Résumé / CV · updated September 29, 2026
Wes Ellis.
Senior Systems Engineer · AHEAD · Charlottesville, Virginia
Senior Systems Engineer with 20+ years in enterprise IT, focused on Microsoft endpoint management, identity and cloud. Led a 22,000-device Windows 7 to 10 migration, kept an 8,200-device fleet at 95% compliance, and automates repetitive work with PowerShell. Currently on AHEAD's Microsoft managed services team, supporting enterprise clients across Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune and Azure. Founder of G8KEPR, a runtime security layer for AI apps, APIs and MCP servers.
- 2025 – Present
Senior Systems Engineer
AHEAD · Remote
Microsoft managed services engineer supporting enterprise clients across Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune and Azure.
- Troubleshoot and resolve escalated Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune and Azure issues
- Root-cause analysis so problems stay fixed, not just cleared
- Work across a wide range of client environments and configurations
- Sep 2019 – Nov 2025
System Engineer III
CompuCom · Remote
Lead systems engineer for 8,200+ devices at a consistent 95% compliance rate. Device management, cloud migration (Azure, MEM, Intune) and security.
- Moved the fleet forward to Windows 10 21H2
- Built out device management with Intune, MEM, PowerShell, Hyper-V and Power BI
- Owned patching and endpoint protection
- Automated the repetitive work so people didn't have to do it by hand
- Nov 2018 – Sep 2019
System Engineer
CarMax · Richmond, VA
Led the enterprise-wide Windows 7 to 10 migration: 22,000+ devices across locations nationwide.
- Automated driver and app installs with KACE and PowerShell
- Kept the departmental migrations on budget
- Trained and supported people through the switch
- Jul 2014 – Nov 2018
Technical Support Team Lead
General Dynamics (DXC) · Falls Church, VA
Led IT support operations and the Windows 10 implementation, with system administration for critical infrastructure.
- Directed the organization-wide Windows 10 rollout
- Administered KACE, Dell NetWorker and Citrix
- Worked directly with clients and across departments
- Oct 2011 – Jul 2014
Senior Desktop Engineer
General Dynamics (CSC) · Charlottesville, VA
Server and network administration with a focus on data protection and keeping systems running.
- Backups with Arcserve and NetWorker
- Moved the phones over to Cisco CUCM
- Kept Kofax 10 and Epicor running
- Looked after the security camera system
- 2007 – 2011
Desktop Field Technician
General Dynamics (CSC) · Charlottesville, VA
Out in the field, fixing whatever needed fixing that day.
- 2004 – 2007
Tech Support Specialist III
GE Fanuc · Charlottesville, VA
- 2002 – 2004
Migration Specialist & Facilities IT Lead
Northrop Grumman · Charlottesville, VA
Moved people and machines through migrations and kept the facility's IT running.
- Late '90s
Low-voltage cabling
Where it started · Virginia
Pulling cable through ceilings and crawlspaces, long before anybody called it infrastructure. It's where I learned how networks actually get built, one run at a time.
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