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Brisbane, Australia

Some of the tasks and projects performed recently:• Complete servers’ migration (Active Directory, File-Print Server, Terminal Servers and Application Server) to cloud (Cluster-based and Replication-based environment) • On-Premise mailboxes to Office 365 migration (Cutover & Hybrid Migration)• Microsoft Intune Deployment• Mailbox migration to Exchange 2016.• 3CX IP Phone system Deployment• Citrix upgrade from 6.x to 7.1x• 3rd level support

Auckland, New Zealand

• Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand: June 2015 - Now Primary engineer to support the Exchange Environment Support across both BAU and Project the corporate infrastructure for around 150 servers (Hyper-V hosts and VMs) running Windows 2012 R2 in addition to SCOM 2012 and SCCM 2012• Primary duties and responsibilities for other customers: Complete design, configuration, installation and support for Microsoft Windows environment to the specification of the client proposals. Troubleshoot and resolve server related issues on-site and remotely. Managing assigned projects to deliver services in accordance with established objectives.• Main technologies used in such environment: Operating System: MS Windows Server 2012 R2, MS Windows Server 2012, MS Windows 2008 R2 Email system: MS Exchange 2013, MS Exchange 2010 and Office 365 Gateway/Firewall: Cisco ASA 5505, Dreytek, MS TMG and Netscreen Cloud Services: Windows Azure Virtualization: Hyper-V and VMWare Storage: SAN and NAS Backup: Veeam and Symantec Backup Exec.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Doing contract work for Datacom clients:o Fulton Hogan: o NZ Superfund: o GE Capital:

Jordan

• Demonstrating the ability to multi-task and manage concurrent workloads, showing time-management and prioritization skills• Establishing the IT system for the company from the very initial stages right up to the level where it now serves all users worldwide, and satisfies the company’s needs despite rapid growth, fast-paced changes and operational challenges• Leading the company IT infrastructure development in a very short period of time from a simple basic environment to a reliable environment running:o Clustered HP serverso HP SANo Synology NASo Sonicwall firewallo Hyper-V virtualizationo MS Windows Server 2008 R2o MS Exchange 2010 – DAGo MS System Center DPMo MS System Center VMM

Auckland

• Handling all senior engineer duties for clients, including providing solutions, installing, testing, upgrading, troubleshooting, supporting and maintaining LANs and WANs; designing, implementing and supporting the IT infrastructure for the Microsoft TechEd-NZ events in 2006, 2007 and 2008; and managing a network of 250 Windows based servers, including a mix of virtual and physical servers for SkyCity, NZ• Taking technical lead on a number of projects, including: migrating HP P-Class chasses blade servers to C-Class chesses, P2P and P2V for SkyCity, NZ; restructuring the DNS of a network with a number of AD domains and around 50 Internet domains for SkyCity, NZ; and, designing and implementing a search project for HP NZ• Installing and configuring Cisco routers and switches (i.e. Cisco 800 series router, Catalyst 2950, PIX firewall), and installing, configuring and troubleshooting for MS Windows 2000/2003/2008 Servers and Small Business Server 2000/2003• Demonstrating and handling a wealth of other technical skills, including virtualization with VMWare ESX, Microsoft Exchange server 2003/2007, Microsoft ISA 2004/2006, Hardware/Software RAID, Citrix MetaFrame XP, Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and Citrix Access Gateway 4.5, Mail Marshal 2006, VPN configurations, wireless setup, hardware troubleshooting/upgrading for Servers, Laptops and Desktops, Windows Server Update Services WSUS, Avaya VOIP Servers and Gateways build and configurations, and Cisco telephony product support and administration, Antivirus software (Trend Micro, Symantec, etc) and backup softwares (Veritas Backup Exec, BrightStar ARCserve r11.1)

Master, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering