SUMMARY

• Certified Microsoft Systems Engineer with expertise in Windows, Active Directory & Web administration
• Over 6 years of experience in IT industry with experience in Server administration in various environments - Window 2000 & 2003 with Active Directory Services (AD, DNS, DHCP).
• Experienced with troubleshooting application authentication in Active Directory Multi domain environment.
• Experienced on Quest Migration Manager Tool for Active Directory.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills both with hardware and software in Windows environment.
• Experience with installing/configuring and troubleshooting of windows 2003 and windows 2008 servers in Active Directory.
• User Management including Adding, Deleting, Modifying, auditing and Assigning Rights to the User accounts on Domain Controller.
• Experienced in Migrating Users and Computers from Source Domain to Target Domain.
• Administration of user Accounts, Groups, Resources, Security, Backup strategies in windows 2003/2008.
• Experienced on FSMO roles.
• Experienced on Deploying the Agents or software on Client Machines using Group Policy Editor.
• Web Server administration in IIS 6 environments related to Windows Server 2003 and 2008 respectively.
• Experienced in creating multiple websites using multiple IPs, multiple ports and configuring host headers.
• Experienced on Group Policies Management Console.
• Experience in managing Active directory, DNS and DHCP Servers.
• Experienced with DCPROMO process and configuring AD Site, OU structure, Site Link, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Global Catalog server, directory services, subnet mask, DNS forwarders, Reverse Lookup.
• Experienced on FSMO roles.
• Installed and configured IIS 5.0/6.0 web server on Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 server accordingly.
• Configured multiple websites in IIS 6.0 using multiple IPs, multiple ports and Host headers.
• Handy experience in co-coordinating releases, build deployments etc.
• Experience in managing NLB and F5 load balancer devices and Policy configurations for new Websites.
• Experience in coordination with application development teams for issue troubleshooting.
• Worked with performance monitoring teams to tune the performance of IIS web servers for stability and high availability.
• Windows 2003 & 2008 Servers deployment and Configuration.
• Web Server administration in IIS 6 environments related to Windows Server 2003 and 2008 respectively.
• Created and Managed Servers in a Cluster with round-robin algorithm and NLB clustering for Load Balancing.
• Provided tier-3 support for production environments and troubles hooted critical issues at minimal business impact.
• Provided 24X7 on call support for production environments.
• Worked with testing teams for load testing the applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Systems: Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 Web & Application Servers IIS 5, IIS 6

LDAP Directories: Active Directory and Sun Directory Server

Languages: C, C++, C# and VB

Scripting languages: Power shell, Batch

Migration Tool: Quest tool

Databases: SQL server 2000/2005/2008 , DB2 and MS Access

Networking: DNS, WINS, DHCP, TCP/IP, FTP, MOM, SCOMSMTP, POP, HTTP and HTTPS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Toledo, OH

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on installing/configuring and troubleshooting of windows 2003 and windows 2008 servers in Active Directory.
• Managing Active Directory components, including Domain controller’s installation, Global catalog servers, Trusts and Sites. Configured DNS for use with Active Directory.
• Install Configure and Monitor Core services such as Active Directory Integrated DNS,DHCP, and Group policies.
• Migrating Users and Computers from Source Domain to Target Domain using QUEST Tool.
• Few things we deal on daily basis are Demotion and promotion of domain controller via DCPROMO command, Handling DNS and DNS zones (Active directory integrated, primary, secondary, stub, forwarders, conditional forwarders).
• Experienced on FSMO roles.
• Assigning user level permission for Shared Drive and Shared Folder for the user.
• Assigning NTFS permissions and Share level permissions to the users.
• Administration of user Accounts, Groups, Resources, Security, Backup strategies in windows 2003/2008.
• Deployed the Agent or software on Clients Machines using Group Policy Editor.
• Resolving various hardware and software related issues for servers and workstations. Provided permission based on the user IDs.
• Worked on Active Directory administration, accountability, security groups, distribution groups, replication, GPOs and FSMO roles, Clustering configuration and administration.
• Experienced with DCPROMO process and configuring AD Site, OU structure, Site Link, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Global Catalog server, directory services, subnet mask, DNS forwarders, Reverse Lookup.
• Active Directory Services - Managing Users & Other Resource objects.
• Worked on Group Policies Management Console.
• Created and managed users and groups under different OUs on Windows 2003 environment assigned user and group rights over the network for accessing network resources.
• User Management including Adding, Deleting, Modifying, auditing and Assigning Rights to the User accounts on Domain Controller.
• Regular scheduled monitoring checks of Active Directory replication and monitoring of replication service on all remote domain controllers.
• Assisted in need for any messaging system reconfigurations and executed them if required. Add, remove, certify and moved new or existing end-user accounts and administered permissions and access rights.
• Worked on command prompt tools like REPLICATION,GPUPDATE,WBADMIN,WINDOWSSERVERBACKUP(GUI),NTDSUTIL,DSADD.
• As per requirement we have to move PDC EMULATOR from one domain controller to another domain controller with in the Forest.
• Managing Domain Controllers and troubleshooting issues on performance.
• As per requirement use to write SQL statements.
• Creating groups, users and assigning share permissions.
• Checking and fixing the permission issues. writing power shell scripts as per requirements.
• Involving in Team meetings.

Confidential, Sanjose, CA

IIS / Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Migration projects from IIS 5.0 to 6.0.
• Installed and configured IIS 5.0/6.0 web server on Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 server accordingly.
• Web Server administration in IIS 6 environments related to Windows Server 2003 and 2008 respectively.
• Experienced in creating multiple websites using multiple IPs, multiple ports and configuring host headers.
• Creating Automation Deployments using Power Shell Scripting and Batch Scripting.
• Generating Certificate sign in Request for New SSL Certs including Import & export of the SSL Certificates among Websites.
• Experience in managing Active directory, DNS and DHCP Servers.
• User Management including Adding, Deleting, Modifying, auditing and Assigning Rights to the User accounts on Domain Controller.
• Handy experience in co-coordinating releases, build deployments etc.
• Experience in managing NLB and F5 load balancer devices and Policy configurations for new Websites.
• Gain understanding about current MOM environment.
• Experience in coordination with application development teams for issue troubleshooting.
• Worked with performance monitoring teams to tune the performance of IIS web servers for stability and high availability.
• Provided tier-3 support for production environments and troubleshooted critical issues at minimal business impact.
• Managing Virtual Servers and troubleshooting issues on performance.
• Installation and configuration of Windows NT/2000/2003 Servers.
• Managing Windows 2003 Server Family products with Active Directory Integration.
• Encrypted NTFS file system in Windows XP and Windows server 2003 to secure data resources.
• Configured multiple websites in IIS 6.0 using multiple IPs, multiple ports and Host headers.
• Deployed .net applications in IIS 6.0 and configured the data sources.
• Configured Authentication methods in IIS 6.0 to control access to the applications by enabling them in the web server role as per the application requirement.
• Maintained scripts to ensure a secure IIS administration.
• Installed Veri Sign certificates in IIS and configured security ports.
• Maintained and updated Active directories for authentication.
• Configured clusters for IIS Servers for high availability.
• Created and Managed Servers in a Cluster with round-robin algorithm and NLB clustering for Load Balancing.
• System Administration with ADS, IIS, FTP and Proxy.
• Configured IIS 6.0 as an application server and troubleshoot the run time errors.
• Maintained the applications among run-time processes in a cluster of application servers.
• Deployed the applications on multiple IIS application Servers and maintained Load balancing, high availability and Fail over functionality.
• Created users, roles and groups for securing the resources of Organization using Active Directory.
• Network Administration with switches, routers and firewalls.
• Involved in Performance tuning of IIS Web server with respect to heap, threads and connection pools.
• Troubleshoot IIS Web Server connection pooling and connection manager with SQL databases.
• Provided support for teams in activities such as Load testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Supported on call schedule for Production support.
• Involved in trouble shooting and fixing day-to-day problems of the applications in production Environment.
• Web Server Administration/Application support -- IIS 6.0.
• Managing IIS 6.0 Web servers and hosted web sites.
• Planning and configuring new internal & external websites.
• Deploying .Net based Applications and Java based apps on IIS 6.0.
• Creating, deploying, renewing and Import & export of the SSL certificates.
• Experienced in creating multiple websites using multiple IPs, multiple ports and configuring host headers.
• Creating Automation Deployments using Power Shell Scripting and Batch Scripting.
• Generating Certificate sign in Request for New SSL Certs including Import & export of the SSL Certificates among Websites.
• Worked with performance monitoring teams to tune the performance of IIS web servers for stability and high availability..
• Coordination with application development teams for issue troubleshooting.
• Managing F5 load balancer devices -- Policy configurations for new websites.
• Working on web server optimization and performance.
• Provide level 3 support to application issues as per defined SLAs.
• Work with Developers team very closely to throughout life cycle on engineering application.
• Acting as liaison between the various business groups and IT groups to communicate issues and coordinate resolutions to production issues.
• Root cause analysis and fixing the Windows / IIS Web Server Related issues.
• Tracking and documenting production support issues.
• Request For Change -- Production Release process management.
• Working with HP Proliant, Dell and Blade servers, working with hardware team to add/replace the faulty peripherals, upgrading the firmware software.
• Creating, configuring and troubleshooting scheduled task.
• Checking and fixing the permission issues.
• Creating the documents and updating the documents of the projects.
• Installation and Configuration.
• Managing web applications and site collections and managing user groups.
• Troubleshooting the VM machines using Virtual center and VMware Infrastructure client.
• Cloning and troubleshooting VM ESX hosts and guest servers.
• Creating and deploying templates.

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on installing/configuring and troubleshooting of windows 2003 server in Active Directory.
• Regular scheduled monitoring checks of Active Directory replication and monitoring of replication service on all remote domain controllers.
• Managing the IIS web server and Apache web servers.
• Installing Internet Information Server 4.0 & 5.0 - Configuring virtual directories and websites.
• DNS, WINS, Disk quota management in windows 2000 server.
• Administration of WSUS servers and deploying patches.
• Configuring Domain security policies, Local security policies.
• Creating groups, users and assigning share permissions.
• Deployed static applications (HTML and ASP) and .net applications on IIS 5.0.
• Installed/enabled ISAPI filters on IIS using and configured web service extensions.
• Migration of shared web farm (consists of 150+ in Dev/QA/Prod) from IIS 5.0 to IIS 6.0
• Migration of external web farm from IIS 4.0 to IIS 5.0
• Creating, deploying, renewing and Import & export of the SSL certificates.
• Installed security certificates into system store to configure secured transactions.
• Experience in working on debug tools and windows & IIS command line tools.
• Performed networking tasks like ip routing and configuring specific gateways .
• Worked on basic, digest, passport and Windows live-id authentications.
• Migration of Job server (task scheduler) from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003.
• Experienced in Trouble-shooting various run-time errors( app/platform related)
• Installation of Software packages like Web logic, WebSphere.
• Performed administrative tasks like patching and installing security updates on windows servers.