Kelly Knowles

Microsoft Windows NT through 2022, Active Directory, IIS, Exchange, SQL, SCCM, SCDPM, SCOM, SCVMM, Hyper-V, NLB, and Failover Clustering. Cisco LAN, WAN, and Security. Implemented HA WAN/LAN networks utilizing OSPF/EIGRP/BGP routing protocols. Set up VPN remote connectivity and site-to-site connections with GRE, SSL, and IPSEC-based tunneling. 23 years of experience on a vast majority of the product line including most routers, wireless, UCS blade, and rack systems, PIX/ASA/FirePOWER firewalls, Catalyst 3k/4k/6k/9k LAN switches, Nexus 1000v, 2k, 3k, 5k, and 9k Data Center switches. Meraki MX, MR, and MS series cloud-managed devices. Citrix application virtualization, server virtualization, and remote access using XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer, Provisioning Server, WanScaler, NetScaler, StorageLink, and Citrix Access Gateway. Fibre Channel, FCoE, NFS, and iSCSI-based storage networking. McData, Cisco, and Brocade Fibre Channel zoning. Mellanox InfiniBand and Ethernet switches, HPE StorageWorks, EMC Clariion, Unity, and XtremIO storage products. HyperConverged platforms with Nutanix, DataCore, Cisco, VMware, and SimpliVity. Implementation of ESX/ESXi and components of the VMware Server 1.0 through vSphere 7.0 full suite such as DVSwitch, Update Manager, HA, and DRS. Converting and optimizing virtual machines and backup using Veeam Availability Suite, Quest vRanger, and Backup Exec. Monitoring virtual environments with Veeam ONE. Experience with the full line of HPE ProLiant servers (ML and DL series) including P and C series blades and Synergy. Itanium-based servers, Apollo servers. Alletra, SimpliVity, Nimble, 3PAR, StoreVirtual, StoreOnce, and MSA storage platforms. Full line of ArubaOS and Comware switches, Aruba Instant/controller-based access points, and SD-Branch appliances. HPE IMC, Aruba AirWave, Aruba Central, Aruba ClearPass, HPE Insight Manager, Remote Support, InfoSight, and OneView. Nutanix hyperconverged distributed storage platform with Files (NFS/SMB), Volumes, and Objects. Frame VDI implementations, and a complete range of services delivery certifications. Backups with HYCU backup software. Microsegmentation, and automation with Flow and Calm. Dell PowerEdge and PowerVault products and implementation of EqualLogic/Clariion/Unity-based storage with Dell hardware. Dell switching and wireless. Dell OpenManage platform and DRAC.