Active Directory Engineer

Anthony Zahler 301-***-****

Engineer/Architect/Systems Manager *******@*****.***

Experience – 20 + Years

Skills Mix:

More than 20 years of experience in the systems administration

Experience in all aspects of Computer Management including: design, pilots, evaluation, hiring, training, mentoring and scheduling

Thorough operational knowledge of systems integration in varied or homogeneous networks

Led a variety of teams including Development, Systems Engineering, Network operations, systems administration and help desk tiers one through three. Managing teams up to 75 direct reports

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer in NT 4.0 and 2000 (2008 MCITP in process)

Expert Proficiency: MS Exchange versions 5.5 to 2013 Operating Systems: NT to 2008 R2, Active Directory, Group Policy, Citrix, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS, IIS, RAID, Disk Quotas, SMS, Virus protection(Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro) and Backup & Recovery with ArcServ, NetBackup and Backup Exec

Administration of VMware ESX Server to version 5 and Hyper-V in 2008 R2

Moderate knowledge of Unix and Linux (RHEL 4, CentOS and Solaris)

Roles and Responsibilities:

AAA Life Windows and Messaging Consultant 4-2015 to 10-2015

Administer and engineer upgrade of Lotus Notes to Office 365

Update Active Directory to 2008 Native to allow for Upgrade

Added Multiple MS Server 2012 Servers and 2012 AD in two locations

Added 12 MS SQL 2012 servers for Migrations, also installed 8 2008 R2 versions to stabilize environment

CBPP Sr. Windows Engineer/ Team Manager 12-2014 to 4-2015

Administer and engineer upgrade of current windows environment to native 2012

Manage IT team of 5 for day to day operations for the center

Utilize SCCM to monitor and manage network

Mentor Jr. Staff and develop processes and procedures to bring consistency to Center's IT Dept.

Learn new technologies and present plans for upgrades to systems and training as appropriate

SNI Data Center Team Manager 1-2014 to 10-2014

Diagram physical data center architecture & create new physical layout and VM setup

Verify Windows 2012 Setups including Active Directory, GPO's and MS SQL server integration

Rack, Stack and load new servers following Fannie Mae Server and Security guidelines

Document and set guidelines for new architecture in two data centers

Load 150 windows server 2008 and 2012 physical servers in 5 locations

Responsible for all the regional installs of Physical and Virtual servers

Bring Exchange 2013 and Lync 2013 online for HQ and regional offices of Fannie Mae

Intuitive IT Systems Architect / Team lead - Solicitors office, Department of Interior 9-2012 to 9-2013

Diagram current physical data center architecture & create SharePoint documentation

Add new software and hardware to 2013 SCCM implementation

Knowledge transfer from current CTO on VMware 4 & 5, VDI, Citrix, VPN, MS SQL, Security and Server setup.

Led testing and transition to a Citrix VDI implementation of Windows 7 for over 500 clients.

Completed migration from Exchange 2007 to Cloud based messaging solution using Quest migration software

Managed BES infrastructure and trained staff on MDM software Good Pro\Boxtone

Administer Windows 2003/2008 R2 Active Directory standalone and enterprise servers

ECS-Federal System Matter Expert - Messaging Team 10-2011 to 7-2012

Maintain Exchange 2007 R2 On 2008 R2, Setup, test and implement Exchange 2010 Migration utilizing Quest

Administer Windows 2003/2008 R2 Active Directory, Group Policy and MS SQL on enterprise servers

Administer BlackBerry Enterprise Servers up to 5.0.3 w/Active Sync and Boxtone MDM

Install Lync 2010 and Administer and update OCS 2007 R2 and legacy LCS 2005 environment

Train Jr. staff on server installation, Administration and Troubleshooting procedures

Maintain and Administer VMware 4 & 5 servers and hosts

Utilize Powershell to automate processes and run diagnostics

Maintain OS and application update schedule for 117 servers for Messaging infrastructure

Irides Sr. Systems Engineer/Technical Team Manager 6-2010 to 9-2011

Administer Windows 2003/2008 R2 Active Directory, Group Policy and MS SQL Server

Install, Migrate, administer and troubleshoot Exchange 2007 and 2010 in Multiple production environments

Manage BES infrastructure with Blackberry server and Boxtone MDM

Migrate servers P-to-V to consolidate rack and server density and move 2008 R2 (VMware and Hyper-V)

Train Jr. Staff on Exchange 2010 server installation, Administration and Troubleshooting procedures

Maintain and administer VMware 4 servers and Virtual hosts

Administer and install OCS 2007 and LCS 2005, install and test Lync 2010

Administer and bring new MS SQL servers online to manage Database sprawl

Netpolarity Sr. Systems Engineer 7-2009 to 5-2010

Monitor all business critical server systems utilizing HPOV, Orion and other system tools

Load and configure MS-SQL and Oracle on Physical and virtual server (Linux and Windows)

Administer RedHat Linux, Solaris and Windows Servers in VMware environment

Administer Windows 2000/2003/2008 R2 Active Directory and Group Policy on standalone and enterprise servers

Engineer, test and install Exchange 2007/2010 and solve issues in test and production environments

Administer VMware ESX Server on Windows Server 2003, build and upgrade Linux and Windows servers

Administer Physical and virtual Citrix farm servers - Analyze, define and document process gaps and procedures

Administer and upgrade LCS 2005 and OCS 2007 for enterprise

PeopleCom (Library of Congress) Messaging Systems Consultant 1-2009 to 6-2009

Engineer MS Exchange 2007 server testing and MS server 2003/2008, Group Policy and upgrades At LOC

Administer Blackberry Servers to version 4.1.6 on MS Servers

Analyze, Test, recommend and implement BlackBerry upgrades from 8700 to BlackBerry Bold 9000

Administer Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory and Group Policy on standalone and enterprise servers

Administer VMware ESX Server to version 3/4 on Windows Server 2003/2008

ADZ Enterprises IT-Consultant-Owner-Engineer/Manager 7-2002 to Present

Installed, administered and maintained MS Exchange servers to version 2013/ Office 365.

Test/install patches on servers, SMS, Backups utilizing Backup Exec and ArcServe

Troubleshoot Network issues NT\2000\ 2003\2008-R2/2012-R2 OS’ and HW/SW server issues

Troubleshoot Servers: UNIX, NT to 2008 R2; network, Active Directory, Group Policy and IIS/SQL Servers.

Administer VMware ESX Server to version 5 on Windows Server 2003/2008 R2

Consultant configuration of HW/SW for PC’s (Dell-HP-IBM) to Servers (Dell-HP-IBM)

Acted as IT Manager/Department for clients that did not have an IT department

Trained clients on Exchange 5.5 to 2013 and MS Office (to 2013 and 365)

Administered Citrix XenApps and Xen Desktop to 6.5 for multiple clients

Implemented and administered LCS 2005, 2007 and 2007 R2, to Lync 2013

Independent contracting at large data-centers, including Network Operations Centers (NOC)

AETEA Systems Engineer - Tier 3 Escalation Project 7-2007 to 5-2008

Administer MS Exchange 2003 servers, Blackberry, Active Directory, Group Policy and upgrades on MS Servers

Administer Unix Servers (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris 8 & 9) and Linux servers (Red Hat enterprise server)

Utilize BMC Patrol alarming and ticketing systems to escalate DB issues on all Open Systems

Troubleshoot Network issues on 3000+ node WAN and 1000+ LAN

Administer and troubleshoot Citrix servers and VMware ESX Server to version 3

Administer and perform updates on LCS 2005 and test OCS 2007

Mentored Junior staff on processes and technical issues in Tier II and III environment

CMS at NSA Systems Engineer/Team Lead 5-2003 to 7-2006

Upgrade NT to Active Directory 2000/2003 including upgrading administrative utilities

Implemented upgrades for Citrix clusters and administered server farm

Manage VMware servers in test and production environment

MS Exchange 5.5 to 2003 enterprise (12 Clustered Servers) upgrade for 30,000+ user mailbox system

Manage Systems engineering team of 22 Unix\Windows engineers on all three shifts

Manage Active Directory Group Policy, integrated with NetIQ product implementation

Manage: DC's, File & Print, WINS, DNS, TCP/IP, SMS, IIS, DFS and Citrix

Implement over 80 HPOV Poller servers, upgrade and maintain HPOV 4.5 in Enterprise

Integrate Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8 with Active Directory Structure and legacy Sendmail system

L3/EER Systems, Inc, & Cexec, Inc. Systems Engineer 1-2001 to 7- 2002

Design and Implementation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Led Implementation of LANDesk for 3000 clients/25 servers on Win2k w/SQL Server 2000

Implemented upgrade for Citrix 1.8 to Citrix XPe and NT to XP on 3000+ Desktops

Implemented and administered Active Directory and Group Policy and IIS sites

Troubleshoot NT/Win2K/Novell upgrades to servers and PC’s

Implemented upgrade from NT to MS 2000 server platform and NT to MS XP Pro workstations

Trained help desk team of 26 and tier two team of 8 on seat management processes and procedures

Transitioned NOC of 18 from level of effort team to seat management structure

SRI, Frederick Manager IS/Systems Engineer 9 -1998 to 12-2000

Upgraded infrastructure with over 250 nodes (Routers, Switches, servers, cabling, Desktops

Implemented and managed IT budget of $500,000

HW/SW installs, troubleshooting & upgrades on NT to 2000(TCP\IP, DHCP, DNS) & Apple workstations

Upgraded MS Exchange 4 to 5.5 -Setup and maintained remote sites for chemical defense division

EDP/TAC Worldwide Network Support 7-1997 to 9-1998

Worked on two large contracts: USDA and USF&G -St. Paul Companies

Lone Star and Cactus Software Unix/Windows Support 10-1995 to 7-1997

Fritz Companies, San Francisco, CA Computer Support/Desktop Support Manager 6-1993 to 6-1995

Ritz Carlton, San Francisco, CA Computer Systems/Audit Manager 4-1989 to 5-1993

Hilton Hotels, Novi, MI Night Auditor/Systems 6-1987 to 4-1989

Education and Certifications:

University of Maryland, Information Technology, Information Management 3.77 GPA

MCSE NT 4.0 & 2000

MS course 70-640 Active Directory 2008 Configuring, 70-646 Server Administration 2008

MS Exchange 5.5 & 2000 & 2003 & 2007 Upgrading and administration - 2010 Administration

MS IIS 5.0 & 7 Implementing and supporting

VMware Virtualization and Cloud Fundamentals, vSphere Fundamentals, vCenter Operations Manager

Citrix XP Installation and Administering

Citrix XenApp 6 and XenDesktop 5.5/7 Multiple CBT and Online courses toward testing objective.

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