Omer Ali Khan
** ********* ** • Oakbrook, IL **523
(H) 630-***-**** • (C) 630-***-**** • ************@*****.***
SUMMARY
20+ years’ experience in private sector Transportation, Logistics, Insurance, Retail, Telecommunication, Education, Non-profit, Fitness and Legal
8 years’ experience in Government sector with security clearance
Excellent understanding of computer systems
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Technical Management, DeVry University Addison, IL.
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Certified Novell Administrator (CNA)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: Win XP, Win 7, Win 10 and Server 2008,2012,2016
Virtualization: Microsoft Hyper V, VMware 4, 5 & 6
Email: Microsoft Exchange 2003,2007.2010, 2013, 2016
Hardware: IBM XSeries, HP ProLiant, Dell PowerEdge
Antivirus: Symantec End Point Protection, MacAfee and ESET
Firewall: Cisco PIX & SonicWALL
Monitoring: IBM Director, NetIQ, Dell Open Manage, HP Insight Manager
Backup: Legato Networker, EMC Retrospect
SAN: IBM Storage DS3000 & DS4000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CCSI Networking, Inc., Department Of Veterans Affairs Hines, IL 2016 - Present
IT Specialist
Supported 600K mailboxes on Exchange cluster environment DAG with 6 nodes cluster
Configure and monitor Exchange 2003\2007 & 2010 Server Databases
Solved Database log issue that was causing databases to go down by backing up the storage database
Office 365 Global Admin experience
Migrated Exchange to Google Cloud Emails for multiple clients
Monitored systems health through solar wind monitoring tools
Monitored, upgrade, support and troubleshoot VMware vcenter servers
Monitor Network Operations Dashboard
Installed VMware security patches and updates through VMware updates
Upgraded and maintained Vmhosts server
Monitored and maintain 350 plus Vmhosts servers across 25 clusters
Nessus Vulnerability Scanner
Installed windows updates and patches and applications using SCCM 2012
Experience using CA Service Desk Manager ticketing system
Experience using CA ARCserver Replication and High Availability
Manage multiple projects side by side and converted physical server to Virtual
Decommission datacenter for Logistics company
Design and Implement Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Fileservers & Print servers and VPN PTP
Design and Implement Enterprise lever Antivirus using Symantec and MacAfee and ESET
IBM Department Of Veterans Affairs Hines, IL 2012 – 2016
IT Specialist
Upgrade VM Hosts from 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 6.0 and 6.5
Manage multiple Vcenter servers
Supported 600K Users Exchange cluster environment
Monitored and Maintained IBM SAN storage subsystems DS3000 & DS4000
Provided support for IBM SAN Switches and IBM Servers Hardware
Bekins Van Lines Hillside, IL 2008-2012
Exchange Engineer
Installed, Configured, Implemented, monitored, and troubleshoot Virtual Infrastructure
Support Virtual Clusters and created Templates in VM
Installed, Configured, Implemented, and monitored BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0
Managed Exchanger Server 2003 Environment, Frontend and Backend Servers
Installed, Configured Exchange Server2010
Upgraded Windows 2003 Server to Windows 2008 x64 Bit Servers
Installed, Configured, Implemented, and monitored Exchange DR Disaster Recovery Apps (App Assure)
Converted Physical Server to Virtual through VMWare Converter P2V
Managed VMWare ESX3.5/ 4.1 VSphere Servers, VMWare Virtual Center
Upgraded Virtual Farm to VSphere 4.0 \ 4.1
White Way Sign Chicago, IL 2003 -2007
MIS Director
Redesigned network architecture
Implemented new data center with IBM Unix Aix and Win2003 Servers
Redesigned Active Directory with Windows 2003 Server and Exchange 2003 Server
Implemented desktop workstations with WINXP Professional
Performed Group Policy Administration
Implemented VPN over Sonic Firewall
Designed and implemented backup strategy
Designed and Implemented Enterprise Antivirus Solutions
Provided maximum file system performance for high capacity, high traffic, 24/7 Critical Systems
Designed and Implemented DNS, WINS, DHCP
CONSULTING PROJECTS
Kraft Foods works as Team Lead of 10 Technician to deploy win2K 2001-2002
UOP (Honeywell) works as Systems Engineer part of Server group 1999-2001
CNA Insurance works as TEAM LEAD of 15 contractors to deploy win2k on 65K desktops 1998-1999
Ameritech work as contractor to deploy their proprietary application to their call center 1997-1998