Anmol Puri

For the project HCL hired me for, that's on hold. I currently don't have any project at HCL for the past two months. I am on the bench and seeking opportunities outside the company.

• Deployment of on-demand virtual desktops and applications
• Implementation of Storefront for remote and local clients to obtain their applications / desktops Citrix Provisioning Services
• Automate implementation of applications on desktops and servers in implementation of applications on desktops and servers in enterprise environment
• Configuration Management: Implement and manage configuration baselines, compliance settings, and software deployment strategies within SCCM to ensure consistent and secure endpoint configurations across the organization
• Troubleshooting and Optimization: Diagnose and resolve issues related to SCCM infrastructure, client deployments, and software distribution
• Develop automation scripts and workflows to streamline repetitive tasks and improve deployment processes
• Implement security best practices such as role-based access control (RBAC), data encryption, and vulnerability management to safeguard organizational data and assets
• Involved in managing and implementing in varying capacities, a range of virtualization products including, but not limited to, Citrix XenDesktop, NetScalers, App-Layering and various related tools in order to support and maintain a virtual application delivery infrastructure
• Expertly manage and maintain diverse Windows versions across organizational systems
• Proficient in deploying and optimizing Azure InTune for efficient device management
• Skilled in configuring and managing Azure Active Directory to ensure secure user access and authentication
• Proven track record in implementing and streamlining autopilot enrollment processes for seamless device provisioning
• Proficient in leveraging O365 to enhance productivity and collaboration within the organization
• Installing, Configuration, Administration and troubleshooting of ESX 6.x, Virtual centre
• Monitor server hardware, performance, up time and respond to outages promptly
• Designed and configured Azure Virtual Networks (VNet's), subnets, Azure network settings, DHCP address, DNS settings, and security policies and routing
• Deployed Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) and Cloud services (PaaS role instances) into secure VNet's and subnets
• Designed VNet's and subscriptions to conform to Azure Network Limits
• Implemented high availability with Azure Classic and Azure Resource Manager deployment models
• Managed IP Forwarding for VMs and role instances acting as virtual appliances
• Configured BGP routes to enable ExpressRoute connections between on premise data centers and Azure
• Create and maintain fully automated CI/CD pipelines for code deployment using Octopus Deploy and PowerShell
• Actively manage, improve, and monitor cloud infrastructure on AWS, EC2, S3, and RDS, including backups, patches, and scaling
• Built and deployed Docker containers to break up monolithic app into micro services, improving developer workflow, increasing scalability, and optimizing speed
• Automated build and deployment using Jenkins to reduce human error and speed up production processes
• Reduced deployment time for critical agile project infrastructure from ~1 month to 2 days
• Installed and configured Nagios to constantly monitor network bandwidth, memory usage, and hard drive status
• Managed GitHub repositories and permissions, including branching and tagging
• Configured and maintained an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Public and Private Subnets, NACL's, Route Tables, Elastic Load Balancer, Security Groups and EC2 instances
• Automated the CIS Standards for defending IT systems and data against cyberattacks Docker installations
• Experience in infrastructure as a code automation and configuration management of VMs on Azure, AWS and VMware using Terraform, Azure ARM and Cloud Formation
• Used Jenkins pipelines to drive all micro services builds out to the Docker registry and then deployed to Kubernetes, Created Pods and managed using Kubernetes
• Responsible in handling build and release, code base lines, code merges and handling merge conflicts, Branch and Label Creation in GIT and Interfaced between Development and Infrastructure
• Worked on setting up installation, configuration, and image creation of docker containers, and orchestration using Kubernetes
• Good understanding of OpenShift platform in managing Docker containers and Kubernetes Clusters
• Used monitoring tools (AppDynamics, SPLUNK) to monitor, alert and report the health of system and software components for both local and cloud data centers
• Created Alerts (Warning/Critical) based on the threshold values and alert the support personnel on unusual activities or when critical events occurred
• Grasp the Technical aspects from High level to create Deployment plans, Contingency Plans, and which direction to go if they hit a snag
• Designed and deployed monitoring dashboards using Grafana, SolarWinds, and Splunk to visualize system metrics and ensure performance optimization
• Configured SolarWinds for network device monitoring, alerts, and audits, ensuring continuous system availability and security
• Implemented Splunk for log analysis, threat detection, and compliance monitoring, enhancing overall cybersecurity posture
• Automated setup and configuration of monitoring tools using infrastructure-as-code, ensuring scalability and consistency

• Worked with customers to understand needs and provide excellent service
• Saved $140000 by implementing cost-saving initiatives that addressed long-standing problems
• Architected, managed and monitored firm's Citrix environment, including overseeing and deploying global solutions with high availability and maximum uptime
• Participated in all phases of system development life cycle from requirements analysis through system implementation.

• Lead the local IT support team in Unilever and make sure they are proactive, well-trained and responsive
• Participate in and lead design, implementation, management and monitoring processes for Citrix
• Responsible for monthly reporting, for all IT Infrastructure Systems Design activities related to Citrix
• Automating the implementation of applications on desktops and servers in an enterprise environment
• Prepare and maintain documents that include detailed architectural standards diagrams
• Working with Customer One, IT operations, Product and Engineering groups to architect, deploy, test and implement a variety of Citrix solutions for internal consumption in a global 10,000 seat production environment
• Provide knowledge transfer to IT Operation teams as part of production implementation handoff
• Working with multiple technical teams, architects, security officers, managers and business users, reviewed and documented workloads, system dependencies and business requirements
• Mapped workloads to the capabilities of Microsoft Azure for public, private and hybrid clouds
• Implemented high availability with Azure Classic and Azure Resource Manager deployment models
• Designed Network Security Groups (NSGs) to control inbound and outbound access to network interfaces (NICs), VMs and subnets
• Setup Azure Virtual Appliances (VMs) to meet security requirements as software based appliance functions (firewall, WAN optimization and intrusion detections)
• Utilized NSGs for layer 4 Access Control List (ACLs) for incoming and outgoing packets
• Used firewall appliance where requirements call for layer 7 security models.

• Administering production infrastructure comprising over 2000+ Windows Servers 2008/2012
• Daily health checks of all Citrix servers (Including Database & Web interface Server)
• Monitoring and troubleshooting of Xen-App Farm
• Publishing resources and troubleshoot them and resolve any access related issues with them
• Managing licenses and related issues
• Primarily responsible for production Xen-desktop 5.6 to +/- 500 concurrent users
• Primarily responsible for upgrading production NetScaler's from 9.x to 10.x
• Migration from Xen-App 4.5 to 6.5 while in full production without and downtime or user interruption
• Deployment and management of large Hyper-V and Xen-Server farms
• Cutting edge streaming of media that is device neutral
• Design, implementation, and deployment of large scale App-V farms
• Update operational documentations such as system documentation.

• Reliance Industries ltd has Citrix Xenapp 6.5 environment to deliver applications to business users
• Expertise in using Citrix Access Management console
• Developed virtual apps for business users through streaming profile 6.7
• Configuration of farms, License server
• Creating user rights and defining local and roaming profiles
• Troubleshooting of IMA, Load manager, License.

• Configuration of farms, License server
• Creating user rights and defining local and roaming profiles
• Worked in environment of 50+ servers, 500+ users base
• Packaged various applications per specs provided by client to window xp desktop environment
• Managed resources on Citrix environment
• Installing and configuring window 2008r2 server
• Worked with Active Directory configuration in domain including 1500+ users.