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Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, On, Ca

Mississauga, On, Ca

As a System Administrator, I am accountable for key I.T. tasks related to the analysis, installation, maintenance and modification of all server systems. In this role, I have built, installed, upgraded and managed physical and virtual server environments. For example, I installed and configured Windows Server Backup, VEEAM and Appassure. I also act as the System Admin resource to the team and have worked on final high-availability architecture design. Involved in long-term strategic goals, including participation in support capacity planning and development of long-term strategic goals for systems and software.My role also includes troubleshooting system and network problems and resolving hardware/software issues to maintain seamless business operations. ✯ Highlights ✯ ◆ Formalized support and stability plan for the current highly-available MS environment based on MS Clustering technology◆ Designed, developed, implemented and supported a migration to a new highly available AD platform◆ Developed and implemented a multi-facility Business Continuity Plan◆ Conducted research on emerging products, services, protocols and standards in support of system software procurement and development efforts◆ Developed, documented and maintained policies, procedures and associated training plans for remote branch locations

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In this key I.T. role, my mandate was to support the business in transitioning to a virtual environment. I was accountable for the configuration, administration and installation of VMware ESXi Cluster in production environment, using technologies including: DRS, HA, FT, SDRS and P2V Migration.✯ Highlights ✯ ◆ Configured and administered new virtual desktops with VMware as a Business Continuity Plan◆ Built Citrix XenApp servers and Citrix Licensing Servers◆ Configured DNS for dynamic zone updates and decreased length between scavenging during infrastructure upgrade project◆ Created backup policies, alert configuration of backup policies; performed and managed daily and weekly backups using Tivoli Storage Manager◆ Tested and implemented Disaster Recovery with Site Recovery Manager

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

Growing and developing this in System Administrator role, I was able to hone my expertise in 4 key areas of technology support: VMWare, Active Directory, Citrix and Exchange.✯ Highlights ✯ ►VMWare✔ Built, configured and tested ESXi hosts, Virtual Center and VUM servers✔ Virtualized multiple Windows 2008 and 2003 Enterprise servers using VMware ESX Server✔ Configured, managed, monitored and secured VMware infrastructure►Active Directory✔ Provided day to day support on Windows Active Directory 2003 R2✔ Set up, tested and implemented OU Structure, Groups, Users, and Group Policies in Active Directory✔ Verified and permitted the hardware and software requirements for Active Directory✔ Administered and supervised user / computer accounts, groups and group policies;►Citrix✔ Installed and configured load balanced Citrix web interface servers✔ Maintained and troubleshoot Citrix farm running 30+ physical and virtual servers✔ Planning and testing for various in house, 3rd party and custom applications✔ Setup Web Interface for dual mode streaming to support published and streamed apps►Exchange✔ Created mailboxes, Distribution Group & Address Lists through Exchange Management Console✔ Created email policies, setup Quotas for use mailboxes also verified individual email restrictions✔ Setup OWA and Configured Outlook Express Clients, Setup Exchange Active Sync

As the Technical Support Analyst, I provided I.T. support to the entire office. My key responsibilities included configuring routers, managing wireless connectivity for printers and desktops, administering wireless network and installation/upgrades of MS Office applications. I was able accountable for managing system security and synchronization activities of BlackBerry's.