n0hup@relay:~$ finger ph4ntom
PH4NTOM
RLY-04 · Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Virtualization & Cloud, RELAY
PH4NTOM builds and runs highly available virtualization platforms and has headed an infrastructure department of seven engineers responsible for 750+ servers. He holds an active Azure Administrator Associate certification and automates operations with PowerShell.
- Experience
- 18 years in IT, since 2008
- Focus
- Hyper-V and VMware HA, System Center, SQL AlwaysOn, Microsoft 365 and Azure
- Leads
- AD Health Check, Infrastructure Health Check, M365 Review, Backup Readiness, Architecture & Migration, Implementation, Tailored automation
Core competencies
- Virtualization: highly available Hyper-V and VMware clusters; SCVMM; migration from VMware to Hyper-V failover clusters.
- Microsoft infrastructure: AD, DNS, GPO, DHCP, SCCM, SQL Server AlwaysOn and failover clusters, Exchange 2016–2019, file clusters, Remote Desktop farms.
- Cloud: Microsoft 365 (Teams, Exchange Online), Azure administration.
- Storage and backup: Dell, HPE 3PAR and Huawei storage, SAN fabrics; Veeam with tape libraries.
- Leadership: department management, vendor management, IT service definitions, SLA ownership.
- Automation: PowerShell.
Selected experience
| Period | Role | Context | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 – present | Senior Systems Engineer (remote) | Upstream oil field operator, Middle East | HA virtualization, Microsoft core services, SQL AlwaysOn, Exchange 2019, Microsoft 365 administration, Veeam with tape, file clusters, PowerShell automation |
| 2022 – 2024 | Senior Systems Engineer (rotational, on site) | Upstream oil field operator, Middle East | Microsoft 365 implementation; new server hardware for mission-critical systems; Dell storage and SAN |
| 2018 – 2022 | Head of IT Infrastructure Systems | Construction and development holding, Kazakhstan; 750+ servers | Led 7 engineers; hardware modernization and vendor management; HPE and Huawei storage; Skype for Business and video conferencing; 99.75% SLA for virtualization; Office 365 rollout for 2,500+ users |
| 2016 – 2018 | Systems Engineer | Same holding | Modernized two Tier 2 data centers; SCVMM, SCCM, Zabbix, Veeam; Exchange 2016 for 6,000 users; VMware-to-Hyper-V migration; RDS farm for 1,500 concurrent users; SQL failover cluster for ERP |
| 2012 – 2016 | Systems Administrator | Same holding; 150+ users and branches | Active Directory, file servers, provider management |
| 2008 – 2012 | Systems Administrator | Valuation company, Kazakhstan | Workstations, LAN and Wi-Fi |
Certifications
| Certification | Year |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate | 2020, active to 2027 |
| MCSE: Core Infrastructure | 2019 |
| MCSA: Windows Server 2016 (Charter) | 2019 |
| Huawei HCIP-Storage | 2021 |
| Huawei Storage Pre-sales Specialist | valid to 2022 |
| ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management | 2018 |
Training: Microsoft SCVMM software-defined data center (2019), Skype for Business 2015 (2018), Windows Server 2016 (2018), SQL Server administration (2016); HPE 3PAR StoreServ I and II (2018).
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Software Development — Institute of Management, Astana, 2008.