Marlon Wenceslao

Information Technology Professional

About Me

Hello! I’m Marlon and currently the Director of Information Systems & Infrastructure at the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Pennsylvania. I am passionate about IT Infrastructure Architecure both OnPremise and on the Cloud.

I am a skilled Solutions Architect and a Systems Engineer with 25 years of experience. I am responsible for Architecting New Generation Systems and Cloud Transformation for the School.

I am a quick learner and a team player that gets the job done.

Bio

Company

University of Pennsylvania

m a r l o n@mwenceslao.com

Skype

none

Phone

267-217-2246

Address

3620 Walnut St. Philadlephia, PA 19104

Professional Skills

Windows

Master

Linux

Advance

VMWare

Expert

Nutanix

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Cohesity

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Microsoft Azure

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AWS

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Pantheon

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Git

Advance

Python

Intermediate

Work Experience

Director of Information Systems & Infrastructure at Annenberg School for Communication | University of Pennsylvania

January, 2019 - Present

Lead a team of IT Professionals to develop and maintain Secured Infrastructure and Systems OnPrem and on the Cloud. Including Next Generation Platform and push for DevOps Practice. Liaison for ISC (Central IT) on anything Infrastructure and Systems Related

Senior Systems Manager Systems & Infrastructure at Annenberg School for Communication | University of Pennsylvania

March, 2013 - Dec, 2018

Responsible for Architecting New Generations Hyper Converge Infrastructure. Lead the Cloud Transformation and Business Continuity Stategy using Hybrid Cloud. Next Generation Backup and Cloud Disaster Recovery Initiatives. Design and Implemen Enterprise Private Cloud using VMWare Horizon.

Systems Engineer at Healthcare Administrative Partners

Feb, 2009 - Jan, 2015

Managed and maintain the IT Infrastructure solutions based on technologies including SAN and NAS Storage. Virtualization Strategy that runs on HyperV and a couple of VMWare ESXi. Maintain Windows Servers including Domain, File Servers, Print Server and other Windows Infrastructure Services.

Certificate

SEC545:Cloud Security Architecture and Applications from SANS Institute

Issued October 2020

Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert from Microsoft

Issued September 2020

Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator from Microsoft

Issued June 2020

Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals from Microsoft

Issued May 2020

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services

Issued March 2020

Nutanix Certified Professional from Nutanix

Issued May 2019

SEC505:Securing Windows and PowerShell Automation from SANS Institute

Issued June 2018

VMWare Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage plus App Volumes Fast Track from VMWare

Issued February 2018

VMWare vSphere: Optimize and Scale V6 from VMWare

Issued July 2015

VCE Certified Associate (VCE-CIA) from VCE

Issued June 2015

VMWare Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure V3.5 from VMWare

Issued August 2008

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer from Microsoft

Issued September 2002

Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator from Microsoft

Issued April 2002

Microsoft Certified Professional from Microsoft

Issued December 2000

Project Highlights

Next Generation Firewall

Fortinet Firewall Migration

Plan, Design, Manage and Execute Timelines for our Next Generation Firewall. Includes application awareness and control, integrated intrusion prevention and cloud-delivered threat intelligence.

Next Generation Anti-Virus

CrowdStrike Migration

Plan, Design and Manage Timeline for our Next Generation Endpoint Protection. Retire and remove Symantec Endpoint Protection and Deploy Crowdstrike using GPO and Powershell.

HyperConverge Infrastructure (Primary Data)

Nutanix and VSphere 6.5 Migration

Plan, Design and Manage the Migration of our VBlock Converge Infrastructure going to Nutanix HyperConverge. Less Server Room Footprint and makes it more manageable and efficient.

Virtual Desktop Environment

VMWare Horizon Greenfield Installation

Plan, Design, Install and Manage the VDI Environment moving from Horizon 6 on VBlock going to Horizon 7 on Nutanix. Security Server migrated to Unified Access Gateway and use of Dynamic Environment Manager.

HyperConverge Backup Infrastructure (Secondary Data)

Cohesity Backup and Files

Plan, Design and Manage our Next Generation Backup System. Consolidating Virtual and Physical Server Backup into one Environment. Moving Windows SMB Shares to Cohesity and using DFS. Immutable Backup Data for Disaster Recovery.

Current Projects

APPC Wordpress Sites on AWS Elastic Beanstalk with Cloudfront and Pantheon

Lead and Manage the transformation of AWS Hosted Wordpress to use Elastic Beanstalk with Cloudfront. Making sure to follow best practice. Preserve Git History and move Repository to BitBucket with PennKey SSO. Move some Sites to Pantheon to Simplify maintenance and Enable PennKey SSO

PennKey SSO VPN Authentication

Plan, Design and Manage the shift of VPN Authentication to use PennKey SSO with SSLVPN Web Access on Fortinet Firewall using Penn KITE Domain and Grouper Integration

Grouper Groups for ASC

Create a Grouper Group Design and Workflow for all Apps and Services used by ASC. All Major Groups are dynamically generated from Penn Community. Easier management with Security in Place. Design with Instant Deprovisioning for all Apps or Granular Deprovisioning per Apps

Infrastructure as Code in ASC AWS Subscription

Started to transition resource creation by using CloudFormation and Terraform. Enable Terraform Remote State hosted on S3 and DynamoDB for both Production and Dev AWS Environment. Code is maintained in Bitbucket Repository with permissions.

Windows Server 2012 Upgrade

Ongoing Project to replace and consolidate all Windows Server 2012. This include KMS, SMTP Relay, SQL Servers, Print Servers, DFS Server, DHCP High Availability and Active Directory before End of Life in 2023.

Legacy Application Modernization

We purchased BPLogix No Code Low Code Application. This will slowly replace our old .Net Apps including Room Request, Business Forms, Intake and Outake Forms. This will use PennKey SSO using Grouper Groups.

Contact

267-217-2246

m a r l o n@mwenceslao.com