Walter Wheeler Email & Phone Number

Designing and implementing Office 365 solutions for businesses, ensuring they meet organizational requirements and leverage the full capabilities of the Office 365 suite. Here's a detailed description of a Microsoft Office 365 Solution Architect's services: Consultation and Strategy Development: They assess business requirements and design a customized Office 365 solution architecture, developing a strategic deployment plan.Implementation and Deployment: Architects handle custom solution development, data migration from legacy systems, and configure the Office 365 environment to enhance productivity and collaboration.Security and Compliance: Implementing security measures and ensuring solutions comply with relevant standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) is a critical service, protecting sensitive information and ensuring data integrity.Training and Support: Customized training programs for end-users and IT staff ensure proficient use of Office 365 applications, complemented by ongoing technical support for troubleshooting.Optimization and Continuous Improvement: Monitoring performance and usage of Office 365 services helps identify optimization opportunities, with updates and changes managed effectively to introduce new features and capabilities.Governance and Lifecycle Management: Establishing governance policies for Office 365 use, including data management and user access controls, while managing the lifecycle of deployments, including version upgrades and license management.The role of a Microsoft Office 365 Solution Architect is pivotal in ensuring that an organization's transition to Office 365 is smooth, secure, and aligned with its business objectives, laying a solid foundation for digital transformation and improved business processes.

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

• Provided Engineering and Architecture for over 260,000 mailboxes and 28 top-level domains• Primary engineering & architecture resource for messaging service integration like SAP, GetPaid, Condeco, ICIMS, Cronofy, Paradox, Contact Monkey, Win911, and WorkspaceOne• Using Zoom web APIs, provided advanced automation for over 130,000 Zoom users• Coordinate communication with multiple teams and provide solutions to requirements that are across various department stakeholders, ensuring deliverables are understood and time• Engineered and automate the integration of Okta SSO, Office 365, and Exchange on-premises• Supplied advanced Powershell modules to simplify Exchange and Office 365 operations • Established advanced automated email reports as requested by legal leadership executives• Designed operational automation for Zoom using Microsoft Graph and Zoom APIs • Delivered Architecture integration guidance for products such as Cisco email hygiene, Area 1, Microsoft Defender, Contact Monkey, Get-paid, Salesforce, SAP, ICIMS, Cronofy, Emailtopia• Wrote Powershell scripts to help enforce company policies and monitor exchange health• Engineered mailbox migration solutions related to acquisition and divestiture• Provide resolution for escalation from various teams within the organizations.• Designed solutions to enforce legal and security standards meeting compliance requirements • Created automation of manual tasks with PowerShell and Graph APIs • Document environment architecture, how-to and Change Control procedures, and any required support instructions.

Queens, New York, Us

Altice USA, Plano TXLead Core Services Engineer 10/2017 – Present • Re-architected and led the company email migration project. This migration included approximately 6,000 mailboxes and was delivered ten months ahead of previously set expectations.• Managed two on-premise Hybrid Exchange 2013 environments connected to one Office 365 tenant. • Improved many manual operating procedures by creating custom PowerShell modules for operation teams. These modules automated many manual task tasks resulting in reducing service delivery times to the customer. • Provide architecture guidance and tier three escalation support for 20,000 users various service and application including the Microsoft Office 365 platform, Multi-Forest Microfot Active Directories, Multi-eDirectories, Proofpoint, Mobile Iron, Azure Active Directory Connect, Active Directory Federation services, and NetIQ IDM.• Supported and configured claims rule for ADFS 2.0 and 3.0.

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Architected and lead Active Directory forest consolidation project to merge five Active Directory forest of (16,000 user ID’s) into one forest new.• Managed and support Office 365 and Azure AD for 30,000 users.• Performed in-depth troubleshooting and root-cause analysis bugs/production crashes for multiple applications• Implemented Cisco Email Security (IronPort) for multiple domains• Implemented email routing to on-premises postfix email server through office 365 EOP. • Consolidated four independent Windows 2008 DHCP servers to Windows 2012R2 DHCP failover model. • Active Directory GPO remediation and consolidation. • Migrated and consolidated disparate DNS zones to a single Active Directory DNS.

Irving, Tx, Us

Design, configure and implemented new greenfield Datacenter, on Cisco UCS-B 200 chassis using Hyper-V 2012 R2 Hypervisor and Virtual Machine Manager Architected, installed, managed, and supported, Private Production & Management cloud leveraging Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 integration following Microsoft Platform Level Architecture. Installed and configure Highly Available Virtual Production SQL 2014 Failover ClusterDesign, installed and configured Microsoft KMS, MAPS and other management tools including Linux-based tools such as Icinga, CactiSourced, Installed, configure and manage company storage platform. Utilizing Tintri VM store 820 over iSCSI and NetApp FAS2240 over Fiber Channel to Cisco 6248 Fabric interconnects. Install, configure Active Directory Azure Connect for Office 365 integration for 10,000 users. Install, configure Service Manager 2012 R2Install, configure / HAProxy load balancer for Exchange 2013 five node cluster supporting 10k mailboxes Manage various IT projects and Vendors relationships Configure Multi-Active Directory Trusted Forests Manager over 10,000 users in Windows 2012 R2 Active Directory within Multi-forest environment Upgraded 10,000 users from Exchange 2007 to 2013 with Hybrid O365 integration using Azure Active Directory Connect. Manage internal and public DNS for multi-domains and Multi-Active Directory forests. Installed, and configured Postfix MTA smart host on CentOS for 8,000 usersProvide vendor management and technology sourcing to meet company objectivesLeverage PowerShell to manage Windows Environment to automate manual tasks saving many working hours a week. Migrate 150 virtual machines from VMware ESXI 5.5 to new data center Hyper-V 2012R2 Install configure Microsoft Data Protection Manager with Azure Backup Vault storage integration as well as Azure Site Recovery.Migrated small subsidiary company off of Microsoft Exchange 2010 to office 365Upgraded Active Directory forest level from 2003 to 2012R2

Ft Worth, Tx, Us

• Provide Windows Support for all Microsoft Products used at Morrison Supply • Rebuilt and re-architected Morrison Private Production & Management Hyper-V 2012R2 cloud with Virtual Machine Manger 2012 R2• Install / configure /manage EqualLogic Storage• Configure and manage Compellent Storage • Installed, configure, manage DataCore SAN software • Manage various IT projects and Vendors• Manage All Storage for Morrison Supply Dell Equallogic, Compellent as well as DataCore• Manger over 1400 users in Windows 2012 Active Directory • Manage Morrison Supply Registrar • Mange DNS, DHCP • Installed and Manage CentOS Postfix mail relay server• Redesigned Morrison's Microsoft Active Directory OU's as well as group policy's• Installed and configured Company file and print server• Implemented Exchange 2010 Hybrid server to work with Office 365 & upgraded from 2010 to Exchange 2013• Installed and configure Microsoft Operation Manager, Microsoft Orchestrator, Microsoft Service Manager• Manage and upgraded Microsoft federation proxy servers 2012R2 • Manage Company Microsoft 365 • Setup and configured SharePoint 365 many internal departments• Implemented Icinga and Cati for monitoring of systems • Provide vendor management and technology sourcing meet company objectives• Provide innovative ways to automate manual tasks via PowerShell• Assist with long term and strategic software and hardware planning• Ensure processes are streamlined and automated to ensure business continuity