SUMMARY:

• Seeking a challenging and rewarding opportunity with an organization of repute which recognizes my true potential and effectively utilizes/ nurtures my excellent analytical and technical skills in Windows Server 2003, Exchange Server, SAN, EMC, Cluster, Redhat Linux with a technology oriented organization.
• A technocrat with around 11 years of experience in Systems (Windows Server 2003, Exchange Server, Trend Micro Anti - Virus, Clariion Series Dell/EMC Storage, Redhat Linux ES 5.0, Microsoft) out of them I have 16 months of overseas experience.
• An effective communicator with exceptional relationship management skills with the ability to relate to people at any level of business and management.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Project Management Team Management Training/Development Customer Support Management Partners/Clients Quality Analysis Planning & Execution Business Development Confidential Achiever Client Management Effective Systems Deployment

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Storage: Dell/EMC CLRiiON Series CX-300, CX3-10C (A complete hardware’s installation to configuration through Navisphere and connectivity to Linux and Microsoft Servers through power path and multi pathing. HBA cards used Emulex and Qlogic. Created zones in SAN switch Brocade Silkworm. Implemented Two nodes Cluster on Linux for mail server and windows 2k3 for MS SQL Server 2005.

Linux: Sendmail, Qmail, Spamassassain, Clamd, AIDE, DNS, POP, IMAP, DNS, LVM, Samba, Squid, Apache, NFS, Squirrel Mail, Horde.

Microsoft: Windows 2003 Server, AD, IIS, DNS and Troubleshooting

Control Panel: Plesk and Cpannel

Management and Monitoring: Kaseya (Patch management, script execution and monitoring)

Anti Virus: Trend Micro Neat suite II

DB &Language: SQL Server 2005, MySql

Proxy: Blue coat and ISA Server 2006

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 7.0/8.0 Cells, Profiles, Nodes, Job Manager, Deployment Manager, Vertical and Horizontal Clustering design, IP Sprayer, Topologies selection and designing

Disaster Recovery solutions like: FalconStor CDP, VMWare SRM, EMC RecoverPoint CDP, Novel PlateSpin etc.

WAN Optimization solutions like: Riverbed, F5 etc.

SEO: Search Engine Optimization

CAREER FEATURES:

Infrastructure Architect- Team Leader

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Server/Network architecture and operations, protocols and operations.
• Translate business goals into infrastructure guidelines and standards.
• Infrastructure management, server and network management.
• Creating and peer reviewing infrastructure designs and deliverables.
• Working closely with different teams, like app teams, storage, security, database, network, EDMs etc. to analyze application behavior and making infrastructure recommendations.
• Articulating IT infrastructure to the business and building strong relationship with clients and vendors.
• Worked on creating Application Security Standards, Infrastructure Standards, Information Security Standards, and Enterprise Security Standards.
• Knowledge of DR & BCP.
• Understanding business requirements, and interacting with stakeholders by providing different environments (Dev/APT/Staging/Production).
• Developing and Monitoring the organization's technology architecture and future technology vision and identifying, implementing and monitoring best practices for the technology architecture.
• Follow-ups with various teams and keeping inventory system up to date.
• Supporting IP Address and Hostname management.
• Creating and updating Technical Architects which display the current infrastructure layout and application behavior and its dependencies.
• Working on Microsoft Visio for network designing. Integrated Visio and SharePoint 2010 for auto-updating technical architects.
• Sound knowledge of VMWare products like vCenter, Lab Manager etc.
• Sufficient exposure of Amazon EC2 including VPC, Storage etc.
• Created technical design of Microsoft RDS, SCOM, SCCM etc. for implementation

System Engineer and SEO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Exchange Server 2007 policies and PowerShell
• Transition from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007
• Managing and Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange 2003.
• Active Directory Designing (includes Placing of domain controllers and configuring trees and child)
• Transferring of Active Directory FSMO roles
• Designing Active Directory by using OUs and Global Catalogs
• Planning and Designing Exchange Server 2003 environment (includes coexistence with Exchange Server 2000)
• Designing and deploying Exchange Server Public folders.
• Designing Windows Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 security
• Website Management through Plesk and Cpanel
• Configuring and Troubleshooting DNS/BIND Servers.
• Configuring and Handling Microsoft Exchange Server and Sendmail.
• Website hosting in Apache/IIS Server.
• Managing SQL Server 2005
• Up-gradation from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2007
• Designing and Creating trusts between two different forests
• Monitoring and Managing clients through Kaseya Software

Confidential

Systems Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Extensive overseas experience in implementation of a new ISP cum data centre apart from a new data centre for Dar Rowad School.
• Independently installed hardware & configured the SAN EMC/Dell CX300 along with CX310c with access to 5 and 8 servers respectively using Power Path of Linux and Windows.
• Successfully implemented two nodes cluster on windows & installed MS SQL Server 2005 on it & two nodes cluster on ES 5.0 RHEL for Third Party Mailing Solution Regal mail.
• Involved in implementation of DNS on Linux as Master and Slave DNS server.
• Primary and secondary DNS for 7i ISP on ES 5.0 Redhat Linux
• Plesk on windows and Linux for web hosting and mailing solution
• A complete Trendmicro Anti-Virus solution
• Microsoft solution Active Directory, IIS, DNS and DHCP
• Wall Screen Planner (cabling to configuration of its two servers)
• Nagios, Orion and OP manager monitoring tool
• Interacted & actively participated in discussions with clients and vendors while co-ordinating for 7i Solutions.
• Planning and Designing Windows Server 2003 roles and its backup strategies.
• Implementation, administration and troubleshooting SQL Server 2005
• Planning and Designing of Disaster Recovery of Windows Server and Exchange Server

Confidential

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managing and Handling Windows Server 2003/2000
• Implementation and Troubleshooting Exchange Server 2000/2003 working on Active Directory and its backup
• Configuring and Managing and DNS, IIS, DHCP
• Migration from IIS5.0 to IIS 6.0.
• Handling of SQL Server 2000/2003 and its administration
• Planning and Designing of SQL Server Backup and Restoration of database and log files.
• Planning and Designing of SQL Server connectivity with other database servers like, MS Access and others.
• Up-gradation from Windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2003
• Designing and placement of Windows Active Directory Roles
• Planning and Designing of Disaster Recovery of Windows Server and Exchange Server

Confidential

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing and configuring Windows Server 2000.
• Managing Active Directory and using Group Policies
• Handling of SQL Server 2000
• Working on DNS, IIS, DHCP, RIS
• Backup and Restoration of Window Server 2003
• Troubleshooting problems related to Windows Workstations
• Managing and handling of Linux-based servers