Tony Mitera

Experience

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  Worthplaying

  Oct 2002 - now

  Associate Editor - PC

  Create previews and reviews of products sent from various video game developers and publishers. Capture screen shots of game material to accompany textual online game reviews. Attend various press events and conventions with the purpose of interviewing developers. Adhere to strict deadlines and prioritize the current queue of titles based on level of importance. Help maintain the site in the event that the senior editors are otherwise unable to do so.

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  InfiNet Solutions

  Feb 2005 - Dec 2010

  Senior Network Administrator

  Single point of contact for the IT needs of 20+ clients. Regularly consulted with clients to determine the best IT infrastructure solutions, depending on each client's goals and budget. Provided prompt and concise 24/7 IT support to existing clients. Established and assisted new clients. Set up and troubleshot a variety of Ethernet switches, PoE switches, firewalls, and routers. Performed the physical installation of network cabling.

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  Gameshark

  Feb 2007 - Aug 2011

  Review Staff

  Created previews and reviews of products sent from various video game developers and publishers. Captured screen shots of game material to accompany textual online game reviews. Adhered to strict deadlines and prioritized the current queue of titles based on level of importance.

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  Hardcore Gamer

  Oct 2007 - Oct 2010

  Senior Editor

  Created previews and reviews of products sent from various video game developers and publishers. Wrote the cover story for the final issue of the magazine. Captured screen shots of game material to accompany textual online game reviews. Adhered to strict deadlines and prioritized the current queue of titles based on level of importance.

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  Reed & Associates

  Dec 2010 - Nov 2012

  IT Network Administrator

  Sole engineer tasked with all aspects of maintaining, enhancing, and securing the IT systems for the CMS RPC contract. Scanned for network vulnerabilities, identified rogue traffic, and developed and enacted remediation plans. Supported all of the technical systems and the site help desk. Implemented and maintained a variety of platforms and tools, including Microsoft Exchange, Snort/BASE, Nessus, Nagios, Spiceworks, JTrac, and Symantec Endpoint Protection. Sole author and custodian of a large amount of documentation, ranging from end-user training documents to detailed technical and process guides. Show less

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  National Indemnity Company

  Nov 2012 - Mar 2015

  IT Systems / Software Engineer

  Responsible for maintaining and expanding the server and network infrastructure. Maintained Hyper-V environment and helped design the newer Hyper-V cluster. Primary engineer responsible for the SolarWinds Orion monitoring platform. Created and documented scripts to automate business processes, including backups, file manipulation, platform integration, and server maintenance. Helped various teams troubleshoot infrastructure issues and achieve infrastructure goals.

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  WEX Health

  Mar 2015 - Aug 2018

  Senior System Engineer

  Recruited into the team to assist in renovating the existing IT environment and to provide infrastructure support for the Benaissance proprietary SaaS platforms. Continued to improve the environment during Benaissance’s acquisition into WEX Health. Within WEX Health worked among a much larger team, supporting all WEX Health platforms.Worked with a variety of new technologies including VNX, Puppet, Rancher, and Docker. Significantly expanded my abilities in IIS and in troubleshooting SaaS platform issues. Show less

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  Omaha Public Power District

  Aug 2018 - now

  • Lead Infrastructure Engineer

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Senior Infrastructure Engineer

    Aug 2018 - Jun 2022