Joel William Johnson
IT Specialist/Consultant
About Me
          I have over 10 years of experience working in IT for small businesses. I am very versatile in IT and have experience in many different areas.
          For hobbies I enjoy cooking, video games, photography, graphic design, building Legos, watching tv shows and movies, and hosting a plex server.


Experience
          Employer: New Mexico Department of Agriculture / New Mexico State University 
          Time: October 2012 - Present
          Title: Systems Analyst
          Job Description: Front-end and back-end support over 160 employees and over 300 devices. I am part of a small team of IT professionals, consisting of 7 IT actors, that administrates all of NMDA technology infrastructure.

          Job Duties/Responsibilities:
                    InfoSec - Keeping all IT assets secured and backed up.
                              Tools: Sophos, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Risk Management,                                    ArcServe, QualStar, Risk Sense, Nessus, Cisco ASA Firewall.
                    Systems - Administrating 30 servers (Linux, Windows, ESXi, vCenter)
                    User Administration - Administrate over 300 active directory objects.
                    Database Administrator - Administrate over 10 databases.
                    Network Administrator - Administrate two networks, one public, one routed.
                    Storage Administrator - Administrate a storage unit. 

Education
          School: New Mexico State University
          Degree: Bachelor of Science - Engineering Technology - Information
          Graduation Date: May 2012
          Core Courses Include:
                    Administering Active Directory in Server 2008
                    Advanced Digital Forensics
                    Advance Topics in IT
                    Computer Forensics
                    Computer Operating Systems
                    Data Analysis
                    Digital Logics
                    E-Commerce Security
                    Hardware Fundamentals
                    Information Systems Analysis & Design
                    InfoSec
                    Java 1
                    Java 2
                    Microcomputer Systems
                    Multimedia
                    Networking 1
                    Networking 2
                    Remote Access Operating Systems
                    Special Topics in IT
                    Senior Project
                    Senior Design & Projects Management
                    Systems Administrator
                    Web Systems


          School: New Mexico State University
          Degree: Master of Information Technology.
          Graduate Date: December 2023
          GPA: 3.93
          Courses Include:
                    Advance Computer Networking
                    Advance Enterprise Security
                    Capstone Project - Infrastructure Move
                    DevOps
                    Enterprise Architecture 1
                    Enterprise Architecture 2
                    Mobile App Development
                    Product Development
                    Virtualization
                    White Hat System Testing