Ricky Forbes
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Summary
Over fifteen years of diversified experience in information systems; with specialty in operating systems, server applications and systems software in medium to large environments
Experience Active Directory including architecture, deployment, administration, performance monitoring, security hardening and troubleshooting
Design, Architect, Administration, and maintenance of Windows Operating Systems
Self-motivated, ability to multitask, and able to work independently and in teams
Advanced knowledge of Windows Server 2008R2/2012/2012R2 Operating Systems
Knowledge of virtualization technologies Hyper-V and VSphere
Professional Experience
Covanta Environmental Services – Morristown, NJ – 862-***-****
Server / Directory Engineer
Contract June 2016 – November 2016
Lead Active Directory Engineer for Covanta’s Mergers and Acquisitions migrations to Covanta domain
Build and Configure HP Servers
Install and configure Windows 2012R2 Server
Deployed and Configured Domain Controllers
Configure and Manage DHCP Servers
Manage and Configure Windows 2012R2 Core servers
Hyper-V Server Management
Creation of vSwitches and NIC Teaming
PowerShell Scripting - Write scripts & Update existing scripts
Active Directory Sites Creation and Maintenance
Configured TCP/ IP,DNS, DHCP, FTP
Travel within the United States to setup remote sites
Bank of New York-Mellon – Jersey City, NJ
Active Directory Engineer
January 2000 – December 2015
Responsible for the design, implementation and support for BNYMellon Password Synchronization system – Active Directory to LDAP / Active Directory to Unix
Assisted and Supported Active Directory migrations from multi forest/Multi domains – Used Dell/Quest Migration Manager
VMware Management
oGuest Creation, Maintenance and Management
oExperience in P2V, V2V migration using VMware Converter
oVMware vCenter / VSphere Server Administration
oCreation a vSwitches
Help trouble-shoot issues after domain migrations migration (Applications, Service Accounts, End Users)
Provide level III technical support for Active Directory/Domain controllers issues
Responsible for preparing Active Directory audit reports
Engineering/Administration of Windows 2012/R2 and 2008/R2 includes
oActive Directory Upgrades
oDomain Controllers configuration/installation
oActive Directory GPO editing/creation/modeling
oPowerShell Scripting
oOU editing/creation
oSite and Site Links Creation and Maintenance
Installation, configuration and support for Pershing password synchronization system (PSynch)
Installation, configuration and support Web-to-host and Windows-to-host access to Pershing mainframe back-office applications. Winja is use to Deploy applications to the Web to replace cryptic green-screen interfaces with a browser or Windows GUI; to provide Pershing customers, partners and employees with access to mainframe application functions by launching the NETExchange/OPSCenter portals
Responsible for the design, configuration, and implementation of the Citrix terminal server architecture for CSFBdirect retail branch project. The initiative required the development of a bandwidth-efficient model to provide the CSFB Brokerview application suite to the remote client desktops.
Installation and configuration of McAfee Enterprise anti-virus defense system
Install and configure Microsoft Exchange Servers in a Cluster Environment
Responsible for the implementation of Windows Cluster software and hardware
Assisted in the design and original implementation of Microsoft Active Directory Services for Pershing
Technical team member for the migration of Novell Netware and Windows NT 4 to 2003 Active Directory
Assisted in the design Windows DFS tree for Pershing
Panasonic – Secaucus, NJ
Sr. Network Engineer
May 1997 – January 2000
Responsible for the design, implementation, and administration of the Panasonic enterprise-wide NT domain architecture.
Designed, configured, and installed the proxy server implementation for Panasonic using Microsoft Proxy Server.
Responsible for the configuration and maintenance of the corporate Microsoft Exchange servers; including mail box creation and administration, configuration of inter-post office connectors (Site, IMS, X.400), and managing client roll-outs (POP3, IMAP4, Outlook WEB)
Responsible for installation and configuration of all Windows NT services on the IBM NetFinity platform.
Assisted in the design and original implementation of DHCP and WINS servers for Panasonic enterprise network. Technical team member for the QIP Enterprise v5 DHCP and DNS implementation.
Developed and documented processes/procedures for the administration and maintenance of operating system code levels and service packs.
Responsible for capacity planning including configuration of RAID levels based on industry standards for the O/S, Database and Transaction Logs.
Provide level III technical support for all NT server, Exchange server, and Proxy server issues.
Project Leader for the design and implementation of the server farm tape backup strategy. Utilizing full-duplex Ethernet switching and redundant network adapter ‘fail-over’ technology.
Educational Background
City University of New York, New York, NY
Associates In Applied Science – Computer Information Systems June 1997
Skills
Windows 2012R2/2008R2/2003R2 Active Directory Hyper-V / VMWare
DELL/Quest Migration Manager DHCP DNS WINS MS BackOffice Server
RoboCopy / Windows Batch files PowerShell vbScripts Hitachi Password Manager / PSynch
HP servers IBM Servers Ethernet Hubs and switches
Knowledge of: Sun Solaris, Centos/Red Hat, Microsoft Exchange 5.x/2000/2003, Proxy Server,
Citrix, Webtrends Reporting, Winja, Microsoft SNA Server / Host Integration Server
References Furnished Upon Request