Ralph Jacobs

Technical Lead at CoBank

Denver Metropolitan Area

About

A senior technology professional with experience in design and development of complex application and system architectures. Significant experience in software development, network and systems management, network security, virtualization, and infrastructure architecture. Specialties: VMware, Microsoft Active Directory

Experience

  • CoBank (Greenwood Village, Colorado)
    • Technical Lead
      Jan 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 6 mos

      Responsibilities include Risk and Security Compliance, Active Directory, VMware (Omnissa) Workspace ONE, SAFe Agile Product Owner. • Migrated on-premise Workspace ONE UEM and Access infrastructure to VMware's Software as a Service platform. • Upgraded on-premise Active Directory to Active Directory 2019. • Lowered infrastructure risk scores through implementation of desired state and configuration management policies.

    • Senior Manager, Information Technology
      Oct 2006 - Dec 2017 · 11 yrs 3 mos

      Responsibilities include disaster recovery, technology research, and infrastructure architecture. • Designed and oversaw implementation of the corporate extranet infrastructure. • Implemented Full Disk Encryption on all end user systems. • Implemented mobile availability of email, calendar, and contact data for Apple and Android devices. • Designed the infrastructure architecture for the bank's online banking systems.

    • Senior Server Administrator
      Dec 2004 - Oct 2006 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Responsibilities included design and maintenance of the Windows server infrastructure and VMware ESX environment. • Consolidated, tuned, and documented the Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP infrastructure to better support the organization and disaster recovery. • Supported the in-sourcing of IT infrastructure from IBM with minimal business impact.

  • Senior Software Engineer at PeopleSoft, Inc.
    May 2003 - Dec 2004 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Responsibilities included development, maintenance, and enhancement of business applications as well as providing specialized technical and business knowledge to projects. • Conducted an inventory of the various application environments to determine ways to standardize across various application areas. • Developed scripts to synchronize customer and business partner Active Directory accounts with Tivoli Access Manager. • Developed a web application to redirect internal users of multi-media content to the server closest to their physical location.

  • Independent Contractor at J.D. Edwards & Company
    Nov 2001 - May 2003 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Responsibilities included development of intranet applications and maintenance of existing web-based applications. • Coordinated the migration and testing of applications using SQL Server 6.5 databases to SQL Server 2000. • Developed multi-language capability for the extranet's issue submission application.

  • Senior Systems Architect at Brain Ranger
    Mar 2000 - Nov 2001 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Responsibilities included the design and development of a web-based enterprise intranet/extranet portal product and maintenance of the company's IT infrastructure. • Built a Windows 2000 based development, test, and production environment for a start-up software development company. • Planned and implemented the company's hosted solution architecture. • Wrote and implemented the company's IT and security policies. • Instrumental in the design of the company's product. • Developed the search functionality in the company's product.

  • Senior Internet Programmer at J.D. Edwards & Company
    Oct 1998 - Feb 2000 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Responsibilities included evaluation of intranet related projects, development of intranet applications, management of the MIS lab, and maintenance of existing web-based applications. • Expanded MIS lab environment to better support increased development load. • Coordinated the successful move of the MIS lab to a new facility. • Developed a web-based tool that allowed business partners to submit time and expense reports. • Developed the web-based delivery of customer satisfaction ratings to key executives. • Part of the team responsible for taking the intranet functionality to the extranet for use by over 11,000 business partners, customers, and employees.