SUMMARY

• Over 12 Years experience in System Administration/Application Packaging on Windows 2000, Windows NT 3.51/4.0, Windows XP Professional and Vista, Windows 7/10
• Experience in automating the applications for Software distribution using SMS Installer, Installshield AdminStudio 5.5,6.0,7.0,8.0,8.6,9.0,10.0,11.0 and Wise Package Studio 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x
• Proficient in Installation, Administration and migrations from Windows NT 3.51, 4.0, Window 2008/2012 server.
• Experience in using Transforms (MST), Patches (MSP) and Merge Modules.
• Good Experience working on Wise for Windows Installer, Wise Package Studio 4.x/ 5.0/6.0/6.1/7.0/8.0 , Wininstall.
• Good Knowledge of Windows Registry, File System, Services, Devices, Security, Windows 2000 Active directory services and other facets of NT4 and 2000.
• Experience Working on Filemon, Regmon, and InCtrl tools for Debugging.
• Experience in using Windows Installer SDK development tools like Orca to work with MSI’s and debugging for package review/cleanup.
• Worked on Silent installs using switches for automated installations.
• Experienced working on Microsoft Products like Microsoft Visual Studio, .NET, Worked on Oracle Clients, SQL Servers and in - house applications.
• Worked on VB, WMI, C, Perl Scripts for customizing applications.
• Experience in Windows Registry and File System Security, Windows 2008 Active directory services.
• Experience working on Deployment tools like Novell, SMS, SCCM 2007/2012, Altiris 7.6/8.1

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000Server/Professional, Windows NT Server 4.0 and Workstation, Novell Netware, UNIX, Windows Vista. Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 10

Packaging Tools: Wise Package Studio 4.x/5.x/6x/7x/8x, Install Shield AdminStudio 3.x/ 5.5/6.0/7.0/8.0/8.6/9.0/10.0/11.0 Wise for Windows Installer, SMS Installer

Application Virtualization Tools: App-V(Softgrid), VmWare Thinapp

Deployment Tools: Novell ZenWorks, SMS, SCCM 2007/2012, Altiris CMS 7.6, Active Directory

Languages: Java 1.2, C,C++, HTML, ASP and V.B 6.0

Databases: Oracle 7.x/8.0, MS Access, Sql Server

Scripting Tools: VBScript, WMI Script, JavaScript and Perl. Wise Scripting, Winbatch, Powershell, Dos Batch Scripting

Protocols: TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, PPP/SLIP

Backup Tools: CA's ArcServe IT 6.6x/2000, VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows NT and 2000 edition

Desktop Security Tools: Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), Safeboot, MS Bitlocker

GUI: Visual Interdev 6.0, Developer 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Norristown, PA

Sr Systems/Deployment/EUC Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed Application remediation using MS ACT toolkit part of ADK for Win 10 and created Windows Installer setup packages (.MSIs) on Windows 7 32 bit/10 64 bit platform involving around 500 applications and modified the MSIs using Installshield/Flexera AdminStudio 2016.
• Created Windows 10 64 bit images using MDT toolkit to streamline and automate imaging process.
• Configured Windows 10 images in MDT by using task sequences to inject drivers and applications and windows configurations.
• Used Active Directory and Group Policy platform for creating GPO’s and security groups for OS hardening.
• Performed Level 3 troubleshooting for user based tickets/issues using tools such as Service Now.
• Used Altiris 8.1 as the endpoint administration tool for patching, deploying application packages, inventory and reporting using custom sql queries.
• Involved in project implementation for conversion/migration from Altiris to SCCM.
• Packaged/Configured/Deployed Office 365/Office 2016 thru Cloud based model and legacy installation.
• Used App-V 5.1 to virtualize and stream applications utilizing the sequencer tool.
• Performed upgrades for virtualized applications by utilizing various upgrading strategies in App-V.
• Dynamically linked virtualized applications with their dependencies such as middlewares and plug-ins by utilizing connection groups.
• Performed debugging by adding tools such as cmd shell and regedit in the virtual layer and also utilized various 3rd party debugging tools to edit and debug virtual files and registries.

Environment: Windows 7/10, Installshield /Flexera AdminStudio 2016, MDT, Altiris 8.1, SCCM, Office 365, ServiceNow, Active Directory, APP-V 5.1.

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

Sr Application Packager

Responsibilities:

• Created Windows Installer setup packages (.MSIs) on Windows 7/10 64 bit platform involving around 1000 applications and modified the MSIs using Installshield/Flexera AdminStudio 2015.
• Leveraged Windows Analytics tool (part of Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS)) to perform application remediation and readiness for Windows 10 migration project.
• Used the workflow tool in Adminstudio to document each step/phase during the software packaging development process and advance it to the next stage in the software development lifecycle.
• Created virtual packages using VMWare Thinapp 5.1 to be streamed as entry points in Citrix and also deployed them as msi packages natively for desktops using SCCM 2012 R2.
• Created and tested application packages using VMware VDIO environment.
• Used SCCM 2012 as a deployment tool to deploy packages to over 50,000 users nationally using distribution points across multiple primary and secondary sites spread across the US.
• Used SCCM 2012 to create packages, programs, collections and advertisements using the new Application Catalog and Software Center model for deployments in SCCM 2012.

Environment: Windows 7/10, Installshield /Flexera AdminStudio 2015, VMWare VDIO, SCCM 2012 R2, VMWare ThinApp 5.1

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Sr Altiris Administrator/Sr Application Packager

Responsibilities:

• Created Windows Installer setup packages (.MSIs) on Windows 7 64 bit platform using Installshield 2016/Flexera AdminStudio 12.
• Published application packages on Citrix Xenapp servers.
• Created virtualized applications using App-V 5.0/5.1 sequencer.
• Created and managed connection groups in App-V for managing plug-ins, middleware and dependencies.
• Deployed App-V files using Altiris.
• Troubleshooted App-V files using various third party debugging tools.
• Performed and applied updates and patches to App-V packages using different updating techniques in App-V sequencer.
• Deployed over 500 application packages using Altiris CMS/SMP 7.6 by creating software releases and bundling them into managed software products in the software catalog using Altiris’s software management framework.
• Used Wise scripts, Powershell, Dos batch scripts, VB scripts to create wrappers and automate installs.
• Installed, configured and used Altiris/Symantec’s Deployment Solution 7.5 SP1 to capture and deploy images.
• Installed, configured and used Altiris CMS 7.6 patch management solution to distribute patches.
• Migrated computer systems from one OS to another using PC transplant.
• Installed and configured hierarchy and replication by implementing 1 parent Notification Server (NS)/SMP and 4 child NS/SMP’s.
• Used the Symantec management console to create jobs and tasks, filters and targets and Organizational views and groups.
• Leveraged the SMC console to implement managed software delivery policies in the organization for standard applications like SEP, MS office and Adobe Products.
• Implemented and configured Security roles and scopes by assigning privileges and permissions to folder structures in Organizational views and groups.
• Installed and configured Site servers for package, task and NBS services.
• Configured, installed and distributed Symantec management agents and plug-ins to hundreds of site servers and to over 50,000 endpoints in the organization.
• Created and configured custom reports for multiple resources in the environment using sql query builder and leveraged IT analytics/Cubes for report analysis. Also leveraged the built-in standard reports available in the SMC console.
• Installed and configured the Cloud Enabled Management feature (CeM) by creating the SMP internet gateway in the DMZ.
• Used Inventory solution to gather inventory from managed computers.
• Remotely managed endpoints thru the SMC console by leveraging integrated plug-ins for 3rd party software like XVUE, Bomgar, Dameware, MS RDP etc.

Environment: Windows 7/10, Installshield 2016/Flexera AdminStudio 12, VMware Workstation 10, Altiris CMS/SMP 7.6, Powershell, Citrix Xenapp, App-V 5.0/5.1

Confidential

Sr Application Packager

Responsibilities:

• Created Windows Installer setup packages (.MSIs) on Windows 7 64 bit platform involving around 750 applications and modified the MSIs using Installshield 2012 Spring/Flexera AdminStudio 11.5 SP1.
• Created application packages using VMware Workstation 9 to be packaged and distributed to hundreds of VDI’s on VMware Vsphere ESX servers.
• Used SCCM 2012 as a deployment tool to deploy packages to over 5,000 users nationally using distribution points across multiple primary and secondary sites spread across the US.
• Used SCCM 2012 to create packages, programs, collections and advertisements using the new Application Catalog and Software Center model for deployments in SCCM 2012.

Environment: Windows 7, Installshield 2012 Spring/Flexera AdminStudio 11.5 SP1, VMware workstation 9, VMware Vsphere ESX server VDI’s, SCCM 2012.