Summary:

Senior Systems Engineer with over 15 years of experience in the fields of Systems Engineering with goals and responsibilities in Active Directory GPO design/consolidation, disaster recovery, directory services troubleshooting , Exchange mailbox policy design, backups/restores, clustering , Windows Servers health reporting, server builds, patching , and, in these capacities, a demonstrated ability to automate processes and develop custom scripts, applications, and websites. Experienced in virtualization VMWare/Hyper-V , relational databases SQL, Oracle, MySQL , systems integration workflow, account provisioning/deprovisioning, policy enforcement , Office automation, and programming VBScript, PowerShell, .NET, C , WMI, web development

Experience:

Confidential

Independent Consultant

• Assist in Windows migrations and upgrades including Windows 7, Windows Server 2003/2008, Exchange approximately 15 servers, 300 workstations
• Provide custom intranet websites aimed at managing Active Directory, Exchange, Windows
• Responsible for user account provisioning, workstation deployments, and hardware troubleshooting
• Provide SQL based reports for data, network, and resource usage
• Create scripts for automating data gathering
• Create custom business websites

Confidential

Office 365 Migration Specialist

• Plan, coordinate, and support the migration of approximately 15,000 mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Office 365 via an Exchange 2010 co-existence environment
• Develop migration application used for scheduling users, sending out notifications, and generating reports
• Develop and implement website with SQL backend used for pre-migration planning, assessment of future failures, and project status
• Create and maintain PowerShell, C , VBScript, and SQL scripts used for Active Directory and Exchange platform administration
• Update Active Directory and Exchange with critical features/changes necessary for a successful migration
• Coordinate with global teams, regional support staff, and critical personnel on migration planning
• Merge Human Resources, Metadata, AirWatch, Enterprise Vault, BlackBerry, Active Directory, Exchange, and Office 365 data sources into centralized view used to generate a profile of each employee and robotic account
• Perform Lotus Notes to Exchange 2010 migrations using automation
• Work closely with Symantec to optimize migration strategy for archived mailboxes in Enterprise Vault
• Develop application to migrate public folders to shared mailboxes

Confidential

Active Directory Specialist/Exchange

• Coordinate, implement, and support, Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 migration for 450 mailboxes
• Maintain Exchange 2003 and 2010 environments in co-existence mode
• Upgrade functional domain level, upgrade network configuration, and reconfigure smarthosts
• Consolidate administrative groups, recipient policies, retention policies, and correct AD issues
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and remedy Active Directory, network, and storage solution selections
• Recommend performance tuning configurations, DAG, and secondary site design
• Write PowerShell scripts to assist in migration, generate reports, and plan in design
• Audit email systems including external email configuration, archiving policies, and provide recommendations on redesign of mailboxes within departments and executive databases

Confidential

Senior Windows Engineer II

• Responsible for the accelerated migration of 100TB of research, patient, financial, departmental share, and home directory data after initial solution failed to deliver performance expectations
• Implement proactive processes to generate performance metrics from multiple platforms which were later used to generate CIO SharePoint dashboards
• Manage and monitor over 1300 servers comprised Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2
• Implement GroupLogic ExtremeZ-IP on research cluster to enable AFP accessibility for over 2000 Mac clients mainly used by research scientists
• Managed two active/active clusters consisting of five physical nodes for a general purpose file systems and three physical nodes for research data
• Responsible for writing reporting software used to provide KPIs, trend analyses, and proactive prevention of system outages that could affect medical personnel
• Worked with medical personnel to understand, develop, and implement new projects including integration of Active Directory domains, dictation devices and software, and redirection of Citrix desktops
• Maintain and manage Windows Server patches
• Analyze and correct inconsistencies in Active Directory domains including GPO permissions, terminated accounts, group memberships, and services trusts
• Responsible for P2V, V2P, and V2V migrations in VMWare ESXi 5.0 via PowerCLI automation
• Collapse multiple Active Directory domains
• Work with HR to normalize data, cleanup downstream platforms, and enhance profile provisioning and deprovisioning through automation via VBScript and PowerShell
• Manage Confidential deployments. Redesign network and sessions for radiological imaging software.

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Senior Active Directory Developer Consultant

• Use 12 years of experience as Senior Systems Engineer to suggest new ideas for markets not currently supported by Confidential
• Focus exclusively on improving directory synchronization products to support AD 2008 and Exchange 2003, 2007, and 2010 via C and PowerShell
• Design and implement best practices for reading, writing, and synchronizing Lotus Domino Directory and Active Directory to increase performance multi-threading, rewriting connection objects, using lambda expressions
• Maintain SQL databases used to store Lotus Domino Directory and Active Directory Data
• Implement support for Office 365 and multi-directory synchronization for inter/intra organizational environments
• Develop new utilities based on conversations held with internal support and external clients
• Develop integrated user interface for E2E Complete and DirSync using Silverlight/WPF via C
• Analyze, test, and extract features from competitor products including Quest Migrator, NetApp SnapManager, Quest ActiveGroups
• Work with Exchange teams to support enhanced migrations via Binary Tree products
• Build VMWare labs in ESX 4.0, VMWare Workstation, and write utilities for quick deployment of virtual servers
• Work with infrastructure support team to update virtual labs with proper Active Directory and Exchange versions for development personnel
• Work with existing and potential clients to understand which features will help maintain existing clients and which features we can implement to help gain new business

Confidential

Solutions Engineer Consultant

• Upgrade various Excel workbooks to use Office 2007 and IBM SPSS v17
• Write VBA, SPSS queries, and SQL functions and stored procedures
• Consolidate applications and processes used by multiple market channels
• Develop stored procedures, functions, and packages in SQL and SQL Business Intelligence Studio
• Develop intermediary code to convert data sources Confidential data, custom client inputs for inputting into proprietary SQL/Silverlight application
• Create non-existent master template of manufacturers and products via automated scanning of import files

Confidential

Systems Administrator

• Responsible for managing approximately 100 Dell servers including four domain controllers, two Exchange clusters. Also managed Confidential servers supporting upwards of 45,000 Confidential employees and dozens of agencies
• Responsible for optimizing, designing, and consolidating GPOs, maintaining Exchange policies, fixing and implementing File server permissions, and managing Cisco Unity/CallCenter/CallManager
• Analyzed, designed, and implemented technical controls which reduced risk, streamlined processes, and provided accountability for all configuration changes
• Implemented automation scripts to create virtual machines in Confidential resulting in a positive increase for customer PKIs
• Introduced processes associated with Confidential after having analyzed risks in various processes including employee terminations, password expirations, and account management practices
• Managed Active Directory infrastructure including schema, DNS automated DNS cleanup and quarantining solution for computer and user accounts in DMZ and restricted zones, subnet additions/deletions, router/switch port swapping , OU restructuring, and domain security
• Served as escalation point for help desk and desktop support teams. Troubleshot desktop and laptop issues for Windows Vista/XP/2000 relating to networking, group policies, system corruption and, if necessary, reimaged desktops and laptops
• Participated in the design and use of technologies used for creating Ghost and deploying physical installation, WDS and ADS/RIS, PXE workstation and Windows 2008/2003 server images
• Managed SQL Server 2005/2000 servers and developed various applications for maintaining history, usage, and metrics associated with all platforms running on Windows
• Configured databases, wrote stored procedures, user-defined functions, and CTEs used for caching data refreshed by custom external collectors written in VBScript and .NET
• Participated in 24/7 support and on-call rotations supporting biometric devices across various Confidential agencies
• Developed various scripts, applications, and websites in IIS 7.0/6.0 using PowerShell, VBScript, ASP, and .NET to automate various processes, SOPs, and enhance productivity for Active Directory, Exchange, Microsoft Office, and various Microsoft and other third-party applications
• Deployed two IIS servers in Production Test. Developed custom Reporting Services website using a combination of ASP.NET and SQL which would generate reports on-demand or via an XML update created ad-hoc reports

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer

• Responsible for configuring, testing, deploying, and managing approximately 600 servers including multiple Domain Controllers, Exchange, File, and Print clusters spread across seven Confidential regions
• Responsible for maintaining Active Directory and its interaction with other Microsoft products and platforms e.g. Exchange, SMS, etc. . Responsible for architecting and/or reconfiguring Group Policies for users, servers, domains including WMI filtering and AD structure based on logical or process driven demands
• Confidential auditing of accounting, technical, and other critical systems. Developed and enforced risk mitigating processes associated with Sarbanes Oxley, Legal, and Audit automated all manual aspects of generating and providing evidence. Used Intrust to supplement reports.
• Gathered and restored e-mail for troubleshooting and auditing purposes via Enterprise Vault, Netbackup, exmerge, and custom scripts
• Managed LCS/OCS, SharePoint, GoodLink and was responsible for managing wireless devices
• Used a combination of Windows SysInternals tools such as Confidential
• Assisted in managing SANs including developing backup schedules, restoring files/server images, and disk partitioning for Confidential
• Configured and maintained passive/active and active/active clustering solutions for Windows 2003 File servers DFS and DoubleTake and Exchange Server 2003 servers developed solutions for administering and reporting on both platforms
• AD SME during Oracle IAM implementation optimized AD queries and event logs via custom code
• Created and implemented website to allow business units to shop for a Virtual Server. Automated workflow reduced cost, time, and provided streamlining to a normally manual and time consuming process
• Participated in SQL optimization and permission structuring
• Responsible for supporting connector between Enterprise Directory and Active Directory as well as the migration of UNIX LDAP profiles to Active Directory
• Developed scripts for interacting with Microsoft platforms via ADSI/LDAP/WMI and APIs
• Responsible for the development of web-based applications in ASP.Net/VB.Net/and some C for the monitoring, reporting, and management of Active Directory, Exchange, and File System resources, which provided tiered security based on group membership, reduced the number of system administrators to a manageable minimum, and granted privileged access only when using the website
• Developed resource scheduling system to allow end user to request conference lines, meeting rooms, catering, and amenities. This system became an Outlook plug-in and custom form using Visual Studio 6 and Visual Basic for Applications. An XML configuration file maintained via the File Replication Service in Active Directory provides daily updates to over 6,000 end users
• Developed applications to prevent the release of Non Public Information via e-mail
• Assisted infrastructure team in developing images for VMWare servers
• Developed self-service websites including a password management website which allowed users to maintain yearly password compliance for risk mitigation which eliminated the need for help desk support calls/tickets
• Designed and maintained IIS 6.0 servers across four SDLC environments, implemented seven websites, and using Active Directory and SQL, delegated permissions to users, virtual directories, and resources
• Developed ASP.NET website using VB.NET and C source files to scan all Microsoft Windows servers and produce a management website for active Terminal Server sessions
• Developed utilities/scripts used for exporting and scanning ACLs, unapproved file types, e-mail, and user data
• Developed ASP.NET end-user websites for the management of distribution lists, groups, and other non-administrative functions, thereby reducing help desk call volume, and escalations
• Developed and maintained SQL databases and queries for activity logs and use in on-demand/ad-hoc reporting, metrics, and management reports
• Automated redundant and time consuming processes performed by administrators resulting in a 300 reduction of administrative overhead and elimination of all errors produced through manual intervention
• Developed ASP.NET reporting website using backended Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005 database to provide management and team members with access to daily reports harvested from Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Windows Servers, and file systems via a VB.NET application. This application used an XML file to maintain SQL queries and provide scalable customization without the need for application recompilation
• Maintained standard coding practices using Visual SourceSafe and the new Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, as well as full life cycle development
• Aided in deployment of SharePoint server and developed automated process to create and delete groups associated with SharePoint sites upon creation/deletion of SharePoint sites

Confidential

Windows XP Migrations Engineer

• Responsible for the migration of approximately 24,000 associate accounts and data from Novell on Windows 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 to Windows XP and Active Directory running on Windows 2000 Servers
• Increased productivity by over 250 by creating Visual Basic programs, Visual Basic Scripts, and DOS batch files to create time-consuming import files, retrieve server information, and perform most manual tasks file creation, information filling automatically
• Audited Exchange 5.5 and Windows environment for deficiencies prior to migration. This included corrupt mailboxes, account security issues, in addition to performance measurements
• Used VBScripts to create reports of total available disk space, user directories used for cross-referencing active accounts , directories and filenames containing non-English characters Chinese, international characters across approximately 15 Windows 2000 Servers and 30 Novell Servers. Additional user only option allowed for calculation of approximate disk space requirements for data migration from compressed Novell volumes to Windows 2000 servers eliminating and eventually preventing problems due to low disk space issues on servers
• Eliminated dependencies of Confidential by creating an application that used ADSI, LDAP and SQL queries through Visual Basic, to check migrated accounts, folder permissions on both servers and exchange stores, bulk update of problem accounts such as: password reset, force password change, and account lockout issues
• Used robocopy, xcacls, and subinacls utilities in combination with VBScripts, for copying data and setting new permissions as well as Confidential Migrator for migrating accounts and attributes
• Created stand-alone application for adding/removing users from Security Groups, and bulk movement of users from HoldingOU's to proper Policy Lock levels
• Managed and updated Exchange 5.5 mailboxes and distribution lists to reflect new domain change as well as prepare Active Directory cache for Exchange 2000 upgrade
• Managed BindView reports to maintain Access databases of employee account information from Novell
• Used Terminal Services to remotely manage computers and perform data transfers on geographically similar Novell and Celera servers

Confidential

Windows 2000 Migration Specialist

• Removed old equipment falling below bank standards of PIII/800MHz and replace with imaged Confidential laptops
• Recycled and redeployed up-to-date PCs with Windows 2000 image and installed/customized with department-specific software and specific user needs
• Provided local and remote assistance to migrated associates and executives approximately 1000
• Worked closely with Confidential administrators to confirm Confidential object attributes user ID's and information, data, and group permissions transferred from Novell servers were correctly replicated in Confidential
• Cut down on migration time by 30 by writing batch files to automate installation of printers, application fixes and customizations, and mapping of network resources on a per-user/department basis
• Managed user rights to sensitive data and folders on network shares
• Developed software in Visual Basic for remote management and inventory tracking of bank computers which included retrieval of PC serial numbers, installed applications, hardware information, registry information and many documented WMI as well as automated updating of user settings
• Developed various scripts to automating Active Directory/LDAP tasks via ADSI, WMI and batch files
• Deployed administration tool for detecting account lockouts in approximate real-time, thus eliminating 15 of all help desk calls relating to password related problems

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