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Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Spearheading the seamless migration of VMs to Azure VMs for multiple business units, streamlining operations,Configured, automated, and deployed Chef, Puppet, and Ansible for configuration management to existing Infrastructure.Streamlined the containerization process, reducing application deployment times with Kubernetes,Strategized migration of static servers to a Kubernetes environment, improving application reliability,Led a of technical professionals in executing a cloud… Show more Spearheading the seamless migration of VMs to Azure VMs for multiple business units, streamlining operations,Configured, automated, and deployed Chef, Puppet, and Ansible for configuration management to existing Infrastructure.Streamlined the containerization process, reducing application deployment times with Kubernetes,Strategized migration of static servers to a Kubernetes environment, improving application reliability,Led a of technical professionals in executing a cloud strategy that led to increase in operational efficiency,Ability to build deployment, build scripts, and automated solutions using shell scripting and PowerShellSimplified the infrastructure automation process, enhancing system uptime with Ansible,Developing network utilizing Azure Vnet, VPN, and express route, for connectivity between on-prem and cloud environments,Collaborating with the Security Team to refine and improve policies and procedures, ensuring Security and Compliance,Preparing RFC documentation for vendors, facilitating communication and coordination during implementation processes,Participating as a presenter in Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings,Actively Manage the Intune for device management and software deploymentsEffectively communicating project updates and driving decision-making for successful project execution.Prepared capacity and architecture plan to establish an Azure Cloud for hosting applications and databases on IaaS instances.Azure (VNets), subnets, network settings, DHCP IP blocks, DNS, security policies, and routing for efficient and secure network.Deployed Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) into secure VNets and subnets, ensuring a secure and scalable infrastructure.Leveraged Azure External Load Balancer to expose virtual machines and cloud services in VNets to the InternetHA for IaaS VMs and PaaS role instances using Azure Internal LB, enabling reliable access from other services within the VNet. Show less

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Architect data center relocation and service migration.• Manage more than 100 Host and 2000 VMs• Manage ESXi 6.7 and Avamar Backup solution• Exchange cross-forest Migration 4000 Plus Mailbox• On-prem to Office 365 hybrid Configuration• Azure AD Connect hybrid Configuration• Azure Frontdoor Configuration

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Architect data center relocation and service migration • Migration/Upgrade from VMware 6.0 to 6.7 • Designed and implemented VMware clusters, DRS/HA, vMotion, vSwitches, RDM, FC iSCSI datastores • Designed and implemented ESXi boot from SAN, VUM, P2V, thin provisioning, host profiles, OS templates • Installed, managed, and configured virtual server infrastructure via vSphere • Implemented fault-tolerance on virtual platforms with High Availability and Distributed Resource Scheduling • Design… Show more Architect data center relocation and service migration • Migration/Upgrade from VMware 6.0 to 6.7 • Designed and implemented VMware clusters, DRS/HA, vMotion, vSwitches, RDM, FC iSCSI datastores • Designed and implemented ESXi boot from SAN, VUM, P2V, thin provisioning, host profiles, OS templates • Installed, managed, and configured virtual server infrastructure via vSphere • Implemented fault-tolerance on virtual platforms with High Availability and Distributed Resource Scheduling • Design and implementation of active directory (Windows 2003, Windows 2008, windows server 2008 R2) and messaging infrastructure (Exchange 2003/2007/2010/O365) • Implementation of Lync server and migration of SFB 2015 server. • Implementation of Active Directory. • Cross Forest Migration of Active Directory, • Implementation of File Server HA, • Implementations of SQL server with high availability. Show less

United Arab Emirates

* Design and implementation of active directory (Windows 2003, Windows 2008, windows server 2008 R2) and messaging infrastructure (Exchange 2003/2007/2010/O365)* Implementation of Lync server and migration of SFB 2015 server.* Design, planning, and execution of migration of active directory and messaging infra* Implementation of Active Directory.* Cross Forest Migration of Active Directory,* Implementation of File Server HA,* Implementations of SQL server with high… Show more * Design and implementation of active directory (Windows 2003, Windows 2008, windows server 2008 R2) and messaging infrastructure (Exchange 2003/2007/2010/O365)* Implementation of Lync server and migration of SFB 2015 server.* Design, planning, and execution of migration of active directory and messaging infra* Implementation of Active Directory.* Cross Forest Migration of Active Directory,* Implementation of File Server HA,* Implementations of SQL server with high availability.* Implementations of DHCP server, DNS server, and Remote App server.* Architect/SME SRM implementation* Architect data center relocation and service migration* Migration/Upgrade from VMware 5.1 to 5.5* Designed and implemented VMware clusters, DRS/HA, vMotion, vSwitches, RDM, FC iSCSI datastores* Designed and implemented ESXi boot from SAN, VUM, P2V, thin provisioning, host profiles, OS templates* Installed, managed, and configured virtual server infrastructure via vSphere, Lab Manager, and vCloud Director* Implemented fault-tolerance on virtual platforms with High Availability and Distributed Resource Scheduling* Implemented fault-tolerance on virtual platforms with High Availability and Distributed Resource Scheduling Show less

Mumbai Area, India

* Directly train and manage 8 members Team,* Increased productivity by 20%,* Responsible for maintaining SLA,* Responsible for change manage management,* Change advisory board presenter,* Helping tower lead for presentation, change management and troubleshooting technical problem,* Managing 800+ windows servers and 20000+ User’s,* Design and implementation of active directory (Windows 2003, Windows 2008, windows server 2008 R2, windows… Show more * Directly train and manage 8 members Team,* Increased productivity by 20%,* Responsible for maintaining SLA,* Responsible for change manage management,* Change advisory board presenter,* Helping tower lead for presentation, change management and troubleshooting technical problem,* Managing 800+ windows servers and 20000+ User’s,* Design and implementation of active directory (Windows 2003, Windows 2008, windows server 2008 R2, windows server 2012 R2) and messaging infrastructure (Exchange 2013),* Implementation of Exchange server 2016.* Implementation of SQL Server 2014.* Implementation of Active Directory.* Implementation of File Server and Print Server.* Implementations of DHCP server, DNS server and Remote App server,* Hands on e-helpline ticket logging tool,* Windows Hardening and security compliance.* Closely monitoring Certificate servers.* Managing System center configuration manager,* Managing System center operation manager,* Managing System center virtual machine manager,* Supporting 20K+ Mailboxes Leverage Customers across the globe,* Patch management on all server’s, Show less

Bengaluru Area, India

• Hands on BMC remedy ticket logging tool• Supporting Leverage Customer across the globe.• Troubleshooting Exchange server 2007 and Exchange 2010 Server.• Troubleshooting Exchange Client MAPI, POP3, IMAP, OWA, Active Sync Connectivity issues.• Troubleshooting Out of office issues.• Troubleshooting Offline address book issues.• Troubleshooting Mail flow Issues.• Patch management on Exchange server.

Mumbai Area, India

Formulated proposal for the IT upgrade services and presentation of proposal to the customers.Administered gamut of tasks as follows:• Design and implementation of active directory (Windows 2003, Windows 2008, windows server 2008 R2) and messaging infrastructure (Exchange 2003/2007/2010) (Zimbra server 7.0)• Design, planning and execution of migration of active directory and messaging infra• Implementations of SQL server with high availability.• Implementations of DHCP… Show more Formulated proposal for the IT upgrade services and presentation of proposal to the customers.Administered gamut of tasks as follows:• Design and implementation of active directory (Windows 2003, Windows 2008, windows server 2008 R2) and messaging infrastructure (Exchange 2003/2007/2010) (Zimbra server 7.0)• Design, planning and execution of migration of active directory and messaging infra• Implementations of SQL server with high availability.• Implementations of DHCP server, DNS server and Remote App server. Show less

Mumbai

• Installation of exchange server 2000 and exchange server 2003.• Up-gradation of Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003.• Troubleshooting Active Directory, Exchange Server, DHCP related issues.• Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of Domain Controllers.• Configuration of two node clustering on Windows server 2003.• Administration and troubleshooting of Exchange 2003 Servers.• Group policy implementation for domain and auditing.• Data recovery and disaster… Show more • Installation of exchange server 2000 and exchange server 2003.• Up-gradation of Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003.• Troubleshooting Active Directory, Exchange Server, DHCP related issues.• Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of Domain Controllers.• Configuration of two node clustering on Windows server 2003.• Administration and troubleshooting of Exchange 2003 Servers.• Group policy implementation for domain and auditing.• Data recovery and disaster management planning.• User rights, user ID management and E-Mail ID management.• Installation and configuring Veritas Backup & Backup Schedule.• Symantec mail security 4.5 and 5.0.• Symantec Enterprise Server Configuration.• Installation of W2K server, W2K3 server.• Configuration of SCSI disks for RAID 5 and RAID 1 for IBM Server.• Configuration and monitoring of 1800 & 1700 routers.• Installation of sonic wall point server.• Maintaining and monitoring sonic firewall Pro 2040.• Configuration of site to site and site to Client VPN.• Maintaining and monitoring sonic firewall web filtering.• Integration of fire with LDAP. • Installation and configuration of exchange server 2007.• Installation of domain controller.• Configuration of Group policy.• Configuration of DNS servers.• Configuring exchange disaster recovery with SCR and CCR technology.• Monitoring and backup message queue.• Symantec mail security 7.0.• Troubleshooting exchange server database issue.• Backup and restore exchange database.• Troubleshooting end users permission issue.• Troubleshooting permission public folder issue.• Troubleshooting end user OOF issue.• Outlook IMAP, POP, OWA, MAPI connectivity Issue. Show less

Mumbai

Desktop Support.