SUMMARY

• 12 years of experience in the implementation, administration, configuration, deployment and troubleshooting of Microsoft Windows Server, Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint Server and client Windows Systems.

• Expert level knowledge of Active Directory design, Group Policy Objects, Organizational Units, users, groups, domain tree, domain forest, child domains, Active Directory Schema, sites and services replication, Active Directory domains trust relation, and Active Directory migration from Windows 2003/2008 to Windows 2008 R2/2012 using ADMT Tool.

• Strong knowledge in systems migration, software deployment using Windows Deployment Tool MDT 2010 , System Center Configuration Manager SCCM 2012 ,Windows Server Update Services, virtualization VMware vSphere, ESXi Server, Microsoft Hyper-V , PowerShell scripting, technical support, security and monitoring database applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: MS Windows Server 2012R2/2012/2008R2/2008/2003/2000/NT, Windows 8/7/Vista/XP/Me/98/95 DOS, Novell Netware, Sun Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X Tiger

Hardware: Windows, Macintosh, IBM, HP, Dell/EMC SAN hardware, IDE hard drives, SCSI devices, Direct Attached Storage, PC hardware, Cisco Routers, Switches, Hubs, Network Printers and Load Balancer

Mail Server/ MS Exchange Server 2010/2007/2003/2000/5.5, Lotus Domino 6.1/5, MS Outlook

Messaging 2010/2007/2003/2000, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Windows Mobile, Instant Messaging, Live communication server, Office communication server, Novell GroupWise and Lotus Notes 6.5, Mail Daemon, Qmail for UNIX

Web Servers: Internet Information Server 7.5/7.0/6.0/5.0/4.0, IBM NET. Commerce Server, SharePoint2013/2010/2007/2003, Services 3.0, iPlanet Web Server Sun one , Apache Web Server

Network TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, WINS, ARP, SNMP, HTTP, NNTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, SSL,

Protocols: LAN/WAN, VPN, NAT, MIME, MAPI, LDAP, VLAN, Telnet, VLSM, OSPF, Frame Relay, EIGRP, IPSec, DFS, RRAS, NAP, RADIUS, NPS, SSH

Backup/ VERITAS Netbackup, Backup Exec, NAS, SAN, DAS, RAIDS, Power Quest Norton Ghost,

Recovery: ImageCast, ImageX, Partition Magic and Backup Utilities

Security/ NetIQ Analyser, MS ISA, Symantec Norton Antivirus, McAfee, Trend, Panda Antivirus,

Monitoring: PC Anywhere, Systems Center Configuration Manager, Operations Manager 2005, Systems Management Server 2003, WSUS, WAIK, Citrix Presentation Server 4

Databases: Oracle 11g/10g/9i/8i, Crystal Report, PL/SQL, RDBMS, T-SQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2/2008/2005/2000/7.0, MS-Access 2010/2007/2003/2000/97, FoxPro

Languages/ HTML, CSS, XML, VBScript, Jscript, WSH, WMI, ADSI, PowerShell, ASP, ASP.NET,

Scripting: Command line, Batch processing, MS-Visual Studio.NET, SQL Server Management Studio

Virtualization: VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5/5.1/5.0, 4.1/4.0, ESX 3.5/3.0, vCloud, vCenter Server, Workstation, MS Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer 6/5.6/5, XenApp 6/5 and XenDesktop 5/4/3

Office Tools: MS-Word, Excel, Power Point, InfoPath, Project, Visio, Ie, Net Meeting

EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Systems Engineer

• MigratingAD objects from Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 R2 to 2012 R2 in Inter-forest environment for LLOYDS and Bank of Scotland entity 14 forests with 28 sites , 1600 servers, 56 domain controllers, 35000 users, 3400 groups using VBScript/PowerShell scripting and ADMT 3.2 tool
• Decommissioning multiple domain controller from inter-forest and intra-forest environment, removing all AD related components and returns the domain controller to a member server.
• Planning, designing, Installing and configuring Infoblox vNIOS virtual appliance, Network Insight, Reporting and Management family of products for Grid Master, Grid Master Candidate and Grid members to manage, control, optimize DNS, DHCP, and other services.
• Planning and designing Trustwave Secure Web Gateway to protects against dynamic, cross-component malware, and next-generation web based threats.

Confidential

Sr. Active Directory Engineer/Systems Engineer

• Planned, designed and implemented network topology infrastructure for Active Directory rollout pilot testing and production for migration of Windows 2003 to 2008 R2/2012.

• Migrated AD objects from Windows Server 2003 to 2012R2 and 2008R2 to 2012R2 in intra-forest and Inter-forest environment for various companies using Quest Migration Manager for Active Directory, ActiveRoles Management Shell/VBScript/PowerShell and ADMT 3.2 tool.

• Supported to resolve Windows Active Directory/Exchange mail-box, calendar, and contacts access permissions, new logon attributes update, department transfer update,account reinstated related various incidents/tasks with ServiceNow systems.
• Worked with Microsoft's Account Lockout and Management tools and PowerShell scripting to diagnosis and troubleshoot account lockouts issues. Also gave seminar to Help Desk team members regarding AD Account lock out issues to educate further.
• Deployed Active Directory Custom attributes to obtain for various department related objects.
• UsedSymantec Enterprise Vault to archive for PC users.
• Used Quest ActiveRoles tool to provisioning and de-provisioning of accounts, adding and removing group membership etc.

Confidential

Sr. Active Directory Engineer/Systems Engineer

• Planned and designed network topology infrastructure and created the blue print for Active Directory rollout and pilot testing for migration of Windows 2003 to 2008 R2/2012

• Migrated AD objects from Windows 2003 to 2008 R2 in Inter-forest environment for LLOYDS and Bank of Scotland entity 12 forests with 24 sites , 1000 servers, 48 domain controllers, 25000 users, 2300 groups using VBScript/PowerShell scripting and ADMT 3.2 tool
• Configured, managed DHCP DNS, redesigned Active Directory environment with 900 organizational units and 800 group policies, setting up the global catalog, site-replication and deployment of FSMO Roles and removed Script Logic policies.
• Planned, designed, configured and implemented Windows Software deployment environment using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit MDT 2010 , Windows Deployment Services WDS , User State Migration Tool USMT , Windows Server Update Services WSUS , and System Center Configuration Manager SCCM 2012 to deploying Windows XP to Windows 7 and various financial applications.
• Involved to administering Exchange Server, SQL Server, Syslog tracking systems, ISA and Web sphere for security monitoring and XenApp
• Planned designed and configured three-tier architecture from scratch for SharePoint Server 2010 and create corporate Intranet site using SharePoint Designer 2010 and InfoPath 2010.

Confidential

Sr. Active Directory Engineer/Systems Engineer

Active Directory Migration Business Split :

• Managed and migrated Windows 2003 domain environment to Windows 2008 R2 environment for USA and EU entity 3 forests with 12 sites , 500 servers, 12 domain controllers using VBScript/PowerShell scripting and ADMT 3.2 tool.
• Configured, managed DHCP DNS, redesigned Active Directory environment with 548 organizational units and 162 group policies, setting up the global catalog, site-replication and deployment of FSMO roles and raised Windows 2008 R2 domain and forest functional level.
• Cleaned up existing environment, demoted domain controller by force on AD database corrupted domain controllers, and performed metadata cleanup after force removal.

Windows Server Migration/Upgrades:

• Documented all installed applications and compatible versions inventory and upgraded those applications with latest versions applications of different vendors.
• Performed an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2003x64 to Windows Server 2008 R2 and applied appropriate patches, hot-fixes, service pack updates.
• Used Microsoft Deployment Toolkit MDT , Windows Deployment Services WDS , User State Migration Tool USMT , and System Center Configuration Manager SCCM to deploying Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003/2008/2008R2.

Various Projects/Daily Tasks:

• Installed, configured and administered multiple instances of MS SQL Server 2008R2 and developed various types of reports using MS SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS .
• Migrated and configured HP QuickTest Professional QTP 10.0 to 11.0 version.
• Installed and configured Endeca Server for SQL Server environment.
• Built physical server, Installed, configured and maintained Ignite for SQL Server.
• Installed, configured and removed ScaleOut State server from 500 servers.
• Installed, configured, and maintained vSphere 5/4, ESX servers and vCenter server.
• Configured IIS with CSS handler setup for IIS server 7.5/7.0/6.0/5.0
• Installed, configured, and maintained Control-M Agent, AviCode Agent, and NetIQ Agent, SEP client, VM tools, Quest Software, RightFax, Symantec Enterprise Vault, Anti-Virus Software, and Logs Error handler with registry setup.
• Resolved various technical troubleshooting tasks with Remedy Management Systems.

Active Directory Migration Forest/Domain Consolidation :

• Planned and designed network topology infrastructure and created the blue print for Active Directory rollout and pilot testing for migration of Windows 2003 to 2008 R2.

• The Redcats USA Active Directory environment had 5 forests/domains and each forest had 5 sites and each site had 2 domain controllers.
• The project goal was to Active Directory forest/domain consolidates from 5 forests to 2 forests and phased-out those three forest/domain environments and theproject was completed with site topology plan and domain migration strategy.
• Installed and configured of Active Directory services, which included setting up the global catalog, Users, Groups, Organizational Units, and Group Policy Objects configure, site-replication and deployment of FSMO Roles as per requirements.

Confidential

Active DirectoryEngineer/Systems Engineer

• Designed, installed, configured and maintained MS Windows Server 2008/2003/2000, MS Exchange Server 2007/2003/2000 and applied service packs, patches and security hot-fixes.
• Active Directory replication, GPOs, Active Directory backup / restore services, Active Directory security services. Active Directory group policy and Active Directory auditing.
• Configured and maintained Blackberry Enterprise Server, Windows Mobile, Office communication server, MS Outlook 2007/2003, Outlook Web Access and instant messaging.
• Installed, configured and administered multiple instances of MS SQL Server 2008/2005/2000.
• Designed and developed various types of reports using MS SQL Server Reporting Services.
• Monitoring Server performance and services using SolarWinds Performance Monitor.
• Installed, configured, maintained and administered MOSS 2007 migrated SharePoint Portal 2003 to MOSS 2007 and created InfoPath 2007 based forms.
• Resolved various technical issues using Quest Software, NetIQ, RightFax, Symantec Enterprise Vault, Anti-Virus Software, and Remedy Management Console.
• Installed and administered Citrix XenServer 5.6/5.0, XenApp 5, and XenDesktop 4/3.
• Performed backup/restore and disaster recovery strategies and providing technical supports.

Confidential

Systems Engineer/Server Administrator

• Planned and designed topology infrastructure for Exchange Server 2003. Build Exchange 2003 prototype and provided high-level of migration steps from Exchange 2000, working with Microsoft Exchange 2000 network infrastructure, name resolution services, current Exchange 2000 deployment were all factors in designing a site and replication topology.
• Installed, configured, implemented and maintained of MS Exchange Server 2003 and MS Outlook 2003 and tested the rollout in test lab which included the real time data from the production environment.
• Configured OWA and Mobile team work support for Exchange 2003 and configured Windows Mobile, Blackberry Enterprise Server BES , live communication server and Office communication server.
• Group policy planning, deployment domain controller and provided technical support for Active Directory, Messaging system, Outlook Web Access, scheduling and calendar.
• Active Directory replication, Active Directory backup / restore services, Active Directory security services, Active Directory group policy and Active Directory auditing.
• Wrote test cases to check the DDNS/ DHCP testing, Windows 2000 Build Testing and Windows 2003 client testing.
• Worked on SQL Server 2005/2000, SharePoint, MOM, SMS, IIS, ISA, RightFax, NetIQ, and Quest software.
• Supported user's allocation of resources like disk usage, file, print access and software installation, Anti-Virus, patches and security updates and worked with Remedy Management Console to user supports and troubleshooting daily issues in various fields.
• Installed, configured, maintained, supported and monitored performance of backup jobs in day-to-day service and restored system state/data files using HP StorageWorks Library, ADIC Scalar i2000 Robotic Tape Library, Quantum disk-based backup DXi5500 using VERITAS NetBackup and Backup Exec etc.

Confidential

Systems Engineer/Exchange Administrator

• Installed, configured, implemented and maintained MS Windows 2003, MS Exchange server 2003 and Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 in multiple servers with required applications.
• Planned, implemented and maintained Active Directory with DNS and DHCP servers.
• Implemented and designed of FSMO role and global catalog server deployment along with external trust relationship between trees.
• Active Directory replication topology created using SMTP and IP protocols.
• Planned and deployed Group Policy Objects.
• Configured and maintained Blackberry Enterprise Server, Windows Mobile, Instant messaging, Live communication server, MS Outlook, Outlook Web Access.
• Installed and configured Microsoft Clustering Services using active/active and active/passive.
• Migrated from Exchange Server 2000 to Exchange Server 2003.
• Planned and deployed Microsoft Virtual Server and VMware ESX Server and consolidated servers through physical to virtual, virtual to virtual and virtual to physical technologies.
• Installed and configured SharePoint Services and managed project tasks.
• Installed, configured and maintained Oracle 10g and MS SQL Server 2005/2000.
• Configured and maintained Microsoft IIS 6.0/5.0, securing it by MS lockdown tool.
• Installed and configured VERITAS NetBackup and Backup Exec software.

Confidential

Active Directory Engineer/Systems Engineer

Active Directory Migration:

• Planned and designed network topology infrastructure and created the blue print for Active Directory rollout and pilot testing for migration of Windows 2000 to 2003.

• Configured and tested site topology plan and a domain migration strategy.
• Tested build versions for Windows 2003 and Active Directory for all the domains.
• Configured, tested and deployed the Active Directory security cluster for group policy, security configuration, auditing, and security templates.
• Installed and configured of Active Directory services, which included setting up the global catalog, and deployment of FSMO Roles as per requirements.
• Created and maintained user account with changes in user allocation of resources like disk usage, file print access, and software installation.
• Configured, tested and deployed the inter-site replication with inter-site transport in all domain server and maintained performance under high concurrent users.

VMware Server Consolidation:

• Planned, deployed and configured ESX Server, and consolidated servers through physical to virtual, virtual to virtual and virtual to physical technologies.
• Consolidated all QA and Stage servers 200 to VMware virtual environment.

Exchange Server 2003 Migration from 5.5/Support:

• Planned and designed topology infrastructure for Exchange Server 2003.
• Built Exchange 2003 and provided high-level of migration steps from Exchange 5.5, working with Microsoft Exchange 5.5 network infrastructure and name resolution services.

• Tested rollout in test lab, which included real time data from production environment.
• Installed and configured ADC running three Connection Agreements CA , which included mailbox, users and recipient lists
• Used NTDSNoMatch to check mismatched users in AD.
• Configured Site Connectors Lotus Notes, Domain Connectors, Right Fax
• Ran PFmigrate to migrate Public folders.
• Created Queries Based DLs for exchange.
• Configured Blackberry Enterprise Server, MS Outlook 2003 and OWA.
• Analyzed the feasibility of proposed solutions for Active Directory, Messaging system, Outlook Web Access, scheduling meetings and calendar.

DNS/WINS Migration:

• Configured and migrated the DNS from existing static infrastructure, to DDNS, and integrated it with the root level Active Directory level.
• Configured push/pull partners for naming resolution across intra-site name resolution.
• Delegated DNS zones to secondary and stub level.
• Reconfigured WINS for name resolution because of mixed mode.

Confidential

Systems Administrator

• Planned, installed, configured and managed MS Windows 2000/NT domain controller.
• Planned and implemented Group Policy Objects, assigned proper rights and permission to users for accessing files and directories within Active Directory.
• Designed and installed VPN and firewall solutions using NetScreen firewalls.
• Managed networks and remotely supported users of several clients.
• Planned, installed and managed MS Exchange Server 2000 with MS Outlook 2000.
• Migrated from Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2000.
• Monitored network traffic, Anti-Virus, patches, security updates and managed load balance.
• Provided technical training, software and hardware support to network users.
• Used PC-Anywhere for dialing in at certain times for trouble-shooting problems.
• Installed, configured and maintained VERITAS Backup-Exec for daily backup/restore issues.