Matthew Pellegrino

Matthew Pellegrino has extensive work experience in the field of IT and systems administration. Matthew held the role of Senior Systems Engineer at Shields Health Solutions, where they were responsible for managing virtualized corporate infrastructure, AWS private cloud migration and support, and identity and access management for Azure AD. Matthew also led a project to replace Duo with Azure MFA and handled various other tasks such as configuring monitoring and alerting, managing backups and disaster recovery solutions, and ensuring server hardening for HIPAA compliance. Prior to this, they worked as a Systems Administrator II at Bright Horizons, where they maintained and supported over 1600 servers, managed Office 365 tenant, and provided support for Citrix VDI infrastructure and Dell EMC Avamar backup solution. Before that, they served as a Senior Systems Administrator at Hoover Ferguson, overseeing IT operations and developing global IT strategy. Matthew also worked as an IT Consultant at Houston TechSys LLC, offering consulting services to businesses and assisting them with PBX systems, Office 365 migration, Azure server migrations, and compliance requirements. Earlier in their career, they worked as an Instructional Systems Designer at C² Technologies, Inc., where they utilized Articulate to create computer-based trainings. Overall, Matthew Pellegrino has a wealth of experience in IT, systems administration, and consultancy roles, acquiring skills in various domains such as cloud infrastructure, identity and access management, disaster recovery, and compliance.

Matthew Pellegrino holds a Bachelor's Degree in Network and System Administration from Western Governors University, which they earned from 2016 to 2019. Prior to that, they obtained an Associate's Degree in Information Technology from Thomas Nelson Community College, where they studied from 2012 to 2014. In addition to their formal education, Matthew has acquired several certifications, including A+, Linux+, MCSA: Office 365, MCSA: Windows 10, MCSA: Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, Network+, Project+, and Security+.