GaneshKumar Anand, Sr Infrastructure Specialist

GaneshKumar Anand

Sr Infrastructure Specialist

NourNet

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Information Technology
Experience
14 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 0 Months

Sr Infrastructure Specialist at NourNet
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2014 to May 2019

Deploying IT Infrastructure, Configuration, Operations & support, Enterprise Architecture Planning, Server Support, Documentation, improve internal processes and enhanced productivity. Monitoring, development and delivery of Enterprise software, network and server operations.

• Designing, Implementation, Configuring Migrating, Co-existence of Active Directory, Exchange 2013 with Office 365, SCCM 2012, SCOM 2012, Skype for Business 2013, Office 365, Amazon AWS.

Achievements
• Designing, Deploying, Migration, Implementation and Operations of Lync 2013, SCOM 2012, SCCM 2012, Exchange 2013/2016/2019 Deployment,
• Networking, Security, System Integrations with cloud and any on premises application servers.
• Security Gateway MDaemon, Ironport, FireEye, Proofpoint.
• SME for Microsoft Products, Designing and documentation.
• AWS cloud infrastructure architect

Technical Director at Primlaks Nigeria Limited
  • Nigeria
  • May 2012 to March 2014

IT budget and Cost control, Infrastructure deployment, Enterprise Architecture Planning, ERP migrations, Vendor Managements, DR & BCP Management, Datacenter Management, Program & Project management, Talent management, Desktop Support, Telecommunications and production operation, Support operations, Established Quality assurance, Documentation, Telecommunications & WAN department, Helpdesk department that will improve internal processes and enhanced productivity. Spearhead design, development and delivery of departmental upgrade of all hardware, software, network and server operations.

Managing, Designing, Implementation and Configuring Active Directory, Migration from Yahoo SBS to Exchange 2010, Blackberry server v4.1, Elastix VOIP solutions with SIP, DID & PRI line trunks and call center implementation. Planning, coordinating & implementing IT solutions for group companies. Implementing, coordinating & managing VMware ESXi 5.0 for virtualization, SQL 2008/2012, Zenoss, Joomla, Cyberoam 100ia Anti-spam & virus firewall, MS Antigen for Exchange, SharePoint 2003/2010. MAC OSX, Windows based Print Server, File Server, DHCP Server, DNS, SMTP Server, Web server & Linux DNS & SMTP Server, Windows boxes & Linux administration.

IT Officer at Finatrade Group
  • Nigeria
  • February 2010 to March 2012

Group IT Manager for Finatrade group of companies in Nigeria
Managing entire IT infrastructure including Planning, coordinating & implementing IT solutions for group companies. Implementing, coordinating & managing Microsoft Exchange server, ERP for businesses. Developed product line for developing business communication and ease the use. Purchases Management for IT related procurement for group of companies. Managing Team, Vendor management, Application server, Helpdesk assurance, extension of network infrastructure, mentoring and designing the failover of internet and intranet services, Datacenter management and setting up new infrastructure.

Technical Achievements
• Design and deployed Linux based ClearOS server VPN & Network monitoring & allocation and optimization of bandwidth with QOS.
• Implemented ERP - Microsoft Dynamics 2009 . This includes writing of reports using Crystal Reports.
• Designed and Implemented Network & WLAN security. This also includes Remote office connectivity, Remote Desktop Support to Remote Branches etc.,
• Negotiated and Finalized best deals for IT Procurement to reduce the cost.
• Configure and Implemented the Linux Firewall for more security across the branch office so that the same Internet Connection can be utilized between branch offices without compromising on the Quality.

Lead Infrastructure Engineer at Mphasis an EDS Company
  • India - Chennai
  • August 2007 to January 2010

Managed Team members of Techies to support various IT operations with diverse technical and strong knowledge in IT infrastructure. Leaded 10 projects which include SMS, SCCM administration, AD administration, Messaging & Collaboration & Trouble ticketing tool for a diversified customers.

Managing Active Directory & Exchange 2003/20007. Supported and Administered Public Folders, LCS 2005 servers & client related issues, ADModify.NET tools & Blackberry 4.1 server & clients. Supported Windows & Exchange on 250 servers across globe. Root cause analysis of any problems on Exchange Mail flow, AD replication fails issue, etc. Group Policy Management & troubleshooting using RSOP, GPMC. Configuration of Sites & Services, Seizure & Transferring FSMO roles and configuring Domains & Trust Relationship. Strong knowledge in ITIL v2 (Information Technology Infrastructure Library). Good understanding on change management processes and strategies handling technique. Conducting Technical Interviews for recruiting Sr.& System Administrators.

System Administrator - Messaging Specialist at Ness Technologies
  • India - Chennai
  • May 2005 to July 2007

Designed and Implementation of Active Directory and Exchange 2003 Mail Services for Ness India. Installation, configuration, troubleshooting Exchange Server 2003 in Multi-Site Environment. Provided Shared hosting service for the merger and acquisition organization. Configured, Maintained and Troubleshoot of Windows based Network, which includes Print Server, File Server, FTP Server, DHCP Server, DNS, SMTP Server, Windows 2003 Active Directory & Exchange 2003 POP Mail Server.

Preparation of DR for the Active Directory & Messaging System and effectively managed reports of production, quality checks etc. Creation of User /Group Accounts & allocation of Mailbox in Exchange 2003 Server. Process Document and Procedure Documents for the minor and major incidents. Maintained & Managed Symantec Antivirus Server. Information Store Backup, Recovery & Troubleshooting. Veritas BackupExec 10 Software Installation, configuration & maintenance. Writing Productive VB scripts using WMI, WSH and ADSI to manage AD & Exchange. Trend Micro Gateway 5.5 implementation and configuration. Symantec Mail Security for Exchange 4.5. Worked knowledge on WSUS to patch the Servers and Client Workstations.

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology
  • at Chennai University
  • January 2011

71% in MSC IT

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Computer Application
  • at University of Madras
  • August 2006

Second Class Passed

Specialties & Skills

Ethical Hacking
Office 365 Specialist
Exchange Server
Active Directory
Exchange 2016/2013/2010/2003
Active Directory
Microsoft Dynamics Navision ERP
VMWare ESXi
IT Budget & Cost Control
System Center Operations Manager 2012r2
SQL Server
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2013
Sharepoint Foundation 2013
ERP and Systems Integration
Data Center Virtualization
Project Management
IT Infrastructure Management
Enterprise Architecture IT
Skype for Business 2015

Languages

English
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Kannada
Beginner
Telugu
Beginner

Memberships

PMI
  • Member
  • June 2017

Training and Certifications

Certified in Ethical Hacking (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2020
MCSA office 365 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2018
MCSE Productivity (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2019
Enabling Office 365 Services (70-347) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2017
Core Solution in Microsoft Lync 2013 (70-336) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
MCTS Administering and Deploying SCCM 2012 (70-243) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
Core Solution in Microsoft Exchange 2013 (70-341) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
VmWare Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
ITIL V2 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2009
Valid Until:
December 2009
Microsoft Exchange 2007 Configuration (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2008
Valid Until:
December 2008
DHNE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 1998
Valid Until:
December 1998
PMBOK 35 Hours PDU (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2009
Valid Until:
December 2009

Hobbies

  • Fine Arts
    Painting, drawing, Watercolor, Oil painting, Portraits, Landscape, Sketching using charcoal, Pencil. http://ganeshartpics.blogspot.com
  • Reading Books
    Read plenty of Novels, favourite author : Lee Child, Sidney Sheldon, Jeffrey Archer, Agatha Christy