HELLO, MY NAME IS

David Phillipps

Virtualization Administrator

david@phillipps.ca

(604)613-6885

NATO Secret Level Clearance

Registered Incorporation in BC, Canada

About Me

Thrives on tackling challenging situations and acquiring new knowledge. Demonstrates maturity and punctuality, backed by a solid work ethic. Enjoys exploring and understanding unfamiliar systems.

Skills Matrix

Linux administration, Virtualization with VMware , Networking	13 years
Windows Server and associated products such as exchange, encryption protocols and certificate management, database administration	11 Years
Enterprise scalable storage technologies, mentor to lower tiers, project lead	9 years
Devop processes, CI/CD pipelines, applying Agile practices to unconventional processes.	1 year

What I Do

I enjoy tackling new technologies and understanding how they work. I am highly engaged when something unexpected happens.

Builds robust systems

All the systems I build have redundancy built into everything possible. Any network path, NIC, or switch can safely fail. Even entire host failures can be gracefully recovered from using High Availability, Fault Tolerance, and DR plans.

Automates the routine

Don’t waste your time on patching, firmware, maintenance renewals, or end user followup. Automating the easy stuff means time and energy can be spent on the more interesting and profitable technologies

Researches the next step

Never be complacent with your environment when there are new developments being created. Using Agile methodology I can continually improve the environment so it is always stable and has the latest the industry has to offer.

Skills

Virtualization

Enterprise Storage

Remote Management and Environment Discovery

Linux Administration

My Experience

2018-Present

MDA Space LTD

Senior Systems Administer

Currently manage the virtualization and storage platforms used by 2,500 people in a security focused air gaped environment focused on supporting engineering teams with rapidly changing requirements.

2013-2018

SilverPoint Systems

Project Manager

Managed system upgrade projects for clients as their technology needed to be updated. Consulted for many larger corporate environments when their internal staff needed help. Provided support to NOC staff

2011-2013

Innovation Networks

NOC Technician

Solely responsible for backups across all clients. Deployed LabTech automation tool to all clients and internal resources. Maintained internal servers and infrastructure.

2008-2008

City of Vancouver

Project Deployment

Facilitated a computer replacement program for over 700 computers. Used AD and USMT to mirage user data, program licenses, and settings to the new system. Transition was so smooth that one user didn’t notice their computer had been replaced.

2006-2006

Prosoft

System Administrator

Removed non-essential equipment while ensuring all critical features were not impacted during office move. Consolidated many old or broken computers into useful machines. Maintained infrastructure.