Analytical and functional oriented Network Engineer with experience in designing and maintenance of Enterprise Infrastructure and Technology Services

Summary of Expertise:

• Progressive 4+ years' experience in planning IT hardware and software architecture, supporting upgrades and resolving network issues to ensure secure, smooth enterprise operations with no or minimal downtime
• Key experience working with Windows, UNIX (Linux) platforms, Web Based Servers and applications
• Experience in system and network administration, virtualization and engineering, hardware evaluation, project management, systems and network security, incident analysis and recovery
• Broad knowledge of hardware, software and networking technologies to provide a powerful combination of analysis, implementation and support.
• Graduate with Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering
• Working on towards becoming CCNA and VCP Certified

Primary expertise:

• Network Analysis & Administration
• Hardware/Software Troubleshooting
• Server LAN/WAN Optimization
• Technical/User Support
• LAN/WAN Monitoring Tools
• Network/Server Installation
• System Analysis
• Software Management
• IT Systems Security
  

Technology Skills:

• Platforms/Operating Systems: Windows 2000/2003/2008 Servers, Windows NT/XP/Vista, MAC OS X, Redhat Linux AS/ES
• Server Technologies Virtualization: Active Directory, Apache, Samba, SQL Server 2005/2008, Exchange Server 2003/ 2007, VMware ESX/ESXi Server, Blackberry Server 5.x, WSUS VSphere 4, Hyper-V, Virtual Infrastructure 3, vCenter, Storage Replication, XenDesktop, VDI
• Applications Storage Scripting: MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio EMC Vnxe3100 Powershell, Perl
• Tools: Wireshark, Spiceworks, WhatsUp Gold, SQL Backup and FTP, PRTG, Dumpsec
• System Analyst: Test Cases, Systems Requirements Documents (SRD)

Education:

• Masters in Electrical Engineering.
• Bachelors in Electronics and Telecommunications.

Employment Experience:

Confidential, May 2009-Present
Network Engineer - managed and supported the entire network infrastructure and new asset deployment.

Key responsibilities:

• Excellent experience and knowledge with designing, installing and implementing VMware ESX server, VMware Vcenter, setting up V-Motion, HA, DRS, and related VMware products such as VM Workstation, VMware Converter, VM Backup products and other products for virtualization.
• Excellent experience with VMware Update Manager to install patches and updates on ESX hosts and virtual machines.
• Excellent experience with designing and implementing VMware backup products and distracter recovery solutions.
• Experience of iSCSI SAN/NAS (EMC Vnxe3100) storage technology and work with SANs in VMware environments and troubleshooting SAN related issues and upgraded firmware of SANs in VMware and different environments.
• Infrastructure analysis and project management of hardware and software upgrades, patches and initiatives
• Proficient in various routing protocols for example OSPF, BGP, RIP, EIGRP
• Implementation and administration of juniper and instigate firewalls and network management
• Installation and configuration of MS SQL, this included: upgrading SQL databases,SQL backup and recovery processes,creating utilization and capacity management reports and supporting large databases in a complex environment
• Implemented Symantec Endpoint Management Server and updated clients at all office locations
• Migrated and upgraded a Windows Server 2003 branch office server to Windows Server 2008
• Maintained Servers to keep in compliance with appropriate security updates
• Maintained Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.x. Familiar with account move, deletes, updates.
• Implemented Exchange 2007 in a 2003 environment
• Implementing point-to-point T1 connection between two remote offices
• Work with ERP vendor for problem resolution for server, database or end user problems.
  Implemented PDM WORKS a revision control environment for secure items mostly CAD drawings
• Worked on SOP's for some of these compliances and working towards and ITIL environment. Coordination and definition of types of users and type of access levels
• Prepared for IT audits following controls for SOX, ISO9000, FDA and DOD to validate the applications that are implemented. This included writing, testing and documenting protocols
• Maintained system tape backups and implemented disaster recovery plan.
• User help desk assistance, software support, technical support, desktop and peripherals maintenance
• Developed high, quality presentations to present analysis and functional recommendations.
• Management and support of IT operations to ensure day to day enterprise operations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work independent or as a team member
• Key problem solving and decision-making skills to utilized to understand the detail but also able to take a big picture approach
• Workeddirectly with the Director of IT

Confidential at Dartmouth, Sept 2006 - Aug2008
Graduate Assistant/ Technical Support

• Worked in team environment that supported 50 PCs and Macs
• Provided real-time assistance for a vast array of computer resources and application packages including Adobe Suite, Macromedia Suite, MS Visual Studio and MS Office
• Performed on - the - spot hardware, software diagnosis and troubleshooting

Confidential, Mumbai, India, Sept 2005 - Aug 2006
System Administrator

• Setup and administered user and group account and access levels; configuration of quota for users
• Added new hardware to systems (Disks, Tapes and CD\'s) and installed O/S Patches and applications
• UNIX user administration like Adding user, deleting users, changing permissions of files
• Administration/Configuration of Print Servers/Clients in the Network
• Set up jumpstart server & configured different servers/clients
• Ensured operating systems are kept up to required patch levels
• Installation configuring and testing of TCP/IP based servers like DNS, NFS, and NIS

Confidential, Mumbai, India, Sept 2004 - Aug 2005
IT Technical Support/ Network Engineer Trainee

• Handle, manage and client support of LAN having 350 PC (Workstations) and 50 Laptops
• User and group creation using Windows 2003 exchange server and backup management.
• Backup and Restoration of files using VERITAS 9.1
• Acts as alternate DBA when the primary DBA is unavailable
• Ensure calls are resolved within SLAand installation of updates/ patches/ bug fixes of business applications
• Maintaining, installing, upgrading and troubleshooting Microsoft networks
• LAN / WAN User support and troubleshooting
• Analyzed and incident reports and made recommendations to senior management for solutions

Academic/Non-Academic Achievements:

• Won prizes in Paper Presentation.
• Successfully completed network courses, including: RHCE (RedHat Certified Engineer course), COMPTIA Security +, Learnkey CCNA, Trainsignal Hyper-V training