Summary

IT Contractor, primary skills are in the Microsoft arena with emphasis on Windows infrastructure, messaging, and evolving cloud technologies. Active DoD Secret clearance. Core competencies include:

EMPLOYMENT

Confidential

Active Directory Engineer

Engineered solutions that met specific requirements having to do with auditing and authentication. Technologies included AD Directory Services, Certificate Services, and AS-805 Compliance. Enterprise AD support, deployed technologies include ADDS, AD Federation Services, ADCS, SSO, Cloud, and PCI compliance.

Active Directory/Quest Migration Consultant

Confidential

• Analysis and remediation of Windows 2008R2 environment DNS, Sites and Services, Kerberos, Trusts, Exchange 2010, Group Policy
• Developed application discovery questionnaires, migration flowcharts, workflows, and migration plan templates. Interviewed application owners and developed migration plans to move from legacy to target environment.
• Active Directory Engineer

Confidential

• Tier 3 operations support for Active Directory and Exchange. On-call responsibilities include all technologies within the infrastructure Quest ARS, SMS, SCCM, SCOM, Blackberry, and others
• Projects related to Active Directory, resolved Remedy tickets, system monitoring using SCOM
• Completed IA Security training, HIPAA training, PII training

AD/Quest Migration Engineer

Confidential

• Active Directory migration using Quest Migration Manager QMM and RUM
• SCCM Secondary Site server builds Russia, Belgium, Netherlands, USA

Self Employed Consultant

Confidential

• Exchange 2010 migration for Azaleos Managed Services Cloud , Quest QMM
• Exchange 2007 P2V migration for Bluepoint, analysis, remediation, and documentation of legacy environment
• Exchange 2010 migration project for Kforce US Army

Migration Engineer

Confidential

• Active Directory migration using Quest software
• Installed Quest on remote servers, operated QMM and RUM consoles to migrate AD objects, scripting and data manipulation, log review and status reporting

Chief Active Directory/Exchange Architect

Confidential

• Active Directory consolidation, Windows 2008 R2 and Exchange 2010 Migration Projects
• Collaborated with principals and co-architects in the overall project plan, infrastructure design, and implementation strategy for classified and unclassified environments
• Active Directory revamp including AD Site consolidation, Replication, FSMO placement, Group Policy, application dependency, OU structure, GC and DC placement
• Current state analysis ADRAP , developed remediation tasks for implementation throughout the enterprise, addressed issues during weekly work group meetings
• Prepared design and implementation documents, project timeline and status documentation

Senior Microsoft Engineer

Confidential

• Point of escalation for issues related to Active Directory, DNS, Exchange 2003, Windows Server, and Microsoft Clustering
• SQL Server Integration Services project, HP SIM implementation, and physical to virtual server consolidation on VMware vSphere

Senior Microsoft Engineer

Confidential

• Created VMware VMs, configured VMs, live migrations and snapshots using vSphere client
• Installed Exchange Server 2007 CAS, Hub Transport, Public Folder, Mailbox CCR servers, EMS PowerShell scripting, IIS, ASP.net
• Installed and configured Forefront Security for Exchange on approx 36 servers physical and virtual. QA testing
• Installed and configured Symantec Enterprise Vault 8 for Exchange
• Installed and configured SCOM 2007 and management packs. QA testing

Confidential

• Process development for transition of Identity and Access Management operations to India
• Active Directory migration using Quest Migration Manager
• Resource provisioning BMC Remedy, Quest ActiveRoles Server, Active Directory, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Lotus Notes and Domino Server

Senior Windows Administrator

Confidential

• 2nd shift operations support for Windows 2003 highly available infrastructure
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and disaster recovery of mission critical servers
• Resolve BMC Remedy trouble tickets, Citrix, Windows, AD, Exchange
• Application and OS patching
• Active Directory SME contract position
• confidential
• Analysis and remediation of enterprise Windows 2003 Active Directory
• Designed Group Policies to enforce compliance with DoD security guidelines, developed implementation plan, technical briefings and knowledge transfer
• Deployed McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and Enterprise VirusScan
• Deployed WSUS for patch management

Microsoft Engineer

Confidential

• Requirements gathering, process development, risk analysis, mitigation
• Implementation planning
• Traveled to data centers for server installs

Confidential

• Developed Exchange 2003 COOP and Active Directory architecture
• Server builds, HP SAN integration, deployed geo-dispersed 4 node Exchange clusters and IIS NLB
• confidential
• Designed OU structure and Group Policies to enforce compliance with DoD security guidelines
• Designed and implemented COOP solutions for non-cluster aware applications
• Built VMware virtual machines for POC testing
• Server builds, HP SAN integration, deployed geo-dispersed 4 node Exchange clusters and IIS NLB
• Installed and configured ActiveRoles
• Windows and Exchange 2003 migration using Quest QMM

Confidential

• Tier III enterprise operations Active Directory and Microsoft network infrastructure
• Implemented enterprise Distributed File System DFS
• Software deployment using SMS and Group Policy
• Created and deployed scripts VBscript, WMI, ADM Templates
• Architect for several kiosk projects, implementation docs and support during rollout
• Windows 2003 Active Directory migration project

IT Consultant

Confidential

• Windows 2000 migration planning and Active Directory OU design
• Evaluated 3rd party migration tools
• Installed production domain controllers
• Cisco Router/T-1 Upgrade Project, nTelos, Multiple Locations VA
• Implemented CiscoWorks 2000 and Compaq Insight Manager
• Installed and configured Cisco routers at 20 stores

Systems Engineer III

Confidential

• Principle engineer for one of the first Windows 2000 migrations. Microsoft awarded Halifax Outstanding Contribution to the Windows 2000 Small Business Rapid Deployment Program
• Technical lead for statewide desktop rollout project VA Department of Transportation, imaging and process development, trained rollout staff, escalation point for technical issues
• Compaq SAN installation for VA Department of Transportation
• Operations support for clients having Windows 3.51, NT 4 and Exchange 5.5 environments
• Year 2000 Project Newport News Shipbuilding, compliance and patching
• Critical server support for various state and local agencies, consistently met SLA