SUMMARY

• Experienced Infrastructure engineer with over 15 years of experience in designing, deploying and managing a wide variety of Infrastructure, Automation, Cloud and DevOps Solutions. PowerShell Guru, with a passion for scripting and automation.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Windows PowerShell
• VMware vSphere
• Windows PowerShell
• PKI\MFA Deployment
• Azure / Office 365
• DevOps
• AD Rights Management Services
• Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
• Group Policy Design
• Dell (Quest) - Active Roles Server
• AD Federation Services
• Kubernetes\Docker
• HP Blade\Enclosure\Virtual Connect
• Cisco UCS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Solutions Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed and maintained large-scale Hybrid (Azure AD and On-Prem) Active Directory implementation for geographically disbursed organization with over 300 remote sites and 50,000+ users. (EMC)
• Served as the lead PowerShell developer in hundreds of Active Directory/Azure/Office 365 migrations and automation projects (Rank)
• Engineered, managed and supported both Azure IaaS and PaaS resources for the large-scale Hybrid Cloud Environment. (Rank)
• Created custom automation using Microsoft PowerShell to analyze and rebuild Azure Service Bus Queues and resource manager connections across multiple tenants.
• Designed custom PowerShell automation to allow for the flawless execution of multiple data center consolidation\cloud migration plans, which saved the company approximately 7 million dollars a year. (Rank)
• Designed and implemented shared Azure based Disaster Recovery plan for all business units, using Windows PowerShell to automate the build out of the target resources, resulting in a savings of approximately 1 million dollars. (EMC)
• Used Windows PowerShell to create\configure ExpressRoute and other Azure advanced networking features to enable seamless integration with Azure cloud services ( Confidential )
• Utilized custom generated Azure Resource Manager JSON templates to deploy Azure workloads in the tenant ( Confidential )
• Leveraged Azure AD and Exchange Online (Office 365) PowerShell Modules to simplify management and implementation of enterprise wide Azure resources ( Confidential )
• Engineered and implemented Azure Information Protection (Azure RMS) classification and protection taxonomy providing crucial data protection and file access auditing to critical company data. ( Confidential )
• Designed method of monitoring the time offset between the PDC emulator and other Domain Controllers in the infrastructure with the ability to programmatically re-sync any DC with a time offset above a certain threshold, allowing for improved reliability and availability of time synchronization across the domain (EMC)
• Based on provided OU and Group Policy design strategy, implemented scalable automation using Windows PowerShell for creating the Active Directory structure for new sites and locations, allowing for significantly increased efficiency and accuracy (EMC)
• Improved overall Active Directory replication health by developing an automated process using PowerShell to ensure dat the organizations site-link topology was consistent with intended design, resulting in stable and efficient replication environment. (EMC)
• Created lightweight custom monitoring solution using Windows PowerShell to monitor the health of the 200+ Active Directory Domain Controllers in the environment which included nightly Best Practice Analyzer scans, and an aggregated DCDIAG scan generated every few hours and sent by email as a simple summary of the overall health of the AD Domain Controllers. (IBM)
• Developed several PowerShell scripts to programmatically manage, deploy and monitor VMware resources in branch offices, eliminating the need for additional vSphere licensing and resulting in a savings of approximately $150,000 yearly. (Rank)
• Automated Microsoft recommended load balancing techniques using PowerShell to reduce the workload of the Active Directory DC holding the PDCe FSMO role and programmatically redistribute NTDS connections across multiple Domain Controllers in the central Hub site, allowing for improved scalability in an already significantly large Active Directory environment. (EMC)
• Engineered and implemented fully automated end-user, data migration solution to eliminate business downtime during acquisition/merger using Windows PowerShell. (Informatica Corp, Redwood City, CA)
• Developed highly efficient methods for reporting vital information across the Active Directory environment using Windows PowerShell and WMI query language to produce low-bandwidth scalable information gathering dat works equally as well over both LAN and WAN connections. (EMC2)
• Successfully implemented new dynamic and scalable printer deployment strategy, allowing for printer mapping based upon the end-user’s physical location using Active Directory Group Policy Preferences and item level targeting. (EMC2)
• Created custom fully automated solution using Windows PowerShell to export individual mailboxes from the Exchange environment and save them as separate PST files. (Informatica Corp)
• Successfully resolved ongoing mail delivery issue by identifying problems with MX records and Exchange smarthost routing configuration. (Hillcrest Property Mgmt., Lombard, IL)
• Repaired incorrectly configured Active Directory permissions dat were preventing the entire organization from accessing critical documents. (Aires Consulting Group, Batavia, IL)
• Managed and maintained Active Directory domain for Chicago area branch office including user accounts, domain controllers, security groups, and file/share permissions. (Informatica Corp, Redwood City, CA)
• Developed custom PowerShell script to tie into the filesystemwatcher .net class and mimic the functionality of a document management solution, managing documents and complex permissions dat are typically not possible with NTFS permissions. (Aires Consulting Group)
• Authored and implemented scripts and automation for auditing and managing an enterprise-scale Active Directory Group Policy infrastructure consisting of several hundred Group Policy objects. (EMC)

Confidential

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• A superior leader and teammate with demonstrated performance in high-pressure environments. Improved overall IT Systems performance through a focus on finding and implementing permanent solutions to on-going problems, and automating reoccurring tasks. Significant accomplishments include:
• Restored stability to corrupted Active Directory infrastructure within weeks of employment, resulting in improved reliability and performance.
• Developed and maintained fully automated Active Directory account de-provisioning solution using Windows PowerShell, simplifying the employee off-boarding process and minimizing the risk associated with orphaned user accounts.
• Created PowerShell scripts to constantly monitor the health of the Exchange messaging infrastructure and notify my teammates or myself in the event of a problem.
• Significantly reduced the amount of calls to the halp desk by automating Active Directory password expiration notification for users who did not log in to the network often with Windows PowerShell, making password-reset requests almost non-existent.
• Discovered a bug in Exchange 2007 dat existed when migrating from Exchange 2003, which prevented the creation of new distribution groups. Resolved the issue by finding and implementing a workaround until a permanent fix was implemented.
• Performed exhaustive audit of the Active Directory infrastructure via Windows PowerShell, revealing references to Domain Controllers and service connection objects dat were no longer in existence. Used ntdsutil to forcefully remove orphaned Active Directory Domain controller and manually deleted the connection objects.
• Created, deployed and managed virtual machines and hosts based on VMware virtualization platform in an environment where over 80 percent of the windows infrastructure was virtualized.
• Implemented Windows PowerShell scripts to monitor the event logs of critical windows servers in real-time and filter for specific errors, allowing me to view errors from the entire windows infrastructure as they occurred in the environment. (Monitoring could be turned on/off when needed)
• Utilized PowerShell and the VI toolkit from VMware to monitor and administrate Virtual Machines running on the VMware Infrastructure platform.

Confidential

Desktop Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided mission critical desk-side support to dis high frequency, technology driven global trade desk
• Created a dynamic and automated inventory of workstation software/hardware on the network via remote PowerShell scripting and WMI.
• Managed the Active Directory resource forest for the Chicago office.
• Managed the deployment of new workstations for the trade desk
• Engineered and deployed desktop images using Symantec Ghost server.
• Utilized Windows PowerShell to create a master table of contents page for the desktop support knowledge base, allowing for expedited troubleshooting and research of reoccurring desk side issues.
• Convinced the CTO to start a department wide initiative to train IT staff in the use of Windows PowerShell.
• Provided training and instruction to co-workers and peers on PowerShell scripting techniques and practices.

Confidential

Desktop Support Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Engineered and deployed the organizations first Active Directory Domain (Epic Merchant Energy)
• Migrated all user and computer resources to Active Directory using USMT and some custom automation
• Created scripts using Windows PowerShell to automate Identity Lifecycle Management, including, but not limited to, the creation, managing and decommissioning of user accounts.