Hand delivered references seem to be a better route to a new job than blindly applying to dice.com listings, so I wanted to make an informal post here because I know there are some other IT pros (or folks who might know an IT manager) who drive S2000s. If you're interested in helping out, shoot me a PM with your email and I'll gratefully send my resume.

Here's a quick summary of the big points:
- Windows 2003, 2000, NT4, VMWare ESX... (Although I hope nobody out there still runs NT4! )
- Large enterprise environments (20k to 200k employees) but I think a smaller company could be a fun change of pace.
- HP, Dell and IBM (including their blades) hardware.
- Backups, installation, support, some engineering (although in large environments that's something usually handled by a separate group, and it's something I'd love to do more of) etc. etc. The usual sysadmin stuff, you know? I've worked with SAN, SQL, Exchange, Sharepoint, firewalls, IPSEC... but like engineering, other groups had primary responsibilities for those functions. (Being on the hook for the servers though, we were always the ones first called about issues and therefore had to figure out which components were the cause of the issue and engage folks as needed to get it fixed. I don't have day-to-day experience with those technologies but I'm sure I could pick them up easily enough if needed.)
- I'm not adverse to something entirely new either, depending on the position.

Thanks for looking.

 

Mark,

Maybe list your educational background and any certs as well? I'll certainly ask around with the IT folks I know.

 

I have forwarded your resume to my recruiter and he says he will keep an eye out for you...I have a couple more guys that I cannot get a hold of, but I am sure if we all look, we sure can find something for you.

Good luck with the search buddy, hope you find something soon, Amen!

 

eh, you got EgoThreat, do you really need a job? lol...


jk, good luck on the job search

 

im on the job search as well, went for a interview today and remembered why i quit my last job... corporate work sucks.

Applied for DPD today.

 

hey Mark,

Are you interested in learning SharePoint?
You can learn how to admin SharePoint and get a job, I know a couple of places looking for one? Pay is pretty decent as well?

 

ouch...DPD...one of the kids i went to high school is on the narcotics group/team/whatever there...

 

Mark,
Shoot me a PM with your info, I can either pass it along to my company , or some of my clients are recruiters as well let me know

Jose Jr.

 

Good point, thanks.

I have a BS in Computer Science from UTD. (To pass the time, I'm reading up on Cocoa and Objective-C to see if I can help out turbolane with some iPhone projects. Pretty interesting stuff so far but its been many, many years since I've done much more than simple scripting.)

I got an MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) a while back, but no MCSE. It was never a priority with management for us to get one, and didn't apply for internal advancement or performance. I do understand that it's great to have on a resume, but "the next job" at a different company was never a big focus for me.

 

I don't mind Sharepoint. I had a number of servers running it I was responsible for, but never supported it directly myself.