PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Over 10 + years professional experience as an Information Technology Consultant. Expertise in Networking, System Administration, Project management, budgeting, Disaster Recovery planning, web development, website promotions, SEO, Database administration,. Industry wide experience of working in various sectors such as Telecom, Banking, Retail and Government. Excellent communication skills with work ethics and team worker..
key Skills AND AREA OF EXPERTISE

• IT experience of which more than ten years in system administrations, design & implementation and support of Windows Servers and applications.
• In depth OS knowledge and scripting and automation experience with Microsoft Windows Platform, and Virtualization technologies
• Experience in planning, designing and installing LANs and WANs. Design & Architecture:
• Included site evaluation, client needs analysis; cost justification, software and hardware requirements. Document preparation and organization of supporting data.
• Installation and tuning of infrastructure resources; servers, hubs, switches; routers, firewalls. Coordination of vendor resources; Internet service providers, communications carriers, etc. Project planning and management.
• Trouble shooting, interim alternative methodologies, scheduling of intervening resolutions
• Performs hands-on all levels of QA role assistance as required and assisted in End User Training as required. Familiar in designing and documenting user manuals.
• Manage and mentor peers and team resources for enhanced team performance, work with QA team to set priorities and schedules.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skill
• Business systems and process training to internal customers
• Research, troubleshoot, and resolve business and technical issues as they arise
• Over two years of experience with VMware implementations.
• Extensive knowledge of IIS 5.0 and 6.0 and its configuration.
• Active Directory domain administration and support in multi forest/domain environment.
• Very good working knowledge of MS clusters, IIS 5.0, IIS 6.0 server design, implementation and configuration on Windows 2000 and 2003 server platforms.
• Responsible for managing DNS, WINS, and DHCP environment of Barnesandnoble.com/Inc environment.
• Capable team player/leader and goal-driven achiever with exceptional analytical, interpersonal and collaborative skills to foster team’s performance.
• Provided on-call support.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating systems:

Windows 2000/2003/2008, VMWare ESX 2.5.x,/3.0.x/4.0, NT server 4.0 in enterprise, NT Workstation 4.0, Windows Vista/XP/Professional, Windows 7,Red Hat Linux, Novell,

RDBMS

Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008.

Server Applications

IIS 5.0/6.0/7.0, Site Server 3.0, MSMQ 2.0, 3.0, ISA, VMware Virtual Center, Microsoft Virtual server 2005, Microsoft Cluster server implementations.

Messaging

MS Exchange server 2003/5.5, 2007.Lotus Notes ,Barracuda Anti spam fire wall

Monitoring

NetIQ AppManager, Compaq Insight Manager, HP Open View, and SiteScope

Hardware

Compaq/HP ProLiant servers, Dell Power Edge Servers, Sun E450, E250, HP 9000 series, IBM, Compaq, Dell
Servers and Workstations, Structured Cabling, Cisco Routers,

Storage

EMC Clarion, HP MSA1500, NetApp NAS, HP Left Hand

Networking Protocol/Devices

TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, DHCP, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, Cisco Load
Balancers, BigIP F5 etc.

Backup

esXpress backup for VMware virtual servers

EDUCATIONal & Poffesional qualification

• Bachelors in Science, Gujarat University, India
• Diploma in Computer Application- Database Administration, Sardar Patel University India
• Microsoft Certified Professional 4.0
• Certified Novell Engineer CNE 3.12
• Certified Novell Administrator 4
• IEEE.org member since 2005

PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE

System Admin February 2003 to till Date
Confidential,
Stratford, CT

• Managing whole IT infrastructure from designing, installing and migrating from Windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2003 R2.
• Testing and implementing VMWare Server & Guest Operating on virtual machines to test and evaluate accounting ERP software for backward compatibility
• .Responsible for DNS, WINS, NTP and DHCP services design, implementation and management of it.
• Configured Group policy for remote users allowing secure access to remote user at satellite office thru NAT
• Managing and administrating Linux and Windows e-commerce website.
• Supporting, developing and managing 500 plus retail locations on POSA platform with more than million dollar monthly volume.
• Coordinate with controller and implemented fraud combating tools.
• Managing dedicated Barracuda anti spam and SAN products.
• Web marketing and SEO for e-commerce web sites.
• Managing MS SQL database for web ecommerce.
• Disaster recovery of server and database thru Acrnois & Terabyte unlimited.
• Daily supports to end users and satellite office.
• Planning, budgeting and upgrading of systems, ISP and IT vendors.

EDS Consultant /System Admin July 2001- January 2003
Confidential,
Hoover, AL

Role:
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• Responsible for Windows NT/2000 administration/support multi domain Active directory implementation.
• Involved in system support (7x24), administration, installation, and configuration of Servers in Data Center.
• Provided Administration of DNS, WINS and DHCP servers. Managed DHCP scopes on multiple DHCP servers, reservation of printers and desktops.
• Configured domain trusts relationship without WINS in routed Network as well as configuring TCP/IP settings of servers.
• Installed, configured and maintained NetIQ AppManager server for monitoring of Windows 2000 and NT servers performance and hardware related objects.
• Compaq Insight manager was used for Servers hardware monitoring. NetIQ AppManager server monitors Windows NT/2000, IIS, SQL, MTS, and MSCS objects and components.
• Work with Network, DBA, and Developers to troubleshoot the problems related to SQL, Cluster server/service, and network devices.
• Working and updating Norton Antivirus Corporate version for securing Network.
• Day to day Backup and Restore Operations of Solaris, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 and Novell 4.11 Servers using Legato Networker, Arcserve 6.x, Veritas Backup Exec 7.3 /8.5, Veritas Netbackup, Storage Tek CAM.
• Monitored and troubleshoot Backup and Restore Operations.
• Updated Backup Restore Database.
• Implemented Permissions, rights and configured Home Directories Of Network users.
• Secured Network by Norton Anti Virus Corporate Edition ver 7.0Using NAV Console

EDS – Consultant / Network Administration May 2000 – June 2001
Confidential,
Boston, MA

• Administration of Novell and Windows NT Server.
• Installation of Novell and NT operating systems on IBM Netfinity 3500 and 5500 server.
• Troubleshooting Networks, Desktops and Servers of Department of Transitional 40 Field Offices.
• Administration of Software Distribution and Network Management Product of UNICENENTER TNG
• Testing software, ERP packages and third party tools for statewide deployments.
• Integration of Novell and Windows NT Networks.
• Administration of Lotus Notes R5 Mail Server.
• Migration of CC mail account to Notes accounts
• Setting up Notes account of Local users and Remote users.
• Procedural Documentation.
• Setting up Backup strategy for NOVELL and NT Servers.
• Participate every six month in disaster recovery planning at DR site.

Confidential,
CA January 2000- April 2000
Network Administration

• Installed and maintained Sun, HP, IBM PCs & Laptops and Network printers.
• Installed and configured Solaris, HP and Windows NT Operating systems.
• Installed and configured DNS, NIS, NFS, Automounter, DHCP, Samba, Cadence license servers and Hummingbird Exceed
• Configured Exchange Server, planned and implemented Backup Strategy using Seagate BackupExec on HP SureDat Drive
• Configuration of the e-mails for the dialup users
• Troubleshooting Network problems and supporting users
• Support for the collection and securing data
• Installation of RAS server
• Implemented RAID
• Supported Voice Network - AVT Telephony Server and Nortel Switch and configured voice mail
• Involved in Network Documentation

Confidential,
NY July 99-December 99
Network Administration

Role:

• Installed NT servers with 100 MBPS network.
• Implemented RAID system under NT for optimizing performance and safety.
• Designed domain structuring and administered rating company users and its permissions
• Provided connectivity between client and server and optimized the network
• Configured hub, switches and the Network
• Installed IIS 4.0 as the Internet server. Created Virtual server and configured ASP. Configured NT and IIS security. Established Web server and FTP server
• Installed and administered DHCP, WINS, and DNS server
• Installed and configured MS SQL Server 7.0

Confidential,
January 96 – June 99
System Administration

• Involved in LAN maintenance and tracking security
• Administration of Compaq Proliant Servers on Windows NT
• Created user accounts and provided necessary privileges
• Provided daily support to end-users
• Altered hardware setup and added new hardware to workstations and servers
• Created NetWare printing environment
• Installed gateway service for NetWare, directory service for NetWare and configured all NT clients to access both NT server and Novell server Configured Network to be managed from either side
• Design and implementation of multiple domain and trust relationship.
• Implemented NT Server 4.0 on Compaq proliant series servers.
• Provided custom and mandatory desktop to users. Managed computer and user policies.
• Provided full Internet security and installed firewall security.
• Implemented TCP/IP with network design, iIProuting and subnetting.
• Installed DHCP, WINS and DNS server.
• Setup gateway machine or RAS server for users to route and connect to ISP provider.
• Setup and administrated departmental network based on Windows NT servers using TCP/IP, NETBIOS, IPX, WINS, and DNS.
• Installed IIS 4.0/3.0. Configured NT as well as IIS security.
• Installed gateway service for NetWare, directory service for NetWare and configured all NT clients to access both NT and Novell servers.
• Installed and configured printers for Novell and NT clients
• Implemented Backup strategy for NOVELL and NT.
• Created users, groups managed permissions and provided custom desktop to each user.
• Involved in project planning, designing & implementation.
• Involved in Networking & Structured Cabling for 400 nodes with products like Switches and hubs.
• Installed and managed Novell Server Mirroring for client financial institutions.
• Installed Terminal Server and Citrix Metaframe to access Baan 4GL to diskless workstations over the network.