Anthony Schaaf

System Administrator & Full-time nerd

Restoring services with elegant solutions and caffeinated magic.

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🖖 About Me

I am an IT enthusiast with over 15 years of professional experience building, managing, and maintaining critical IT Infrastructure.

💻 Work Experience

Senior Windows Administrator at AMS DataSerfs
2024 - 2026


- Administered and supported enterprise Windows Server environments, including Active Directory, GPO, DNS, and DHCP across multi-site infrastructure

- Provided Tier 3 escalation support, performing advanced troubleshooting of OS, services, and performance issues using logs, memory dumps, and diagnostic tooling

- Designed and maintained Hyper-V failover cluster environments, ensuring high availability and reliability for critical workloads

- Managed patching and system lifecycle operations via SCCM/WSUS, coordinating maintenance to minimize downtime and ensure compliance

- Automated administrative tasks and deployments using PowerShell, improving operational efficiency and consistency

- Supported hybrid environments, including Azure subscriptions (VMs, networking, and resource management) alongside primarily on-prem infrastructure

- Participated in a 24/7 on-call rotation, responding to critical incidents and restoring service in production environments

Cloud Server Hardware Engineer at H10 Capital/Biblioso Corp
2014 - 2024


- Managed and supported large-scale datacenter and lab infrastructure environments, including multi-building network systems utilizing Cisco, Arista, and Dell switching platforms

- Served as a primary technical lead for hardware deployments, migrations, and system imaging, ensuring seamless integration and minimal downtime across environments

- Coordinated cross-functional efforts with engineering, networking, and operations teams to execute scheduled patching cycles and maintenance windows, maintaining compliance and service availability

- Designed, implemented, and administered SCCM infrastructure to standardize system imaging, automate configuration management, and streamline device provisioning across environments

- Led complex datacenter migration efforts, including relocation of 300+ blade systems, overseeing hardware installation, network configuration, and validation of operational readiness

- Supported and maintained Windows-based cluster infrastructure, managing rolling updates and ensuring uptime for critical test and production workloads

- Performed advanced hardware diagnostics and troubleshooting, generating detailed analysis using event logs, SEL data, and memory dumps to support engineering investigations

- Collaborated with product engineering teams on hardware bring-up, validation, and testing of new server platforms, identifying issues and driving resolution prior to large-scale deployment

- Maintained accurate asset tracking, inventory, and system readiness across continuously evolving hardware environments

- Contributed to infrastructure reliability and scalability through proactive support of emerging hardware technologies, including Project Olympus and other hyperscale platform initiatives

Lab Engineer III at Abilius
2014 - 2015


- Supported and administered a large-scale enterprise lab environment following team consolidation, expanding ownership to approximately 70,000+ devices across multiple test and development infrastructures

- Led rapid reimaging and deployment of ~10,000 systems within constrained timeframes, enabling new Windows testing platforms, clustered environments, and dynamic VLAN configurations

- Partnered with networking and infrastructure teams to ensure continuous system availability, stability, and performance across distributed lab environments

- Designed and developed custom monitoring dashboards using SQL and IIS, integrating data from SCCM, SCOM, and SCVMM to provide centralized visibility into infrastructure health and uptime

- Administered and supported enterprise Microsoft services, including Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and Office 365 migrations, ensuring service continuity and proper configuration

- Provided advanced troubleshooting and operational support for lab infrastructure, resolving system, network, and application-level issues impacting test execution

- Contributed to infrastructure optimization efforts, improving deployment efficiency and monitoring capabilities across lab environments

Software Development Engineer in Test at Prithvi Catalitic/RGEN Solutions
2012-2014


- Administered and maintained a large-scale test infrastructure of approximately 15,000+ systems, spanning multiple Windows client and server platforms

- Ensured high availability and performance of lab environments using SCOM, SCCM, and WSUS, proactively monitoring and resolving system health issues

- Streamlined server and system deployment processes through standardized WIM imaging and automation, reducing provisioning time and improving consistency

- Provided end-to-end hardware lifecycle support, including diagnostics, repair, and replacement for SAN systems, clustered hardware, and OEM platforms

- Collaborated with engineering, test, and vendor teams to coordinate hardware procurement, deployment, and readiness for large-scale test initiatives

- Supported complex test environments by troubleshooting infrastructure, networking, and platform-level issues affecting test execution and reliability

- Participated in planning and execution of high-volume hardware rollouts, ensuring proper inventory, configuration, and integration into lab environments