Kenneth Parham
Active Directory/Cloud Engineer at SkyePoint Decisions, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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SkyePoint Decisions, Inc.
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Active Directory/Cloud Engineer
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Feb 2019 - Present
Integrate on-premises Active Directory domains with Azure Active Directory • Engineered and integrated SSO solutions using Microsoft ADFS, Okta, WMWare • Engineered PKI certificate authentication solution for Hybrid OnPrem and Azure Active Directory environment. Develop, document, and enforce the standards, security procedures, and controls for access to ensure integrity of Active Directory and other directory related systems • Integrated Domain Credential management applications such as CyberArk • Engineer and administer Microsoft Azure application proxy solutions • Design and implemented AD/Azure Synced resources within DMZ environments • Design Domain Policy and configuration settings via AD Group Policy and Microsoft Azure MEM • Perform system and software updates/upgrades via SCCM and Microsoft Azure MECM • Develop scripts to automate DoS system configuration within resources On prem and Microsoft Azure • Maintained detailed documentation relating to Windows server platform and architecture • Design solutions using Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Office 365, other Microsoft Azure Cloud assets • Create system OS ISOs using WDS • Deploys virtual machine environments, storage environment, network architecture • Configured and implemented Azure Virtual Networks, subnets, Azure network settings, DHCP address blocks, DNS settings, security policies, and routing • Serve on local change board and approve or deny system change request
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Insight Global
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United States
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Staffing and Recruiting
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700 & Above Employee
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Systems administrator/Exchange administrator
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Oct 2020 - Mar 2022
Migrate exchange data stores • Administer Microsoft MFA user profiles • Tier 2 Troubleshooting for Outlook clients • Administer all aspects of O365 including Shared Mailboxes, Shared Calendars, Mailbox Permissioning, MailboxFolderPermissioning, UserPrincipalName editing, BookInPolicies, Distribution Groups, smtp aliases, etc via Exchange Admin Center and leveraging PowerShell • MS Teams Administration/Support • Provision users for Microsoft 365 services (Exchange Online, Teams, and other) Migrate exchange data stores • Administer Microsoft MFA user profiles • Tier 2 Troubleshooting for Outlook clients • Administer all aspects of O365 including Shared Mailboxes, Shared Calendars, Mailbox Permissioning, MailboxFolderPermissioning, UserPrincipalName editing, BookInPolicies, Distribution Groups, smtp aliases, etc via Exchange Admin Center and leveraging PowerShell • MS Teams Administration/Support • Provision users for Microsoft 365 services (Exchange Online, Teams, and other)
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Trusted Mission Solutions Inc. (acquired by Alpha Omega Integration, LLC)
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Active Directory Systems Technical Lead
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Jun 2016 - Feb 2019
Responsible for leading the Tier II Active Directory Team, administering and maintaining ~1400 Domain Controllers and supporting 120,000 users across six environments • Managed Intune (MDM/EMS), Air- Watch Mobility, Azure Active Directory and Enterprise Mobility Suite • Created Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documentation used for service transition to operations • Develop and deliver training to Tier I personnel • Perform Domain Controller upgrade/rebuilds for the Department of State and contribute to automation of this process • Debugs PowerShell scripts that are used in the automated Domain Controller build process • Perform audits of Active Directory objects and user permissions • Administer Organizational Units including managing delegated permissions and group policies • Developed Organizational Units structure for application owners in new Modern DMZ AD Forest • Schedule patch deployment and perform verification checks • Support Domain Controller/DNS/DHCP troubleshooting and management • Actively participating in Knowledge Management changes to ensure Continual Service Improvement (CSI) • Backup/restore the active directory objects to include users, computers and entire organizational units
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Remote Access/Wireless Administrator
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Jul 2014 - Jul 2016
Administered Citrix application and user sessions for Virtual desktop solution • Maintained Windows application servers for various applications in DoS Mobile computing configuration • Administered Blackberry Enterprise Server application workflow domestically and overseas • Troubleshooted various end-user issues encountered in DoS mobile computing platform • Was responsible for the administration of Citrix MDM Application • Monitor and maintain mobile infrastructure to include Citrix servers, BlackBerry Enterprise Servers, and SCOM • Provision and troubleshoot AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint Voice and Data Cellular accounts • Process and approve request for mobile devices for the all bureaus in the US Department of State both overseas and domestic • BlackBerry, iOS, Mac OSX, Android and Windows device support
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Daily Computing Solutions, Inc.
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Systems Administrator
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Feb 2009 - Jun 2014
Served as Exchange and Windows Server Administrator for a network of 25,000 users with over 5,000 servers • Performed testing and maintenance on the Enterprise Backup System to ensure integrity of disaster recovery and business continuity plans • Managed Microsoft Exchange mailbox administration and migrations from 2007 to 2010 to 2013 • Managed Active Directory users and groups and performed domain consolidation migrations from child domain to parent • Developed and deployed system images for both servers and workstations
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