VAIBHAV GERA *201-***-***** ac90fl@r.postjobfree.com

Client-focused SharePoint Infrastructure Architect with 10+ years of experience, highly skilled at communicating functional specifications and user interface design across multiple levels of an organization.

Proficient in Enterprise architecture, planning, set up and configure high availability farms adhering industry best practices with SharePoint 2003 / 2007 / 2010 /2013 / 2016 small single server environments to medium/large scale farms.

Strong knowledge in Office365 and its related online products (SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Teams/Skype for Business, Azure AD, Security and Compliance)

Extensive experience working with Windows Server environment: Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012, Windows 2012 R2

Proficient in Active Directory user management and troubleshooting.

Proficient in all components of SharePoint 2010/2013/2016 like User profiles, Search, Managed Metadata, Security, Backup / Restores, BCS, Office Web Applications, PowerPivot, Performance Point.

Proficient in set up and maintenance of Disaster Recovery environments.

Experiences in installing latest Service packs and Cumulative updates to keep the farms updated to the industry standards.

Experienced with Workflows and SharePoint Designer 2007/2010/2013, Visual Studio

Configuration, monitoring overall health, tuning and troubleshooting of SharePoint and IIS farms.

Experienced in PowerShell scripting

Proficient in SharePoint BI capabilities, SSAS and SSRS

Experienced with ftp/pgp systems and other Linux based applications

Experienced with OpenText TeamSite

Experience includes Planning, Gathering and Analyzing requirements, Duration, Deployment, maintenance, day-to-day management and operations.

Good understanding of configuration and change management within the corporate environment.

Excellent research and troubleshooting skills along with experience in end user support.

Trusted IT professional with experience to work in a team environment or as an Individual with Excellent communication skills.

Provide product support and training to users and stakeholders including content managers, site owners and applications support teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Microsoft Technologies: SharePoint Server 2016, 2013, 2010, MOSS 2007, SharePoint Portal 2003, InfoPath, SharePoint Designer 2013/2010/2007, MS Office 2003/2007/2010/2013/2016, O365, Microsoft Azure, MS Project Server, Visual Studio

Web Technologies: IIS server 6.0/7.0/7.5/8.5, DNS server, HTML and ASP.NET

Storage: MS-SQL Server 2005/2008/2012/2014, MySQL, SAN, TSM.

Backup Tool: Veritas Backup Exec for windows, DocAve, Metalogix

3rd Party Tools: DocAve Backup-Restore/Administrator/Report Center/Replicator, LinkFixer, Idera SharePoint Diagnostics Manager, Metalogix Migration Manager, Metalogix Content Matrix, ControlPoint, Metalogix SharePoint Backup tool, StoragePoint, CorasWorks, Nintex, ShareGate.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Nomura Securities International, Inc New York City, NY

December 2014 - Present

SharePoint/Web Administrator

Planned, Installed & Configured SharePoint 2013 on Premise using Windows 2008 R2 & SQL 2008 versions. Multiple medium farm set ups with a 3 Tier Architecture comprising of Web Servers, Application Servers & SQL DB Servers as per Microsoft best practices.

Act as the SME for SharePoint-related installation and maintenance projects.

Setup and configure POC for Office365 (SharePoint online) and performed migration from On-prem to SP online.

Created and configured different Service Applications for use within the farm using PowerShell for SharePoint 2013

Migration of existing content from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2013 third party tools like Metalogix and DocAve.

Installation of Service packs, CUs and Hotfixes in Production environment as per Microsoft patch schedule after testing them in Non-Prod environments.

Windows Server 2008/2012 IIS Configuration, monitoring, tuning and troubleshooting.

Maintain and troubleshoot various other systems like IIS based applications, TeamSite, Linux based applications, FTP-PGP for sending/receiving documents outside of Nomura.

Create FTP accounts and automate FTP incoming/outgoing jobs for successful transfer of documents in and out of Nomura.

Sign and Configure SSL certificates

Participate in capacity management, monitoring and performance troubleshooting.

Performed yearly Disaster Recovery drills testing the front end and backend redundancy of SharePoint farms.

Maintain Production, staging and development farms for all versions of SharePoint 2007, 2010 and 2013.

Migrated web front end servers from Windows 2008 to 2012, also coordinated with DBA Team for the migration of SQL servers from 2008 to 2014 in the existing SharePoint farms.

Interface with the SharePoint Developers and stakeholders for deployment of custom solution and debugging.

Resolve any day to day issues, work with the offshore and onsite team for defect tracking and solutions.

Planned and performed Search architecture enhancements for earlier Production environments for better search performance.

Coordinated with the offshore team, various Business teams, System admins, DBA’s for a smooth migration.

Manage and troubleshoot permissions on all levels (web applications, site collections, sites, list/library)

Installation and configuration of third-party tools like Metalogix Content Matrix and DocAve

Performed backup, restore of content at various levels using tools like DocAve 6 and SharePoint PowerShell.

Configured Workflow Manager, Service Bus, Office Web Apps

Deploy out-of-the-box workflows and develop custom workflows

Design and deploy custom site templates and master pages

Prepared an efficient document repository for end user training to use SharePoint the best possible way.

Viacom Inc. New York, NY

Jan 2014 - Nov 2014

SharePoint Administrator

Planning, Installing & Configuring SharePoint 2013, IIS and other web hosting servers.

Maintain intranet/extranet/internet sites running on SharePoint (Viacom.com, vh1.com, comedy central’s cc.com)

Performed backup, restore of content using third party tools and Database backups

Configure remote BLOB storage for large video files using Metalogix StroagePoint.

Installation and configuration of third-party tools (DocAve)

Migrations of different versions of Sharepoint and IIS (SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 migration, conversion)

New installations, configuring the web farms and Installation of Service packs, CUs and Hotfixes

Day-to-day administration and troubleshooting/support for Production and Development environments

New York Presbyterian Hospital New York City, NY

March 2012 – December 2013

SharePoint Administrator

Planned, Installed & Configured SharePoint 2013 on Premise using Windows 2008R2/2012 & SQL 2012 versions

Used Cross Site Publishing features for Content Publishing & Authoring.

Perform regular maintenance, upgrades and patching (Service packs, CUs and Hotfixes)

Work as part of the SharePoint support team for the hospital. Understand complete SharePoint environment for New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Migrating from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010

Participated in planning and execution of tasks related to migration.

Worked on InfoPath templates, Workflows, SharePoint Designer 2007 and 2010

Worked on CorasWorks site templates, web parts and master pages.

Perform QA and fix all issues on migrated sites during dry runs and production migration.

Coordinated with the DBA team for space change communications, moving of databases and various other database related tasks.

Performed Disaster Recovery drills.

Install and configure advance plug ins like Foxit pdf, Flash Movie Web Part, Bamboo List print, Selective Restore etc.

Design and execution of PowerShell scripts to meet governance policies.

New York Power Authority White Plains, NY

Jan 2011 – March 2012

SharePoint Administrator

Created SharePoint 2010 IQ’s (Installation Qualification) following best practices in the industry

Build SharePoint 2010 farm Production Medium size farm for 1500 users

Created different Service Applications for use within the farm using PowerShell for SharePoint 2010

Configured Kerberos Authentication

Planned and implemented Network Load Balancing (NLB) for Web Front End Servers

Performed migration of farms from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010 for Intranet sites

Created various web applications (Intranet) site Collections, Sites, sub-sites, lists, libraries etc.

Managed security and permissions on web applications and site collections.

Responsible for the day-to-day administration and support.

Troubleshoot SharePoint issues

Monitor SharePoint farm performance indicators, event logs, search crawl logs

Work with third party tools like Fiddler, Feature Admin, ControlPoint, Bamboo Log viewer and Metalogix Site Migration Manager

Test and apply SharePoint service packs and cumulative updates

Application deployments and administration including change control policies

Belleville Board of Education, July 09 – Dec 10 Belleville, NJ

Business Analyst/SharePoint Administrator

Installed MOSS 2007

Configured IIS to support the hosting of single to multiple SharePoint sites

Configured indexes and searches for the MOSS 2007 Server

Created Sites, Team Sites and Personal sites in SharePoint

Integrated Audience based Web Parts, Reminders, SharePoint custom style sheet, Security groups and permissions

Authored SharePoint sites by changing layout and themes

Supported and trained end users on WSS 3.0 and MOSS, and provided strategic guidance

Ebiz.com Pvt ltd, Sept 2007-May 2009

Business Analyst Noida, India

Interacted with users in gathering functional requirements.

Created Business requirement documents (BRD) and functional specification documents.

Developed collaborative, portal, and Content Management solutions using SPS 2003 by analyzing user requirements and processes.

Created My Sites using Web log (Blog), RSS feed Viewer, task list, and outlook calendar for SPS 2003 sites.

Created multiple document libraries and content types based on Security group.

Designed and developed all use cases and UML models using RUP. Developed Sequence Diagrams, OOD using UML.

Responsible for developing functional Test Plan and test cases for different phases of the project.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

G.H. Raisoni college of Engineering, Nagpur city, Maharashtra, India

Certifications

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)

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