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Candidate Details

Name :

Jess Lorentzen
Qualification :
Director, IT Operations
Industry :
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Director, IT Operations

About our Client

Well-rounded IT Professional with over 19 years of experience looking for a team to which I can contribute in a significant way. Proven skills in automation, troubleshooting, leadership, and communication.  Self-motivated individual devoted to continuous learning.

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Achievements

  • MS Active Directory, DHCP and DNS, IIS
  • ADFS 3.0 / SAML 2.0 for SSO
  • Azure IAAS, SAAS, PAAS
  • O365 services
  • Azure AD, SSO, Conditional Access, etc
  • Windows Server 2000 – 2022 GUI and Core
  • Windows PowerShell and Powershell DSC
  • VMware and Hyper-V virtual environments
  • Citrix XenDesktop and Citrix Netscaler
  • Microsoft and Apple client operating systems
  • Cisco networking products, routing, and routed protocols
  • Process Improvement
  • System Architecture and Design

Professional Experience

Director, IT Operations

  • Elevated team morale and efficiency through strategic initiatives
  • Provided mentorship to junior administrators, fostering professional growth and development
  • Achieved substantial cost savings by conducting audits of cloud resources
  • Led a critical project resulting in a 79% reduction in overnight business processing time
  • Played a key role in the design and approval of a comprehensive network upgrade
  • Successfully managed proof of concept (POC) and initial implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) processes
  • Reduced company-wide IT risk score by almost 50%
  • Enhanced IT employee onboarding process based on comprehensive feedback from new hires
  • Implemented cloud infrastructure to support an Azure Machine Learning proof of concept (POC)

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Team Lead, Core IT services

  • Lead team tasked with maintaining and automating our core infrastructure
  • Deployed System Center Orchestrator for automation.
  • Used PowerCLI to automate server deployment in VMware
  • Successfully pushed an initiative to deploy server core and configuration management

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ITS4 System Administrator

  • Mentored other Admins in the use of Powershell scripting and other automation technology
  • Created and updated processes to improve efficiency accuracy
  • Automated many tasks including user creation using Powershell
  • O365 licensing automation
  • Implemented Citrix ADC and Xenapp farm to securely deliver web browsing functionality to driver’s license issuance PCs
  • Primary Admin on Citrix XenDesktop environment with 100+ published applications and Remote Desktop publishing
  • Lead the migration project from skype to Microsoft Team.
  • Designed security policies in O365 to protect tenant data
  • Architected a new, more robust and scalable server backend for the ARTS driver’s license system
  • Managed Azure AD and enterprise applications (AzureSSO)
  • Scripted the remediation of phishing attacks in Exchange Online

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System Engineer II

  • Implemented Stealthbits monitoring/auditing software
  • Managed IIS based hosting environment consisting of 90 servers and over 200 sites including domain name, certificate purchases and renewal
  • Assisted in planning SSO implementation
  • Automated much of the webserver creation process with powershell
  • Backup Active Directory Admin
  • Assisted in VMware administration and virtual server rollouts
  • Administered CrushFTP server

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Other experience includes Systems Admin / Enterprise Applications Specialist, Network Administrator and Computer Specialist

Education

Information systems Technology major, emphasis on network administration

Interests

Skills

Technical Skills

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