SUMMARY:

• Highly motivated systems administrator with 6+ years hands - on experience in a Red hat Linux environment, Microsoft server environment and cloud computing. With good knowledge of Firewalls and routers. Experience configuring, monitoring, upgrading and maintaining systems hardware, software and related infrastructure. Motivated, enthusiastic, and pro-active System/Network Administrator with an excellent 'can-do' attitude.
• Excellent hands on experience on the OpenStack cloud and implementation.
• Expertise in Openstack services such as Horizon, Keystone, Nova, Neutron, Glance, Cinder, Ceilometer and Swift.
• Over a year experience on AWS cloud technologies.
• Participated in on-call rotation and excellent communication skill and a team player.
• Experience in Virtualization Technology; installing, configuring VMware vSphere 4/5/6. Creation, management, administration and maintenance of virtual servers and clients Good experience in setting up of RAID0, RAID1 (mirroring) and RAID5 for data redundancy.
• Experience on Storage provisioning LUN creation, Zoning, Masking, Mapping
• Proficiency in advanced features of ESX/ESXi, Storage VMotion, HA, DRS, VMware VCenter Converter, Update Manager and concepts of SRM.
• Expertise in creating Client VM Templates, Cloning and managing VM Snapshots.
• Configuration, Installation and troubleshoot of windows server 2008,2012, Exchange server, TMG, system center, Office 365.
• Monitor SCCM infrastructure for errors and troubleshoot for resolution.
• Responsible for troubleshooting SCCM 2012 server issues and SCOM issues, including disaster recovery, server performance, SMS site health, and software deployments.
• Knowledge in Security software such as Anti-virus, Anti-SPAM, Anti-Spyware, Sandboxing, IDS, IPS, and other security related technologies
• Installation of network Devices like Switches, routers, firewalls and Aps
• Experience on Firewalls, Fortinet, CISCO, Dell sonicwall and Paloalto firewalls.
• Knowledge of 802.1q VLANs and working within industry best practices
• Knowledge in application transport and network infrastructure protocols (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, CIFS, LDAP, and Microsoft AD), and possess an understanding of how to support these applications / protocols when accessed through VPN and firewall appliances.
• Experienced in deploying, troubleshooting, and reporting Microsoft patches using SCCM and WSUS in a mid-scale environment.
• Knowledge of task sequence creation, software distribution, collection concepts, Monitoring clients, supporting Endpoint protection within SCCM.
• Deploying Windows images using SCCM and creating Group Policy authoring, deployment, troubleshooting and reporting.
• Experienced in configuration of DNS, NIS, NFS, LDAP, SAMBA, Sendmail, FTP, remote access on Linux

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Server: Microsoft Server 2008/2012, Linux redhat 5,6,7/centos/Ubuntu, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2010/2013 , System Center 2010 (SCEP), SCCM, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Terminal server, IIS, Microsoft Hyper - V, Microsoft SQL Server, Office 365, ADDS, DNS, DHCP, Knowledge of AWS infrastructure, Openstack, VMware ESXi 5.5.0 Server, VMware Infrastructure Client 5.5

Database: Knowledge of Microsoft SQL server, MySQL, Pervasive SQL, apache

Platforms:: Experience in Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2, Microsoft Windows Xp, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Mac OSX, Linux, VMware vSphere

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SCCM Specialist

Confidential, Norcross, Georgia

• Expert level knowledge of Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) deployment, administration, configuration, troubleshooting, & maintenance
• Knowledge in MDT and SCCM(capturing images (.wim), creating packages, advertisements, task sequences, operating system deployment (OSD) and queries.
• Troubleshooting SCCM issues for OSD deployment in new devices as well as old devices and injected driver packages and created powershell scripts.
• Capability in supporting a global Active Directory (AD) infrastructure with several thousand users in a mixed Windows and UNIX environment
• Worked with SCCM to create collections, packages, advertisements and deployed software packages. Has customized the applications and also automated all SCCM Console activities using VB Script and PowerShell 4.0
• In-depth knowledge of SCCM client installation, software distribution, remote control, and other SCCM issues
• Extensive knowledge of Active Directory, Security Groups, OU's, Managing Shared Resources, Account Management (Creation, Deletion, Maintenance), and GPO validation/management/implementation
• Responsible for troubleshooting SCCM 2012 server issues and SCCM 2012 operational issues, including disaster recovery, server performance, SMS site health, and software deployments
• Configured windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 Operating System Deployment (OSD) for more than 800 users within the organization.

System support

Confidential, Hunt Valley, MD

• Installed Deployed OS in more than 400 new Desktops and Laptops.
• Troubleshooting of old networks system and PCs within the organizations.
• Supported to installed new IT infrastructure within the organizations.
• Migrated all the official and personal data from old system to new system by creating powershell and batch scripts.
• Provided support, installation of organization’s system applications, and upgrades of all applications and software’s.
• Installed and maintained Computer Software and setting of Workstations and managing of IT assets like routers, switches, printers.

System Administrator

Confidential

• Strategized, planned, and created several specific method of procedures (SMOP) for the deployment and migrations of Exchange and Office 365.
• Installed SCCM infrastructure and configured System center endpoint protection for more than 400 client PCs.
• Deployed OS and application by creating task sequence through PXE boot and USB flash drives.
• Created schedule for applying windows patches or security updates in all servers by creating powershell scripts and batch file.
• Created task for security updates and application updates and installed remotely by pushing in each computer through SCCM.
• Monitored and protected every pc of an organization through SCCM and SCEP and updating in daily basis for up-to-date security.
• Identified and created operational efficiency within the server team utilizing ITIL methodology.
• Solving incident management, change management problems.
• Managed global configuration for Microsoft Exchange server 2010.
• Configured, Managed, and troubleshot remote e-mail access using Outlook.
• Managed messaging and directory services technologies, including: LDAP (Active Directory), DHCP, DNS, SMTP, Internet.
• Performed daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
• Performed daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
• Created and performed backup of policies and Rules in Firewall.
• Creating multiple VLAN with cisco switch to manage network within the organizations.
• Configured SSL VPN with fiortinet to access securely to the organization network for remote users.
• Installed and monitored administering and monitoring tools such as Nagios.
• Managed entire IT infrastructure of an organization and designing of infrastructure using Microsoft visio.
• Provided hardware, Network support, installation of client’s system application, and upgrades of all applications and software’s.

IT Specialist

Confidential

• Provided hardware, Network support, installation of organization’s system applications, and upgrades of all applications.
• Supported 400+ users in multi-server and multi-platform LAN/WAN environment.
• Patch and package administration for installation of patches as per the company policy and installation of packaged application.
• Installed and maintained Computer Software and setting of Workstations and managing of IT assets like routers, switches, printers.
• Installed Active directory server, DNS server, DHCP server, managing users and creating rules/policies in Microsoft windows server 2008 as well as 2003 and 2012 platform.
• Managed IT security by keeping daily backups, preventing routers and firewalls from internal or external threats.
• Configured and implemented DHCP, DNS, SAMBA installation and configuration on different platforms in heterogeneous Network environment.
• Installed and maintained network infrastructure within the office.
• Managed team to provide solutions of users’ daily problems and maintaining daily problem log sheet.