SUMMARY:

• Enterprise and global IT Architect/ System Engineer/ Administrator with professional experience in designing innovative solutions for public and private sector.
• Skilled strategist in virtualization specialized in delivering server, application thru Confidential computing. Proven professional with demonstrated strengths in applying analytical, strategical and technical skills to devise innovative and practical solutions to complex projects.
• Excellent verbal, written communication, presentation and documenting skills.
• Business - focused, trustworthy individual who promotes, represents leadership, teamwork, integrity, commitment with excellent proven work record and now seeking challenge, leadership and highly technical role for next project.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

NETWORK: SWITCHES, BRIDGES, ROUTERS, and Dial-up from HP, Cisco, Black Diamonds, VPN

LANGUAGES: COBOL, C, C ++

PROTOCOLS: TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, PPP, PPTP, Frame Relay, ATM, ISDN, RIP/RIP V2, OSPF, PAP, MS/CHAP, HDLC, E/IGRP, BGP

OPERATING SYSTEMS: NOVELL 3.12/ 4.X/ 5.X/6/ Windows Server/ 2000/2003/8/12/16

HARDWARE: HP /Dell Servers Micom Netrunner/Turbo Network Router 5K, Adtran DSU III, ASA 5500, Extreme, Dell/HP Blade Servers, Network Scanner/ Laser Printers, Clustering, Paperport Scanners, HP Label Makers, HP Super Store DAT24/Colorado/Dell Tape drives/loader, Fiber optic hubs/Card, Complellent, DLT Drives, Cisco, Meraki, Aruba,Dell Switches/Routers/Concentrators, NAS/SAN Solar Winds O365 HP/Dell/Epson/Kyocera printers, copiers and scanners, Net App, MDM 3000/6000, Citrix NetScalers 9.X/10.X, UCS MD Series, Linux, vRealize

Miscellaneous: Orion Solar winds/ What sup Gold, Symantec Ghost, SCOM, SCCM, BackupServ, Backup Exec, EMC Clarion, Dell Equalogic, Veritas, HPOpenview, CSS, Monitoring, NetApp, Fiber Storage, PowerShell, vRealize, vCOPS, Double-Take, VM/Xen Converter, NetScalers, KVM PowerShell, Veritas,Veeam, SCOM, SolarWinds, Mcafee Splunk, Chef

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Windows/VMware/Citrix Engineer/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Administering and maintaining hybrid VMWare/ Windows/Citrix in Confidential
• Creating VPC, VNET, Subnets, applying security permissions, on premises access using Direct-Connect, Express route using Internet Gateway with ELB for Multi-Availability Zone/Sites
• Creating NSG, Resource Group, uploading AMI/Templates with Boot-Strap Processes, Traffic Manager for weighted LB for multi-Aval. Sites, CDN for regions/Aval. Zones, VPC/VNET Peering, SSH on Linux using BIT-Bash for pem and PKi keys, O365
• Cost saving by selecting correct storage, S3, Glacier, SPOT, RRS, EBS volumes, BLOB, Page, File, Queue Ephemeral Storage, using high Provisioned IOPS disks for faster access while enabling Versioning/Life-Cycle management/encryption for high scalability/durability.
• Setting up IAM Roles/users Route53 for EC2 buckets, setting up Confidential Trail/ Confidential Watch with SQS/SES for prompt notifications, creating Security Group, internet routing tables, DR Design ACLS/policies/roles including hardware/software MFA for security/Federate AD using SAML token with SSO and O365
• Setup Auto-Under/Scaling/Launch-Config. based on multiple-threshold/baselines parameters
• Contribute to formalization of architectural framework standards for hosting environment analytical and strong knowledge in installations, configuration, administration, architecting in
• VMware including DRS, HA, Vmotion, Storage vmotion, networking, cloning and automating.
• Analyze and implement iSCSI, Fiber, VMFS, NFS, NTFS and RDM storage for sites per requirement for infra and inter site locations.
• Perform Server migrations to newly created VMware Infrastructure using Double-Take, P2V, Xen/VM Converter.
• Architected VMware 6.1 Update 2 DR site on Cisco UCS M Series and VMware 6.5 in production on NetApp
• Architected, Installed Enterprise Wide vCenter 6.5 with Platform Services configure
• Installed hardware updates, flash updates for storage and physical hosts.
• Setting up GPO’s, DFS-R, workstation/server migrations, P2V, V2V, Clusters and security policies, providing hardening VM, ESXi using GPO’s and registry
• Administered XenApp/Xendesktop/Provisioning Services, proactively using Edgesight, Solarwinds, vRealize and SCOM.
• Performed administrative tasks for Citrix/GPO and app-V while documenting resolutions.
• Maintained App-v, acting liaison among different department, converting into technical requirement.
• Patch/log management, application / disk encryption including SSL Offloading and decrypting tools and Load balancing and wireless technologies.
• Evaluate, design, testing, implement and following best practices in translating high level business requirements into technical designs for physical hosts and Applications.
• Control fast track project requests, expedite/escalate request for service and make sure deliverables including published SLA agreements are met or exceeded.
• Handled team of 10 smart individual in the project accomplishments.
• Architecting new GPO structure for new domain and optimizing existing Active Directory, GPO’s
• Architecting AD design with Global team, spinning up AD servers, transferring and upgrading roles
• Used HP as A pplication L ife Cycle M anagement Tool (or) ALM that supports various phases of the software development life cycle and scripts on Chef.
• Implementing IDS/IPS security guidelines for network perimeter
• Planned DHCP Scope, DNS forwarders, recursive and reiterative queries, subnet planning, RODC placement in scope of Global Catalog and other FSMO roles.

Confidential

SME VMware and Windows

Responsibilities:

• Architected VMware infrastructure for big data clients, nationwide, including SRM and DR for datacenters
• Data Center (Houston) Installation, troubleshooting, updating hardware
• Configured VMware including DRS, HA, Vmotion, Storage vmotion, networking, cloning, template and virtual switches/ Distributed Switches
• Setup VM’s, Windows patching, scripting, migrations and post migrations, troubleshooting.
• Analyze and implement iSCSI, Fiber, VMFS, NFS, NTFS and RDM storage for sites per requirement for infra and inter site locations.
• Set up Windows domain infrastructure on VMware platform, with multiple AD servers in different data centers replicated across.

Confidential

VMware, Windows and Citrix Sr. Systems Engineer/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed and Architected VMware infrastructure in Houston DC including update manager
• Migrated 1000 + Servers including critical and legacy application servers in the newly carved infrastructure on NetApp/ Confidential Storage
• Installed SRM, Update manager and VVOLS for datacenter VMware infrastructure
• Upgraded old virtual servers and P2V, V2V existing servers during migration for EOL hardware
• Sys-prepped golden image for Window Servers/ Workstations OS’s in VMware with security, GPO’s, policies, updates and patches.
• Maintained Citrix, Windows, Linux environment, while creating new Citrix farm with fresh profiles, PVS servers with new golden image, while upgrading additional servers in farm to handle load, packaged apps using App-V and O 365
• Implemented vRealize for monitoring everyday activity, emailing critical issues when occurring.
• Modified Citrix profiles as per the need of different datacenters nationwide, training staff on Web interface/Storefront.
• Maintained six different datacenters across US and working as liaison while creating documentation and communicate project deliverable including timeframes and benchmarks to the Datacenters.
• Provide third level support for WYSE, HP Thin client, XenApp and PVS issues

Confidential

SME Windows and VMware

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot and spinning new Windows servers as per the client requirement
• Monitored and patched windows servers globally with highest security possible
• Maintaining VMware environment and Windows including AD infrastructure globally
• Managed and monitored Domain Infrastructure spread across the globe for multi-national org
• Auditing, real-time analysis for operational/Security/monitoring/critical usage using splunk
• Sys-prepped golden image for Window Servers OS’s with GPO’s, policies, update/patch
• Analyze and implement iSCSI, Fiber, VMFS, NFS, NTFS and RDM storage for sites per requirement for infra and inter site locations.

Confidential

SME Citrix and VMware Consultant/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Architected, maintained, designed new Citrix farm for hospital on EMR rollout using SSD while maintaining existing farms and supporting 6000 clients nationwide, using man/roaming profiles
• Architecting new GPO structure for new domain and optimizing existing GPO’s for Citrix
• Analytical and strong knowledge in installations, configuration, administration, architecting in
• VMware including DRS, HA, Vmotion, Storage vmotion, networking, cloning and automating.
• Strategize, architect and documenting Citrix Farm while supporting and optimizing existing Citrix environment, including profile/PVS storage, and GPO’s
• Analyze and implement iSCSI, Fiber, VMFS, NFS, NTFS and RDM storage for two sites per requirement
• Sys-prepped golden image for Window Servers/ Workstations OS’s in VMware/ PVS with security, GPO’s, policies, updates and patches.
• Migrated Citrix 4.5 metafarm to XenApp 6.5 farm with new GPO, Citrix Profiles, on new hardware in two separate datacenters..
• Monitoring and troubleshooting pro-active potential issues with monitoring tools like, vRealize, Solar winds, Nagios, PRTG and Cacti
• Acting as liaison while creating documentation and communicate project deliverable including timeframes and benchmarks to the clients
• Control fast track project requests, expedite/escalate request for service and make sure deliverables including published SLA agreements are met or exceeded.
• Upgraded Citrix applications to newer versions and maintained legacy applications
• Maintained and updated existing PVS images set backup schedule

Confidential

Active Directory Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managing Domain Infrastructure for 170 Countries
• Monitoring and managing 77K + AD users around the world implementing security and GPO’s hardening
• Working with 10K Domain Controllers and 8K EXSi Hosts 4K dedicated DNS replicated RODC including PowerShell Scripting
• Joining/ troubleshooting/creating Golden image for Window Servers OS’s
• Troubleshooting and creating DNS records and fixing AD Replication issues
• Working on tickets and meeting deadlines on open request
• 99% servers are virtualized on Vmware, Hyper-v and Xenservers
• Managed and monitored Citrix Xenapp/Xendesktop/App-V and netscalers MPX / VPX

Confidential

Wintel/Vmware/Citrix/AD Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Maintained existing Citrix server’s infrastructure VMware 5.X.
• Migrated Citrix 4.5 metafarm to XenApp 6.5 farm with new GPO, Citrix Profiles
• Installed XenDesktop 5.6 for Virtual environment VMware Hypervisor
• Introduced access gateway and upgraded group policies with modified scripts including folder re-direction policy.
• Upgraded Citrix applications to newer versions and maintained legacy applications
• Maintained and updated existing PVS images set backup schedule
• Configured and maintained VMware infrastructure and Citrix Xen Desktop environment
• Maintained created HA with DRS and modified VMkernel /VM port groups/policies
• Increased data store by adding EqualLogic hardware and add NFS/VMFS3/5/RDM shares on Dell EqualLogic SANs
• Added additional hosts in existing Cluster/assigned resource pools/created Vswitch
• With policies/Verified Vmotion/Storage Vmotion/created RDM shares for Database drives
• Rolled out Anti-Virus Sophos for servers and desktops
• Created backup schedule on disk and tapes for offsite location using Symantec 2012/ Evault for DR site.
• Restore including file / folder level restores from backups
• Maintained Exchange server 2003/2007/2010 in cluster environment
• Rolled out Whatsup Gold for current monitoring infrastructure environment
• Created Wireless network for different sites on Meraki/Ruckus/ Mac Airport
• Created and joined Radius server with current wireless infrastructure
• Configured HP ProCurve switches/POE switch to existing stack
• Maintained and managing Application/File on Windows Server environment
• Re-structured GPO’s and current AD infrastructure by adding new sites and subnets
• Maintained and upgraded existing DFS/WDS/SUS /DHCP/DNS servers
• Maintained and upgrading ASA 5500 series for VPN/VPN Clients and Firewall
• Day to day help desk whenever needed with on call rotation

Confidential

Wintel/OS/AD/WAN/Citrix/Virtualize Engineer / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Administered and maintained existing Citrix 4.5 farm and XenDesktop 5.5/5.6
• Upgraded 4.5 farm to Citrix 6.0 farm on Xenserver 6.0 on Dell Blade servers
• Introduced and configured provisioning server 5.6 sp2 and created PVS Images
• Rolled out Citrix servers for new PVS image with Desktop Director 2.0 on Xenserver
• Introduced and maintained NetScaler’s 7500 MPX 9.2 build 5x for existing and DR site for Load Balancing and failover thru Web interface 5.2.
• Introduced and maintained NetScaler 7500 VPX 9.2 build 48.x for overseas location.
• Applied hotfix to new Virtual Citrix farm server including Xenserver and NetScaler
• Published and maintained new and legacy apps on old and new farm.
• Maintained and managed Xen-desktop 5.5 environment
• Monitored Network and Server infrastructure including existing and new Citrix farm with Solar Winds and Edge Sight 5.4
• Configured Extreme switches and Black Diamonds for local and overseas offices
• Monitored old Citrix presentation farm 4.5 and XenApp 6.x farm with Solar Winds
• Maintained and monitored backups for Virtual Hyper-V/Xen Servers/PVS images
• Introduced Folder re-direction policy for Citrix and created separate AD OU structure to accommodate new farm.
• Created new AD and Citrix GPO/scripts and introduced DFS for new farm.
• Updated profiles thru Profile manager to accommodate Windows 2008 R RDS
• Provide after hour support, with 24X7 schedule.

Confidential

AD/Wintel/Vmware/Hyper-V/Citrix Engineer/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed, Configured, Engineered and installed EMR System with Terminal servers
• Implemented Citrix 4.5 presentation server for Application and Desktops.
• Managed and maintained Servers, Network Administration and Desktops
• Migrated AD domain infrastructure from Windows 2000 to 2008
• Re-designed AD with new Forest, OU Policies on DC with FSMO Roles
• Re-designed GPO’s to secure AD structure with delegated OU and Exchange Roles
• Designed, Installed, Configured Exchange 2007 co-exist with Exchange 2003
• Re-designed AD-integrated DNS servers with forwarders
• Mirrored SQL servers and engineered, implemented DFS for existing infrastructure
• Installed, designed and maintained Print, DHCP and WINS servers
• Worked as ISA 2K6 Security Administrator
• Worked as Backup, Storage and Security Administrator
• Installed configured and designed WSUS, EPO Servers
• Installed and monitored Servers with SCOM 2007 R2 and Cacti
• Installed and configured Microsoft Deployment tools with WDS on Windows 2008 R2 introduced, implemented and designed Hyper-V and VmWare 3.X/4.X
• Worked on Shell scripting with Exchange 2007 and AD
• Handled team with complete IT Infrastructure managerial role

Confidential

PM/Sr./Lead Technical Consultant/Network Admin

Responsibilities:

• Maintained health and adding more sites to existing infrastructure, monitoring
• Replication, Checking in MOM errors and alerts
• Maintained and published apps on citrix platform.
• Engineered, designed, build, installed and configured all flavors of windows.
• Worked as Exchange 2003/2008 and Exchange 2007 administrator
• Configured, installed and maintained AD structure with Forest, Trees and OU policy
• Used Altiris Servers to update, scan and push images
• AD migrations/Visio/MS Project/Vista role out and handling mergers
• Worked with Transom New York/ New Jersey Traffic Road/Train servers
• Maintained Citrix 4.5 presentation servers.
• Maintained critical servers 24X7 expected servers.
• Introduced and designed NAS / San technologies for Transcomm.
• Worked and created structured lab on VMware EXS
• Set up DR sites and maintained clustering/mirroring and backups.
• Under took Windows and Novell consolidation projects.
• Maintained, installed, monitored NT, Windows 2000 and 2003,110 servers across globe
• Configured VM ware on blade servers
• Worked as Backup / Symantec Antivirus administrator for entire organization
• Worked as SUS Administrator and Group Policies to update forest/domain environment
• Maintained, monitored and updated Exchange server 2003 network access across globe
• Maintained healthy network connectivity across remote sites
• Maintained and monitored Active Directory across network in different countries
• Worked closely with Confidential on consolidation project for IT infrastructure
• Designed Orion Solar Winds Network with globe wide summary
• On call pager and working on 3+ priority calls assigned by helpdesk.
• Worked with SMS to push and monitor applications and updates.
• Worked as a liaison between vendors and IT department
• Provide after-hour support for Remote Desktop, VPN users.

Confidential

Sr. Systems Engineer/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Installed ZEN Works
• Installed Novell 6.0, Windows 2000, 2003 with AD
• Imaged and updated Altris Server to update, scan and push in house applications
• Installed and upgraded hardware with drivers and firmware in servers and desktops.
• Installed new servers, update old servers with new patches, hot fixes, firmware upgrades.
• Assisted with move to new facility, including design of layout and network infrastructure
• Worked as team lead for three IT professionals
• Installed new software on desktops per doctors’ individual requirements
• Research and acted as a liaison between administrative staff and vendors for hardware/software requirement needs.
• Worked as an exchange administrator on Novell Group wise 6.5
• Worked as back up administrator including remote sites, switched tapes as needed
• Worked with specialized medical software, such as Mysis (GUI), Mysis (Character based), CSS and Easy Path, Patient Financial Services software and upgrades
• Performed frequent upgrades on specialized software for Breast and Imaging Center
• Desktop support included Palm and other handheld devices including phone support, printers and scanners.
• Worked with Avaya IP phones systems.
• Installed HR/Accounting client software, payroll, time clock software servers.
• Assisted physician with their palm devices, satellite dish, and Muzak system
• US Customs and Border Protection Officer