SUMMARY:

• Over 12+ years of current enterprise IT consulting experience, skilled Information Systems Architect. Expertise in Active Directory Architecture, Microsoft Exchange, Group Policy, VMware, Microsoft Operating Systems, Information Security and Project Management.
• Expertise in Designing, installing, and deploying Windows 2012, 2008 R2, 2003/XP/NT servers and workstations in high - pressure situations.
• Experience Installing and configuring Microsoft Exchange Servers 2010/2013 Microsoft Exchange Lync 2010/2013/Microsoft Azure and Office 365.
• Experienced at designing VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization solutions.
• Strong Experience with Windows Server Hardware specifically with HP/Compaq, Dell and IBM Server Hardware. Microsoft Exchange Server, VMWARE, SharePoint (MOSS), Active Directory: Symantec Enterprise Vault, OWA, OMA, RPC over HTTPS, McAfee Endpoint Protection and Intel Security.
• Experienced at delivering high level Architectural Solutions Documents (ASD), detailed design documents for Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange migration solutions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: Cisco Switches, Routers, TI frame relay, Cisco VPN 3000, HP Servers, Dell, Gateways. Microsoft System Center (SCCM, SCOM) Cisco 6500, 3700, 3500, 2900 switches and Routers EMC Sans, EMC Document Management System.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Office 365 Consultant

Confidential - Boston, MA

• Lead architect/engineer for Office 365 implementation for 1300 mailbox environment
• Conducted Active Directory and Exchange assessment.
• Created assessment documentation for Active Directory and Exchange.
• Identified AD issues using Office 365 HRC and IdFix.
• Remediated issues in AD and Exchange for readiness to Office 365 .
• Migrated ADFS 2.0 server farm to ADFS 3.0.
• Used Azure AD Connect for directory synchronization and federation with ADFS 3.0.
• Completed Exchange Online Hybrid deployment using Exchange 2010 servers.
• Implemented pilot group for Exchange Online.
• Migrated 1300 mailboxes to Exchange Online.
• Enabled and on-boarded users to Skype for Business.
• Implemented Azure Active Directory Premium.
• Implemented Intune. Configured configuration policies for all mobile devices.
• Implemented Password Reset with write-back from Azure to Active Directory.

Office 365 Consultant

Confidential - Boston, MA

• Office 365 architect/engineer role assigned to multiple projects
• Stone Coast Fund Services
• Conducted Exchange assessment.
• Identified AD issues using Office 365 HRC and IdFix.
• Remediated issues in AD and Exchange for readiness to Office 365 .
• Used Azure AD Connect for directory synchronization and federation with ADFS 3.0.
• Completed Exchange Online Hybrid deployment using Exchange 2010 servers.
• Implemented pilot group for Exchange Online.
• Migrated 300 mailboxes to Exchange Online.
• Configured public folder infrastructure for access in Exchange Online.
• Migrated Metalogix mailbox archives to Exchange Online.
• Security Lock Distributors
• Conducted Exchange assessment.
• Identified AD issues using IdFix.
• Remediated issues in AD and Exchange for readiness to Office 365 .
• Used Azure AD Connect for directory synchronization and federation with ADFS 3.0.
• Completed Exchange Online Hybrid deployment using Exchange 2010 servers.
• Implemented proof of concept mailbox migration group for Exchange Online.
• Configured public folder infrastructure for access in Exchange Online.

Office 365 Consultant

Confidential - Waltham, MA

• Office 365 engineer role assigned to migrate Exchange 2010 and Office 365 users from Biogen to new spin off company Confidential .
• Configured and implemented MigrationWiz to migrate users to new Office 365 tenant.
• Source users were located in Exchange 2010 and Office 365 .
• Remediated migration issues in MigrationWiz.
• Configured Federation for Calendar free/busy and Skype external communication.
• Migrated 600 mailboxes to Exchange Online.
• Supported post migration Office 365 issues.

Exchange Architect/Engineer Consultant

Confidential - Boston, MA

• Exchange architect/engineer role assigned to multiple projects
• Chinese Community Hospital
• Led Active Directory and Exchange assessment for major West Coast hospital.
• Created assessment documentation for Active Directory and Exchange.
• Created design documentation for Exchange 2013 environment.
• Created migration plan for Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013.
• Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• Messaging architect for Exchange 2016 hosted system for a large pharmaceutical company.
• Created assessment documentation of legacy Exchange 2010 environment.
• Created design documentation for Exchange 2016 hosted, private cloud system.
• Implemented highly available Exchange 2016 system.
• Implemented new Mimecast message hygiene and journaling solution.

Messaging Migration Consultant

Confidential - Johnston, RI

• Migration Engineer responsible for migrating 7,000+ mailboxes from Exchange 2007 to Office 365
• Setup Office 365 tenant and DNS.
• Implemented pilot group for Office 365 . Configured Hybrid configuration using Exchange 2013 Hybrid servers and Exchange Online.
• Supported legacy Exchange 2007 environment pre-migration and during migration.
• Migrated legacy transport rules to Exchange Online.
• Handled discovery requests for Security and Legal departments.
• Performed nightly migrations of resource and user mailboxes to Exchange Online.
• Migrated Blackberry, IOS and Android devices using Intune.
• Supported migration issues as 3rd level support resolving escalated Exchange issues.
• Resolved post-migration issues relating to Outlook, mailbox access, calendar issues and mobile device issues.
• Deployed Lync Online (Skype for Business).
• Provisioned users in Skype for Business admin center.
• Configured dial-in conferencing using PGi provider

Messaging Migration Consultant

Confidential - Cambridge, MA

• Migration Engineer responsible for migrating 100,000+ mailboxes from Exchange 2010 to Office 365
• Implemented pilot group for Office 365 . Created Hybrid configuration between Exchange 2010 and Exchange Online.
• Developed end user documentation for all client endpoint configurations for Office 365 .
• Performed nightly migrations of resource and user mailboxes to Exchange Online.
• Migrated Blackberry devices on-premise 5.03 environment to Blackberry Business Cloud Services.
• Supported migration issues as 3rd level support resolving escalated issues.
• Assisted migration to Lync Online.

Messaging Migration Consultant

Confidential - Framingham, MA

• Senior Engineer responsible for migrating 14,000 mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010
• Collaborated on the design of Exchange 2010 architecture with Genzyme's engineering team and Microsoft Consulting Services
• Configured Database Availability Groups (DAG) for high availability
• Built Exchange 2010 CAS, Hub Transport and Mailbox servers to support new Exchange 2010 environment
• Configured Database Availability Groups for new Exchange 2010 mailbox servers
• Assisted with design and implementation of Microsoft Lync 2010 servers. Built Front-End and Edge Servers for IM and Application Sharing functionality in Lync. Provisioned Lync 2010 accounts.
• Installed Exchange 2010 in domain in preparation for the Inter-Organizational migration to the parent company
• Migrated Lync 2010 environment to Lync 2013. Implemented policies for conferencing, client and archiving in Lync. Built Lync 2013 Edge, Front-End and Back-End servers for High Availability and Disaster Recovery
• Handled escalated support issues related to the migration
• Coordinated scheduling of mailbox migration
• Transitioned to messaging support team after migration
• Handled escalated issues and supported Exchange 2010 servers
• Completed legal hold discovery requests using HP Integrated Archive Platform
• Utilized BoxTone to manage Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) accounts
• Supported Symantec Enterprise Vault 9 environment
• Handled issues with Exchange Managed Folders and EV archiving

Messaging Migration Consultant

Confidential - Cambridge, MA

• Migration Engineer responsible for migrating 5000+ mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010
• Migrations were performed using custom PowerShell scripts
• Performed nightly migrations of resource and user mailboxes to Exchange 2010
• Migrated Blackberry devices from 4.6 environment to 5.03 environment using Blackberry Migrator tool
• Documented the messaging environment and provided documentation for Exchange 2010 processes
• Documented monitoring systems and made recommendations for consolidated monitoring system

Senior Systems Integration Specialist

Confidential - New York, NY

• Senior Messaging Architect for a leading global executive recruiting firm
• Led the design of a multi-datacenter, highly available, site resilient Exchange 2010 environment
• Used Exchange 2010 mailbox storage calculator and storage I/O best practices to size mailbox servers
• Implemented Database Availability Groups (DAG) for high availability and site resiliency
• Configured OWA, ActiveSync and Exchange Anywhere clients used for secure remote access to mailbox servers
• Configured CAS arrays for load balancing using Netscaler
• Implemented Exchange ActiveSync security policy using Airwatch
• Built Exchange 2010 CAS, Hub Transport and Mailbox Servers
• Configured DAG and CAS array for each regional Exchange environment
• Responsible for design and support of Exchange 2007 clustered environment with 2000+ mailboxes
• Built Exchange 2007 environment and completed migration from Exchange Designed and built Symantec Enterprise Vault email archiving environment
• Deployed Enterprise Vault 10 to enterprise
• Built Exchange 2007 journaling servers and configured email journaling with Enterprise Vault.
• Designed and implemented Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.01 Environment.
• Migrated existing BES environment to new BES servers using Blackberry Transporter migration tool Supported Postini anti-spam environment
• Implemented corporate email support for iPhone devices
• Migrated legacy Windows Messenger instant messaging system to Office Communicator Server 2007 R2.
• Integrated Office Communicator Server with Blackberry and iPhone mobile devices using Communicator Web Access
• Handled onboarding of new hires and provisioned new mailboxes and devices.
• Resolved issues with Outlook connectivity to Exchange Online for end users.
• Resolved issues with shared mailbox permissions and calendar delegate access for end users.

Messaging Engineer / Lead Engineer

Confidential - Boston, MA

• Responsible for administering a global Exchange 2003 clustered server environment.
• Project engineer for Symantec Enterprise Vault migration from Zantaz/EAS archive system
• Implemented TLS encryption with major clients of Fir
• Designed and built high availability Exchange 2003 environment using Windows 2003 Clusters
• Project lead for company's Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 migration
• Coordinated Exchange 2003 project teams from IBM professional services and Microsoft Consulting Services
• Migrated public folder servers and 2500+ mailboxes with 1.5TB of data to Exchange 2003
• Project lead for migration of 500GB personal folder data to Exchange using Zantaz EAS archive software
• Primary support person for global Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.0 environment
• Project lead for Windows Mobile pilot
• Implemented Secure Computing /Ciphertrust Ironmail anti-spam gateways, Secure Web Delivery encryption appliances and Central Quarantine Server
• Built and maintained Lotus Notes R6 application servers and configured SMTP between Notes application environment and Exchange environment
• Messaging / Terminal Server Specialist
• Administered multiple Exchange 5.5 servers
• Performed day to day administration tasks on Exchange for over 1600 clients
• Provided 3rd level support troubleshooting various server and client issues.
• Maintained Lotus Notes R5 application servers
• Performed Exchange server restores of Information Stores and mailboxes using Veritas BackupExec and CommVault Galaxy backup software
• Maintained fax environment using RightFax software
• Installed TrendMicro InterScan Viruswall and IMSS on SMTP gateway servers
• Upgraded Exchange 5.5 Windows NT servers to Windows 2000
• Installed and configured Blackberry Enterprise Servers for rollout of remote email on Blackberry handheld devices
• Coordinated Windows 2003 and Exchange 2003 infrastructure design with outside consulting vendor
• Implemented and configured CipherTrust Ironmail anti-spam appliances that reduced spam by 90 percent
• Supported Citrix Metaframe XP server farm environment

Consulting Systems Engineer

Confidential - Burlington, MA

• Technical lead for organization's Burlington facility managing a segment of the Corporate NT Server network
• Provided setup and administration of the company IIS 4.0 web servers hosting multiple sites
• Installed Windows NT 4.0 Server on new Compaq Proliant 1600, 3000 and 5500 servers replacing outdated machines
• Maintained system backups using Veritas BackupExec 8.0
• Installed Norton Anti-Virus Corporate edition throughout enterprise
• Coordinated rollout of new server and desktop hardware for Year 2000 compliance
• Migrated 150 users from Microsoft Exchange to Lotus Notes R5 as part of a corporate-wide rollout of Lotus Notes
• Installed Windows Terminal Server with Metaframe for remote access into the network
• Acted as site administrator for Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes environment

Network Engineer

Confidential - Norwood, MA

• Provided day-to-day domain administrative support for a worldwide Windows NT network resolving account, file and share permission, WINS, and TCP/IP connectivity issues
• Built Compaq Proliant servers using Compaq SmartStart software for global rollout of Windows NT Server 4.0 domain controllers, Exchange servers, and Systems Management Server servers
• Installed and configured servers at remote sites.
• Acted as an administrator for SMS maintaining the corporate SMS database for all locations
• Designed and distributed packages in SMS.
• Assisted in backup and restoration of servers on DAT and DLT drives
• Acted as server rollout project manager in Tokyo, Japan installing Windows NT Server 4.0, SMS and Exchange.
• Supervised medium scale Windows NT 4.0 Workstation and Windows 95 rollout