SUMMARY

• Around 12+years of experience in design, infrastructure sizing and deployment of Microsoft Technologies, SQL database, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office 365(o365) and web applications.
• Onsite location experience of directly interacting with the clients of US & Bahrain.
• Offshore coordination with US, Europe and China Clients
• Playing a role of Technical consultant in current organization.
• Played a role of Technical Architect in Confidential .
• Management, planning and execution of Microsoft Server solutions.
• Design, Installing, configuring, migrating, Maintaining SharePoint server 2016/2013/2010/2007 , coordinating with the developers to resolve the issues in programming.
• Design, Installing, configuring, migrating, Maintaining System Center configuration Manager 2016/2012 R 2/2012/2007.
• Experience in Managing Multiple Windows Systems with Microsoft SCCM 2012/16 providing Patch Management, Remote Control, Software Distribution and OS deployment.
• Design, Installing, configuring and implement of Data center for a mid - size organizations in Bahrain
• Installing, configuring and implementing of Microsoft Private cloud for leading telecom industry in Bahrain.
• Design, Installing, configuring and implement of Lync 2013 to banking and government organization in Bahrain
• Design, Installing, configuring, Maintaining of windows server family suite 2016/2012/2008/2003
• Design, Installing, configuring, Maintaining of SQL 2016/2012/2008/2005/2000 , scheduling daily and weekly backup using Microsoft Management Studio.
• Hands on experience on PowerShell scripts.
• Installing, configuring, Maintaining of WebLogic Tomcat, Apache, Jboss and PHP servers.
• Maintaining the Server infrastructure by Environment Management such as SCOM and Orion.
• Extensive experience with sonic wall TZ 170 and Netgear FV 318
• Migrating Microsoft ISA firewall to TMG 2010
• Extensive experience in all kind of Hardware installations, up-gradation and troubleshooting.
• Effective time management, multitasking, and problem solving skills.
• Assisted in designing, development and management of Active Directory architecture on overall enterprise applications.
• Extensive experience on EPBX for Voice communications
• Knowledge of Windows Registry, File System, Services, Devices, Drivers, Security, Active Directory, and GPOs.
• Troubleshooting server’s hardware issues by using HP SIM and ILO.
• Updating the project status with PMO on daily/weekly meetings
• Ability to manage packages, collections and assignments in the SCCM console.
• Installing, configuring and maintaining of system center operation Manager-2012/ 2007 R2
• A good team player and capable of supervising a team successfully.
• Executing Infrastructure Implementations/operations as per CMMI and ITIL standards
• Participating in a ONCALL roster to monitor and respond to high severity problems and callouts

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 2012R2/2008R 2/2008/2003/2000 , Windows 95/98/XP/Vista/Windows7 Workstation, Linux (, Red Hat, Fedora), Nortel Passports.

Database: SQL Server 2012/2008/2005/2000/7.0 , IBM DB2 9.5&10.1 MY SQL, PostgreSQL

Microsoft Azure: Virtual Networks; Azure Load Balancer; Azure Traffic Manager; DNS, DHCP, and IP addressing config; Network Security Groups (NSGs); Azure Application Gateway; Extend on-premises; point-to-site (P2S) & site-to-site (S2S) VPN, ExpressRoute;

Identity & Access: Azure AD B2C & B2B; Identity Providers, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, & Yahoo; Azure Active Directory Synchronization, hybrid identities, ADFS; Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) strategy; Multi-Factor Authentication;

Design Data Storage: SQL Database, Blob & Table Storage, Azure PowerShell.

Microsoft Office 365: Office 365 Enterprise & SharePoint Online (Dedicated), Azure Farm for SharePointFAST Search for SharePoint 2013/2010; SharePoint Enterprise Search Farm

Network: Ethernet, Frame Relay, Wireless LAN, PPP, HDLC, X.25, PSTN, ISDN, Cable modemxDSL, T1/T3

Protocol: TCP/IP, VLAN, SSL, RADIUS, Frame Relay, SNMP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, WINS and SMTP

Service and Application: Lync 2013, Exchange Server 2003/2000, SQL Server 2012/2008/2005/2000/7.0 , MS SharePoint Server 22013/010/2007/2003 , SCOM 2012/2007R2 SCCM 2007 R2 Norton Anti-Virus Enterprise Edition

Virtualization Platform: Installing and administration of VMware ESXi 3.5, vSphere ESXi 4.0 and Microsoft Hyper-V Servers on windows server 2012/2008 R2

Internet/Intranet Service: HTTP/WWW, FTP, DNS, WINS, DHCP, RAS, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, NNTP, NFSSMB (Samba), SNMP, SSH/SFTP/SCP, Telnet, ProxySecurity TMG 2010,SonicWALL TZ170, Netgear FV 318, Symantec.

Infrastructure Management Tools: System center configuration Manager-2007 R2; System Centre peration Manager-2012/2007R2; Opalis6.2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Bakersfield, CA

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• First point of contact for Business-critical applications, Server management & VMware for process control network environment.
• Architectural Design for upgrade and implementation of ConfigMgr (1702)
• Working on SCCM Migration from 2012 sp1 to 02) to support heterogenous PCN network.
• Design and Implemented Application catalog website for the application request and approval process.
• Created PowerShell script to automate workflow through Email for the requested applications from Application catalog portal.
• Migrating Windows servers from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2, including Applications, Databases and proprietary software applications.
• Working on migration for ESXi 5.0 patch 5 to ESXi 6.0 in enterprise environment.
• Working on VMware enterprises tool such as DRS, HA, Horizon view.
• O365 & Azure Administration in enterprise environment.
• Defining the Scope of work in-line with the business requirements.
• Extensively working on Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and group policies to meet the company compliance standards.
• Working on end to end operational support in enterprise environment which includes Server Systems, Hyper-V, and networks.
• Participating in CAB meeting for the changes assigned and raised for production deployment.
• Participating in a ONCALL roster to monitor and respond to high severity problems and callouts.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

• First point of contact for SharePoint 2013/2010 and Microsoft Web Server (IIS),MS-SQL Server for implementation, Support and Operational Activities.
• Managed the provisioning, operation, monitoring and maintenance of systems software and application in MS Azure IAAS PASS SAAS.
• Experience with administration and management of Azure ARM Portal, Classic Portal and OMS
• Experienced in Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform, (Compute, Storage, AD, Network, Azure Backup) developed cloud based solutions to increase productivity, reduce time-to-market, and lower total cost of ownership for software systems, by using cloud capabilities.
• Competent in Azure API management tool and solutions that leverage high volume telemetry ingestion, stream analytics and data visualization.
• Multiyear experience in Continuous Delivery and DevOps including the design and automation of Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service capabilities including virtual networks, virtual machines, cloud services, web sites, data services, etc.
• Capable of deployment of Azure AD, Identity & Access Management, Azure Multi Factor Authentication, Azure Trust Center.
• Experience in implementing managing and monitoring of Azure Storage(Blob, Tables, Queues and Files), Backup, DR, Azure Site Recovery
• Lead the installation and testing of new enterprise system software and hardware releases in my current position,
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of new hardware and software developments and participated in the evaluation of alternative approaches and new software or modifications to enhance operations and development activities.
• I am also responsible for managing the build, configuration, deployment, support and maintenance of virtualization and desktop virtualization products in my current organization.
• Experience with administration and management of System Center 2012 R2 Suite and WSUS.
• Protected corporate information by implementing enterprise class virus protection for network, web, email, and file reputation data in real time utilizing Trend Micro™ Enterprise Security suite applications.
• Backup Solutions for both physical and virtual systems and Secure MS Sql Server 2014, MS Exchange Server 2010 and File Server using Symantec Backup Exec and MS Azure Cloud.
• Migrated Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) from 2012 to Team Foundation Server 2015.
• Integrated Release Management 2015 with TFS 2015
• Working Knowledge on K2 (Automated workflow appliance with SharePoint)
• Defining the Scope of work in-line with the business requirements
• Migrating SharePoint 2010 Custom Portals with Metalogix third party tool
• Migrating SharePoint Server from 2010 to SharePoint 2013 with database attach and Detach Method.
• Design, Installing, configuring and implement of SharePoint 2013 for the organization in multiple Farms across the geographic of globe.
• Deploying applications, scripts, shims, and service packs using SCCM, monitor installation status, troubleshoot, worked with vendors, and resolved installation and OSD failures.
• Created WMI scripts in PowerShell.
• Implemented procedures for development and maintenance of solutions for Active Directory requirements.
• Managed Microsoft SCCM deployments in a large-scale global environment of 50,000+ users oversaw deployments of large and complex applications targeted for mass audience.
• Developed PowerShell scripts to automate various tasks.
• Upgrading SharePoint 2010 RTM Version to SP2 and cumulative updates with 11 different language packs
• Migrated TFS with SQL 2012 as a backend.
• Designing and implementing SQL 2012 on High availability and Disaster recovery

Confidential

Manager- Microsoft Infrastructure & Database Technologies

Responsibilities:

• First point of contact for SharePoint 2013/2010 and Microsoft Web Server (IIS),MS-SQL Server for implementation, escalations for Govt.Ministries under Central Informatics Organization (C.I.O)
• Leading a team of 6 techies for smooth flow of implementations and operations
• Migrating SharePoint Server from 2003 to SharePoint 2010 Sp2
• Securing SharePoint environment by changing the service accounts passwords for default portals every quarterly.
• Design, Installing, configuring and implement of SharePoint 2013 for government organization in Bahrain
• Migrating MS-SQL 2005 to SQL 2008 R2
• Tested application by manual and SCCM installation process.
• Installing and Administration of SCCM 2007 R2 for applying latest windows and security patches to all the servers.
• Experience with Microsoft clustering and Load balancing.
• Designing and implementing SQL 2012 on High availability and Disaster recovery
• Installing and Configuring Private Cloud using Microsoft Technologies.
• Designing and implementing Hyper-V cluster, SQL 2008 R2 cluster and SharePoint 2010 Farm for leading Ports organization, Bahrain
• Working knowledge on IBM-DB2 Databases.
• Working knowledge on PostgreSQL Databases.
• Infrastructure Migration of SharePoint 2010 for Most of the ministries in Bahrain
• Managing and Supporting SQL Environment for all government ministries sectors, Bahrain
• Designing and implementing SQL 2008 R2 cluster for defense organization, Bahrain
• Day to day operations of SharePoint and database for enterprise environment, Bahrain
• On-call support for SharePoint and all mission critical databases for C.I.O.
• Participating in CAB meeting for the changes assigned and raised for production deployment.
• Support and administration of SharePoint server 2007, simple PowerShell scripts, Active directory user accounts integration.

Confidential

Microsoft Infrastructure Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Migrating SharePoint Portal Server from 2003, WSS3.0 to SharePoint 2010
• Designing and implementing SharePoint 2013.
• Worked with Server Team to in corporate remote Sales Office sites into Active Directory which integrated PCs into SCCM for upgrading, inventorying, and patching.
• Installing and Configuring Private Cloud using Microsoft Technologies.
• Designing and implementing Hyper-V cluster, SQL 2008 R2 cluster and SharePoint 2010 Farm for leading Ports organization, Bahrain
• SCCM Administrator to support all divisions with the administration and migration of the current 2007 environment to SCCM 2012
• SCCM (App Deployment, Operating System Deployment, Patching, Reporting, OSD Image Creation)
• Infrastructure Migration of SharePoint 2010 for a leading banking sector, Bahrain
• Designing, Implementing, of SQL 2012 in a standalone environment for Aviation department, Bahrain
• Managing and Supporting SQL Environment for leading banking sectors, Bahrain
• Designing and implementing SQL 2008 R2 cluster for defense organization, Bahrain
• Customizing SCOM 2007 R2 environment for leading telecom industry, Bahrain
• Securing Al-Zayani Group of company’s Server networks by performing regular patch management and Preventive Maintenance

Confidential

Technology Platform Lead/SCCM consultant

Responsibilities:

• First point of contact for MOSS and web logic L3 team for any escalations
• Leading a team of 4 members
• Confidential .com and infosysbpo.com are hosted on Moss 2007 environment. Managing and maintaining internet facing moss websites, working on releases and site up gradations.
• Migrating MOSS 2007 default and custom portals infrastructure to SPS 2010 default infrastructure
• Configuring MS Duet for SPS 2010 and SAP
• Implementing, Managing and maintaining social networking Site using SharePoint 2010, Infybubble an intranet social networking site in Confidential
• Implementing, Managing and maintaining SharePoint 2010/ 2007 Custom portals infrastructure
• Implementing, Managing and maintaining SharePoint 2010/ 2007 Default portals infrastructure
• Managing and maintaining Web logic 10.3.2 infrastructure
• External vendor coordination
• Actively participate in client calls every week to discuss team’s performance.
• Monitoring team performance and helping them in improving technical skills and motivating team to perform better to fulfill client expectations
• Participate in all client trainings and later provide training to the team members
• Securing Moss environment by changing the service accounts passwords for default and custom portals every six months.
• Proactively created knowledgebase article for quick reference to resolve any critical issue.
• Working on Performance Point, SharePoint 2010 in Production environment.
• Installing OS in VM Environment
• Participating in DR Drills for applications hosted in our environments.
• Server hardening when released in productions
• Closing the NCR’s on the servers, which are raised by the security team after the audit
• Working on Crisit tickets with the vendors whenever required for production environments
• Installing, Configuring, troubleshooting and coordinating with the application team for deploying in
• Development, Test, User acceptance test and Production envt after the PT and VT signoff for MOSS 2010 and 2007 portals
• Raising Change request for the business needs and implementing the changes after the CAB approvals
• Managing and maintaining Web Logic 10.3.2 infrastructure
• Maintaining and managing SCOM 2007 R2
• Installed and configured SCCM 2007 R2 on a windows Server 2008 R2
• Security patch implementation for all the servers using SCCM 2007 R2
• Working on the problem management issues which are occurring frequently.
• Working on CA anti-Virus and MS forefront anti-virus for SharePoint and Exchange
• Participating on Disaster activities for the all the applications
• Participating on Downtime time review and process implementation of the environment
• On call support for weekend and any public holidays

Confidential

Sr. System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Remote Support and Management of 2000 servers (36 Messaging,12 MOSS,6 SQL servers) across (Europe and China)
• Installing, configuring, Maintaining SharePoint server 2007, Coordinating with the developers to resolve the issues in programming.
• Scheduling SharePoint backups with automated tool and STSADM command line tool
• Giving Appropriate Permissions on subsides and workflows in Moss2007
• Troubleshooting SharePoint issues related to user management and programming.
• Installing SharePoint 2007 on windows Server 2008 with SQL 2008 as Database server.
• Migration of physical to virtual using VMware Converter 4.0.
• Exchange server administration
• SMTP, exchange connectors issues resolving
• Administration of blackberry mobile messaging client administration
• MIME Sweeper Antispam mail administration
• Coordinating and planning with the team for any critical issues or schedule outage on the Messaging servers.
• Managing Active Directory
• Working on tools like Hyena for AD and Tree-size Professional for Disk management.
• Maintaining, Troubleshooting and Monitoring Active Directory for all Locations.
• Installing, Configuring and Maintaining VMware clients,
• Administration of Exchange Server 2003 across the domain forest and cross forest
• Fine-tuning and Load Balancing Terminal Services on Windows 2000/2003
• Daily Turnover call with Business IT leaders to improve the Service delivery
• Coordinating with remote teams and clients for various issues and providing solutions across the company by its offices and client places
• Server BIOS and firmware upgrades as and when required
• Respond to and address any Incidents/ change requests in the ILTIS queue
• Troubleshooting and coordinating with service providers for hardware break-fix and maintenance of server hardware
• Monitoring and analyzing the System Logs and Console messages within Tivoli Monitoring
• Troubleshooting server’s hardware issues by using HP SIM
• Installing windows 2003 servers using ILO on HP Blade servers
• Administration of HP Altirs for installing windows server Images on blade servers
• Configuring Windows clustering on exchange and SQL Servers.
• Participating in a ONCALL roster to monitor and respond to high severity problems and callouts

Confidential

Team Lead-System Administration

Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring and managing mixed Windows Servers
• Install, configure and mange Exchange servers.
• Deployed migrating tool for windows exchange servers
• Database server installation and administration On Windows Platforms;
• Perform problem diagnoses and implement corrective actions;
• Conduct performance configuration and tuning of data servers;
• Proactively monitor and check database consistency;
• Coordinate and provide support and consulting to applications development, systems administration, systems interoperability, and operations support for database systems in the organization;
• Coordinate/install database patches and third party backup software as necessary;
• Monitor and measure data server performance;
• Implement database backup and restore tools, processes and procedures
• Create user and group accounts as requested;
• Provide technical assistance with data migration and system conversion efforts;
• Maintain and monitor SQL Servers replication server.

Confidential

Customer Support Executive

Responsibilities:

• Managing very high end Remote servers
• Managing high volume websites,
• Configuring Web servers IIS4, IIS5, and DNS servers on Linux environment and Database servers MSSQL on NT and Windows2000, and Configuring of databases, database users and maintenance
• Providing Service for dedicated hosting clients and servers for Windows NT/2000 and Linux servers
• Maintenance and configuration of Windows NT, Windows2000 and Red Hat Linux 7.3, Red Hat Linux 8 and Red Hat Linux 9 based servers and establishing the connectivity
• We have windows 2000 server as a domain controller for our network.
• Configured NAT Server for host’s to provide Internet.