Summary
John Zurawski is a seasoned senior systems administrator with over 25 years of experience and more than a decade leading enterprise infrastructure at Brake Parts Inc. He architects and operates complex Windows and Oracle Linux environments—managing 200+ servers, 2,500+ clients, multi-domain AD, virtualization (ESXi, Hyper-V, KVM), and diverse storage arrays—while driving disaster recovery, migrations, and acquisitions. Skilled across Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Sentinel, Veeam/Commvault, SQL clustering and identity/security tools, he pairs deep hands-on troubleshooting with vendor and executive liaison to balance uptime and cost. Known for scripting and automation from his long history of OS imaging, application packaging, and OS refresh projects, he brings pragmatic solutions for large-scale rollouts. Based in Illinois with a Computer Science degree from Western Illinois University, he blends legacy-system expertise (Lotus Notes, mainframe-era apps) with modern cloud and security practices.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Western Illinois University