Hello everyone! My name is Lukasz Kadzinski and welcome to the website presenting my resume.
PROFILE OVERVIEW
I am talented, self-motivated team player with excellent communication skills, attention to detail, outstanding analyst skills and strong technical ability. As an employee, I strive for achieving the highest job performance prioritizing the work demands and with being compliant with company policies. I'm a quick learner, always try to work efficient and optimal and I like to have things done.
CAREER OBJECTIVES
My career objectives: I'm looking for intermediate to senior position in Windows Server administration, with addition of Citrix and VMware. I'm also interested in junior engineering/architect position for those technologies, as well as others (network, general infrastructure, linux). Preferably in downtown Toronto or GTA, however I'm open to relocation.
WORK EXPERIENCE
April 2017 - Present
Analyst – Windows\Citrix\VMware Administrator at IFDS Canada
Providing support for local Windows Server infrastructure, including AD, Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop, Powershell automation and scripting
May 2017 - April 2018
Advisory System Support Professional - Windows/VMware Administrator at IBM Canada
Providing level 2 and level 3 support for multiple IBM customers in term of administration of Windows server infrastructure, vmware infrastructure
September 2012 - November 2016
Advisory IT Specialist - Windows/Citrix/VMware at IBM Client Innovation Center
Providing Level 2 and level 3 support for multiple IBM customers in term of administration of Windows server infrastructure, VMware infrastructure and citrix xenapp infrastructure.
January 2011 - September 2012
Information Security and Continuity of Business Analyst Jr. at Citibank
Providing tier 2 support for internal users in term of application access and application availability. Additional projects related to process transition.
December 2009 - October 2010
Inventory Supervisor at WIS International
Supervising team of inventory counters at variable customer’s locations.
October 2008 - October 2009
IT Specialist at Carrefour Group
Providing deskside/onsite support for local branch.
EDUCATION
September 2007 - December 2008
Post-Graduate Diploma in Server and Network Administration (3 Semester Program) at Kotarbinski University of Information Technology and Management in Olsztyn
October 2004 - February 2008
Bachelor's Degree in Commodity Science at University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Certified Trainings
-Citrix CXA-206 XenApp 6.5 Administration
-Citrix CXD-203I - Managing App and Desktop Solutions with Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6
-Microsoft 6425C: Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services
-Microsoft 10747: Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
-VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]
Certificates
-Citrix Certified Associate CCA Virtualization – XenDesktop 7.6
-Citrix Certified Administrator CCA - XenApp 6.5
-VMware Certified Professional VCP (VCP5 and VCP6)
-VMware Certified Associate VCA
-Microsoft Certified Professional MCP
-Microsoft Specialist: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center Specialist
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
Technologies I have extensive experience with:
Windows Server administration – version NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2
-Windows server administration and installation, server build from template.
-AD management – user creation, group creation, troubleshoot access issues.
-GPO management – creating, modeling, altering policies, testing output, troubleshooting (gpresults)
-Terminal Services/Remote desktop services (TS/RDS) – troubleshooting access, licensing, farm management.
-Patching – manual, WSUS, LEMMS, IBM BigFix.
-Cluster management, resource availability, NLB.
-DNS and DHCP – host names and IP management, troubleshooting, IP scope assignment.
-Crating DFS links, managing DFS replication.
-Powershell – remote management including commands and basic scripts for automatization.
-Security management – ACL creation and adjustment, troubleshooting access issues for local and remote resources.
-Hyper-V – basic virtual machines management.
-App-V – environment preparation, package creation and testing, integration with Citrix XenApp.
Citrix administration - XenApp version 4.5, 6.5, 7.x and XenDesktop 7.x
-XenApp application installation, publication modification (security, visibility) and troubleshooting.
-XenApp farm management.
-Data Collector\Delivery Controller installation and configuration
-Presentation Servers\XenApp servers\VDA installation, configuration, adding to Machine Catalog
-Citrix Studio installation and configuration
-Web Interface\StoreFront installation and management.
-Application delivery using presentation servers, VDA servers managed by MCS or Provisioning services.
-Master Image management and update for MCS, PVS images version update.
-Creation of new servers and adding into the farm.
-Farm infrastructure build from scratch.
-Issues troubleshooting, including Citrix Director.
-Web interface and StoreFront management.
-Load balance management.
-License management.
VMware administration – vsphere version 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
-ESXi servers build and management – multiple locations, multiple customers.
-VM creation and modification.
-P2V migration.
-Vcenter management – including HA, FT, DRS, sDRS setup and management, affinity rules, resource pools.
-Network management – Distributed switches and standard vswitches, VLAN management.
-Storage management – Datastores creation, extension, removal, LUN assignment.
-Infrastructure management via PowerCLI.
Other technologies I had experience with:
Backup Software - Symantec BackupExec, Tivoli TSM – backup jobs creation and management, troubleshooting of backup issues.
Antivirus software including McAfee managed by EPO and Symantec Endpoint Protection – adding servers to management console, troubleshooting update issues, checking definitions.
Network skills including network management, network protocols, IP addressing, routing, diagnosing connectivity issues, VLAN management
Basic linux (RedHat/Ubuntu) skills
Lotus Notes
Basic z/OS and AS/400 mainframe skills
MS Office skills – Word\Excel\Power Point\Access, as user and administrator
MSSQL server - administration and basic T-SQL