Frank Rovitti

Old Bridge, NJ
732-397-8217
frovitti@optimum.net
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Software: Operating Systems: Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008 R2, 2003, Microsoft SCCM, PowerShell,
Windows ADK, Windows 7, Windows 10, ESXi, vSphere 5.0 thru 7.0, Nutanix
Backup Software: EMC Avamar, Netbackup
Monitoring Software: SolarWinds
Security standards and tools: NERC CIP, Tripwire, Qualys, QRadar, CybarArk
Hardware: Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), HP ProLiant DL series, IBM x series, IMB blades, Lenovo laptops,
HP desktops

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pennsylvania Power and Lighting

Contractor – Windows System Administrator Feb 2022 – Present
Responsibilities:
 Build and configure 2019 Windows Servers.
 Active Directory support
 Group Policy
 Nutanix operations and configurations.
 Maintain and patch 2012 & 2019 Windows infrastructure servers.
 Proficient in North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP) standard

Medidata Solutions April 2016 – Feb 2022

Employee – Windows System Engineer
Responsibilities:

 Responsible for installing, configuring, administering environment with Microsoft Windows 2003 - 2016 Servers all
consisting of virtual servers on VMware.
 Experience in administering and installation of Windows, Active Directory to creating accounts, Users and Groups
policies.
 Responsible for all functions relating to the maintaining, configuration and operation of our SaaS and internal
technology infrastructure.
 Maintaining virtual servers.
 SolarWinds configurations.
 Install, configure and support Medidata applications and components.
 Respond to server configuration and/or performance irregularities in a timely manner.
 Troubleshoot and repair multi-tiered application errors.

PCage Education Jan. 2019 – Mar 2021

Computer Instructor
Responsibilities:
 Teaching A+ course.
 Teaching Windows 10 & Windows Server course.
 Teaching VMware course.
Ancora Education Aug. 2018 - Dec 2020
Computer Instructor
Responsibilities:
 Installation and configuration of VMware ESXi.
 Installing and configuring Windows 10 & Windows Server 2016 VM’s.
 Installing and configuring Active Directory.
Novo Nordisk July 2018 – Nov 2018
Contractor – Windows 10 migration
Responsibilities:
 Installation and configuration of new Windows 10 laptops.
 Installation and configuration of applications on new client Windows 10 machines.
 Moving of profile and data of users from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
 Configuring users on new Windows 10 to Office 365 and OneDrive.
 Support client users of Windows 10 after migration.

American Tech Pros Jan. 2018 – Sep 2018

Contractor – Windows System Engineer
Responsibilities:
 Installation and configuration of Window server 2016 Domain controllers.
 Daily support of network related to Active Directory, Group policy, DHCP, DNS, printing, user permissions.
 Maintain and support client users of Windows 10.
 Experience with SolarWinds RMM to manage and monitor networks and systems.

JPMORGAN CHASE April 2014 – March 2016

Employee – Windows System Engineer
Responsibilities:

 Supported mission critical servers e.g., Microsoft Windows 2003/2008/2008R2 Servers and applications which
are hosted on Windows Environments (2003/2008/2008/R2).
 Advanced knowledge on Windows 2003/08/12 operating system.
 Knowledge of VMware, ESXi 5x and vSphere.
 Experience in Administering and installation of Windows, Active Directory to creating accounts, Users and Groups
policies, Establish Rights and Setting Permissions.
 Performing Installations, Configuration, Support, and management for MS Active Directory- Domain Admin (DNS,
DHCP, and GPO); MS Exchange Server 2007/ 2010, Microsoft Exchange.
 Part of Server Hygiene team supporting health and compliance of all Windows physical and virtual servers
globally.
 Responsible for handling critical infrastructure issues.
 Remediation of security and resiliency breaks across environment globally.
 Partner with line of business teams to help track all Critical, Severe and High rated infrastructure breaks and
assist in remediation plan.

THOMSON REUTERS May 2013 – March 2014

Contractor – Windows System Engineer
Responsibilities:

 Support of Windows server datacenter migration.

 Experience in installing, configuring, administering in deployment, and production and development environment
with Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/2008 Servers, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Active Directory.
 Responsible for all aspects of Windows server Operating Systems that are being migrated physical and virtual.
 Experience in Migration of Window Server 2003 to 2008 and 2012.
 Responsible for moving all platform infrastructures from New York Liberty Data Center (DR) to Plano, Texas
enabling cost savings associated with a large data center. Once infrastructure is set up, configured and tested in
new data center (Plano).
 Building and deployment of Investment & Advisory (I&A) platform systems (Windows 2003 & 2008) for Data
Center migration. Taking the server build plan created by the Architect team and perform server builds for various
classes of servers including OS, patches, and backup solution. Ensure that the server builds are done accurately
and help troubleshoot issues in conjunction with I&A Architect and Application Development teams.
 Worked with various Business Units & support teams: project management, proximity services, network, and
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 Help resolve latency issues between the data centers with the networking team.
 Providing EMC grabs to storage team and coordinates in VMAX migration projects.
 Configured console access for different hardware such as iLO for HP DL class servers.
 OAT (Operational Acceptance Testing) on the hardware moved to the new data center.
 Decommission the end of life, end of warranty legacy hardware from the data centers and update Asset
management systems reflecting the same.
 Hyper V builds.
 P2V using VMware converter.

PINEBRIDGE GLOBAL INVESTMENTS formerly AIG Investments Apr 2007 – Apr 2013
Employee - Windows System Engineer
Responsibilities:

 Proficient working knowledge and skills of Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)
 Installation and configuration of ESXi 5.0 hosts on UCS Cisco blades.
 Installation and configuration of vCenter server.
 Experience working with Domain Admin (DNS, DHCP, and GPO); MS Exchange Server 2007/ 2010, Microsoft
Exchange.
 Configuration of vSphere 5.0 clusters – HA, DRS and vDS.
 Installing and configuring update manager (VUM).
 Working on project deploying Site Recovery Management (SRM) for DR.
 Creating and managing virtual machines.
 Creating and configuring templates and customization specifications for virtual machines.
 Managing resources such as memory, CPU and networking.
 Balancing resources using vMotion and storage vMotion.
 Working with VMware ESX Servers and VMFS volumes.
 Proficient working knowledge of Avamar administrator.
 Physical to Virtual conversion (P2V).
 Installing and supporting operating systems on physical and virtual machines of primarily Windows Server 2008
and Windows Server 2003.
 Windows clustering.
 Decommissioning of Servers in data center.
 Installing and configuring Citrix Xenapp 5 & 6 servers.
 Proficient knowledge of DNS, DHCP and TCPIP networking.
 Administration of Active Directory.
 Administration of file and share directory’s for global network.
 Excellent working knowledge of vSphere Client 4.1 and 5.0.
 Supporting daily break fix, installation and configuration issues in Production (Prod), and Systems Integration
Testing (SIT), Quality Assurance (QA) Development (DEV) and Disaster Recovery (DR) environments.
 Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK)
 Built Windows 7 golden standard image for company with auto deployment using Windows ADK.

GOLDMAN SACHS Apr 2004 – Mar 2007

Consultant – Windows System Administrator
Responsibilities:
 Support and maintenance of XP Professional Workstations within Investment Management Division.
 Support and maintenance of IBM laptops - T20, T40 series & X40 series.
 Support and maintenance of Blackberries on 4.0 platforms.
 Administrative support of file shares and print queues.
 Environment consists of three-thousand end users local and regional support.
 Resolved user end problems working in a team environment solving problems remotely and at user desktop
depending on nature of the problem (1st and 2nd level support).

MARI ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING Feb 2003 – Apr 2004

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Journeyman Electrician/Field Supervisor
Responsibilities:
 Field supervisor overseeing work at various locations.
 Lead mechanic in charge of one to five workers.
 Install electrical wiring and power for residential, commercial and industrial dwellings.

GOLDMAN SACHS Jul 1998 – Feb 2003

Consultant - Windows NT 4.0 Server/Workstation System Administration
Responsibilities:
 Support and maintenance of NT 4.0 servers and workstations in Equities department.
 Creation of NT accounts and global groups in Equities department.
 Creation of computer account in Equities domain.
 Installation and configuration of new NT servers and workstations.
 Use of SMS, GovernLan and RCMD to remotely solve user end problems.
 Application support of Office 95, 97 and 2000 Exceed, Rumba, market data apps such as ADP and BridgeStation,
and proprietary Goldman Sachs apps.
 Trouble shooting connectivity issues related to the domain controllers and file and print servers.
 Remote computing support of systems using ISDN and modem lines.

MORGAN STANLEY Nov 1997 – Jul 1998

Consultant – Windows NT System Admin Support Server/Workstation and NetWare 3.12
Responsibilities:
 Created user accounts and global groups, assigned directory and file permissions, created computer accounts in
the domain, network and local printing, IP address configurations on servers and workstations, and connectivity to
local servers and Internet.
 Installation and configuration of NT 4.0 Servers in Operations department.
 Support of new NT 4.0 file and print servers in Operations department
 Involved in Windows NT Workstation 4.0 deployment and testing of software.
 Installing and configuring Windows 95 for remote computing

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES Dec 1996 – Nov 1997

Consultant – Windows OS Migration Specialist
Responsibilities:
 Microsoft Exchange and Windows NT Migration, clients consisting of Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95,
Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0. All Windows for Workgroups and Windows 95 PC’s are being upgraded to Windows
NT 4.0 and configured using TCP/IP to connect to a Windows NT domain controller. Also as a part of migration,
Microsoft Exchange is installed and configured at each workstation and current mail is migrated into Microsoft
Exchange.
 Team Leader for the Omaha, Nebraska Works Exchange Migration Project. Responsible for monitoring and
supporting four other contractors who were new to the environment and coordination support between the new
people and the local PC support staff and System Administrators.
 Team Leader for the Santa Clara, California Exchange Migration Project.
 Innovex Pharmaceutical Windows 95 rollout. Job function was to install and configure Windows 95 on new
desktops and laptops. Also as part of project application such as Microsoft Office 95, McAfee anti-virus, Internet
Explorer and other proprietary software was loaded and configured.

CERTIFICATIONS
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet (MCP+I)
A+ Certified
MCP Windows 10 Certification Feb. 27th 2020
EDUCATION
DEVRY INSTITUTE
Telecommunications Management
MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE
Computer Science

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