SUMMARY:

• Over 11 years of experience with a strong background in Designing, Implementing and Managing Multi - Vendor enterprise Infrastructure in a Traditional Datacenter and 3+ years’ experience with Private(Microsoft, VMWare) and AWS Public Cloud.
• Experience in migrating infrastructure to Private and Public Clouds
• Experienced in handling Multi-site Infrastructure and coordinating with supporting Global Teams.
• Experience Implementing ITIL best Practices.Strong Understanding of Change Management Practices.
• Effective Vendor Management, Team Leadership and Mentoring skills
• Implemented Virtualization Infrastructure (Servers, VDI, Private Cloud), infrastructure components (Load Balancers, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, VPN, DNS) and Cloud Services (Amazon EC2, S3, EBS, VPC, RDS,SES, ELB, Auto scaling, Cloud Front, Auto Scaling, IAM, Security Groups etc.).
• Automation through Git, Jenkins and Configuration Management. Effective Vendor Management, Team Leadership and Mentoring skills
• Network Setup and Management, Security Management, Disaster Management, Backup Management, Storage Management, Database, Management, Datacenter Management on Windows, Linux and Virtual Platforms.
• Experience in designing and setup of Fault Tolerant and Redundant models for mission critical applications & services at every stage.
• Well experienced in System and Application Virtualization using VMWare, Hyper - V
• Theoretical knowledge in Requirement gathering, Analysis, Design, Reviews
• Support Diverse environments and Vendors for implementing large Tech refresh Projects.
• Lead a team of 5 Midlevel Engineers
• Migration of Citrix 4.5 to Windows 2012R2 RDS
• Design and Implement System Center Products for Infrastructure Maintenance.
• Implement SCOM for a Huge Infrastructure.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Cloud & Devops: AWS Cloud (EC2, AutoScaling, ELB, EBS, S3, ROUTE53, Glacier, VPC, RDS, Ops Works, Cloud Formation, CloudTrail,Docker,Kubernetes etc.) Working Knowledge of Git, Jenkins. Good Understanding of Puppet and Configuration Management Tools.

Virtualization: Microsoft Hyper-V(V2,V3), VMware (3.5,4.1, 5.0,5.1),VMware Server, Amazon AWS, Azure, VMware View,Citrix VDI 5.0

Operating Systems: Windows NT/2000/2003R2/2008R2/2012/2012R2/9x/XP/Vista, Red hat Linux, Ubuntu, Centos Cisco IOS, Net screen OS

Hardware:

SERVERS: IBM iSeries, Dell PowerEdge/R Series, HP ProLiant Servers, Compaq Proliant,Cisco UCS

SWITCHES: Cisco Catalyst, HP Procurve, Foundry Switches, Dell Switches

FIREWALL: Juniper Firewalls,Cisco PIX,Cisco ASA, Sonic Firewalls,, ISS Proventia IPS, Top layer IPS, Real Secure Server Sensors,Cisco HIPS,ISS Real Secure

LOADBALANCERS: F5BIG(VA),3DNS(v4.5),GTM(V9.0),LTM(V11.0)

Directory Services: Active Directory.OpenLdap,FreeIPA,Windows 2000, Windows 2003 R2, Windows 2008R2

Protocols & Services: TCP/IP,IP/SEC,DNS,WINS,RDS,WDS,,DHCP,VPN,NAT,VLAN VTP,STP

Other Applications: VMware Vcenter/VSphere,MS System center(SCOM,SCVMM,SCCM), MS-WSUS,Terminal Services, Citrix Metaframe 4.5,Basic Knowledge of SQL, Exchange Administration, Stack Driver, Good Understanding of Python(Jr Developer)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with Multiple engineering teams to get the refresh projects implemented.
• Involved in the Project Implementation leading the team members and assigning the tasks to different teams and coordinate to make sure the tasks are completed..
• Coordinate with Business Application users for Requirement gathering, hardware refreshes and implementation.
• Evaluating Infrastructure and Suggest the technology Refreshments.

Confidential

SR Cloud Support Engineer/Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• A part of focused senior Pre-solutions, Architect team.
• Lead the Architect discussions, Design and Build and expand Infrastructure on AWS for multiple Confidential Client Projects
• Coordinate with Client and gather requirements for the project.
• Implement Solutions on AWS using multiple cost effective ways and complete elastic environment for Online media Company and Genetics Company.
• Evaluating Infrastructure and Suggest the best way for migrating to cloud.
• Migrated Complex multitier application to AWS
• Mentor Junior Engineers.
• Reduced process redundancies and learning curves by configuring business rules and transactions to fit the organization’s needs
• Involved in designing and deploying a multitude applications utilizing almost all of the AWS services focusing on high-availability, fault tolerance and auto-scaling.
• Provide Architecture for creating modules and classes scripting using Puppet.
• Built Cloud Front Templates and Deployed templates to support Amazon OpsWorks for highly available environment.
• Migrated customer environments to AWS ensuring complete support for existing Chef.
• Implemented Load balancers and assigned load balancer DNS for Route53 for Site failure and Disaster Recovery.
• Setup specific IAM profiles per group utilizing newly released APIs for controlling Resources within AWS based on group or user.
• Installed Cloud watch logs, Stack driver and OSSEC agents on EC2 backend instances.

Environment: AWS (EC2, Route 53,VPC,S3,IAM,ELB ),Sophos, Windows 2012r2,Linux(Cent O.S, UBUNTU, REDHAT 6.5,Amazon Linux, Scientific Linux)Stack Driver, Windows 2012R2/2008R2, Active directory, OpenLDAP, Free IPA, HTC Condor, Multiple AWS services

Confidential, VA

Architect and Lead SCOM Infrastructure Projects

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implement SCOM 2012 for Microsoft Infrastructure Monitoring.
• Migration of Site Scope to SCOM.
• Troubleshoot Deployment issues With SCOM 2012.
• Re-Organize the Domains and Integrating with Confidential Domains.
• Evaluating Cloud Move for the Infrastructure.

Environment: VMware (v5.5), Cisco Switches (3550, 3750X), Windows 2012R2/2008R2 clusters & Active directory, SCOM 2012R2, AWS, REMEDY, ITIL

Confidential, Fiserv, GA

Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Architect and Lead Infrastructure for Projects
• Technical Leader for Project Based Assignments.
• Co-ordinate with the PM for various project related tasks.
• Design and Implement SCOM 2012 for Microsoft Infrastructure Monitoring.
• Upgraded System Center Components to System Center 2012(SCOM).
• Create Change Requests and Co-ordinate for implementation
• Co-ordinate with PM for various Project related tasks.
• Troubleshoot Deployment issues With SCCM 2012

Environment: VMware (v5), Foundry Load Balancers, Cisco Switches (3550, 3750X), Windows 2012R2/2008R2 clusters & Active directory,DFS, SCOM 2012R2, SCCM 2012, REMEDY, ITIL

Sr Systems & Network Administrator

Confidential, NY

Responsibilities:

• Design, Install, Configure, Upgrade Production systems running on VMware Server and VMWARE ESX Server (3.5, 4.0 and 5.0).
• Conducted research and expertized external technologies through rapid proof of Concepts with partners and customers.
• On boarded multiple Projects into Amazon cloud computing platform.
• Involved in designing and developing Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, Amazon Elastic Load balancing and other services of the AWS infrastructure.
• Automated provisioning of cloud infrastructure
• Implemented security group for Inbound/Outbound access.
• Load balancers configured for incoming loads and instances created to auto scale and
• Reviewed and installed available patches for EC2 backend instances.
• Install, Configure and Managing DRS,HA,DPM,Vmotion.Designed Networks For high throughput using virtualization technologies
• Design, Install, Configure, Upgrade Systems running on Hyper-V Server (Core/Standard Version 2.0,3.0).Using SCVMM 2008R2.
• Design Service Templates and Used Solutions like WDS,MDT for Deployments
• Design and Implement SCOM 2007R2 for Microsoft Infrastructure Monitoring.
• Upgraded System Center Components to System Center 2012(SCOM,SCVMM)
• Implemented Project’s to Evaluate VMware SRM V5,VMware VDI 1.0
• Build, Configure Golden Images for deployments .V2V,P2V Migrations of Production/Development/QA environment
• Built Systems on Amazon Cloud. Migrate internal instance to Amazon EC2.
• DNS Zone moved to Amazon Route 53
• Moved Instances to Amazon and using various services in AWS.
• Create VPN for end user access and offshore Connectivity using PKI
• Migrated different production firewalls onto a single Juniper firewall to simplify routing and maintenance and implemented HA on Juniper Firewalls.
• Created new rules and pools according to the requirements and implement on BIG-IPv4.6,9.2,10.2,11.0 Loadbalancers.Upgrade and Patching Load balancers
• VNX 5300 Block working Knowledge. Performed and Maintain Operations for site to site recovery using DELL Replication Point Appliance.CLR/DR Scenario.
• Support DNS Server (Internal and Production on R53, MS DNS), DHCP Server and Complete network services .Maintain full documentation for management.
• Configure and maintain VPN for various offshore teams.
• Installed and Configured Windows 2003/2008R2 CLUSTER Servers on Dell and Confidential Server running SQL servers
• Install and configure Switches for HA and Throughput using various Technologies.(Stacking,Ether Channels,Teaming(server Side))
• Research new products and technologies and recommend to management.

Environment: VMWare(v3-v5),VMWareSRM,HyperV(v2,v3),BIG-IPV(4.6/9.2,10.1,11(va),Juniper firewall(204,208,SSG 550), Cisco Switches(3550,3750X),Dell Switches(Power Connect 6200 Series),Cent O.S Linux, Ubuntu Linux,Windows 2003/2008R2 clusters & Active directory, Openstack(Folsom),Amazon route 53,EC2,DNS,Dell RPA,Cisco UCS,SCOM 2007R2,SCVMM 2008R2,2012

Confidential, OR

Sr Systems & Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Consolidated Active Directory& network infrastructure during company merger.
• Worked on All Major Firewall Products(Cisco,Juniper,Checkpoint).Not Just Restricted to Policy Administration but Design, Implementation and Maintenance
• Installed & configured Active Directory Sites & Services, Group policies, Trusts
• Worked on the Design and Implementation for AD, group policies, Security, Sites, User accounts, DNS, DHCP and WINS Servers
• Install and configure Citrix Metaframe 4.5 Servers
• Workstations, Installation and configuration, Internet connectivity, system administration and maintenance, Printing Services, Backup Services Domain accounts
• Worked on Internet Security Issues, NAT, Packet filtering, Encryption, Digital s and other Security Tools for the enterprise.
• Installed and configured samba server on Linux for file sharing,
• As a Network Engineer responsible for the network backbone, bringing up Hub’s & Pop’s. The responsibility required to set up Links to remote locations and configuring the Routers to carry IP traffic.
• Configuring the VPN for Site to site connectivity, remote access using Cisco VPN concentrators.
• Develop and execute project plans for deployments of new technologies, upgrades, and fixes
• Anticipate and research new network and security technologies for use with operational and business continuance data center sites.
• Designed, Implemented and Maintained Windows 2003 directory, DNS, DHCP, RAS, WSUS, Group Policies for all the states implementing Confidential HAVA Solution.
• Implement JUNIPER 500 SERIES firewalls for the sites. Creating site-site VPN, Remote access VPN.
• Implemented ISS security solutions for all the sites(Network & Host IDS)
• Implemented BIG-IP and 3DNS for load balancing and Toplayer IPS,IDS
• Install and configure CITRIX MPS (3.0 & 4.0) for all the sites.
• Security policy management of devices like Firewalls, VPNs and Intrusion Detection and Prevention systems etc. Create and Maintain Interfaces to various state Networks
• Managing and Troubleshooting System, Network and Security devices at various locations (Oregon, Iowa, Mississippi, Maryland, Missouri, Colorado) CVR Project.
• Security Architecture Design for various inter-connections with State WAN.
• Worked with Development team in resolving application vulnerabilities in CVR Application

Environment: Juniper Net screen 500 Advanced Firewall/VPN, Top Layer IPS, ISS Proventia IDS/IPS Server G-Series, F5 BIG IP and 3-DNS, Cisco 2950 Switches and 3550 Routers. HP ILO, Insight Manager, HP MSA 1000 SAN, Tripwire, McAfee Auto Update Architect, Symantec Client Security (HP Proliant DL580, DL 380 & DL360 Servers).

Confidential

Technical Team Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated techniques of high availability, reliability, scalability, systems performance and interoperability management of network and software in windows networks.(Raid Levels &Backup, Connectivity, Troubleshooting Monitoring activities)
• Provide on-site & remote user, system support.

Environment: Windows NT4.0/2000, COMPAQ-PROLIANT, Infinity, IBM-RAID Hardware, Exchange 5.5/2000

Confidential

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Worked on nationwide implementation of information kiosks in Conjunction with Indian railways.

Environment: Windows 3.5/NT4.0, Dell Power edge, Dell Dimension, US-Animation, MS- Exchange, IMAIL Messaging Server, MS-Proxy, Cisco Catalyst switches, Bay switches, Cisco 3750 Router.