Consultant
Jumbo Enterprise
Total years of experience :25 years, 0 Months
Azure and AWS solution designing and delivery
❖ AWS - Alliance Lead and Azure - CSP Management
❖ Microsoft 365 and Office 365 support and management
❖ Presales support and delivery for all cloud offerings internal and external
❖ Understand the customer requirement and architect the solution
❖ Preparing RFP responses
❖ Managing Office 365 internal and clients
NG for IT and Telecom (Nourglobal, AE
Azure deployments and manage for remote clients (Microexcel and its clients)
❖ Self-learning of DevOps Ansible tower, Jenkins local, Python and JSON
❖ Working on creating static web server which can create scripts for automation (DIYI)
Joe Frixon - 2020
❖ DSC based server (VM) deployments for limited admin personals
❖ AWS deployments for small and medium business companies
❖ IoT Research and development for cloud integration for temperature and presence
An infrastructure cum cloud architect to strategize and advocate the best ways to use cloud
computing platforms efficiently and securely, and construct the cloud computing environment -
analyze the existing platform to help consumers to leverage its effectiveness in the best ways and
maximize efficiency of the cloud adoption.
Skillset____________________________________________________________________
❖ Cloud
➢ Microsoft & Office 365 - planning, staging, testing migration, deployment, domain
management, troubleshooting, report management, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online
➢ AWS Well Architected Framework - Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance
Efficiency and Cost Optimization based analysis and creating SOW
➢ Azure Architecture Pillars - Design for Security, Performance and Scalability, Availability and
Recoverability, Efficiency and Operations
➢ Google Cloud Platform - web server, database and NoSQL DB (MongoDB Manage)
➢ Microsoft workloads migration on AWS, AWS Security foundational
➢ VMWare cloud on AWS, SAP workloads on AWS
➢ Infrastructure as code - Terraform, Pulumi, PowerShell
➢ AWS &Azure - Cloud Consulting for DR, Business Continuity, Backup and migrations
➢ Third party tools - Cloud Endure, Hystax, Carbonite, Veeam
➢ Cloud native tools - AWS SMS, Azure SRS etc.
➢ Microsoft workload deployments and management on AWS, Azure, GCP etc.
➢ AWS RDS including migration and security.
➢ Microsoft Teams management for schools and Universities
➢ Hybrid AWS AD deployment and management.
➢ Third party tools for cloud automation
➢ Cloud enablement services, Cloud Automation
➢ Cloud enablement services, Cloud Automation
➢ Microsoft & Office 365 - planning, staging, testing migration, deployment, domain
management, troubleshooting, reports management, SharePoint online, Exchange online
❖ On-Premise
➢ Microsoft - Windows Servers, SharePoint, MSSQL, Exchange and project server deployments
and management
➢ Strength in the AD, DNS, DHCP, Group policy - management and troubleshoot
➢ Virtualisation - VMWare, Xen Server, Hyper-V, OpenStack, VirtualBox
➢ Infrastructure security is a cyclically applied service involved in all
➢ Vendor management and negotiation skills
➢ Information security policy planning and deployments
➢ Communication planning and designing
➢ Storage and network management
➢ Asset and inventory management
➢ Enterprise agreements management with vendors and distributors/resellers
Joe Frixon - 2020
Projects__________________________________________________________________
❖ Microsoft 365 consulting Nov- Mar ‘20
➢ Managing Teams policies
➢ License management for students and faculties
➢ Scripting the license and policies using PowerShell
❖ Microsoft 365 Nov- Apr ‘20
➢ Planning and design for M365 for a Gov entity
➢ Creation of mailboxes based on analysis
➢ Assigning required licenses for the team
➢ Creation of groups and SharePoint site
➢ Security policy planning and enabling
❖ AWS based DR on cloud Apr - June ‘18
➢ Cold DR was designed and deployed for a client in Saudi Arabia from Dubai
➢ The AWS SMS tools used to migrate the VM Ware servers to AWS
➢ Deployed servers using AMIs and allowed the client team to modify according to need
➢ VPN tunnels established to on-premise Cisco devices
➢ The AD was synchronised and Domain FSMO transfers
➢ SQL DB replication is done using AWS DMS
➢ CloudWatch enabled to create reports and SNS for notifications
❖ AWS S3 as storage for file management and archive for various clients Feb ‘18 - Mar ‘19
➢ Used S3 as file or Tape storage for various clients
➢ Storage gateways used wherever needed
➢ 3rd
party application used for file-level backup
➢ AWS CLI used for other development teams
❖ Drupal CMS on an Autoscaling mode for a construction company May - June - ‘18
➢ Linux AMI, EFS, S3 and Aurora DB used in this project
➢ The master image deployed, and the development team performed the design
➢ DB was uploaded to S3 and mounted to the system
➢ VPC with required subnets created
➢ The Golden image created, and auto-scaling configured
❖ Migration of running Windows workloads to cloud June - Mar ‘19
➢ AD and Exchange servers are migrated using windows native methods
➢ 5 Web servers migrated using AWS SMS
➢ VPN site-2-site tunnels established between branches
➢ Five web apps to deliver its service from the public subnet
❖ On-premise to Azure migration of Sequence application
Managing internal and external infrastructure requirements for US, MENA and India
❖ Manage Office 365 for cloud only offices MENA and US
❖ Manage hybrid Office 365 with local Exchange for Indian offices
❖ Make UAE and India operations get silver and gold membership from Microsoft
❖ Cloud computing deployments, managing and architecting
❖ Performed as CISO to Implement and gain ISO 27001 and 9001 certificates for three office locations in India
❖ Planning Cloud Azure for internal development need
❖ Getting the AWS consulting partner status
❖ The designed cloud-based solution for resources work from home securely
❖ Access existing deployments and suggest changes
❖ Global vendor management
Implementing server and network requirements per client request
❖ Manage Logon/Logoff scripting using VBScript
❖ Discussions with clients onsite for new requirements and plan the implementations
❖ Office 365 planning and managing
❖ Implementing in-house requirements for offshore support
❖ Local and international vendor management for IT and ITES delivery
❖ Interact with multiple ISPs to deliver the required throughputs
❖ Managing IT infrastructure services for branches across the globe like UAE & US
❖ Implement ITIL process inside the team
❖ Office 365 management including Exchange hybrid
❖ Ongoing planning, implementing and managing
The client wanted SAP B1 on premise with a new infrastructure. Planned, procured, deployed
and supporting the hardware for a successful SAP implementation
Experiences_________________________________________________________________
Exchange hybrid deployment helped the company to migrate users between on-premise to
the cloud when there is a need on project requirements
❖ Active Directory upgrade from 2003 to 2012
Install, configure and prepare field storage servers for operational usage by mission;
❖ Execute authorised periodic and corrective system maintenance tasks and maintain system health check
records;
❖ Maintain up-to-date documentation on field storage system hardware and software configurations and
performance measurement statistics;
❖ Apply performance tuning based on best practices defined for the system and conduct periodic benchmark
tests;
❖ Remain current with the field of system technologies
❖ Periodically verify system logs and analyse them and evaluate system health and identify potential factors
that could affect safety and data centre operation
❖ Perform the backup administrator job with all aspects related to backup to disk infrastructure and tape
library facilities. Performs other related duties as required.
Joe Frixon - 2020
Microsoft 2003 AD and Exchange 2003 management
❖ Manage WDS and WSUS using windows 2003 servers
❖ Evaluating open source and new products in the market for better and cost-effective solutions
❖ Creating documentation, design and daily logs for the team as a part of the business continuity process.
❖ Successfully moved two offices to one location commissioning the whole setup within the given time frame
Auto IT and Kix based scripting for log on and log off
❖ VB Scripts for location-based printer assignments
❖ Maintaining and coordinating with
courses: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate ❖ AWS Certified Practitioner ❖ AWS Certified Developer Associate ❖ Microsoft 365 Certified ❖ AWS and Azure training certifications ❖ Microsoft Certified Professional – Windows ❖ Microsoft Certified – O365 ❖ ITIL® Foundation in IT Service Management ❖ ISO 27001 lead auditor certified from PECB ❖ Prince 2 practitioner certified