Principal Lead Engineer Resume
Chicago, IL
SUMMARY
- A CCNA, MCP & MCSE Certified professional with 12 years of experience in overall enterprise IT administration.
- Extensive experience in deployment tools i.e. HP Client Automation (HPCA), SCCM 2007/CM 12, BMC Marimba
- Experience in automating the applications for software distribution using IBS, SMS Installer, Install Shield Admin Studio 6.0, LANDesk, Wise Package Studio 5.6/7.0 & 8.0 SP2.
- Lead on O365 migration, AppClarity and 1E Shopping implementation
- Administered VMWare ESX, vSphere, App - V 5.0 R3 & Citrix based environment.
- Significant experience in installing, configuring, troubleshooting O/S i.e. Windows 7/8.1, XP, Vista, Server 2008/2012, App-V, Sequencer, VM Ware ESX, VMotion, VI client, Xen-Server
- Experience in Email Clients I.e. Lotus Notes 5.6, Outlook & Imaging technologies like Norton Ghost
- Worked on Active Directory structure and server’s i.e. DNS, DHCP, WINS, ISA, VPN
- Used Wise Package Studio, Install Shield, SMS & Desktop Authority to create Windows packages
- Created Thin Apps using VMWare ThinApp, VMware vSphere Client
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Platforms: Azure, Windows XP, NT, Windows 7(x86) (x64), Vista, Win 8.0, 8.1, Windows 10 (x64) (x86), Linux
Scripting tools: WMI, VB Script, Wise Installation System, Install rite, PowerShell, XML
Servers: APP-V Server, Windows Server 2008, 2012, SQL Express
Deployment tools: AD, SCCM 2007/2012, LAN desk, Desktop Authority, HP Client Automation Tool, Radia
Virtualization tools: VMware Workstation, ESX, ACE Player, ThinApp, VPC, Virtual box, Citrix Xen-Server & Center
Additional Tools: Adobe Customization Wizard, Adobe Cloud packager tool, AUTOIT
AMEIE Tool MDM: Airwatch, Intune (integrated with SCCM)
Security Apps: Cisco ThreatGrid, Crowdstrike console
License/Asset Management Tool: AppClarity, 1E shopping, Asset Manager, BDNA, ServiceNOW
Others: VMWare Converter, Vyatta community Edition2.0, HP Quality Center, Maximo ( Confidential tool), SCOM
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Principal Lead Engineer
Confidential, Chicago, IL
Responsibilities:
- Currently managing packaging team of 6 engineers. Responsible for standardization, maintaining UAL packaging standards, maintaining packaging queue, QA, UAT & Deployment SLA’s.
- Responsibility includes maintaining 2000+ SCCM 2016 Packages and it’s lifecycle, O365 migration, Security, GPO, Hardware engineering
- Lead on United enterprise O365 Migration, overall migration from on Prem Exchange 2010 to 0365 using Microsoft fast track solution
- Lead on United enterprise AppClarity for license management and 1E shopping implementation
- AppClarity Architecture, Implementation, Integration with Active Efficiency. Understand Applications, products, entitlements and installations.
- Used AppClarity Management groups, license management and reclaiming unused software
- Responsible to leading UAL packaging & deployment escalations i.e. P2, P3 calls + Application/Software HPCA/CM12 deployment (Including troubleshooting)
- Performed Windows 7 rollout UATs for various UAL departments i.e. revenue, maintenance, cargo departments & currently leading Windows 10 migration from existing Win 7 environment.
- Lead on packaging corporate approved hardware based drivers (create app using Application model or creating SCCM 2012 driver package) & making sure they are digitally signed.
- Diagnosing Application by conducting Compatibility testing & remediation using ACT/AppDNA for Windows 10 (x64) devices. Making sure Apps are backward compatible.
- Packaging United/Continental Apps using Wise package & Flexera/Install shield 2015.
- Publishing, Exporting, Importing & final deployment to pre-prod & prod through Legacy HPCA
- Primarily using HP Asset Manager & SharePoint for hardware/software Asset management.
- UAT, OSD, Imaging Win 10 Surface Pro 4 Tablet using CM12 Task sequence
- Elevating registry & file system security in MSI for locked down environment and assisted team on creating Custom Actions using VBScript, Batch or PowerShell.
- Lead on Managing enterprise Adobe CS6/CC Products & managing subscription based product.
- Security vulnerability, risk analysis on all Adobe products * making sure all Adobe CC. CS6, CS6.5 suites/apps are updated with latest security
- Worked on both Intune & Airwatch POC (Avanade) for Confidential .
- Lead on App-V implementation on SCCM 2016 model for enterprise Confidential and also created Industry’s best practiced App-V methodologies and created technical documentation for UAL
- Also work on Active directory, GPO’s & managing SCOM for SCCM alerts in global test environment.
Application Packager
Confidential, Schaumburg, IL
Responsibilities:
- Working as an Application packager for Confidential ’s Windows 7 transitions.
- Packaging 600 apps for Dow EWS Windows7 transition & Roman Hass/Amsty Steady state
- Performed intensive Internal QA/QC testing for the newly created mst/wse/msi packages by building a test/base machine according to IBPM standards.
- Creating Setup/MSI’s for Dow Legacy VBScript wrapped based applications.
- Used SCCM for patch management and deployment process.
- Used Confidential standard wrapper “ISPM, ISPI” for creating Confidential packages.
- Created mst/msi packages for Windows 7 based machines
- Worked on VMware Workstation to test the packages & related tasks for package building.
- Troubleshooting complex Windows 7 Language packs for SCCM deployment
Application Packager
Confidential, Chicago, IL
Responsibilities:
- Worked as an Application Engineer on the WAN & Active directory optimization project.
- Used Install Shield Admin studio for App-V sequencing & MSI’s using Wise Package Studio.
- Repackaged several third party Vendor applications into MSI
- Converted Legacy Install Script, SMS packages to App-V format.
- Optimized Active Directory structure with 600 users & computers.
- Hosted Xen-Server on VT enabled HP hardware & Virtualized 8 servers using P2V converting tool i.e XenConverter.
- Administered Xen-Server using Xen-Center client & did Citrix streaming & profiling.
- Used Wise Package Studio & Script Logic to create MSIs packages and Desktop Authority, SMS, SCCM for deployment across the network.
IT Engineer
Confidential, Fullerton, CA
Responsibilities:
- Created package sequences using Microsoft-AppV Sequencer.
- Used Install Shield Repackager utility for capturing the changes & Tuner for transforms.
- Used Wise Package Studio for testing, Deployment & support of software Packages.
- Created & validated MSI packages, Merge Modules & Setup projects using Install Shield.
- Created Transforms for Vendor MSI applications & used VBScripts for custom actions.
- Used SMS for patch management and deployment process.
- Provided support for SMS, App-V & VMware ESX.
- Used Windows Installer SDK development tool kit i.e. Orca for MSI’s & debugging packages.
- Worked on VM Ware Workstation to test the packages and related tasks for package building.
- Used Filemon, Regmon & advanced Registry tool for monitoring files & registry Keys
Application packager
Confidential, Concord, CA
Responsibilities:
- Worked in Confidential on US Trust, Countrywide & LaSalle transition applications.
- Created MSI application packages using Wise Package Studio.
- Did packaging in Admin mode & performed test in lock down environment.
- Created executables for the bigger packages using Wise Script Editor well accordance with BOA Enterprise engineering standards transition guidelines.
- Packaged applications with Hardware dependencies i.e USB drive
- Performed UATs & tested packages for LaSalle, US Trust, Countrywide users.
- Promoted & deployed packages to Release management by signaling through SELMA (BOA Standard)
- Created wrapper executable for large apps i.e. SQL server, Adobe Web premium & Design CS3
- Created MSI application packages using Wise Package Studio & Install Shield
- Did intensive Internal QA testing for the Wells Fargo packages
- Created Install Stub file, SMS Stub file & SMS Stub file for the newly created msi packages according to the requirement & company protocols.
- Created packages for the Windows XP/Vista users & transforms for 3rd party Vendor MSIs
- Interaction with user for certain packaging issues & performing UATs.
- Deployed packages in Production server by signaling through WANDA system.
IT Engineer
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Created users, groups, OUs, contacts, shared folders & maintained Domain backups.
- Configuring network authentication protocol i.e. Kerberos for DAP (old version) & LDAP clients.
- Administering DHCP, DNS, DFS, IIS, WINS, NAT, Proxy, IP Sec, RAS, VPN server.
- Overall provided Tier 3 level support for Bulldog customers
- Handled the configuration of Routers, switches, leased line modem & hubs.
- Created Software repackages for telecom companies.
- Maintained relationships with customers to achieve repeat/ referral business.
- Managed the entire network and provided adequate security on the desired network.
- Maintaining & troubleshooting LAN, WAN Network connectivity.
