SUMMARY

• Experience as Windows System Engineer, managing Servers, Desktops, Laptops, OS, VMWare, VMware ESX/ESXi, vSphere, vSAN, vCenter, AD (Active Directory), users security, GPO, imaging, Database Administration, Reporting System, ETL, Database Development, and excellent technical support and troubleshooting experience.
• Worked proficiently on VB Scripts, Wise Scripts, PowerShell and Batch Script for customizing applications.
• Hands - on Experience in installing, configuringSQL Server 2019/2016/2012/2008 in large scale environments.
• Worked onWindows Registry, File System Services,ODBCConnections and COM objects, Devices, Security, Active directory servicesand other facets of Windows’s OS.
• Proficient in Networking and configuring TCP/IP, DNS, NFS, SAMBA, LDAP, SSH, SFTP, SMTP, SNMP.
• Expertise in virtualizing applications usingVMware Thin app.
• Highly motivated systems administrator offering hands - on experience in a Confidential Office 365 Cloud on Premise environment.
• Experience creating Virtual Storage Area Networks to create a redundant environment to prevent data loss through zoning on Brocade Networks.
• Monitoring and administering Sun-Solaris servers and Red hat Linux servers.
• Support enterprise Storage Area Networks (SAN), and Tape Backup/Restore technology in a mission critical environment.
• Handful experience in creating the global software deployments/patch updates using LAN Desk.
• Design and implementation of the upgrade ofSCCM 20012 R2 SP1 to SCCM 1606.
• Provided support forSCCM Client, Hardware and Software Inventory Issues.
• Created the Software updates group and deployed to Workstations and Servers.
• Configured Security Patch Deployment Packages usingSCCM 1606/2012 and WSUS.
• Expertise in generating reports using SCCM 1606/2012 as well asSQL Reporting Services.
• Broad knowledge of key end-user scenarios and technical experience for Office 365, Office 365 ProPlus, Exchange Online, SharePoint, Skype for Business and other Office 365 products.
• Good understanding in the various IAM modules such as Identity Management, Identity Governance, Access Management and Life Cycle Management
• Experience in Design and Implementationof VMware ESXi7.0, 6.5, 6.0& 5.1 and Hyper-V VirtualizationEnvironments.
• Strong Experience with Azure and AWS Domain Controller deployment
• Proficiency in setting up Multiple Exchange 2000/2003 servers in native mode and mixed mode environments and resolving problems quickly with minimum downtime in Production.
• Experience in configuring and managing web servers andSQL servers in NLBand clustered environments.
• Experienced in deploying the Office 365 proplus to Mac (ISO) systems by usingSCCM 2012.
• Strong experience in packagem igration from windows 7 to windows 10 usingSCCM 1606, SCCM 2012.
• Worked on Extension of SCCM 2012to theIntune.
• Administration and maintenance ofWindows Server 2019/2016/2012/2008 environments.
• Basic knowledge in Networking Protocols like TCP/IP, FTP, and SMTP
• Excellent interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, willing to learn, accept the challenging environment and confidence in delivering the results.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

System Administration: Windows Server 2008 R 2/2012/2016/2019 , Windows 7, 10, Active Directory, SCOM, GPO, AGPM, DHCP, DNS, Backup & Recovery, Veeam Backup, File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), WSUS, Network/IP Configuration, Office 365, Datacenter experience, Dell server’s configuration, Networking (IPv4 and subnetting, VLANs), Mobile User VPN, Desktop Support, Printer maintenance, Secure Printer

VMWare: VMware ESX/ESXi 5.0/5.5/6.0/6.5/6.7 , 7.1, vCenter server and appliance, Site Recovery Manager (SRM), vSphere Replication, vSAN, vCenter Operations Manager vROPs AirWatch

Storage: NetApp, EMC Clarrion, Vmax,Vnx, Free NAS

Storage Technologies: RAID, NAS, SAN

Database System: MS SQL Server 2016,2014, 2012, 2008 R2, MS Access

Data Security: TDE (Transparent Data Encryption), IPSec, SSL, Data Masking, Column level security

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - NY

Sr. WINDOWS SYSTEM ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Installation and Configuration and Maintenance of Windows Server 2012 R2/2016 on HP Proliant Dell PowerEdge Servers.
• Problem analysis and Troubleshooting of ESX Server with service console. Resolving issues on servers, VLANs, routers, and switches in the data center.
• Installation and Configuration and Maintenance of Windows 7 and 10 on Laptop and PC.
• Created User Accounts and Groups in Active Directory AD.
• Configured and troubleshooted NFS, NIS, NIS+, DNS, DHCP, FTP, LDAP, and Samba, Apache servers.
• Configured HA, DRS clusters and capacity planning for new clusters and configured FT for the important.
• Installation and Configuration and Maintenance of Windows Server 2012 R2/2016 on Servers.
• Generated report summary and performance for ESX Servers and VM's. Created snapshots for the VM's and also created new folders, data centers, clusters and resource pools in the VC.
• Experienced with Virtualization technologies like installing, configuring, and troubleshooting VMware ESXifor Linux servers.
• Responsible for all designs modifications and changes to the SAN infrastructure and ensure proper change control is followed for implementation and documentation of all configuration changes.
• Performed ongoing administration and account maintenance of the Office 365 tenant
• Installation and Configuration and Maintenance of Windows 7 and 10 on Laptop and PC.
• Created User Accounts and Groups in Active Directory AD.
• Responsible to maintain all windows servers operating systems.
• Configured HA, DRS clusters and capacity planning for new clusters and configured FT for the important.
• Ensured the consistent, reliable and business partner centric service delivery through global managed service provider for End User Support of Office 365, SharePoint and Exchange.
• Involved in Scheduling Tasks, Monitoring Tasks, created alarms and Deploying load balancing, implementing Network security.
• Troubleshooting issues related to VMware ESX 6.0/5.5/5.1/4.1/4.0 host, VMware virtual center, HA, DRS, VMware update manager.
• Configured the NTP server in ESX Server for the time synchronization between ESX and VM's.
• Involved in troubleshooting the issues related to Servers, Local Services, Data Centers, and Server Configuration for Microsoft Windows Systems.
• File server administration in SAN filer, DFS environment like monitoring QTrees space, creating and deleting DFS links, giving folder, share permissions and assigning ownerships to folders etc.
• Defined best practices and served as a consultant for use of different Office 365 offerings, including Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Stream and Teams
• Upgrade Active directory 2003 R2 to 2012 R2 and troubleshooting AD problems.
• Responsible for the server administration and engineering of Windows servers, while maintaining backups of 40+ servers.
• Installed, configured, administrated and troubleshooted SQL server 2008/2012/2016/2019.
• Worked on PowerShell and VBScripts for the package building and automation.
• Built a solution using Azure managed services and Blob storage to archive on-premises data to cloud.
• Used PowerShell scripting for packaging silent application installations.
• Created new VMware virtual machines to meet the specifications provided by the Client.
• Configured VMotion for Hardware Resource Management.
• Troubleshooting the Hung VM Sessions on ESX Host and sending the files to VMware support for resolutions.
• Supported and Managed VMware ESX infrastructure for production/non production environments including HA/DRS Clustering.

Confidential, Boston, MA

WINDOW SYSTEM ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Installed, Configured, and Managed Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 R2
• Security hardening and Monitoring of VM's ESX Server CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization for Security Compliance.
• Designing an Active Directory and Network Infrastructure, Forest and Domain Infrastructure.
• Installed, Configured, and Managed Windows 7, 10 on PC and Laptop
• Provided support for Active directory (AD), GPO, Domain users, Users and groups and permissions, LAN, and Domain AccessInstalled, Configured, and Managed DNS Server, Active Directory (AD), DHCP server, Print Server, File Server, Replication File server, IIS
• Web Server, FTP Server, Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
• Experience in different Microsoft products including Exchange 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 and Office 365, Lync, Skype for business and MS office suites.
• Windows Server Compliance management.
• Responsible for all components of Office 365 including one drive, Skype for business, yammer and SharePoint.
• Participated in complete system builds, upgrades, migrations, code deployments and patch management
• Installation, configuration, and management of multiple server suites Windows 2003/2008 on VMware ESX server
• Implementing Group Policy, Managing and Monitoring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP managing and monitoring Domain Name System DNS
• Administering 4 routers. Performed Design, Implementation and support on Linux servers.
• Configured virtual network in VMware and Linux servers.
• Maintain and support day-to-day data center operations such as Single Sign-On w/LDAP, Active directory.
• Installation, configuration and administration of Windows 2008 R2/Windows 2012 server core domains in an enterprise network environment.
• Installing, Configuring and Maintaining Storage Area Network (SAN) HP EVA 4000
• Experience with Azure, Azure AD, O365 and good understanding of TCP/IP Stack, OSI Model Reference
• Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer SAN Switches using Fabric Manager
• Supported DFS for file sharing and permissioning.
• Configuring Mail server for remote Access, recipient policy, Server Policy, Mailbox policy.
• Migrated workstations for individuals for upgrade or transfer
• Performed hardware and software installations and upgrades to increase speed and performance of customer computer systems
• Removed viruses and malware from customer PCs to ensure system security
• Performed data transfers, back-ups and system recoveries
• Planning, provisioning and deploying Office 365 and Experience in Office 365 migrations and hybrid solutions.
• Expertise in migration of Microsoft messaging technologies of newer versions. Migration from On - premises to Office 365.
• Performed on-site troubleshooting, diagnostic and system set up services
• Knowledge in Synchronizing Directory from On-premises to Office 365 using different Identities as per business needs.
• Administering Information store Management, Public folder Management, Exchange system Manager Management, Groups and Address List Management, administrative Group Management
• Providing and maintaining user access in VMware virtual Center, configuring mail alert for any failure in HA, DRS, CPU and memory.
• Configuring Mailboxes on Exchange 5.5 and assigning appropriate permissions to groups.
• Designed and configured Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), subnets, Azure network settings, DHCP address blocks, DNS settings, and security policy and routing.
• Automate the new hire process from Workday to Active Directory and Active Directory to Workday using PowerShell.

Confidential

VMWARE WINDOW ADMINISTRATOR

Responsibilities:

• Performed on-site troubleshooting, diagnostic and system set up services.
• Provided helpdesk service, created accounts for new hires and profile workstation as requested by each department.
• Provide support to application teams on IIS configuration, Ensure availability and capacity of key services such as file, print, DHCP and DNS.
• Managed Windows Server systems,AD, DNS, DFS, DHCP,PKI, NPS,IIS Web Server,Windows Clustering,Active directory management AD, GPO management.
• Configured services like DNS, NFS, SAN, Sendmail, FTP, Remote access on Red Hat Linux.
• Configuration and administration of LDAP, NFS in Linux and implemented Samba for sharing of resources between Linux and Windows environments.
• Worked closely with the Office 365 migration team during large client migrations to assist and provide support
• Installed and Configured Windows Servers in a single domain Environment.
• Responsible for creating install and uninstall package for Windows 7 Applications.
• Setup and maintained Microsoft Office 365 (SharePoint Online, Exchange Online)
• Testing windows installer packages in different windows systems by using VMware and also on separate test machine.
• Responsible for Customizing the Applications based on user’s request.
• Used VBScript, PowerShell for Custom actions and created components and associated with feature as required.
• Design, execute and sustain the upgrade of stand-alone Exchange servers to Exchange 2003 Cluster in 11 sites spread across USA.
• Upgrade and implement existing backup software while testing and designing an enterprise-wide Disaster Recovery Plan.
• Involved in meetings, documenting the standards and procedures employed for packaging and testing the packages.
• Performed Windows/Linux Servers creation, and management in VMware environment utilizing Power Shell and VMware vSphere PowerCLI 5.1 scripts.
• Worked on package and deployment the applications in Mac and Desktop systems by using SCCM 2007.
• Pushed SCCM 2007 client to all end clients and debugged the failed PC's.
• Packaged applications are managed by Group Policy and Deployed by SCCM Tool.
• Migrate the user’s mailboxes to the new Exchange 2003 Cluster.
• Deployed windows installer packages and virtual packages to workstations and servers through SCCM 2007.
• Troubleshooting the packages that fail during Deployment though SCCM 2007.

Confidential

Windows ADMINISTRATOR

Responsibilities:

• Installing and configuring Active Directory and its components.
• Supported DNS, Open LDAP and Performed User Account creation, assigning access permission, creating user quota by using Shell scripts.
• Assist with the planning Data center migration projects and SAN migration
• Created user ids and Application group ids in Active Directory.
• Responsible for third level engineering of Windows Active Directory Domain Services based on Server 2012 R2
• Working on improving the package analysis and testing procedures.
• Helping Product managers to and automate the installation and configuration of their Products.
• Perform the Build tasks on the new Exchange 2007 servers for the Project
• Extensively involved in setup soft grid environment required to sequence/virtualization and Configuring clients to test/deploy soft grid packages.
• Design and support of Directory integration with Cloud based services including Office365 and Google Suite sync tools.
• Worked on migrating applications from Windows 7 to Windows 10 compatible version.
• Involved in installation and configuration of SMS 2.0 on Windows XP.
• Active Directory Engineer/Enterprise Administrator for large multi-national corporation