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Ronnie Morgan

@ronniemorgan

IT Systems Specialist at the State of Alabama, administering vSphere/VxRail infrastructure and deploying internal certificate monitoring.

United States

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At the State of Alabama – Alabama Board of Nursing, I administer on-premises vSphere/VxRail infrastructure, Windows and Linux servers, and the LAN/WAN supporting approximately 175 endpoints. I implemented a local certificate authority for internal certificates and deployed SSL certificate monitoring.

I also investigate security alerts and write PowerShell scripts for endpoint security checks. Earlier, I directed IT operations at the State of Alabama – Secretary of State, Genesee District Library, and Rochester College, and managed a campus fiber network at Harding University.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

IT Systems Specialist

Current

State of Alabama

Jan 2018 - Present (8 years 9 months)

Administer on-premises vSphere/VxRail infrastructure, Windows and Linux servers, and LAN/WAN supporting approximately 175 endpoints. Operate security and monitoring stack including SentinelOne, Wazuh SIEM, and Quest Spotlight.

VSphere Dell VXRail Windows Server Linux Active Directory SentinelOne Wazuh Quest Spotlight Cisco AnyConnect Action1 ManageEngine Microsoft Intune PowerShell Dell DataDomain Avamar

Director of Information Technology

State of Alabama

Jan 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 11 months)

Directed IT operations including budgets, procurement, vendor management, strategic planning, and project delivery. Managed Windows and Linux servers, networks, and security supporting election-system protection.

IT Management Budgeting Vendor Management Windows Server Linux Network Security

Information Technology Director

Genesee District Library

Jan 2004 - Dec 2013 (9 years 11 months)

Led IT operations for a multi-branch library system, including budgets, procurement, hiring, training, and strategic and project planning. Administered Windows and Linux servers, firewall, DNS, email, web, and data servers, and local, wide-area, and fiber networks.

IT Management Budgeting Procurement Windows Server Linux Firewalls DNS Email Servers Web Servers Servers Scripting

Director of Information Technology

Rochester College

Jan 1999 - Dec 2003 (4 years 11 months)

Directed campus IT staff and operations, including Windows and Linux servers, firewall, DNS, email, web and data servers, and the campus PBX/VoIP phone system.

IT Management Windows Server Linux Firewalls DNS Email Servers Web Servers Servers PABX VoIP

Network Manager / Computer Programmer

Harding University

Jan 1991 - Dec 1999 (8 years 11 months)

Maintained a high-volume campus fiber network, firewall system, and more than 5,000 network accounts. Directed network support staff and performed programming and hardware/software installation.

Network Management Firewalls Fiber Networks Programming Hardware installation Software Installation