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MattMakar
Systems Administrator
Fifteen-plus years running enterprise identity, Windows Server, VMware, Citrix, and endpoint fleets across healthcare, manufacturing, finance, and managed services.
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CompTIA certified · 2024
01 — Professional Experience
Roles that ran production.
Healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, and managed services — identity, VDI, endpoints, and the infrastructure underneath.
Feb 2023 — Present
DNP
Desktop Support Technician
Company-wide Windows 11 hardware and OS refresh — imaging, inventory, telephony, and industrial print in a live manufacturing environment.
Windows 11LansweeperFreshServiceEntra ID
Mar 2020 — May 2021
Applications2U
Primary Service Engineer
Managed-services lead across six client companies — Azure AD, Microsoft 365, Citrix upgrades, and on-call Tier 2 for incidents that actually stop the business.
Entra IDMicrosoft 365CitrixConnectWise
Jul 2016 — Jul 2019
HM Health Solutions
VDI Managed Solutions Engineer
Led the VMware VDI decommission and Citrix cutover, then ran XenApp / XenDesktop farms, UEM, and Group Policy for hospital and outpatient onboardings.
CitrixVMwareGroup PolicyUEM
Apr 2010 — Jul 2016
Allegheny Health Network
Server Analyst
Project lead for the Windows 7 enterprise deployment, then six years of VMware, XenDesktop, PowerShell automation, and thin-client management across the health network.
Windows 7VMwareXenDesktopPowerShell
May 2009 — Apr 2010
Bank of New York Mellon
Application Analyst
Lotus Notes and NetX360 support for internal and external customers — Remedy queue, 40+ calls a day, finance-grade uptime expectations.
Lotus NotesNetX360Remedy
Jun 2008 — Apr 2009
United States Steel
IT Intern
Lotus Notes for 40,000+ users, BlackBerry Enterprise Server for 15,000+ accounts, and LANdesk for remote software and endpoint remediation.
Lotus NotesBESLANdesk
02 — Operating Practice
What actually gets stood up.
Not a tool dump — the work hiring managers ask a systems administrator to own on day one.
PR-01
Identity & directory
Active Directory, Entra ID, Group Policy, and Microsoft 365 licensing — the control plane everything else hangs off.
Entra IDADGPOM365
PR-02
Virtual desktops
Decommissioned VMware VDI, cut over to Citrix, then ran XenApp / XenDesktop 6.5–7.15 and UEM so clinicians kept working.
CitrixVMwareUEM
PR-03
Endpoint fleets
Windows 7 and Windows 11 enterprise refreshes — imaging, inventory, and handoff at health-network and manufacturing scale.
Windows 11LansweeperImaging
PR-04
Industrial operations
When the floor stops, it is usually a phone or a label printer. Polycom, Momentum, Xerox, HP, Sato, and Zebra get restored first.
VoIPPrintManufacturing
PR-05
Managed services
Staff-aug lead across six client companies at once — on-call Tier 2, ConnectWise Automate / Manage, and mentoring the queue.
ConnectWiseOn-call6 clients
PR-06
Automation
PowerShell for service-account workflows and the repeatable parts of image promotion, so the next refresh is not a heroics exercise.
PowerShellWindows Server
03 — The Execution Strategy
Built like machinery. Run like a product.
Matt Makar is a systems administrator and infrastructure professional with 15+ years supporting enterprise environments across healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, and managed services.
The through-line is identity, Windows Server, VMware, Citrix, Group Policy, and endpoint fleets — plus the migrations that actually finish. VMware VDI to Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 11 enterprise refreshes. Azure AD / Entra ID and Microsoft 365 for six managed-service clients at once.
Seeking a Systems Administrator, Infrastructure Engineer, or Cloud Administration seat — the work already matches the title.
04 — Initiate Deployment
Transmit a brief. Get a deployment window.
Name, email, and what you need stood up. Every entry lands in a secure lead database on grok.me.