Active Directory System Administrator

AJAY GUPTA

VMware Certified Professional * – Data Center Virtualization

Tel #: +1-647-***-****; Email: *******@*******.***

PROFILE

An accomplished and highly motivated IT professional with over 10 years of core expertise in virtualization, server/network administration and excellent team management skills

Ability to successfully plan, prioritize and manage complex projects and has proven leadership skills

Resourceful team coordinator who excels at building trust relationships with customers, colleagues and vendors

Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills across technical and business spectrums to effectively provide essential guidance to field personnel

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Windows Server (2003/2008/2012) VMware ESX (3.5 - 5.5) VMware Convertor

MS Active Directory vCenter Server VMware Workstation MS Exchange (2003/2010) BES (5 and 10) SAN/NAS Storages

Citrix (XenApp5, XenDesktop 7-7.5) VEEAM Microsoft Clustering

Symantec (Backup/Endpoint Protection) Training new Employees Vendor Management

Knowledge of scripts/PowerShell CLI Dell/IBM/Cisco Hardware Office365 Cloud services

CERTIFICATIONS

CCP – V (Citrix Certified Professional – Virtualization) Pursuing (Nov 2015)

VCP5 - DCV (VMware Certified Professional 5 – Data Center Virtualization) 2014

MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) 2012

3CX Certified Professional 2012

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior System Administrator March 2014 - Present

Moneris Solutions, Toronto, ON

Project planning, research, and implementation of new IT solutions

Designed, upgraded and manage existing infrastructure (AD, Exchange, Entrust VPN)

Prepare documentation such as project plans and user help/tech guides

Manage multiple datacenters

Manage DNS, File Servers, ADFS servers, CA

Create and Manage Microsoft Windows multi node clusters

Manage Exchange 2010 environment

Manage Blackberry Enterprise Servers (BES5/BES10) and Good

Manage VMware ESX (5.1-5.5) environment

Migrate physical servers into virtual

Installed, deployed and manage Citrix VDI (XenDesktop 7.5) virtual infrastructure

Senior System Administrator/Team Lead Oct 2010 – March 2014

Aastra Technologies (now Mitel), Concord, ON

Managed a team of 6 people to provide adequate support to all global users and meet SLA standards

Responsible for project planning, research, cost analysis, proposals, implementation and testing of new IT solutions

Provided Tier3 management of multiple datacenters across different geographical locations

Trained/assisted global IT team to manage virtual infrastructure (VMware and Citrix), Exchange and BES environment

Coordinated weekly meetings to discuss SLA standards, new projects and procedures to roll out new changes within infrastructure

Vendor management

Managed Active Directory 2003, 2008 (mixed mode)

Managed Exchange 2003/2010 and Blackberry Enterprise Servers (BES5/BES10)

Setup and configured SAN and NAS storage systems

Planned, installed, setup and managed Citrix infrastructure (XenApp 5.0 farm)

Prepared documentation such as project plans, proposals, user help/tech guides, IT policies and procedures, IT best practices for users, managers and other IT staff globally

Abetted IT team to successfully setup and configure VMware infrastructure with multiple ESX hosts

System Administrator/Engineer Dec 2007 – Sept 2010

I-Net Solutions Inc., Toronto, ON

Installed, supported and maintained Active Directory, Domain Controllers and Windows Servers

Configured and Manage Cisco switches, routers and ASAs

Configured SIP phones and deployed VoIP solutions on IP based PBXs

Managed Exchange 2003 environment

Maintained, troubleshoot and administered LAN, workstations, servers, SAN and NAS storages

Computer Systems Technician July 2007 – Dec 2007

Global IT Inc., Toronto, ON

Maintained, troubleshoot and administered the use of local area network (LAN), computer workstations, connections to the Internet and peripheral equipment

Installed, supported and maintained Windows Servers (Server 2003)

Manage print servers, file servers, network drives, LAN and computer workstations

IT Lab Assistant Oct 2004 – April 2006

George Brown College, Toronto, ON

Basic AD support, PC installations, maintenance and upgrade of servers and server software

Technical support to all users of IT Labs

Manage print servers, file servers, network drives, LAN and computer workstations

Projects and Accomplishments:

At Moneris

Proposed, planned and successfully implemented Citrix VDI infrastructure for remote users of the company. (Citrix XenDesktop 7.5)

Successfully upgraded AD and Exchange infrastructure

Planned and successfully deployed Office 365 (Proof of Concept)

Successfully rolled out new company’s email disclaimer for all users (companywide) based on Canadian Anti-spam Legislation Law

At Aastra

Proposed, planned and implemented the upgrade of company’s VMware infrastructure to vSphere5.1 with VMware High Availability (HA) and Fault Tolerance (FT) features

Successfully setup 2008 domain controllers and raised domain and forest functional level to 2008

Converted all physical servers into virtual as the hardware reached end of life where no hardware upgrade was possible, saved a total cost of $1.2 million on legacy applications license renewals

Setup new backup environment using Symantec Backup Exec 2010 and VEEAM 7.0

Setup new Symantec Endpoint Protection environment (Antivirus)

Setup Citrix XenApp Farm with multiple Citrix servers in 2 geographical regions for global users

Proposed, planned and installed SQL 2012 environment in a clustered environment (MS Clustering)

TRAININGS

Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services 2015

Citrix XenDesktop 7.5 2014

VMware: vSphere 5.1 2013

Citrix: XenApp 5.0 with Windows Server 2008 2012

CCNA Boot camp 2011

EDUCATION

Diploma in Computer Systems Technician April 2007

George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, ON, Canada

Bachelor in Computer Applications June 2003

DAV College, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

REFERENCES

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