Active Directory Network

Flavio Soares

Bradford, Ontario

Cell: 905-***-****

Email: **************@*******.***

Positions

System Administrator at TDATA 2012 - Present.

. Working from Toronto, Canada to remote locations using KVM to

install VMware clusters with Esxi 5.5 and VSphere to support the

ConnexAll Server according to the software vendor specifications.

. Installation of Windows Server 2012 and 2008R2 in the cluster for

ConnexAll Server to be deployed.

. Upgrade the vSphere 4.1 to 5.5 in remote sites located in Brazil,

Canada, USA, Portugal.

. Upgrade Esxi hosts to 5.5 versions.

. Providing hotline remote customer support.

. Providing remote tech support via TeamViewer.

. Performing remote configuration of Cisco routers and switches.

. Installation of Linux Ubuntu Samba Server.

. Installation of Ubuntu Webserver, Apache and Mysql.

. Installation and configuration of Microsoft SCCM 2012 R2

IT Support Analyst at Regional Government Assisted Housing - Portugal

2009 - 2013

(Computer Networking)

. Provided Network and Systems Administrator guidance on the network

team for DRH, a governmental department responsible for the

government assisted housing in a fast-paced environment and with

tight deadlines.

. Took leading role in the standardization and consolidation of the

datacenter for the upgrade from the old physical IBM servers to the

new Hyper-V Cluster solution.

. Designed and implemented highly available Hyper-V Cluster failover

and migrated VMs to the cluster.

. Implemented a content filtering solution with Dell SonicWALL

Hardware

. Implemented P2V conversion of physical specific software Server and

migration to the cluster.

. Improved LAN performance by implementation of proper VLAN and

stacking.

. Migrated physical 2008R2 and 2003 server to virtual 2012R2.

. Created and Deployed images with Windows Deployment Services on

workstations.

. Installed the new servers using clustering and Hyper-V

Virtualization technology with Windows Server 2008 R2.

. Configured the Network-attached storage and the backup solution to

increase server's availability.

. Installed and managed Windows Server 2003/2008/2008R2 with

connected external SAN Storage.

. SAN Capacity design, RAID Design and data store creation for

datacenter Clusters

. Configured iSCSI SAN storage to support Windows Failover Clustering

and provisioned Cluster Shared Volumes for Hyper-V 2008 cluster.

. Configuration of services such as (DHCP), access to file sharing

server, as well as automatic software installation using Active

Directory Group Policies.

. Installed and configured centralized print servers with NTFS

permissions to deploy printers automatically to users based on

Active Directory Groups and Group Policies.

. Maintained and supported the Network infrastructure, Administered

Windows 2008 and Active Directory: Creating GPOs, creating user or

group accounts and assigning permissions as required.

. Implemented SharePoint as an intranet portal including initial

setup and user training.

. Implemented methods to monitor the network equipment such as

routers, switches and servers. Implemented a redundant wireless

network with Cisco Wireless Lan controller s and Cisco Aironet

Access Points in 4 different locations.

. Developed and improved backup and disaster recovery solutions using

Symantec BackupExec and tape libraries for Windows Server,

Exchange, SQL and Linux based environments.

. Planned and implementation of voice and data networks (Wireless and

Structured LAN)

. Configured VLANs and inter-VLAN routing on Multilayer switches.

. Installed Solarwinds network monitoring tools to monitor the

performance of the network.

. Installed and configured a Flow Analyzer to collect, analyze and

create monthly reports on bandwidth usage.

. Installed a Switch Port & IP Address Management to control Switches

and IP Address Space.

. Server/Blade technology: Implement IBM, HP, Dell rack and blade

systems.

. Implemented a WSUS server to perform the windows updates.

. Installed and configured a centralized Antivirus solution.

. Implemented a Remote Desktop solution to enable users to work from

home or when out of territory.

Senior System Administrator at Cresa or - Non profitable organization -

Azores - Portugal 2005 - 2009

(Computer Networking)

. Designed, implemented and maintained the network of this nonprofit

organization with over 50 users working in on a 4 floor building

and provided Help Desk.

. Provided maintenance and managed all computer network resources,

including Windows XP, Windows Seven Computers, 2003 and 2008

servers in a WAN, Cisco-route environment.

. Updated Server infrastructure from Server 2003 to Server 2008 R2.

. Performed server builds and setup of HP/Dell/ servers, RAID

configuration, OS installation and baseline software configuration.

. Installed a virtualization solution using VMware ESXi 4.1, vCenter

. Implemented and configured a wireless network with HP Pro-Curve

Wireless Access Points and the respective mobile devices (Laptops,

IPhone's, BlackBerry's, IPad's ).

. Implemented SharePoint including initial setup and user training.

. Installed and configured centralized print servers with NTFS

permissions to deploy printers automatically to users based on

Active Directory Groups.

. Upgraded fileservers from physical to virtual with shares and NTFS

file permissions based on user profile.

. Managed Users and Groups in Active Directory.

. Created workable backup and disaster recovery plan and model.

. Secured network environment with firewall and a Kaspersky anti-

virus centralized solutions.

. Configured VLANs and inter-VLAN routing on Multilayer switches

. Implemented a Barracuda Web Filter Solution to control the access

to the internet.

. Developed and taught computer-related courses: MS Office, Windows

Xp and Windows 7.

. Active Directory Design and Deployment: Architect, Security,

upgrade and migrate Windows servers 2003/2008

Junior System Administrator at Social Security (Portugal s Fund Pension)-

Azores - Portugal) 1999 - 2005

(Computer Networking)

. Collaborate as a network and system administrator in managing team

that provided and maintained the entire network of Social Security

Services in Azores, Portugal with over 600 workstations and over 50

Servers, 112 printers, 55 Cisco routers and 60 3Com switch s.

. Support of Active Directory: Created and added users to groups,

Creating security groups

. Installed and configured the file servers, with raid and hot swap

drives, Network services (DHCP) and backup routines.

. Installed and configured fileservers with shares with NTFS file

permissions based on user profile.

. Installed and configured centralized print servers with NTFS

permissions to deploy printers automatically to users based on

Active Directory Groups.

. Managed Users and Groups in Active Directory.

. Installed Symantec centralized antivirus solution.

. Created and installed a standardized OS image for 600 workstations

and desktops utilizing Norton Ghost.

. Performed router and switch configurations when needed.

. Windows Operating Systems, Exchange server installations/migrations

(NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 to Server 2003).

. Implemented a WSUS server to perform the windows updates.

. Created the Microsoft office self-deployment installation to use in

all desktops in the network.

. Created workable backup and disaster recovery plan and model.

. Provided Help-Desk, Troubleshooting, Technical Support and training

to the users and Tech Support to the System Administrators of the

old network.

Skills

CCNA, Security, Wireless and Voice.

Windows 2003, 2008, 2008R2 and 2012 Server

Windows XP Pro

Windows 7

Windows 2008 R2

Hyper-V

Symantec Backup and Symantec Endpoint Protection

EMC Storage (SAN, NAS, DAS)

IBM @ Servers

HP Server Hardware

Dell PowerEdge Servers Switchs and PowerVault.

APC UPS

VMware Workstation

Microsoft Cluster

Solarwinds IP-Monitor

Netflow Analyzer

Mac OSX

Content Filtering

Zabbix - Monitoring Solution

Education

Azores University

Network and Multimedia, 2008 - 2009

Incomplete

Rede Valorizar (College)

Network Installation and Management

Languages

Portuguese Native or bilingual proficiency

English Professional working proficiency

Spanish Elementary proficiency

Certifications

VMware Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization - 2015

MCSA - Windows Server 2012

CCNA, Cisco, 0/2012

CCNA Security, Cisco, 0/2012

CCNA Wireless, Cisco, 0/2012

CCNA VOICE, Cisco, 0/2013

Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft, 12/2013

Active Network Equipment - Routing and switching

configurations, 2011

Network Administration - Windows 2000 Server, 2004

Design, Implementation and Network Administration, 2002

3Com Advanced Switching, 2001

Designing Implementing and Administering Networks, 2000

Specialties

. Datacenter Virtualization: Hyper-converged Platform,

virtualize/migrate datacentre by integrating server virtualization,

network and SAN storage

. Disaster Recovery Virtualization: Design/implement DR solutions .

. Server/Blade technology: Implement IBM, HP, Dell rack and blade

servers

. Active Directory Design and Deployment: Architect, upgrade, migrate

Windows AD 2003/2008/2008R2

. Experienced with LAN/WAN environments and protocols

. Experience with SAN Storage

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