SUMMARY:

• Driven and detail oriented certified in Systems Admin, VMware and AWS cloud with 6 years of experience in IT Network Administration, Network Security, System, AWS Cloud expert and Exchange Administration. Motivated leader with strong organizational and prioritization abilities.
• Areas of expertise include VMware, Google, and AWS, Widows servers, scripting (PowerShell, batch, robocopy and python), NetApp, F5 (LTM), DNS, DHCP, AD, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365 and lab setup for Virtualization. Netscaller and Citrix
• Expert window server administrations starting from server 2003 to 2012.
• Lead Engineer for on premise server infrastructure migration to the Cloud.
• Proven analytic and problem - solving skills with the keen ability to assess needs, define requirements, develop value added solutions, and execute technical solutions that streamline and improve operating efficiencies.
• Performed VMware upgrade successfully from 5.0 to 6.0 single-handedly.
• Proficient with Power shell scripting, Google API (GAM) for email (Python), Exchange servers and Office 365.

SPECIALTIES:

Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 installation and configuration, Exchange Servers 2003/ 2007/ 2010/ 2013 installation, configuration and management, AWS Cloud Migration and DR backup, Google Mail Migrations and manageability using GAM, ESX Upgrade, Migration of File Server/ DC/ Email (Hosting Email provider to Exchange online/ Exchange), F5, Share point, SCCM, DAG’s, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy creation & troubleshooting, Email filter, Scripting- PowerShell, Batch & robocopy, Hyper-V, RDS and Horizon View

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Windows Servers: Configuring & Installing 2003, 08 and 12

Exchange Servers: Configuring & Installing 2003, 07, 10 & 13. DAG environment

Domain knowledge: DNS, DHCP, AD and GPO

Migrations: Domain controller, DHCP, File server, Email (Exchange legacy server to Exchange 2010 or 2013) and Google Mail

Scripting: PowerShell, batch, VB & robocopy and Google API (python)

Virtualization: VMware and Hyper-V

RDP: Terminal Server 12 and Citrix and RDS

AWS Cloud: Cloud migration and DR backup from on premise

Storage: NetApp and EMC

WORK EXPERIENCES:

Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead Engineer in upgrading VCenter 5.0 to 6.0 and ESXi hosts singlehandedly.
• Implemented encryption- Bit locker integrate with AD successfully.
• Lead Engineer for AD migration to another forest and backup strategy for File servers.
• Lead Engineer on storage migration from EMC to Netapp svm’s.
• Management of storage which involves some cleaning up with snapshot policy, release the mirroring of unwanted VMs on the DR, and allocating new snapshot policies for DEV, UAT and PRD servers to have better SLA.
• Successfully migrated ~50K users from Exchange to Google Apps for education
• Implemented Failover DHCP server with Active/Passive mode
• Upgraded AD to 2012 from 2008R2 on AD’s on our Primary and DR site.
• Scripting most of the reporting tasks, creating and configuring tasks for Google management using GAM.
• Worked on as a Lead Engineer to back up on premise data to the cloud (AWS). Successfully set up a new virtual environment for a small based company on their own forest.
• Managing SCCM with pushing out applications to workstations.
• Build Windows servers 2008 and 2012 servers.
• Performed upgrade of Exchange mailboxes to the Google
• Manage SCCM environment
• Administration of AD, DNS, GPO, Mail Routing, Spam filtering, ESXi servers etc.
• Upgrade Windows servers 2003 to 2012 servers
• Managing the storage, creating SVMs and configuring on VMware
• Scripting most of the Administration work for reporting purposes using PowerShell or batch or Google API
• Mentor Jr. Engineers and work with them on complex projects.
• Configure physical servers with RAID functionality
• Successful managed to do an AD migration
• Implemented Failover DHCP on the production
• Lead Engineer in implementing BitLocker integrating with AD to store the recovery keys. Spun up a test lab for proof of concept and showed it to the higher management.
• Lead Engineer on segregation of the domain by building a new forest and backup on premise data over to the cloud using AWS Glacier.

Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Built Windows and Linux servers from scratch by allocating the IP’s, VLAN’s according to the business unit.
• Created Logical Volume Partition on Linux servers running on 12.04 and 14.04
• Upgraded Linux servers from 12.04 to 14.04 on a timely manner so we can still have the current technology in our environment.
• Server consolidation projects for different Business unit and work on server projects as well and make sure we adhere to business needs
• Managed DNS entries for internal and external, implemented aging and scavenging.
• Worked on NetScaller Load balancer which is been managed by our Infrastructure team and I was a part of the team
• Worked on VCenter upgrade from 5.0 to 5.5

Senior Engineer Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working with multiple clients in onboarding process and spinning up servers on the cloud using VMware
• Troubleshoot issues on LAN for clients
• 70% travelling to client location and dealing with client’s network or computer related issues
• Terminal server 2012 build outs and managed SharePoint 2012 for multiple clients

IT SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead Engineer on Office 365 migrations handled single handedly.
• Managed Database Availability Group (DAG) setup, configuration, troubleshooting and load balancing the Email server with F5.
• Ensured a 99.9% uptime of resources be it onsite or a cloud resource
• Efficiently installed and configured Exchange 2010 & 2013.
• Successfully migrated email servers (Exchange 2003 to 2010 or Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013) and file servers (Windows 2003 to 2012) within a user base nearly 300-350 users
• Migrated File server via robocopy scripting.
• Efficiently built cloud environment and secured the infrastructure with policies
• Mentored Jr. Engineers L1 and L2 engineers and technicians in troubleshooting issues on the servers.
• Responsible for building Hyper-V's 2012, licensing RDS terminal server and locking down with GPO's.
• Performed Security implementation via GPOs.
• Managed and configured DNS, DHCP and AD

IT SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR/EXCHANGE ENGINEER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed installation, configuration, troubleshooting and deployment of Exchange 2007, 10, and 13 on Windows Servers 2008, 08 R2, 2012. ~ 2K user’s
• Managed migration of Exchange 2003 to 2010, 2007 to 2010, Office 365
• Successfully implemented DAGs, configured, and managed the functionality.
• Power shell scripting and making things automated for Email servers- Office 365, Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013
• Worked with SQL server 2012, managing and troubleshooting issues
• Managed timely software upgrades automated and manual, Certificates installations for email servers ensuring that date-to-date was not affected by the updates
• Troubleshoot connectivity and email bounce back issues (2003, 2007,2010 and 2013), Calendar permission, sync and duplicating appointments issues
• Printer installations with GPO’s
• Scripting with Power Shell commands for bulk import/export PST's.
• Monitor Barracuda filter for Email issues, hosted controller software for availability to use email
• Implemented SMTP relay to use of the email server using SSL
• Managed GPO’s, DNS, AD & DHCP
• Single-handedly implemented AD migrations
• Implemented and Managed DAG's, troubleshoot the DB’s when they go offline due to space issues, etc.

IT NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR INTERN

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed Windows Server 2003, 2008, R2, Exchange Server, Fax Servers, SQL Server DB
• Worked with Active Directory on a regular basis with nearly 200-250 users
• Monitored network traffic and bandwidth usage on Net Flow Analyzer and block the suspicious traffic on the Firewall
• Managed Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager with 300 users
• Created and assigned Group policies in the domain
• Batch scripting, pushing the installs silently over the network
• Setting up VPN, Routers and Switches and upgrading it, troubleshooting
• Efficiently writing PowerShell scripts for automating task as to get a report of what the mailbox size, is, last time logged on to computer, last time changed password, etc.
• Installed Network Printers and managed troubleshooting
• Handled troubleshooting Servers, Outlook, fax server notifications, printer, computers
• (Windows and MAC), VOIP Phones, Repadmin, Replsum, DCDiag, LAN/WAN issues
• Capturing packets, analyzing them using Wireshark

Environment: Exchange Server 2003, 07, 10.

NETWORK SECURITY INTERN

Confidential, Chicago

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and pinned down the infringer (downloading movies, songs, TV shows from school network.)
• Handled connectivity issues promptly
• Build a dual connected edge router network using Cisco 2621 running iBGP
• Configured Cisco 2500 series, security features used are EIGRP, BGP, VLAN and NAT
• Presentation for freshman’s on securing data on their laptops, tablets, iPhones, etc.
• Conducted research on Network Security concepts like creating and securing the network by assigning IP addresses, Network Hardware Exploration

Environment: Exchange Server 2003, 07, 10, Cisco 2600 series