Asfand Yar, Team Lead Technical – Microsoft & VMWare

Asfand Yar

Team Lead Technical – Microsoft & VMWare

Arcana Info Pvt Ltd

Location
Pakistan
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Experience
14 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 3 Months

Team Lead Technical – Microsoft & VMWare at Arcana Info Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • My current job since July 2015

Planning, Design and Implementation of IT Infrastructure and managing and providing on-going support to customers. Technical lead on complex projects to ensure designing, implementation and integration for clients. Core infrastructure solution, virtualization solution using Microsoft Hyper-V, System Center Products Solution and SQL Server.
VMWare ESXI and VCenter Server Deployment.
Cloud Backup Solution

Senior System Engineer Technical-Microsoft & VMWare at Techaccess Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • July 2013 to June 2015

Techaccess Pakistan July 2013 to Present
System Engineer Technical - Microsoft
Design, Deploy, Implement Private Cloud, Core Infrastructure, Virtualization and Security solutions based on Microsoft Products to medium, enterprise level businesses, education sector, armed forces and government institutes.
Specialist in designing, deployment and implementation of AD, Private Cloud, Virtualization and System Center Infrastructure & managing external technology projects also providing technical supervision of technology experts; supervising other staff as directed.
• SCVMM, SCOM, SCSM, Orchestrator, App Controller SCCM.
• Self Service Portal, Run Book Designer, AppController,
• VM Provisioning, Chargeback
• Drive Consistent Service Delivery
• Delegate Cloud resources
• Create Consistency through Service Templates
• Self-Service Deployment of an application
• Visibility through reporting
• Monitor infrastructure
• Clustering and High Availability of Virtual machines.
• Design, Implementation and administration of System Center Configuration Manager 2007R3/2012Sp1 with OS deployment, Software Deployment including Office 2010, Forefront End point protection, etc.
• Design and Implementation of Exchange Server.
• In Server 2012 worked and implement the following features and rules:
• Design and implement new Active Directory based on windows Server 2012. Managing troubleshooting connectivity problems; adding/terminating users; assigning rights and access; resetting passwords; Group policy management; assessing and reporting operational status; performing backups and restores; etc.
• Automated Deployment of a New Server with WDS and ADK,
• Deploying Active Directory with Server Manager and Windows PowerShell,
• Working with Server Manager in Windows Server 2012, Implementing Windows PowerShell Web Access, Working with Mini-Shell and Reduced GUI on Windows Server 2012,
• Cluster-Aware Updating, Configuring a Cluster-Aware Updating profile, performs a Cluster-Aware Update.
• Hyper V replication in Windows Server 2012.
• Installation of VMWare ESXI 5.1, VMWare vCenter 5.1, vCloud Director and automation center.
• MDT deployment and integration with SCCM 2012.

System Engineer Technical - Microsoft at Techaccess Pakistan
  • Pakistan
  • July 2013 to April 2014

Techaccess Pakistan July 2013 to Present
System Engineer Technical - Microsoft
Design, Deploy, Implement Private Cloud, Core Infrastructure, Virtualization and Security solutions based on Microsoft Products to medium, enterprise level businesses, education sector, armed forces and government institutes.
Specialist in designing, deployment and implementation of AD, Private Cloud, Virtualization and System Center Infrastructure & managing external technology projects also providing technical supervision of technology experts; supervising other staff as directed.
• SCVMM, SCOM, SCSM, Orchestrator, App Controller SCCM.
• Self Service Portal, Run Book Designer, AppController,
• VM Provisioning, Chargeback
• Drive Consistent Service Delivery
• Delegate Cloud resources
• Create Consistency through Service Templates
• Self-Service Deployment of an application
• Visibility through reporting
• Monitor infrastructure
• Clustering and High Availability of Virtual machines.

Solution Specialist at Expert Systems Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • August 2010 to July 2013

Expert Systems Pvt. Limited. Pakistan August 2010 to July 2013(3 Years)
Solution Specialist/ System Engineer

• Administer and Implement the virtualized infrastructure with high availability and consolidate the servers.
• Design and implement new Active Directory based on windows 2008 R2/2012 Server. Managing troubleshooting connectivity problems; adding/terminating users; assigning rights and access; resetting passwords; Group policy management; assessing and reporting operational status; performing backups and restores; etc.
• Managing the installation and maintenance of the organization's local area network and Server hardware/ software
• Implementation of Window Deployment Server (WDS), Window Backup Server (WBS).
• Managing KMS Server, MAK Server and VMAT Tool.
• Implementation and Managing of Hyper-V Core Server Cluster with High Availability.
• Deployment and Administration of Hyper-V.
• Design and Implementation of Forefront Endpoint Protection and Forefront Client Security (FCS) and Window Server Update Services (WSUS).
• Design and manage System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
• Design and Implementation of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 R3/2012.
• Day-to-day SCCM infrastructure management/troubleshooting; new secondary sites setup and troubleshooting, client health, driver and package management.
Managed both Win7 and XP deployments with their individual challenges.
• Design and Implementation of System Center Operation Manager 2007R2/2012.
• Installation and Configuration of Exchange Server.

Internee-System Engineer at CIIT Abbottabad
  • Pakistan
  • February 2010 to July 2010

CIIT Abbottabad, Pakistan February 2010 to July 2010
Internee Engineer

Worked as an Internee Engineer in CIIT Abbottabad from Feb 2010 to July 2010(6 Months)
• Microsoft Active Directory Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Servers Installation and Configuration
• Microsoft Domain
• DNS Server
• DHCP Server
• Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Comsats Institute of Information Technology
  • June 2010

Major Courses Digital Signal Processing, Signal And System, Electric Circuit Analysis, Electronic Devices, Advance Digital logic Design, Control Systems, Communication Systems, , Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Electromagnetic theory, Microprocessor, Programming(Application & system).

Diploma, Pre Engineering
  • at University Wensam college D I Khan
  • May 2005

F.Sc (Pre Engg) University Wensam college D I Khan 2004-2005 785/1100 [71%]

Specialties & Skills

VMware Infrastructure
Cloud Computing
Microsoft Servers
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
ENGINEER
MICROSOFT WINDOWS
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3/2012
Microsoft Private Cloud Computing
Microsoft Hyper-V Failover Cluster (Core and GUI)
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2/2012
Microsoft System Center Operation Manager
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager
Microsoft Server 2008 R2/2012 Active Directory
VMware Cloud (VMware ESXI 5.1, VMWare vCenter 5.1, vCloud Director 5.1, vShield 5.1, Automation Cent

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Microsoft® Certified Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft® Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft® Certified Solutions Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
VMware Certified Associate (VCA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft® Certified Solutions Expert (Private Cloud) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999