Usman Ghani Chaudhry, Senior System Administrator

Usman Ghani Chaudhry

Senior System Administrator

Korek Telecom

Location
Pakistan - Lahore
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Sciences
Experience
19 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 2 Months

Senior System Administrator at Korek Telecom
  • Iraq - Erbil
  • My current job since September 2010

• Responsible for Design & Management of 7 Sites with Active Directory Servers (DNS/DHCP/GPO/CA/DFS).
• Installation, Management & Migration from Microsoft Lync 2010 to Lync 2013 (2000+ Users).
• Design & Migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013 \[Virtualized Servers\] (2000+ Mailboxes).
• Design & Deployment of Exchange 2010, DAG High Availability, HUB/CAS & Edge Servers.
• Ensured System security, monitoring and patch deployment using System Center SCCM, SCOM 2012.
• Deployment & Management of VMware VCenter 5.5/6.5 with High Availability (VMotion, HA, DRS) and Site Recovery Manager.
• Management of HP ArcSight Logger & Barracuda Anti-Spam Firewalls (Model: 400)
• Management of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) based on Citrix and Microsoft Hyper-V.
• Responsible for maintaining 200+ Windows Servers.
• Creation of periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning and service delivery.
• Liaised with fellow teams and vendors to incident problems and make process changes.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating technical documentation for systems.

Senior System Engineer at Sure Technolgy & Consulting
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2010 to July 2010

• Installation and configuration of Exchange 2007, CCR Cluster, Hub and Client Access Server for Ministry of Water and Commerce in Saudi Arabia.
• Installation and Configuration of SCOM 2007 for Ministry of Water and Commerce in Saudi Arabia.
• Child Domain Controller configuration at Jazan University KSA.
• NLB and Database Failover Clustering at Jazan University KSA.
• TMG 2010 Installation and Array Configuration at Jazan University in Saudi Arabia

System Administrator at Wateen Telecom
  • Pakistan
  • January 2008 to December 2009

• Implementation of Single Copy Cluster for Exchange 2007 Mailboxes, NLB Setup for Hub and CAS Server, Edge Servers Deployment in DMZ.
• Wateen’s IT Infrastructure Design and Deployment Plan.
• Migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 for 2000+ Users in Active Directory
• Installation and configuration of Exchange 2007, CCR Cluster, Hub and Client Access Server for Abu Dhabi Group.
• SAN Storage planning and design for Exchange 2007 SCC.
• Configuration of W2k3 DNS, DHCP, DFS, WSUS, Terminal Server and Web Server (IIS).
• Installation of ISA 2006 for Outlook Anywhere, OWA and EdgeSync in NLB Mode.
• Monitoring and Management of Servers with SCOM 2007
• Setup and configuration of Bluecoat Proxy Device
• Setup and Configuration of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

Microsoft System Engineer at AzGard9
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • April 2006 to January 2008

• Involved in the Installation of Windows 2003 Domain Controllers, DNS and Active Directory Site and Services.
• Installation and configuration of MS Exchange 2003 Email Server and OWA Setup.
• Setup Virtual Private Network (VPN) between remote sites
• Installation and configuration of ISA Firewall and internet access.
• Implementation of Security Patches on servers to keep up-to-date on daily / weekly basis.
• Backup Operating System/ AD / SQL Servers and restoration when needed.
• Installation of Trend Micro Antivirus Server Suite and Client Setup.
• Setup of Terminal Servers to access / manage Servers from remote sites.

Network Administrator at Leisure Textiles
  • Other
  • December 2004 to April 2006

• Manage Windows 2000, 2003 / Linux Servers.
• Installation of Active Directory, DNS and DHCP and configuration.
• Implementation of Local and Network Security Policies.
• Backup and Restoration of Operating System and SQL Server.
• Installation and configuration of Mdaemon Email Server with Web Mail Client.
• Installation and Configuration of Linux Network Print Server
• Linux and Windows Client file Sharing (Samba)
• Implementation of Linux NIS Server + NFS Server.
• Configuration of Squid to share internet
• Upgrade application and technical knowledge as required.
• Setup of Terminal Servers to access / manage Servers from remote sites.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Sciences
  • at University of Balochistan,Quetta
  • March 2004

Specialties & Skills

Active Directory
exchange 2010
Exchange 2007
windows 2008
Blackberry Enterprise Server
Active Directory
Microsoft Threat Management Gateway 2010
BlackBerry Enterprise Server
SAN Storage
Microsoft System Center Operation Manager 2012
Microsoft Exchange 2007
Microsoft Exchange 2013
Windows 2012 R2 Server
Vmware Esxi 4.0 / 5.5 /6.5
Microsoft Exchange 2010 / 2013
Windows 2008 /2012 R2 Server

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Personal Website
Personal Website
UsmanGhani.Co

Languages

Urdu
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (MCSE) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016
Microsoft Certified Solution Associate - Server 2012 (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
January 2016
VMware Certified Professional 6 (Training)
Training Institute:
VMware
Date Attended:
January 2016
MCITP (Microsoft Certified IT Professional) Exchange 2010 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012
Valid Until:
September 2012
MCITP Exchange 2010 ( Enterprise Messaging Administrator ) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010
Valid Until:
September 2012
Microsof Certified Technology Specilaist 2007/2010 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2007
Valid Until:
August 2012

Hobbies

  • Reading & Blogging