Over twenty three years of technical systems engineering and Department of Defense (DoD) experience to include modernized software and hardware technologies. Provide senior technical support with regard to systems engineering, systems architecture, and systems administration for multiple virtual (VMware) and Linux (RHEL) environments. Worked on multiple development and support teams providing Unix, Linux, Windows, and Citrix support for enterprise deployment.

Senior Systems Engineer @ Currently supporting Cisco UCS systems and F5 appliances for an enterprise utility cloud infrastructure team. From June 2015 to Present (7 months) Baltimore, Maryland AreaDNS Architect @ Senior level Network Architect with DNS, DHCP, and IPAM Architect that develops, implements, and supports computer services for the enterprise. Supports next generation management of the Network IP addresses and services that provide name-to-IP address conversion (DNS), distributed configuration of network devices (DHCP) and centralized management of IP address distribution through the use of an IP management software package. Supporting this effort utilizing Infoblox and F5 appliances. From July 2014 to June 2015 (1 year) Baltimore, Maryland AreaPrincipal Systems Engineer @ Provide systems support to an ELINT analytic system development team. Primary point of contact for multiple system deployment sites while simultaneously supporting the agile software team’s development and test environment throughout the product lifecycle. Supporting the following technologies: VMware, NetApp, Cisco ASA and switches (firewall rule configuration, VLANs, trunking, tunnel encryption, SSL-VPN, NAT, integration with AD, fiber and copper), Passive Optical Networking (ONT/OLT), RHEL 5 & 6, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008/2012 Enterprise, Linux and Windows integration for authentication and file sharing (powerbroker, NFS), Cloud technologies (VMware and Citrix), Continuous build server (Jenkins/Hudson), Change management (Git), Redmine, Java, MySQL From September 2013 to July 2014 (11 months) Senior Principle Engineer 2 - Systems @ Virtualization Support Currently provide senior engineering and architecture support for complex virtual environments. Migrate, and upgrade physical environments to virtual data centers. Support collaboration with other organizations with regard to utility cloud hosting and infrastructure engineering. Currently supporting environments that include the following platforms and technologies: - VMware vSphere 4.1, & 5.0; - Red Hat Linux (RHEL) 3, 4, 5, & 6 - Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 - Citrix XenApp 5 & 6 - DNS, NFS, DNS, DHCP - bash scripting - CM tools (Trac, Subversion, ClearQuest) - Hardware and Software installation - Technical writing/documentation From March 2012 to September 2013 (1 year 7 months) Senior Systems Engineer @ Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp Development From November 2010 to March 2012 (1 year 5 months) Enterprise Architect/Subject Matter Expert (SME) - End User Services @ Architecture Support for the Enterprise From October 2008 to October 2010 (2 years 1 month) Senior Systems Engineer @ Citrix/Windows/Unix Server Administrator From July 2007 to September 2008 (1 year 3 months) System Engineer @ From November 2004 to June 2007 (2 years 8 months) System Engineer @ From April 2004 to October 2004 (7 months) System Administrator @ From July 2002 to March 2004 (1 year 9 months) Cryptologic Technician @ From July 1992 to July 2002 (10 years 1 month)

BSIT, Information Systems Security @ University of Phoenix From 2009 to 2012 Joe Grimes is skilled in: Security, Solaris, Citrix, VMware, Active Directory, Computer Security, System Administration, DNS, Servers, Windows Server 2003, Cyber Security, Windows Server 2008, Security Clearance, Network Administration, Windows Server