SUMMARY

• Over 6+ years of experience in implementing various resources using Azure Portal, monitoring and analytics on Azure Platform along with scale and resilience for Azure Websites.
• Install and Manage security reporting tools to monitor any Active Directory changes. Plan and manage all the migrations and upgrades related to Active Directory and Domain controllers.
• Experience in execution, migration and BAU support for Confidential Core Infrastructure Solutions both on - reason and Azure cloud. Complete specialized skill in PowerShell scripting, Exchange, Office365, Active Directory, Microsoft Azure Cloud Services (PaaS & IaaS), Web Apps, DocumentDB, Application Insight, Visual Studio Online, Azure Stream Analytics and Azure SQL.
• Investigating the diagnostic logs to find unidentified issues and diagnose the root cause of the issue.
• Knowledge on IaaS Services provided by Azure like VMs, Vnet Configurations, load balancing of the VMs and creating Availability Sets of the VMs.
• Documenting a Technical Specification Document (TSD) with respect to business requirements and also worked on Functional Specification Document (FSD).
• Implement the probable issues in the Azure Migration and suggest the required solutions to the Client.
• Knowledge in Azure Compute services, Web Apps, Data Factory & Storage, Azure Networking, Hybrid Integration and Azure IAM.
• Attended Internal Meetings with Product Management, Engineers, and other team members to provide the product information, presentations and demos.
• Planning and implementing Disaster Recovery solutions, capacity planning, data archiving, backup/recovery strategies, Performance Analysis and optimization.
• Creating and managing ActiveDirectory (AD) Organizational Units (OU), Group Policy Objects (GPO), and creating the users providing the Users Permissions, Configuring GPO'S.
• Experience in Designing ARM Template and extensive experience in designing custom build steps using PowerShell.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows, XP/Vista/8/10 and Windows Server 2008/2012, Citrix, Unix.

Software: SQL Server, Azure AD, MS Outlook, MS Office, XP, Remotely Anywhere, Project Pier, Lan Messenger Internet Explorer, PDQ Deploy, Confidential Maximo, Visual Studio 2012, SQL, TFS, FTP, ILO Confidential Director, Tivoli Backup Manager, VMware, MQM Netback up, IIS 6 & 7.0

Deployment Tools: Octopus, Knowledge on Microsoft Release Management Tool (RM), Azure Deployments (DB and Web services)

Scripting Skills: PowerShell, JSON, Batch scripting, DSC (Desired State Configuration), Knowledge on Unix Commands, VB scripting

Databases: SQL Server 2005/2008, Cosmos DB

Version Control Tools/ Build Tools: TFS 2013, 2015, GIT, TFS Automation Build, Continuous Integration, VSO. Knowledge on TFS administration, Rational Synergy, Jenkins, Team city

Installers: Windows Installer XML (WIX), Install Shield, C# Custom actions for validations.

Technology: .Net, Good experience on IIS Web site Deployments and settings, PaaS, ARM Templates, Office 365, Exchange 2016, 2013, 2010, 2003, Active Directory 2012, 2008, 2003.

Azure: ARM, Configuring Traffic Managers, Automate Deployments, PaaS, IaaS, SaaS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New Jersey

Azure Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Working on the Business requirements and developing the solution, Agile Methodology and continuous integration using the SDLC process.
• Working on PowerShell scripts to automate the Azure cloud system creation of Resource groups, Web Applications, Azure Storage Blobs & Tables, firewall rules.
• Deploying and hosting Web Applications in Azure, created Application Insights for monitoring the applications.
• Working on provisioning and maintaining the Azure instances and storage for builds, build deployments etc.
• Working on Azure AD connect to sync on-premises AD user data, groups and organizations to Azure AD and troubleshoot Azure services sync with on-premise AD and resync using the Azure tools.
• Designing user defined Routes with custom route tables for specific cases to force tunnelling to the Internet via on - premise network and control, use of virtual appliances in the customers Azure environment.
• Maintaining and managing DNS (Domain Name Service) for AD (Active Directory) enterprise and maintaining the users and groups accounts for the enterprise accounts.
• Defining, implementing Backup-recoverymethods and disaster recoveryprocedures, tests and plans.
• Experience with deployments, maintenance and troubleshooting applications on Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure. Working knowledge onAzure cloud IaaS and PaaSServices.
• Creating batches for user accounts and utilizing PowerShell to move user mailboxes to Azure AD, then monitored moves via migration reports. End-user support, problem identification, problem resolution, and consulting experience.
• Handling escalated Support tickets till closure for MS Azure PaaS Platform.

Environment: Azure AD, PowerShell, VM’S, DirSync, Active Directory, Barracuda, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS

Confidential, Princeton New Jersey

Azure Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the Business requirements and developed the solution, Agile Methodology and continuous integration using the SDLC process.
• Worked on PowerShell scripts to automate the Azure cloud system creation of Resource groups, Web Applications, Azure Storage Blobs & Tables, firewall rules.
• Deployed and hosted Web Applications in Azure, created Application Insights for monitoring the applications.
• Worked on Server less services (Azure Functions) created and configured HTTP Triggers in the Azure Functions with Application Insights for monitoring and performing load testing on the Applications using VSTS.
• Develop CI/CD pipeline using CodePipeline, Code Commit and Code Deploy.
• Performed Integrated delivery (CI and CD process) using Jenkins, Release on Version Control Tools: GitHub. Creation and editing of Team city project and build configurations.
• Worked on provisioning and maintaining the Azure instances and storage for builds, build deployments etc.
• Involved in Creating and Managing Virtual Machines in Windows Azure and Setting up communications with the help of endpoints.
• Worked on planning and deployment of Self-service password reset functionality of Azure AD which reduces IT helpdesk cost.
• Implementation of Office 365 and Azure Active Directory for Single Sign on, Authentication, Authorizations and Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
• Worked with staff to outline and scheduled department needs regarding database functionalities, data analytics and reporting; created business requirements.
• Worked on dynamic group rules (rules are based on attributes) to provide access to various applications.
• Worked on Azure AD connect to sync on-premises AD user data, groups and organizations to Azure AD and troubleshoot Azure services sync with on-premise AD and resync using the Azure tools.
• Troubleshooted the issues regarding access to the applications using the audit logs.
• Performed Network Operations by health monitoring using NMS, Issue and Incident resolution using ticketing system and workflow software.
• Designed and installed new Branch network systems. Resolved network issues as well as preparing network documentation.
• Worked with the application team to understand their requirements and come up with the best load balancing options.
• Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.
• Involved in Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing VLANS, Port security, Trucking, STP, Inter- Vlan routing, LAN security etc.
• Coordinating with service providers for WAN link outages.
• Working on configuring access lists. Troubleshooting DNS/DHCP issues within the LAN network.
• Involved configuring & troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems.
• Create User, Group in Active Directory and Create Mail ID of user.
• Exchange/O365 support, maintenance and administration like Account provisioning, migration from Exchange to O365, DL Group creation, share point and one drive administration support.
• Knowledge of the Windows registry, interaction of drivers within the OS, and unattended/silent installs of Windows operating systems.
• Responsible for provisioning and supporting engineering application/environment; focusing on faster provisioning, reliability and consistency using next generation Nexthink Technology.
• Exchange/O365 support, maintenance and administration like Account provisioning, migration from Exchange to O365, DL Group creation, share point and one drive administration support.
• Analyse, Develop, and communicate Key Onboarding Process and technology improvements for O365 onboarding for the deployment cycle.
• Created batches for user accounts and utilized PowerShell to move user mailboxes to Office 365, then monitored moves via migration reports. End-user support, problem identification, problem resolution, and consulting experience.
• Install and configure users with VPN access & remote access Experience with System Centre Configuration Manager (SCCM). Patching updates/ Application Inventory/ deploying software etc.
• Integrated applications into SCCM 2012 and utilized a proprietary tool to dynamically install applications based on job function, during the task sequence.
• Functioning as a SCCM administrator incorporating advanced level skill sets to package applications, troubleshoot deployment issues, and act as an escalation point for other administrators.
• Administer Microsoft SCCM 2012/2016 environment, including creating or editing security groups, application deployments (collections, advertisements, task sequences, and PowerShell scripts), patch management, general troubleshooting, log analysis, upgrade, and recommendations on current infrastructure.
• Documenting installation information requires installing/uninstalling repacked applications, detailing installation parameters and application dependencies. Will work on software distribution, remote control and other SCCM issues. Provide third-level technical support for SharePoint Services as they relate to 0365 infrastructure.

Environment: Azure AD Connect, SCCM, SQL Server, VM’s, PowerShell, DirSync, S3, EBS, VPC, ELB, Vcenter Server 5.5, 5.1 5.0Windows Server2016(testing) 2003 Office Pro Plus365, Exchange online, Microsoft Exchange server 2007/2012/2013/ 2016/ OWA, Office Enterprise 365 E1, E3, E4 and E5, Windows PowerShell, ESX/Virtual Center, Windows server 2008/2012, TCP/IP, DNS, Group Policy, SCCM, DHCP.

Confidential, Boston MA

Azure Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed user defined Routes with custom route tables for specific cases to force tunnelling to the Internet via on - premise network and control, use of virtual appliances in the customers Azure environment.
• Provided high availability for IaaS VMs and PaaS role instances for access from other services in the VNet with Azure Internal Load balancer.
• Azure Services including DRAAS, SaaS, PaaS and IaaS while contributing architecture decisions and tasks for ongoing migration efforts.
• Created and Configured Azure Cosmos DB Trigger in Azure Functions, which invokes the Azure Function when any changes are made to the Azure Cosmos DB container.
• Configured Input & Output bindings of Azure Function with Azure Cosmos DB collection to read and write data from the container whenever the function executes.
• Investigating the diagnostic logs to find unidentified issues and diagnose the root cause of the issue.
• Maintained and managed DNS (Domain Name Service) for AD (Active Directory) enterprise and maintained the users and groups accounts for the enterprise accounts.
• Created clusters on IIS web servers using Network load balancing and managed net scale clusters.
• Created and Configured Azure Cosmos DB Trigger in Azure Functions, which invokes the Azure Function when any changes are made to the Azure Cosmos DB container.
• Having Experience of Creating and Managing the users and groups in Azure AD.
• Configured Input & Output bindings of Azure Function with Azure Cosmos DB collection to read and write data from the container whenever the function executes.
• Investigating the diagnostic logs to find unidentified issues and diagnose the root cause of the issue.
• Maintained and managed DNS (Domain Name Service) for AD (Active Directory) enterprise and maintained the users and groups accounts for the enterprise accounts.
• Created clusters on IIS web servers using Network load balancing and managed net scale clusters.
• Infrastructure Migrations - Drive Operational efforts to migrate all legacy services to a fully Virtualized Infrastructure.
• Worked with ARM templates and scripts using Azure PowerShell during Automation and Build Process.
• Azure PaaS Solutions like Azure Web Apps, Redis Cache, Application Insights, Azure Serverless Functions, SQL Azure and Azure Storage.
• Sync Azure SQL Database with on-premises Databases using ARM Portal, SSMS and DMA.
• Handled escalated Support tickets till closure for MS Azure PaaS Platform.
• Infrastructure Migrations - Drive Operational efforts to migrate all legacy services to a fully Virtualized Infrastructure.
• Worked with ARM templates and scripts using Azure PowerShell during Automation and Build Process.
• Azure PaaS Solutions like Azure Web Apps, Redis Cache, Application Insights, Azure Serverless Functions, SQL Azure and Azure Storage.
• Sync Azure SQL Database with on-premises Databases using ARM Portal, SSMS and DMA.
• Handled escalated Support tickets till closure for MS Azure PaaS Platform.
• Creating and Configuring Azure Redis cache, configuring cache clients using ARM, Azure PowerShell and adding and removing objects from the cache.
• Developed automation solution using PowerShell scripting for day to day operational tasks.
• Hands-on experience on Linux Environment.

Environment: Azure AD Connect, SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2012/2013/2016/ OWA, Active Directory, PowerShell, DirSync, S3, EBS, VPC, ELB, Vcenter Server 5.5, 5.1 5.0Windows Server2016(testing) 2003, SQL Server 2008, Office Pro Plus365, VMware ESX, Azure AD Connect, VPC, ELB, Windows PowerShell, DirSync, ESX/Virtual Centre, Windows server 2016, TCP/IP, DNS, HTML, XML

Confidential, Ewing New Jersey

Azure Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Having Experience of Creating and Managing the users and groups in Azure AD.
• Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS),SAML, web Single Sign-on (SSO), OAuth and related authentication technologies.
• Reviewed the Windows 2008 R2Active Directory Design encompassing a single forest, multi domain environment. Analyzed the design including branch basedRODIC's placement, aligned necessary DNS Domain and OU based group policies.
• Experience with deployments, maintenance and troubleshooting applications on Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure. Working knowledge onAzure cloud IaaS and PaaSServices.
• Having Experience of troubleshooting of user account provisioning between legacy Client directories and CSC active directory and LDAP directories
• Experienced on creatingAzure VM, Cloud Services and Storagesby using Azure Power-Shell Script. Convert multiple onsite Data Centers to Virtual Infrastructure using Microsoft Hyper-V reducing physical server footprint, while improving management, efficiency and performance.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in a Windows 2012 environment - Event log analysis, installation and administration ofWindows Server 2012, including user setup and defining roles, performance tuning, backup and restore, security monitoring, registry and AD scripting
• Involved in fixing the interoperability among different applications and setting the rules on profiles inApplication Isolation Environment(AIE). Involved in troubleshooting functionality errors of the applications in an isolated environment.
• Provide end to end support for the migration of all the Directory objects, from the source (Multiple Domains), to the target Single Domain.
• Distributed power management, Fault tolerance, Data Recovery. Manage Users, Groups, Permissions and roles.
• Data Protection and maintenanceof healthy network using different backup and recovery strategies and Automated System Recovery Disk and virtual machine.
• Expert level knowledge at Active Directory LDAP service, shell scripting, services (PKI), AD Site Topology - all under a multi-site multi-domain Windows 2012 environment.
• Defining, implementing Backup-recoverymethods and disaster recoveryprocedures, tests and plans.
• Familiar with Data Center/Server Farm environment like Servers deployment, Cabling & labeling maintainingAC cooling, Environmental Sensing Devices, power and UPS monitoring. Deploy and Configure DNS, DHCP Servers.
• Having Experience of troubleshooting of user account provisioning between legacy Client directories and CSC active directory and LDAP directories
• Strong hands-on administration experience on Windows 2012 server -Forest, Domain trust, AD, DFS, DNS, WINS, DHCP, Group Policy, Distribution lists, Windows folder security, and IP filter.
• Successfully established and tested Azure AD Tenant for production. Provided technical direction to allow Active Directory on-Prem group to populate users.
• Having Experience of troubleshooting of user account provisioning between legacy Client directories and CSC active directory and LDAP directories
• Experience in Migrating Group and Exception Policies from one domain to other domain in AD forest. Planning, designing and implementing the various solutions on windows server platform technologies and its componentslike Active directory, DFS shares, RDSService and high availability cluster environment.
• Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS),SAML, web Single Sign-on (SSO), OAuth and related authentication technologies.
• CreatedForests and Domains and raised functional levels. Created trust relationships. Managed, created,deleted Local groups, Global groups, and Universal groups. Verified and resolved Group Policy problems; Imported and exportedGPO settings.
• Having Experience on Cloud Technologysolutions (Confidential SoftLayer)

Environment: Azure AD Connect, Dir Sync, S3, EBS, VPC, ELB, Vcenter Server 5.5, 5.1 5.0Windows Server2016(testing) 2003, Exchange 2007, 2010, 2012, OU, Security Groups and Distribution Groups, EC2, S3, EBS, SNS, RDS, IAM, Route 53 VMware ESX and Vcenter, HP and Confidential HardWare Confidential Cloud Environment (Softlayer),sql server

Confidential

Office 365/ Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Maintained and managed Exchange components including Exchange Database, Public Folders, Offline Address List, Free/Busy Information, Outlook Web Access and Mail Flow.
• Troubleshoot issues with OWA, ActiveSync, and Outlook connectivity.
• Created Virtual machines (VM), shared mailboxes, security groups and distribution groups.
• Deployed Client Access and Mailbox server roles on separate servers to provide balanced workload functionality.
• Performed system administration, monitoring and patching of Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/2008 and VMware.
• Worked closely with the firewall and security team to open ports and set rules for functionality.
• Troubleshoot issues with email internally as well as externally.
• Administration, Troubleshooting and Monitoring of Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010 mail servers, and Office Communication Server servers. The setup consists of about 700 mailboxes
• Administration, Maintenance and Management of Mailboxes and Troubleshooting Exchange Components (Exchange Database, Outlook Web Access, Offline Address List, Mail Flow, Public Folders.
• Expertise in server builds in Disaster recovery (DR) mode.
• Ensured highest availability of mail servers, monitoring exchange message routing and database backup and troubleshooting.
• Troubleshooting all 1st and 2nd Level email, SPAM and Outlook client related issues.
• Implemented the local configuration of a new server/communications room and installed application servers as well as configured and deployed desktop hardware and software into the new network environment.

Environment: Windows 2008, 2008/R2, ADS, DNS, DHCP, Microsoft Outlook, Disk utility.