Rodney Barnhardt | Experts Exchange

Rodney Barnhardt

Server Administrator

Hickory,
North Carolina,
United States of America

Member Since: 2003/08/23

Industry: Manufacturing/Production/Operations

Top Skills:

Citrix Windows Server 2016 Exchange

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I have over 30 years in the IT industry. During this time I have worked with a variety of products in a variety of industries.

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Points this month52,971

Total points2,937,449

Questions: 39

Solutions: 1187

Articles: 17

Videos: 21

Tutorials: 1

Posts: 1

Group Discussions: 10

Professional Background

Server Administrator

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry

December 2008 – Present

Currently, on the server team responsible for day-to-day maintenance on company servers (Cisco UCS, HyperFlex, VMware, Nutanix) and Active Directory. Work on a team with 2 other individuals. My primary focus is maintaining the company's data backups with EMC Avamar, although I also have experience with NetBackup, BackupExec, and Data Domain. Part of this responsibility also includes maintaining the storage infrastructure (Unity and Isilon). I have an extensive background in data backup and recovery. I also work with Exchange from 5.5 to 2016, ProofPoint, and Citrix XenApp\XenDesktop 7.6. For the past seven years, I have been working on the document retention and eDiscovery task. As part of this process I am primarily responsible for data protection. This has involved implementing Varonis for file monitoring and alerting. In 2021, I graduated from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro with a Master of Science degree in Information Technology Management - Cybersecurity.

Systems Manager

LandDesign

May 2004 – November 2008

Provided end-user, network, and server administrative-support services, including backup and recovery systems. Primary person responsible for the network re-design and deployment, including maintaining the company's Juniper firewalls and VPN mesh. Tested and developed both the deployment and upgrade plan for the roll out of Newforma.

Sr. Field Service Engineer

Advanced Technology Services

June 1999 – June 2004

Worked in client locations performing server and end user support. Traveled frequently.

Engineer-In-Charge

BancTec

September 1988 – September 1999

Performed routine and repair maintenance on check procesing equipment in banks. Also, performed Dell warranty work. Managed 18 field service engineers.

Education

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Master of Science in Information Technology Management

CyberSecurity

2018 – 2021

This degree program stresses subjects that will educate individuals with in-depth skills, who wish to manage or who currently manage, and wish to improve their skills.

Strayer University

Bachelor of Science in

Information Systems Concentration in Networking

2004 – 2015

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College

Studied

Information Systems Security

2007 – 2009

Central Piedmont Community College

AAS

Electronic Engineering

1987 – 1989

Full Biography

I have worked in the IT industry for nearly 20 years. In that time I have been in a wide range of environments from power generating wind turbines, to manufacturing, to the office environment. Below is a summary of my experiences:

Systems Manager
LandDesign, Inc, Charlotte, NC
Part of the IT team that performed desk side support for users in each of our six offices. Configure deployed and maintained Windows 2003 and Exchange 2003 servers, and Windows XP workstations, NetScreen firewalls, and Cisco routers. Tested and deployed a variety of products. Familiar with using the following applications: Veritas, Real VNC, DameWare, Symantec Ghost, Symantec Antivirus, NetMeeting, Microsoft VPN, and Netscreen VPN client.

Senior Field Representative
Advanced Technology Services, Charlotte, NC
Duties Included: Maintaining on-site support for local customers. Repaired all hardware issues on servers, PC’s, and printers. Configured, installed, and administrated desktops and servers. Traveled extensively to other accounts as technical support. Performed both network and server administration.

Engineer-In-Charge
Banctec Service Corporation, Charlotte, NC
Duties included: Managed 18 local and remote technicians on a daily basis. Ran day to day operations in the area which included interviewing/hiring employees and tracking monthly P&L. Generated monthly reports based on each persons performance. Provided Tier II support to the local technicians on PC’s, servers, networks, and custom manufactured banking systems. Performed service and support on IBM 3890 check sorters.

Languages

English

Full Professional Proficiency

Level Progress

Current: Level 38

Rodney needs 104,551 points to level up.

LVL 39

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Overall

38

2,937,449
Storage Software

22

974,827
Exchange

16

532,424
Windows Server 2008

14

434,917
Active Directory

11

276,146
Disaster Recovery

11

274,409
Windows Server 2012

11

265,555
Storage

11

251,434
Windows OS

10

205,200
BlackBerry

9

176,164
Printers and Scanners

9

168,376
Windows Server 2003

8

160,601
VMware

8

145,891
BlackBerry Programming

7

123,194
Outlook

7

120,121
Email Servers

7

115,678
Networking

7

105,591
Virtualization

6

96,650
Microsoft Server OS

6

87,551
Software

6

82,054
Microsoft Legacy OS

6

75,169
Security

5

64,383
Windows 10

5

62,300
Operating Systems

5

59,507
SBS

5

54,230
Microsoft 365

5

51,250
Microsoft

5

50,594
Microsoft SQL Server

5

50,050
Hardware

4

47,747
Microsoft Server Apps

4

44,847
Azure

4

40,550
Microsoft Office

4

40,500
Windows Networking

4

40,344
Dell

4

39,586
Cloud Computing

4

38,881
Server Hardware

4

37,689
Windows Server 2019

4

36,511
Storage Hardware

4

36,014
Microsoft Applications

4

33,395
Email Clients

4

32,750
Server Software

3

31,820
Smartphones

3

30,850
VPN

3

25,718
Linux

3

25,710
Routers

3

24,652
DNS

3

23,750
Windows Server 2016

3

23,350
Windows XP

3

22,369
iPhone

3

21,200
Cyber Security

3

21,000
IT Administration

3

19,650
Cell Phones

3

19,150
RAID

3

19,050
Windows 7

2

16,914
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

2

16,875
PC

2

15,301
Installation

2

14,850
Networking Hardware-Other

2

14,265
vSphere

2

14,015
Citrix

2

13,900
OS Security

2

13,332
Email Protocols

2

13,250
iPad

2

13,200
AWS

2

13,000
Ransomware

2

12,952
Network Management

2

12,800
Email Software

2

12,768
Wireless Networking

2

12,715
Miscellaneous

2

12,600
Linux Distributions

2

12,150
Remote Access

2

12,150
Acronis

2

11,938
Powershell

2

11,800
Laptops Notebooks

2

11,764
Microsoft Excel

2

11,650
DHCP

2

11,486
Consulting

2

11,250
ASP.NET

2

10,950
Microsoft Visual Studio

2

10,950
Windows 2000

2

10,600
Anti-Virus Apps

2

10,200
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

2

9,848
Network Security

2

9,800
SCCM

2

9,650
System Utilities

2

9,600
TCP/IP

2

9,311
Chat / IM

2

9,100
Enterprise Software

2

8,750
Veeam

2

8,650
Domain Controller

2

8,300
Hyper-V

2

8,050
Switches / Hubs

1

7,984
Network Operations

1

7,850
AntiSpam

1

7,718
Vulnerabilities

1

7,402
Encryption

1

7,350
Internet Protocols

1

7,200
Microsoft SharePoint

1

7,200
Microsoft Teams

1

7,150
Hardware Firewalls

1

7,088
Cisco

1

6,900
Golang

1

6,815
Android

1

6,800
Software Firewalls

1

6,788
WSUS

1

6,700
Google Workspace

1

6,400
Automotive

1

6,286
Desktops

1

6,050
Mac OS X

1

5,600
Web Browsers

1

5,600
Cloud Services

1

5,400
Web Servers

1

5,100
Group Policy

1

5,000
Microsoft Virtual Server

1

5,000
Telecommunications

1

4,932
Displays / Monitors

1

4,800
Web Development

1

4,600
File Sharing Software

1

4,588
Smartphone Programming

1

4,500
Apple Software

1

4,350
Databases

1

4,150
Web Applications

1

4,100
Network Architecture

1

4,050
MySQL Server

1

3,800
Peripherals

1

3,800
Networking Protocols

1

3,708
Components

1

3,664
Big Data

1

3,600
Facebook

1

3,550
Project Management

1

3,550
Windows Live Mail

1

3,550
Microsoft Word

1

3,472
Productivity Apps

1

3,400
Microsoft IIS Web Server

1

3,350
NAS

1

3,350
Microsoft 365 Enterprise

1

3,200
Windows Vista

1

3,102
NetScaler

1

3,050
OneDrive

1

3,050
Shell Scripting

1

3,000
Application Servers

1

2,800
CAD/Architecture Software

1

2,800
Content Management

1

2,800
DB Reporting Tools

1

2,800
Microsoft Development

1

2,800
Microsoft Forefront ISA Server

1

2,800
Mobile

1

2,800
Monitis

1

2,800
MultiMedia Applications

1

2,800
Novell Netware

1

2,800
Office Productivity

1

2,800
Office Suites-Other

1

2,800
Oracle Database

1

2,800
PDF

1

2,800
SSH / Telnet Software

1

2,800
Visual C++.NET

1

2,800
Western Digital

1

2,800
iOS

1

2,800
Programming

1

2,600
.NET Programming

1

2,550
Artificial Intelligence

1

2,550
ChatGPT

1

2,550
Gmail

1

2,550
Linux OS Dev

1

2,550
SSRS

1

2,550
Scrum

1

2,250
Voice Over IP

1

2,132
Groupware

1

2,100
Responsive Web

1

2,100
Apple Hardware

1

2,050
Internet Marketing

1

2,050
Paessler

1

2,050
.NET App Servers

1

2,000
Anti-Spyware

1

2,000
C#

1

2,000
Web Development Software

1

2,000
Web Services

1

2,000