SUMMARY:

• A result oriented and performance driven IT Professional looking forward for an awesome work environment that is mentally stimulating filled with talented people and provides opportunities to utilize technical skills and have a successful career.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Active Directory | Citrix XAXD | VMware | Windows Servers | SCOM | Office 365 | Exchange 2010,2013,2016 | SCVMM | SCCM | Linux+ | Veeam Backups | Barracuda Backups| DELL, HP, IBM Servers | iLO, iDRAC, XClarity | Azure | AWS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Infrastructure Consultant

Confidential

• Worked for managed service provider, reviewed onboarding of client assessment and added Risks and Recommendations
• Built and configured various servers manufactured by Dell, HP and Compaq which includes RAID configuration and BIOS setup. Installed and configured Widows Server 2016 and Server 2019 as per requirements
• Replaced and upgraded HP, Dell, IBM and Compaq servers hardware components like RAM, HDD and PCI cards
• Installed, Configured and Managed VMware servers ESXi 6.5 using vCenter and DCUI
• Setup critical servers on the other site during scheduled power outage on one site using vCenter
• Pushed ios/windows apps with Intune Azure, MDM
• Configured DFS replication between two sites
• Configured Journaling of Exchange server Mailbox, after creating a new database on a new drive
• Provisioned a LUN to ESXi host
• Updated HP firmware on clustered ESXi hosts, using VUM and software update profile
• Installed Barracuda device, configured backup jobs, backup schedules and retention policies
• Installed SQL Server on a physical IBM host after configuring RAID
• Configured RDS Server on ESXi - session host, connection broker, gateway and web interface
• Configured web server
• Decommissioned old Domain Controllers after installing new Domain Controllers with latest OS
• Installed and configured Veeam backup server backup jobs, retention policies and schedules
• Created tenant in Azure, created resource group, virtual network, golden image, storage account, created network security group, associalted subnets with it, created 2 DCs with availability sets
• Created file server, print server and utility server in Azure
• Did hybrid migration of office 365 using hybrid migration wizard, after installing AD sync
• Configured Synology and then replicated backups from on premises to cloud
• Migrated file servers, print servers and web servers
• Worked on Active Directory security project(IT security improvements)
• Upgraded whole environment of 28 servers to windows server 2019 from windows server 2008 R2
• Setup sinology NAS with RAID 6 storage and backed up VMs from Vmware to NAS Synology
• Migration FRS to DFSR Replication of SYSVOL folder from Server 2008 to Server 2019
• Added servers to regular Veeam backups to backup whole infrastructure
• Pushed clients using SEPM after migrating the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager server to new Operating System
• Configured changes of Windows based servers (2012/2016/2019 ), Active Directory administration, IIS and Windows Cluster.
• Installed and maintained servers, storage, configuring operating systems, and applying service packs and configuring and monitoring alerts.
• Capacity planning to ensure that all applications have enough resources to fully meet client/project requirements.
• Implemented of Windows Server High Availability in the environment
• Remote administration & Support of servers and Clients.
• Patch Management with patches, client upgrades, OS upgrades, applications packaging and deployment
• Created change management tickets in Service Now ticketing system.

System Administrator

Confidential

• Developed Active Directory group policies and deployed them on specified Organization Units
• Managed and Restricted users access to shared resources as required in Active Directory 2008
• Managed and supported Windows Active Directory 2008, BES 5/6/10, MS Exchange 2010, Print and File Servers
• Managed AD including Create, Delete and disable Active Directory 2008 objects and MS exchange 2010 mailboxes
• Configured shared resources and Print shares using Active Directory Group Policy
• Managed and supported Print Servers, File Servers, DNS servers and DHCP, LAN, vLAN and WAN
• Managed and Supported McAfee Anti-Spam and Antivirus server, ePO Server and clients
• Deployed packages to work stations, managed servers and workstations using Landesk Management Suit 9.5
• Installed and configured IIS web server in MS Server 2008 R2 and MS server 2012 R2
• Monitor network and servers event logs and generated performance reports

IT Infrastructure Analyst

Confidential

• Supported Microsoft Windows 2008/2012 R2 Server Active Directory objects and resources for 2500 users
• Managed and configured MS File System Security and MS Distribute File System
• Created email accounts on exchange server through active directory
• Supported Windows 2000/XP, Linux and MAC systems including installation and configuration
• Created, Removed and Modified Microsoft Exchange email accounts, distribution lists and public folders
• Installed IIS, NNTP, SMTP and ASP windows components to fulfill the prerequisites for MS Exchange Server
• Built and configured various servers manufactured by Dell, HP and Compaq which includes RAID configuration and
• BIOS setup. Installed and configured Widows Server 2003 R2 and Server 2008 R2 as per requirements
• Replaced and upgraded HP, Dell, IBM and Compaq servers hardware components like RAM, HDD and PCI cards
• Installed, Configured and Managed VMware servers using VM Ware server 2 and ESXi 3.5 and managed over 65
• Servers. Managed BES 4.0 and configured blackberry devices. Cloned virtual machines using VMware technology

Information Technology Specialist

Confidential

• Installed and configured Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services on the Domain Controller
• Designed and implemented suitable Active Directory structure in an Active Directory Forest
• Created and managed resources such as setting passwords and for users and computers within a domain through Active Directory
• Deployed new servers and client machines into a domain and configured TCP/IP settings
• Applied policies and permissions to users and computers through group policies in GPMC
• Created and managed v-disks, iSCSI disks and storage spaces on windows servers
• Installed and configured DNS and DHCP roles and troubleshooted any network issues
• Created failover and Network Load Balancing clusters for high availability of the virtual machines
• Created, Configured and managed virtual machines on VMware and Hyper-V
• Created Domain Controllers and Identified and transferring operations master roles
• Configured and initiated Hyper-V replication and live migration and good experience with SAN and NAS storage devices
• Created virtual iSCSI disks storage and deployed images on servers and workstations using MDT

Infrastructure Analyst 

Confidential

• Installed and configured Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services on the Domain Controller
• Designed and implemented suitable Active Directory structure in an Active Directory Forest
• Created and managed resources such as setting passwords and for users and computers within a domain through Active Directory
• Deployed new servers and client machines into a domain and configured TCP/IP settings
• Applied policies and permissions to users and computers through group policies in GPMC
• Created and managed v-disks, iSCSI disks and storage spaces on windows servers
• Installed and configured DNS and DHCP roles and troubleshooted any network issues
• Created failover and Network Load Balancing clusters for high availability of the virtual machines
• Created, Configured and managed virtual machines on VMware and Hyper-V
• Created Domain Controllers and Identifying and transferring operations master roles
• Configured and initiated Hyper-V replication and live migration and good experience with SAN, NAS and DAS storage devices
• Created virtual iSCSI disks storage and deployed images on servers and workstations using MDT
• Provided technical support for laptops and PC's via email, telephone and messaging regarding networking, security, application and hardware issues
• Installed and configured Citrix XAXD - Citrix Server, Virtual Delivery Agent and Citrix receiver
• Configured Delivery Controller, Created delivery groups, machine catalogues and published apps
• Managed and configured Citrix Storefront along with using MCS, PVS to create images
• Optimized, managed and troubleshooted multiple VMware ESXi hosts through VCenter
• Configured vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance settings
• Managed and monitored the performance using vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance
• Managed CPU\Memory resource balancing using VMotion or DRS load balancing clusters
• Managed Storage resource balancing using Storage VMotion, Storage Profiles and Storage DRS
• Created Highly Available virtual machines using HA (high availability) and FT (fault tolerance)
• Configured standard switches for individual ESXi hosts and distributed switches for multiple ESXi hosts on vCenter
• Deployed, managed, troubleshooted mailbox databases, client access services, transport services
• Planned, deployed, and managed an Exchange infrastructure, recipients, and security
• Managed compliance, archiving, eDiscovery, and auditing on the SCOM server for clients, servers
• Implemented and managed coexistence, hybrid scenarios, migration, and federation
• Installed and configured SCOM and SQL infrastructure in the SCOM environment