Summary:

EXPERTISE and TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Understanding business and technical needs, and recommending technical tools and resources capable of delivering initiatives as functional services and working solutions.
• Identifying prerequisites, and defining business and technical requirements, ensuring that deliverables meet current and future visions.
• Assessing, planning, designing, delivering and managing on-premises and cloud infrastructure solutions that are highly available, manageable, scalable, secure, cost-effective, and fully or partially automated.
• Architecting and supporting production infrastructure systems based on the following technologies: identity and resources management with Windows Active Directory services AD/DNS/Group Policy cloud services with Office 365 messaging and communication services with Exchange and Lync teamwork and collaboration with SharePoint Windows IIS web services, data management with SQL mobile services with Blackberry, Good and ActiveSync resources consolidation and virtualization with Hyper-V and management and monitoring with System Center series.
• Understanding and following best operational practices of capacity planning, hardware build processes, server roles and features, system architecture, infrastructure topology, components and services, upgrade and migration processes, protocols, Kerberos authentication, security models and hardening, client access and routing, federation and identity management single sign-on , high availability and site resilience, failover and switchover mechanisms, policies and compliance, performance and scalability, archiving and disaster recovery, management and monitoring operations, integration between applications, tasks automation using VB and PowerShell, etc.
• Capable of documenting existing operations and new processes with well-articulated contents using high-impact presentation and reporting tools SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Adobe desktop publishing package .

WORKING EXPERIENCES AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Confidential

• I consult to understand requirements, recommend services and technologies, architect and manage infrastructure solutions primarily based on Microsoft offerings. Applicable to each project or assignment, my role includes discovering and analyzing client environment, redefining requirements, validating hardware and software pre-requisites, and delivering the solution architecture designs, estimates, phases and capacity planning, allocation of resources, implementation, operations, documentation and training, etc.
• Currently being assigned to multiple projects, I work on helping organizations of up to 150,000 heads either deploy new or enhance existing on-premises and cloud Microsoft services featuring the following components:
• Windows 2012 R2/2008 R2 builds, redesign and management of Active Directory Domain Services, including logical representation and distribution of services, advanced group policy settings, DNS and DHCP integration, multisite topology and replication, authentication and security model, identity management and Single Sign-on DirSync, AD FS, FIM , high-availability access of resources File, Print, DFS , trust and integrity, and integration of applications.
• Global or local migration from Novell Netware to Windows 2012 R2/2008 R2, including directory and server role services.
• Global or local migration from Notes and GroupWise to Microsoft unified communication and collaboration set: commercial and dedicated Office 365, on-premises Exchange 2013/2010, SharePoint 2013/2010, and Lync 2013/2010. Heavy hands-on use of native and third-party tools Quest, BinaryTree, etc. to deliver the following services: coexistence and cross-forest relationship, server roles and features, tiers topology, protocol services, secure client access and mail routing, load-balancing and redundancy, high availability and multisite resilience, integration of mobile services BES, GOOD , partnership federation, single-sign-on requirement, monitoring SCOM , and archiving and e-discovery solutions.

Confidential

• Translate needs into requirements assess the environment resources, compatibility, readiness, risks and issues undertake, execute and deliver complex technical initiatives/projects and business-as-usual tasks identify technical problems proactively and carry out on-time solutions.
• Re-architecture network infrastructure with Windows 2008 R2 Active Directory services, including domain controller builds, replication topology across regional and global sites, security and management models, Kerberos authentication, OU layout, group policy design and application, integration of DNS and DHCP services, trust relationships, identity management services with ILM 2007 and FIM 2010, etc.
• Design and deploy unified communication infrastructure of Exchange 2003/2010 and Blackberry Enterprise Server BES in an 11-site and single Windows 2008R2 AD forest of 11,000 mailbox accounts. Deployment included configuration of the following services: cluster storage hardware, network and namespace requirements, protocol services, high availability between servers DAG and site resilience between sites, encrypted connections SSL and mail transport TLS , optimization of performance, etc.
• Design the automation of upgrade/migration/refresh processes for the standardization of systems IBM xSeries, HP DL, Lenovo , including: new builds server consolidation using virtualization technologies VMWare, Hyper-V RAID and hardware configuration load-balancing and clustering file/print, SharePoint, SQL, IIS, DHCP real-time provisioning, delivery, management and monitoring of Windows machines and applications with Altiris, IBM Director and Microsoft System Center series company-wide backup and archiving with Symantec NetBackup and BackupExec creation and distribution of software packages MSI files with Wise/Group Policy/MSCCM and extensive automation of administration tasks using VB and PowerShell scripts.

Confidential

• Assignment responsibilities included but not limited to:
• Restructuration of domain topology TCP/IP routing, sites, replication , and consolidation of services between sites.
• Build process of IBM/HP/DELL server and storage hardware SCSI, RAID, NAS, DAS, Blades , including automated distribution of images and software using Altiris, Remote Installation Services RIS , SMS and AD Group Policies.
• Responses to Requests for Information RFI contribution to pre-sales recommendation of technologies and architecture design proposals planning of project phases infrastructure builds for Exchange 2003 messaging and Blackberry Enterprise service, including migration from Exchange 2000, line setup of cluster and storage hardware, logical and physical topologies, configuration of services and protocols, storage design and databases sizing, policies assignment, mail routing and client connections, data replication and archiving, monitoring of services and resources, etc.
• Design and configuration of Windows 2003 Active Directory forests and domains, including: IBM/HP/DELL domain controller builds DNS and DHCP services domain and trusts placement of global catalog GC servers distribution of FSMO roles configuration of Kerberos authentication and security models PKI Infrastructure layout of sites and Organizational Units OU data replication between sites management of OU contents creation and assignment of Group Policy Objects for domain security accounts, authentication, rights and for environments roaming user profile, folder redirection, offline files and folders, and automated software installation using MSI files delegation of administration roles etc.
• Design and configuration of DNS and DHCP services, including integration with AD, zones categorization, interfaces, forwarders, reverse lookup zones, service records, subnetting, replication, and scopes and options.
• Setup and management of scalable and highly available client and server services and applications, including file/print, DFS shares, RDP connections, web services IIS, SharePoint , SQL servers, operations management and monitoring with MOM, management of patches and fixes with Windows Update Service, etc.
• Design and configuration of security systems and data backup based on Symantec solutions.
• Documentation of all the requirements and designs, project phases, deliverables and repetitive administration tasks.
• Involved in technical grooming of practice training, mentoring and hiring.

Confidential

• Responsibilities included:
• Provide response to business requirements with reliable technical solutions, following mandated steps: research, planning, design, deployment, maintenance, and continuity.
• Rollout of IBM and DELL servers for AD domain controllers, and clustering systems hosting Exchange messaging, SQL back-end, and file/print service.
• Implementation and management of automated remote provisioning and distribution of computer images and software using Windows 2003 RIS, SMS and VB scripts.
• Design and configuration of multi-site Windows 2003 Active Directory: domain and OU structure and configuration, security and delegation, creation and mapping of objects, site topology and replication, domain and trusts, schema modification, distribution of Global Catalog role, designation of Operations Masters, configuration of related services DHCP, DNS, WINS , and integration of back-end applications.
• Architecture and application of Group Policy: enforcement of Security accounts and rights, network access , implementation of the IntelliMirror technology data and settings, automated software installation of MSI packages etc.
• Design and configuration of high-available Exchange messaging and Blackberry BES mobile service, including Exchange clustering and migration processes from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003.
• Deployment and management of web services with Internet Information Services IIS : configuration of FTP and Web sites virtual servers service extension and creation and configuration of multi-server and load-balanced SharePoint infrastructure.
• Installation and administration of highly-available and scalable SQL servers for data hosting of various back-end services SMS, Access clients, Intuit TrackIt, Symantec.

Infrastructure Consultant

Confidential

• Assigned to multiple projects in different companies as lead system engineer with responsibilities focused on designing and implementing: a Multi-site Windows 2000 Active Directory services Prudential Securities, Chase H Q b Exchange 2000 messaging system Chase H Q
• Multiple consulting assignments to respond to business requirements with a new network directory service featuring Windows 2000 Active Directory. Primary tasks: build of IBM domain controller servers configuration of domain structure setup of trust relationship and of data replication between domain controllers and sites delegation of permissions modification of schema optimization of site topology configuration of DNS, DHCP and TS services.
• Assigned to lead architecture and application of system and application policies for client domains, including filtering of security groups and memberships, and assignment of group policy objects GPO for computer and user settings security, automated software installation, Windows components, system and network, general administration, etc.
• Built and managed messaging and mobile services based on Exchange 2000 and Blackberry technologies, including configuration of storage and high availability clustering, protocols, global settings, mail policy settings, and monitoring.
• Implemented security and DR solutions from Symantec and Veritas Backup Exec .
• Supervised and trained server and helpdesk teams, and provided technical LAN and WAN supports to on-site and off-site users in: Windows NT/2000 environment and services DNS, DHCP, WINS, RAS, network resources, shares, printers , Exchange and Outlook/OWA, MS Office 2000 product, desktop publishing packages from Adobe, file and print services, etc.