SUMMARY

• Extensive experience in Installation, Configuration, management and maintenance of Windows server operating systems ranging from Windows Server 2003 to 2016.
• Having good experience as Systems Engineer in area of Windows, VMware, Hyper converged infrastructure platforms with Implementation and Administration.
• Expertise in WINS, DNS, DHCP and Active Directory services in Windows 2003/2008//2008 R2 & 2012/2012R2 servers.
• Designing and Implementing Active Directory Domains and Forests.
• Expertise in active directory design and support (GPO's, AD Schema, OU's, LDAP, Sites, etc.).
• Implemented Active Directory services for creation and maintaining users and group profiles based on company policies.
• Experience in Implementing and Administration of Active Directory Services, replication, Trust Relationship and Enforcing Domain Group Policy.
• Worked on a project to upgrade the Domain Controllers from 2008 to 2012 and increase the domain function level from 2008 to 2012.
• Worked in large complex directory environments with experience supporting Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory (AD).
• Involved in migrations to Windows 7, Windows XP SP3 for larger volume of users, migration from Windows 7 to Windows 8/10 using SCCM tool.
• Deployed servers such as IIS, Apache web server, DHCP, DNS, File Server, FTP server, Samba server.
• Implemented web clustering in Centos 5.5 Linux Server for load balancing.
• Experience in Writing/Maintaining and troubleshooting PowerShell scripts for build and operations environment to develop, test, and implement automation.
• Attended Daily meetings and conference calls to report system health and assist different departments with SCCM issues.
• Hands - on experience working on Microsoft SCCM, SCOM and SCVMM.
• Experience in installing, configuring and managing infrastructure using VMware technologies viz. ESX/ESXi 4.0/4.1 5.0/5.1 , vSphere 5.0, vCenter, VMware View, VMware vCenter Converter etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows Server 2000/2003/2012 & R2/2016, VM Ware ESX/ESXI server, Linux, Windows XP/Vista/7, IBM AS400.

Virtualization: VMware vSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0, 5.5 vCenter Server 4.0/4.1/5.0,5.5 ESXi 4.0/4.1/5.0,5.5 VMware Update Manager, HA, DRS, FT, vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMware Capacity Planner, VMware Workstation, Horizon View & NSX.

Windows Administration: Configuration of DHCP and DNS, installation and configuration of VPN client, Windows Server 2003/2008 - installation and configuration, configuration and management of Active Directory. Patch management using SCCM.

Networking: OSI Reference Model, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting, Ethernet LAN, TCP/IP, UDP, switches, routing concepts, virtual network concepts including vSwitches, VLANs, dvSwitch, TCP/IP stack for virtualization, configuration of printers and, scanners.

Hardware: HP ProLiant DL380, BL460c and BL465c blade servers, C7000 and C3000 HP Chassis, Cisco UCS B460 and B260, EMC VMX, VNX and ISLON.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Windows Admin

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and Administering Windows servers 2008/2012/ 2012 R.
• Maintain the integrity of the client Active Directory using PowerShell.
• Perform Active Directory administration including group policy and (moves/adds/changes) of user accounts, security groups, and distribution lists.
• Update patches on Servers Working Experience with Active Directory Components (AD Users and Computers, DNS, DHCP and WINS etc.
• Responsible for the migration of Windows 2003 servers to Windows 2008.
• Configuration of DHCP, DNS on Windows 2003and 2008 platforms.
• SCCM Distribution Point, Boundary Group maintenance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve SCCM client issues.
• Experience in installing and configuring Microsoft Windows 2008 Servers from ILO management tool on Rack servers and blades.
• Hands on experience with Office 365, created/deleted users, white listed email addresses, delegated permissions, configured email client with office 365 email address, configured mobile phones with email clients
• Experience Using SCCM 2012 to deploy the Packages both the Windows Installer Package and Virtual Package.
• Experience in Installation and Configuration of DNS, DHCP, IIS, WSUS Server.
• Knowledge of AD Design and Management for an Enterprise client with >3,000 Seats.
• Configured HA, DRS on clusters and did capacity planning for new clusters.
• Configured FT for business critical VM's.
• Designing dashboards and pull reports using vCops.
• Worked on ESXi and VM storage issues and coordinated with the storage teams.
• Responsible for conducting vulnerability scanning and identify system and network vulnerabilities.
• Upgraded the ESX/ESXi servers using vSphere update manager.
• Management of VMware Infrastructure through vCenter and vSphere client.
• Responsible for root cause analysis on performance issue and Virtual machine failures.
• Test and recommend Replication/Backup solutions for VMware, SAN and Disaster Recovery
• Installation, Configuration and Management of hardware using HP One View and Virtual Connect Manager.
• Responsible for measuring web applications performance and capacity planning
• Responsible for production support of Active directory (AD), GPO, ADFS, GPP, Domain users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN/WAN and Domain environment

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

Windows Admin

Responsibilities:

• Experience in installation and administration of Windows 2003/2008/2012 Server.
• Involved in maintaining the Active Directory and GPO management.
• Use Active Directory to reset passwords, manage group policies, add or delete accounts.
• Troubleshooting OS related issues on VMs using Hyper-V manager console on windows2008.
• Involved in Installing and Administration of SCCM for applying latest windows and security patches to all the servers.
• Installed and configured virtual servers with HYPER-V.
• Troubleshooting Client Connectivity, package and OS deployment issues by analyzing SCCM logs.
• Troubleshooting windows update and performance issues.
• Defining group permissions and creating local and global groups with account policies using Enterprise Administrator.
• Troubleshooting server down and un-expected reboot of production servers.
• Installing, configuring and troubleshooting Network Load Balancing (NLB) issues on windows 2008 server.
• Installation and configuration of VPN server on windows 2008 platform to provide secure connection between branch networks.
• Boot images and DP configurations for OSD, Capture and Deploy OS using SCCM 2012.
• Implemented PowerShell scripts that automated creation of contacts from Active Directory.
• Installing, configuring and maintaining the Virtual Machines, installing guest Operating Systems.
• Assessing and distributing Microsoft Monthly Patches using WSUS and SCCM 2012.
• Deploy virtual machines from templates and allocate resources.
• Experience on creating host profiles and deploy to hosts in a VMware clusters.
• Integrate SSO and two-factor authentication with Active Directory.
• Performed debugging on CPU, memory and Network issues like memory leakage, high processor using applications and port problems.
• Extensively managed Active Directory like all the problems related to user accounts, domain accounts, managing permissions etc.
• Provided technical assistance in daily system checks and performance including backups and event logs.

Confidential

Desktop Technician

Responsibilities:

• Implementation, Administration and Maintenance of Windows 2008/ 2012 Networks.
• Troubleshooting windows update and performance issues.
• Configuration of DHCP, DNS on Windows 2008/ 2012 platforms.
• Dealing with clients to solve networking problems.
• Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 administration and configuration in a distributed, Multi-user environment.
• Upgrade Windows 2003 to windows 2008.
• Configuring and Monitoring of group policies on sites, domains and OUs.
• Design and implement Active Directory service and systems policies.
• Administration and management of Network Printers and File Sharing.
• Trouble shooting systems, LAN, WAN and Firewall problems.
• Installation & Configuration of IIS with SSL, DNS, DHCP, FTP and Terminal servers.
• Backup &disaster recovery by Scheduling and Managing data backups on Windows Servers.
• Installing & managing ISA 2004, 2006 for internet sharing & restricted internet usage.