Wayne Mills

Experience

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  Netwired and Associates, LLC

  Jul 2004 - Sept 2016

  Network Administrator

  Here, I was supporting small businesses with their network infrastructure needs.I was designing systems to match the client’s needs, built them, and installed them for my clients.Moreover, I was hired as a systems administrator to monitor and maintain all network systems.Key Contribution:• Built hardware servers from scratch to match the clients needs and remotely managed with patch updates and daily monitoring.

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  Advanced Technology Group, Inc

  May 2017 - May 2018

  System Administrator

  During this role, I was serving as a systems administrator for a small technology training company to maintain network, upgrade infrastructure from hardware to a VMWare virtual environment, and implement standard security / recovery practices for their business operations.I had also established two custom servers for company when current server failed and I was able to recover and move all data to the new servers.Key Contributions:• Outfitted company's new servers with VMWare and built a modern / secure network on virtual technology.• Revamped servers and transferred all hardware servers over to VMWare VM servers.• Deployed a solid backup plan to secure data. Show less

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  Ionic Security (acquired by Twilio)

  May 2018 - Aug 2021

  System Administrator

  In this role, it was my responsibility to oversee two VMWare sites with more than 300+ computer systems containing both Linux and Windows operating systems.I was also creating, upgrading, and managing these systems by utilizing Saltstack, InTune, and Active Directory Group Policy.Meanwhile, I was administering Jamf, Jira, Confluence, Stash, G-Suite, Azure, Office 365, Slack, Sophos, AWS, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, DUO, ESXI boxes, Intune, and Service Now systems.Furthermore, I kept abreast of threat assessment and security threats.Key Contributions:• Maintained a perfect 5 rating from my manager by performing with a high degree . • Updated AD structure to improve usability and security and upgraded AD with the BPA analyzer. • Alerted management to security holes in their backup plan as it relates to domain controllers, while writing PowerShell scripts to automate repetitive tasks. Show less

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  Ongoing Operations, LLC

  Oct 2021 - now

  Senior Support Engineer