[For Hire] In need of a summer job in NY, and preferably more down the road.

Hi there, I'm a 20 year old, freshly trained server/network administrator from upstate New York (12804 area) with a passion for computers, and if you're looking for a server or network guy, I'd like to work for the beautiful company you're involved with.

I'm in college now, my 6th semester going for a B. Tech in IT, so I'm looking for a summer job. I've tried working in non-computer based jobs in the past, and I just don't want to waste the skills I've developed anymore.

I'll be going back to school after the summer for a single semester, then back home to do an internship, and then start my career. I'd love to be able to do all these things within one awesome company.

Here are some of the things I'm good at:

VMware ESXi/vSphere/vCenter - I've been working with server virtualization for at least the past 2 years. Currently, I've got a 7 host ESXi cluster running in my home for training/lab purposes. Basically, a standalone vCenter server with 7 other boxes running ESXi 4.1. I've got neat things like DRS, FT, HA, and power DRS running on it as well. I've also got a whitebox iSCSI server to provide redundant datastores for my cluster, so I'm familiar with the working of iSCSI as well, and how ESXi interfaces with the technology (NFS too.) Currently, my cluster has 27 VMs on it. Most of them are 2008 R2 servers, along with 10 VMware View workstations. I usually only have ~7 of them running, which provide basic windows services to my home network. (AD, WSUS, game servers, server monitoring (PRTG), media storage, and HTTP/MySQL services. Here, have a screenshot of that. (Awesome, right?) I've got VCP-5 training, but haven't gotten around to taking the cert exam yet. I'm working on that one.

VMware View - I've fiddled around with VMWare View, vmware's VDI solution, and I've got a working lab setup on my home network. Really cool stuff, and I'm pretty familiar with how one goes about setting it up and getting things running. I've also taken training for view, but haven't had the time to take the cert exam for that either.

Windows Server 2008 (R2) - Like I said earlier, I've got a bunch of 2008R2 servers running on my home network. I run AD DS (with a bunch of group policy stuff), DHCP, DNS, WSUS, WDS, and DFS. I've also got a contracting project coming up that involves setting up a first server solution for a local small business. Basic AD DS, WSUS, and WDS. It involves SBS 2011, not 2008R2, but they're basically the same OS. I've already got that all set up and running in a virtual machine on my workstation. So, I've got experience doing that sort of thing. Once again, I've got MCITP training, but haven't been able to take the cert exam for it yet. Oh, before I got into VMware stuff, I ran all my servers on Hyper-V inside 2008 R2, so I've got a fair amount of experience working with that as well.

Cisco/networking - I've got Cisco Academy CCNA training. Haven't got the cert, again, but I should be getting that soon. Since I've been in college, I've also been working with Enterasys network gear for the past 6 months or so, as I've been doing an unofficial internship at my college (for fun :D). Routing, switching, wireless, I love all those things. Networking is what I enjoy doing most, and what I'm trained in doing best out of all the various skills here.

Last but not least, I've got an A+ certification. I know, not the most useful in an enterprise environment, but it means I know how to diagnose/repair workstation and server systems, so that's a plus.

So, there's mostly everything about me you might want to know. If you've got questions, or an awesome job you might think I'll be interested in, just send me a PM, or send an email to n.graham1024@gmail.com. Thanks :)