Verizon Wireless Work Values

Daily Duties at Verizon Wireless:

Lead Cloud / Converged Infrastructure • Spearhead the design, implementation, configuration, and manage the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Virtualized Data Center (vDC), as part of IT as a Service through vCloud Automation Center (vCAC). • Championed positive IT transformation at all levels. This transformation and adopting a service oriented methodology resulted in a 300% increase in virtualization, consolidation of servers from over 74 locations to four, reduced SLA’s from weeks down to less than a day on new server builds and resulted in a 510% ROI. • Campaigned for the utilization of vCOPs for capacity management and centralize alerting. This resulted in the identification of wasted resources and the reduction of hundreds of servers creating a nimble and effective virtual environment. • Championed Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Tactics such as Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and cross site backups. Lead SQL Consolidation • Spearheaded a reference architecture for SQL in a virtual environment. This design included an innovate approach to SQL server and license consolidation that reduced the number of SQL from 754 to a 16 node VMware cluster. • This project allowed VZW to standardize SQL and upgrade all databases to a minimum of SQL 2008 as well as a small farm of SQL 2012 without purchasing any additional licenses. This alone produced a 1300% ROI within six months. • Aligned the SQL team with MS SQL architects and developers in Redmond that greatly improved the level of team knowledge and to whiteboard possible improvements to our infrastructure as well as identify key pitfalls to avoid. • Team received recognition from SVP and CIO. Design is becoming the standard within all Verizon companies. Planning & Engineering • Installation, configuration, and management of MS Windows servers and MS Clusters supporting MS SQL, Exchange, and other applications. • Installation, configuration, and management of Exchange 5.0 through 2003. • Installation, configuration, and management of SQL. • Design, implementation, configuration, and management of VMware environments. • Evaluation of new software technologies. • Installation, configuration, and management of HP Servers, c3000 and c7000 Blade Systems, Dell Servers and Blade Systems. • Management of EMC storage, such as VNX7500 and CLARiiON Line using Unisphere, HP EVA Systems, and Dell EQ Systems. • Responsible for establishing hardware standards as well as evaluating new server and storage technologies from vendors such as HP, Dell, Cisco, and EMC. Operational Skills • Project Management. • Coordination with vendors, contractors, and staff. • Operational reviews, including creating multi-million dollar budgets and oversight of budget constraints. • Supervision of project teams across multiple projects. • Write and review Statements of Work.

What they like about Verizon Wireless:

A hiring company that offers alternative approaches to pay, performance bonuses, and/or equity in the firm is very attractive to you. You're generally less interested in working for an organization offering only traditional, salary-based compensation, one with limited opportunity to acquire equity in the firm, or one that does not actively promote skill development. In addition, you are more likely to choose a company that offers a variety of internal career options, with defined career paths. You view the learning of new skills and development of your expertise as key to your career advancement. These aspects of an organization may become even more important to you as you progress in your field, and are especially critical if you change career or occupation.

Tags

vmware, cloud, virtualization, windows, sql, exchange

Skills

VMware Administration, VMware Cloud, Windows Administration, Exchange Administration, SQL Administration, Project Management, SAN Storage, Server Hardware

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