MASTAN V SHAIK

nikki@ipolarityllc.com
Contact: +1 732-964-9950
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Professional Summary

Overall 13 years of experience & 11 years in Windows 2003/2008/2012 Server Active Directory &
administration as SME Support and VMware VSphere 5.1/5.5 and 6.0 and 2 + years of experience
in AWS Cloud , Docker, Devops and Automation Framework.
Vast knowledge on AD, Quest Migration Manager 9.0 for Active Directory
Experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, Cloud Front) and administering admin console.
Experience on Intra and Inter forest Migrations, it includes AD , Exchange mailboxes, Lync
2010&2013 users and Air watch Mobile users migrations.
Automation using Powers Shell 4.0, VBScript and (WMI) Batch Files.
Build the servers different operating systems (windows 2003 / 2008 / 2012)
A solid experience in: TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, and DHCP, AD (Active Directory)
Experience of ESX server installation on a very large scale environment (VMware, ESXi, vSphere,
VMware Update Manager, HA, DRS)
Knowledge on VMware Horizon View
Experience on SCCM and Microsoft clustering
Knowledge on Office 365
Setting up Infrastructure for Dev/QA/UAT/Prod Environments
Working experience of Antivirus tools enterprise level like Symantec, McAfee ePO
Experience with desktop virtualization technologies (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and
Application Virtualization)
Developing and deploying unattended operating system installations for Operating systems, with
an in-depth understanding of hardware-independent imaging capabilities.

Technical Skills

Operating Systems Windows 2003/2008 /2012

Database Microsoft SQL 2005 Server
Applications Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 / 4.5 / 5.0,
Exchange 2010
Migration Tools Quest Migration and ADMT 2.0
Queue Management Tools Remedy-ARS, HP OVSD, System Centre and
Remedy
Hardware Compaq, HP, Dell, IBM
Remote Tools VNC & ILO/RILO
Locking Tools Appsense Management Console
Visas

Valid USA H1B

Areas of expertise

Good exposure in Project transitions and management

Good knowledge in Migrating AD Objects between two forest or Domain
Good expertise in L3 support and SME
Proficiency in using ITSM process.
Good exposure in handling all the server makes (DELL, HP)
Achievements:

Got cash award from customer for 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Got 2 e-awards continuously for CAST rating 5/5.
Exclusively participated in Tech talks for the entire HP-OB.
Got HITS award from Honeywell in 2011,2012 and 2015

Professional Certifications

MCSE
ITIL foundation v2
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) 4.5
VMWare VCP 5.5

Employment Details:

IPolarity LLC, USA

Working as Sr System Administrator/ SME in Active Directory / VMWare since June 2015 to till date.

Client : CVS Health (Scottsdale, Arizona)

Responsibilities:

Responsible for Infrastructure maintenance on Application servers in CVS Health

environment.
Responsible for supporting complete AD Infrastructure of multiple forests in CVSHealth
Supporting Active Directory Migration project for consolidation of 20 different Active
Directory forests to Single AD Forest using Quest Migration Manager.
Designed solution for Active Directory migration Project and implemented AD
migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 Env
Reviewed Technical Solution Design (TSD) document for Active Directory migration
DC and GC health monitoring and FSMO monitoring
Resolving AD Replication issues
Responsible for User creations and granting permissions to Member health group.
Responsible for Filenet accounts reset and reinstate.
Created Users in Oracle Identity Access Management.
 AD administration, configuration, Monitor and operate Trust relationships with external
domains.
Creating of trust between the forests or remove Trust relationships and changing policies
OU administration, Moving users, workstations between OUs, Creation of OUs
Build Domain Controllers (DC) and monitor for each sites.
Creating new domain and OU polices per customer business requirement
Virtualization the PBM environment. Work on VMware ESXI 5/ 5.1/5.5
ESXi server Builds and Virtual Machine & Storage Migrations
Migration of AD objects, File servers and Cluster servers from one forest to target forest
Supporting Active Directory , build Domain Controllers, creating sites&GPOs and AD
database backups
Creating of trust between the forests.
Responsible to Work on OS level Security patches, Install Blade Logic agents in PBM
environment to setup Blade Logic (BMC).
Experience with VMware VSphere 6, VMware VCenter 6, HA, DRS, VMware VCenter Converter,
Host Profiles, VMotion, Storage VMotion, Virtual Appliance, update manager, powerCLI
VCenter, hypervisor on new hosts, virtual machines, datastore creation and maintenance in
coordination with storage engineers
Install, configure, and manage VMware vSphere environment.
Hands on experience in administration and configuration of vSphere Replication manager and
Site recovery manager.
Upgrade to VCenter server 5.5 to VCenter Server 6.0
Responsible to Work on IM tickets and emergency Change tickets. Troubleshoot
environment issues and determine the root cause and provide technical solutions.
Worked on UNIX User Provisioning Using Smart Term & Exceed.
Conversions of Users IDs both windows & UNIX.
Enabling & Disabling the Users in OIM & windows Active Directory.
Involved in troubleshooting the DNS, DHCP, and Active directory.
Troubleshooting the Users in OIM and Active directory.

Wipro Technologies, (India and USA.)

Working as a Technical Lead in Wintel Management centre since Jan 2008 to June 2015.

Current Project:

Client : Honeywell
Team Size : 8
Role : Technical Lead / SME
Period : June 2011 to June 2015
Location : USA from (March 2013 to June 2015)

AD Responsibilities:

DC and GC health monitoring and FSMO monitoring

 Resolving AD Replication issues
AD administration, configuration, Monitor and operate Trust relationships with external
domains.
Creating of trust between the forests or remove Trust relationships and changing policies
OU administration, Moving users, workstations between OUs, Creation of OUs
Build Domain Controllers (DC) and monitor for each sites.
Creating new domain and OU polices per customer business requirement.
Migrating the AD objects from one forest to another using the Quest Migration Manager
Migration of workstations, File Server, Application Server, Cluster Server, DC Demotion.
Configuring the Quest Migration Server for Migration.
Migrating the servers, demoting or decommissioning of DC.
Migration the Lync 2010 & 2013 users to new domain with same contact databases.

AD Migration

Vast knowledge on Intra and Inter forest AD Migration

Completed the 15 Migration project including inter and Intra forest.
Generate AD report and analyse the data
Design the migration plan and execute the project
Migration of object from one forest to another using Quest tool
Migration of workstations, File Server, Application Server, Cluster Server
Configuring the Quest Migration Server for Migration
Creating of trust between the forests
Migrating the AD objects from one forest to another using the Quest Migration Manager
Supporting Users calls after migration
Preparing the KAP, process doc & daily status meeting with the client
Migrating the servers, demoting or decommissioning of DC
Migrating of File Server, Application Server, Cluster Server and SQL servers

VMware:

Building the VM servers in Build farm and configure the as per the standards
Converting physical server to VM server
Monitoring the VM servers using VSphere Client
Cloning the VM Servers and Moving the VM build form to production VM Farm.
Trouble shooting of server hardware, coordinate with the vendors
Troubleshoot issues related to Windows servers including Windows File-Clusters.
Managing the VMware client edition servers which are integrated in VMware ESX servers
Good knowledge of power shell scripts
Patch management of Windows and ESX servers

Project 2:

Client : Shell
Team Size : 3
Role : Team Lead
Period : Jan 2008 to September 2010.
Support level : L3, Platform Support and Citrix implementation
No. of Servers : 250
Hard ware : HP and Dell Servers power edge series 2850, 2650, 1850,
5500, 5600 etc
O.S : Win2003, 2000
Database : SQL 2005 Server
Tools : RemedyVNCviewer, RDP, HP IP console (KVM)
Dell open manage 4.5,
Project 3:

Client : AkzoNobel (GCC)

Team Size : 1
Role : Project Lead
Period : October 2010 April 2011
Servers : 2500
O.S : Windows 2008

Citrix Responsibilities:

Automation using VBScript and Batch Files.

Implementing the License server/Web Interface server
Installing Citrix Presentation Server 4.5
Publishing several administrator applications/consoles
Support and troubleshooting
Pushing the applications/packages using the Citrix Installation manager
Publishing Resources
Implementing the Data store ( transactional replication of data store)
Configuring ICA Connections and Sessions
Managing Server and Server Farm Settings
Enabling Web Access to Published Resources
Securing Access to Published Resources on the Web Interface using Citrix SecureGateway.
Configuring Secure Gateway.
Implementation of the new Citrix XenApp 6.5 and Citrix XenApp 5.0 farm on a Virtual
environment
Managing Citrix Web interface 5.0 servers & Citrix NetScaler
Publishing applications and contents
Fixing the vulnerabilities on the PCI and Non PCI environment for the PCI auditing purpose
Fully responsible for Capacity and Problem Management for Citrix environment
Applications : XenApp 6.5, XenApp 5.0, Citrix Edgesight, Citrix NetScaler

Windows Responsibilities:

Having hands on experience on Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003&
2008Servers
Experienced in implementing and maintaining Active Directory Services usingWindows 2000
and 2003 Servers
Experience to configure and maintain DHCP, DNS, DFS, IIS, File & Print Servers, onWindows
Servers
Can configure Windows as Terminal Server for Remote Administration as well asApplication
Server to publish Applications.

Projects handled:
AD Migration:

Completed 7 projects at Wipro & 3 Projects are in progress.

Hewlett Packard Global Soft Ltd, GCI RMC Bangalore.

Worked as a "Systems Engineer" in Wintel Remote Management Center (RMC) since July
2006 to Jan 2008.

Responsibilities:

Maintaining and managing Dell and HP servers.

Proficiency in using low level remote tools to manage the servers like ILO, RILOcards.
Proficiency in using ITSM process.
Configure Different Levels of Hardware RAID and Installing Network OperatingSystem
Monitoring MOM 2005
Dealing with the Incident management, Capacity management, Changemanagement and
Problem management.
Preparing and documenting technical details as per the process.
Handling New Server builds as per the customer requirement.
Managing Windows 2003 Enterprise Cluster Servers for high availability.
Preparing Route Cause Analysis (RCA) for unexpected reboots and system crash.
Preparing Trend analysis report of the servers by analyzing the incidents.
Troubleshooting Server crashes, hangs and unexpected reboots by analyzing thememory
dumps with the help of debugging tools like Windbg.
Member in Technical Panel.

Worked as a System Engineer with Tec pool Solution (p) Ltd. (Subsidiary of Wipro
InfoTech), Hyderabad since Oct 2005 to July 2006.
Name of Customer: Wipro Technologies, Madhapur, Hyd.

Worked as a System Engineer with CMS Ltd., Hyderabad since September 2004 to Oct2005.

Name of Customer: GE CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL SERVICES

Role : Technical Support Engineer (Level-2)

Duration : Sept 2004 to Oct 2005.

Worked as System Administrator in SPARSH COMMUNICATIONS PVT.LTD. (SANGHI GROUP)

Hyderabad from Feb 2002 to Aug 2004.

DESCRIPTION:
Organization : SPARSH COMMUNICATIONS LTD. (SANGHI GROUP).
Designation : System Administrator.
Duration : Feb 2002 to Aug 2004.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Strong hands on experience in trouble shooting all kinds of X86 Family systems.
 Installing, configuring Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory and Group Policies.
Installation of Windows 2003 / 2008 Server
Configuration and Administration of Windows 2008 Active Directory
Installing, configuring DHCP, DNS