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AMEET LAKHANI

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Toronto, ON M6R 2B9 actbyz@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: To obtain position that will effectively utilize my skills, experience and knowledge in the Field of Information Technology as a System administrator SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATION

Over 5 years of experience in the field of LAN and WAN Engineering, including administration, designing deployment and maintenance of windows network servers and Cisco network devices

Extensive hands on experience in Cisco Routers/Switches, Windows 2003/2008/2012 server, VMware ESXi 5, Exchange 2007/2010, SQL server 2008, Disaster Recovery, Linux, Group policies, Migration and Backup

Excellent interpersonal, team work, analytical, communication and troubleshooting skills with great work ethics

Skilled in troubleshooting IT resources, evaluating alternatives, and recommending solutions

Graduated in computer engineering, Post graduation in wireless networking from GBC, Cisco, Microsoft certified

Currently in process of writing ITILv3 and preparing for CCIE exam and Cloud computing TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems Windows XP//7/8, 2003/2008/2012 server, Red Hat, Centos, Ubuntu, Cisco IOS Protocols VPN, IPSec, AAA, ACL, VLAN, VTP, HSRP,STP, RIP,OSPF,EIGRP,NAT,PAT, POP SMTP, Radius, MPLS, Frame Relay, TCP/IP

Servers VMware ESXi 5, File server, Terminal server, Hyper-V, Backup, AD, DHCP, DNS, Exchange server 2007/ 2010, SQL server 2008, DFS, WSUS, WDS, Power shell Tools Putty, VNC, Winscp, SSH, Pumpkin, Wireshark, Visio, Clonzilla imaging, MS Office Hardware HP Proliant, Dell Power Edge, Cisco Routers/Switches, Firewall, ASA, NAS, AP PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Network Administrator

Metro College of Technology Toronto, Canada [April 11 – Present]

Maintained LAN/WAN in excellent working state. Worked on maintaining interconnection between all networks with IP protocol, Cisco routers and switches in the mixed Ethernet and wireless TCP/IP network

Installed, configured, administer and supported Active directory, ADC, child domain, internal DNS, DHCP, File server, Terminal server, Exchange Server 2010, SQL server 2008, windows backup server on VMware ESXi

Administer multi server windows 2008 LAN, 200 workstation and end users on Vmware ESXi 5 environment

Performed migration of server 2003 domain controller to Windows server 2008 on physical Server

Managed and configured domain users, group policies, groups, OU, Quotas, file screening and permission

Carried out maintenance, administration and upgrading of network systems, hardware and software

Installed software packages through group policies and configured imaging on desktop/laptops using Clonzilla

Created VLAN and port security on switches to segregate office administration and Class lab environment

Maintained service packs, patches and fixes both on servers and desktops through WSUS

Developed and documented procedures for hardware/software and maintained licenses of all engineering s/w

Established communication with all the software company for latest updates and its licenses released, downloaded upgraded software installed and copied license files to appropriate network locations, tested and made available to students. Maintained inventory records of all items purchased & consumed

Deployed Windows Deployment Server(WDS) to expedite the process of deploying new images

Created and maintained mailboxes, transport rules, journaling, public folder, outlook, RBAC on Exchange 2010

Created multiple instances, databases and configured replication b/w instances, backup, import/export on SQL 2008 in lab environment for students and maintained database level user security privileges 2

Network Analyst

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Milton, Canada [Sept 12 – Feb 13]

Assisted in designing project plan and migration of ISP network from ehealth to Bell Network

Redesigned the Active Directory Infrastructure and configured group policies, Cisco ASA

Introduced and configured IT Ticketing system (Spice works) for supporting technical problems

Conducted assessment for CMHA Network and provided recommendation and suggestion

Planned and implemented the disaster recovery system. Created Disaster Recovery documentation for all critical server :QA, Development & Production servers System Administrator

Logistics Alliance Canada [Oct 10 – April 11]

Managed all aspects of several network implementations including network planning, design, testing, documentation, deployment and maintenance of Windows and Linux(Ubuntu) based environment

Designed and deployed complete LAN/WAN network. Configured Windows 2008 server on HP.

Mapped drives, installed Cisco switches, VLAN, AP, Net-gear Firewall and setup VPN server and client

Installed and configured Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, RRAS, SQL server 2008, applied group policies

Configured backup on Network Area Storage(NAS) and upgrade firmware of NAS to new Version

Created RAID 1 on Windows Server 2008 for fault tolerance and formulated backup strategy

Configured roll-over (Multi-homing) ISP connection on Net-gear Firewall

Deployed and created images of Win 7/XP through Conzilla, installed office 2007/2010, anti-virus

Upgraded windows vista and windows 7 home edition to windows 7 professional edition

Evaluated backup solution providers and provided recommendation Network Analyst

Katz Group Canada (Rexall /Pharma plus) [April 10 - Aug 10]

Worked on hardware and networking support for 400 plus pharmacies

Award of appreciation from Director of Katz Group for network performance improvement

Replace Cisco IOS of 400+ ISR 1800 Routers to 12.4(15) T12 in Production Environment

Renew Cisco IOS of 400+ Switches (2950/2960) through scripts and deployed 400+ IOS images

Implemented IPSec VPN including site-to-site, client and researched on new Cisco IOS

Tested the new Cisco IOS through Secure CRT, putty and easy VPN remotely

Documented network equipments and updated the project status through weekly group meetings Technical Consultant

National Bank [Mar 08 – Aug 09]

Assisted Head Infrastructure Wing during the development process of Disaster Recovery Plan (Connectivity Solution) of 12 Regional Data Centers

Involved in the formulation of NBP IT Security Policy Document approved by IT steering committee

Prepared and assisted development of various Requests for Proposals (RFP) as per Terms of References for WAN projects and project management consultancy for Core banking

Provided technical evaluation of proposed vendor solution and drafted SLR for online connectivity

Conducted gap analysis for various business process for Fidelity core banking solution EDUCATION / TRAININGS

Wireless Networking George Brown College, Toronto, ON August 2010 Bachelor of Engineering in Computer System December 2007 Certification :- CCNA, CCNA(Security), MCTS(AD), MCTS(Network Infra), MCTS(Exchange 2010) certified Training :-CCNP, RHCE, MCTS, Linux+, CISSP, PMP, ITILv3 REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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