Name
Konstantin Traykov
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DODI 8570 Compliance
Level 1: Level II: Level III:
Current Clearance Level
Secret: Top Secret: TS/SCI: CI/Poly:
Education
M.S. Engineering, Ruse University, Bulgaria, 1997
Computer Administration Studies, Ruse University, Bulgaria, 1999
Relevant certifications, training, and proficiencies
MCSE Core Infrastructure, 2020
MCSA Windows Server 2016, 2020
ITILv3 Foundation in IT Service Management, 2019
CompTIA Security+, 2018
CompTIA Network+, 2007
CompTIA A+, 2006
Relevant technical skills
More than seventeen (17) years of experience in consulting and Network and System Engineering & Administration on large-scale Enterprise-wide projects. Support of more than 160 000+ users.
Deployment, setup, and support VOIP servers (Voice over IP phone central) based on Asterisk and FreePBX. Create trunks and setup VOIP hardware.
Experience supporting engineering and integration support to Microsoft Office 365 and Skype for Business.
Experience with Microsoft Azure.
Experience leading ADFS Engineering efforts on Enterprise level program for the U.S. Army National Guard.
Deployment, setup, and support Skype for Business 2015, Lync 2013 and connect to PBX and to different VOIP servers.
Experience with the main Linux distribution as Red Hat Linux, Cent OS, Fedora, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu.
Network design and architecture, supporting mission-critical business systems technologies, hardware and products such as Microsoft Windows operating systems (Win 98, Win NT4, Win XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 2003 R2 Server, Windows 2008 server, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012, Windows 2012 R2 server and Windows 2016 server, Windows 2019 server and Windows 2022 server, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Lion, Mac OS X High Sierra, Microsoft Office 2007-2016, network and system utilities, backup and restore software (Veritas System Recovery, Symantec System Recovery, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec Ghost, Acronis Backup Advanced Server, Acronis TrueImage and etc.), antivirus software (Symantec Endpoint Protection, Malwarebytes, Trend Micro, MacAfee, etc.), DOS and more.
Experience deploying and configuring Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 20003 Server R2 from scratch and set up and maintain user accounts using Active Directory and Group Polices.
Experience deploying and using WSUS server for remote update of workstations and servers.
Deployment and configuration of Exchange 2007 Server and Exchange 2010 Server.
Deployment and maintenance of CRM 2015, CRM 2013, and CRM 2011.
Deployment, setup, configuration, and maintenance of different type of virtualization technologies as Hyper-V and VMware servers and workstations.
Installation and configuration of RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6 and RAID 10 HD Arrays.
Deployment and setup of SAN networks and NAS devices and create access to them.
Working knowledge of switches and routers, set-up VPN site-to-site access or client/server configuration.
Set-up/management of Internet access along with firewalls. Setup and adjust hardware firewalls like SonicWall.
Experience with Bash and PowerShell.
Programming skills in Delphi 2007/2009/2010/2012 environments.
Working experience with SCCM, MDT, ADK, and DART.
Working knowledge to create, deploy and test Secure Host Baseline images. Testing servers and desktop images for STIG and ACAS compliance. Research, test, and deploy patches and STIG settings.
Relevant employment/project history:
1.Active Directory SME
ECS Fed
11/2022-current
• Serving as an Active Directory SME for FBI for US Department of Justice. With Enterprise level of support of more than 60 000+ users.
• Build and setup Domain Controllers, Member servers and workstations
• Request and assign SSL certificates to the servers
• Create, delete, modify domain user accounts, and assign permissions
• Create, delete, modify, and test GPO’s
• Using PowerShell scripts to modify objects in Active Directory or generate reports.
• Deploy, setup and maintain SQL Failover Clustered servers with Always On.
• Create and setup Failover Cluster servers, Clustered Shared Volumes.
• Resolve any problems related to Active Directory
• Setup DHCP servers
• Setup DNS servers
• Setup MBAM servers
• Setup AGPM (Advanced Group Policy Management) servers
Worked with customer to document requirements. Creating a Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) documents.
• Support product demo and working with sales.
• Deploy, support and maintain CrowdStrike.
• Deploy, support and maintain MDE (Microsoft Defender Endpoint).
• Resolve customer issues with Microsoft Online (Office365).
• Provide post deployment support to customer and Junior Engineers.
2.OneIdentity Active Rolls Server SME
World Wide Technologies
5/2022-10/2022
• Serving as a OneIdentity Active Rolls Server SME for USSOCOM for US Department of Defense. With Enterprise level of support of more than 90 000+ users.
• Maintain OneIdentity Active Rolls Server. Creating new rules and scripts to sync AD, Azure AD, Exchange on premises and Office 365.
• OneIdentity Active Rolls Server and all components patching. Including OneIdentity Active Rolls Frontend servers and OneIdentity Active Rolls Backend Servers (SQL servers).
• Microsoft monthly patching of OneIdentity Active Rolls Frontend servers and OneIdentity Active Rolls Backend Servers (SQL servers).
• Using PowerShell scripts for daily basis use.
Using ARS Console to create and modify ARS Workflow and create and modify ARS scripts. Assign sync jobs.
Worked with customer to document requirements. Creating a Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) documents.
Support product demo and working with sales.
Provide post deployment support to customer and Junior Engineers.
3.Systems Architect Senior Technical Specialist
Peraton
10/2021-5/2022
• Serving as a Systems Architect Senior Technical Specialist for National Security Council at White House Situation Room. With Enterprise level of support of more than 2 000+ users.
• Maintain McAfee ePO server and McAfee clients. Creating new rules and tags.
• McAfee core and all components patching.
• Microsoft monthly patching of ePO server.
• Using PowerShell scripts for daily basis use.
Build and setup Skype for Business farms, including Skype for Business Front End Servers, Skype for Business Back End Servers (SQL servers, including SQL Failover Clustered servers with Always On), and Persistent Chat Rooms servers.
Create, modify and delete Skype for Business users using PowerShell scripts or manually.
Create and managing Persistent Chat Rooms.
Request and assign SSL certificates to Skype servers.
Microsoft monthly patching of all Skype for Business servers.
Microsoft Skype for Business core patching.
Installing Splunk servers on Linux based virtual machines. Maintain and patch Splunk servers and deploy Splunk forwarder clients to monitored systems to collect log files. Create database queries to retrieve data.
Worked with customer to document requirements. Creating a Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) documents.
Support product demo and working with sales.
“Provide post deployment support to customer.
Worked with customer to document requirements. Creating a Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) documents.
Support product demo and working with sales.
Provide post deployment support to customer and Junior Engineers
4.Senior Advisor Systems Administrator
General Dynamics IT
12/2020-10/2021
• Serving as Senior Advisor System Administrator at US Southern Command for the U.S. Department of Defense. With Enterprise level of support of more than 8 000+ users.
• Build and setup Domain Controllers, Member servers and workstations
• Request and assign SSL certificates to the servers
• Create, delete, modify domain user accounts, and assign permissions
• Create, delete, modify, and test GPO’s
• Using PowerShell scripts to modify objects in Active Directory or generate reports.
• Deploy, setup and maintain SQL Failover Clustered servers with Always On.
• Create and setup Failover Cluster servers, Clustered Shared Volumes.
• Resolve any problems related to Active Directory
• Setup DHCP servers
• Setup DNS servers
• SCAP scanning of all servers and make them DISA STIG compliant. Research, test, and deploy patches and STIG settings.
Microsoft monthly patching of all Domain Controllers and Member servers.
Worked with customer to document requirements. Creating a Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) documents.
Support product demo and working with sales.
Provide post deployment support to customer and Junior Engineers.
5.Senior Unified Communications Engineer
Leidos Inc.
4/2020-12/2020
Serving as Senior Unified Communications Engineer at Defense Threat Reduction Agency for the U.S. Department of Defense. With Enterprise level of support of more than 5 000+ users.
Build and setup Skype for Business farms, including Skype for Business Front End Servers, Skype for Business Edge Servers, Skype for Business Back End Servers (SQL servers, including SQL Failover Clustered servers with Always On), Web Access Proxy (WAP) Servers and Persistent Chat Rooms servers.
Request and assign SSL certificates to the servers.
Managing Quality of Service in Skype for Business.
Create and managing Persistent Chat Rooms.
Create and maintain VOIP trunks, VOIP routes and dial plans.
Create, modify and delete Skype for Business users using PowerShell scripts or manually.
Resolve any problems related to Skype for Business environment.
SCAP scanning of all servers and make them DISA STIG compliant. Research, test, and deploy patches and STIG settings.
Microsoft monthly patching of all Skype servers.
Microsoft Skype for Business core patching.
6.Senior System Administrator
Cortek Inc.
1/2020-4/2020
Serving as Senior System Administrator at Data Center of Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of State. With Enterprise level of support of more than 500+ users.
Build and setup Domain Controllers, Member servers and workstations
Request and assign SSL certificates to the servers
Create, delete, modify domain user accounts and assign permissions
Create, delete, modify and test GPO’s
Azure Backup Server - System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) backups to Azure, using the Azure Backup service
Virtualized servers using Microsoft Hyper-V Hypervisor. Setup nodes and Roles
Deploy, setup and maintain SQL Failover Clustered servers with Always On.
Create and setup Failover Cluster servers, Clustered Shared Volumes.
Resolve any problems related to Active Directory
Setup DHCP servers
Setup DNS servers
Setup Remote Desktop Services with Remote Desktop Gateway, Remote Desktop License server, Remote Desktop Connection Broker, Remote Desktop Session Host servers
7.Senior Principal Sys S/W Analyst
Northrop Grumman
9/2019-1/2020
Serving as Senior Principal Sys S/W Analyst in support of an AWS projects for U.S. Army G8.
Work with AWS Gov Cloud and Commercial Cloud services
Build and deploy AWS EC2 instances.
Setup and support user accounts in AWS IAM
Setup and support AWS S3 buckets
Setup and support AWS VPC
Setup and support AWS Directory Service
Setup and support AWS Security groups
Setup and support AWS CloudFormation scripts
Build and setup Domain Controllers, Member servers and workstations
SCAP scanning of all servers and workstations and make them DISA STIG compliant. Research, test, and deploy patches and STIG settings.
Request and assign SSL certificates to the servers
Create, delete, modify domain user accounts and assign permissions
Create, delete, modify and test GPO’s
Resolve any problems related to Active Directory
Setup DHCP servers
Setup DNS servers
Setup Remote Desktop Services with Remote Desktop Gateway, Remote Desktop License server, Remote Desktop Connection Broker, Remote Desktop Session Host servers
8.Senior ADFS Systems Engineer
General Dynamics IT
11/2018-9/2019
Serving as a Senior Active Directory Federation Services Systems Engineer in support of an Enterprise level project for the U.S. National Guard. With Enterprise level of support of more than 160 000+ users.
SCAP scanning of all servers and make them DISA STIG compliant. Research, test, and deploy patches and STIG settings.
Design, build, deploy and support OCSP repeaters and setup AXWAY Desktop Validator.
Design, build and support on Enterprise level Skype for Business 2015, including deploy and setup from scratch Back End servers (SQL server 2016), Front end servers (Server 2016), Persistent Chat Rooms servers (Server 2016), Edge servers (Server2016), Web Application Proxy servers (Server 2016). Assign user accounts to Skype for Business using PowerShell scripts or manually.
Design, build, deploy and support Active Directory Federation Servers and create relaying trusts between specific servers to support Single Sign On (SSO) for SharePoint, Cisco Call Managers and Cisco Unified Communications.
Request and assign SSL certificates to the servers
Build and setup Domain Controllers and Member servers
Create, delete, modify domain user accounts and assign permissions
Create, delete, modify and test GPOs on Enterprise level
DFS Namespace servers and DFS Replication
Resolve any problems related to Active Directory
Setup DHCP servers
Setup DNS servers
9.Systems Engineer
Atlas Technologies, Inc
07/2018 – 11/2018
Serving as Systems Engineer in support of an Enterprise level project for the U.S. Coast Guard. With Enterprise level of support of more than 60 000+ users.
SCAP scanning of all servers and make them DISA STIG compliant. Research, test, and deploy patches and STIG settings.
Build, test and deploy customized server images based on Secure Host Baseline image
Work with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to accomplish building of customized server images
Change task sequence in the builds and add remove applications
Testing the build before deployment
Using SCCM server deploy images to production servers
10.Senior IT Systems Administrator
Imperx, Inc
12/2006 – 07/2018
Setup and maintenance of Skype for Business 2015 and Lync 2013. Setup Skype for Business Topology, IM and Presence, Persistent Chat, Voice routing, Voice features, Response Groups, Conferencing and all other features. Setup Federation service to allow users to contact external Skype and Skype for Business users.
Routinely maintained and used Microsoft Azure. Working with Azure AD and setup hybrid AD, setup in Azure Virtual machines and managed them.
Routinely maintained and used Microsoft Office 365
Provided setup and maintenance of Active directory and Domain Controllers
Experience installing, deploy and maintaining Administration of Windows 2016 Server, Windows 2012 R2 Server, Windows 2012 Server, Windows 2008 R2 Server, Windows 2008 Server, and Windows 2000/2003/2003R2 Servers.
Setup and maintenance of VPN server, File Server, IIS, DHCP server, Printer server, and FTP server
Create and use Group Policy Objects
Setup and maintenance of DNS server, Voice Over IP (VoIP) server
Setup and maintenance of CRM 2015 and CRM 2013
Installing and configuring of RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6 and RAID 10 HD Arrays
Deployed and configured Exchange 2010/2007 Servers
Oversaw daily backup and recovery of files using Symantec Veritas System Recovery and Acronis Backup Advanced for Servers
Experience with the main Linux distribution as Red Hat Linux, Cent OS, Fedora, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu. Deploying, configure and maintain, patching.
Responsible for the installation and configuration of all personal computers, servers, and networking equipment
Provided end user support for LAN/WAN based applications
Supported, monitored, tested, and troubleshot hardware and software problems related to the organization’s LAN/WAN environments.
Monitored and implemented all security related patches on all LAN and WAN equipment
Deployment and management of Hyper-V virtual servers and workstations
Deployment and management of VMWare vSphere ESXi 6.7, 6.5 and 5.5
Physical to Virtual conversions using VMWare converter
Managed VMWare virtual machine snapshots and backups
Deployed virus protection using Symantec products – Symantec Endpoint protection. Administration of a centralized Anti-Virus solution
Deployed virus protection using Malwarebytes products – Malwarebytes Antivirus for business. Administration of a centralized Anti-Virus solution
Deployed Wireless networks using technology from various manufactures
Provided administration and deployment of Microsoft Security patches using Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) server.