Nikhil R. Parekh
Add:- ***/B**, Harsh Vihar, Shanti Park, Mira road –E 401107,
(M): 961-***-****, Email: ******.********@*****.***
Dedicated and self-motivated certified Windows/Citrix administrator with extensive hands-on experience in windows/Citrix administration. Strong multi-tasking abilities, needs little or no supervision. Works well both independently and as a contributing member of the team. Poised to contribute unique blend of project-management, and exemplary customer-support skills, along with commitment to excellence, to your firm's value by ensuring that projects support strategic mission and objectives within scope and schedule
Technical Skills
Citrix Metaframe 1.8 / Metaframe XP / Presentation Server 3.0/4.0/4.5 and XenApp 5.0
XenServer, XenDesktop, Edge Sight, Citrix Secure Gateway and Citrix Access Gateway, Password Manager
VMware ESX Server administration, Hyper-V
Application streaming technology, hardening of servers, login scripts, Netscaler
MS Exchange 2003/2007 administration
Domain expertise - Banking and Financial Services Industry
Technical Training & certifications
CCA Citrix Certified Administrator 4.O
ITIL V3 trained and certified
Six Sigma basics and Practical approach - (BA In-house training)
Windows 2008 Advance
Personal Details
• Date of Birth: 20-06-1978
• Marital Status: Married
• Language: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi
• Education: B.com from Mumbai University
Pursuing part time MBA in IT
Professional Experience
(Total: 8 Years & 6 Months)
Currently working as a Senior System Engineer with BACI(Bank of America) from June 2007 till date
Job Profile: -
• Working on production (Operations) with Citrix Core and Server Engineering Team
• Handling more than 4000+ Citrix servers with 2500+ Production Applications Support across globe(India, US, UK, Mexico, Costa Rica, Singapore)
• Currently working on 1000+ application migration projects from migrating Citrix PS4.0 to PS 4.5 Farms and integration of 3 company’s farm. Countrywide, BOA and ML
• Worked on varies tools like Peregrine, Remedy, IBM MAXIMO, Magnify, ITMC for change and incident management
• Worked and troubleshoot on leading telecom software NICE
• New application vetting/testing in Citrix env, POC and moving to production
• Streaming, Password manager, Access gateway
• Working on Streaming environment and having hands on the login script for the same.
• Worked in SLA Driven Environment
• Handling Citrix Administration with local as well as remote locations
• Installing, Managing the Citrix servers.
• Received the highest ratings last year as Exceed-Exceed in 15 member team.
Worked as a Senior Consultant with Mind craft Software Pvt. Ltd. From Dec 2006 to Jun 2007
Job Profile: -
• Windows server 2003 ( Standard ), Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows NT server , Windows Xp Administration
• MS Exchange 2000 / 2003 Administration, Backup, restore
• Microsoft Antigen
• Cyber guard Web Washer
• Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange
• Data maintenance & data backup
• Citrix server troubleshooting at server & client level ( Citrix PS 4.0 )
• Managing LAN, WAN connectivity
• Managing Firewall & Internet Sharing, Spamming, Mailing
• Symantec Antivirus Server Administration
• Administration of Document Management System
• Oracle Client Installation & Configuration
• Lotus Notes Client Installation & Troubleshooting
• Branch Co-ordination
• Remote Administration through Net Meeting.
• Major client site supported –
Bombay Stock Exchange
Quani Travels.
Worked as a Citrix Administrator with Ontrack Solution – 1 Year
Job Profile: -
• Worked specifically on Citrix projects with all kinds of Citrix installation, configuration, support and Training to clients.
• Below are the few of the big clients where Citrix project implemented from start to end.
Times of India, ILFS, Cipla, Elder Farma, Godrej Properties, L&T EBG dept, Alok Ind.
Worked as a Senior Consultant with Genesis software Consultancy – 3 Years
• Implementation of Citrix and VERITAS products,
• Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
• Backup & Restore Data
• Configurations of Mailing clients MS Outlook, Outlook Express
• Managing and troubleshooting LAN problems, Primary Troubleshooting of WAN Network connectivity
• Installation of Printers ( Laser Jet, Dot-matrix )
• Installation of Various Software Packages, Licensed software and Antivirus
• O.S. and Hardware Support for assembled, branded Desktops