SUMMARY

• 16 Years of Professional Experience in Information Systems (Server, Applications and Network) Deployment, Administration and Complex Troubleshooting tasks, Windows Server 2012/2008/2003 , VMware/Hyper - V Virtualization core Technologies, Virtual SAN Storage Pool Configuration for ESXI and Hyper-V Hosts, VMware High Availability Clusters, SRM, DRS, Fault Tolerance, Live migration, Storage/Network migration, Replication, Resource Allocation and VMware Backup Configuration, Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management (VMM)
• Experienced in leading network transition teams including scheduling, planning and support for installation/migration, planning/preparation of projects, On Site Project Work/Support, Data Centre Administration, enterprise Customer Support, External client support, Liaising with Vendors
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2010 and 2007 messaging solution designing and deployment for high availability environments, SSL Certificates Configuration, Email Security Appliances Configuration, Configuring Load Balancers, SQL Server Configuration, Enterprise Backup Configuration, database access management, SQL Server Integration with Business application servers
• Active Directory Domain and Topology Design, Group Policy Objects Deployment, Objects and Services Access Management according to best practices, Domain Naming System and Dynamic IP Address Allocation Server Implementation, Windows Server Update Service Server Implementation for Windows OS and non-windows Applications, SCCM 2012 R2/2007 R2 (Deployments, Updates, Asset Management) /SCOM 2012 R2,2007 R2 /SCSM/SCVMM configuration tasks
• VEEAM, Symantec and Shadow Protect Disaster Recovery Solutions Implementation for Virtualized and non-virtualized Environments,, Enterprise Antivirus Deployment via Centrally Managed Servers
• Sophos, WATCHGUARD and CISCO PIX/ASA Firewall Configuration, Firewall Centralized Management, Inter Site IP Sec VPN Configuration, CISCO UCS/Router/Switch Configuration, HP/Dell/NETGEAR Managed Switch Configuration, Net App/EMC/Nimble SAN Configuration
• Server Configuration, RAID Storage Configuration, Data centre Server Hardware Configuration and Troubleshooting, Cloud Infrastructure Configuration using NTT Cloud Services

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Server Technology: Windows Server 2012/R2, Windows Server 2008/R2, Windows 2011 (SBS), Windows Server 2003/R2

Email & Collaboration Solutions: MS Exchange 2007, MS Exchange 2010, Share-point 2007/2010

Virtualization Technology: VMware ESXI/ vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XENSERVER

Cloud Technology: NTT Cloud Services, Office 365 (Exchange Online, SharePoint), Knowledge on Azure and AWS

Firewall security & VPN Solutions: Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard, Cisco PIX/ASA firewall

Routing Switching Wireless ADSL: Cisco Routers & switches, HP managed switches, NETGEAR managed switches, Cisco Integrated wireless Access Routers, CISCO Wireless Access Controllers, WatchGuard Wireless Access Controllers

Database Technologies: Microsoft SQL 2005, 2008 and 2012, MySQL

Backups & Disaster Recovery: VEEAM Backup & Replication, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec Systems Recovery, Storage Craft Shadow Protect, Volume Shadow COPPIES, LUN Replication/Restore

Server: Hardware, SANCISCO UCS Platform, HP ML & DL Servers, Dell Power Edge Servers, Dell Chassis Wintel Servers, EMC, HP MSA, Nimble Storage

Network Monitoring Tools: Zabbix, Splunk, GFI, PINGDOM, WHATSUP, Nagios

LINUX/Mac OS: XCentOS, Ubuntu, Mac OS X 10.X, Server App, Profile Manager, Apple Configurator, Casper Suite

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, CT

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Undertaking Network Project activities, day to day Network Operations and troubleshooting series switches
• CISCO Wireless Network and Access Points
• CISCO Routers, Palo Alto Firewalls
• Solar Winds IPAM, WHATSUP Monitoring
• Configuring and supporting F5 Load Balancers (IRULES, Virtual Servers, Pools, Monitors)
• Managing Riverbed LTM/GTM WAN Optimization Infrastructure
• Managing on site VMware Infrastructure, Windows File and Print Servers
• Managing Server Backups (Tape Libraries and Network Backup using Symantec Backup Exec), Restoring Backups in a disaster situation, Maintaining Backup Jobs
• Configuring and Managing User Account permissions in the Active directory
• Configuring and supporting Company Specific Business applications
• Solar Wind Network Management, WHATSUP Network Management, BT IP Address Management
• Service Now Incident Management Portal

Environment: CISCO Switches, F5 Load Balancers, Riverbed WAN Optimizers, CISCO Routers, Palo Alto Firewalls, Solar Winds, WHATSUP Gold, BT IPAM, Windows Server 2012 R 2/2008 R 2, VMWare ESXI/V Centre, Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers, Quantum Tape Libraries, DNS/DHCP, Active Directory/GPO/OU, SCOM, PowerShell, MacAfee - EPO Enterprise Antivirus System

Confidential, VT

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managing and administration of Windows 2012 R 2/2008 R 2 network Infrastructure in a multi-site (US, Canada, Hong Kong and Australia etc.) which was implemented on CISCO UCS and HP Chassis platforms in state of art multimillion Dollar Data Centre (s),
• Administration, Deployment and troubleshooting of VMWare ESXI 5.1/V CENTER SERVER/VCOPS based Virtualization platform consisting of multiple data centres/clusters which are hosting more than 2000 Windows/Linux Servers
• CISCO UCS Chassis (Domains) management, configuration of UCS software and hardware issues in modern Data centre environment
• Managing DFS File System, Advanced CIFS/NFS SAN Files Shares, Managing Windows Printer Servers/Queues
• Managing Net App/HP MSA Storage Clusters, LUN Expansion, LUN Migration, Supporting Exchange Server Farms,
• Supporting Data Centre Power, Cooling Systems, Storage Systems Maintenance, Data Centre Server Hardware Configuration, Liaising with Vendors
• Supporting SCOM, AD/GPO/Security Groups/Users management, Enterprise Antivirus System, Data Centre Assets management, SSO, Security Certificate Services (PKI, CA)
• Supporting Internal client base of over 6000 members, off shore IT team’s training/knowledge transferring (KT Sessions) using CISCO WebEx sessions

Environment: State of Art Data Centre, Windows Server 2012 R 2/2008 R 2, VMWare ESXI/V Centre Server/ VCOPS/SRM, CISCO UCS/HP Chassis, Net App/HP MSA/EMC/Pure Storage, DNS/DHCP, Active Directory/GPO/OU, SCOM, PowerShell, MS SQL 2008/2005, MacAfee - EPO Enterprise Antivirus System

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Enterprise IT Projects Implementation for PPCS extended client base
• Client Systems Administration, Level 2-3 Support, complex Troubleshooting tasks
• Onsite projects and support, Remote administration and Support
• Windows Server 2012/2008 based Multi Domain Architecture Network Design and Deployment based on Hyper-V Virtualization platform, FSMO Roles re-configuration, Active Directory configuration in Multi Domain Environment, GPO Creation & Linking to OUS, OU creation & user rights assignment, Distributed File System (DFS) Architecture Design, NTFS files access permissions & file sharing configuration according to best practices, AD administration using PowerShell
• Exchange server 2013/2010/2007 high availability (Mail Box Server DAG & CAS Clustering) solutions deployment with Edge Server configuration, OWA/Active Sync Configuration, Public Folder Configuration, Exchange Server backup/restore configuration, SSL Certificate Configuration, Trend Micro Email Spam Filter Configuration, Complex mail flow issues troubleshooting, Exchange migration projects, Office 365, Lync Configuration, Iron port (CISCO Email Security Appliance) configuration for Exchange Organizations
• Symantec Backup Exec/System restore & Storage Craft Shadow Protect Backup strategy planning and deployment, daily Backup administration, Backup Tape Arrays Configuration & maintaining
• VEEAM Virtual Machine Backup/Restore Configuration and backup maintenance
• Terminal Server (RDS) Gateway Configuration in multi-server environments
• Citrix XENDESKTOP/XenApp deployment for enterprise clients
• Symantec Corporate Anti-virus Server configuration/rollouts
• SQL 2008/2005/2012 Server Configuration, backup, Access Permissions, Tuning administration
• CISCO Routers & Switches Configuration, Sophos/WatchGuard UTM Configuration, HP Server Hardware Configuration, Enterprise MFD Devices Configuration, Custom Wintel Server/Desktop Building, System Deployment, Software Patches applying and Asset (Inventory) management using SCCM.
• NTT Cloud Infrastructure Configuration, Multi-Site UTM VPN Configuration, UTM Central Administration Configuration, Enterprise PCI Security Compliance Configuration
• Network Monitoring Configuration (Zabbix), Web Site Monitoring Configuration (Ping Dom), Nagios

Environment: Windows Server 2012/2008/2003 , Hyper-V Server/Server core, EMC, Nimble Storage, Citrix XENSERVER/Desktop/App, DNS/DHCP, Active Directory/GPO/OU, WSUS, SCOM/SCCM 2012 R2,2007 R2, RDS/TS Server, Microsoft Single Sign On, Exchange Server 2010/2007/2003 , MS SQL 2008//2005/2012 , Symantec backup exec/system restore, Storage Craft Shadow protect, VEEAM Backup Replication, Kaspersky Enterprise/Client Edition, CISCO Routers/Switches, HP/Dell Servers, Network cabling, MFD, ADSL Routers, Wireless Switches

Confidential

IT System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Undertaking Enterprise projects based on Windows Server and VMWare Virtual Infrastructure, System migrations projects (Exchange Server Upgrades), Systems Integration, System configurations and enterprise desktop support. Administrating and maintaining corporate client networks according to SLAS
• Designing & Deployment of Windows 2008/2012 Server based Network solutions for multi-site corporations based on VMware ESXI/VCENTER Server/HA/VSWITCH/VMOTION/Live migration/EMC SAN Integration and Hyper-V virtual platforms/VMM
• Windows Server 2012/2008 based Multi Domain Architecture Network Design and Deployment based on Hyper-V Virtualization platform, FSMO Roles re-configuration, AD configuration in Multi Domain setup, GPO Creation & Linking to OUS, OU creation & user rights assignment, PowerShell for AD administration, Distributed File System (DFS) Architecture Design, NTFS files access permissions & file sharing configuration according to best practices
• Exchange server 2010/2007/2013 high availability (Mail Box Server DAG & CAS Clustering) solutions deployment with Edge Server configuration, OWA/Active Sync Configuration, Public Folder Configuration, Exchange Server backup/restore configuration, SSL Certificate Requests and Configuration, Trend Micro Email Spam Filter Configuration and Complex mail flow issues troubleshooting, PowerShell for Exchange Server Administration, Exchange migration projects, SHAREPOINT 2007/2010 intranet Site Configuration and supporting, configuring F5 Load balancers for Exchange Server Farms
• Centralized Patch management configuration based on WSUS Server
• EMC VNX SAN storage Configuration and assignment of LUNS to VMware ESXI Servers,
• QNAP NAS Storage Configuration for on site server backups, Nimble SAN Configuration
• Disaster Recovery Strategy planning and deployment for VMware ESXi Virtual Infrastructure based on VEEAM Backup Replication Service with Off Line Virtual machine replication in focus, Symantec Systems Recovery configuration for Server level, application and file level for server backup/restore function
• MS SQL 2005/2008 Server deployment as the back-end database system for client/server architecture based core businesses applications, SQL Server Clustering, SQL Server management Studio, Queries
• LAN/WAN/Wireless Network Devices Configuration and Troubleshooting, Network Security Configuration and threats management, System Deployment and System Inventory (Keep Tracking software and hardware assets) using SCCM in built features, SCCM/SCOM 2012 R2/2007 R2 configuration and administration in client’s networks
• Symantec Backup Exec/System restore & Storage Craft Shadow Protect Backup strategy planning and deployment, daily Backup administration, Backup Tape Arrays Configuration & maintaining
• Terminal Server (RDS) Gateway Configuration in multi-server environments
• Citrix XENDESKTOP/XenApp deployment for enterprise clients
• Corporate Anti-Virus Roll out configuration, SQL Server Installation & backup/restore administration
• CISCO Routers & Switches Configuration, CISCO UCS 5000 Series Chassis, B200 Series Blade Server Operations, CUCS Manger, CIMC WatchGuard UTM Configuration, HP Server Hardware Configuration, Enterprise MFD Devices Configuration, Custom Wintel Server/Desktop Building
• Utilizing Amber-Cat Ticketing System for support service management

Environment: Windows 2008/2012 Server, VMware ESXI/VCENTER Server, VCOPS, Hyper-V Server/Server Core Exchange 2010/2007 Servers, MS SQL 2008/2005, SHAREPIONT 2010, VEEAM Backup Replication, and Symantec System recovery, Active Directory, Group Policies, DNS/DHCP, SCCM, WSUS, PowerShell ISE, Trend Micro Enterprise Anti-virus, Trend Micro Email Filter Software, Inter Site VPN, Network Cabling, ADSL Modems, Wireless LAN Controllers, Enterprise MFDS, Cisco integrated services routers (800 Series and 1700 Series etc.), HP DL Rack-mount Servers, HP ML Tower Servers, HP 4000M, 3800, 3500 series managed switches, EMC VNX Series SAN Storage, QNAP NAS Storage Devices, Nimble Storage, Amber-cat Ticketing System

Confidential

Systems Integrator

Responsibilities:

• IT projects planning and deployment for Confidential diversified client base followed by post installation system administration and troubleshooting
• Liaising with on-going customers of Confidential who request mission critical Level 2-3 technical support
• Frequent on-site travel to make sure IT support is available when it needed at client premises, daily remote system support and monitoring
• System Documentation and updating Inventory
• Windows 2008/2012 Server based Network Projects Designing and Deployment based on VMware ESXi Virtualized Infrastructure and Hyper-V for SME and Large Enterprise Clients, Windows Certificate Authority (PKI Infrastructure), MS Failover Cluster Configuration, MS NLB Load Balancer Cluster configuration for Exchange and SQL Servers
• Network Security (Hardware, Firmware and Software aspects) Hardening comply to PCI Standards
• EMC VNX SAN storage Configuration and LUN assignment to virtual Servers, Nimble Storage LUN Configuration for servers
• Active Directory, Group Policy, Site Replication, Domain User Access Rights configuration, DNS, DHCP Server Configuration, WSUS Deployment, SCOM 2007 R2 System Monitoring Configuration and support, SCCM 2007 R2 Configuration
• In house Exchange 2007/2010 messaging systems implementation with mailbox server high availability in focus, exchange server administration & troubleshooting, PowerShell for Exchange Administration
• Disaster Recovery Strategy planning and deployment for VMware ESXi Virtual Infrastructure based on VEEAM Backup Replication Service with Off Line Virtual machine replication in focus, Symantec Systems Recovery configuration for Server level, application and file level for server backup/restore function
• MS SQL 2005/2008 Server deployment as the back-end database system for client/server architecture based core businesses applications & SharePoint Server Configuration, SHAREPOINT 2007 Support
• Medical Sector core business application installation and configuration based on HCN Medical Director/Protract/Blue Chip, MEDTECH and Best Practice etc.
• CISCO, Dell, HP, Net-gear LAN/WAN/Wireless Network Devices Configuration and Troubleshooting, Network Security Configuration and threats management and Sophos UTM Device configuration
• Using in house built Ticketing System and Inventory

Environment: Windows Server 2008/2012/2003 , Active Directory/DNS/DHCP, SCOM/SCCM 2007 R2, Terminal Server, Single Sign On (SSO),VMware ESXI & VCENTER Server, Exchange Server, SHAREPOINT 2007, SQL Server, AVG Anti-virus Enterprise Edition, Sophos UTM Firewalls, CISCO UCS C220 Blades, CISCO/Dell managed switches, CISCO Routers, EMC VNX SAN storage, HP DL 380, ML based Servers, Custom Built Wintel Servers, Server Racks, Enterprise MFD Devices, 3CX Soft PBAX for SIP based VOIP solutions, Mac Server/Desktop

Confidential

Engineering Executive

Responsibilities:

• Divisional Computer Network Deployment and Administration
• Exchange Server 2000 messaging platform administration and troubleshooting
• Windows 2000 Server Domain Design and Administration
• SQL Database Configuration and Complex queries running using Toad software tool for VOIP
• , SMSC and other Server CDR Records
• Server Hardware Monitoring and Troubleshooting
• Short Message Service Centre (SMSC), Unified Message Communication (UMC), International VOIP Carrier Services, Missed Call Alert Server, USSD Server and ERICKSSON AXE Series GSM Exchangers (Switches) project and testing team member overseeing more than 05 staff Members
• Network Operating Centre (NOC) team member
• Nagios & WHATSUP Network Monitoring Tools Utilization
• Satellite Earth Station Operation, monitoring and daily troubleshooting
• Value-added Service and ERICKSSON Exchange planned system upgrade execution and post upgrade system testing team member

Environment: Service Coordinating with over 75 International Carrier Operators in North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa, Solaris, Windows 2000/NT4 Server, Exchange Server 2000, MS SQL Server, Toad SQL Query, CLARENT/CISCO/Belgacom VOIP Servers for international Direct Dialling Services, Software Tool, Symantec Backup Exec, Telecommunication Industry grade large HP Servers, SUN Servers, ERICKSSON AXE Series Mobile Exchangers, Network Operating Centre for over 6 million client bases

Confidential

Technical Support Executive

Responsibilities:

• Team Leader in Windows NT 4/Windows 2000 Server based network design and deployment
• Design member of Exchange Server 5.5 message Solutions and consulting
• Terminal Server Installation and Administration
• Server Centralized Cooperate Antivirus Rollout and Administration
• Level 3 Technical Support for Client Networks
• WAN Communication Troubleshooting
• Server Firmware and Hardware Configuration
• Hewlett Packard Electronic Data Capture (EDC) Equipment Programing, Installation and User Training
• Administrating IIS Web Servers and back end SQL Server Farms

Environment: Windows 2000/NT 4 Domain, Exchange 2000/5.5, SQL Server, Terminal Server, IIS Web Server, Symantec Cooperate Antivirus, COMPAQ PROLIANT SERVERS, Hewlett Packard EDC Systems Programing and configuring, client consulting on HP Verifone EDC Solutions