SAURIN SHAH

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Edison, NJ *****

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SUMMARY:

Specializing in Microsoft Windows, Server Engineering Administration design planning, and execution.

Envision solutions to technical dilemmas integrating latest resources and equipment.

Expertise in the blending of new technologies and creating forward thrust in infrastructure.

Capable, dependable, and willing to play many roles in the life cycle of a full project life cycle.

Self-motivated, energetic team player creative problem-solving. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Design, Plan, Architect Large Enterprise Windows Environments with experience in managing and implementing large-scale servers in a production data center environment.

Experience with Infrastructure Design, Active Directory implementation, System Builds, Performance Monitoring, and Tuning, Application and Server High Availability, and strong knowledge of Disaster Recovery.

Hands-on skills in assessment design installation and implementation of server infrastructure

Create triage with developers and have robust production application implementation and support experience.

Solid understanding of Active Directory management, clustering with SAN technologies, Virtual Server, Windows Load Strong Microsoft Active Directory skills (2008/12/16,)

Strong Microsoft SQL Server skills (2008/12/14/16)

Robust Microsoft IIS 6, 7 and 7.5 Server, DB2, JAVA, XML, WebSphere

Microsoft Office 365 administration

Bigfix, Symantec AV, Blackberry Server.

SCOM, NetIQ, BMC Patrol, BladeLogic, Atrium

Cisco UCS HP Blade server Dell Power edge server.

Microsoft SAN, NETAPP storage skills

VB Scripting skills for system monitoring and administration

Strong Microsoft clustering, NLB experience, F5 Load balancers working experience.

Microsoft endpoint configuration and administration

Strong VMWare GSX and ESXi expertise

Working knowledge of Cisco routers and switches

Barracuda spam firewall and GFI Mail essentials spam filter experience

Working knowledge of BizTalk 2010 Server

PowerShell scripting twice a month Visual basic all the time

ITIL Certificate

Load Balancing, IIS, SQL, Windows 2008 and SQL 2008/2012/2016

Responsibility for troubleshooting, project management, research, systems architecture, and design.

Specialized in deploying and managing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments powered by Pure Storage solutions

Proficient in implementing, managing, and optimizing Pure Storage solutions in diverse IT environments.

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SKILLS:

Windows Server 2008/12/16 servers, Active Directory, VMWARE 6.5/7, VMTURBO, 2010, SQL 2012/16, Clustering, Load Balancing, DNS, DFS, Active Directory, Group Policies, VB Scripting for WMI and ADSI, IIS, .NET deployment, BizTalk 2010, SCCM/SCOM, EMC SAN, HP SAN, Mailgateway, SSO, Identity management, HP, DELL, Dynatrace, New Relic, Azure and AWS, PDQ Deploy, Manage Engine AD, Dell active administrator, Intune, OMS, Splunk, Tableau, Citrix, VDI

VROPS, Loginsight, Cisco Intersight, Service Now, Jira, Confluence, Share Point, Skyline,Cisco UCS, Hyperflex, UCSD

Ansible, Chocolatey t Cohesity, Moog soft, Azure, VDI

EXPERIENCE:

ERPSUITES.COM Loveland OH 04/2023-Present

SR Infrastrucrure Engineer

Responsible for planning, deployment of Vmware infrastructure.

Install, configure Vrops,Vlcm and log insight.

Daily administration of Windows server,database,DNS,IPAM.GPO etc..

Deploy, upgrade Solarwind to monitor infrastructure.

Daily operation of backup and restore of VM.

Integrate Log insight with Cicso ACS F5 and Solar wind.

Deploy VDI in Azure environment.

Implementing and optimizing VDI infrastructure to leverage the high performance and low latency of Pure Storage's all-flash arrays

Ensuring a seamless user experience in VDI deployments by utilizing Pure Storage's advanced data reduction and efficiency features.

Conducting regular performance analysis and capacity planning to maintain optimal operation of VDI environments.

Achievements:Significantly enhanced the performance and reliability of VDI environments, leading to improved user satisfaction and productivity.Achieved notable cost savings and efficiency improvements by optimizing storage utilization and reducing the hardware footprint.Successfully managed large-scale VDI deployments with minimal downtime, leveraging Pure Storage's non-disruptive operations and scalability features.

The Bank Of New York Mellon, New York, NY 08/2018 – 01/2023

Sr Virtualization Engineer- Infrastructure

●Responsible for the deployment of Cisco UCS infrastructure to deploy servers, applications, and databases.

●Responsible for VMware infrastructure administration, upgrade, and migration

●Integrate Vrops Log insight with Vcenter to improve performance and troubleshooting of ESX.

●Migrate Vcenter and ESX from 6.5 to 7.0

●Wrote PowerShell script to check infrastructure, server, Vcenter and ESX health.

●Established and automated procedure to upgrade UCS firmware.

●Setup AWS and AZURE, AWS infrastructure and migrate more than 200 servers.

●Responsible for Office 365 migration and administration.

●Responsible for SCOM, SCCM administration for deployment, and patching of infrastructure.

●Provide solution architecture for business-critical applications and cloud infrastructure.

●Produce capacity planning report for Windows and VMWARE infrastructure.

●Work with application owner to migrate application in a greenfield environment.

●Automate deployment of OS, Application, and endpoint with various tools.

●Perform POC and POV for the various new product to make the right decision.

●Deploying and administering Pure Storage FlashArray and FlashBlade systems for high-performance and efficient storage solutions.

●Implementing storage optimization strategies, including data deduplication, compression, and tiering to maximize performance and capacity.

●Ensuring robust data protection and disaster recovery using Pure Storage's snapshot and replication features.

●Enhanced overall storage system performance and efficiency, leading to a significant reduction in operational costs.

●Successfully managed large-scale data migrations to Pure Storage systems with minimal impact on business operations.

● Contributed to the improvement of storage scalability and reliability, resulting in higher system availability and user satisfaction.

Healthfirst, New York, NY 08/2014 – 08/2018

Sr Windows Engineer-- Perf

●Responsible for deployment of SCOM 2012R2 infrastructure to monitor servers, applications, and cloud environment.

●Responsible for VMware administration, upgrade, and migration.

●Setup AWS and AZURE infrastructure and migrate more than 200 servers.

●Responsible for SCCM administration for deployment and patching of infrastructure.

●Provide solution architecture for business-critical applications and cloud infrastructure.

●Produce capacity planning report for Windows infrastructure.

●Work with the application owner to customized alerting for services.

●Automate deployment of OS, Application, and endpoint with various tools.

●Perform POC and POV for the various new product to make the right decision.

●Expert in utilized Splunk, Dynatrace, App v, Citix, power shell.

EXPERIENCE:

Credit Agricole, New York, NY 05/2012 – 08/2014

Consultant

●Responsible for deployment of Window 2008 server for BizTalk project

●Migrate traditional storage to thin provisioning.

●Work with the storage and database team to consolidate the SQL database.

●Build a Hyper-V environment for a development server.

●Optimized AD and group policy to improve the performance of server and desktop.

●A lead technical role in the implementation of new products and capabilities

●Rearchitect and implement Disaster Recovery infrastructure solutions for the business-critical application.

●Administer and manage DNS, DHCP, WINS, and print server.

●Responsible for managing server images in the ALTRIS server.

●Maintaining software and hardware life cycle of DELL, HP, IBM server.

●Administrating and managing Citrix WEB farm.

●Maintained the NetIQ server and upgrade agent.

Jefferies and Company, Jersey City, NJ 11/2011 – 05/2012

Consultant

●Responsible for deployment of Window 2008 server for Bache project

●Planned, deployed, and integrated application server between Jefferies and Prudential.

●Worked with storage and database teams to optimize space requirements for the SQL database.

●Built VM environment for the migration project.

●Optimized server TCP/IP configuration for the trading application.

●A lead technical role in the implementation of new products and capabilities

●Rearchitected and implemented Disaster Recovery infrastructure solutions for the business-critical application.

●Reviewed, created and contributed to design documents.

●Collaborated with development teams on system monitoring and smart alerting.

●The assured consistency of components by building the Configuration Management Database.

●Recommended technology optimizations, performance tuning, and process improvements.

●Mentored system engineers and helped raise the technical knowledge in the team.

●Leveraged systems management tools to automate server builds, deploy software packages, monitor servers, manage capacity, etc.

●Scheduled and implemented production changes such as applications, software upgrades, roll out of security and system patches, bug fixes, etc.

●Trained helpdesk staff with proper runbook and hands-on training to handle alerting and notification.

●Participated in the planning and execution of Disaster recovery exercise for a critical application.

●Responsible for managing more than 10000 windows 2012,2016 and 2019 server.

●Design architect and deploy AD,GPO, DNS,DHCP in enterprise environment.

●Deploy SCOM and SCCM for configuration and monitoring windows infrastructure

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Brooklyn, NY 05/2011- 11/2011

Consultant

●Responsible for deployment of the IIS Web server application on the Windows 2003 server.

●Planned, deployed, and integrated the IIS web server between Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley.

●Created package in BladeLogic for deployment and upgrade of various.Net applications.

●Integrated BladeLogic with Atrium for zero-touch deployment on the IIS server.

●Troubleshoot performance-related issues in IIS application with MQ series, web sphere, and DB2 client.

●Rolled out SiteMinder agent on the IIS server and troubleshot connectivity issues with the master server.

●Functioned as a lead technician for the implementation of new products and capabilities.

●Architected and implemented infrastructure solutions for business-critical projects.

●Reviewed, created and contributed to design documents.

●Collaborated with development teams on system design and serviceability.

●Assured compatibility of components and operating characteristics of subsystems in multi-product environments

●Recommended technology optimizations, performance tuning, and process improvements.

●Mentored system engineers and helped raise the technical knowledge in the team.

●Leveraged systems management tools to automate server builds, deploy software packages, monitor servers, manage capacity, etc.

●Scheduled and implemented production changes such as applications, software upgrades, roll out of security and system patches, bug fixes, etc.

●Deploy LogRhythm in an enterprise environment to meet security compliances.

●Participated in ITIL processes – incident/problem management, change management, release management, etc.

Bessemer Trust, Woodbridge, NJ

Infrastructure Engineer 07/2010 - 05/2011

●Planned, Designed, and Deployed alternate investment application infrastructure.

●Worked with the business units to design, plan, and implement critical applications into a production environment. Worked with vendors for customization of packaged software.

●Coordinated with vendors for monitoring and performance tuning of applications.

●Responsible for installation, upgrade, and daily administration of Windows 2003/2008 servers in highly demanding production environment consisting of 2000 servers running 24x7. Specific areas included various transaction processing applications for billing, inventory, reporting, general ledger, etc. The platform was web-based, with Java clients and a SQL Server back end.

●Maintained Dell hardware and software life cycle.

●Upgraded Windows 2003 server to Windows 2008.

●Rolled out SCOM agent on various Windows/Linux servers to monitor mission-critical infrastructure.

●Rolled out a patch with BigFix client.

●Wrote power shell script to collect hardware, software inventory of data center.

●Upgraded current CCTV and video systems to monitor remote offices.

BNY Mellon, New York, NY 02/2003 - 12/2009

WINDOWS ARCHITECT / ENGINEER / ADMINISTRATOR

●Responsible for installation, upgrade, and daily administration of Windows 2003/2008 servers in a highly demanding production environment consisting of 5000 servers running 24x7. Specific areas included various transaction processing applications for billing, inventory, reporting, general ledger, etc. The platform was web-based, with fat clients and a SQL Server back end.

●Installation, Upgrade, migration, backup, and troubleshooting of 300 SQL servers.

●Responsible for server migration from the physical environment to the virtual environment using VMware ESX. Deploy Citrix and configure and publish applications in a Citrix environment. Planned, designed, architected, and configured SAN solutions using EMC and NetApp.

●Installation, Configuration, Upgrade, Architecture, Customization, Site Templates, Site Definitions, Taxonomy, Metadata, Content Management for SharePoint 2007

●Responsible for install upgrade and migrate Exchange server for 30,000 users.

●Hands-on experience with HP DL 380, HP blade server, IBM Director, Dell PowerEdge server installation, upgrade, migration and troubleshooting for 1000’s servers.

●Designed, architected, and deployed Active Directory in multiple domains.

●Planned, designed, and deployed VMware infrastructure for 1000 servers.

●Worked with the business units to design, plan, and implement critical applications into a production environment. Worked with vendors for customization of packaged software.

●Coordinated with vendors for monitoring and performance tuning of applications.

●Integrated infrastructure, applications, and other critical resources with Mellon Bank after merger including building new Active Directory domains. Ran a Disaster Recovery test for a critical business application to maintain continuity of business. Defined, implemented, and monitored ITIL processes to deploy, execute, and control various business processes. The supported life cycle of hardware, software, and other resources at the current level.

●Updated IPP on the desktop through Netware 5.1 as a gateway.

Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Morristown, NJ 07/2002 – 2/2003

WINDOWS HANDS-ON PROJECT LEAD (5000 servers)

●Evaluated, redesigned, and re-implemented the existing NetIQ infrastructure to enhance system reliability.

●Rollout NetIQ agent on W2K Server for 1000 users. Automated operation procedure to reduce operator intervention.

●Generated system hardware, software, and uptime report.

●Integrated NetIQ console with SMS, WUG, and CIM to centralize monitoring.

●Responsible for the monitoring of third-party software.

●Troubleshoot communication and agent-related problems with NetIQ.

●Lead the development of automated systems management tasks and documentation of the remediation actions for alerts generated via the tools.

●Developed, improved, supported, implemented, and documented backup and recovery procedures on production Windows systems.

●Responsible for installation, upgrade, and daily administration of SQL 7 and 2000 Servers in an active cluster environment.

●Implemented data transfer methods including replication, log shipping, and DTS packaging in both inter and intrasite environments.

●Maintained DFS, NFS, DHCP, File and Print, and authentication services for staff and clients.

●Maintained extensive documentation for all projects, systems, and developed an all-encompassing internal documentation format using designated tools and work closely with technical writers.

●Developed and maintained internal and external processes and workflows for utilizing the services of the Windows systems.

●Monitored system performance continually, prepared periodic performance reports for management review, and made system tuning recommendations to enhance system performance as well as implemented these performance changes on the Windows systems.

●The main focal point of service delivery for all related issues and projects

●Hands-on work experience with the design and implementation of system security templates

●Responsible for managing 200 NT/W2K/2003 servers.

●Delivered 99.9999 % uptime for server and application.

●Optimized backup solution for SQL 2000 database.

●Wrote Script to create uptime report for NT server reboot report.

●Enhanced script to generate a report for specific event id for DC controller.

Tiffany’s, Parsippany, NJ 01/2000 - 07/2002

ENGINEER / NT ADMINISTRATOR

●Responsible for the installation migration and upgrade of Windows 2000/Web server SQL 2000 in the Enterprise environment for eCommerce application.

●Designed SQL 2000 in a 2-node cluster environment and configured for failed over for eCommerce application.

●Maintained and upgraded the Windows system software on all Windows-based systems to ensure operating system integrity and to meet defined system availability service levels. Performed periodic review of system software Patch releases and recommend the installation of appropriate software fixes.

●Responsible for migrating NetIQ AppManager from 3.4 to 4.2 releases.

●Installed NetIQ AppManager Web trend client on 200 Windows 2000 servers and automated monitoring of critical components of NT, SQL, CIM, SMS, ARC, IIS, NetBackup, BackupExec, and PeopleSoft.

●Responsible for monitoring Active Directory and setting up the baseline to track the performance of the AD.

●Customized NetIQ/VB scripts to monitor 200 servers and reduced false alerts.

●Generated various reports from SMS for hardware and software inventory.

●Automated various procedures to reduce operator intervention and improve system availability.

●Provided the system performance and uptime report to troubleshoot CRM application.

●Created reports to monitor user activity, critical security alert, and intrusion detection.

●Installed what’s up gold to monitor 200 NT servers and applications in an enterprise environment.

●Defined problems, design solutions, and test and implement software for the NetIQ infrastructure.

●Assisted in the acquisition, installation, implementation, and support of the Tivoli infrastructure.

Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway, NJ 1995-2000

LEAD NETWORK / NT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR (2000+ Servers)

●Installed the NetIQ AppManager on Window NT server to monitor critical component of NT Server

●Defined and established procedure to install NetIQ AppManager on Windows NT Servers in an enterprise environment with 2000+ servers.

●Integrated NetIQ server for 500 users with Tivoli.

●Wrote Scripts to monitor log alert and send a page to the Administrator for a critical alert.

●Responsible for installing and maintaining Active Directory in the W2K environment.

●Responsible for installation, administration of Sun, HP-UX in TCP/IP environment.

●Leverage a solution using NetIQ AppManager to monitor the NT and Paging server application proactively.

●Installed NT/2000, IIS 5.0, SQL, paging software, Compaq Inside Manager on Compaq ProLiant Server and cluster with another Paging server for redundancy of Paging service and proactive monitoring and notification of critical alert.

●Responsible for Cisco Router, switch configuration upgrade, and migration.

●Load IOS on 6500, 7500, 2600 series. Provided level 2 supports the TCP/IP environment. Troubleshoot LAN/WAN area using fluke NAI sniffer. Created a network diagram with Visio 2000.

●Maintained database of network equipment with Excel. Re-engineer enterprise paging system, migrate various paging clients from OS/2 to Windows NT/2000, Integrated paging server with SAIC to serve as back up.

●Upgraded IOS on AS5300 to the current level. The configured route for a satellite office to make calls using VOIP.

●Enhanced REXX code to stop page and restart page from Net View. Responsible for administration and upgrade of TCIS. Provided a shared queue environment to various users for faster message processing across MVS and UNIX systems.

●Supported many Windows Socket applications and many protocols including IPX/SPX, TCP/IP, and PPP.

●Designed and implemented continuous enhancements to the system to ensure peak performance.

●Maintained and reengineered monthly capacity planning report for FEP usage, TCP/IP performance, and paging usage report. Rewrote test code to test various new socket functions.

●Responsible for the administration of the Windows NT/2000 server. Received Recognition award from SMS800 and WFA group for providing excellent support.

●Served as first-level support for 24x7 computer centers with 6000 users: monitoring the system activity utilizing Network Command Center software.

●Ensured all critical Network infrastructure components remain operational to agreed service levels.

●Implemented the Network changes through established change control procedures.

●Performed 1st, 2nd level LAN/WAN problem resolution.

●Ensured that Local/Domestic and Global Network availability meets established Service levels. Secured all network issues and problems are logged and tracked until resolved.

●Managed the Global Network Services Hosts. Ensured proper domain name resolution at all global network sites.

●Maintained and established Network Operations Center documentation, site diagrams, naming conventions, equipment inventories.

●Retained the site Firewall security policies, developed by the Network Technical Support. Managed and maintained all network hardware by service levels.

●Produced management reports (network availability and utilization) on a weekly and monthly basis (ad hoc basis as required). Adhered to Corporate Policies and Procedures. Provided notifications of planned or unplanned outages. Escalated network problems to management when they could not be resolved within a defined period.

●Participated in global network vendor discussions on network operations issues. Performed network-testing activities as required. Answered user questions on the network. Troubleshoot network usage (user or application) problems. Provided second-level technical support to the helpdesk for network issues. Participated in the departmental budget planning and management.

●Installed Microsoft Windows NT server/workstation for a command center for 20 users.

●Planned and managed routine maintenance; tested new hardware, operating system release, and software application. Responsible for all phases of system operation and maintenance of NT/2000 Novell, Lotus Notes, and UNIX server.

●Created and maintained a database for the operational procedure on Lotus Notes.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering University of Gujarat 1982

Windows NT/UNIX administration, configuration, and support. Comp-U- Learn

Router Configuration and Administration Telcordia Learning Center

Mastering Visual Basic 6.0 Telcordia Learning Center

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