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Updated: 29-Sep-2020
Windows System Administrator
Bradford West Gwillimbury, ON
Great team member with over 4 years of practical experience in Information Technology. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in designing, installing, managing, configuring and troubleshooting windows servers. Extensive knowledge in creating user accounts, assigning permissions, managing security groups and distribution groups. Ability to multitask and effectively solve problems in the shortest time to keep the organization operational. Worked in many IT projects such as Windows 7 migration, and domain migration etc.
Work Experience
Windows System Administrator
Salimi Investments
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Fremont, CA
July 2017 to Present
Active Directory
• Supported and managed Active Directory on windows server 2003, 2008 R2 and 2012 R2.
• Provisioned, configured and supported Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 R2/2012 R2.
• Administrated Active Directory Group Policies and redesigned OU structure in Active directory.
• Migrated Active Directory users, OUs and groups using Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT).
• Managed, troubleshoot and supported Domain Controllers on Windows Server 2003, 2008R2/2012R2.
• Managed Active Directory Users and Computers using CSVDE/LDIFDE scripts.
• Troubleshoot and Performed upgrades, installation of software and drivers of desktops and Thin Clients.
• Installed and implemented additional domain controller, DHCP servers and DNS servers.
• Provided redundancy for services and technical guidance in case failover of the domain controller.
• Deployed system patches and MS Security upgrade for servers, workstations and desktop applications.
• Maintained the NetBackup Infrastructure, preformed restores and remediated failures.
• Provided on call support as issues came across, resolved tickets as per severity level incidents.
• Worked with Business units on daily support issues, using Remedy ticket tracking system.
• Worked with most of the development workflows in BizTalk Server 2010/2013 using ESB Toolkit.
• Configured Biztalk and Bizlink for external entities and transferred data between business partners using secure protocol.
• Remotely administrated and supported servers and Clients through RDP.
• Configured Group Policy Objects to create a secure Windows Infrastructure.
• Installed, Configuring, and Troubleshooting the Network Policy Server Role.
• Set up, tested and implemented Site, OU Structure, Groups, Users in Active directory.
• Maintained daily Backups and monitored network performance, utilization and security.
• Created and managed service accounts.
• Managed Windows Server Update Services.
• Extended Schema to prepare forest for exchange environment
Citrix
• Installed and configured Terminal Licensing Server and Citrix Licensing Server on Windows Server 2012R2.
• Provisioned and Installed Citrix XenApp servers with an existing delivery controller in Citrix 7.6.
• Installed, configured and managed Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop Server 7.6.
• Monitored and maintained the Citrix XenApp environment 6.5 and 7.6.
• Provisioned, Installed and configured Citrix Provisioning Services with Citrix XenApp 7.6 platform.
• Provisioned, Installed and Customized Citrix Web Interface/Storefronts.
• Restricted and controlled a secure environment for Citrix, using AD GPOs and Citrix Policies.
• Created 200 Desktop workstations on top of Citrix Xen Server using Citrix Xen Center.
• Created machine catalogues and delivery groups in Citrix 7.6 environment using Citrix management Studio.
• Installed and tested applications before deploying into the production environment.
• Published desktops and applications to the end users using Provisioning Services.
• Created Master images on XenApp servers and provided VMs to the users using MCS.
• Provisioned, published and streamed applications on Storefront using Citrix XenApp Server 7.6.
VMware
• Installed, Configured, Managed, and Troubleshoot ESXi 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0 + VSAN Infrastructures.
• Performed VM hot/cold migration and storage VMotion.
• Managed power utilization with Distributed Power Management.
• Managed, monitored, and troubleshot server health, and data storage.
• Enabled High Availability, VMotion, DRS and DPM.
• Installed and configured the VCenter Server.
• Managed the VMware environment using VCenter.
• Configured DRS, HA, Resource Pools, vApp, Alarms Triggers, Permissions, Host Profiles, VUM.
• Created Datacenter in the VMware Vcenter inventory.
• Worked with Snapshots, Templates, Roles and VM clones.
• Migrated physical environment into VMware vSphere or enhanced.
• Installed Windows 7 by executing the OS image at start up and running the PXE Boot.
• Supported and managed Active Directory on windows server 2003, 2008 R2 and 2012 R2.
• Provisioned, configured and supported Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 R2/2012 R2.
• Administrated Active Directory Group Policies and redesigned OU structure in Active directory.
• Migrated Active Directory users, OUs and groups using Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT).
• Managed, troubleshoot and supported Domain Controllers on Windows Server 2003, 2008R2/2012R2.
• Managed Active Directory Users and Computers using CSVDE/LDIFDE scripts.
• Troubleshoot and Performed upgrades, installation of software and drivers of desktops and Thin Clients.
• Installed and implemented additional domain controller, DHCP servers and DNS servers.
• Provided redundancy for services and technical guidance in case failover of the domain controller.
• Deployed system patches and MS Security upgrade for servers, workstations and desktop applications.
• Maintained the NetBackup Infrastructure, preformed restores and remediated failures.
• Provided on call support as issues came across, resolved tickets as per severity level incidents.
• Worked with Business units on daily support issues, using Remedy ticket tracking system.
• Worked with most of the development workflows in BizTalk Server 2010/2013 using ESB Toolkit.
• Configured Biztalk and Bizlink for external entities and transferred data between business partners using secure protocol.
• Remotely administrated and supported servers and Clients through RDP.
• Configured Group Policy Objects to create a secure Windows Infrastructure.
• Installed, Configuring, and Troubleshooting the Network Policy Server Role.
• Set up, tested and implemented Site, OU Structure, Groups, Users in Active directory.
• Maintained daily Backups and monitored network performance, utilization and security.
• Created and managed service accounts.
• Managed Windows Server Update Services.
• Extended Schema to prepare forest for exchange environment
Citrix
• Installed and configured Terminal Licensing Server and Citrix Licensing Server on Windows Server 2012R2.
• Provisioned and Installed Citrix XenApp servers with an existing delivery controller in Citrix 7.6.
• Installed, configured and managed Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop Server 7.6.
• Monitored and maintained the Citrix XenApp environment 6.5 and 7.6.
• Provisioned, Installed and configured Citrix Provisioning Services with Citrix XenApp 7.6 platform.
• Provisioned, Installed and Customized Citrix Web Interface/Storefronts.
• Restricted and controlled a secure environment for Citrix, using AD GPOs and Citrix Policies.
• Created 200 Desktop workstations on top of Citrix Xen Server using Citrix Xen Center.
• Created machine catalogues and delivery groups in Citrix 7.6 environment using Citrix management Studio.
• Installed and tested applications before deploying into the production environment.
• Published desktops and applications to the end users using Provisioning Services.
• Created Master images on XenApp servers and provided VMs to the users using MCS.
• Provisioned, published and streamed applications on Storefront using Citrix XenApp Server 7.6.
VMware
• Installed, Configured, Managed, and Troubleshoot ESXi 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0 + VSAN Infrastructures.
• Performed VM hot/cold migration and storage VMotion.
• Managed power utilization with Distributed Power Management.
• Managed, monitored, and troubleshot server health, and data storage.
• Enabled High Availability, VMotion, DRS and DPM.
• Installed and configured the VCenter Server.
• Managed the VMware environment using VCenter.
• Configured DRS, HA, Resource Pools, vApp, Alarms Triggers, Permissions, Host Profiles, VUM.
• Created Datacenter in the VMware Vcenter inventory.
• Worked with Snapshots, Templates, Roles and VM clones.
• Migrated physical environment into VMware vSphere or enhanced.
• Installed Windows 7 by executing the OS image at start up and running the PXE Boot.
System Admin
Sun Shine Rug Inc
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Mississauga, ON
May 2016 to July 2017
Active Directory
• Managed Microsoft 2003 and 2008 servers in the environment.
• Supported internal and remote users with lockouts and password resets.
• Involved in IT Projects such as Windows 7 Migration and Domain Migration.
• Upgraded MS Server 2003 to Server 2008 on the selected Virtual machines.
• Installed and configured Hyper V as a hypervisor in a test environment.
• Performed the scheduled backups using backup tools.
• Managed and configured printers and mapped printers for various branches.
• Managed file servers and saved user profiles.
• Performed server hardening by applying group policies and user permissions.
• Created and managed shared folder and assigned permissions to users.
• Created Roaming profiles, Logon script, home folder and added users to security groups.
• Backed up and migrated user data from old computer to the new computer.
• Joined the new desktops onto the domain network using admin credentials.
• Resolved VPN connectivity issues for external clients.
SCCM
• Provided 3rd level support on all existing SCCM 2012 Servers, including Client Issue.
• Upgraded desktops from Microsoft XP to Microsoft Windows 7 using SCCM suite.
• Created Collections in SCCM 2012 based on Software installed and AD Security Group.
• Configured new packages once it is tested in SCCM environment.
• Created Task Sequence in SCCM 2012 to deploy Windows 7 on desktops/laptops.
• SCCM Patch Distribution / SCCM Software Distribution.
• Created Task Sequence in SCCM 2012 to deploy Windows 7 on company desktops/laptops.
• Migrated over 200 workstations from Windows XP to windows 7 using SCCM.
• Managed Microsoft 2003 and 2008 servers in the environment.
• Supported internal and remote users with lockouts and password resets.
• Involved in IT Projects such as Windows 7 Migration and Domain Migration.
• Upgraded MS Server 2003 to Server 2008 on the selected Virtual machines.
• Installed and configured Hyper V as a hypervisor in a test environment.
• Performed the scheduled backups using backup tools.
• Managed and configured printers and mapped printers for various branches.
• Managed file servers and saved user profiles.
• Performed server hardening by applying group policies and user permissions.
• Created and managed shared folder and assigned permissions to users.
• Created Roaming profiles, Logon script, home folder and added users to security groups.
• Backed up and migrated user data from old computer to the new computer.
• Joined the new desktops onto the domain network using admin credentials.
• Resolved VPN connectivity issues for external clients.
SCCM
• Provided 3rd level support on all existing SCCM 2012 Servers, including Client Issue.
• Upgraded desktops from Microsoft XP to Microsoft Windows 7 using SCCM suite.
• Created Collections in SCCM 2012 based on Software installed and AD Security Group.
• Configured new packages once it is tested in SCCM environment.
• Created Task Sequence in SCCM 2012 to deploy Windows 7 on desktops/laptops.
• SCCM Patch Distribution / SCCM Software Distribution.
• Created Task Sequence in SCCM 2012 to deploy Windows 7 on company desktops/laptops.
• Migrated over 200 workstations from Windows XP to windows 7 using SCCM.
Education
NETSOFT IT Academy (Private Career College)
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Mississauga, ON
Skills
• Microsoft Active Directory 2003 /R2 • Microsoft Hyper-V • Provisioning Services 7.6 • Microsoft Active Directory 2008 /R2 • Citrix XenApp 5.0 / 6.5/ 7.6 • App-V • Microsoft Active Directory 2012 /R2 • Group Policies • VDI • Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 • TCP / DHCP / DNS • ESXi 5.1/5.5/6.0 • Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 • IIS / WSUS / NLB • Xen Center 6.5 • Microsoft SCCM Server 2007 • VMware vSphere 5.1 • XenServer 6.5 • Microsoft SCCM Server 2012 • VMware vSphere 5.5 • iSCSI Storage/Fibre Channel/NAS/ • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 /2008/2012 • Switches / Routers • IMA/ICA/