Client: National Park ServiceEngineered software and hardware solutions to maximize application uptime and minimize data center costs.Architecture and design work:o Proven track record of leading and delivering complex projects from inception to deployment.o Proactively sought enhancements to ensure critical applications maintained near-zero downtime.o With a passion for system performance, architected high-performance solutions for virtualization, backups, replication, disaster recovery, remote access, and more, all while meeting client’s needs.o Spearheaded the design of data center infrastructure, including SAN storage, hyperconverged servers, racks, switches, load balancers, power distribution units, and data backup appliances.o Implemented advanced technologies such as software-defined networking (SDN) using Hyper-V Network Virtualization (HNV). Utilizing NVGRE encapsulation enabled the deployment of identical disaster recovery replicas of production servers on the same network, significantly reducing O&M costs.o Conducted extensive market research, maintained current knowledge of industry-leading products, built vendor relationships, and attended vendor presentations.(please view full resume for more details)

Client: National Park Service(continued from above)Datacenter work:o Setup two new datacenters (production and DR). Orchestrated datacenter moves in DC, VA and WV.o Minimized datacenter footprint by procuring hyperconverged hardware based on Dell MX7000 chassis and blade servers. Designed and upgraded 3PAR & Primera all flash storage. Managed and configured deduplication, compression, encryption and auto-tiering.o Setup a disaster recovery datacenter with Dell M1000e blade chassis, EqualLogic storage arrays and replicating HPE StoreOnce backup appliances.o Setup replication of live servers and their backups between production and DR datacenters.o Designed and implemented Hyper-V clusters. Veeam and HPE StoreOnce appliances for backup, Brocade Fiber Channel switches, Force-10 network switches etc.o Configured redundant storage connectivity over 32 Gbps Fiber Channel switches. Configured zoning in the fabric. Reconfigured and tuned a legacy HP LeftHand SAN for better performance. Configured isolated iSCSI VLAN networks. Tuned and benchmarked iSCSI throughput.o Performed regular upgrades to infrastructure. Rack and stack machines, installed structured networking.(more details in the full resume)

Managed progressively critical projects at US Department of Labor - OPA.► IT costs reduction:o Reduced costs by virtualizing the server environment using VMware vSphere. Over 45 physical servers were consolidated to just 12 o Improved rack space utilization in the datacenter by introducing Blade Servers. o Saved IT budget by recommending replacement of workstations by thin clients. o Eliminated network costs by replacing expensive dedicated WAN lines by secure VPN over the free internet► Building relationships and productive interactions:o Supervised and mentored a team of desktop administrators and a DBAo Helped the tech team streamline tasks by setting up a helpdesk o Increased productivity by facilitating telework capabilities using Citrixo Implemented powerful communication tools like an internal Instant Messaging servero Set up live multi-user web conferencing using Adobe Connect and Webexo Improved access to technical information by setting up an internal Wiki, blog and forums on Linux► IT automation:o Accelerated new server deployments by configuring virtual server templateso Reduced time taken to deploy new workstations by configuring SCCM 2007 for automatically installing Windows 7 o Made software deployments more efficient by automating them using SCCMo Enforced FDCC and NIST security standards automatically via Active Directory group policies► Improvements to IT infrastructure:o Migrated older servers to Windows 2008 R2; upgraded databases to SQL 2005 and 2008o Solved disk space issues by deploying a shared SAN over fiber channelo Ensured work went on by setting up an opensource Openfiler iSCSI NAS using old hardwareo Ensured users in remote offices had seamless access to network shares using DFSo Improved communication with the public by broadcasting live video from important events to the internal and external websiteso Ensured ITIL compliance and populated a CMDB in the helpdesko Researched into cloud computing

o Automated Security Auditing using vBScript, WMI, secedit and batch scripting languageso Standardized and documented new virtual server templates.o Captured Performance Baseline of VMware's VMs.o Upgraded versions of various software like Backupexec, Tumbleweed and WSUS.

o Managed VMware ESX servers hosting all Dev, QA and Test environments.o Built new and cloned Windows 2003 servers in a virtual server environment.o Managed BigIP F5 load balancers used to load-balance websites on the front end and web services on the backend.o Deployed .NET applications using MS Application Center. Configured IIS to host these applications.

o Managed over 150 Windows 2003/00/NT4.0 servers and multiple projects.o Implemented the bank’s baseline server security policy to servers via an AD GPO.o Configured complex Kerberos double hop authentication with Active Directory. ASP.NET applications authenticated with a SQL server over Kerberos and NTLMv2 authenticationo Installed and configured MS Virtual Server. Utilized Virtual Machines for testing purposes.o Utilized Install Shield to package and deploy in-house developed software.o Used Alteris to quickly roll out new servers and also for backup imaging.

o Managed over 550 Servers running Windows 2003/2000/NT4.0, over 12,000 workstations consisting of Windows XP, 2000 and NT4.0 and over 16,000 user accounts. o Deployed Software Update Services (SUS) across approximately 150 sites. Made changes to the AD Group policy for configuring automatic software updates on clients.o Wrote AD scripts and used AD tools to modify large number of user account’s attributes and to import 4000 new accounts into the Active Directory and MS Exchange.o Moved the corporate network to new TCP/IP subnets. Re-configured over 150 DHCP servers.o Migrated all network printers to the new subnets. Configured DNS with printers’ static entries.

o Installed, configured and supported Windows 2000 & 2003 servers in a production environment. Performed remote administration of Windows, UNIX and Linux servers.o Migrated servers from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003. Configured Terminal Servers. o Managed a team of administrators and support personnel in various locations around the world. o Planned and delegated tasks towards ensuring 24x7 support of the team’s servers.o Devised and implemented disaster recovery procedures and bare metal recovery.o Increased productivity by automating tasks using batch files, shell scripts and SQL scripts.o Ensured proper patching & security by server hardening and enabling auditing on servers.o Planned changes to HP’s corporate wide Active Directory to accommodate the needs of the team. Interacted with the domain administrators for achieving this goal.o Enforced permissions on various objects in the OU using Group Policy Objects (GPO).o Installed and configured Exchange 2000 and Outlook Web Access (OWA).o Involved in Exchange’s capacity planning using LoadSim, ESP and performance analysis.o Used Veritas Backupexec for tape backups. Documented and tested the restore processes.o Deployed Oracle 9i on Windows 2000 and HP-UX machines and configured data replicationo Wrote complex SQL scripts for day to day administration tasks like DB export and indexing. o Configured IIS 5/6 load balanced web servers using Windows Load Balancing Service (WLBS).o Installed MS Cluster services (MSCS) for ensuring high availability of servers.o Configured HP RAID arrays and used SAN storage.o Maintained Norton Antivirus software on servers.o Evaluated software and hardware for suitability with current projects.o Solved installation issues by introducing InstallShield to deploy patches and new applications.o Deployed Visual Source Safe for source code control. Installed SourceOffSite for WAN access.o Planned Cisco Routers’ access lists to enable application access across networks.