Lonnie Lee

Senior Systems Administrator with 12+ years running enterprise IT infrastructure for a Fortune 500 retail distribution center — servers, virtualization, networks, Active Directory, SQL Server, and industrial automation, owned end-to-end.

Proven record of 99.5%+ uptime across 50+ Windows/Linux servers, full-stack development in VB.NET, C#, and SQL Server, and automation that eliminated roughly 25 hours of manual work each week. Licensed Master Electrician and Electrical Contractor (Kentucky) — able to diagnose failures across the IT, software, and electrical/industrial layers.

Technical Skills

Programming & Databases

VB.NET C# Python ASP.Net WinForms SQL Server JavaScript HTML/CSS Zebra Programming Language Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio SQL Server Reporting Services MS SQL Stored Procedures

DevOps & Infrastructure

Kubernetes GitLab CI/CD Docker Nginx/Apache Windows Server Windows Linux Ubuntu Debian CentOS Redhat CI/CD Automation Scripts Systems Administration Infrastructure Design Full-Stack Development

Virtualization & Storage

VMware Hyper-V Virtualbox Virtualization TrueNAS/FreeNAS Nutanix Unified Storage

Networking & Automation

Fortinet Opnsense Firewall VLANs VPN Cloudflare Microsoft Active Directory Troubleshooting (software, hardware, network) PBX/Ring Central phone systems PLC's (Allen Bradley) Industrial IO (Mitsubishi, Phoenix Contact) Steeplechase Zebra/Motorola: MC3300, MC9190G, MC9090

Tools & Hardware

Raspberry Pi bash powershell (S)FTP PuTTY Dameware MRC Visual Studio Code Visual Studio SolarWinds Dundas BI Minicom/Picocom/Screen Arduino Sketch Sick/Cognex Scanners Cognex barcode scanners Alien RFID readers Handheld/Wearable/Mobile Scanners RFID Scanners Audacity

Logistics & ERP & Misc

Manhattan Associates (WMS) MicroStrategy Bluepaw Zoho Sites IBM 5250 emulator on a Raspberry Pi

Professional Experience

Senior Systems Administrator

Guess, Inc. — Louisville, KY

October 2012 – May 2024

Sole infrastructure engineer for a 500,000+ sq ft Fortune 500 retail distribution center; owned servers, virtualization, networks, Active Directory, SQL Server, and industrial automation end-to-end
Maintained 99.5%+ uptime across 50+ Windows/Linux servers (VMware/Hyper-V) for critical fulfillment systems
Primary DBA for SQL Server hosting Manhattan Associates WMS; built SSRS reporting (saved 15 hrs/week) and stored procedures for automated conveyor-fault alerting; cut dashboard load times from 30+ sec to under 3 sec
Architected Raspberry Pi automation (break tones, web kiosks, IBM 5250 emulation) saving $15K+ in proprietary costs; extended legacy AS/400 life by 5+ years
Designed an end-to-end vendor flat-file integration (FTP → CentOS → SQL Server → live labor dashboard); received company award and bonus

Owner / Master Electrician

Sparky4U Electric, LLC — Rineyville, KY

2020 – Present (Concurrent, Part-Time)

Concurrent self-employment kept deliberately as a differentiator, not a competing career identity: Kentucky Master Electrician license and Kentucky Electrical Contractor license — the ability to troubleshoot into electrical and industrial layers that pure-IT engineers cannot reach.
Founded and manage an electrical contracting business specializing in residential installations, troubleshooting, and repair.
Development and maintenance of Sparky4uElectric.com website utilizing Zoho, Cloudflare, several associated domains and social media platforms.

Key Achievements

99.5%+ uptime across 12 years of critical distribution-center infrastructure
~25 hrs/week of manual work eliminated through automation and reporting
$15K+ cost avoidance via custom Raspberry Pi automation

Extended legacy IBM AS/400 life by 5+ years
Company award for automated vendor data integration
Only person on site able to diagnose failures across IT, software, and electrical/industrial layers (Master Electrician)

Why Now

After 12+ years running enterprise infrastructure for a Fortune 500 operation — including concurrent self-employment as a licensed electrician — returning to full-time corporate IT.

Remote-Ready | Open to hybrid/on-site in the Greater Louisville area

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