FAISAL NISAR

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware: ESX *.*, ESXi 5.5, ESXi 6.0, 7.0, Datacenter, vCenter Server, VCSA, vSphere Client, vSphere Web Client, Storage, Networking, Clustering, Template, Clone, ESX Host Upgrade, ESXi Migration P2V and V2V,Virtual Standard Switch, Virtual Distributed Switch, HA, DRS, DPM, Schedule Task, ISCSI, PROD, Vmotion Channels, SAN/NAS, Fibre channel, LUN masking, NIC Teaming, RAID Controller-IBM, HP, DELL, Racking and Stacking Microsoft Active Directory: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 – 2019, DHCP, DNS, Terminal Server/Remote Desktop Services, WDS,, Created User and Computers, Group Policies, WMI and Security Filter, creation of AD sites, monitoring of replication, Provisioning and De-provisioning on AD groups, FSMO roles maintenance, WAIK and DISM Tool for golden images, LDAP, RODC, In-place migration and side by side migration of AD domain controllers

Hyper-V: Creation of VM on Host and Cluster, Configured Shared LUN, Networks for Live Migration, ISCSi and Production, Checkpoints of VM’s, Quorum drive, Multipath disk I/O SCCM: O\S Capturing and Deployment, Applications package, Software Updates, Packages, Primary and Secondary Sites, WSUS, Task Sequence, Boundaries, Discovery, Master Collection, SUP, Site server, Server patching, MP, DP, SCCM Client Databases: My SQL, SQL Server and SQL Express

Citrix: IMA Architecture: PS4.5, 5.0, 6.0, 6.5, ZDC, Web Interface, Delivery Controller, Store Front, Licensing Server, Xenapp servers, ZDC Farm, LHC, Citrix Zones, Worker Groups, Configuration Logging, Citrix Streaming, App Pre - launch, Session Lingering, CTX Modeling wizard, Load balancing, Load Evaluator, Cirtix Printing, CTX policies FMA Architecture: Xendesktop 7.0 to Citrix Virtual Apps&Desktops7 2203, Storefront, Delivery Controller, MCS, Provisioning server, Connection Leasing, Standard disk, Private Disk, updating standard disk, Virtual devices, VDA, App Disk, App layering, VDI NetScaler/ADC: Configured VIP, SNIP/MIP, NSIP, Created virtual server object, access gateway solutions & SSL certificate, MPX, SDX, VPX, GSLB, load balancing Monitoring Servers:

Integration of Solar Winds into existing infrastructure servers, configuring different alerts mechanisms, setting up performance thresholds, Network Performance monitor, Server Configuration monitor, Log Analyzer, creation of different reports based on alerts Cloud Services /Azure/ M365:

Datacenter,Region, AzureZones, Created users using bulk user method and PowerShell, Management Group, Custom Domain, MX Records, AZURE TENANT, Subscription, Resource Group, Azure Active Directory, Enterprise Applications, SSPR, Azure AD Connect, Password Writeback, Hash Synchronization, PTA, Custom Policy, Conditional Access Policy, Region policy, RBAC, SSO, SAML, MFA, Custom Domains, Groups, License, PAAS, IAAS, SAAS, Identity Governance, PowerShell, Cloud Shell, Administrative Units PROJECTS

• Built and Configured Delivery

Controller, Store Front and Licensing

servers for XenApp & XenDesktop 7.18.

• Built Provisioning Servers, created V-

Disks, diskless devices and upgraded

APP Disk

• AD Migration from Microsoft Windows

Server 2008 to Microsoft Windows

Server 2012R2 and then to 2016

• Decommissioned Servers and did

metadata cleanup and transferred

FSMO Roles

• Created and Configured AD Sites

• Installed and Configured ESXi servers

and worked with the migration team

to perform Host Upgrade and V2V

migration

• Migrated, deployed and configured

VCSA 7.0 from V-Center 6.7

• Using SCCM, performed bulk

deployment of Windows 10 over

500+desktops

• Performed In-place migration project

using SCCM to upgrade Microsoft

Windows 10 20H2 to 22H2

• In SCCM, used USMT tool to capture,

restore and release same user profiles

• Utilized the WAIK tool to capture,

create and deploy Golden Images for

different line of businesses

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-

104)

• Citrix Certified Associate, Virtualization

(CCA-V)

• Certificate in Advance Data Analytics

and Advance Data science, York

University, Toronto (2018)

• Certificate in Big Data Analytics, York

University, Toronto (2018)

• M.Sc. in Economics PIDE University,

Islamabad (2009)

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SUMMARY

Detail oriented IT Specialist with 6+ years of experience, specializing in network administration, Troubleshooting, CITRIX/Virtualization, HYPER-V, VMWARE, Microsoft ENDPOINT MANAGER, WINDOWS ACTIVE DIRECTORY, SOLARWINDS, Microsoft AZURE, Office 365.Team player offering dynamic personality and strengths in cultivating valuable relationships with clients. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SURE SYSTEMS JANUARY 2023 TO PRESENT

CALGARY, AB

Cloud/Virtualization Administrator

Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop

• Installed and configured Citrix 7.18 environment components such as DC, SF and licensing server

• Created multiple Citrix sites for different line of business

• Setup secure connections between client machine and store front

• Created different delivery groups for delivering virtual applications and desktops based on business need

• Created master machines with apps, VDA, firewall off, time synced with DC and other network settings

• Added Desktop and Server O/S in the Machine Catalogue by using MCS

• Built and configured Citrix Provisioning Server for the creation and delivery of diskless machines

• Created and Configured a Logical Unit for Virtual Disk with the help of the PVS Console

• Created Virtual Machines to boot from PXE server

• Configured DHCP in Active Directory and edited line 66 and 67

• Created Private disk using PVS server and changed it to Standard disk

• Created many Virtual Devices on the Standard Disk that are connected to diskless VM’s

• Created multiple Citrix Policies and applied them for session reliability, lingering and print mapping

• Created a Citrix policy to map UPD printer drivers for computers which don’t have default printer drivers

• Updated Standard disk for patches, applications and drivers using versioning method

• Executed troubleshooting issues for authentication, printing and issues accessing apps

• Administered Netscaler and created Virtual Server appliances and assigned VIP, SNIP and NSIP

• Attached SSL certificate to VS for secure access to Citrix internal environment

• Configured various Netscaler policies such as load balancing, GSLB and secure access to gateway VMware

• Installed, configured and administered ESXi servers 6.7 and V-Center 6.7

• Created a virtual distributed and virtual switch by configuring network switches

• Configured ISCSi, PROD and vMotion channels using v-Center

• Installed updated tools in VMs for better performance

• Installed and tested desktops and servers in test environment before sending them live

• Attached shared network storage with ESXi hosts and saved VM files into it

• Performed hot and cold migration of VMs

• Connected ESXi host with the AD Domain and performed VM kernel Networking

• Installed and configured V-Center, V-Sphere client, added hosts into the data center

• Used virtual distributed switch for centralized management of Virtual networking

• Configured networking port groups and assigned multiple NICS to ISCSI, VMotion & PROD

• Created clustered environment by adding hosts and enabled cluster features such as HA,DRS, DPM

• Configured and attached shared storage with cluster for VMs

• Extended VM disks to resolve the low storage issue

• Created templates, clones and virtual machines for various line of business

• Created resource pool for existing VMs to use available resources to maximum level

• Applied Affinity and Anti-Affinity rule on set of specific VMs to better manager resources

• Created logical unit in SAN with consultation of networking and storage team

• Performed troubleshooting for VMotion and ISCSi

• Performed remote host upgrade from ESXi 6.7 to 7.0 and V2V migration using loaner LUN Azure Active Directory and Office365

• Maintained and managed the client environment in Azure Active Directory and M365.

• Added Management, resource group and Resources in the multiple regions according to the requirement.

• Created and maintained the Administrative Units for the different regions and LOB and assigned roles.

• Managed RBAC for multiple users and Groups, Assigned permissions on the Groups and AU to admins.

• Manage a project of getting Azure AD connect enrol with the client environment and maintained it.

• Troubleshoot the User password issues with the help of AD connect Synchronisation and monitored it.

• Ran the Azure AD connect sync manually and with the help of PowerShell commands

• Changed the Authentication Synchronisation methods as per the company requirement.

• Enable the Password writeback for the On-premises users and troubleshoot their SSPR issues.

• Created Azure Policies and Custom Policies and applied different conditions as per the requirement.

• Applied the policies on the Management Groups / Subscription / Resource Group and Validated.

• Created and Modified the Enterprise applications for the Users and enable the SSO using the certificates on the client portal.

• Added the Custom domains and validated the MX and TXT records on the DNS hosting Manager.

• Created the Virtual Machines and managed the networking on the Azure portal.

• Managed the storage on the portal and created the File Share and mapped on the User machines.

• Create and manage the user accounts in Office 365

• Monitor and troubleshoot email and other Office 365 services.

• Implement and manage security features to protect Office 365 data.

• Configure and maintain Office 365 applications, such as SharePoint and Teams.

• Collaborate with other IT professionals to integrate Office 365 with other systems.

• Provide Office 365 support to coworkers.

• Configure and manage cloud services.

MEGAWIRE INC SEPTEMBER 2020 TO NOVEMBER 2022

KITCHENER, ON

Cloud/Virtualization Administrator

SCCM

• Installed, managed and administered SCCM environment on Windows Server 2012R2

• Configured multiple SCCM Components, such as sites, DP, MP and CAS

• Created multiple packages of Drivers, O\S and apps and forwarded to Distribution point

• Created a task sequence how a installation happens of O\S, Apps, software client

• Installed and configured the WSUS and SUP for Microsoft Updates

• With the help of WSUS and SUP, got software updates and patches

• Installed SCCM Client on users machines by push method, with Group Policy and OS deployment

• Resolved issues with SCCM installation by looking at the log files

• Created boundaries, groups and Device collections

• Maintained daily updates and patches of servers and desktops O/S

• Updated ADK Version 1909 for Windows 10 to ADK Version 20H2 for Windows 10

• Created site server and setup the primary and secondary sites

• Assisted with scheduling for maintenance of servers on day-to-day basis

• Created a package for install.wim and Boot.wim and deployed the package to DP

• By looking at wsyncmgr.log to check the synchronization and monitored site server

• Edited the boot.image to check SMS TS log to identify issues during OS deployment

• Performed Discovery of devices and created different device collections for better deployment

• Performed in-place migration of Windows 10 20H2 to Windows 10 22H2 and restored user profiles by using USMT tool

Active Directory

• Configured Windows Server 2016 by adding ADDS role and created a forest and multiple domains

• Promoted domain controller in Windows Server 2016 and created child domains

• Resolved the issues of security and low bandwidth in remote areas by adding RODC

• Provisioned and de-provisioned resources by using groups and assigned group scopes.

• Using command line, I used a command regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll to register the schema for FSMO maintenance

• In management console, added a schema snap in for updating and changing schema.

• Used GUI and command line methods to transfer and seize the FSMO roles.

• By accessing GPMC console created different policies and applied them on different levels such as OU, Site and Domain Level.

• Used Security groups to apply policies on selected users

• Created multiple sites and managed the replications between sites

• Monitored replication completion between sites using commands such as repladmin

• Installed and configured DHCP scope for assigning IPs to devices and reserved certain IPs when necessary

• Performed various kinds of troubleshooting such as related to user profiles, user access, authentication issues

• Configured LDAP for the communication with other environments such as VMware and Citrix Azure Active Directory

• Created and managed groups with the pre-defined conditions and assigned the RBAC and licenses.

• Maintained the groups with Static and Dynamic query, Added and removed users during on/off boarding.

• Knowledge of adding multiple Users with CSV and Scripts in the Portal with the predefined conditions.

• Troubleshoot the User Sign-in issues and resolved the User log in issue with the logs found in the portal. TRIELLA CORP FEBUARY 2019 TO AUGUST 2020

TORONTO, ON

Virtualization Analyst

Citrix XenApp

• Installed and configured the Citrix XenApp 6.5 farm and managed servers such as WI, ZDC, Lic Server

• Managed and updated Citrix licenses using Licensing server

• Used Web Interface server to create unique Citrix Sites for different line of business users

• Performed Citrix Site maintenance when the site was corrupt

• Enabled Config Logging to monitor the activities of Citrix Administrators

• Created various worker groups and published applications on them

• Configured Citrix streaming profiler and streamed applications towards servers and clients.

• Created, prioritized and applied Citrix policies after confirming winning policy through Citrix Modeling Wizard

• Used Load Evaluators to determine load reporting of each application and assigned resources accordingly

• Configured the Citrix printing policies to map drivers for devices

• Troubleshoot data store connectivity issues, application compatibility issues.

• Resolved day to day issues of Citrix infrastructure related to application slowness, access, and printing issues VMware

• Installed ESXi 6.0 hypervisor on bare metal servers and performed network configuration

• Created multiple NIC teams for better speed and network traffic management

• Manually created a Host A record in the DNS for ESXi host to make it a domain member

• Configured V-Center on Windows Server 2008R2 and added hosts into it for centralized management of hosts

• Created and configured VM Kernel adapters for communication between virtual and physical networks

• Created clusters, added multiple hosts into it and enabled cluster features like HA, DRS, DPM

• Worked with storage team to connect LUN to the cluster where VM files could be saved

• Created VSS on the host and configured the networking

• Created multiple VMs on the host, installed VM tools and provided access to designated users

• Took clones and templates of existing virtual machines for faster deployments and migrations

• Monitored and resolved server issues on daily basis

• Created a resource pool in the cluster for the Virtual Machines

• Used Veeam tool for taking backup of V-center

• Created VDS for centralized management of VMs and assigned different policies through VDS PARONUBI JUNE 2017 TO NOVEMBER 2018

TORONTO, ON

System Administrator

Active Directory

• Installed and configured multiple domain controllers for load balancing

• Created and Managed OUs, User and computer Accounts and Groups.

• Created GPOs and applied on different levels

• Created and applied AD Group Policies on different levels.

• Seized and transfer FSMO roles

• Created and configured AD sites using AD Sites & Services for faster login and site failover.

• Configured site links, cost and interval in Inter Site Replication.

• Raised Forest and Domain Functional Level.

• Created and modified AD objects using ADSI-EDIT tool Hyper-V

• Installed configured and managed the Hyper-V and 2012R2 virtualization environment.

• Created and configured Hyper-V cluster and migrated the virtual machine.

• Created new virtual machines from templates for various LOB

• Created virtual server Checkpoints before installing software or applying patches.

• Created NIC Teaming for load balancing of virtual machines.

• Configured the Networking for ISCSI, LIVE MIGRATION and PROD channels.

• Created and configured the quorum drive and shared Storage for virtual machines.

• Enabled and configured the live Migration.

SOLARWINDS

• Ensured that SolarWinds product is properly integrated with other IT systems in the environment

• Designed monitoring solutions to check the performance and health of server, desktops and applications

• Configured alert rules and set up threshold to indentify issues and responded to these issues.

• Created customized reports to provide relevant information to concerned departments

• Set up notification mechanisms to send alert to relevant department/personal in case of system failures COMMERX AUGUST 2016 TO MAY 2017

MISSISSAUGA, ON

Technical Support

• Responded to inbound, calls, email and Service Now tickets about different issues related to desktops, network, and printers

• Kept record of all the tickets, issues and steps taken to resolve them

• Used escalation form for the tickets which were either not resolved or required higher level of authorization

• Set up user profiles for new hires and provided them with new equipment as per managers instructions

• Managed files of all the purchase invoices and contacted vendors for price quotes

• Provided technical support for Windows 7, MS Office, VPN, Active Directory

• Served as the first point of contact for employees/associate support

• Helping users resolve issues with computer technologies, contributing to IT system optimization, communicating with clients to resolve technical issues, and ensuring that personnel can utilize the systems and software that they need.

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