Active Directory Manager
Resume:
BARRY SEGRO
Euclid, Ohio *4119
******@*******.***
My experience in system engineering, networking, and virtualization will bring immediate and long-term value to your organization in
SYSTEMS ENGINEER 4
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Operating Systems:
DOS, Windows 7/10, Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter, 2008/2003 R2 Enterprise, AIX Unix 5.3, 6, Exchang Online, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, SQL Server 2008 Cluster, VMware ESXi 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, SharePoint Server 2010, MS Project 2010 Server, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Citrix, AS/400, Apache, Linux, Red Hat, Mandrake
Software:
Azure, Office 365, AD Connect, DirSync, PowerShell, Hyper-V, Microsoft IIS, Microsoft Office, Outlook, Lync, CA, EMC UniSphere, Hitachi NAS Manager, SANSurfer, HP LeftHand, SANs Clusters, Cisco PIX ASDM, Cisco UCS Central, CIMC, Context Discovery Agent – CDA Identity Management, Cisco Jabber 10.5, VoIP, Active Directory Migration Tool – ADMT, Hybrid Migration Troubleshooter, Base Line Configuration Analyzer, Remote Connectivity Analyser, Dovestone, AD Find, IdFix, ExFolders, Dell OpenManage, VMware, Horizon View, PowerCLI, Microsoft Operations Manager, SCOM, SMS, System Center Configuration Manager, SCCM, Orchestrator, Assessment and Development Kit, Right Click Tools, Flexera Software, LMTools, HP Client Intergration Kit, Citrix Receiver - VDI, Cisco Anyconnect, Palo Alto - Global Project IPSec, Riverbed Mobile - VPN Steelhead, TightVNC, Veeam, IBM Tivoli 7.1, TrackStar, Stalker, WinImage, Acronis, Shadow Protect, EndPoint Protection, Sophos, eSafe, AVG, WebRoot, McAfee Anti Virus, GFi LANguard, GFi MailEssentials, SysLog, Antigen, PGP Disk Encryption, SafeGuard Easy, Cognos, LanSweeper, LANDesk, WebEx, Visio, SAP XMI 12.2, Netweaver, ERP - Macola, ICVerify, VISTA – Point of Sale, QuickBooks 2008, GoldMine, What’s Up Gold, Crystal Reports, SPSS, SAS, Adobe Acrobat, Captivate, InDesign, NetObjects Fusion, ARCserve, Backup Exec 2012, 2010, Navisite, Lantronics, IIS services integration, Lotus Notes, PC Anywhere, TweakUI, Discovery Cracker, Metadata Assistant, TimeSlips, Casebook, Shavlik NetChk, Lumigent, Red-Gate SQL Compare, SQL Prompt, KEPWareOPC, Norton GhostView, R-Studio, TechNet, iPass, Cisco Wireless, SolarWinds, LAN Survey, SoftQuad, XMetal, Baseline Security Analyzer, Bandwidth Monitor, WireShark, Zenoss, Connectix Virtual PC, E-Z Audit, Belarc, MagicDisk, VRTA, DebugDiags, CPU-Z, DUMeter, Ultimate Boot CD, Herin’s, Foamy, F-Prot, HP JetAdmin, Serv-U FTP, SecuReomte VPN, UPHClean, Putty, Telnet, Knoppix, Cloud, AXIOM, ExpenseAnywhere, Postini
Hardware:
EMC VNX 5300 SANs, Stratus ftServer, Hitachi SAN 1100 Essential, IBM FASTt900 SAN, RamSan, Brocade SilkWorm, QLogic SANbox 1400, Cisco ASA 5500 Firewalls, Cisco Catalyst 2950, 3560, 3750, 4000, Cisco UCS B200, B260, Nexus 6000, Cisco Wide Area Application Services WAAS, Cisco WAVE 295, Arista Switches, KEMP LM-2400 load balancing, SonicWall Pro, Riverbed Steelhead, Juniper SSG5, Tipping Point, Barracuda, Dell PowerEdge 2850, 2950, 6950, PowerVault ML6020, TL4000, MD300, 220S, 124T, AMS300, Emerson - Liebert NX 30KVA, Symantec Netbackup 5230, IBM Netfinity 5600, eServer Series 345, 445, 820, 520, IBM eServer BladeCenter, AIX HP Proliant ML350, DL320, HP Procurve 2324, Buffalo, CRYPTOCard, IBM Gigabit Ethernet Switch, Linksys, PRTG Traffic Graphed Bandwidth Monitor, Perle 833/8e Dial-in server, PolyCom, VZAcess Wireless, Avaya Telecomm, Alcatel Lucent VoIP, iPtouch, IBM Ultrium tape library, DRAC, EDI
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AVVENIRE SOLUTIONS
Sr. Systems Network Engineer – IT Contract Position, 2016
Project leader; Buildout complex Office 365 cloud environments, Exchange Online Hybrid. Designing and implementing O365, Identity Management, Active Directory, bulk edits, Send / Receive Connectors, and Mail Flow configuration, anti-spam blocklist, and creating a 7 year Retention Policies tag. Migrating Exchange 2010 to 2016. Building domain trusts, multi-domain AD migration to Azure O365, screening AD health, and sync issues. Resolving DNS Conditional Forwarding, AutoDiscover, Outlook Anywhere. DirSync / Azure AD Connect, and OU attribute filtering; SAM accounts, users UPNs, security groups and GPO's. Migrating 40 Public Folders and Calendars saving valuable data and scheduling information. Certificate Authority; SSL certificates and IIS Subject Alternative Name (SAN) authentication. Building Exchange clusters Database Availability Group – DAG, providing continues replication, transport rules, configuring load balancing, and NAT rules. Assigning IIS, SMTP, IMAP, and POP services. Developing Statement of Work client project documentation. Advanced PowerShell scripting; finding blocked users, and remote PowerShell connectivity. Implementing MS InTune for iPads mobile device management. Administering SCCM 2012 and 1511; Creating driver / application packages, PXE boot images, and Nomad distribution points, User State Migration Tool. Client SCCM 2012 analysis and assessment, proposing entire redesign to improve enterprise functionality.
JONES DAY
Windows Systems Engineer - IT Contract Position, 2015
Active Directory migration from Windows Server 2008 to Windows 2012 R2. Utilizing experience in enterprise network design and topology to raise the domain functional level. Administering VMware environments 950 production servers and 400 QA servers, VLANs, DNS, DHCP reservations, and Active Directory Sites and Services. Engineering domestic and international AD domain controller upgrades, FSMO roles; Schema, and Operations Master, with the Global Catalog. Migrating Citrix servers from XenApp to VMware vSphere, on the EMC VMAX LUNs, and Cisco UCS B260 M4 blade servers. Creating and managing SharePoint project documentation and workflows. Defining policies and procedures to manage a Windows infrastructure, Altiris patch management, and monitoring EMC Avamar backups. Configuring Xerox CentreWareWeb, configuration sets to audit the network. Administering and testing MFD's and Windows 2012 R2 NTLM v2 authentication. Wrote PowerShell v4 scripts to automate the deployment process of global and universal drives, saving time and money.
SHILOH INDUSTRIES
System Network Architect - IT Contract Position, 2014-2015
Managing 22 global plants, 125 physical and 250 virtual servers. Responsible for designing and building a new DataCenter; subnets, DC’s, file and print servers, migrating engineering servers, and 100 Active Directory Users and Groups, all data. Creating Statements of Work, Proof of Concept, and Method of Procedure; SOW/POC/MOP. Through several acquisitions responsible for administering domain connectivity, AD, email, and website redirection. Presenting project implementations with Lync Meeting. Enterprise projects; Renaming entire Active Directory structure User Principal Names, UPN and Email addresses, North America, Sweden, and Poland. Decommission OnPremise Exchange Servers 2007 and 2010 to a fully-hosted Office 365 Exchange OnLine scenario. Scripting Azure Powershell, Identity Management and DirSync. Email protection creating spam filters catching the Dictionary Attack as it hit the network, saving uncompromised email problems. Managing quarantine email, malware, and spam reports. Diagnosing BYOD, mobile connectivity issues to O365 for their users. Setup Outlook email S/MIME encryption, a requirement for IRS Audit. Initial configuration on the Cisco UCS B200 M3; chassis, physical, logical components, and workflows. Nexus configuration, HA, fault tolerance, and redundancy with Aristra switches, EMC VNX 5300, and EquilLogics. Assisting EMC with VNX firmware update through the DMZ, ESRS-IP configuration. Detecting and repairing FTP server in the DMZ. Building two production VMware ESXi 5.5 Windows Failover Clusters with fiber channel masking from the Cisco UCS blades and Nexus fabric switches to the EMC Unisphere SAN. Responsible for yearly backup analysis and redesign review; servers, jobs and data. Verifying all schedules and servers, recreating backup policy and inventory on Tivoli TSM, and Backup Exec backup servers to improve workflows and process management. Transmitting the confidential results with DocuSign for internal SOX Audits. Resolving web browser authentication for quoting and Crystal Reports tied to ASP.Net. Implementing Cisco Context Discovery Agent, CDA, ASA Radius, and WMI, Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS). Configuring AD Group Policy Management, GPM, and GPO audit policy. Managing external DNS. Purchasing and installing web monitoring NIC communication card for the battery backup system, which requires new firmware, applying our Service Agreement for the update which also requires a new display and monitor board a hardware savings of $5,500.
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
Sr. Network Engineer, Network & Security Consulting, 2012-2014
Datacenter design and build; Client solutions architect to achieve the competitive advantage. Undertaking the entire project life cycle, implementing the entire system and responsible for all deliverables. Project Management leading both internal and external teams, developing and executing technology strategies on large IT projects; scheduling, resource management, and status reporting. Generating proposals as Solution Architect, and conducting Business Impact Analysis. Network Assessments for customers to recommend design; problem anticipation, and implementation. WireShark network protocol analyzer, packet traces, port mirroring, and sniffers. Security Consulting; Implementing Certificate Authority, PKI and SSL encryption key management. Presenting technical Web-Ex conferencing with supervisory communication skills. Designing and building VMware clusters / virtualization infrastructure solutions; Virtual Storage Appliance – VSA, Horizon View linked clones PCoIP and Wyse P45 thin clients. Creating Windows domains 2012 R2 / 2008 R2; IP address schemes - Subnetting, Active Directory, and DNS. Implementing Cisco ASA firewalls - ACLs, Catalyst 4948E, 3750X, QoS, and ASDM. Core, Distribution, and Access switch designing IOS config. L3 Routing, L2 VLANs, EtherChannel Port Groups, NAT, PAT, and single or multi-mode fiber, with fibre channel fabric zoning. Implementing EMC VNXe Unisphere SANs - iSCSI datastores, HBA, and storage provisioning. Installing and administering Netbackup 5230 data deduplication. Administering SAP and SQL databases. Strong knowledge of contracts; negotiating, change management, and action planning to guarantee projects success. Consolidating and improving utilization with VMWare reducing a footprint and energy consumption saving time and money on projects. Teaching myself AutoCAD to complete network design drawings, saving a 100 thousand dollars in expenses.
THINGS REMEMBERED, INC.
Infrastructure Analyst - IT Contract Position, 2011-2012
Manage North American Enterprise WAN, Administrating Active Directory, Exchange, and Blackberry Servers. Managing NetApp’s, Aggregates, creating volumes, and LUNs. Migrating data for cloud network storage, creating CIFS, snapshots, GPO’s Group Policy on restrictive groups to permit local users administrator’s rights. Cloud Storage - Carbonite Online Backup. Implementing Cisco MPLS networks, and EIGRP redirection. Administering VMWare ESXi patch management. Migrating guests VMs between blade hosts, and configuring persistent scratch. Hewlett Packard BL280c G6, Storageworks, HP MSA 2000, installing global spare, Vdisk provisioning, and administering LUNs on IBM BladeCenter. Backup Exec 2010 R3, managing template rules, critical data recovery. Troubleshooting MAC OS X Entourage and network connectivity issues. Migrating printers to Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, resolving critical driver compatibility issues. Working with the file repository, resolving errors with kernel mode drivers, and ghost printer shares. Administering Visual Basic scripts across North America and Canadian sites. Upgrading Trend Micro Office Scan, reducing the number of infected network computers and improving there performance. Guiding Managed Services, mentoring IT Service Desk Associates to troubleshoot and resolve Tier IV issues.
AGRANA FRUIT US, INC.
System Network Administrator, 2010-2011
Lead SAP Infrastructure Implementation Engineer; Designing and building Multi-Plant facility’s networks across the United States, SAP XMi resource planning, ERP. Responsible in creating project plans, designing and implementing system solutions in a global enterprise, Developing Network Architecture Plans to process data communications. Leading a team to process change in highly matrixed IT network. Organizing and prioritizing plans across and within business units. Producing project plans, Work Breakdown Structure, WBS, Managing Workflow Phases / Stages, and reporting. Managing contractors and project related resources. Purchasing and installing Dell R710s, SAP XMi servers. Installing and configuring Power Vault MD3200 – building VMware virtual clusters. Optimizing disk I\O channels - dedicated redundant path to backend storage, through SAS storage arrays. Installing MPLS routers, Cisco Catalyst switches 2960, 3560, administering and configuring Phion firewalls. Validating and prioritizing changes before implementation. Resolving Cisco switch connection issues between buildings. Bridging VLANs from Alcatel Lucent and Cisco switches, Infrastructure Deployment in production facilities; leading managed cutovers, and delivering results. Troubleshooting advanced networking. Managing TCP and UDP Ports, for planning and configuring the network infrastructure for SAP NW 7, and virtual hostname installation requiring DNS resolution. Identifying specific SAP network traffic for prioritizing, and security. Diagnosing and rebuilding production LeftHand SAN Cluster, SCSI Nodes. Moving towards a Go-Live integration point. Working independently as lead and part of the team.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING
Sr. IT Consultant, 2009-2010
Creating virtual networks; Building and Migrating Hyper-V Windows 2008 Servers. Installing and configuring Exchange Server 2007. Moving the Exchange Database and Streaming file, resolving capacity issue. Increasing client’s Exchange 2003 Information Store size, resolved email delivery problems. Ran Directory Service Restore Mode and repaired Active Directory database. Installed BlackBerry Enterprise Server and activated clients; Tours, Curves, and Bolts. Client administration SonicWall VPN, Virtual Office and Remote IIS Workplace. Corrected BlackBerry unable to send email problem, generated script to reset Active Directory SendAs permissions. Repaired Mail Store Service, Firewall Service and Service Books corruption. Detecting and resolving SCSI controller errors fixing backup write block issue on LTO tapes. SME on application software. Unravel RootKit virus and recovered client’s data. Install, deploy clients and administer Symantec Endpoint Protection Enterprise antivirus. Manage firewall ports resolving auto update issue. Administering IIS, Host Headers, Internet DNS, MX and (A) records. Setup client’s virtual network; VM’s and complex enterprise applications, SQL server, Ticketmaster, and a credit card authorization App. Creating and managing IPsec, VPN Tunnels. Performing complete network AIX systems upgrades. GoldMine database migration, Transfer Sets, and Link Documents synchronization. Configured One Button Sync. Creating client’s network assessment reports and recommendations to improve security and manageability.
RETINA ASSOCIATES OF CLEVELAND
IT Manager - IT Contract Position, 2009
Managing WAN/LAN nine remote offices; Cisco Pix 515E Firewall, Cisco 2600 switches, Adtran NetVanta Routers, SolarWinds IP monitoring. Administering Cybernetics iSAN virtual iSCSI disks. Improved the performance on the Exchange Server 2007. Resolving schema configuration in ADSIedit. Install and configure Barracuda spam filter saving organization expenses. Administering HIPPA PC Audit Compliance. Coordinating Active Directory groups and user’s permissions. Administering DNS and correcting reverse lookup problems. Administering Cisco VPN client access. Improving data archive synchronizing speeds; ViceVersa scheduler. Resolving Heidelberg network configuration and review station connectivity issues. Administering WinScribe voice data translation software. Estimating Blackberry Enterprise Server implementation and handheld devices. Improving MetaData IIS presentation, Misys and Allscripts. Rectifying Okidata printers problems. Refurbishing a multi-function device cutting expenses. Scheduling service technicians’ computer repairs. Rebuilt remote offices member servers, providing minimum downtown, improving productivity and saving corporate revenue.
JURINNOV, LTD.
Sr. Network Engineer, 2008
Managing Hitachi Data Systems SAN and NAS at BlueBridge Data Center, Upgraded OS on NAS Manager requiring HBA driver update. Creating new RAID groups with Storage Navigator and allocated disk space. SAN capacity planning, and migrating data. Adding storage for new Ringtail host groups and LUN mappings for electronic discovery and data harvesting. WAN/LAN Administration, Installing and configuring new Cisco ASA 5500, Catalyst 3560’s and 4000’s switches, configuring VLANs and replacing the Linksys legacy switches. Cisco IOS switch password recovery. Installing and configuring Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, SCCM, vreating and deploying packages. Administering Operations Manager, SCOM, improving deployment and network manageability. Resolved DNS conflicts, Event Sentry system log monitoring. Creating test environment in VMware, Changing the IIS server application pool recycle interval improving performance. Creating 99+% web uptime. Developing a script to execute when web connections are abandoned, resolving the W3SVC process and service unavailable. Detecting a Heap Overrun and determining to increase the size of the Session Manager, rectifying the stability IIS and COM+ applications. Resolving the Active Directory Certificate Service and Policy Module Processing for loading certificates. Improving the Exchanges Server performance; defragmented and repaired the information store, this increased backup speeds. Creating SQL server’s maintenance tasks to improve backup schedules; integrity, cleaning, and shrinking databases. Troubleshooting NIC Teaming and Network Load Balancing resolving intermittence performance issues. Designing and installing production Tape Library and SCSI array. Rebuilt backup server with SATA backplane to improve data transfer rates. Rescheduling Veritas Backup Exec jobs with conflicting Scheduled Tasks to improve processing time correcting job hangs. SME in technical leadership; developing project plans and leading team projects. Directing team members on IT operations; ran debriefs on projects improving the accuracy, and effectiveness of our work.
AXENTIS, INC.
Sr. Network Administrator, 2006-2007
Government Risk Control software. SaaS, Sarbanes Oxley, HIPPA, Audit and Assessment. SAS 70 network. Managing the Active Directory Forest, Domain migration transferring the FSMO roles and Trusts on the Bangalore network. Exchange Server management. Detected Denial of Service Attack, corrected with applying SMTP filtering. Backups and data recovery of critical Email folders and archives. Rebuilt and Recovered lost data SCSI Raid Array on a primary SQL Server. Troubleshoot redundant communication paths to critical APC Symmetra, rebuilt UPS, and corrected load connections. Installed and configured new office Cisco ASA 5500 router. SysLog monitoring for Cisco PIX Firewall, VPN, generating reports and comprehensive log analysis. SunGuard - off site disaster recovery. Managed IIS portal servers and network resources. Blackberry Administrator - 35 handhelds; Implementing, detecting and resolving the Send-As permission issue, and Daylight Saving Time. Recovering and rebuilt corrupted PeachTree accounting database. Administrating IIS web farm, resolving conflicting ports #’s in development environment. Cleaned .NET cache, and Re-registered dlls. Cross-train technical staff; infrastructure planning, application support, design, development, and reporting. Utilizing FTP for Data Integration, Development, Quality Assurance, and Production. Certificate Authority, installing thawte SSL123 certificates on the IIS servers. Migrating SQL Cluster 2000 to 2005; project planning, enterprise design, and complex system deployments. Managing SQL; transaction logs, network activity, and database auditing. Administering SQL data load integration packages, customer assessments, and .Net applications. Uncovering SQL Cluster performance issue; fiber channel HBA drivers were version mis-matched, saving the company expenses and improved server performance with data load speeds.
DAVEY TREE EXPERT CO.
Sr. Network Administrator - IT Contract Position, 2005
Extensive application support. Experience with Exchange Server 5.5. Administered Windows Server 2003, Terminal Server clusters, Network Load Balancing, and ThinClient, Resolved Symantec Anti-Virus and Panda conflict problems. LANDesk application deployment and remote administration. Installed and configured Blackberry, Resolved lost email problems. Added and administered Active Directory in a high-pressure environment. Strong knowledge of LAN/WAN administration, Cisco IOS PIX firewall installation for new office. Presented ideas and solutions in both technical and non-technical language. Provided guidance / Mentored junior members of the team.
S.S. KEMP & CO.
System Administrator - IT Contract Position, 2005
Administrating and maintaining servers; Exchange, Apache Web Server, SQL. Implemented IBM AS400 eServer, migrated data and users accounts. Responsible for Active Directory, LDAP and eCommerce websites. Configuring VPN, and DMZ on the SonicWall firewall, to allow remote users network connectivity. Replaced backup tape drive. Implementing a Fax Server for Sales Team saving them time and resources. Initializing processes on the SQL server to back up the TrackStar inventory database, to the AS400. Solved Cisco router clocking problem for web video presentations. Set-up UPS shipping server, scanner, and scale. Resolved all computer issues.
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
Weatherhead School of Management
Technician III, Information Technology Group, 1999-2003
Identified problems and providing solutions for software and server hardware issues. Installing, configuring and administering Exchange Server cluster, 5.0, 5.5, 2000 and IIS web server. Effectively restoring lost e-mail and corrupted accounts from tape backups. Designing and maintaining IIS web projects for senior faculty and staff. Resolved installation problems with Cisco VPN client and remote access. Configured Cisco 3600 router, subneting the domain. Identifying and solving PPP dial-up issues. Troubleshooting all performance issues in a complex environment. Replaced crashed server SCSi drives, rebuilding the array. Replaced motherboards and repaired laptops. Designing and maintaining network security with Active Directory, Organizational Units, and GPOs. Resolved virus outbreaks with Symantec anti-virus. Managing 14 different departments IT requirements, purchasing the software / hardware. Installed computer lab images through SMS distributions. Participated in the design, and managed the equipment inventory SQL database. Administered Citrix applications.Taught technology seminars to MBA students each year as well as working one-on-one to help them efficiently use resources. Interviewed and hired help desk staff each semester. Trained staff on network and hardware/software configuration. Improved office functionality by providing sufficient properly trained support staff, which resulted in a 35% reduction in beginning-of-semester work orders.
Previous experience also includes five years as an Operations Manager for Educational Equipment Company, a manufacturer of marker boards, chalk boards, tack boards, and projection screens, where I coordinated the work of the production team and sold product to clients.
EDUCATION
Case Western Reserve University
Weatherhead School of Management
Masters of Business Administration
Management of Technology, E-Commerce
Youngstown State University
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Major: Finance, Minor: Management and Economics
Foundation Scholarship Recipient
August, 1989
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MCSE, MCP+Internet, MCP
Networking Windows
March, 2000
Dale Carnegie Systems
“Effective Speaking and Human Relations”
Teamwork Development, Management, Leadership Skills
November, 1990
Lakeland Community College
Networking Windows Certificate; System Design
January, 1996 through May, 2000
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