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System Administrator Active Directory

Location:
Redmond, WA
Posted:
February 14, 2025

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Resume:

Resume Amjad Khan

System Administrator

PH: +917*********

*****.****@*****.***

Professional Summary on AD & Azure:

** + years of I.T Industry experience in Infrastructure, Active directory Administration and Monitoring

9+ years of experience in Server administration in various environments Windows 2012R2,2016,2019

4 years’ Experience on Active Directory Migration using tools like ADMS/Quest Migration Manager

Around 2 years of experience in managing/Monitoring Azure Public Cloud and office 365

Provided Tier-3 Support for production environments and troubleshoot critical issues

Experience in Active Directory design and support (GPOs, AD Schema, OUs, LDAP, Sites, Replication, etc.)

Experience in deployment and troubleshooting of windows 2008 and 2012...2019 R2Domain Controllers in AD

Experience in Migration Using QUEST Tool and ADMS for Active Directory migration and server migration

Experience in Migrating Users, Groups, Workstations and Application and window Servers from Source Domain to Target domain and Managing Administration of user Accounts

Triage the incidents for DC infrastructure 24/7 support and troubleshoot the issues based on error

Basic Knowledge on PowerShell and able to create medium level of automation

AZURE:

Worked on Azure Active directory and Azure Virtual machines, Azure networking and Storage

Worked on Microsoft Azure (Public) Cloud to provide IaaS support to client

Develop and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure, including virtual networks, storage accounts, and virtual machines and end user support and Monitor and troubleshoot cloud-based applications and services

Gained a good knowledge of designing Azure Migration from On-premises to Cloud

Experience with Creating/Managing Azure Storage Account, (Blob, Table, File, and Queue)

Network Security Groups (NSGs) to control inbound and outbound access to network interfaces

Experience in dealing with Windows Azure IaaS - Virtual Networks, Virtual Machines, Cloud Services

Point to Site, Site to Site, Vnet to Vnet, Vnet Peering, Express Route, Load Balancing, and Auto-Scaling

Experience Summary

Designation

Organization

Client

Duration

Senior Technical Specialist

Microland

Microsoft

Sep-2018 to July-2024

Module Lead

Mindtree

Microsoft (Seattle)

Apr-2012 to Jan-2017

System Administrator

IBM

Bharti Airtel Ltd

Sep- 2010 to Apr- 2011

System Administrator

Connexion Technologies

Product based(Dubai)

Jun- 2008 to Aug- 2010

System Administrator

Waseel ASP Ltd (K.S.A)

Health Insurance

Oct-2005 to Mar-2008

Educational Qualifications and Certifications:

Bachelor of Science from Osmania University, Hyderabad in 2000.

Microsoft Specialist: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (70-533)

Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA)

Client Appreciation Certificate from Customer

Technical Expertise

Cloud Technologies

Microsoft Azure

Windows Servers

2008,2012 & 2016,2019

Virtualization

Microsoft Hyper-V

Networking

TCP IP,VPN, LAN Switching & VLANs, VNET,Site to site, Point to Site

Scripting

Basic PowerShell

Migration Tools

QUEST,ADMS,QMMAD, RUM.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Active Directory /Migration Engineer

QUEST TOOL used for cross-forest migration. Quest helps to synchronized user information, for instance Alias,

UserPrincipalName, SID History, Dynamic Distribution Group, Security Groups etc..

Currently working with Microland on Quest Migration tool migrated users,computer,servers

Quest Migration Manager for Active Directory 8.13(MMAD) and Quest Resource Updating Manager tools to perform AD Migration

Implemented successful migration for 4000s of User, Computer and Group accounts with SID History.

Created AD Group policies to Enforce Domain and OU Level Security of Users and Computer objects.

Migrating Users, Groups, Workstations and Application windows servers from source domain to Target domain using ADMS Service and install ADMT Tool and PES for password migration.

Co-ordinate with other team members like Network, IT Security & Info Sec to release the servers in production

Effectively use AD support tools, DCDiag, Netdiag, Replmon, Repadmin, FRSdiag, RSOP

Manage SQL database and generate the user & Computers migrated reports.

Worked as a cloud administration on Microsoft Azure environments, Involved in Azure AD Connect configuring Virtual Machines, Storage accounts and azure Resource groups.

Assisted in troubleshooting and resolving technical issues related to Azure services and deployments.

Monitor and troubleshoot cloud-based applications and services

Summary of Projects Handled

Project 1 : MS IDENTITY SERVICE OPERATIONS

Client : Microsoft

Description of the Project

The objective was to do move complete windows infrastructure to Azure Cloud Gather Requirements Assess

Client capabilities and analyze findings to provide appropriate cloud recommendations and adoption strategy

Microsoft Azure & Office 365 delivers the power of cloud productivity to businesses of all sizes.

Tools & Technologies: Office 365, Azure Public Cloud, Azure Storage Accounts, Azure Virtual Machines

Database Technologies: SQL

Operating System: Windows Server 2008R2 and 2012R2 & win 2016 server

Roles and Responsibilities

Experienced in Azure IaaS, Provisioning VM’s, Virtual Hard disks, Virtual Networks,

Managing the cloud Services & infrastructure of Microsoft, both stage & production.

Deployed Applications in Cloud as part of Azure Cloud Services and running inside windows server environment

Creating VNET, Point to Site, Site to Site VPN, Connectivity between On-Premises

Configuring MFA Server on resource bases and creating policy based on request services

Analyzing Azure Diagnostic Logs Audits Preparing and Managing Automation Run books for VM

Azure storages accounts-storage account limitation, Blobs (Block \ page), table, queues and files

AD sync between On-Premise & Azure AD, manage users and groups and monitor AD Connect

Integrated multiple external vendor applications to ADFS 2.0 to enable seamless SSO capabilities

Project 2 : Active directory Infrastructure support

Client : Microsoft

Description:

The Senior Active Directory Engineer provides support, implementation, and design services for Microsoft Active Directory and Windows-based systems across the enterprise including directory and identity management solutions.

Responsibilities:

Remotely Managing more than 3500 servers running with Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012R2 system

Managing Hyper-V Host Servers, creating VMs, deploying 2008R2/2012R2 and troubleshooting the issues

Managing Windows Server 2008, 2012 Domain Controllers, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP

Managed active directory replications, managed FSMO roles, provided AD infrastructure

Identify process issues and works with peer team leads to continually improve processes

Diagnosing hardware failure and server down issues. Coordinating with Hands on feet support people whenever physical access is required.

Handling Backup & Restoration based cases and Low Disk Space issues

Project 3: Server Support

Description:

IBM Global Business Services (GBS) helps transform businesses by bringing fresh thinking and deep business insight, in combination with the world's most advanced technology - delivered by global practitioners.

Responsibilities:

Managing nearly 35 clients remotely & Windows Servers Management and application support.

Maintaining 12000+ Servers of Windows (Virtual & Physical) 2003, and 2008, 2008R2, servers

Hosted in Data centers and in client locations

Planning Designing and Implementing Active Directory Services in Windows Server 2008

Day to day job to provide support 24/7 and monitor daily activity on servers.

Active Directory administration in the aspect of (Group creation, adding users, Share drive issues)

Good Understanding about FSMO roles and AD Maintenance Activities and Restoring AD objects whenever accidentally deleted.

Project 4: Remote server administration

Description: Connexion Technologies (CT) has focused on capability building on all major IT training offerings and at the same time developed industry-specific expertise for best practices in IT training delivery.

Responsibilities:

Implementation & Administration of Active Directory on Windows Server 2003, 2008 Operating Systems

Remote Administration of Clients and servers running on Windows platform

Troubleshooting on Unexpected shutdowns of servers by configuring dumps and page files

solve the problems Resolved end-users issue by proper troubleshooting and resolution procedures

Installed, configured, managed windows servers, domain controllers, DHCP servers, DNS servers, created user accounts, groups, group policies, deployed, backup, restored data, checked event logs

Project 5 : Solution & Services for Claims

Description:

Company develop application for insurance and hospitals, and B2B e-commerce capabilities for the healthcare.

Responsibilities Contribution

Installing and configuring win 2003/2008 Server, Exchange 2003/2007 server.

Planning, Designing and Implementing Active Directory Services in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server Environment & Active Directory (2000/2003) upgrades and implementations

Day to day job to provide support and monitor daily activity on servers & Backups.

Managing security & group policies & give appropriate permission to the users under ADS

Implementing and administering DNS, DHCP, WINS, and IIS etc.

Resolving issues on servers for Disk, High Memory, High CPU, Slow performance



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