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Oct 2025 - Present Senior Systems Engineer @ SourceAmerica

Architect and maintain PowerShell automation suite covering AD / Entra ID / M365 user lifecycle, compliance reporting, and stale object remediation across a 3,500-user hybrid environment. Lead security hardening program including Conditional Access policy enforcement, MFA rollout, and privileged account reviews. Develop operational runbooks, compliance dashboards, and audit artifacts, and partner with identity, security, and operations teams to modernize legacy workflows.

Jun 2023 - Oct 2025 Systems Engineer III @ RedRiver LLC

Authored PowerShell automation library for hybrid Azure AD / on-premises AD operations, identity hygiene, and reporting workflows. Administered Microsoft 365 tenant including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and license allocation. Configured Entra ID roles, RBAC, dynamic groups, and conditional access policies. Implemented Workday-to-Active Directory sync integration impacting 500+ employees. Served as Tier 3 escalation point and provided technical leadership and mentorship.

May 2023 - Dec 2023 Systems Engineer @ MedSR (Southern Illinois Hospitals)

Developed PowerShell automation for AV compliance, server inventory, inactive accounts, and Active Directory health reporting. Led domain controller upgrades from Server 2012 to 2019 with near-zero-downtime cutovers. Deployed SolarWinds monitoring platform and hardened PKI certificate templates per security audit findings.

Dec 2022 - Jun 2023 Systems Engineer III @ Insight Global (RedRiver)

Led migration of 500 endpoints to Microsoft Intune and Windows Autopilot, including security policy design and deployment rings. Migrated backup and recovery posture from Veeam to Azure Site Recovery and Commvault. Owned disaster recovery testing and failover/failback flow, and hardened Azure environment with conditional access, MFA, SSO, and enterprise app governance.

Aug 2022 - Jan 2023 Active Directory Engineer @ Beacon Hill (Wawa)

Authored PowerShell scripts to enumerate local administrator group membership across the server fleet and produced audit-ready reports for group and application owners.

Jun 2021 - Oct 2022 Sr. Systems Administrator @ Insight Global (Nidec Global)

Engineered Group Policy Objects to bring the Windows Server estate into STIG compliance. Developed PowerShell-based Active Directory health monitoring and custom reporting solutions. Migrated Server 2012 infrastructure to Server 2019/2022 across multiple sites.

Jan 2018 - Jun 2021 Systems Engineer @ TrailWest Bank

Administered Exchange hybrid/cloud environment, deployed and managed Hyper-V nodes and VMware clusters, built server gold images, and created PowerShell automation to accelerate deployment workflows. Automated backup ticket creation and built reporting for patch management, audit logs, and capacity utilization.

Jan 2005 - Jan 2020 Technical Services Manager @ Action Motivation Inc.

Architected and delivered event/tradeshow attendee registration networks for events ranging from 500 to 15,000 attendees. Designed and managed mixed Linux and Windows server environments, led IT operations, and managed staff and contractors with hiring, mentorship, and performance responsibility.

Dec 2015 - Jan 2018 Systems Engineer @ Corporate Technology Group

Architected and deployed Cisco UCS environments with IBM Storwize SANs, managed VMware upgrades and greenfield deployments, coordinated workstation imaging via MDT/SCCM, and onboarded clients into SolarWinds monitoring. Deployed Cisco/Meraki/Barracuda networking and reviewed system security audits.

Nov 2013 - Dec 2015 System Administrator @ Deaconess Medical Center

Managed Exchange 2008 environment, distribution lists, anti-spam, and update workflows. Provisioned servers, conducted capacity planning audits, and developed Group Policy Objects and PowerShell/Batch scripts for desktop, printer, and drive mapping management.