Walter Conkright III

BELCAN/GE, Blue Ash, Ohio

January 10th 2025-March 14th 2025

IT Senior Systems Deployment Engineer (Consultation work for GE)

Consulted for GE working with systems Deployment and infrastructure teams on projects for software and hardware changes involving modeler data centers, stand alone databases and single servers instances across different domains on the Campus using a variety of Cisco infrastructure specifications needed for compliance policies.

Applied specific documentation to building Cyber security software and databases and changed it over the course of the project to better document changes and issues.

Building and deploying various software builds and frameworks along with databases including Security tools/Compliance tools with emphasis on redundancy and sustainability in each domain environment.

Conduced Installation of critical Cisco hardware for multiple servers to maintain DoD policy and IR standards for predicted compliance structures campus wide. 

FORTRA|Digital Guardian, Waltham, MA 

January 18th 2024- September 12th 2024

IT Consultant III | DLP systems Analyst (9 month contract, Remote work) 

Consulted with team members of Digital guardians to provide a better transfer phase of data and assets of those data packets to then lead to a better transition phase for there customers to avoid Data loss while switching from “symantec DLP” to Digital guardians DLP, I also helped them capture vendors to streamline the process and make the transition faster while not compromising data loss and breaches for the customers and data centers.

Made the process for transferring “Data shells” after a transition period between any DLP and Digital guardians DLP streamline with minimal difficulties in the process.

Helped the teams better understand that protection of the data is key and not transfer rate even if asked to rush the transfer process.

Put a stop gap in place to prevent overload of data at one given time as to prevent 

data loss and vulnerabilities for breaches in protection of the secured data.

Lastly showed how a vendor the service that redundancy is always going to be important if they need access to that data amid the transition period and warn them it can increase costs. 

MATTR/DSG-CANUSA, Loveland, OH 

January 28, 2023- November 2nd 2023

IT Technical Advisor and PM of future expansion| IT L4 (Multiple Sites) 

Helped upgrade both software and hardware to meet standards while Showing demand for IT management to notice faults in the networking infrastructure and stability at the location of the facilities network components they relied for daily functions, while also providing services to upgrade both the facilities networking and physical hardware for programs that were out of date with upgrades and updated hardware. Then communicating those details to corporate in Toronto of what was needing changed and changes being made while also keeping the facilities management in the loop of changes being made over time on site.

Upgraded and maintained Infrastructure integrity while upgrading hardware and software’s

Used AD, Azure/Citrix cloud, Intune and Power BI to control and make changes requested by management and users that needed changes both for there networking and software altering changes were relayed to the departments

Consulted with all IT technicians both for GRC and OP’s departments for all changes advised for both the current building and there new building to install programs and make vital changes to the hardware configurations.

KOHL’S, Monroe, OH 

September 2022-December 2022

Support Technical Lead/L.I.S.T. Assistant Admin (On site)

Worked with senior executives on network stability and hardware upkeep, as well as fixing issues with hardware and software throughout the building and remotely.

Maintained server integrity by using SolarWinds and Cisco DNA

Using CUPS and the in house LIST tool kept maintenance and awareness on all devices, workstations and printers

LILY DALE ASSEMBLY, Lily Dale, NY 

April 2022-September 2022

Lead Technical Coordinator (On site)

Advised and helped maintain consistent video and audio for Intellectual zoom casts of every workshop from start to finish using zoom as well as other technical gear to do workshops such as a camera + tripod and microphone array. 

Updated zoom software and browsers.

Improved business and provided technical solutions.

IBM, Pittsburgh, PA 

February 2018-Febuary 2022

Senior Technical Consultant PM Manager (Nationwide)

Supplied teaching and expertise on how to maintain and adapt to new hardware and software that was being developed and implementing that into our programs and setup for keeping consistent security standards for the corporate IT market making the process seamless.

Updated applications and programs (p2p, PHP, C#, Cisco system products, Azure Servers).

Using Python, Java and RUBY to fix performance and code issues in the software and hardware connections.

Improve stability and sustainability of the hardware (Server panels, networks, hubs, switches, routers and modems). 

Conducted instruction on coding, testing, implementation, viability and sustainability of software applications with guided maintenance to last long term.

ROTARY TECHNOLOGIES, Erie, PA 

2014-January 2018

IT Infrastructure Specialist (On site)

Installed cables, wires and servers to set up and sustain businesses. Also installed software on those networks and patches / updates as needed.

Trained new employees how to lay cable and set up systems from the ground up and from terminal to server rack.

Installed the latest software onto the servers to complete the network from OS to security tools.

Provided invoicing on all installations and repairs to both the customer and company accounting teams for my crew after project completion.

GOOGLE, Arkansas, AR 2012-2018

Programming Lead Coordinator (Remote Projects 6 yrs)

Worked on a GUI for software development involving Alpha and Beta phase to get to General Availability (GA) of many early software’s and programs to be used or implemented by Google in the future while working on the active (“Figma") project.

MCS, Computer Science minor in Physics, University of Pittsburgh, PA (March 2018)

BA, Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz (April 2021) 

Associates in Nursing, JCC, Jamestown, NY (August 2020)