Technician Engineer

SAMAN KALUARACH

Phone: 416-***-**** Email: *********@*****.***

PROFILE

A dedicated professional seeking a challenging and rewarding position as an Information Technology

Technician, while bringing enthusiasm to your organization.

TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTES

Operating Systems : Windows 2008/2003/2000, NT, XP, Vista, Linux (Redhat, Fedora, Suse)

Networks : Windows Networks, AD, Cisco, Firewall, F5-BigIP, LAN, WAN, VPN,

TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, VLAN, VoIP, Wireless

Network Management : Cisco Network Assistant, VNC, Terminal Server, Remote Desktop, Sniffer,

Juniper Networks

Databases : MS SQL 2005/2008

Hardware : Juniper IPS and Firewall SRX650, F5 BigIP Load Balancer, Dell Power

Edge servers, IBM Lenovo Desktop PCs and laptops, VPN device(Sonic

wall),Cisco Router C3700, Cisco switch 3560, PA5020

Packages/Tools : Data Domain (SAN), PC Anywhere remote connectivity tools, GotoMeeting,

Compellent Dell Storage (SAN)

Server Products : File Server, WSUS, AD, System Center, MS Exchange, DHCP, DNS,

Application servers, IIS, Windows Clusters, BES Server, Office

Communicator

Virtualization : Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware server, VMware ESX

Security Tools : Juniper Firewalls, VPN, Proxy-Microsoft Forefront Server, IPS/ IDS, NAT,

Router ACLs, PaloAlto

Protocols : TCP/IP, DNS, RADIUS, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, HTTP, HTTPS, NNTP, NTP,

SNMP, LDAP, FTP, TELNET, BGP

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Junior Network Administrator Sep 2012 to Date

Arc Productions

Perform in-house configuration and troubleshooting of network services.

Network authentication services (Radius/TACAS).

VPN and internal wireless client configuration.

Client Delivery/Ingest (FTP, Aspera, Digi-Delivery, etc).

Video Conferencing (Tandberg, Polycom, Skype, Webex, etc).

Monitoring and reporting status of network services(HP Procurve).

Monitoring and reporting status of network storage(Averesystems).

Backup management (Netvault) and reporting of jobs, tape administration and delivery.

Monitor, maintain PaloAlto Firewall(PA-5050)

Install, configure, maintain a virtual server’s environment (server 2008 R2)

Manage and maintain Active directory policies, push updates and security patches, manage BES

Server (BES 5), Manage Exchange server (Exchange 2007)

Support end users for day to day issues.

Wintel Administrator (contract)

Dundee Wealth, Toronto April 2012 to May 2012

Deploy instances on Tomcat server.

Maintain Windows server infrastructure.

Support Web Services(Windows Server 2008) IIS and Java.

Maintain Microsoft Forefront servers and provide web security for web servers.

Issue resolution support for the ongoing ERP implementations.

Windows Server 2008- (Virtual.)

VMWare ESX.

Sales SPM Application.

Install OS through HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator.

Move database for new servers – SQL 2005 Enterprise – HP Poliserve- Clustering

March 2011 – March 2012

Junior Cloud Systems Administrator

Varicent Software Inc., Toronto

Maintain, update and audit all current infrastructure (LAN, WAN, Wireless, VPN, IDS, IPS,

Firewall, Anti-Virus)

Deploy new customers configuring Juniper Firewall(SRX650) and F5 Big IP in the Clouding

environment.

Work with the installation, configuration and features of hardware and standard applications

Install web servers (Linux -Ubuntu –Apache Tomcat6.0 and Windows IIS7)

In web servers - Setup static IP, Generate and import SSL certificate, deploy .war files(web

instances), make changes according to web instance for files jdbc.properties, server.xml,

apache2 etc..

Deploy windows server 2008R2 and Ubuntu box in virtualization environment (VMWare ESX,

Hyper-V).

Maintain personal ability in appropriate use of all relevant information technologies and other

systems while supporting all cloud clients.

Install and maintain a Windows environment while maintaining IT policies and procedures.

Performed system administration duties including backup/restore-(Windows, Compellent SAN),

monitoring-(QRadar), capacity planning and space management, security patch application,

documentation and daily system monitoring(Through Pager Duty) for enterprise servers in a

24x7 environment.(Windows SQL2008, Application)

Conducted performance and stress tests, documented and monitored the servers.

Use F5 load balancers to effectively distribute and shape traffic among web servers. Used

SNATS and irules.

Use network general, ethereal/wire shark to analyze traffic flow and bandwidth utilization.

Monitor servers.

Sept 2010 – Dec 2010

Junior IT Support Specialist (Co-op position)

RuggedCom Inc., Vaughan

Administering, deploying, supporting and troubleshooting Windows 2003/2008 operating

systems on local and remote servers. This includes both physical and virtual servers

Perform lab setup for testing and ongoing evaluation of software and hardware Network

functionality.

Establish necessary testing requirements to evaluate proposed technology plat forms.

Prepare laptop and desktop computers for new hires.

Maintain Active directory and policies according to company standard.

Configure new hire systems including setup of all account information.

CERTIFICATIONS

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Administrator (MCITP)

Microsoft MCITP certified IT Professional (Microsoft Windows VISTA Configuration /

Microsoft Windows VISTA Enterprise support Technician)

Microsoft Exchange 2007 Configuring (MCTS)

Comp TIA A+ Certified Technician

Comp TIA LINUX + Certified

Comp TIA Network +

ITIL Foundation V3

Currently working for the CCNA (CCENT certification).

Microsoft Verifications - https://mcp.microsoft.com/authenticate/validatemcp.aspx

Transcript ID- 911113

Access Code - 27B6BCB5

CompTIA Verifications -

https://www.certmetrics.com/comptia/public/transcript.aspx?transcript=B3W8WCQ1JMF1Y2CF

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

Responsible for controlling production, efficiency, employee motivation, promotion, and

discipline

Strong customer support skills.

Supervised 50 floor employees acting as a project leader for testing products

Good communication skills, both written and oral.

Adapt well to changing environments, welcome new challenges.

Work well within a fast paced environment while effectively meeting deadlines promptly.

EDUCATION

Network Engineer Diploma Graduate Nov 2010

triOS College, Brampton ON

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

Van Der Graaf Inc, Brampton, ON 2001-2009

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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