A Microsoft certified dynamic professional with 16+ years’ experience in Windows & Active Directory, Azure AD, Azure ADDS, Azure Administration, Okta, Infoblox, ADFS Planning, Implementation and Administration. Presently associated with Franklin Templeton, Hyderabad, as a Principal Engineer on Windows Active Directory and Azure Cloud. Working as Azure (all IAAS & PAAS services) Solution Architect, responsible for architecting, designing, Securing, implementing and supporting cloud, on-prem and Hybrid infrastructure. Expert in planning and implementing Network, hub and spoke, VNET peering, Subnets, NSG and Route Tables. Expert in planning and implementing the Monitoring for Azure Cloud components using the Diagnostics logs Expert in planning, implementing and configuring App Gateways, publishing the URLs, WAF rules. Successfully completed the upgrade App Service Environment from ASE v1 to ASE v2 Successfully completed the upgrade App Gateway from AppGWv1 to AppGWv2 Successfully completed the migration of Active Directory Domain from Windows Server 2008R2 to Windows Server 2016. Expert in Active directory migrations and consolidations. Expert in planning, implementing and administering Quest ARS (Active Role Server) Expert in working with Quest Tools like RMAD, Change Auditor, Quest Migration Manager. Expert in planning and administering the Azure Active Directory & Azure Active Directory Domain Services. Expert in planning, administering and migrating Microsoft DNS Zones to Infoblox. Expert in n planning, administering and implementing MS PKI infrastructure. Expert in planning, administering and implementing ADFS. A technocrat with exposure in managing projects on installation, maintenance, IT infrastructure development and technical support. An effective leader with proven abilities in meeting service level agreements (SLA) for various projects, client management, resources administration and quality management. An effective mentor with proven abilities in guiding team members by enabling knowledge sharing by various training required for the support of applications involved. Skilled at learning new concepts quickly, excelling under pressure, and communicating ideas clearly and effectively. Gained skills in Project Management. Good understanding of the ITIL process. Good understanding of Sailpoint. Acting as an escalation gate to resolve critical issues of the team members. Team-based management style and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Have a Valid Business Visa (B1/B2).