Experience

Appstation Pvt. Ltd.

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Devops / System Administrator

  • Jan 2021 - Present



EngineF Operating Limited

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Devops / IT Administrator

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2020

  Roles & Responsibilities – To manage and support the entire IT infrastructure of the organization ranging from managing Server hardware, firewalls, hypervisors, virtual servers, cloud infrastructure, websites. email systems, user management, IP management, VPN, group policies, internet access management, directory permissions, issuing usage guidelines, draft various IT policies and manage inventories and vendors.  Set up and managing 5 Windows based virtual servers running on VMware hypervisor 6.5 in Dell PowerEdge R720 XD.  Created SSL VPN for corporate users to dial in to office, created a site to site IPSec VPN from the Technopark office to Amazon VPC.  Proposed and set up IAM solution using JumpCloud and integrated it with AWS, Active Directory, GSuite & Office 365 for seamless user authentication & management.  Set up and manage AWS and Azure resources, monitor usage and take necessary steps to reduce the costs by downgrading the hardware and adjusting read/write values.  Managing Jira, Confluence, BitBucket, Webex, Slack & Hangout.  Created Internet access policies and bandwidth shaping rules to preserve internet quality and to eliminate unwanted bandwidth utlisation.  Proposed Solid State Drives for office workstations replacing the mechanical hard disk and upgraded RAM to 16GB which enhanced overall productivity by 35%.  Set up WiFi guest management system making use of Firewall and Packetfence, a cloud-based NAC solution. Show less



Turner and Miller Pvt Ltd

• Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

• System Administrator

  • Feb 2015 - Sep 2017

  Roles & Responsibilities - Managing team of System Administrators, responsible for managing & administering Windows 2008 / 2012 active directories, consisting of VMware ESXi Hypervisor, Team Foundation Server, SharePoint 2013, Microsoft SQL, DNS and Microsoft DHCP, with over 700 users. Managing System Backups, Database Backups, Source backups and in charge of disaster recovery plans of the organisation.  Managed domain/server migration from Windows Server 2008 to 2012 x64.  Managed desktop migrations from Windows 7 to Windows 10 Pro.  Enabled site to site VPN connectivity between Dubai and Indian offices, and set up SSL-VPN to provide flexible working options for employees.  Group Policy based access restrictions and OU management.  Managing Internet access with FortiGate UTM and configured logging.  Administering Team Foundation Server 2012, managing periodic and transactional backups.  Managing over 2000 SharePoint sites with various user access levels.  Enabled MAC based ACLs, Port Security and enhanced switching efficiency by advising migration from consumer switches to Cisco Gigabit Manageable switches. Show less



Quintessence Technologies Ltd

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Network Engineer

  • Sep 2011 - Mar 2015

  Responsible for foolproof, multi-tier support for all web/server/network/system related issues in live – zero error scenario. Providing end to end technical solutions to 30+ users internally and 50+ clients internationally. 1) Maintaining/administering/securing 100+ websites including some of United Nations subsidiary non-profit organizations. 2) Managing 20+ shared servers around the globe, from Asia-Pacific to US. 3) Maintaining Domain Controller with Active Directory 2008 with single Forward/Reverse Lookup Zone. 4) Configured File Servers and ISA powered Web Proxy with custom access policies to cater productive Internet access for users, strictly complying with the degree of his profile. 5) Handled complete system builds, upgrades, migrations, code deployments, patch management & cabling. 6) Implemented security policies such as USB blocking and restricted resource access, configured Logon-Logoff scripts to show special messages / warnings to Users. 7) Designed and configured centralized protection against Viruses/malwares/spywares and provided secured download gateway through which each downloads are scanned individually by 3 separate antivirus systems. 8) Provided Internet redundancy by supplying multiple gateways through DHCP Scope Options. 9) Installed & configured WDS to deploy Operating systems across the enterprise. Show less



Clusters college for media and design

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• System and Network Administrator

  • Nov 2008 - Sep 2011

  Roles & Responsibilities - In charge of providing day-to-day support on Windows 2008 Network, catered all kind of technical queries, including identifying and resolving problems on Networks, Servers, Routers and Workstations to ensure high level of performance, reliability and stability.  Managed 200+ user accounts, groups, print queues and controlled File/ resource access rights using Active Directory & Group Policy.  Enforced strict software installation policies, allowing users to access programs only from the white list, enabled warnings when users try to access resources including applications beyond his profile.  Installed, configured, performed troubleshooting and deployed various production / training software, installed service packs for Windows 2003 Servers and Windows XP / Windows 7 x86 / x64 clients.  Introduced DCHP server with IP reservation by MAC Address, configured Simple/Multicast Scopes, and tested supplying custom internet gateways to different users according to his Internet access levels.  Tested Internet redundancy by supplying multiple gateway addresses to clients tweaking Scope Options. Show less



Aryans Infoway (P) Ltd

• Thiruvananthapuram Area, India

• Network Engineer

  • Mar 2006 - Oct 2008

  Roles & Responsibilities - Provided end-to-end support on Windows Servers, networks and 100+ Intel based workstations. Provided System and Network Administration support to ensure zero downtime. Served as Technical Support for handling field issues. Identified System issues and resolved software, hardware and connectivity problems.  Assisted in the planning, implementation, and installation of hardware, software, applications, and related services.  Resolved hardware and software problems effectively and with minimum disruption to systems, coordinated hardware repairs with vendors, when needed.  Created images for various divisions for all desktops and laptops using Ghost.  Managed some frequent migration and modifications of networks with minimal downtime.  Implemented Internet Access Control using WinProxy.  Prevented unauthorized use of USB Storage Devices. Show less