ANJANA GADARA
System Administrator
Bangalore
Summary
Overall 12 years of experienced Delivery Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Cloud infrastructures and Cloud Operations across multiple Cloud platforms, Server Administration, Active Directory, Virtualization, Identity and Access management, Incident, Problem and Change management and Compliance issue resolver.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Associate, System Administrator
Kyndryl
09.2021 - Current
- Collaborated with Schneider Electric on client projects.
- Managed and maintained servers, networks, and infrastructures ensuring high levels of system availability.
- Worked on all Build & Move to Production changes
- Worked in BAU Team on incident and other BAU tasks.
- Leading Compliance Team and working on Patching, change creation, CyberArk issue resolution, MEF3 correction.
- Providing remediation on Health check NCI and other Antivirus related NCI with security team of Schneider Electric.
- Very actively working during any Threat Alerts where we need to install security KBs in very short of time( Such as Delta Threatcon, Bravo Alerts etc).
- Responsible for resource management and preparing workload during Patching activities and other alerts situation.
- Actively working with Ansible automation team to do automation on Patching and remediation activity.
- Providing KT to new member of Team and other internal teams of projects
- Working on ServiceNow tool for NCI management and daily report management.
- Worked with teams of software engineers to define, build and maintain cloud infrastructure.
- Understood client needs and objectives by conducting proactive customer and data analysis.
- Reviewed existing systems and made recommendations for improvements.
- Collaborated with teams in disaster planning, network backup and recovery process monitoring.
- Managing all aspects of a company's cloud-based application including its comprehensive user access permissions.
- Setting up cloud-based applications according to a company's specifications and needs.
- Closely working with Monitoring Team and Resolving P1 in give SLA.
Windows Admin
IBM
03.2016 - 08.2021
- Client – Schneider Electric
- Worked on Migration, RTO & Relocation from starting of Schneider Electric Project in 2016 &2017.
- Worked on all Build & Move to Production changes.
- Resolving all assigned incident as per priority.
- Attending CAB calls with Customer to implement changes and planned activities.
- Managing Windows Server operating system and Windows Server workloads in on-premises scenarios, such as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), the Distributed File System (DFS), Microsoft Hyper-V, and file and storage services.
- AD DS domain controllers management and maintenance tasks, including their deployment, backup and recovery, and schema management.
- Design considerations for optimal number, roles, and location of domain controllers.
- Defining Group Policy Objects (GPOs), implementing GPO scope and inheritance, creating and configuring a domain-based GPO and administrative templates.
- Creating trust relationships (Forest-wide and Selective authentication), monitoring and troubleshooting AD DS replication using Replication Diagnostics Tool (Repadmin.exe) and the Domain Controller Diagnostics Tool (Dcdiag.exe).
- Implementing hybrid identity with Windows Server
- Install and configure directory synchronization with Azure Active Directory Connect.
- Implement and configure Azure Active Directory Domain Services and Active Directory domain controllers.
- Managing Microsoft Azure virtual networks (VNets) and IP address configuration for Windows Server infrastructure.
- Enabling Azure Security Center in hybrid environments, Implementing and assessing security policies.
- Perform backup and restore of on-premises workloads, Manage Azure Virtual Machine backups with Azure Backup service, Implementing recovery vaults and Backup policies, Set up disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery.
Windows System Admin
Wiptech Peripherals Pvt. Ltd.
05.2013 - 01.2016
- Troubleshooting file and folder level permissions, group membership, passwords, and account lockout issues.
- Performed User Id-creation, Deletion, Providing Access, Modification, Password Reset in Active directory.
- Remote administration of servers for any problems across Branch offices using terminal service, VNC, PCAnywhere.
- Ensured system security and integrity of resources in line with company policies and procedures.
- Backing up and Authoritative and Non-authoritative restoration of Active Directory database.
- Security Management: User Account Security, Password Security, File System Security, System Services, User Rights Assignments, and Security Auditing.
- Configuring and troubleshooting Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, attachment stripped of messages, mail delivery failure etc.
- Installation, Administration, Maintenance, Upgradation, Troubleshoot of Windows Server 2000/2003.
- Expertise in installation of various software and operating systems namely Windows.
Education
M.Sc.IT - Information Technology
RK University
01.2013
B.Sc.IT - Information Technology, Computer Science
T.N.Rao
01.2010
Skills
- Windows system administration
- Change creation
- Roster creation for resource planning for month
- ITIL process
- Active Directory
- VMware
- Ansible
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Azure Storage
- Azure Virtual Network
- Azure Arc
- Azure Active Directory Domain Services
- Azure Monitor
- Azure Resource Manager
- Amazon EC2
- Amazon S3
- Amazon VPC
- AWS Cloud Formation
- AWS system Manager
Key Achievements
- Enhanced System Uptime : Reduced incident response time by 30% through proactive monitoring.
- Strengthened Security Measures : Implemented security patches on 1000+ servers, ensuring compliance.
- Optimized Workflow Efficiency : Automated patching process, saving 25 work hours per month.
Certification
Azure Fundamental, 06/01/21
Languages
English
Hindi
Gujarati
Timeline
Senior Associate, System Administrator
Kyndryl
09.2021 - Current
Windows Admin
IBM
03.2016 - 08.2021
Windows System Admin
Wiptech Peripherals Pvt. Ltd.
05.2013 - 01.2016
B.Sc.IT - Information Technology, Computer Science
T.N.Rao
M.Sc.IT - Information Technology
RK University
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