Steven Kinsman
Senior System Administrator
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Kinsman is a Senior System Administrator in Chicago with 11 years of hands-on experience designing, migrating, and securing multi-site Windows and hybrid cloud environments. He has led infrastructure operations for 300+ endpoint environments, managed VMware clusters with TPM and centralized certificate management, and executed complex projects like full office relocations and subnet redesigns. As a former MSP owner, he built and scaled managed services for 50+ customers, transitioned 100+ businesses to remote work during COVID-19, and routinely blends technical work with budgeting, purchasing, and vendor management. His toolset spans AD/Exchange/365/Azure, VMware/Hyper-V, SQL Server, major firewall platforms, backup solutions like Veeam, and automation via C# and Intune integrations. Known for mentorship and pragmatic leadership, he consistently turns break-fix incidents into preventative maintenance while keeping costs and SLAs tightly controlled. A detail-oriented planner, he also produces server room specifications and BTU calculations—demonstrating engineering rigor beyond routine sysadmin tasks.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Network Fundamentals, Network Fundamentals at Cascadia Community CollegeNetwork+, Network+ at Edmonds Community College
Github Skills (13)
french10
spanish10
translation9
wrapper7
discord7
api6
csharp6
translate6
discord-net5
plugin5
nodejs4
netcore4
dotnet-core4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
megaoka/EnglishTranslation
May 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 60 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
otctranslationenglishenglish-translationkorean
megaoka/TestRepo
Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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