•SME for the company's Windows 2K3/2K8/2K12 Servers, Active Directory, Exchange 2K3/2K7/2010/2012 and IIS 6.0/7.0 infrastructure. Effectively analyzes and resolves problems associated with server hardware and software.
•Broad range of Microsoft technologies including: Windows Server 2K, 2K3, 2K8, 2K8 R2, 2K12; Exchange Server 2K3, 2K7, 2K10 and 2K13; Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2K4, 2K6; SQL Server 2K, 2K5, 2K8; Windows Server Update Services (WSUS); DNS; WINS; DHCP; Active Directory; Group Policy Design and Implementation; IIS; and Terminal Services Gateway, Remote Desktop Services.
• Migration of Exchange 2003/2007 to Exchange 2013 Cluster servers and Network load balancing.
• Exchange, HA technologies, virus protection and Enterprise Vault “Email Archiving”.
• Domain policy implemented through GPO for such actions as Domain & Computer security initiatives, Global application rollout, Access restrictions, and OS and Application Updates based on users, groups and computers.
•3rd party applications for business critical interfaces such as Email SPAM Appliance (Ironport), Symantec Enterprise Vault, Symantec endpoint protection manager, Blackberry Enterprise Server 12, and internally developed applications for customers and business units.
• VMware ESX, ESXi, within vSphere 4 and 5 environments with Virtual Center management, vCloud Director, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion and VMware Data Recovery, VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM). Experience with VMware View desktop virtualization (VDI) and Microsoft Private Cloud.
•Depth planning, documentation and management of virtualized Windows 2K, 2003, 2008, 2012 and cloud computing system using VMware vSphere 4.1/5.0/6.0 and Microsoft Hyper-v and System Center 2012 environment
•Capacity for 1000 servers across 2 separate environments using market leading hypervisor.
• Perform and maintain companies backup unsing Arcserve Unified Data Protection Suite.
•Optimization of Data Center Infrastructure by recommending the usage of Virtualization technology.
•Virtualization roadmap, capacity analysis & optimization of physical production environment using VMware Capacity Planner.
•Implementation, maintenance and monitor of Microsoft infrastructure Auditing using Netwrix Auditor Application.
•Highest level of availability, reliability and performance for VMware and associated products.
•Resources responsible for global datacenter consolidation of local & remote physical hardware to virtual machines that required the conversion of IBM with Windows NT4.0, 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2012 servers into virtual servers using the following conversion tools: VMware converter, Plate Spin, Power convert and Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery.
• IBM storage system (NAS/SAN) DS4000/5020 series;EMC Storage VNX 5100/5200; IBM tape library 4650/TS3100/TS3200; iSCSI, NFS, and Fiber Channel protocols, Fiber Channel cabling, switching, and zoning.
•EMC storage SAN environments (VNX-Series) that ensured high availability and acceptable performance characteristics for VMware vSphere and SAN-backed applications.
•Participate in root-cause analysis of recurring issues, system backup, and security setup.
•Monitored and maintained Symantec endpoint protection server/client throughout the organization.
• Monitoring and managing IT Infrastructure using ManageEngine.
•Server and endpoint virtualization while preserving best practices for efficiency and cost savings from physical environment.
•Recommendations of hardware based on projected growth and current resource utilization, including an evaluation of currently implemented systems.
•Security policies throughout the Infrastructure Network consisting of Data Center and Users.
•Research and implementation of customized backup solutions to meet business needs.
•Multi-tier fully redundant production network architecture (Data Center).
- Company industry:
- Financial Services
- Job role:
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Information Technology