PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Around 8+ years of experience in IT Industry with Installation, Configuring, Deploying, Trouble shooting, administration and maintenance of Windows Server 2012/2008, IIS 6/7/7.5/8.0/8.5 and SQL Server 2005/2008/2012
• Installed and configured Multiple Websites and various web applications (.net framework version 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0) and web services, WCF services in IIS 6.0/7.0/8.0.
• Experienced in working with system center tools like SCVMM and monitoring tools like SCOM
• Worked on both software (NLB) and hardware (F5 - BigIP) load balancer and configuration according to environment requirements
• Experienced in maintaining data center environments like building machines, racking, Imaging, security patching and support
• Experienced in using filemon, processmon, perfmon and debugging tools to troubleshoot runtime and performance issues with the platform and application.
• Experienced with using network tools like tracert, port query, and telnet, Perfmon, Netmon to identify and troubleshoot network issues in a distributed application environment.
• Worked extensively on virtualization platform using tools like Hyper V, VMware, and Virtual-PC.
• Worked on SAN (NetApp) for building cluster environment that provides live migration of virtual machines without downtime during outages
• Experience in working with SQL Server 2000/ 2005/2008 like writing queries, stored procedures, working with disaster recovery scenarios of SQL using clustering, mirroring, log shipping etc.
• Broad experienced in all phases of the software development lifecycle from requirements analysis, architecture, design, development, implementation, test to maintenance and software enhancements
• Provided 24x7 on-call support
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, Good team player

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• .Net Application Support
• IIS
• Azure
• DevOps
• Application Deployments
• PowerShell

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in Application/Server Support team and was responsible for Successful Application Build deployments for UAT and Production environments on Windows Server 2008/2012, IIS 7/8 and SQL server 2012
• Managed Windows Azure environments and procured new VM’s, Cloud services using Azure portal and PowerShell scripts.
• SSL certificate installation, managing service accounts and configuration and management for the hosted websites in IIS 7/8
• Worked on a project to increase automation of deployments using PowerShell and worked on small projects to automate daily tasks
• Coordinated the implementation of the application releases, deployments and patches
• Responsibilities also include installation, deployment and test of the releases.
• Facilitated successful Release of Code from Engineering to Production by proactively & re-actively working with Development, QA and Operations.
• Negotiated Release issues and schedules with internal customers and reported status to Executives.
• Regularly coordinate and collaborate with other departments to resolve Release and Build dependencies to ensure smooth and timely Release Deployments to Pre-Production and Production environment.
• Makes recommendations on specific aspects of Build and Deployment and overall release process.

Confidential, Clovis, CA

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployed, maintained, and trouble-shoot various .Net applications and web services hosted on various versions IIS web servers (7.0/7.5/8.0/8.5 ), SQL Server and Azure
• Worked in a DevOps model and supported developers during development and test of code in pre-production environments and fixed operational issues after release of code to production.
• Used deployment tools and PowerShell scripts to deploy multiple websites and performed troubleshooting to deliver working environment
• Setup bindings, SSL certificates, configurations on IIS Servers and configured featured as per application requirements
• Involved in end-to-end troubleshooting for any application slowness/service interruptions by looking at IIS Logs, EventViewer, Debug View and F12 Developer tools
• Created/Deployed VM’s, Cloud Services, SQL Databases and Storage accounts in Windows Azure as part of project to move application to cloud
• Managed SSL Certificates for all lower and production environment and worked on renewing and setting up certificates with application in IIS
• Installed all required 3rd party tools on Web Servers to create Software baseline for applications
• Provided root cause analysis for all P1 issues assigned and worked with development teams to fix issues.
• Coordinating with offshore team to resolve Infrastructure and application related issues
• Responsible of developing new tools for automation and improving the daily work using PowerShell
• Provide support for issue resolution and documentation.
• Participate in 24 x 7 on call support as part of a scheduled rotation with other team members.

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed IIS 7.5/8.0, deployed applications, setting up Bindings, installing certificates and troubleshooting application issues deployed on Windows Servers 2008 R2/2012
• Provided support for IIS related issues to different applications and acted as a point of contact for any deployment related issue in Productions deployments
• Troubleshooting all types of server and web site related issues in the IIS platform.
• Backup and Restore of IIS configurations and editing the IIS Configuration files.
• Provided tier 3 production support and coordinated with development teams to troubleshoot application issues
• Deployed .net applications, UI, WCF Services and Databases (SQL Server 2012) on pre-production environment and provided support to development teams to troubleshoot issues working in a DevOps model
• Configured multiple apps/ deployment scripts to check the health status of the servers using Microsoft System Center Orchestrator and automate deployments using PowerShell
• Building virtual machines using Hyper-V, configuring, and troubleshooting issues
• Installed and configured SQL server 2012 with data base replication and Mirroring
• Worked with installation and configuration of system center tools like SCVMM (system center virtual machine manager) and monitoring tools like MOM, SCOM (system center operations manager)
• Troubleshooting application, database and network related issues