SEEKLIN CHRISTOPHER
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Systems and Network Administrator
PROFILE
AWS, CCNA and MCSE Certified.
Passionate, diligent and focused Engineer with 10+ years of experience as a System/ Network administrator.
Advanced knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Windows Server’s, Hyper-V, Office 365, Veeam Backup and Replication, PRTG Monitoring, switching, routing, infrastructure, firewalls, LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, AD, DNS, DHCP.
Experienced in network and system design, planning and troubleshooting.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Systems & Network Administrator July2018 – May2019
LEA Consulting LTD Markham, Canada
Responsible for architecting, designing, implementing and supporting of cloud based infrastructure and its solutions.
Proficient in AWS Billing,VPC, EC2, S3, ELB, RDS, IAM, Route53, Workspace, Trusted Advisor, Cloudformation and Cloudwatch.
Experienced with installation of AWS CLI to control various AWS services through SHELL/BASH scripting
Worked in Azure subscription, VNet, Storage, Virtual Machine
Administrating Domain services AD, GPO, user accounts, shares, security permissions, DHCP, DNS.
Managing Office 365 accounts, users, mailboxes, groups and resources.
Managing Sophos, Equitrac, Papercut, license Server’s and providing support, generating report as per departments requirement.
Administering Arcserve for infrastructure backup and replication.
Configured and implemented changes on Cisco routers, switches, firewalls.
Implemented VLANs for Data network and documenting LAN and WAN details of sites.
Using Network Monitoring Tools PRTG.
Administrating Barracuda archiver on cloud.
Configured and using Solarwinds web helpdesk Ticketing System for all incidents and changes.
System/Network Administrator May 2012 – July2018
S.A. Armstrong Limited Toronto, Canada
Designed and Implemented Amazon Web Services.
Proficient in AWS Billing, EC2, S3, ELB, RDS, IAM, Route53, Workspace, Trusted Advisor and Cloudwatch.
Experienced in creating multiple VPC’s and public, private subnets as per requirement and distributed them as groups into various availability zones of the VPC
Managing AWS, Hyper V Environment. Hosting new servers as per project requirements.
Administrating Domain services AD, GPO, user accounts, shares, security permissions, DHCP, DNS.
Managing Office 365 accounts, users, mailboxes, groups and resources.
Managing McAfee, Equitrac (Print) Server, providing support and generating report as per departments requirement.
Administering Oracle SAN, Veeam backup and replication.
Configured and implemented changes on Cisco routers, switches, firewalls
Configured and administered VPN tunnels on Cisco Firewalls (Cisco ASA).
Implemented VLANs for Data network and documenting LAN and WAN details of sites.
Using Network Monitoring Tools Fluke and PRTG.
Equipment procurement, Mobile Service provider contract negotiations (data, voice)
Configured and using GotoAssist Ticketing System for all incidents and changes.
IT Analyst October 2010-February 2012
Wipro InfoTech Chennai, India
Regularly used fundamental IT concepts, practices, procedures and existing policies and guidelines in specialized area of information technology.
Deployed Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP, Server 2003, 2008 desktop/workstation /Server operating systems
Maintained Windows 2003 servers, Exchange 2003 server, administered Active Directory for managing groups, users, network printers for smooth network operation and availability
Performed the installation/upgrade of operating systems, application software of network consisting 300+ workstations in five different locations in order to maintain standard of applications across the network
Managed Symantec Antivirus server 9.0 and Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.0.1
Configurations and Troubleshooting Terminal services, Ghosting, NT Backup, Design- implementing and troubleshooting LAN, WAN Support & Active Directory.
Configured and implemented changes on Cisco routers, switches, firewalls
Sr Technical Support Engineer October 2006 – October 2010
Care IT Solutions Pvt ltd Chennai, India
Accountable for handling IT support operations of PC`s, Laptop and servers, providing support and troubleshooting for both local and remote with LAN and WAN ensuring minimum downtime
Supported new projects, OS installations Client/Server, upgrades, patches and creation of documentation and performed root cause analysis and troubleshooting.
Coordinated with various vendors for products and services.
Technical Support Engineer July 2005 – September 2006
Ani Systems Chennai, India
Planned Installed and Configured Windows NT/2000/XP.
Configuration, maintenance and Troubleshooting of Office equipment’s such as Desktop PC, Printers, Scanners, Laptops, etc.
Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of various applications
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science (Mathematics) 2000-2003
CERTIFICATION
AWS “AWS certified Solutions Architect” 2018
Cisco CCNA “Cisco Certified Network Associate” Certificate 2015
Oracle “Oracle SAN” Training 2014
McAfee “EPO orchestrator 5.1.3” Training 2013
Microsoft “Windows 2008 Server” Course 2012
Microsoft MCSE “Microsoft Certified System Engineer” Certificate 2006
CompTIA “A+” Certificate 2005
References available upon request