Active Directory Engineer Resume
Plano, TX
SUMMARY:
- Experienced IT Professional with over 15 - year experience in large corporations with industry certifications
- Delivering proactive Microsoft Active Directory administration, design, upgrade, integration, and deployment on Wintel architecture for major telecom and financial industries; Largest being 100 plus Domains, 75K Users 140K Computers, in Multi-Forest Active Directory, Amazon Web Services, and Azure / O365 integrated Active Directory Domain Service; Specialize in analysis, upgrade, and redesign of complex Active Directory deployment
- Experienced scripting with PowerShell for Active Directory and Desire State Configuration maintaining consistent Active Directory deployment as well as for administration, assessment, and auditing.
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES:
Public Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Azure, and Office 365
Windows Server: 2012 R2, 2008 R2, and legacy OS
Active Directory Services: ADDS, LDAP, DNS, Kerberos, ADFS, PKI, SAML / WSFED, AD Replication, Group Policy, DFSN/DFSR, Azure AD Connect, AWS EC2 AD deployment
OS Deployment: AWS, Azure, SCCM, WDS, MDT, WinPE, Unattended installation, and ADS
Scripting and language: Windows PowerShell, C#, and AWS Cli
Applications: SCOM, SCCM, MS SQL, IIS, SharePoint 2010, Mediaroom
Tools: NetMon, Wireshark, and Sysinternals
HW: IBM, HP, Dell, SUN servers and SANs
IT SKILL SETS:
- Experience with Azure and AWS Domain Controller deployment
- Experience with proactive approach to Active Directory monitoring: Health, Replication, and Security
- Experience with root cause analysis and forensic of Active Directory using native AD tools and Quest Change Auditor
- Experience with Group Policy configuration, management, and Confidential
- Experience with large scale automated infrastructure rollout from bare metal to application
- Experience with PowerShell scripts for Active Directory object management, auditing, deployment, maintenance, and administration
- Experience with large scale Active Directory (100 + Domains), integration, migration, decommission, and 2012 R2 upgrade
- Experience with backup/restore of Active Directory objects, files, databases, and SharePoint
- Experience with troubleshooting hardware, OS, network, and applications on Wintel platform
EXPERIENCE:
Confidential
Active Directory Engineer, Plano, TX
Responsibilities:
- Microsoft Windows Active Directory Engineer Confidential ; focusing on 2012 R2 upgrades, Forest/Domain consolidation of 100 plus Domains 75K users, Extending Active Directory into AWS / EC2, and Cross-Forest Application Migration; decommissioning of Windows 2003 Domains; creating PowerShell scripts for automation, analysis of current Active Directory state, Cross-Forest Groups migration and remediation
- Inventory Domain Controllers/Member Servers software, Pre-upgrade to 2012R2 assessment checks, and audits; documenting 2012R2
- Upgrade including Forest Recovery plan and testing; creating Engineering Visio and Documentation; assist IAM Team in integrating Active Directory for Single Sign-On (SSO) with PingFederate, O365, Azure AAD Connect, providing escalated support for Company-wide break/fix Active Directory and Application issues.
Confidential
Active Directory Engineer Consultant, Coppell, TX
Responsibilities:
- Consulted as Microsoft Windows Active Directory Engineer / Windows Solutions.
- Active Directory Domain consolidation and upgrade, Group Policy consolidation, User profile migration; responsible for escalated Active Directory cases and break/fix of Active Directory related issues, Users Profile, Group Policy, FRS, DFSR, DFSN, DNS, Kerberos, LDAP, DNS, DC Promo, and authentication.
- Forensic investigation and auditing of Active Directory objects.
Technology utilize: Windows Server 2008R2, DNS, Kerberos, PowerShell
Technical Skills utilize: Troubleshoot AD, Group Policy, DNS, Kerberos, and DFS R
Tools: utilize: Repadmin, dfscmd, dfsutil, klist, Netmon, Wireshark
Confidential
Active Directory Escalation Engineer Consultant, Las Colinas, TX
Responsibilities:
- Consulting as Microsoft Windows Active Directory Services 3rd level Escalation Engineer, responsible for escalated Active Directory cases for Premier customers, break/fix of AD replication, Group Policy, DNS, Kerberos, LDAP, DNS, DC Promo, related issues.
- Analyze, network trace captures, Netlogon and others AD related logs for root cause.
Technology utilize: Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2012R2, DNS, Kerberos, Powershell
Technical Skills utilize: Troubleshoot AD, Group Policy, DNS, Kerberos, and DFS R
Tools: utilize: Repadmin, dnscmd, klist, Netmon, logman, Wireshark
Confidential
Windows / Mediaroom Engineer Consultant, Las Colinas, TX
Responsibilities:
- Consulting as Microsoft Windows and Mediaroom engineer, responsible for break/fix and Automated deployment of UVerse IPTV / Mediaroom 2.0, Microsoft Windows Servers Operating Systems, Clustering, server hardware, SAN, and all related software via SCCM; SME on reimaging Microsoft Windows Servers 2008 and Mediaroom 2.0 from bare metal utilizing SCCM, WDS, and WOE create PowerShell scripts for administration, troubleshooting, and installation; creating and providing scripts, documentations, and mentoring to other team members on image deployment processes, Wintel break/fix issues, and Mediaroom application.
Technology utilize: Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, DNS, PKI, SQL SERVER 2008, IIS 7, ASP.Net, C#.Net, LAN, WAN, Windows PowerShell 3.0
Technical Skills utilize: Troubleshoot AD, GPO, SCOM, DNS, DHCP, PXE, PKI, Certificate, SCCM Workflow Orchestration Engine, Mediaroom 2.0, NTFS, Network connectivity, HW, SAN, Clustering and trace analysis for root cause
Tools: utilize: Windows PowerShell 3.0 ISE, Wireshark, and WOE
Confidential
E-Commerce Solution Consultant, Arlington, TX
Responsibilities:
- Consulted on Wintel environment leveraging Windows Server 2012, 2008, SQL Server 2005 / 2008 and IIS
- Specializes in small to medium size business: O365 on boarding, Server build, deployment, and administration
- Data security and Disaster Recover; Hosting / Co-location, and E-Commerce strategy
Technology utilize: Windows Server 2012, 2008 R2, Hyper-V, DNS, Hosting Services, SSL, SQL SERVER 2008, IIS 7, ASP.Net, C#.Net, LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, Windows PowerShell 2.0
Technical Skills utilize: Troubleshoot AD, GPO, NTFS Permission, Network connectivity, backup and restore files and databases, trace capture and analysis to find root cause; Network security auditing
Tools: utilize: Windows PowerShell 2.0, Wireshark, and Visual Studio 2010
Confidential
SharePoint Escalation Engineer, Las Colinas, TX
Responsibilities:
- Consulted as 3rd level support SharePoint Escalation Engineer for Microsoft Office Online division / O365, supported internal, standard, dedicated, and Federal Government O365 SharePoint farms consisting of ~1000 Hosts Servers, ~2000 VMs on Hyper-V technology, responsible for onboarding new O365 SharePoint customer, including ADFS 2.0 Claims integration, new SharePoint farm audit, and related break/fix issues.
Technology utilize: Windows Server 2008 R2, AD, ADFS 2.0, DNS, Hyper-V, SQL2008 R2, IIS 7, ASP.Net, C#.NET, Windows PowerShell, SharePoint 2010, SCCM, SCOM, and WMI
Technical Skills utilize: Troubleshoot new and existing SharePoint 2010 deployment, AD, GPO, Hyper-V, SCOM, SCCM, SQL Mirroring, SQL Backups, SQL log shipping, and other farm related issues; Audit farm builds with Windows PowerShell scripts, Analyze network traces and dumps to find root cause; backup / restore SharePoint sites, databases, and contents; Break / Fix SharePoint 2010
Tools: utilize: ULSViewer, Stsadm, Logparser, Perfmon, Windows PowerShell 2.0, Wireshark, Process Explorer, SQLtrace, WinDbg, CLRProfiler, and Visual Studio 2010