SUMMARY:

• Multi - Certified (MCSE, CCNA, OCA, SAN, MCA) Infrastructure Specialist, Windows Systems Administration & Network Engineering, Systems Security, Network Security, Firewall Engineer, VMWare, Mobile Wireless, Cloud Computing Application and Integration with Expertise in Cisco & Microsoft Products.
• Senior Systems Administrator with 10 Years of Rich Experience in managing server infrastructures and data-center operations across Unix, Linux, Windows and Mac OS X platforms.
• 5+ years of experience in configuring Next-Generation Firewalls like Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls, Palo Alto Firewalls, CheckPoint Firewalls, Fortinet and Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
• Highly Proficient in Active Directory, SAN, Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, R2, 2012 Migration, Group Policy, Red Hat Linux, VMware and Operating System virtualization
• Implemented Security Standards, Firewalls and Guidelines to protect highly critical information and systems using privacy and security controls mandated by Federal Acts and Vulnerability Database
• Strong working knowledge of Data & Systems Infrastructure Security on FISMA, FedRAMP, IRS, ISO, ITIL, PCI, NIST, HIPAA Standards
• Experience Secured Datacenter migration projects of servers, storage, networking, security, virtualization, cloud enablement, automation and orchestration designs
• Inventory management (physical / virtual systems lifecycle management) Capacity management of private cloud resources (trending, forecasting, decommissioning, reclaiming vCPUs/vMemory/Storage)
• Strong experience in Banking, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical & Medical, Government & Manufacturing Industries.
• Strong exposure in Project Managements, Technical Project Deliverables, managing teams, coordinate with Vendors and Clients at various on site locations and maintain SLAs
• Expertise in Information Systems Management, Networking, and System Security with expertise in implementation, operations & support functions of business solutions using IT as tool
• Extensive exposure to Network troubleshooting, maintaining Network devices, implementing and executing Network Projects under ITIL Standards.
• At Managerial level, involved in IT Infrastructure Management, Strategy Planning, Budgeting & Financing, Resource Planning & Deployment - Process Re-engineering, Team Management.
• Expert in Configuring, Installing Oracle Databases, complete Pre-installation and Post-Installation tasks, followed Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) in RHEL

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software: SOLARIS 2.6/2.7/2.8/2.9 SUN OS 4.1.4, Sun Cluster 2.2, AIX 5.3, HP Service Guard A.11.16.00 VERITAS NetBackup 3.5, Legato Networker 4.3, TNG 2.2, Sun Raid Manager 6.22, VERITAS volume Manager 2.6/3.5/4.1 VERITAS Cluster Server 2.0/4.1, ODS 1.0, ODS 4.1. Sun Volume Manager 1.0. Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012 and 2016

Networks: TCP/IP, NIS, NIS+, DNS, NFS (version 3). Cisco, Catalyst, Nexus,A10, IPv6, OSPF, BGP,EIGRP

Network Devices: CISCO Catalyst 6500 and CISCO routers (MSFCs) CISCO Routers - 3600, 2600, 2500, 1800, CISCO Switches - 3500, 2950, 1900, CISCO Load Balancers (ACE, CSS, CSM)

Security Appliance: CISCO PIX Firewall 525 & 515E

Antivirus & Security: Trend Micro Office Scan, Websense Administrator

Monitoring Devices/Tools: Packeteer 9500, PRTG

Tools: Admintool, SYSAMD, Open Windows, CDE, VMSA, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Solstice Admin Suite, Metatool 4.1, TrackWise EQMS, Exceed, Viewnow, Host view.

Utilities: SSP 3.2, Shell (Bourne & Korn), VI editor, AWK, SED, EX, Perl, Performance tuning utilities.

RDBMS: Oracle, MS SQL Serve, MS Access, Sybase

Third Party: Tripwire 5.51, Patrol 3.2, Autosys 3.3.5, Netscape enterprise server 3.63, iPlanet Messaging

Software: Server4.1/6.0, Merant odbc3.5. Pro ftp 3.0, WU-ftp server 2.4.2,samba 2.0, WebLogic 5.1/6.0, Tuxedo 8.0, Arc Serve 6.61, Asset, Remedy, Kintana, Norton Anti Virus, MQ series.

Hardware: Sun E10000, Sun Fire 6800/4800/3800, E 6500, E-3500, E-4500, E-420R, E - 450, E - 2,Netra 1405, Netra 1150, Netra 105, Ultra 10, Sparc 5, Sparc 20, RISC 6000 S-70, HP Superdome SD64A, HP SD32000, S16k, rp7420, rp8400, SGI Origin 3800.

Tape Libraries: Adic Scalar 1000 & Scalar 100, Storage Tek Timberwolf 9738 with DLT tape drives, Sun Store Egde L6000, TLS - 8000 Libraries with 8 IBM LTO Ultirum Tape Drives Exabyte 690D.

SAN: Hitachi Freedom Store 9900, EMC Clarion CX700, EMC DMX2000, XP1024, XP12000, SUN A5200, D1000, A1000.

Languages: Java, HTML and CGI, C, PHP, Scripting

Scripting: Visual Basic, NT, Windows Powershell & SQL

Backups: Tape Back Up and Legato Network Backup

Release and deployments tools: Install Xpress etc

Security/Firewalls: Cisco ASA, PALO ALTO,Cisco ASA Firewalls 5510, 5515 and 5555, IPSEC & SSL VPNs,Cisco IPS IPS HP Tipping Pont 110, WAF Trustwave TX60i WebDefend Enterprise and SonicWALL FirewallsCisco 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800 series Routers, Cat 3750, 2950, 3500XL, 3750 and 3750X series switches

Unified Communications: Cisco UC Manager, NEC, Mitel, Asterisk

Routing: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, RIP-2 and Static Routing.

Switching: VLAN, VTP, STP, Inter VLAN routing & Multi Layer

Hardware: Cisco Cat Switches, Routers, Polycom VoIP phones, Cisco IP 796X/794XNetwork Management: Solar winds, Wireshark

Applications: SQL Server 2005, 2008, Exchange server 2003, O365, SharePoint services 3.0, Portal2003Packaging Tools: Wise Package Studio, SMS Installer, Install Shield AdminStudio

Operating Systems: Windows XP, 7, 8.1 & 10, Windows Server 2003. 2008 and 2012

Virtualization Tools: VMware vSphere 4.x,5.x and Microsoft App-V

Scripting: VBScript, Wise Script, Java Script, JQuery, HTML, Pl SQL, Power shell

Databases: MS Access, Oracle 9i, SQL 2005/2008

Utilities: Orca, Filemon, Regmon, InCntrl

Management Tools: Altiris, SMS/SCCM

Imaging Tools: Symantec Ghost, and MS Virtual PC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Woonsocket RI

Windows Server Administrator / Security Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for building over 50 Servers a month
• Responsible for managing, engineering, and look after daily operations of all Windows servers with a focus on software deployment services.
• Provide technical oversight and team direction that includes the development of practices and standards related to the use of computing resources at CVS
• Overall infrastructure migration strategy, design, implementation, and operational aspects of multiple systems, operating environments, and related software
• Administered IIS application server, SQL Server, and Messaging Servers (Windows 2012+, IIS 8.5+)
• Implement Microsoft cloud technologies such as SCCM, Office 365 and Azure.
• Migrated Cisco ASA firewall to Palo Alto Firewalls for better security, visibility, and uptime. Monitor and Remediation of IPS, AV, and Malware reports Project

Senior Systems Administrator/ Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for building, deploying, upgrading and maintaining Windows 2008/2012/2016 servers on multiple virtual and physical servers, supporting multiple applications and services
• Provided tier 3 troubleshooting and issue resolution
• Integrated technologies using VMWare ESXi, NetApp SANs, Cisco UCS and HP servers
• Configured, troubleshoot, and upgraded Checkpoint and Palo Alto Firewalls for Manage clients, which included network and/or resource access, software, or hardware problems.
• Responsible for Creation of SAN & LUNs and adding into PROD/Servers, Perform Migrations, Coordinate Back-up and provide Support
• Responsible for Deployment of MS patches on all servers; Raise ITSM and get it approvals; Differ changes; Reboot all servers’ non-business hours and Change successful
• Lead Onsite Windows Systems Administration Team, mentor Junior Administrators and provide guidance to a team of 12 members working on offshore model across India and Singapore
• Responsible for handling IBM Machines Hardware issues and Log Calls with IBM/HP and Coordinate with Data Centers
• Conduct Regular team meetings to provide solutions for Ongoing issues like P1/P2/P3 tickets, Production issues, Wintel reports, remediation, New Builds and standardization

Systems Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintenance and upkeep of Windows Server environment.
• Performed BC/DR project works and Worked on hardware: Cisco UCS, HP EMC
• Datacenter migration projects of servers, storage, networking, security, virtualization, cloud enablement, automation and orchestration designs
• Designed system to streamline management of multiple firewalls using Shell and Perl
• Provide second/third level Help Desk support for technical issues requiring assistance or escalation.
• Maintain and administer programs and services to manage and secure workstations, including endpoint protection, systems management, hardware inventory and software auditing/metering.

Specialty Interim Administrator Network

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Helping and Guiding Migration Project, which was undergoing major changes in ITIL policies
• Supervised and Assisted Migration in Exchange, VMware and Windows Environment
• Maintained firewall, IDS/IPS and other network security device configurations to defend against known and emerging threats
• MS Exchange 2010\2013, MS Lync 2010\2013 MS Outlook 2010
• Exercise discretion, sensitivity and appropriate confidentiality with respect to IT domain administration and policy enforcement; including security incident response, and the identification of existing or potential security gaps.

Senior Network/Systems Administrator

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Worked on NEC/IBM builds, IBM data storage Manager, EMC/NEC/MS EXPRESS CLUSTER/Testing and production environments
• Configured Wireless Mobile Devices.
• Assisted VMware infrastructure configuration and VMWare application software and Virtual Server network configurations.
• Responsible for Installation, maintenance, and support of software (identified by the government) and applications, diagnosing and resolving system problems, testing software, and documenting operating procedures.
• Worked on Hyper-V, Windows AD and VMware projects and SRM Projects
• Supporting Microsoft windows 2008 clustering and troubleshooting, Oracle and SQL Servers
• Configure, support and implement network infrastructure Palo Alto, Brocade and Cisco switches and firewall.
• Worked with teams for enterprise infrastructure migrations and submit detailed documentation on consolidation into a virtual environment
• Backup and Recovery, Installation of Server Backup Components and Backup Scheduling
• Tested the Restore Procedure

Windows Systems Administrator

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for network and security components, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, anti-virus software and data encryption.
• Configuring and managing Windows Firewalls, Cisco PIX and Checkpoint firewalls.
• Configured, Installed and Maintained Real Application Cluster (RAC) database for high scalability and availability in Oracle 10g, 11g test and production databases.
• Supporting production application server environment
• Design of systems including hardware installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and problem resolution with in SLA timings

Systems Administrator

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Crucially involved in transferring the NBS and have primary responsibility for the setup, operation and maintenance of the system.
• Responsible for all data exchanges and messaging activities relative to the NBS.
• Installed, configured, updated and maintained software necessary for operation of web, application and database servers including: MS SQL Server software, MS IIS Web Server software, JBOSS and Apache / Tomcat.
• Ensure that the NBS environment is secure and adheres to applicable security policies.
• Written PowerShell scripting for automation and other tasks

Systems Administrator/Analyst

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Implemented and supported servers, backup and disaster recovery, applications
• VMware ESX/VMWare vSphere in a distributed system environment (Windows Linux)
• Managed VMware infrastructure including Performance tuning, capacity planning, managing clusters of ESX servers and policy creation

Senior Systems Specialist

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Production issues in databases under different environments including Oracle RAC and SAN.
• Supported Web sphere servers and administration
• Assisted Configuration and Web Sphere Portal Administration

Systems Analyst

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Supported applications on SQL Server 2005 and windows 2000 and 2003 servers and MS Exchanger servers
• Supported applications like Kronos and Right Fax for entire MidAtlantic and Ohio regions
• Supported Load balance of server hardware and IIS maintenance issues
• Taken care of Performing full system and database backups
• Administered and maintain WINTEL server and OS for production, Internet and intranet services
• Monitor and report storage capacity on Storage Area Networks (SAN)