SUMMARY

• A technocrat with around 10 years of experience in Windows Systems and Virtualization Design Implementation and troubleshooting of mission critical IT systems assignments.
• Expertise with Windows Active Directory Administration, Windows /Wintel Server 2003, 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, GPO, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, Certificate Services and WINS and managing Microsoft SQL Server.
• Having hands on experience in the field of system, Configuration Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Windows Server 2008/2012R2/2016.
• Experienced in Provisioning of IAAS & PAAS Virtual Machines and Web\Worker roles on Microsoft Azure Classic and Azure Resource Manager.
• In depth experience onSaaS, PaaS and IaaSconcepts of cloud computing architecture and Implementation usingAzure platform.
• Experience remediating general windows security issues as well as containment, eradication and recovery of systems with in compromised environments.
• Manage Identity Access management of Azure Subscriptions, Azure AD, Azure AD Application Proxy, Azure AD Connect, Azure AD Pass through Autantication.
• Having Experience Configuring and managing AzureAD Connect, AzureAD Connect health, Microsoft Azure Active Directory.
• Proven Experience in Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Platform (IaaS & PaaS) Engineer.
• Experienced on Azure Infrastructure for Azure Cloud to onboard and deploy APIs in APIM, multi - tier, web, mobile and windows applications.
• Deployment of APIM API Management and Application Service Environment (ASE) Resources of App Service Plans.
• Experience in deploy workloads on Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Virtual Machines.
• Experienced in perform Configuration Management, Design and implement VM Storage, Monitor Virtual Machine.
• Experienced in Manage VM Availability, Scale ARM VMs, implement Storage blobs and Azure Files, Manage Access.
• Experienced in Configure Diagnostics monitoring and Analytics, Implement Azure SQL Databases, implement Recovery Services.
• Experienced in Implement ARM Templates, Control Access, Design Role-Based Access Control(RBAC).
• Experience in Integrate an Azure AD with existing Directories, Configure the Application Access Panel.
• Experience in implement and register applications in Azure AD and AD B2B.
• Experienced in Azure Virtual Networks, Load balancing, design and implement a Multisite or Hybrid Network.
• Excellent skills in patching and hardening Win 7/Win 2003/2008/2012 servers using Windows Update and also by using the staged patches.
• Virtualizing desktop applications for use in a VDI environment through VMware ThinApp and App Volumes
• Good experience in leading the team in absence of team lead.
• Built Windows 2003/2008 Wintel Servers on standalone and blade servers based on application design and deployed stack on these servers. Resolving server issues - Windows 2008/2003 server, Network connectivity, etc.
• Experience in installing and configuring applications in the IIS Environment
• IIS and Windows administration for a worldwide financial company with 10000+ nodes. Configuration, deployment, and maintenance of 2000+ Windows 2003 and Windows Servers
• Strong noledge on Web servers (IIS 5.0/6.0/7.5/8.5 ), Web Services and FTP Services on Windows Environment
• Resolved Azure AD issues relating to Office 365, Active Directory to AzureAD and CAIDM to Active Directory.
• Resolving the Sync issue Microsoft Managed Services Service Provisioning Provider (MMSSPP).
• Provided guidance in the planning, gathering requirements, recommendations, and implementation of data migration to Office 365, and configuration best practices
• Experience in planning, strategy, design, migration and implementation of cloud based platforms/applications using AWS, Azure with multiple deployment models (IaaS, Saas, PaaS) as well as private, public and hybrid models
• Manage Identity Access management of Azure Subscriptions, Azure AD, Azure AD Application Proxy, Azure AD Connect, Azure AD Pass through Autantication
• Work experience in Azure App & Cloud Services, PaaS, Azure Blob Storage, Web API, VM creation, ARM Templates, PowerShell scripts, IaaS, Lift & Shift, storage, network and database.
• Experience in automating applications using PowerShell, Batch Script and VBScript.
• Implementing, Maintaining AD Infrastructure as a service in Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Exposures with Azure Active Directory compatibility. Extensive experience in deployment, migration, patching and troubleshooting of windows 2008 and 2012 R2 Domain Controllers in Active Directory.
• Monitoring the Active Directory Replication status of the Domain Controllers.
• Extensive noledge and experience in Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Azure Cloud and virtualization technologies.
• Extensively worked on organizational setup, site creation and maintenance, workflows, data management, user management, migration and integrating existing systems successfully into theOffice365 environment with design requirements.
• Developed organizational units in Active Directory (AD) and managed user security with group policies.
• Experienced in designing, implementing and evaluating applications, systems and utilities relevant to Active Directory Domain services.
• Administrating, creating and modifying DNS records, DHCP scope and reservation, DFS link, Web servers including record/scope creation, troubleshooting, WINS, and DNS and managing user and group accounts Administration.
• Deploy, upgrade and manage systems, including virtual infrastructure, hardware, software, networks, databases, servers and peripheral equipment.
• Manager 2007 R2, SQL Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2, SharePoint 2007, Trend Micro Security Suite, and Citrix Advanced Access Control.
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (IE. Configuration of networks, TCP/IP, VPN, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel virtual networking, wireless networks & Cloud computing concepts).
• Worked on scripting like PowerShell and Power CLi for Automation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Packaging and Scripting: Wise Package Studio, Install Shield, VB and batchscripting

Management HP: SIM 4.x,backend, SMS,SCEP

Messaging Exchange: 2008 - 5.0, Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.x,4.xOS Imaging: OSD ViaSCCM2012, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010, Ghost Grid Computing Data Synapse Grid Server5.x

Programming and scripting: Python, SQL, VB scripting,PowerShell

Virtualization: VMware Workstation 9.x, 7.x, 6,5

Productivity Software: Microsoft Office 365, 2010, 2007, 2003, (Word,Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,Access),Microsoft Project and Visio

Remote Management: SCCMRemote Tools, Remote Desktop, SMS Tools, HPiLo, KVM Tools.

Networking: Layer 2 and Layer 3 devices, TCP/IP protocols, firewalls, F5 load balancers(LTM)

Networkmanagement: Infoblox, SNMP, Cisco Works LMS, HPOpen view, Solar winds, Etheiral

EnterpriseAnti-Virus: Cylance, Trend Micro, Norton SEP,McAfee Build andConfigurationToolTFS 2012/2013/2015/2017 , VSTS,Jenkins

Cloud Technologies: AWS, Office 365, Microsoft Azure

Active Directory: Design, Installation, Configuration & Troubleshooting. DC Migrations, Deploying & Troubleshooting GPOs. AD Certificate Services, Active Directory Federation Services, Active Directory Rights Management Services

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SR. INFRASTRUCTURE WINDOWS AZURE AD CLOUD CONSULTANT

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Azure AD App Proxy, Azure AD Connector, Azure AD Device Registration and Management, Azure AD Domain Services, Conditional Access, Multi-Factor Autantication, ADFS
• Responsible for the IT work and compliance job of the Insurance Firm. me am looking after hardware and software problems. Also, working with Software administration and Data communication system etc.
• Building Windows 2012 R2/ 2016 servers based on the company standards and decommissioning the servers.
• Moving applications locally hosted apps to cloud and hybrid cloud platforms on Open Stack, AWS, Azure and VMware Vcloud.
• Implementation, management and administration of Active Directory, File Server, DHCP/DNS/Backup, Printer Servers, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2010/2013 Servers
• Managed shared folders & groups using DFS, applied NTFS/Active Directory file permissions, create user profile and user rights restrictions and password management
• Resolved Azure AD issues relating to Office 365(MMSSPP), Active Directory to AzureAD identity and user permissions.
• Configured and resolved Azure AD Connect sync issues.
• Having Experience of Creating and Managing the users and groups in Azure AD.
• DeployedAzurelaaS virtual Machines(VMs)& Cloud services(PaaS role instances) into VNets subnets, Provisioning VM’s, Virtual Networks, Deploying Web Apps and creating Web-jobs.
• Client Integration into Cloud for HIPAA Private Cloud (Silos & Public)
• Managed and designed infrastructure including AWS/Azure/ Confidential PaaS, IaaS and SaaS as well as IoT.
• Experienced implementing solutions on multiple cloud provider models like Azure, AWS, SaaS
• Administration of production servers, network infrastructure that includes Windows administration of Domain controllers, Migration activities, IIS web servers, File and print servers and terminal servers.
• Manage and Administer Windows 2008, 2003, 2012 Exchange 2007, 2010, and IIS Servers.
• Windows 2008/2012R2/2016 Servers including Blade and SAN storage.
• Manage VDI environment using VMware Horizon View Client.
• Involved in designing both internal and external VMware View 4.5 & 4.6 VDI solutions to customer base.
• Good noledge on Active Directory forest architecture, WDS, Data Protector, Windows PKI and experience in wintel operations in an onsite-offershore model.
• Web Server Administration -IIS. Managing IIS 7.0/IIS 8.0/10.0 Web servers and hosted web sites.
• Part of team managing IAM through Active Directory and Sail point with Radius server.
• Migrated Exchange 2013 & 2016 to Office 365 and implemented Lync 2013/Skype-for-Business, and decommissioned the on-premise forest and decommissioned several landline branches.
• Supported customers on various implementation of Windows Azure AD, MS office 365, Azure Single Sign On, and On-premise, Single Sign On, Windows Azure Saas, Iaas, and Paas.
• Monitoring resources and Applications using AWS Cloud Watch, including creating alarms to monitor metrics such asEBS, EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, SNSand configured notifications for the alarms generated based on events defined.
• Developed Software as a Service (SAAS) for products like Microsoft Exchange, cloud storage, SQL 2005 & 2008 R2, data retention services, and other products
• Experience in updating/upgrading ESX/ESXi servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades.
• Knowledge on Azure Active Directory, AD connect and syncing users from On-premises to cloud.
• Worked on VM related issues such as creation, migration, performance, monitoring, resizing, RDP, Disk and connectivity issues.
• Handling customer issues related to Subscription Migration, conversion, activation.
• Worked on Azure storage related issues such as creation, deletion, copying (Azcopy and Storage Explorer), recovering the deleted container and accounts.
• Deployed Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) and Cloud services (PaaS role instances) into secure VNets and subnets.
• Worked on deployment, Installation, administration of Exchange server and file share to Office 365(Lync, SharePoint, One Drive and Skype for business). Knowledge of BPOS, Exchange 2013 and 2016 server.
• Coordinated with other teams on upgrading and merging vCenters and legacy applications from HP Proliant Environment to Cisco UCS environment.
• Storage Knowledge of setting and configuring of EMC, SAN, NAS, iSCSI, NetApp storage from Virtual platform end.
• Managing System Services, Users and Groups, GPOs and Firewall.
• Worked with the migration team for migrating Exchange users to Office 365.
• Installing, Configuring Active Directory Domain services for windows and created, managed, and monitored a variety of users, groups, and GPO’s in Active Directory services and group policies.
• Supported on various implementation of Windows Azure AD, MS office 365, Azure Single Sign On, and On-premise, Single Sign On, Windows Azure Saas, Iaas, and Paas.
• Operated onVCloudDirector and maintained its configuration; acted as a Post Migration Technical Lead on the Project of Office 365 from Exchange server 2016
• Network, Switches, Routers and Firewall, Internet Access to the users, Network Points and Technical support to the users

Confidential

SR. INFRASTRUCTURE AZURE AD CLOUD CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Create Change Management documentation through Remedy and ServiceNow and set the schedules for decommission
• Migrating the servers using Azure Site recovery.
• Worked on General-purpose v2 accounts, basic storage account types blobs, files and tables.
• Implemented Copy activity, Custom Azure Data Factory Pipeline Activities
• Primarily involved in Data Migration using SQL, SQL Azure, Azure storage, and Azure Data Factory.
• Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Service Bus, Azure key Vault, Azure Analysis Service (AAS),
• Azure Blob Storage, Azure Search, Azure App Service, Azure data Platform Services.
• Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) integration for blob and queue data.
• Implemented Nested Security Group Architecture for the Datalake.
• Applying Access control List (ACL’s) Confidential folder level in Datalake storage.
• Providing Team specific folders and access to project teams in Datalake for analytics purpose.
• Prepared capacity and architecture plan to create the Azure Cloud environment to host migrated IaaS VMs and PaaS role instances.
• Defining Metrics and creating the alerts in Azure Log-Analytics and adding all servers into the monitoring.
• Used Jenkins pipelines to drive all micro services builds out to the Docker registry and tan deployed to Kubernetes, Created Pods and managed using Kubernetes.
• Setting up policies in Azure to meet compliance as per the organization standards.
• Defining and implementing the custom RBAC permissions to protect the environment.
• Implementing the Confidential Best practices like creating network security groups, following the recommendations from Azure Security center.
• Migrating the servers using Azure Site recovery.
• Segregating the Azure services as part of sprint planning and preparing the hardening checklist for each Azure service.
• Create new ARM templates and artifacts to update the existing PAAS services as per the security standards.
• Worked on the Business requirements and developed the solution, Agile Methodology and continuous integration using the SDLC process.
• Prepared capacity and architecture plan to create the Azure Cloud environment to host migrated IaaS VMs and PaaS role instances for refactored applications and databases.
• Collaborate to development of main Web Applications to provide invoicing emission services, Responsible of web application deployments over cloud services on Azure, using VS and PowerShell.
• Configuring the Load Balance Sets Azure Load Balancer, Internal Load Balancer and Traffic Manager and worked on Application Gateway.
• Worked on Power Shell scripts to automate the Azure cloud system creation of Resource groups, Web Applications, Azure Storage Blobs & Tables, firewall rules.
• Created and Configured Azure Cosmos DB and exposed the service as Web API.
• Provisioned Azure data lake store and azure data lake analytics, and leverage U-SQL to write federated queries across data stored in multiple azure services.
• Worked on Serverless services (Azure Functions) created and configured HTTP Triggers in the Azure Functions with Application insights for monitoring and performing load testing on the Applications using the VSTS.
• Worked on Azure Site Recovery, PowerShell Scripts and ARM templates.
• Architecting the IAM scope for B2C and B2B identities using Azure AD, and Integrating .NET Web Apps with Azure AD.
• Worked on planning and deployment of Self-service password reset functionality of Azure AD which reduces IT helpdesk cost.
• Worked with staff to outline and scheduled department needs regarding database functionalities, data analytics and reporting; created business requirements.
• Co-ordinate with global identity and access management program involved in hybrid identity project.
• Worked on dynamic group membership rules (rules are based on attributes) to provide access to various applications.
• Troubleshooted the issues regarding to access to the applications using the audit logs.
• Troubleshooting IIS Servers and Database connectivity, issues with Active Directory, component services and ASP Net applications for correct settings enabled in servers
• Responsible for monitoring and maintaining Windows and Citrix Servers which includes10,000user base and more TEMPthan 100 plus applications.
• Responsible for LAN/WAN network communications, operations, hardware and application software for intensive segment of Rackspace's customers

Environment: Microsoft Azure Cloud, SQL Server 2012 R2, SSMS, Azure, Web Apps, Active Directory, NSG, Traffic Manager, Azure SQL Database, Azure AD.

Confidential

Director of IT Infrastructure Services

Responsibilities:

• Designed, implemented and supported IT solutions for local customers as a consultant - Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft SQL server, Microsoft Exchange server, Microsoft SharePoint server, Microsoft Windows XP/7/8/8.1, Microsoft Office and 360.
• Completes projects by planning, designing, budgeting and coordinating resources and timetables with user departments and data center.
• Maintains professional and technical noledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.
• Accomplishes financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action.
• Lead Technology Implementation including vendor selection, System Architecture, Setting landscape, Capacity planning, security, storage management and High Availability
• Managed Team of 20 members with diverse workforce across the globe.
• Active Directory Engineer/Enterprise Administrator for large multi-national corporation
• Work on technology strategy to prepare company infrastructure for the long term goals, Consult with senior executives on future technology issues and requirements involving connectivity for LANs, WANs and productivity through advanced technology.
• Successfully migrated from Empower Standalone Chromatography systems to Empower 2 Client/Server Chromatography Designed and implemented strategies like backup/restore/archival of data, disaster recovery, manage user accounts, create/manage application projects, create /modify new reports, users privileges of HPLC,GC, UV and FTIR systems
• Experience with VMware update manager to install patches and updates on ESX/ESXi 4.0 hosts and virtual machines.
• Experience and noledge with designing, installing and implementing VMware VSphere ESX/ ESXi 4.0, VMware VCenter, setting up V-Motion, HA, DRS, and related VMware products such as VM Workstation, VMware converter VM Backup products and other products for virtualization.
• Installed, configured and managed servers, workstations, LAN equipment, MicrosoftWindows Server R2, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Microsoft TMG 2010, corporate antivirus software, Microsoft Windows 7.
• Installation, configuration and support for Windows 2008/2012/2012 R2and 2016 servers.
• Responsible for administering and supporting Citrix server environment on Windows servers 2008/2012.
• Upgrades and deployments will be doing through PowerShell scripts and Deployment Engine (DE).
• Monitoring the Azure clusters health Pre and Post deployments.
• Daily tasks included working with Citrix end users and working with application teams to install, improve or deploy updates to their applications installed in Citrix .
• Administration of production servers, network infrastructure that includes Windows administration of Domain controllers, Migration activities, IIS web servers, File and print servers and terminal servers.
• Administered Active Directory, SharePoint and Microsoft Exchange Servers. Worked extensively on Group Policies and Printer paths in Active Directory. Good noledge on DNS/TCP/IP and LAN/WAN.
• Configured the backups and recovery plans for Windows based servers using windows server backup utility.
• Submitting firewall change requests
• Web Server Administration -IIS. Managing IIS 7.0/IIS 8.0/10.0 Web servers and hosted web sites.

Confidential

Director of IT Infrastructure Services

Responsibilities:

• Identified core team members and help form IT team to lead the company for long term company goals.
• Worked and lead on several compliance initiatives to help company adhere cGMP guidelines.
• Help re-vamp IT infrastructure and change key IT methodologies and set up for the long term IT strategies.
• Continued mentoring and coaching IT team members to take on new challenges and roles and responsibilities
• Work on technology strategy to prepare company infrastructure for the long term goals, Consult with senior executives on future technology issues and requirements involving connectivity for LANs, WANs and productivity through advanced technology.
• Successfully migrated from Empower Standalone Chromatography systems to Empower 2 Client/Server Chromatography Designed and implemented strategies like backup/restore/archival of data, disaster recovery, manage user accounts, create/manage application projects, create /modify new reports, users privileges of HPLC, GC, UV and FTIR systems
• Systems ensuring data integrity, validity and compliance
• Fully responsible for technical support operations in high-volume fast paced environment for network hardware and operating systems (Windows 2003/2008/2012 servers / Windows XP/7). Designed and implemented strategies for backup/restore/archival of data, disaster recovery using EMC Avamar, Data Domain and Symantec Backup Exec software.
• Overseeing network connectivity, implementation, and troubleshooting for servers, remote access, storage devices, switches, routers, printers, scanners and wireless network between three remote sites.
• Implementation, management and administration of Active Directory, File Server, DHCP/DNS/Backup, Printer Servers, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007/2010/2013 Server and BlackBerry Enterprise Server
• Worked on Computer Systems Validation and Compliance.
• Training Users on Usage of Validated computer systems, Application, SDMS, Empower, LIMS, Cisco VPN and SOPs for Compliance.

Confidential

Manager of IT Infrastructure Services

Responsibilities:

• Designing and Documentation for Racks move from one cage to other big cage indatacenter.
• Worked on large datacenter consolidations and completed them successfully using multipleP2Vconversion usingVcenter Converter.
• Be a liason between IT users, Laboratory users and their leaders of respected areas for technology needs.
• Built a solid team of 12 employees through departmentalize the job roles and responsibilities to adhere and support company’s short term and long term gols.
• Constantly evaluated new Technology requirements for Lab productivity and compliance related issues
• Served as a team member of several teams such as compliance task force, validation team.
• Designed and implemented strategies like backup/restore/archival of data, disaster recovery, manage user accounts, create/manage application projects, create /modify new reports, users privileges of HPLC,GC, UV and FTIR systems
• Worked with Suppliers, vendors for scheduled maintenance validation of the Equipment and computer systems in order to adhere compliance for the regulated environment
• Active Directory Administrator for multi-national corporation
• Installation and support of VMware ESX 3.5/4.1/ servers which hosts the virtual servers for the test/dev/staging environment
• Performed Physical to Virtual Server (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual migration using VMware Converter 5.x and PlateSpin Migration
• Capacity planning, infrastructure improvement for VMware environment, gap analysis, notification setup, environment monitoring
• Set up laboratory IT infrastructure in a controlled environment to adhere FDA requirements and CFR Part 11 guidelines
• Maintained laboratory data records according to cGMP requirements.
• Systems ensuring data integrity, validity and compliance
• Worked on Computer Systems Validation and Compliance.
• Training Users on Usage of computer systems, hardware, software, printers, Cisco VPN client and SOPs for Compliance.
• Managed shared folders & groups using DFS, applied NTFS/Active Directory file permissions, create user profile and user rights restrictions and password management
• Experience in Windows Server, Active Directory, domain architecture, TCP/IP, DNS, Wins system backups, availability, scheduling, server capacity and performance
• Level 2/3 troubleshooting clustered file & print server support for user base over 2000 users
• Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of DNS and DHCP
• Install, manage, administer DNS Server and related activity for adding and deleting host entry, adding various service records, maintain zoning
• Installed, configured and supported Data Center Networking, LAN, VLANs, VTP, Access List
• Supported Firewall with proactive traffic monitoring, Security, Access List and WAN connectivity
• Installed, configured and supported Cisco Catalyst Switches, Brocade Switches
• Performed automatic scripting in PowerShell and VB for server maintenance
• Installed, maintained and troubleshot server hardware and software
• Responsible for successful backups of systems configurations applications & network data including site backup to support published retention policy disaster recovery
• Responsible for network and systems security including but not limited to; firewalls routers IPS IDS Virus and Malware protection
• Install, manage and administer DHCP Server, differentiate IP Addressing scheme for Workstation, Wireless Device and IP Phone Systems
• Support network and security scans audits and mitigate risk and vulnerability
• Perform network and systems performance monitoring tuning capacity planning
• Manage application version updates compatibility user rights access
• Practice network asset management including regularly scheduled maintenance of network component inventory related documentation technical specifications information
• Followed change management procedures recommend schedule install troubleshoot and support software hardware improvements upgrades patches reconfigurations and/or purchases
• Ensure completeness and compatibility of the technical infrastructure to support system stability performance
• Participate in planning communication system recovery testing documentation for disaster recovery events