SUMMARY:

• Windows Administrator with five years of experience in IT industry with experience in Server administration in various environments - Window 2003 & 2008 and 2012 with Active Directory Services (AD, DNS, DHCP) and deployments.
• Solid experience in Web Server Administration -- IIS 6.0 / IIS 7.0 / IIS 7.5 and Three years of experience in managing / supporting VMWARE servers (hosts and guests)
• Three years of Experience in supporting infra application Tools like Control-m and Autosys and Three years of Experience in SFTP File Transmission process across the company as per process defined
• Windows Admin experience includes:
• Involved in Win 2003/2008 Systems Administration, creating users, groups and granting required access meeting the security standards.
• Installing and configuring Site minder web agent on windows servers and integrating to the policy servers and Windows 2003/2008 server design, configuration, implementation, troubleshooting and Build enterprise network infrastructure (Client/Server)
• Involved in Setting up and administering User and Group Accounts, Resource sharing and Security and Setting up and configuring DHCP, WINS and DNS
• Experience in migrating applications from IIS 6.0 to IIS 7.0 and IIS 7.5
• Extensive experience in Troubleshooting the IIS Applications and Experience in troubleshooting various runtime errors in IIS and Installed Proxy-plug-ins in IIS to proxy the requests to application server
• Installed and Configured s for Secured communication between server and client using different SSL handshake techniques (Ex: VeriSign, Public Key Encryption and Symmetric key Encryption)
• Experience working with high availability solutions like NLB Clustering for Software Load Balancing
• Excellent communication and Interpersonal skills
• Operating Systems: Windows NT/ 2000/2003/2008 Servers
• Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access
• WEB/APP Servers: IIS 5/6/7/7.5, Active Directory, Apache, Tomcat, Web Logic 5.1/6.0
• Virtualization: Hyper-v, VMware
• System center Tools: SCCM, SCOM
• Load Balancers: Network load balancer (NLB), F5 Big IP
• Protocols: TCP/IP, DNS, FTP, SMTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SFTP
• Enterprise Servers: IBM Web Sphere 5.0/5.1/6.0/6.1/7.0
• Experience with setting up secure transfers between servers using SSH keys following the FIPS 140-2 standards
• Expertise in building Servers with Windows 2000, 2003, 2008R1, R2
• Experience with Windows Clustering for High Availability and disaster recovery
• Experience in configuring Windows Firewall, Security, reading error logs and troubleshooting issues
• Monitoring the CPU performance using Perfmon, ProcessMon, filemon and Task Manger
• Knowledge in creating domains, domain controllers and organizational units as per the client requirement
• Knowledge in trusts between different domains and different forests
• Maintain the local policies and administer them accordingly meeting the application needs and requirements
• Maintenance of the IIS configurations, taking backup of already existing configuration and restoring it
• Hands on experience on monitoring tools like NetIQ, Tivoli, Site scope, HP SIM, load balancers, Net Backup tool
• Experienced in configuring the application pool recycling for greater reliability
• Analyzing the IIS logs (log parser) to collect information about server events, server performance, and user activity

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Upgraded Hardware firmware to the latest available
• Expertise in building Servers with Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 R1, R2
• Worked on configuring the NIC’s, DNS, WINS, added ROUTES for backups
• Built VM’s on ESX servers V4.0, troubleshoot performance issues, CPU monitoring, increase/decrease VM specifications, Host availability, upgrade VMTools, VM Hardware
• Upgraded windows servers from and
• Involved in the installation, configuration and administration onIIS5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 7.5
• During upgrading IIS 5, 6, 7, 7.5 taken care of 32 bit and 64 bit apps and the implications during upgrade
• Played an important role in moving servers from one domain to another domain taking care of the domain id’s and functional accounts in the old domain
• Built windows clusters with 2 and 3 nodes active/active and active/passive nodes
• Implemented NIC teaming for host high availability
• Hands on experience in Domain Migration taken into account all the issues related to Single Sign On, SSL s, ap plication URL’s, Shares, DNS change, configuration files (Database server names)
• Built servers in environments like DEV, UAT, IST, QA, PROD, DR in zones like ESF (Enterprise Security Farm), SESF (Secured ESF), DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
• Hands on experience in Symantec Endpoint Protection and in upgradation of Symantec antivirus to Symantec Endpoint protection and from Symantec Endpoint Point 10 to Symantec Endpoint Protection 11
• Expert in the deployment of patches to Windows OS servers(DVMT/WSUS)
• Hands on experience in Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) tool which used to perform the security scans against the server
• Expertise in installing the Tivoli Monitoring tool, configuring custom monitoring for services, applications and to manage the operating systems, databases and server’s in distributed and host environments. (Tivoli ITM5 and 6)
• Involved in Package and deploy applications using System Center Configuration Manager to multiple web forms
• Expertise in installing and configuring the backup using the VERITAS-NETBACKUP and in troubleshooting issue related to netback up
• Involved in Installing and configuring Autosys (User Hive Creation, etc)
• Involved in using Sysinternals like procmon, filemon for troubleshooting OS issues
• Strong knowledge in IIS 5, 6, 7, 7.5
• Experience in creating the application pools, App-pool identities, Websites, Virtual Directories, 32bit, 64bit apps deployment
• Expert in Troubleshooting the IIS Applications (Error 500, 404, 501.3, 503)
• Expert in installing and configuring applications using the least privilege model
• Expert in installing applications with adhering to the security guidelines according the companies standards
• Hands on experience in installation of client tools like Oracle Client, Sybase, SQL, SSRS, DB2, ADOBE, Open office, MS Office, Crystal Reports
• Expert in implementing Secure Transmissions and in upgrading of FTP to SFTP using Attachmate Reflections for Secure IT software
• Hands on knowledge on Scripting for day to day administration activities(VB and power shell)
• Provided solutions and assist the customer in troubleshooting applications
• Built DB servers for database team and assist in troubleshoot and in modifying permissions
• Supported 24*7 on call schedule for Production support
• Configured DR PAIRS and assisted the project teams in testing for Prod/DR failover during Go-Live
• Created switch level with Local and GEO Managed Servers in a Cluster with round-robin algorithm and NLB clustering for Load Balancing
• Involved in trouble shooting and fixing day-to-day problems of the applications in production
• Environment: IIS 5.0/6.0/7.0/7.5, WIN2003/2008 server, SSL,.NET, SQL Server 2005,2008, SCCM,SCOM, VM Ware, Oracle Client 9i,10g,11g r1,r2,Crystal reports 2008,DNS,Service Center, ECM, Tivoli 5&6, Sybase, SSRS, DB2, ADOBE, Open office, MS Office, WSUS,

Confidential

Junior Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Windows 2003/2000 server design, configuration, implementation, troubleshooting and Build enterprise network infrastructure (Client/Server)
• Setting up and administering User and Group Accounts, Resource sharing and Security
• Setting up and configuring DHCP, WINS and DNS
• Built windows clusters with 2 and 3 nodes active/active and active/passive nodes
• Configured ILO with active directory groups/single sign on.
• Troubleshoot network latency issues and provided recommendations where necessary from a server and OS perspective
• Monitored the tickets and resolve within the SLA
• Closely worked with the Patching team, hardware teams, DBA to resolve issues
• Resolved access issues related to applications and provided solutions with least privilege mode
• Installed/Configured monitoring tools like ESM, SCOM, Tivoli to monitor the server and the applications
• Resolved issues for servers with blue screen caused by patching
• Troubleshoot BSOD errors, ran hardware diagnostics, engage vendor support for replacements, monitor servers and communicate to the appropriate teams
• Hands on experience in installation of client tools like Oracle Client, Sybase, SQL, SSRS, DB2, ADOBE, Open office, MS Office, Crystal Reports
• Coordinate with application testing, development and database team for any technical problem and resolve the same
• Involved in the installation, configuration and administration on IIS 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 7.5 and .net installers 3, 3.5, 4.0
• Configured SSL, http redirection, site minder installation, web services on IIS
• Troubleshoot and fix issues related to Error pages 500, 404, 503.1 etc.
• Worked with the SQL team in testing the application for reliability and scalability
• Configured Network attached storage Devices for with File and Print server (NAS - Snap Servers)
• Troubleshoot cluster issues, SAN issues and work with the appropriate teams to resolve
• Provided on-call support on rotation basis
• Environment: IIS 5.0/6.0/7.0/7.5, WIN2003/2008 server, SSL,.NET, SQL Server 2005,2008, SCCM, SCOM, VM Ware, Oracle Client 9i,10g,11g r1,r2,Crystal reports 2008,DNS,Service Center, Tivoli 5&6, Sybase, SSRS, DB2, ADOBE, Open office, MS Office, VERITAS Net backup, VisionApp, IBM Netbay, Attachmate, VBScript, Power Shell

Confidential

Junior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed application software and other software utilities
• Designed and implemented windows 2003/2008 Network
• Designed and configured windows 2008 server
• Installed and configured Local Domain with DNS server, Active Directory Service, Terminal Service, IIS server for HTTP and FTP services
• Installed and configured File Server and Additional Domain Controller
• Installed and configured ISA server for Internet sharing over 256 kbps leased line
• Installed and configured Anti-Virus server using Norton Corporate Edition and remote installation of the client version, auto-updates and real-time scanning
• Installed windows 2000 professional on clients’ machines and configuring in the domain
• Network Security Knowledge is Fair, Knowledge on vulnerability tools
• Examples: MBSA, NetIQ, Bind view
• Created Organizational Units and Users accounts
• Created Home Folders and Assigning NTFS Rights and Permissions
• Configured Disk quotas
• Configured Group Policies
• Trouble shooting Client server connectivity Problems
• Installed and Configured Ms-outlook and outlook webacess
• Environment: IIS 6.0, Windows, JDBC, ASP, Ajax, Visual Studio, ConfirmIT, VB Script, .NET, SMTP, NNTP, FTP, SQL Server, Windows Server 2003/2008