Anil Ferris

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Hartsdale, NY 10530

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SUMMARY

10+ Years IT Infrastructure experience - including deep knowledge of O365/EM+S/SPO/XPO/Skype/ Teams, Microsoft Windows Server, DNS, DHCP, AD, ADFS, AAD, ADConnect, SharePoint Architecture, Administration and Migration, Microsoft SQL Server, SANs, Citrix Netscaler, VMWare, Powershell scripting, Disaster Recovery, Project Management and Vendor Management

5+ Years Data migration Experience: On-Prem folders and Shared Folders, BOX and other business cloud storage locations to O365 - OneDrive for Business, Tenant to tenant email migration and SharePoint to SharePoint-OnPrem and SPO.

Experienced with Security and Vulnerability Management, Remediation/Mitigation Strategies

Resourceful with a "roll-up my sleeves" problem solving aptitude and excellent communication skills. Willing to relocate.

Technical Skills

AD / Azure AD / Azure AD Connect

O365, Intune, MDM, ADT, WIP, DLP, SSO, Exchange Online, SPO (OOB), OneDrive, Teams

On-premise / Exchange (O365) Online / Hybrid

ID Management /Intune / MDM / MFA /Autopilot / MS Authenticator

VMWare, Microsoft Windows Servers, installation, configuration, administration.

Security and Vulnerability Management

CMDB and Asset Management

SCCM/WDS/WDT

HP/Dell Servers, HP/Dell EMC SANs, Desktops and Laptops Imaging/configuring

Mimecast / ProofPoint e-Mail filtering Archiving and Compliance, Druva Cloud backup

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

New York Cornea – Scarsdale, NY April 2020 to current

IT Engineer/Administrator (Contractor)

Administration of AD/Remote Access/Exchange 2016/Citrix/EMR/Practice Management Software/Patch management/Printers/Scanners/MFPs/Offsite Backup/Network/Vendor management

AD Cleanup and conversion to a modern AD implementation

Upgrade Servers from Windows 2008R2 to Windows 2019

Upgrade all endpoints to Windows 10

Security and vulnerability management

Beauty Quest Group - Stamford, CT September 2019 to April 2020

Senior Systems Architect

Created strategic plans and implement global IT infrastructure that delivered customer-centric, business-led and value-driven IT services

Delivery of all client facing infrastructure solutions, ensuring that SLAs are met in the most cost-efficient method. (Hands on sole implementer of O365, ID Management, Intune, MDM, MFA, MS Authenticator, DLP, WIP, ATP,AD/AAD/ADConnect/DNS/DHCP/ O365 hybrid Exchange and migration of user data, ERP, manufacturing and warehouse data as well as hands on tenant-tenant email migration from Conair data systems to BQG).

Security and Vulnerability Management: Responsibility for ensuring that performance of the client facing systems are continuously monitored, measured and all vulnerabilities measured. Evaluated Qualys VMDR

Participate as a priority in the recovery and restoration of systems as required by management teams in the event of serious disruptions to critical services (Major Incidents and Problems).

Understanding of the various business needs and strategies to craft client facing collaboration strategies to meet these requirements.

Aquarion Water Co - Hartford, CT June 2019 to August 2019

O365 Migration Architect

Designed a Road Map to upgrade to O365 including ID Management, Intune, MDM, WIP, DLP, OfficeProplus, and mitigate AD issues, pilot upgrades/implementations of Exchange, SharePoint, Skype for business/Teams and Office ProPlus.

Hybrid Exchange/Exchange Online setup and mailbox migrations.

Slalom Consulting – New York, NY Sept 2011 to May 2019

Sr. Systems Engineer

Managed the Information Vulnerability Management teams to ensure security compliance of global IT infrastructures - Network Scanning and mitigation of servers and workstations, Intrusion detection of routers and firewalls, patch applications, servers and workstations to be in compliance with generally accepted security standards.

Conducted security vulnerability tests and remediated all the vulnerabilities using Solar Winds, Tripwire IP360, Qualsys VMDR and WireShark. (Patch management of servers was done with SCCM/WSUS)

Setup O365 with all the bells and whistles – AAD, AD Connect, SPO, Exchange online, ATP, WIP, DLP, Intune MAM/MDM, OneDrive for Business, Teams and trained help desks/end users.

Mitigated O365 issues in the O365 setup performed by third-party vendors and completed stalled Exchange to Exchange Online configurations and migrations.

Assessed data storage types and locations used by the current users

Developed a migration plans to move on-prem home directories to OneDrive for Business, Enabled and configured SharePoint Online and created team sites to migrate data from On-Prem Shared folders and evaluated users' BOX and Google Drive for Business usage and created migration plan to move users off, either to user's OneDrive Plus or SPO TeamSite depending on the data

Developed cloud-based backup solutions that can handle on-prem as well as cloud-based data and email.

Migrated Data – On-Prem to the cloud, Exchange on-Prem to Exchange online, tenant to tenant exchange on-line, SharePoint on Prem to SharePoint Online, SharePoint on-prem to SharePoint on-prem (2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 between versions, working with developers to mitigate application issues).

Weill Cornell Medical College May 2007 – August 2011

Application Specialist / Server Manager / Project Manager

Acted as the Project Manager for the implementation of all new applications and upgrades.

Upgraded from WSS to MOSS 2007, and then to SharePoint 2010. Conducted site provisioning and SQL 2008 maintenance. Managed architecture, upgrades, and general administration tasks for a Global installation.

Maintained the Epic HyperSpace / GECB IDX installation. Performed annual upgrades, periodic SUs, and scripting to ensure that updated smartforms were copied and registered to all Citrix servers.

Setup VMWare ESXi 5.0 infrastructure and upgraded patch levels as required.

Implemented BeyondCompare to check that all DLL and OCX files related to smartforms were insync across all Citrix servers.

Implemented and managed SCCM for configuration and deployment and patch control.

Managed a Global farm of Citrix XenApp servers running Epic HyperSpace, GECB IDX, Financial/HR SAP ERP Workspace products, and other general-purpose applications.

Maintained Active Directory, security groups and group policies for the institution (330 servers, 5000+ users).

Manage provisioning, ordering, designing data space, installation and routine maintenance of HP Blade servers, HP Proliant rack and tower servers, IBM x-Series servers, Dell PowerEdge servers. EMC, Equallogic, and 3PAR SANs, HP RDP (HP Branded Altiris) used for server imaging.

Responsible for the entire software and hardware purchase and maintenance cycle. Received user/ department requests, obtained quotes and negotiated with vendors, created purchase requests and gathered necessary approvals, forwarded to the purchasing department and tracked the purchase order to ensure that the hardware/software/maintenance contract was received, invoices received, and payments made.

Evaluated, tested, and implemented Citrix EdgeSite 5.0 for monitoring server performance, Citrix Password Manager for single sign-on with Epic HyperSpace, Citrix NetScalar/Secure Gateway for remote and VPN access, Remote Scan for thin client scanning, Citrix XenApp, Altiris Image Management (HP Blades), HYP InsightManager, and Shavlik NetChk for distributing updates. Created an HL7 interface between Epic and Eclipsys to transfer patient data as well as DICOM images,

Created load balancing between two data centers. Created a temporary Disaster Recovery site at a remote location mainly on VMWare replicas and a SAN. Replicated to the DR site using a nightly robocopy of the deltas.

Ecconergy - Montebello, NY January 2006 to April 2007

Sr. Systems Engineer

Designed and implemented the Disaster Recovery site for one of nation's largest independent energy marketers.

Identified requirements and ordered equipment (HP DL series servers, HP switches, CISCO routers and firewalls, VoIP telephony equipment, etc.).

Upgraded the existing IT systems as necessary - Windows 2003 Server, MS Exchange 5.5 to 2003, BackUpExec, 11d, Ghost Suite 1.1, DAVCE 10.2, SQL 2005 Enterprise, Oracle 10.x, VMWare ESX 3.1, etc.

Installed rack in-house and setup duplicate system with data replication from in-house system using Doubletake. • Setup monitoring systems using Whatsup Gold and HP Insight Manager.

Interfaced with Verizon to provide the required connectivity between production and DR site.

Created a standard PC build and pushed out to 47 workstations within two days using Symantec's Ghost Suite.

Collaborated with software developers to test their applications on a parallel system and certify that all programs worked as expected.

Uninstalled all equipment and arranged transportation to the DR site.

Assembled all equipment - server racks, routers, communications, workstations, and telephony at the DR site.

Tested all equipment and replication worked smoothly and created all documentation.

Sabbatical in India April 2002 to Dec 2005

Designed and built a captive electrical power plant and power distribution grid for my family Coffee Estate in Sakleshpur (Karnataka, India) and the local estate workers housing development

Malcolm Pirnie, White Plains, NY January 2001 to March 2002

Sr. Systems Administrator

Pepsi Cola International, Somers, NY April 1995 to May 2000

Systems Administrator

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, NY April 1994 to April 1995

LAN/Email Administrator

Novel 3.1/3.12 and MS Mail Administrator

Routledge, Chapman and Hall, NY, NY May 1989 to April 1994

Systems Administrator

Unisys Mainframe administration and Cobol programmer. Setup/Administered a Novel 3.1 Network.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration in Business Administration, University of Phoenix

Master of Computer Science in Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Bangalore University

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