SUMMARY

• Multi - Certified (MCSE, CCNA, OCA, SAN, MCA) Infrastructure Specialist, Windows Systems Administration & Network Engineering, Systems Security, Network Security, Firewall Engineer, VMWare, Mobile Wireless, Cloud Computing Application and Integration with Expertise in Cisco & Microsoft Products.
• Senior Systems Administrator with 10 Years of Rich Experience in managing server infrastructures and data-center operations across Unix, Linux, Windows and Mac OS X platforms.
• 5+ years of experience in configuring Next-Generation Firewalls like Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls, Palo Alto Firewalls, CheckPoint Firewalls, Fortinet and Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
• Highly Proficient in Active Directory, SAN, Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, R2, 2012 Migration, Group Policy, Red Hat Linux, VMware and Operating System virtualization
• Implemented Security Standards, Firewalls and Guidelines to protect highly critical information and systems using privacy and security controls mandated by Federal Acts and Vulnerability Database
• Strong working knowledge of Data & Systems Infrastructure Security on FISMA, FedRAMP, IRS, ISO, ITIL, PCI, NIST, HIPAA Standards
• Experience Secured Datacenter migration projects of servers, storage, networking, security, virtualization, cloud enablement, automation and orchestration designs
• Inventory management (physical / virtual systems lifecycle management) Capacity management of private cloud resources (trending, forecasting, decommissioning, reclaiming vCPUs/vMemory/Storage)
• Strong experience in Banking, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical & Medical, Government & Manufacturing Industries.
• Strong exposure in Project Managements, Technical Project Deliverables, managing teams, coordinate with Vendors and Clients at various on site locations and maintain SLAs
• Expertise in Information Systems Management, Networking, and System Security with expertise in implementation, operations & support functions of business solutions using IT as tool
• Extensive exposure to Network troubleshooting, maintaining Network devices, implementing and executing Network Projects under ITIL Standards.
• At Managerial level, involved in IT Infrastructure Management, Strategy Planning, Budgeting & Financing, Resource Planning & Deployment- Process Re-engineering, Team Management.
• Expert in Configuring, Installing Oracle Databases, complete Pre-installation and Post-Installation tasks, followed Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) in RHEL

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: SOLARIS 2.6/2.7/2.8/2.9 SUN OS 4.1.4, Sun Cluster 2.2, AIX 5.3, HP Service Guard A.11.16.00 VERITAS NetBackup 3.5, Legato Networker 4.3, TNG 2.2, Sun Raid Manager 6.22, VERITAS volume Manager 2.6/3.5/4.1 VERITAS Cluster Server 2.0/4.1, ODS 1.0, ODS 4.1. Sun Volume Manager 1.0. Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012 and 2016

Networks: TCP/IP, NIS, NIS+, DNS, NFS (version 3).

Tools: Admintool, SYSAMD, Open Windows, CDE, VMSA, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Solstice Admin Suite, Metatool 4.1, TrackWise EQMS, Exceed, Viewnow, Host view.

Utilities: SSP 3.2, Shell (Bourne & Korn), VI editor, AWK, SED, EX, Perl, Performance tuning utilities.

RDBMS: Oracle, MS SQL Serve, MS Access, Sybase

Software: Server4.1/6.0, Merant odbc3.5. Pro ftp 3.0, WU-ftp server 2.4.2,samba 2.0, WebLogic 5.1/6.0, Tuxedo 8.0, Arc Serve 6.61, Asset, Remedy, Kintana, Norton Anti Virus, MQ series.

Hardware: Sun E10000, Sun Fire 6800/4800/3800 , E 6500, E-3500, E-4500, E-420R, E - 450, E - 2,Netra 1405, Netra 1150, Netra 105, Ultra 10, Sparc 5, Sparc 20, RISC 6000 S-70, HP Superdome SD64A, HP SD32000, S16k, rp7420, rp8400, SGI Origin 3800.

Tape Libraries: Adic Scalar 1000 & Scalar 100, Storage Tek Timberwolf 9738 with DLT tape drives, Sun Store Egde L6000, TLS - 8000 Libraries with 8 IBM LTO Ultirum Tape Drives Exabyte 690D.

SAN: Hitachi Freedom Store 9900, EMC Clarion CX700, EMC DMX2000, XP1024, XP12000, SUN A5200, D1000, A1000.

Languages: Java, HTML and CGI

Scripting: Visual Basic, NT, Windows Powershell & SQL

Security/Firewalls: Cisco ASA Firewalls 5510, 5515 and 5555, IPSEC & SSL VPNs, Cisco IPS

Cisco: 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800 series Routers

Routing: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, RIP-2 and Static Routing.

Switching: VLAN, VTP, STP, Inter VLAN routing & Multi Layer

Hardware: Cisco Cat Switches, Routers, Polycom VoIP phones, Cisco IP 796X/794XNetwork Management Solar winds, Wireshark

Applications: SQL Server 2005, 2008, Exchange server 2003, SCCM, SCOM, O365, SharePoint services 3.0, Portal 2003

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Woonsocket RI

Windows Server Administrator / Security Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for building over 50 Servers a month
• Responsible for managing, engineering, and look after daily operations of all Windows servers with a focus on software deployment services.
• Provide technical oversight and team direction that includes the development of practices and standards related to the use of computing resources at Confidential
• Overall infrastructure migration strategy, design, implementation, and operational aspects of multiple systems, operating environments, and related software
• Administered IIS application server, SQL Server, and Messaging Servers (Windows 2012+, IIS 8.5+)
• Implement Microsoft cloud technologies such as SCCM, Office 365 and Azure.
• Migrated Cisco ASA firewall to Palo Alto Firewalls for better security, visibility, and uptime. Monitor and Remediation of IPS, AV, and Malware reports Project

Confidential, Ohio

Senior Systems Administrator/ Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for building, deploying, upgrading and maintaining Windows 2008/2012/2016 servers on multiple virtual and physical servers, supporting multiple applications and services
• Provided tier 3 troubleshooting and issue resolution
• Integrated technologies using VMWare ESXi, NetApp SANs, Cisco UCS and HP servers
• Configured, troubleshoot, and upgraded Checkpoint and Palo Alto Firewalls for Manage clients, which included network and/or resource access, software, or hardware problems.
• Responsible for Creation of SAN & LUNs and adding into PROD/Servers, Perform Migrations, Coordinate Back-up and provide Support
• Responsible for Deployment of MS patches on all servers; Raise ITSM and get it approvals; Differ changes; Reboot all servers’ non-business hours and Change successful
• Lead Onsite Windows Systems Administration Team, mentor Junior Administrators and provide guidance to a team of 12 members working on offshore model across India and Singapore
• Responsible for handling IBM Machines Hardware issues and Log Calls with IBM/HP and Coordinate with Data Centers
• Conduct Regular team meetings to provide solutions for Ongoing issues like P1/P2/P3 tickets, Production issues, Wintel reports, remediation, New Builds and standardization

Confidential, Webster, NY

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintenance and upkeep of Windows Server environment.
• Performed BC/DR project works and Worked on hardware: Cisco UCS, HP EMC
• Datacenter migration projects of servers, storage, networking, security, virtualization, cloud enablement, automation and orchestration designs
• Designed system to streamline management of multiple firewalls using Shell and Perl
• Provide second/third level Help Desk support for technical issues requiring assistance or escalation.
• Maintain and administer programs and services to manage and secure workstations, including endpoint protection, systems management, hardware inventory and software auditing/metering.

Confidential, Long Island, NY

Specialty Interim Administrator - Network

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Helping and Guiding Migration Project, which was undergoing major changes in ITIL policies
• Supervised and Assisted Migration in Exchange, VMware and Windows Environment
• Maintained firewall, IDS/IPS and other network security device configurations to defend against known and emerging threats
• MS Exchange 2010\2013, MS Lync 2010\2013 MS Outlook 2010
• Exercise discretion, sensitivity and appropriate confidentiality with respect to IT domain administration and policy enforcement; including security incident response, and the identification of existing or potential security gaps.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Senior Network/Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Worked on NEC/IBM builds, IBM data storage Manager, EMC/NEC/MS EXPRESS CLUSTER/Testing and production environments
• Configured Wireless Mobile Devices.
• Assisted VMware infrastructure configuration and VMWare application software and Virtual Server network configurations.
• Responsible for Installation, maintenance, and support of software (identified by the government) and applications, diagnosing and resolving system problems, testing software, and documenting operating procedures.
• Worked on Hyper-V, Windows AD and VMware projects and SRM Projects
• Supporting Microsoft windows 2008 clustering and troubleshooting, Oracle and SQL Servers
• Configure, support and implement network infrastructure Palo Alto, Brocade and Cisco switches and firewall.
• Worked with teams for enterprise infrastructure migrations and submit detailed documentation on consolidation into a virtual environment
• Backup and Recovery, Installation of Server Backup Components and Backup Scheduling
• Tested the Restore Procedure

Confidential, Phillipsburg, NJ

Windows Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for network and security components, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, anti-virus software and data encryption.
• Configuring and managing Windows Firewalls, Cisco PIX and Checkpoint firewalls.
• Configured, Installed and Maintained Real Application Cluster (RAC) database for high scalability and availability in Oracle 10g, 11g test and production databases.
• Supporting production application server environment
• Design of systems including hardware installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and problem resolution with in SLA timings

Confidential

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Crucially involved in transferring the NBS and have primary responsibility for the setup, operation and maintenance of the system.
• Responsible for all data exchanges and messaging activities relative to the NBS.
• Installed, configured, updated and maintained software necessary for operation of web, application and database servers including: MS SQL Server software, MS IIS Web Server software, JBOSS and Apache / Tomcat.
• Ensure that the NBS environment is secure and adheres to applicable security policies.
• Written PowerShell scripting for automation and other tasks

Confidential, Clayton, NC

Systems Administrator/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Implemented and supported servers, backup and disaster recovery, applications
• VMware ESX/VMWare vSphere in a distributed system environment (Windows Linux)
• Managed VMware infrastructure including Performance tuning, capacity planning, managing clusters of ESX servers and policy creation