Position: Head of IT infrastructure
Category: Sysadmin
English level: upper
Years of experience: 11

Building Data Center. Migration of all servers and services into one place. Data migration and support

Deploying IT infrastructure in Microsoft Azure
Managed directly and indirectly 60 IT support specialists within company and its business units.
Oversee all IT functions including data center management, vendor relationships, technical support, financial monitoring and disaster recovery planning.
Manage operating budget and direct activities of 60 staff.
Challenged to improve productivity and reduce costs through improved uses of technology.
Authored plan to consolidate/upgrade servers and establish consistent hardware/software standards
to eliminate unstable, highly mixed operating environment.

•	Consolidated and stabilized servers improving hardware uptime from 60% to 90%
•	Building Data Center. Migration of all servers and services into one place. Data migration and support
•	Centralization of all corporate email systems. Applying email security policies
•	Centralization of all accounting systems
•	Reanalyzed network traffic, eliminated unnecessary routing and equipment and reduced costs. Building centralized network.
•	Establishing data warehouse for reporting purposes
•	Licensing all servers and workstations. Microsoft EA
•	Deploying IT infrastructure in Microsoft Azure
Small team, big project, outsource, well-established processes and new technologies.