GOURANGA CHARAN TRIPATHY

Profile Summary I would like to describe myself as a Dedicated, Self-Motivated, Determined and Hardworking Network and Server System Engineer having experience of 9 Years in professionally managed industries (India & Nigeria). 9 years of experience in Networking, Windows and MS Exchange Server and Storage Administration, Technical Support and Several IT Infrastructure Project Execution. Expertise in the areas of routing and switching as well as business drivers and processes required to ensure successful implementation, knowledge of routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF & EIGRP Can administrate Cyberoam and Sophos Firewall Appliances management, Performance Tuning, installation and configuration of multiple Demilitarized Zones (DMZs),Configuration and troubleshooting of wired and wireless network,Tunnels, VPN, checking firewall logs and activity of User access. Insightful knowledge in network planning & implementation (VLAN,LAN,WAN), site commissioning, maintenance of hardware administration. 0 Supporting the end user production environment with implementing and maintaining Active directory environment with Multifactor Authentication for Single sign On(SSO). Designing and implementing Microsoft Azure AD cross forest migration or new forest implementation across all windows server platforms. Experienced in configuring and deploying the Mailbox servers. Implementing and Managing Client Access Servers. Expertise in providing solutions for High Availability and Database Availability Group(DAG) in Exchange. Planning, configuring,managing Messaging security, Administrative security and auditing. Experience in Monitoring, troubleshooting the server using tools such as event viewer, MMC, Exchange Management shell, power shell. Defining security boundaries with GPO structure implementation. Planning, provisioning and deploying Office 365. Experience Office 365 migrations and hybrid solutions. Expertise in migration of Microsoft messaging technologies of newer versions. Migration from ON - premises to online Office 365. Knowledge in Synchronizing Directory from On-premises to Office 365 using different Identities as per business needs. Experience in Security and Compliance by Managing Data loss prevention and Data governance. Proficient in message tracking and troubleshooting to resolve mail delivery issues. Support assistance in public folder creation, replication, rights assignments, free busy related issues, offline address book, and Calendaring services. Team player in implementing and deploying MS infrastructure Azure Connect, Azure Migration and MS Office 365, power shell.

• Configured and installed Veeam Backup Replication and Restore Software for maintaining standard Windows Servers(2012R2, 2016,2019) and Druva software for end users machine backup and restore for Windows7, windows10 and Mac clients. Experience in configuration of networking devices, security, systems administration, disaster recovery management, and customer support for systems and software upgrade. Maintains expert- level knowledge of virtualization and Microsoft Azure and Office 365 Cloud Computing technologies. Evaluates and researches VMware technology developments to provide assistance with roadmap planning and solution identification Design, develop and maintain automation of VMWARE infrastructure management Design installation, management and routine upgrades of VMWARE infrastructure Provide 3rd support of VMWARE infrastructure. Performing backups, troubleshooting and problem resolution for servers associated with VMware virtual infrastructure. Maintain, upgrade, and implement improvements to the VMWare ESXi infrastructure and VCenter Servers. Design and develop operation procedures of VMWARE infrastructure for Operation team. Deliver Global standard installation guidelines for VMWARE environment implementation. Specialized on VMware ESX, ESXi, and VSphere 6 environments with vCenter Management, VMware View 6.5/6.7 snapshot ,VMware VApps, Consolidated Backup, DRS and HA. Expertise in Configure, build, implement, and administer ESX/ESXi Servers including patches and updates, and assist in resolving associated system outages and Incidents. Excellent experience and knowledge with designing installing and implementing VMware ESX server, VMware virtual center, setting up V-Motion, HA, DRS, and related VMware products such as VM Workstation, VMware converter VM Backup products and other products for virtualization. Expertise on ESXi and ESX Architecture, guest OS installation, setting up of VM priorities, Cloning and Snapshots. Provide support for global Virtual Infrastructure VMware , assist with capacity planning, analysis, and monitoring. VMware ESXI 5.5 Host Server Installation, Configuration Maintenance, VSphere Suite with P2P and P2V, Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration Maintenance. Managed separate VMware clusters like QA, Development and Production. Extensively worked on VMware Update Manger for Host upgrades and patches. Configuring High Availability HA and Distributed Resource Scheduler DRS Creation. Worked on Disaster Recovery Exercises for DR Plan for Production Servers. Deploying VM virtual servers using template and cloning of virtual server. Maintaining user access in vCenter server and maintenance of vCenter server. Extensive Experience in Microsoft Server 2008, 2008R2, 2016, 2019. Microsoft Azure Active Directory, NTFS permissions, User Management, Group Policy Management, Domain Management. Exchange Office 365 deployment and migrations. Druva Insync Endpoint Backup Replication and Restoration for End-user and Servers. Exchange calendar/shared folder permissions and delegation. Perform/create queries and Azure AD user account, Azure ADDC, Group Policies. Microsoft Azure administration - adds moves, and changes Troubleshoot/resolve escalated Help Desk issues relating to O365 and Azure. Office 365 Online & On premise Exchange Administrator Experience in different Microsoft products including Exchange 2013, 2010, 2016 and Office 365, Lync, Skype for business and MS office suites. Designed, configured, implemented and maintained an enterprise messaging environment including office 365, Exchange 2013/2010/2016. Deployed and implemented the different roles in the Microsoft exchange environment: Edge transport, Mailbox, CAS array, Hub transport and unified messaging. Experience in administrating the Microsoft Lync 2013 in a production environment. Responsible for all components of Office 365 including AD, ADDC and ADFS v.4.0 and 2.

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