SUMMARY:

• Skilled Azure Cloud, Office 365, and Data Center/On - Premise IT professional, with more than 20 years of IT experience in various IT roles, such as systems admin, programmer, tech lead, IT management, IT project management, etc.
• I am strategic thinker, very analytical, excellent problem solving skills, and provide innovating solutions to complex problems.
• I am looking for contract consulting services as well as full time opportunities, in the areas of engineering and support of Azure Cloud, Office 365, and Data Center/On-Premise IT technologies.
• Design and configuration of azure active directories ADD, B2C (business to customers directory), subscriptions, billing, custom domains, AD connect, single sign on, federation services, password hash/pass through authentication with write back, multifactor authentication, conditional access, privileged access, partners access, custom ARM policies, custom RBAC roles, resource groups management, ADD domain services, users/groups policies, applications ADD integration, application proxy, applications registration, users access, devices settings, setup Visual Studio development environment with AAD for applications development, integrate Office 365 with ADD for user access and management, etc.
• Design and configuration of secured virtual network, Subnetting, security groups, VPN’s gateways, express route, CDN’s, traffic manager profiles, peering, user routes, DNS, DHCP, network appliances, application gateway, load balancers, virtual machine from ISO / existing or custom VM images, scale sets, scaling up/out, disks, availability sets, azure storages (LRS, GRS, RA-GRS)(Blob, Queue, table), SAS Access, Key Vault, security center, network watcher, monitor, advisor, snapshots, images, market place, containers, container services, application continuous deployment, SQL, Docker Images, backups, recovery services, storage simple, import/export, etc.
• Design and deployment of Azure Apps Services, Services Plans, Web Services, functions, Logic Apps, SQL Databases, Cosmos non-SQL DB, Data Factories, Redis Caches, service bus, web App for container, custom Docker images, databases Geo redundancy, Traffic Manager, CDN, scaling up/out, monitoring, social media authentications, ADD authentication, notification Hubs, IoT Hub, API Management, etc.
• Proficient in variety of Azure tools, such as ARM templates, Azure CMD 2.0, Power Shell, PowerShell Modules (ARM, Online Office 365, Exchange Online, Online Skype for Business), Azure automation account, desired state configurations, Run Books, Custom Script Extension, OMS Configuration management, OMS update Management, Logs Analytic, storage explorer, Azcopy, etc.
• Design and Implement ADD Applications, set users ADD authentication, AAD B2C social media authentication, web apps for containers, custom Dockers Images, apps continuous deployment, application proxy for on premise application integration, application registrations, etc.
• Select the office plans that fits the needs (Office 2016, Exchange, Share Point, Skype, etc.)
• Setup custom Domains, DNS records and verify them
• Prepare the in-house AD Domain Services for single sign-on
• Connect online services to on premise AD for single sign-on using AD Connect
• Perform Exchange user’s migration in hybrid, stage, cutover, IMAP, and manual methods
• Configure and setup Import/Export for Exchange online
• Configure Security and Compliance Center, and set up privacy policies
• Configure Skype for Business including Audio Bridge, Video and Voice capabilities.
• Configure Share Point Services
• Configure One Drive Enterprise
• Configure Yammer for internal social collaborations
• Setup Users and Group Management
• Licenses Management
• Billing and Reporting
• Integrate Office 365 and ADD applications access into one dashboard.
• Optional deployment of 3CX PBX VoIP System instead of Skype, for in house managed PBX system, including call center, receptionist, and video conference
• On-Premise/Data Center Technologies Skills
• Design, implement and administer AD Domain Services, including forests, domains, sites, trusts, group policies, users, groups, data recovery, certificates, etc.
• Design and implement PKI and AD Certificate Services, AD Right Management Services and AD Federation Services.
• Configure and administer DNS, DHCP, FTP, iSNS, WINS, Network Load Balance, Clustering, and LAN, WAN, IP V4/6, Subnetting, VLAN, etc.
• Configure and administer Hyper-V system, including VM’s, Replication, Virtual Network switches, Virtual Storage, VHD/VHDX Disks imaging, etc.
• Design and Implement Microsoft Storage systems, Distributed File System, and File sharing, iSCSI and SAN storages, NFS, etc.
• Install and configure IIS and web sites, including Apps Pools, binding, permissions, SSL, etc.
• Design and implement Microsoft Remote Desktop services and VDI.
• Connectivity Solutions including VPN, Direct Access, Routing, Cisco Fire Walls, Barracuda AFW, Barracuda Spam Filter, etc.
• Install/Configure and admin Complex Exchange 2013 and 2016 configurations.
• PowerShell and CMD Management, PowerShell, Desired State Configuration, etc.
• Design and implement complex and secured Wireless Network
• Mass Storage SAN/NAS Devices Configuration

BRIEF OF IT SKILLS:

My IT expertise and experience are: Azure Cloud Skills, Office 365 Skills, On-Premise Data Center Technologies Skills, and Other Related IT Technology Skills.

Azure Cloud: (IaaS) configuration of virtual network, Subnetting, security groups, VPN’s gateways, express route, CDN’s, traffic manager, peering, user routes, DNS, DHCP, network appliances, application gateway, load balancers, virtual machine, scale sets, availability sets, azure storages (LRS, GRS, RA-GRS)(Blob, Queue, table), SAS Access, Key Vault, security center, network watcher, monitor, advisor, snapshots, images, market place, containers, container services, application continuous deployment (CI/CD), SQL, Docker Images, backups, recovery services, key vault, storage simple, import/export, etc.;

Azure Cloud: (PaaS) Design and deployment of Azure Apps Services, Services Plans, Web Services, functions, Logic Apps, SQL Databases, Cosmos non-SQL DB, Data Factories, Redis Caches, service bus, web App for container, custom Docker images, databases Geo redundancy, Traffic Manager, CDN, scale sets (scale up/out), Event Hub, IoT Hub, API Management, security groups, OMS, monitoring, security center, Identity management, alerts, PowerShell, Cli 2.0, Arm Template, Desired State Configuration, runbooks, extensions, etc., ADD, B2C, Application registration, AD Connect, users, groups, devices, etc.

Office 365: Select the office plans that fits the needs (Office 2016, Exchange, Share Point, Skype, etc.), custom Domains, DNS records, AD Connect, single sign-on, Exchange user’s migration in hybrid, stage, cutover, IMAP, and manual methods, Import/Export, Security and Compliance Center, Skype for Business including Bridge, Video and Voice/audio, Share Point Services, One Drive Enterprise, Yammer, Users and Group, Licenses Management, Billing and Reporting, Integrate Office 365 and enterprise ADD applications into one dashboard, Optional deployment of 3CX PBX VoIP System instead of Skype, for in house managed PBX system, including call center, receptionist, and video conference, etc.

On-Premise IT Technologies: AD Domain, Exchange, DNS, DHCP, PKI and Certificates, Federation, IIS, SQL, File/Print, storage, Load Balancers, clusters, remote access, Hyper-V, Hardware, helpdesk systems, etc.

IT TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:

Amazon Web Services (AWS): Expert Knowledge in designing and implementing highly scalable, available, secured and cost effective AWS cloud Infrastructure. This includes, CloudFormation and infrastructure as a code, power shell, AWS Cli, Virtual Networks (VPC), on premise connectivity, load balancers, EC2 instances, Elastic Beanstalk, RDS databases, non-SQL DynamoDB, AWS IAM, Lambda, Route53, SQS, SNS, CodePipeline, CodeCommit, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and much more.

Microsoft MVC .Net Core 2.0/MS SQL: Good development experience in C# MVC .Net Core 2.0, including dependency injections, containerization, micro services, Docker, entity framework, SQL databases design and administration, non SQL DocumentDB, CSS, Java Scripts, bootstrap, continuous deployment, Visual Studio Team Services, Git Versioning control, etc.

VMware VSphere 6.0: Great deal of experience in deploying and managing VMware virtualization Infrastructure, including VCenter, Clusters, Vmotion, VM Migration, Fault Tolerant, Resource Pools, VSan, HA and DRS, Virtual Switches, Data Stores, vRealize, etc.

3CX VoIP system: Expert knowledge in 3CX VoIP PBX Telephone design, deployment and administration including the associated Video Conference system.

Alpha Mobile Apps: Expert knowledge in developing and programming innovative mobile apps using Alpha Platform, Java Scripts, HTML, and CSS.

ITIL services: Skillful in developing and implementing ITIL processes, including configuration management, capacity management, security management, and incident management.

Data Centers: Expert knowledge on designing and implementing data centers infrastructures, including HVAC, UPS, ATS, STS, PDU, Generator, raised floors, computer racks, cabling, fire suppression systems, water detection system, facility monitoring systems, security system, asset management, operating procedures. IT Staff, Resources, Budget and Process Management (Configuration, Incident, Problem, Capacity, security, etc.)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• My consulting services are according to my expertise as I have listed in the skills brief above; I do consultant in Azure Cloud Engineering/Architect/Configuration (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), Office 365 deployment, and on-premise data center technologies Architect/deployment and support.
• Currently, I have several clients that I support with their needs of Azure and office 365 services including Architect, deployment, support, automation, security, etc.
• I also support my clients on internal computing issues, such as AD, Exchange, SQL, IIS, Network issues, File/Print, storages, etc.

IT Technical Lead

Confidential, Westerville, Ohio

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for the cloud computing of the organization.
• I Architected and configured many cloud projects including deploying Azure VM machines, Azure SQL databases, Azure Storages, AD connect to extend AD Domain, Virtual networks, security groups, Load Balancers, availability set, recovery services, key vault, OMS and Azure automation, move all web sites and databases to web apps services and Azure SQL, scaling plans, monitoring, custom domains, SSL certificates, etc.
• Deployed office 365, exchange online, migrate exchange users, set up skype for business, setup drive one, create single sign on using AD connect, etc.
• I was responsible for the whole IT Infrastructure technology including configuring, administering and monitoring IT systems and devices. I was responsible for web servers, networks, databases servers, apps servers, .NET apps development and deployment, security devices, applications, databases, file services, print services, email services, desktop support, IT security, vendors, assets, etc.
• Development and deployment .NET Core MVC application and portals using C# language.
• Responsible for the development and programming of Mobile/Web applications using the Alpha platform, java scripts, HTML, and CSS.
• Deployed 3CX VoIP phone system with its associated Video Conference system.
• Deployed several barracuda security systems (Spam Filter, Web Filter, and Application Fire Wall).
• Deployed the SiteFinity web content management system and redesigned all web sites.
• Deployed new Audio/Video system for the organization.
• Redesigned the Active Directory (AD) and migrated it to AD 2012.
• Deployed the customer service system to allow customers to submit feedback as well as help requests, chat live, etc.
• Deployed new internal helpdesk software along with web based remote trouble shooting software
• Implemented new DMZ for the network, with fault tolerant Cisco ASA firewalls configurations.
• Redesigned the wireless network for maximum security and accessibility.
• Deployed new data protection system (Veritas NetBackup 7.6), that includes servers imaging for all servers and critical desktops.
• Deployed Microsoft Exchange 2013 email and messaging system.
• Deployed QAS addresses correction software tools.
• Deployed “WASP” software for IT Inventory and Asset Management.
• Standardized the hardware and software of all servers, network devices, and desktops.
• Redesigned and migrated three critical SQL databases to SQL 2012
• Implemented data business rules and policies for entering and auditing data.
• Consolidated and virtualize the majority of the servers and data storages, including databases servers, file servers, web servers, etc.

IT Architect/Technical Lead

Confidential, Ohio

Responsibilities:

• Consolidated fifteen City agencies into one main Data Center.
• Managed the City VMware Virtualization project; and defined the requirements for applications, servers, networks, storages, disaster recovery and availability.
• Migrated Microsoft Active Directory to Windows 2003 AD Active, and re-engineered the AD structure.
• Consolidated four Mass Storages Devices of HP XP256, two Net Appliances Filers, and EMC. Symmetric, into one scalable EMC unit, and deployed new Brocade FC SAN.
• Consolidated 30 File, Print, Web servers using highly available EMC NAS Gateway.
• Managed the Unisys Mainframe migration from Clear-Path to Libra Platform.
• Implemented the City centralized Data Backup System and consolidated 15 agencies backup sites
• Designed and implemented the City Information Life Cycle Management System (ILM) using Veritas Enterprise Vault (EV 7.0) and Princeton Soft-Tech.
• Implemented the City 311 call center, an alternative to 911 systems for non-emergency calls.
• Implemented a centralized IT Helpdesk, Configuration Management Database (CMDB), and the Change Management process.
• Headed the project for City Disaster Recovery (DRP) plan.
• Conducted several security assessments of the IT Infrastructure, such as assets discovery, vulnerability assessments, threats profiling, and risks management.
• Upgraded Cisco devices, new patch panels and cable trays, and new network monitoring and diagnosing tools.