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Active Directory Engineer Resume

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Dallas, TX

SUMMARY

  • 20 years experience administrating and configuring Windows, UNIX and Novell Networks.
  • Experienced Systems Administrator, Project Manager using a variety of Quest migration tool and other Quest System applications.
  • These applications include but are not limited to Quest tools of Active Roles Server, Message Stats, Archive Manager, Domain Migration Wizard for NT, Change Auditor for Active Directory, InTrust, Migration Manager for Active Directory, Migration Manager for Exchange, Recovery Manager for AD, and Recovery Manager for Exchange.
  • This also includes upgrading users from older Windows Operating systems to current Windows Operating systems.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Active Roles Server
  • Message Stats
  • Archive Manager
  • Domain Migration Wizard for NT
  • Change Auditor for Active Directory
  • InTrust
  • Migration Manager for Active Directory
  • Migration Manager for Exchange
  • Recovery Manager for AD
  • Recovery Manager for Exchange.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Active Directory Engineer

Responsibilities:

  • Managed service now ticket queue for Ad Security
  • Did technical troubleshooting to remedy Group Membership after Domain consolation
  • Did technical troubleshooting to take care of duplicate Groups after Domain consolation
  • Wrote and verified powershell scripts to gather information and edit information for the Domain consolation

Confidential - Dallas, TX

Senior Active Directory Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Reviewed Active Directory structure and made recommendations for changes to follow Microsoft best practices
  • Managed Group Polices, Security groups, and file shares for Trinity enterprise
  • Used Operating System Deployment (OSD) module of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to create automated server builds
  • Migrated legacy Windows 2000/2003 servers to Windows 2008/2012
  • Did prep work for up grading enterprise from Active Directory 2008 to 2012
  • Did prep work for up grading enterprise from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013
  • Implemented Active Directory 2012 into the enterprise
  • Configured Quest Active Roles workflows for implementation into the enterprise
  • Created Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) queries in System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
  • Created SCCM server baselines to secure all enterprise servers to remedy finding in a security audit
  • Configured Quick Connect tool to sync passwords and AD attributes for 18 different European domains and one North American domain
  • Provided support to troubleshoot connectivity between domains and any other issues wif the passwords and AD attributes sync

Confidential

GroupWise to Office 365 Subject Matter Expert

Responsibilities:

  • Configured Quest Migrator for GroupWise on two 2008 R2 servers
  • Configured Quest Coexistence Manager for GroupWise on two 2012 R2 servers
  • Ran Migration for 5,000 mailboxes from Novell GroupWise 2012 to Office 365
  • Ran migration for 5,000 users from Novell NDS to Microsoft ADS
  • Ran Coexistence From Legacy GroupWise 2012 to target Office 365 environment
  • Provided free/busy lookups
  • Ensured accurate calendar scheduling, including custom recurring meetings
  • Synchronized directories between platforms
  • Provided After Migration Support

Confidential

Windows 7 Deployment Site Lead and Project Manager

Responsibilities:

  • Created and documented process to rollout Windows 7 into the Confidential Enterprise
  • Managed and administrated Operating System Deployment (OSD) module of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) through System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2012 to create automated desktop builds
  • Gathered requirements for desktop applications used by Business Units and worked wif Deskside Support to create automated SCCM installation packages
  • Managed and created deployment plan for three major sites in the Confidential Enterprise by matching up resources, users, and dates.
  • Managed resources so the Project remained in budget and followed critical chain project management
  • Implemented Change Management process so any Project changes could be documented and properly added to the Project plan
  • Managed teams of deployment Technicians at three major sites in the Confidential Enterprise
  • Administrated project SharePoint site to make sure all documents were current and correct access was given
  • Deployed over 18,000 PCs over the Confidential Enterprise
  • Used Microsoft SharePoint to maintain complete deployment list and asset tracking.
  • Did Post Deployment troubleshooting

Confidential

NDS Migration Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Responsibilities:

  • Viewed current Login scripts and created design to organize and streamline Login scripts going forward
  • Created Visual Basic (VB) script dat captured current login drive mapping so dat it could be documented and a database created so users knew wat their old drive mappings were versus the file locations post migration.
  • Created plan on using Distributed File Systems (DFS) in the new Windows 2008 environment.
  • Migrated 1.5GB worth of data from 20 Novell servers to a new SAN Windows environment.

Confidential - Sacramento, CA

Netware Directory Services Migration Project Manager

Responsibilities:

  • Created site pre-migration checklist so dat each site know wat had to be completed prior to migration and when it needed to be completed
  • Ran meeting of all Site leads to cover status of pre-migration checklist to make sure dat sites were ready for the day of migration
  • Created and documented process to migrate Adventist Health from Novell NDS to Active Directory.
  • Made sure group membership was correctly synced before each site was migrated
  • Used Microsoft Project to keep track of project plan
  • Moved directories and files from Novell NDS to a Windows DFS structure
  • Was back up for the Migration process from Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange.
  • Configured Migration servers dat ran off a VMware version 4 platform
  • Configured Active Directory File servers to handle conversation of file data from Netware servers to Active Directory servers
  • Verified configuration of 32 Windows 2003/2008 servers and taught Microsoft best practices to Steady State team for post migration administration
  • Implemented and configured Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 servers and troubleshot all issues wif Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 servers
  • Managed day to day operations of AD and Exchange environment for 4 months until steady state took over.
  • Configured and maintained Powershell scripts dat were used during the exchange migration.
  • Created Office 365 Test lab

Confidential

Exchange Migration Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

  • Allocated and coordinated work for technical migration team.
  • Reviewed and validated overtime requests and helped Project Manager balance workload to minimize overtime.
  • Attended client meetings to represent technical team and was considered technical expert to answer client questions and take care of client concerns.
  • Did technical task planning, management and updating of the project plan
  • Ran migration of 30,000+ users from Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange 2007 using the quest migration tool.
  • Ran migration of 30,000+ users from Novell Netware to Microsoft Active Directory 2003 using the quest migration tool.
  • Created documentation and ran demo of Self Service Desktop Migration tool so end users could migrate their GroupWise archives and access them through the Outlook client.
  • Implemented and configured Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 servers and troubleshot all issues wif Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 servers
  • Created Documentation so dat Steady State teams know how to run the new environment and to see wat the migration team was doing during the migration.
  • Was project lead for the Active Directory portion of Project to include deployment of Migration tool servers and making sure all ports were open to make sure migration was successful
  • Created build sheets to build varies VMware version 4 servers.
  • Troubleshot any issue dat came up wif the Target Active Directory servers
  • Verified configuration of 64 Windows 2003/2008 servers and taught Microsoft best practices to Steady State team for post migration administration
  • Troubleshot any routing issues between The GroupWise e-mail system and Exchange e-mail system.
  • Managed day to day operations of AD and Exchange environment for 1 year until steady state took over.
  • Used Microsoft Project Server to keep track of all project tasks
  • Configured and maintained Powershell scripts dat were used during the exchange migration.

Confidential

Migration Project Manager

Responsibilities:

  • Implemented and configured Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 servers and troubleshot all issues wif Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 servers
  • Implemented and configured Microsoft Exchange 2010 servers and troubleshot all issues wif Microsoft Exchange 2010 servers
  • Was in charge of day to day operations of all Microsoft infrastructure servers until handover from migration team to steady state team.
  • Managed test planning and executed schedules and activities for multiple simultaneous projects across multiple time zones.
  • Estimated and forecasted test and acceptance requirements, resource requirements and timelines.
  • Prepared test and acceptance schedules, plans, and procedures for approved network infrastructure upgrade projects. Ensured on-time delivery of the project’s technical deliverables (me.e. Acceptance Test Plan, Test Reports, etc.)
  • Monitored test and acceptance progress across all projects in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany and Southeast Asia and provided regular reports to management.
  • Oversaw network security penetration testing by network security personnel.
  • Used and configured Quest tools of Active Roles Server, Message Stats, Archive Manager, Domain Migration Wizard for NT, Change Auditor for Active Directory, InTrust, Migration Manager for Active Directory, Migration Manager for Exchange, Recovery Manager for AD, and Recovery Manager for Exchange
  • Configured and administrated both the SCCM and SCOM servers to monitor the network and do asset tracking
  • Verified configuration of EMC Storage Area Network (SAN) to include Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) levels
  • Verified configuration of VMware ESX version 4 servers before building varies infrastructure servers on top of VMware servers
  • Worked closely wif Migration Manager to create migration Timeline, and migration plan.
  • Worked closely wif Transition Lead to create and manage documentation so administration of new Active Directory structure moved smoothly from Migration team to the ready state provider.
  • Worked wif local IT point of contacts to gather discovery information and properly document it so accurate information is included in migration plan
  • Ran and Documented Emergency migration using Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) and Powershell script commands.
  • Tested Applications to make sure they worked in the new Windows 7 environment and dat the access back to the legacy domain worked
  • Created Process to rollout Windows 7 into the Rolls Royce environment
  • Tested configuration of Infrastructure Servers to include Active Directory Domain Controllers, PKI servers, Exchange, and Active Directory Federation Services
  • Managed day to day operations of AD and Exchange environment for 8 months until steady state took over.
  • Configured and maintained Powershell scripts dat were used during the exchange migration.
  • Edited Visual Basic scripts dat were used as logon scripts in both legacy and new domains
  • Made sure SQL server cluster was able to run legacy crystal reports dat were created in house

Confidential

Senior PC Deployment Subject Matter Expert

Responsibilities:

  • Created Windows 7 Deployment Images using Norton Ghost Both for Desktop and Notebook deployment.
  • Migrated user data for upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7.
  • Troubleshot and corrected all errors wif rollout process.

Confidential - Columbus, OH

E-mail Migration Subject Matter Expert

Responsibilities:

  • Ran migration of 5,000+ users from Lotus Notes version 7 to Microsoft Exchange 2010 using the quest migration tool.
  • Ran Coexistence Manager for Notes during the migration so both mail systems could operate at the same time.
  • Ran migration of 5,000+ users from Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange 2010 using the quest migration tool.
  • Ran upgrade of multiple users from Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007 to Microsoft Exchange 2010 using the Microsoft upgrade tool.
  • Used Powershell Scripting to post migration cleanup

Confidential - Boston, MA

Senior Systems Administrator/Migration Quality Assurance Officer

Responsibilities:

  • Validated Lotus Notes to Exchange migration process so dat users were properly migrated using the Quest migration tool.
  • Validated Novell Netware to Active Directory File migration so dat users and files were properly migrated using the Quest migration tool.
  • Validated setup of Coexistence Manager for Notes during the migration so both mail systems could operate at the same time
  • Validated Windows 7 deployment Image to comply wif security setting and all local groups polices.
  • Created test scripts for the Windows 7 Deployment for functional testing, integration testing, in preparation for user pilots.
  • Work wif the QA Manager, Project Manager and Technical Lead to facilitate effective defect/issue resolution and closure process
  • Validated Lotus Noted to SharePoint File migration so dat users and files were properly migrated
  • Was Subject Matter Expert on System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 configurations and installation
  • Implemented and configured Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 servers and troubleshot all issues wif Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 servers

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

  • Used, implemented and configured all Confidential Tech virtual Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 servers using VMware ESX\Virtualization Technologies (v4.1)
  • Oversaw transition from a multi site server farm based network to an Hp/Unix SAN based network
  • Implemented, installed, configured, and evaluated existing Citrix Presentation servers (v4.0)
  • Implemented and documented all Group Policies and the effective use of them.
  • Responsible for integration of user workstations, wif Microsoft Windows server operating systems and Active Directory.
  • Provided support to site-managed technical staff regarding system administration and usage.
  • Directed efforts of technicians who are involved in diagnosing and correcting system related failures and performing system management activities; determined logical solutions to complex system administration and application problems.
  • Documented the existing infrastructure and changes accordingly.
  • Implemented Microsoft’s best practices as they relate to the organization.
  • Used MDT to customize Windows 7 and XP image based on department and site location
  • Was Subject Matter Expert on System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 configurations and installation
  • Managed day to day operations of AD and Exchange environment for over 7500 users and mailboxes

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