Karanveer Sobti

Location: Canada

Cell- +1-403-***-****

Email id: addpxn@r.postjobfree.com

Experience Summary

Microsoft Certified IT Professional with 11.0+ years of work experience in Infrastructure Services, Transition & Migration and management of Windows server 2003/2008/2012/2016, Microsoft Active Directory, ADFS, DNS, DHCP, Citrix XenApp, Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10.

Designed and Implementation experience of Microsoft FIM 2010 R2 (Forefront Identity Manager), Windows Server and Virtualization Solutions based on Microsoft Cloud & Citrix Technologies. Strong experience in Supporting and managing NLB, Windows clustering, Citrix XenApp Server farm, PowerShell and Windows 2012/2016 infrastructure. Held technical contributor roles at Onsite and worked from client location STOCKHOLM (Sweden) for 4.5 years and currently working in Canada.

Technical Proficiencies

Design Infrastructure, Implement and manage solution, IT infrastructure technology refresh and best practice implementation.

Cloud Platform

Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure

Platform Technology

Microsoft Windows Server, Linux OS ( Red Hat & CentOS)

Virtualization

VMware vSphere & vCloud Director, SCVMM & Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware View/Horizon, Citrix XenApp & Desktop, Microsoft VDI, Remote Desktop Services (RDS)

Microsoft Technologies

Active Directory Services, Microsoft System Center, MS Clusters, Identity Services, ADFS, Office 365, SharePoint, MS Visio, MS Project

Network and Security

McAfee (ePO), Trend Micro 8.0 office scan, Symantec Endpoint Protection, InfoBlox, EasyDNS, Citrix NetScaler 7500, F5, Microsoft Azure ATP & EventHub

Tools

Quest Migration Manger, PowerShell, Ivanti Shavlik, ServiceNow, BMC Remedy, SCOM, SolarWinds, CA Nimsoft, Azure Migrate, DMA

Project Management Methodologies

Agile Scrum, SDLC & Waterfall

Good understanding of ITIL Service Management, Incident Management, Configuration management and Change

Management

Experience

Technical Consultant June 2011 - present

Tata Consultancy Services (Canada, Sweden, India)

Projects:

Azure Migration:

Technical transformation of Applications and services from On-premises datacenter to Azure Cloud services. Implementation of Azure Services IaaS and PaaS solutions, Microsoft Cloud OMS and Security system. Migrating Application from physical infrastructure solution to cloud services.

Windows 10 Migration:

Led and architect the migration of Microsoft Windows 8 & 8.1 to Windows 10 on 8500+ hardware devices and 3500+ virtual desktops and for renowned Airline client in Scandinavia

FIM/MIM Implementation:

Design, implement, automate and integration of FIM with Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Netwise

VDI implantation:

Implementation of 3000 desktop virtual Desktop solution on Microsoft Hyper-V solution

Datacenter Migration:

Datacenter infrastructure services migration from physical to cloud and physical to physical

Operations:

Define cloud strategy, roadmap and business case for cloud adoption by assessing and analyzing on premise applications

Define cloud architecture, design and implementation for hosting large, complex applications in Azure

Implement proof of concepts to validate cloud concepts, architecture and requirements

Implement highly available and disaster recovery solutions in Azure to meet SLA requirements

Configure the appropriate VMs, storage and network in Azure to support workloads

to troubleshoot, monitor and deploy applications

Develop and implement monitoring, backup and archival solutions in Azure

Remote login to Virtual Machines to troubleshoot and identify performance, connectivity and other issues for the applications hosted in Azure platform

Configure, manage and troubleshoot Azure AD connect and SSPR

Implementing, managing administrating Windows Server infrastructure, Active Directory Domain Services management, DHCP and other Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 roles

Participation in Active Directory Risk Assessment program (ADRAP) and closure of security loopholes

Responsible for File Server cluster configuration, share and permission management

Manage Failover and Load balancing clusters, patch/fix firmware upgrades

Responsible for TrendMicro Enterprise Suite management for Servers and client OS

AD Group policy consolidation and redesigning

Responsible for print server installation, Configuration and Printer Queue deployment

Creation of various automated dashboards for Health checks

Prepared Microsoft Azure, Citrix, and Windows Operating procedure manuals

Responsible for deploying monthly patches on servers and Client machines

Responsible for installing /Configuring Citrix XenApp farm and servers and configuring the farm policy

Testing and upgrading rollup patches of Citrix

Migration, Implementation, management and troubleshooting Hyper V 2008/R2 & 2012 with SCVMM 2012 R2. Microsoft VDI infrastructure and securely deploying session host server for application/desktop virtualization

Managing web interface and Citrix licensing and new application hardening

Participation in Active Directory Recovery Execution Service program (ADRES) and creation of related technical documentation

Team Member Basis December 2009- October 2010

ADP Private LTD. (India)

Day-to day task involves providing technical support to users related to SAP Basis and SAP print queues

Manage and support SAP Basis environment

Users account creation for SAP users and providing them appropriate roles

Import and manage CRM tickets to different environments (Development, Quality, and Production) as per requirements

Create, reset, and clear SAP printer queues

View spool logs of the background jobs. Check logs of the requests, whether they are imported successfully or not? and provide technical support.

Create SAP monthly procedures reports

Technical Support Associate September 2008- December 2009

Mphasis an HP Company (India)

Act as an escalation point for L2 Service Desk associates to provide day-to-day technical support to end-users

Provides guidance and troubleshooting for complex technical issues as well as system recovery

Create, delete & manage user accounts, provide/revoke access to network folders & add/remove users from mail groups

Provides workstation integration solutions to clients; installs, services, and resolves performance issues with systems and equipment

Interacts with end users to resolve escalated problems in the areas of installation, repair, upgrade, and maintenance

Use incident management tool to track incidents assigned to the queue

Work towards resolution of such incidents at the earliest & comment each incident appropriately

Provides specialized support for Kronos, VPN and Active Directory related issues

Certifications

AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration 1Y0-A20

MCTS: Windows 7, Configuration Certification

MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration Certification

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Certification

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration Certification

MCITP: Enterprise Administrator Certification

ITIL Foundation certificate v3

Academic Profile

Master of Business Administration (Business Applications), Annamalai University, WES verified credentials

Bachelor of Technology (Information Technology), Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, WES verified credentials

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