SUMMARY

• Over 15 years of experience in System Administrator/Network and Azure cloud services seeking an opportunity to utilize my talents in a professional capacity, employing comprehensive knowledge and immense professional experience.
• Worked in building new Azure Infrastructure: Planning, design, architecture, implementation, and data migration
• Expertise in Azure Services DB deployment, Access management, HA & DR, backup activities and monitoring
• Implemented microservices, application development, and migration using AWS/Azure services such as Kubernetes Service (AKS), Container Registry,Monitor.
• Understand the latest features like (Azure DevOps, NSG Rules, etc..,) introduced by Microsoft Azure and utilized it for existing business applications
• Created new Resource groups, Virtual Machines, in Azure Cloud
• Experience in implementing hybrid connectivity between Azure and on - premises using virtual networks, VPN and ExpressRoute
• Experienced inAzure Kubernetes serviceto produce production-gradeKubernetesthat allow enterprises to reliably deploy and run containerized workloads acrossprivate and public clouds
• Plan and Develop roadmaps and deliverables to advance the migration of existing solutions on-premises systems/applications to Azure cloud
• Experience and understanding of security requirements for cloud like IAM, Web Application Firewalls, Data protection etc.
• Datacenter Migration, Azure Data Services have strong virtualization experience
• Technology strategy by engaging technical teams.
• Strong Experience in designing solutions for DB Migration from various RDBMS databases to Azure SQL
• Expertise in Azure Services DB deployment, Access management, HA & DR, backup activities and monitoring
• Expertise in setup High Availability and Recoverability of databases using with SQL Server technologies includingAlways On Azure VM
• Install and configure Hyper-V on windows 2012 server and created the VM for testing and development environment
• Experience in Active Directory, Exchange 2010, Hyper-V, Lync 2010 server GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File & Print Server, IIS
• Worked with Azure transformation project and Azure architecture decision
• Extensive experience in design and configure Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), subnets, Azure network settings, DHCP address blocks, DNS settings, and security policies and routing.
• Produced a comprehensive strategy using Azure Identity and Access Management (IAM) Role for community platform systems and successfully implemented
• Experienced in configuring DNS, DHCP, NFS, NTP, SSH, HTTP
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and good in prioritizing
• Great logical reasoning and analytical skills to effectively assess and communicate metrics
• Outstanding communication skills and problem-solving skills
• Able to demonstrate well and explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical clients
• Strong troubleshooting skills in a public cloud environment
• Demonstrated communication, interpersonal and client relationship skills
• Implement and support new and existing customers on Microsoft Azure infrastructure and Microsoft IaaS
• Created clusters on IIS web servers using Network load balancing and managed net scale clusters including configuring clusters in global traffic management
• Manage Amazon web services -ELB, EC2, S3, RDS, SNS, CloudWatch
• Create S3 Buckets and managing policies for S3 Bucket
• Create and maintain user’s accounts, profile, security rights, disk space and process monitoring
• Produced a comprehensive strategy using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Role for community
• Implemented automation using Configuration Management tools like Ansible Chef, Puppet and Salt Stack
• Worked on SQL server 2016/2012/2008 , creating the databases, roles, security, writing queries, setting up SQL mirroring, running SQL jobs and troubleshooting connectivity and network related issues
• Worked on backups, restores, troubleshooting SQL server connectivity failure issues from middle tier, troubleshooting SQL database locking, and blocking issues
• Documentation of installation guides during platform upgrades and application migrations.
• Involved in designing Platform architecture for internet and Intranet app projects and managing the application availability
• Deployed and Maintained windows phone applications on azure cloud technologies
• Excellent experience and knowledge with designing installing and implementing VMware ESX server, VMware virtual center, setting up V-Motion, HA, DRS, and related VMware products such as VM Workstation, VMware converter VM Backup products and other products for virtualization
• Expertise on ESXi and ESX Architecture, guest OS installation, setting up of VM priorities, cloning and Snapshots.
• Exposed Virtual machines and cloud services in the VNets to the Internet using Azure External Load Balancer.
• Migrating applications from IIS 6.0 to 7.5 as well as II6.0 to IIS 8.0
• Deployed application on multiple web servers and maintained Load balance, high availability and fail over functionality
• Installed, administered, managed multiple Active Directory Domains, performed audits of AD objects and user permissions, developed OUs, managed group policies, managed active directory replications, managed FSMO roles, provided AD infrastructure, administration, installation, optimization, problem isolation and resolution.
• Migrating virtual environments VMWare to Azure cloud using ASR
• Scripting and automation to move workloads and improve operations and support
• Configured VMs in availability sets using ARM templates to provide resiliency for IaaS based solution and scale sets using Azure Resource Manager to manage network traffic
• Deployed VNETs and Site-Site VPN using PowerShell and deployed VMs into various
• Subnets and enabled communication between Subnets.
• Working experience in setting up cluster environments for load balancing and high availability of Windows servers.
• LAN, WAN, DNS, Zero Trust Network Engineering designs within Public Cloud and connectivity

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Big Data: Databricks, Data Factory, Data Analytics

Containers: Kubernetes, Docker, Container

Directory: ADFS, AD, B2C, AD connect

Cloud Services: Aws and Azure

Protocols: TCP/IP, WINS, SNMP, DNS, DHCP, FTP, HTTP/SSMTP, POP3, IMAP, LDAP, NNTP, RDP, Citrix ICA.

Database: SQL Server 2016,2014,2012 and SQL 2008 R2

Application Server: IIS 8.5 and 6.0

Patching Tools: Big fix, WSUS, Forefront

Monitoring tool: Tripwire, Acronics

Job Scheduling: Control-M

Firewall Tools: ISA server, TMG 2010

Other Tools: Symantec Antivirus &Symantec BackupExec, Service Now, MS Office

Replication: vSphere 4.5/5.0/5.5, VMware ESX and ESXi, VCenter server 5.0, VMware Converter enterprise, VMware Update Manager, PowerCLI, VMware

Tracking Mechanism: SNOW

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Burr Ridge, IL

Infrastructure Engineer/Azure Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Configured VMs availability sets using Azure portal to provide resiliency for IaaS based solution and scale sets using Azure Resource Manager to manage network traffic.
• Experience in implementing hybrid connectivity between Azure and on - premises using virtual networks, VPN and ExpressRoute
• Experience in setting up CICD pipeline integrating various tools with Jenkins to build and run Terraform
• Working in Ad connect, Open ID connect from on prem to Azure cloud
• Working in B2C Integrations with Azure Services (Application Insights, API Management)
• Knowledge in MS Graph and API Management Usage and Integrations.
• Responsible for implementing containerized based applications on Azure Kubernetes by usingAzure
• Kubernetes service (AKS),Kubernetes Cluster, which are responsible for cluster management
• Plan and Develop roadmaps and deliverables to advance the migration of existing solutions on-premises systems/applications to Azure cloud
• Datacenter Migration, Azure Data Services have strong virtualization experience
• Exposed Virtual machines and cloud services in the VNets to the Internet using Azure External Load Balancer.
• Working as a DevOps Engineer for multiple development teams, system analysis team to establish a build schedule, provide a guideline for deployment in higher environments and with troubleshooting build system failures.
• Experience in Oracle or DB2 to Azure SQL DB migration tools like SSMA, ADF
• Migrate data from traditional database systems to Azure databases
• Design and implement database solutions in Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure SQL
• Migrating applications from IIS 6.0 to 7.5 as well as II6.0 to IIS 8.0.
• Ensures all cloud network infrastructure engineering patterns are designed with appropriate level of proactive monitoring, resilience, and dynamic failover to meet internal and client SLA requirements.
• Collaborate with the cloud network operations team to ensure the smooth transition of new network patterns.
• Configured VMs in availability sets using ARM templates to provide resiliency for IaaS based solution and scale sets using Azure Resource Manager to manage network traffic.
• Working experience in setting up cluster environments for load balancing and high availability of Windows servers.
• LAN, WAN, DNS, Zero Trust Network Engineering designs within Public Cloud and connectivity
• Owns and maintains Network engineering design, catalog of the public cloud network incorporating compute, storage, database, application, and compliance components. The cloud network design will leverage cloud
• Responsible for patching Windows Servers using BigFix Patch management software (Monthly/During Vulnerability remediation)
• Netback up, Tripwire, Acronis, ControlM, Big Fix, SEP, STAP, SAN Software/Agent installation & upgrade

Confidential

Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Virtual and Physical Server Build, Decommission, Retire, and Rename and Maintain more than 2000 VM machines across all over locations using vSphere.
• Administration of Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 servers.
• Hardware Upgrade, Maintenance and troubleshooting on Physical servers.
• Responsible for Production and UAT elevations on Windows Servers.
• Share Creation and Modification in NTFS level (Cluster Sharing, FTP and File Sharing)
• Acronis Backup management and Troubleshooting.
• Responsible for BMR and Data restoration using Symantec Netback up. (VERITAS)
• VMware Administration thru vSphere client 5.5 (P2V, V2V, Cloning, VMtools, Migration, Server Build, Snapshot management, ESX patching and recently completed ESX upgrade from version 4 to ESXi 5.5)
• DHCP Lease Reservation, DHCP Scope Creation/Modification/Deletion.
• Responsible for patching Windows Servers using BigFix Patch management software (Monthly/During Vulnerability remediation)
• Vendor coordination for Hardware replacement and DR Involvement.
• Antivirus management and troubleshooting with Symantec Endpoint Production.
• Dell OMSA agent upgrades, Dell Driver/Firmware and BIOS upgrade.
• MS Clustering (Manual Failover, Troubleshooting, Disk Mounting/Mount Point and Modification)
• Netback up, Tripwire, Acronis, ControlM, Big Fix, SEP, STAP, SAN Software/Agent installation & upgrade
• IIS installation and configuration, FTP installation and configuration.
• Maintain, Manage and Monitor Splunk Infrastructure (Identify bad searches, dashboards and manage overall health of Splunk)
• Administer and Manage Splunk Apps to perform customized functionalities for Big Data platforms
• Troubleshooting Windows Server related issues.
• Alert management using Nagios and recently switched to Opsview.
• Change Management using Servicenow. Earlier I used Team track Application for the same.
• User/Group/Computer Object management in Active Directory. GPO management for OU.
• At present providing Windows Server Support for CIT group - An US based Banking and Financial firm, which is having operations across North & South America, Europe & APAC.
• Migrating virtual environments VMWare to Azure cloud using ASR.
• LAN, WAN, DNS, Zero Trust Network Engineering designs within Public Cloud and connectivity
• Owns and maintains Network engineering design, catalog of the public cloud network incorporating compute, storage, database, application, and compliance components. The cloud network design will leverage cloud native SDN capabilities
• Works with the DevSecOps team to define the requirements for catalog automation for network infrastructure and policy as code to automate the full lifecycle of the design patterns.
• Collaborate with Information Security engineers to ensure public cloud networking patterns and are aligned to enterprise security requirements policies.
• Owns the detailed design patterns for tools and automation of IaaS and PaaS offerings, works with cross-functional teams of ICS engineers.
• Ensures all cloud network infrastructure engineering patterns are designed with appropriate level of proactive monitoring, resilience, and dynamic failover to meet internal and client SLA requirements.
• Collaborate with the cloud network operations team to ensure the smooth transition of new network patters, automation, and monitoring patterns into production.
• Actively perform research to remain up to date around new public cloud network capabilities, and how these align to Enterprise Cloud strategy and opportunities.
• Works with enterprise architecture, principal cloud and security engineers and business unit IT teams to understand the future needs around new public cloud automation and integration.
• Replicate VMware VMs to Azure with Site Recovery.
• Migrating virtual environments VMWare to using automation.
• Perform hands-on activities involved in creating cloud infrastructure components.
• Deployed NSGs, VMs in a resource group using PowerShell.
• Deployed new VMs for Development and Test Environment using PowerShell.
• Deployed VNETs and Site-Site VPN using PowerShell and deployed VMs into various Subnets and enabled communication between Subnets.
• Installed and configured IIS web server on Microsoft Windows 2016/2014/2012 R2 server accordingly.
• MSSQL Migration from on-premises to SAAS service
• Responsible for setup, configuration and migration of Excel based systems to Azure SQL database. Performed design, deployment, configuration, and maintenance of scalable Cloud infrastructure, with an intense focus on Quality and Security.

Confidential

Senior System Administrator/ Technology Team Lead /Application Support

Responsibilities:

• Installed latest versions of Operating Systems on demand, per requirements of the clients.
• Day to Day administration of Microsoft Windows servers.
• Recommended new updates and changes required by the clients.
• Produced new system and network designs for clients.
• Documented the new Windows server settings that have been applied to the network.
• Installation, configuration, and administration working knowledge on Window 2012,2008
• 2008 R2/2003 servers and Exchange 2010/2007/2003 servers at single or multi-level domain platforms.
• Maintaining ISA and TMG 2010 Firewall Servers.
• Experience and Familiar with Virtualization technologies like installing, configuring, administering DELL Storage MD3100 Created and managed VMs (virtual server) and involved in the maintenance of the virtual servers.
• Experience in Active Directory, Exchange 2010, Hyper-V, Lync 2010 server GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File & Print Server, IIS.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, Open Office, Outlook, and Printer networking.
• Strong experience in SAN data migration solutions that include/clusters.
• Migrated operating system successfully from Windows 2008 R2 to Windows 2012.
• Migrated SQL Data successfully from SQL 2008 to SQL 2012.
• Marinating and Configuring TFS server for Windows Application dev Team.
• Monitors and maintains Windows Server operating system and additional server components including but not limited to Exchange, Active Directory, SharePoint, SQL Server, and Office Communications Server/Lync Server.
• Install and configure MS SCCM configuration management for client desktops.
• Applies patches to major subsystems and services, roles, and file system components within a Windows Systems environment and performs Operating System and patch testing on all changes prior to installation.
• Monitors and reviews system logs and detects and troubleshoot problems.
• Writes basic technical operating system documentation.
• Control’s system access and security aspects of critical systems.
• Works remotely to provide 24x7 support on critical systems.
• Works efficiently with minimal guidance from Senior or Lead administrators.
• Migration of Data Center to 2008R2 to 2012 Operating system.
• Implemented the Windows Failover Cluster virtualization Hyper-V for Sql server.
• Migration support for Exchange 2007 to Office365
• Migrate of SQL
• Implemented Terminal Server for remote desktop connection.
• Implemented partially Team Foundation server for development source safe

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Prepared the environment for deployment of Windows Server 2003.
• Analyzed the hardware and software requirements of Active Directory.
• Installed, configured, and provided troubleshooting for Server 2003.
• Migrated Windows Server 2003 from test environment to the production environment.
• Implemented and managed IP Addressing; configured TCP/IP addressing on a server.
• Created the Forest Root domain, and a Child domain in a production environment.
• Installed and configured an Active Directory Domain Controller.
• Established external trusts and cross-forest trusts.
• Managed an Active Directory site; replication schedules, site links and boundaries, used ADUC to create and manage computer, user and group accounts in an Active Directory environment.
• Used DcDiag, NetDiag techniques for troubleshooting.
• Performed authoritative and non-authoritative restore operations.
• Diagnosed and resolved issues related to master’s role failure and AD database.
• Configured automatic updates for network clients by using Group Policy.
• Designed, planned, and implemented Group Policy, delegation strategies and OU structure.
• Managed local, roaming, and mandatory profiles planned strategy for placing Global Catalogue (GC) and evaluated the need to enable Universal Group Caching.
• Created approximately NT users 500 user accounts in Active Directory and migrated all Windows by ‘User State Migration Tool (USMT)’.
• Maintained technical knowledge in networking area; operating system (Server and PC).
• LAN Administration: added users; printers; removed users; controlling access right list.
• Monitored server performance.
• Responsible for creating, testing PC images using Image Centre and Ghost.
• Backup administration On-Call support (24x7)