SUMMARY:

• Extensive experience in various windows environments Windows 2008/2008R2/2012/2012 R2, Active Directory, Group Policy, Exchange, Office 365, Symantec Endpoint manager, windows 7/8/10. 4 years’ experience on PowerShell for Active Directory, Exchange, Windows, Office 365 and Windows servers
• Windows Server 2012, 2008, 2003, Windows 7, 8, 10
• Office 365 Deployment and Troubleshooting ( Confidential Cloud)
• Active Directory and Confidential Exchange 2007 and 2010
• Kerberos troubleshooting, working with klist
• Registering and Troubleshooting Service Principal Names (SPN)
• PowerShell (Windows, Active directory, office 365, Exchange)
• Remote administration of Active directory, Exchange, Office 365 and Windows using PowerShell
• VMware Vcenter, VMware vSphere, and MS Virtual sever Administration
• Websense Deployment (Data leak Prevention Solution)
• McAfee EPO (Endpoint Encryption)
• Enterprise Antivirus Solutions like Symantec Endpoint Manager, MacAfee
• Mimecast (Spam Filter administration)
• Maintaining and configuring Dell, HP Server hardware using RDP, ILO, DRAC in server farm, Trouble shooting HP ProLiant and Dell Power edge Servers, Server Racking and Data Center management (Hardware and Software)
• Preparing Server, network, rack, UPS diagrams using Visio
• Terminal Services and Licensing
• Building Windows 10 Images using Image x
• Azure Administration
• Sysinternals, Resource kit, Support tools, Server hardening, FSMO, KCC, Group Policies, Replication, security Groups, Distributed File System, File and Print Server Administration, Windows Deployment solution, Building Disk Images using ImageX, Unattended Installation of Windows Servers and Desktops, Disaster Recovery (Debug Blue screen of Death), Windows Cluster management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Cloud Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Provisioning and decommissioning domain controllers
• Re - design client’s active directory to better comply with office 365 deployment
• Work on Group policy configuration and remediate issue related to GPO no applying or GPO delaying system boot
• Kerberos troubleshooting, working with klist
• Registering and Troubleshooting Service Principal Names (SPN)
• Troubleshooting Kerberos Authentication problems
• Performing Active Directory health check. Applying security patches on domain controllers.
• Upgrading the operating system on a domain controller. Design and create security and emailed enabled groups.
• Troubleshooting issue related to tombstone objects, sysvol replication and Active directory replication. Configure logon scripts.
• Identifying objects in active directory that have not logged in for certain amount of time and then marking them for removal from active directory.
• Running reports on Active directory, Group policy, Exchange Server, Windows server, office 365 using PowerShell.
• Address DNS related issue and make sure all the DNS records are getting replicated using active directory replication.
• Configuring virtual servers. Design, implement, and support the virtualization strategy including VMWare. Addressing Exchange DAG replication issue and free busy issues
• Performing office 365 administration, and also stage the movement of mail boxes from on prem exchange server to cloud
• Performed cross platform audits of Active Directory (AD) objects and user permissions.
• Remotely managing server health using ILO and DRAC.

Confidential, Newark, CA

Systems Design Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Confidential technologies like, Active Directory, Messaging Services (Exchange 2007 and 2010 ) VMware Vcenter, Symantec Antivirus
• Build and maintain corporate and cloud active directory infrastructure. Fix active directory replication, and time sync issues. Maintain and fine tune domain naming service. Build a new forest, OU, and Group Policy. Domain, OU and Group policy structure was tested in the lab before implementing in the production environment.
• Performed active directory migration from windows 2008 to windows 2012
• Kerberos troubleshooting, working with klist
• Support over 1000 users globally having diversified application authentication environments.
• Trouble shoot issues related to Exchange mailboxes, mail flow, spam filtering, shared mailbox, office 365 and free busy
• Trouble shoot issues related to Websense and McAfee endpoint encryption
• Trouble shoot issues related to virus infections on the server and deploying regular security patches to the servers
• Registering and Troubleshooting Service Principal Names (SPN)
• Troubleshooting Kerberos Authentication problems
• Provisioning ESX server, Vcenter, Windows Servers, Google GSA
• Perform administration of virtualized windows servers via VMware vSphere and VMware vSphere web client. Have knowledge about ESX installation, virtual LAN and storage, creation of templates.
• Running reports on Active directory, Exchange Server, Windows server, office 365 and ESX Server using PowerShell and Powercli respectively
• Performing server builds (Windows and Exchange Server)
• Administering Office 365, Active Directory, Exchange, Windows using PowerShell
• Installation and configuration of Active Directory domain controllers, and windows servers
• Preparing Patching report using PowerShell

Confidential, North Hollywood, CA

Office 365 Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performing Active Directory health check
• Involved in installation, configuration, and integration and fine-tuning of Windows 2000/2003 operating systems. Design, implementation and integration of LAN and WAN systems based on Compaq servers/workstation
• Running reports on Active directory, Exchange Server, Windows server, office 365 and ESX Server using PowerShell and Powercli respectively
• Registering and Troubleshooting Service Principal Names (SPN)
• Providing assistance to the network engineers to resolve escalated calls
• Installing and configuring of Windows 2003 and 2008 servers on HP and Dell servers
• Installing and configuring VMware ESX 5.5 servers
• Install and configure the HP-SIM and DELL Open Manager
• Identifying hardware failures in servers racked in data center
• Upgrading firmware for BIOS, RAID controllers, BMC and DRAC for DELL servers.
• Involved in planning and execution of server consolidation by converting physical servers in to virtual servers
• Design, implement and provision standardized multi-tiered Confidential -based application hosting solutions upon which to effectively deploy enterprise applications.
• Performing Cutover, IMAP, hybrid migration
• Develop and implement server-hardening security protocols and apply them to new and existing server infrastructure
• Installation and configuration of Active Directory domain controllers, windows servers, DFS, desktop deployment via WDS
• Configuring virtual servers, commissioning and de-commissioning of servers. Design, implement, and support the virtualization strategy including VMWare
• Running reports on Active directory, Exchange Server, Windows server, office 365 and ESX Server using PowerShell
• Administering Office 365, Active Directory, Exchange, Windows using PowerShell
• Preparing Patching report using PowerShell

Confidential

IT Business Delivery Lead

Responsibilities:

• Handle windows network having more than 50 domains and more than 3000 servers, setup software deployment polices in Active Directory and windows servers
• Upgraded the forest level of the entire domain
• Upgrading firmware for BIOS, RAID controllers, BMC and DRAC for DELL servers.
• Fixed the replication topology of 300 domain controllers and documented the new Replication layout.
• Performed server builds of windows and exchange servers.
• Registering and Troubleshooting Service Principal Names (SPN)
• Performed ESX server installation on IBM servers including IBM Blades
• Configuring virtual servers, commissioning and de-commissioning of servers. Design, implement, and support the virtualization strategy including VMWare
• Identified tomb stoned Active Directory domain controllers and cleaned them out of Active Directory database
• Installation and configuration of Active Directory domain controllers, windows servers, DFS, desktop deployment via WDS
• Develop and implement server-hardening security protocols and apply them to new and existing server infrastructure
• Running reports on Active directory, Exchange Server, Windows server, office 365 and ESX Server using PowerShell
• Kerberos troubleshooting, working with klist
• Troubleshooting Kerberos Authentication problems
• Running reports on Active directory, Exchange Server, Windows server, office 365 and ESX Server using PowerShell and Powercli respectively
• Administering Office 365, Active Directory, Exchange, Windows using PowerShell
• Preparing Patching report using PowerShell

Confidential

Infrastructure Support Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the setup of a new 500 seater office (Desktops, Printers, and Server room) in Luzern & Zurich (Switzerland)
• Setup all the IT devices in the Datacenter (Servers, Desktops, Access Points, Printers)
• Installation and configuration of Active Directory Domain Controllers, Windows servers, DFS, Desktop Deployment via WDS. Configuring Terminal Server, DHCP, & DNS
• Design, implement, and support the corporate Active Directory environments.
• Configuring virtual servers, commissioning and de-commissioning of servers. Design, implement, and support the virtualization strategy including VMware
• Design and deploy systems management and monitoring tools
• Develop and implement server-hardening security protocols and apply them to new and existing server infrastructure
• Preparing Patching report using PowerShell

Confidential

Senior IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Setup DFS Root and DFS referrals for the client Warner Bros
• Work with Manager to establish SOPs
• Managed 500 Active Directory Domain Controllers and Windows Server
• Identified tomb stoned Active Directory domain controllers and cleaned them out of Active Directory database

Confidential

Sr. Subject Matter Expert

Responsibilities:

• I was on call supporting Confidential enterprise customers. I was Hired for my good technical & good communication skills
• Every call was different, new person to deal with and a new issue to fix. Issue may be for a single Active Directory server or the entire domain. I always fixed every issue within 24 hours.
• I was promoted from Support Engineer to Technical lead in 8 Months of Joining the Job

Confidential

Technical support analyst

Responsibilities:

• I was hired as desktop analyst, but quickly rose to the level of server analyst. As server analyst I was assigned the task of monitoring Active Directory and Windows Servers and maintain health Checks.

Confidential

Desktop & Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• First Job out of college but was handling one Active Directory Domain Controller and 50 Client machines