SUMMARY:

• Around 8 years of experience in IT industry wif experience in Server administration in various environments - Windows 2000/2003/2008R2/2012R2 wif Active Directory Services (WINS, DNS, DHCP).
• Implementing & administering AD Forests, Domains, Trusts, Group Policy, Organizational Units and Delegation permissions
• Expertise in deployment and troubleshooting of windows 2008 and 2012 R2 Domain Controllers in Active Directory.
• Expertise in Active Directory design and support (GPO s, AD Schema, OUs, LDAP, Sites Replication, etc.)
• Expertise in managing teh users and objects using Identity Manager
• Expertise in creating Exception Group policies for Windows Server 2003/2008/2012R2 in AD domain.
• Experience in designing and implementing AD migrations using ADMT and Quest
• Managing Backups and restore of domain controllers using Dell Recovery Backup Manager Tool.
• Creation of Identity Management process, strategy, best practice and architecture documentation including Access Management, Password Management, DAP Management, Provisioning, Delegated Administration.
• Expertise in Deploying Applications software on User Workstations through SCCM Console.
• Performed and Raise teh Domain functional level from windows server 2003 to 2008.
• Expertise in creating Group policy for User Drive Mappings.
• Experience in creating Service Accounts to have Log on as a Batch and Service Jobs, Create and Link Exception policy to windows Application Servers 2003/2008R2/2012R2.
• Assisted in designing, implementing and evaluating applications, systems and utilities relevant to Active Directory services.
• Experience in Migrating Users, Groups, Workstations and Application window Servers from Source to TargetDomin.Administration of user Accounts, Groups, Resources, Security, Backup strategies in window Servers 2003/2008R2/2012.
• Experience wif DCPROMO process and configuring AD Site, OU structure, Site Link, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Global Catalog servers, directory services, subnet mask, DNS forwarders, Reverse Lookup.
• Expertise in creating new Technically Minimum Base Standards Group Policy’s in PROD/QA/DEV/DR Environments.
• Experience in managing Active directory Domain Controllers, DNS and DHCP Servers.
• Monitoring connectivity, synchronization, replication, net logon time services, FSMO roles, AD schema, NTDS database partitions, DNS settings, SRV records, and Trust relationships.
• Handy Experience on troubleshooting Application Authentication issues in Active directory Multi domain Environment.
• Having good knowledge on CITRIX 4.5 and 6.5
• End to end Automation using Power shell for User Account/ Mailboxes/ Distribution Group/ Security Group provisioning and management.
• Migrated archived mailboxes to O365 using native tools &Quest Migration tool.
• Created tenant account in Office 365 for domain.
• Provided Tier-2 Support for production environments and trouble shoot critical issues at minimal business impact.
• Expertise in Setup and maintenance of MS Exchangeservers2010/2013.
• Experience in Migrating Group Policies from one domain to other domain in AD forest.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

Systems: Windows Server 2000/2003/2008R2/2012R2

Networking: DNS, WINS, DHCP, TCP/IP

Virtualization: Hyper V,Vsphere,VMWare

Scripting Languages: Power Shell, VB Scripts

Workstations: Windows XP, Windows 7,810

Migration Tools: ADMT,Quest Migration Manager v8.8 & v8.10

Monitoring Tools: Nagios,SCOM

Ticketing: CA Service Desk, Track It,BMC Remedy

Patching Tools: SCCM,Blade Logic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Sunnyvale, CA

Active Directory Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implementing & administering Active Directory Infrastructure.
• Implementing & administering AD Forests, Domains, Trusts, Group Policy, Organizational Units and Delegation permissions.
• Provide day to day support for Active Directory infrastructures.
• Troubleshooting AD related issues (DNS, Replication, server and User related issues).
• Troubleshooting AD user account lockout issues.
• Troubleshooting on AD trust related issues.
• Upgrading and patching servers as per teh schedule.
• Troubleshooting Active directory permissions.
• Working wif SQL Server instances.
• Deploying servers using VMware and Hyper V
• Knowledge on Forefront identity management (FIM).
• Creating group policy objects as per security requirements.
• Identifying and cleaning stale records in AD environment.
• Identifying uncertain AD groups and cleaning up accordingly.
• Installing and managing DNS, DHCP, ADFS, IIS, SSL, LDAP and FTP Servers.
• Experience in Migrating Users, Groups, computer and servers from cross forest
• Infrastructure using ADMT and Quest, Binary migration tools.
• Experience in deploying PKI Infrastructure.
• Deploying and managing Microsoft WSUS.
• Supporting Windows 7/8/10 desktops, laptops, tablets and notebook.
• Migrating AD user objects, computer objects, group objects from one domain to other.
• Migrated legacy applications to Windowsusing Azure.
• Managing Servers, PCs, Laptops, Printers & Peripherals
• Experience in deploying and managing Key Management server.
• Knowledge on System center configuration manager (SCCM) tool.
• Experience in implementing and updating AD schema changes.
• Experience managing Servers, PCs, Laptops, and Printers & Peripherals.
• Experience in Power Shell Scripting for Creating, deleting & Managing Users and to automate Active directory health checks and Exchange daily tasks.

Environment:Active Directory,MS Exchange 5.5 servers,LDAP,Windows 2000/ 2008R2/ 2012, DNS, DHCP, WINS, SSO, Power Shell, QMM, Change auditor, InTrust,VMware, Hyper V, FIM, DNS, DHCP, ADFS, IIS, SSL, FTP, ADMT, PKI, WSUS,Azure.

Confidential, NJ

Active Directory Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Active Directory Engineer involved in planning and upgrade of Active Directory infrastructure, AD Engineering and support, DNS and WINS support.
• Migrated entire AD infrastructure from 2000 to 2008R2 then to 2012 including building and promotion of domain controllers, troubleshooting incompatibility wif legacy applications and domains, etc.
• Migrating Users, Groups, Workstations and Application window Servers from Source domain toTarget domain Using QMM in AD Domain.
• Merger and Acquisition migratory planning and execution
• Member of team responsible for re-design / re-architecture of teh current Covance WINS infrastructure
• Member of team responsible for overall DNS re-design, upgrade, and maintenance
• Migrated and consolidated existing 2000/2003 DHCP infrastructure to 2008 and 2012, including scope consolidating, troubleshooting, etc.
• Worked wif developer to troubleshoot LDAP connection to query multiple AD domains
• Implemented Quest suite of products including Change Auditor, Spotlight on Active Directory, and Intrust for Active Directory
• Federating wif Vendors using ADFS to implement Single Sign on and Writing Customize Claims Rules to achieve multifactor authorization
• Design custom reports in Intrust for AD and Change Auditor, as well as custom protected object templates
• Configuration of SSO on window server and troubleshoot them wif policy servers
• Developed custom Identity Management component to synchronize Active Directory, LDAP, and legacy systems
• 2nd level support of RSA including role creation, soft token implementation, report creation, and training of other teams wifin IT
• Provide on-call support for AD and RSA/Radius Infrastructure
• Work wif various business units and application managers to provide directory authentication mechanisms for various projects throughout infrastructure
• Designed LanDESK patching plan for Domain Controller infrastructure
• Maintenance of GPO infrastructure including creation of new GPOs, GPO consolidation, troubleshooting, and existing GPO modification
• CreatedAzurePowerShell script for backup and restore operations.

Environment:Active Directory, LDAP,Windows 2000/ 2008R2/ 2012, DNS, DHCP, WINS,SSO,ADFS,Azure, Power Shell, QMM, Change auditor, InTrust.

Confidential

Active Directory / SystemsEngineer

Responsibilities:

• Global Upgrade of 700 windows 2003 Domain Controllers to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 R2.
• Managed 2008 R2 Enterprise Server installation and configuration’s
• Managing w2k8 R2 Domain Controller promotions using over teh wire and IFM media.
• Managed 700 w2k8R2 Domain Controller Diagnostics and Health checks in America, Europe and Asia.
• Managed User s, Groups, Computers, OU objects and Kerberos Permission delegation in Active Directory
• Effectively use AD support tools, DCDiag, Netdiag, Replmon, Repadmin, FRSdiag, Sonar, RSOP
• Managed Troubleshooting Networking related problems (TCP/IP, DNS, WINS)
• Troubleshooting problems related to Active Directory Database (NTDS.DIT replication, Capacity and Logging)
• Monitoring Active Directory (CPU overload, AD Response time, GC response time, Trust Relationships)
• Managed and Supported Microsoft’s Security Patching of Domain Controllers.

Environment: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 R2, DCDiag, Netdiag, Replmon, Repadmin, FRSdiag, Sonar, RSOP, TCP/IP, DNS.WINS, Active Directory.

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Creating, changing, and deleting user accounts per request.
• Administration of Windows 2008/2012 Active Directory Infrastructure.
• Planning and implement data synchronization between external data to AD.
• Customizing and updating certain data fields from HR data to multiple attributes in AD user objects.
• Performing regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
• Providing support per request from various tower teams.
• Researching and recommend innovative possible automated approaches for system administration tasks.
• Tracking and documenting Active directory production support issues.
• Group policy management.
• Windows TCP me/P configuration. Data recovery through recovery console and data recovery software’s.
• Maintenance and installation of network printers.
• Configuring and deploying security updates through WSUS.
• Creating and managing FTP users and configuring server applications
• Creating, managing and troubleshooting exchange and POP3 email accounts
• Creating and managing Exchange 2003 mailboxes and troubleshooting mail issues
• Assigning of mailbox quota and mail queue management
• Managing Security patches.
• Administrating Internet proxy.
• Installation of software’s like Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Visual Studio Etc. and configuration
• Configuration of IIS server.

Environment:MS Exchange 5.5 Servers, Proxy Servers, IIS Servers ans SQL Servers, LAN and WAN.