Qualifications Profile

• Active Directory, Exchange and VMware infrastructure consultant who has conducted successful engagements addressing the business issues involved in design, implementation, and migration of Enterprise-wide networks.
• Ability to engineer and document solutions to meet client needs.
• Skilled across multiple disciplines including Active Directory, Exchange and VMware.
• Extensive experience migrating from legacy platforms while minimizing customer impact.
• Highly skilled at identifying root cause issues while eliminating non-contributing factors.
• Relaxes the importance to keep key stakeholders informed or project millstones and potential detours.
• Excellent team player with the ability to effectively interact with project and corporate management.

• Hypervisor Systems: VMware ESX 3.5, 4.1, 5.0, 5.5
• Windows Services: DNS, WINS, DHCP, WSUS, GPO, DFSR, RADIUS, Active Directory
• Email Packages: Microsoft Exchange 5.5, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, Office 365
• Operating Systems: Windows NT/XP, 2000, 2003, Vista, 7, 2008, 2008r2, Novell 4.11
• Office Suites: Microsoft Office 97, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010
• Backup Suites: Veritas Backup Exec/NetBackup
• Software: Quest Migration Manager, Quest Reporter, BlackBerry Enterprise Server
• Hardware: Dell, HP/Compaq Blade Servers

Confidential

VMware Engineer

• VMware ESXi 4.x to 5.5 host upgrades
• VMware vSphere administration and configuration in a large enterprise environment
• Planning and implementation of virtual machine moves and clones between hosts and clusters
• Cross-datacenter and cross-cluster virtual machine moves using vMotion and VMware Converter
• Migrating ESX hosts between data centers and clusters to balance usage and capacity
• Planning, and implementation of virtual machine resource RAM, CPU, disk expansions
• Using PowerCLI to gather vSphere data and set host and virtual machine properties
• VMware ESX performance monitoring to resolve host and virtual machine issues
• Virtual machine V2V conversions and reconfigurations between virtual centers using VMware Converter
• vSphere NAS and SAN storage mounting and configuration
• Windows server administration and configuration

Notable Contributions:

• Ensuring optimal ESXi compute and storage usage by relocating resources to needed areas.
• Responsible for timely implementation of customer requests for additional virtual machine resources.
• Serving as an integral team member to fulfill infrastructure requests during off-hours projects.

Confidential

VMware and Active Directory Engineer

• VMware vSphere administration and configuration and VMware ESX server installation
• VMware ESX vSwitch configuration
• VMware monitoring to resolve issues and ensure proper storage, memory, processor usage
• Physical-to-virtual P2V conversions and reconfigurations using VMware Converter
• Veeam Backup and Replication for global virtual machine migrations and backup/archiving
• Office 365 and Exchange 2010 mailbox moves, administration, directory synchronization troubleshooting
• Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, DFSR, WSUS and IIS administration and group policy configuration
• Configuring AD domain controller RADIUS authentication with wireless access points
• Performing file server migrations with minimal user down-time
• NT4 domain migrations/upgrades
• Basic Cisco switch port configuration
• Blackberry Enterprise Server BES administration

Notable Contributions:

• Responsible for upgrading branch offices from physical to virtual platform VMware .
• Managed and implemented the migration of servers from branch office locations to datacenters.
• Implemented Windows server migrations at production offices with minimal downtime.

Confidential

• Exchange 2010 assessment and design
• Mailbox, Hub Transport, and Client Access Server design and configuration
• SMTP connector, Transport Rule, and e-mail address policy configuration
• Database Availability Group DAG design and configuration for high availability/disaster recovery
• Optimizing Exchange server placement based on network topology and user locations
• Exchange 2010 migration planning and organization
• Exchange server sizing and database layout planning
• Exchange server anti-virus configuration with directory/file exclusions

Notable Contributions:

• Served a vital team member to prepare Exchange 2010 design and migration implementation plan.
• Prepared Exchange 2010 design to meet client fault tolerance requirements.

Confidential

Active Directory Migration Engineer

• Migrated users, groups and computer accounts to a global Active Directory domain using Quest Migration Manager QMM and Domain Migration Wizard DMW
• Using Quest Reporter to provide migration support data
• Windows Server 2003/2008 configuration and administration
• Active Directory administration and GPO configuration/troubleshooting
• Provided 3rd level Active Directory support
• Modified VB scripts to implement object changes in Active Directory
• Problem/issue management using Remedy ticketing system
• Quest Migration Manager and Domain Migration Wizard directory synchronization configuration
• Resolved workstation connection, shares and sIDHistory issues to enable successful migrations

Notable Contributions:

• Served on engineering team to schedule and implement user, group and workstation migrations from individual legacy domains to a global domain.
• Moved AD domain objects and worked with on-site technical teams to ensure minimal end-user downtime.

Confidential

VMware and Active Directory Engineer

• VMware vSphere administration and configuration and VMware ESX server installation
• Monitored and resolved VMware environment to ensure proper storage, memory, processor usage
• Physical-to-virtual P2V conversions and reconfigurations using VMware Converter
• vApp and vMotion configuration
• Exchange 2007 administration and migrations using Exchange Management Shell
• Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, DFS, and IIS administration and group policy configuration
• Installing and decommissioning Active Directory domain controllers and Exchange servers
• Blackberry Enterprise Server BES administration
• WSUS master/replica server configuration, database moves and group policy setup
• Problem/issue management using Remedy ticketing system

Notable Contributions:

• Maintained VMware environment performance monitoring storage, memory, processor usage.
• Deployed and decommissioned Active Directory domain controllers.

Confidential

Active Directory Migration Engineer

• Performed site assessments to determine migration requirements and identify potential issues
• Migrated AD users, groups and workstations using the Active Directory Migration Tool ADMT
• Prepared AD domains for ADMT migrations and repermissioning/migrating workstations
• Resolved workstation migration/communication issues to enable use of the ADMT tool
• Configured AD Group Policy, Domain Policy and trusts
• DNS configuration and troubleshooting
• Provided migration status reports to management and technical members in U.S., Germany ,Turkey, Peru, Mexico and El Salvador
• Overcame language barriers to communicate effectively with non-English speaking users

Notable Contributions:

• Successfully migrated AD users, groups and computers in offices located in Germany, Peru, Turkey and the US
• Consolidated legacy AD domain objects into global domain.
• Prepared and implemented migrations for global offices to ensure timely migrations with minimal user downtime.

Confidential

VMware, Active Directory and Exchange Engineer

• Documented the design for VMware ESX Server clusters
• ESX Server installation on HP C-Class blades
• ESX Server cluster configuration for vMotion, High Availability and Distributed Resource Scheduler
• ESX Server performance monitoring and resource optimization
• Converted physical servers to virtual servers using the VMware Converter
• Created Active Directory user accounts using Visual Basic scripts
• Modified Visual Basic scripts used to change AD user account properties
• Migrated Exchange 5.5 mailboxes to Exchange 2003 using native Microsoft Exchange tools

Notable Contributions:

• Deployed ESX infrastructure on HP C-Class blades
• Configured ESX infrastructure for vMotion, HA, and DRS

Confidential

Active Directory and Exchange Engineer

• Provided 3rd level Active Directory AD and Exchange support
• Exchange Confidential installation and configuration
• Exchange Confidential OWA and remote access setup for mobile smartphone devices
• Proactively monitored messaging infrastructure to identify mail routing issues
• Performed Exchange restore operations to recover user mailboxes
• Internet Security and Acceleration ISA Server design, configuration with Network Load Balancing
• Applied and tested SSL certificates for OWA and ISA server access
• Evaluated Windows Server service packs to ensure compatibility
• Adhered to change control procedures before implementing production system changes
• Used LDAP to customize accounts, groups, and contacts in AD and Exchange
• Configuration, support and troubleshooting of Cisco CallManager and Unity VoIP telephone system
• Server hardware installation and RAID configuration

Notable Contributions:

• Provided Windows and Exchange 2003 engineering support
• Maintained Active Directory and Exchange infrastructure to ensure continuous availability.
• Configured e-mail infrastructure to enable mobile device access.
• Designed ISA infrastructure used for wireless e-mail access