Yuri Palacios
About Yuri Palacios
Yuri Palacios is a Senior Technology Specialist at Telus in Vancouver, a Senior Infrastructure Analyst at Best Buy in Richfield, and a Senior Project Engineer at Trimax Americas in Princeton.
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Yuri Palacios holds the position of Senior Technology Specialist. His role entails various facets of technology management and system administration in multiple significant companies.
Current Roles at Telus, Best Buy, and Trimax Americas
Yuri Palacios is currently deployed in several crucial roles at different leading companies. He serves as a Senior Technology Specialist at Telus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Additionally, he holds the position of Senior Infrastructure Analyst at Best Buy in Richfield, Minnesota, United States. Concurrently, he works as a Senior Project Engineer at Trimax Americas located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
Previous Positions
Over his career, Yuri Palacios has amassed extensive experience across various roles and organizations. He was a Senior Systems Administrator at Shoes.com in the United States from 2015 to 2016. Earlier, from 2012 to 2015, he worked at Telus as a Senior System Analyst in Vancouver. Prior to that, he held the position of Senior Systems Engineer at Copeman Healthcare in 2012 for four months. Moreover, he served as Manager of Information Technology at Intracorp Projects Ltd from 2011 to 2012 and worked as an IT Systems Administrator at Omicron for nine months from 2009 to 2010. Before this, he was a Systems Integration Analyst at Blueshore Financial in 2009 for four months, a Network Administrator at Hunter Dickinson Inc. from 2006 to 2008, and a Systems Administrator at Art in Motion from 2000 to 2006.
Education and Expertise
Yuri Palacios studied Criminology at Simon Fraser University from 1998 to 2000. He also pursued further education at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. His expertise spans across various domains of IT infrastructure, with particular proficiency in managing VMware infrastructure, Windows Server environments, Microsoft Office 365, and NetApp appliances.
Management of VMware and Microsoft Office 365 at Finning Canada
At Finning Canada, Yuri Palacios is entrusted with managing VMware infrastructure that includes over 30 VMware ESXi 5.5 and 6 hosts along with over 300 virtual servers. His responsibilities also extend to Active Directory, DNS, and DFS for a Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 environment. Additionally, he oversees the management of Microsoft Office 365 for Finning Canada, powering over 5000 mailboxes.
Advanced NETAPP Administration
In his role at Finning Canada, Yuri Palacios expertly handles NetApp appliances. His tasks involve provisioning storage within the VMware environment and creating and expanding Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) as required.