinely performed remote management through Citrix/VPN. Trained computer technicians. Show less

    • Tech Team Government Solutions

      Sept 2008 - Jul 2010
      Network Engineer

      Classified C2 Systems (SIPRNet). Create and maintain user accounts and 50+ XP & Vista workstations. Plan and implement migration to Windows Active Directory for ANG. Administer Win2K3 Exchange, IIS 2003, Win2K3 DNS/WINS, SMS, Windows 2008, Microsoft Windows 2007 and Classified Systems. Ensure ANG has full mission capability for completion of critical missions at alternate locations during emergency operations. Currently working Windows 2008 and Exchange 2007 Deployments. Work with new backup solution for enterprise. Administer NIPR domain supporting ~140,000 thousand users across the United States. Work with domain controllers and servers hosting NetIQ's DRA client. Work group policy issues and test new implementation before rollout to enterprise. Troubleshoot DNS, DHCP, and Active Directory problems. Show less

    • Kansas Air National Guard

      Oct 2008 - Nov 2011
      Staff Sergeant Network Admin

      Work with deployable communications unit, configuring all networking equipment in the field. Acting supervisor for four troops. Responsible for training and ensuring mission capability. Teach all aspects of Microsoft network and all supporting software and programs.

    • MISSION CRITICAL SOLUTIONS

      Jul 2010 - Mar 2011
      Systems Admin

      Work for USSOCOM on MacDill AFB. The primary function is to maintain the Active Directory environment. Build and maintain servers, Manage DNS, DHCP, folder per missioning, administer Group Policies and Exchange servers. All tasks are tracked within Remedy. The above tasks are performed on multiple domains within Microsoft environments on both classified and unclassified networks. The functions consist of regular day to day operations as well as troubleshooting any of the problems that come up. Show less

    • NES Associates, LLC

      Apr 2011 - May 2012
      Senior Systems Engineer

      Support government network systems.

    • Venatore

      May 2012 - May 2013
      Senior Systems Engineer

      Worked on DoD network systems.

    • Orange Lake Resorts

      May 2013 - Feb 2014
      Senior System Engineer

      Support Microsoft Active Directory systems. Design and migrate New Domain aswell as a new exchange environment.

    • ARMA Global Corporation

      Feb 2014 - Apr 2017
      Senior Systems Engineer and Lead for AD/DNS services

      Responsible for Active Directory environment to include DNS, Infoblocs and all domain controllers across the enterprise.

    • Novetta

      Apr 2017 - May 2018
      Senior System Engineer

      System Engineer.

    • Jacobs

      May 2018 - Aug 2019
      Senior Systems Engineer
    • General Dynamics Information Technology

      Oct 2018 - now
      • Senior System Engineer

        Aug 2019 - now
      • Customer Service Lead

        Oct 2018 - Aug 2019
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • MCP

      Microsoft
    • CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP)

      CompTIA
      Aug 2021
    • Security +

      CompTIA
    • MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure 2017

      Microsoft
      Jan 2017
      View certificate certificate
    • Itil V3

      EXIN