Over my years working with IT systems I have obtained a large variety of skills in all areas, these include:
Active Directory
- Full working experience systems back from Server 2003 to 2016
- Have built Active Directory structure from scratch
- Migrated Active Directory, upgraded core servers.
- Managed and created file systems utilising DFS, BranchCaching, Failover Clusters
- Full understanding of Group Policy for Desktops and Terminal services environments.
- Created Remote Access solutions using DirectAccess, OpenVPN, SSL VPN
- Created Security Policy for organisations
Exchange
- Worked with systems from 2003 to 2016 along with 365
- Joined mailboxes with SharePoint for collaborative working
- Added Lync for instant messaging both on site and connected to Azure
- Supported users mailboxes with restores if neccesary
- Ran maintenance tasks on Exchange Servers
- Added and maintaned several anti-spam/virus applications to transport mail flow
VMware
- Built and deployed virtual machines onto an existing vCenter/ESXi infrastructure
- Managed existing virtual machines performing live migrations onto different hosts and storage
- Configured ESXI hosts to join existing vCenter environment
- Configured Web Access Portal for vCenter environment
- Created vCenter environment from scratch
Hyper-V
- Built and deployed a variety of virtual machines on a Hyper-V host
- Created Hyper-V host for hosting several different environments underneath.
- Built several virtual switches for Hyper-V host
- Troubleshooted issues with existing Hyper-V configurations
Citrix
- Configured Published Desktops and Applications for users
- Configured Remote Access Citrix server from scratch
- Worked with XenServer maintaining virtual machines
Novell e-Directory
- Managed both Netware and Novell Open Enterprise Server machines on a large environment
- Configured and joined Netware and Novell OES servers to existing e-directory tree aswell as configured a secondary e-directory tree
- Installed backup agents and anti-virus agents on these servers and configured them to update and receive their policies from the main server
Novell Zenworks
- Worked with versions 7-11
- Created and deployed several silent Zenworks bundles for a variety of applications with different install methods varying from launch and install to silent background installations
- Created and deployed Remote Management Policy in Zenworks 11
- Built Zenworks environment from scratch and successfully implemented patch management
Storage
- Worked with EMC VNX Storage, Dell Equalogic, HP StorageWorks
- Configured SAN array from scratch connected to VMware ESXI environment.
Novell Groupwise
- Supported multiple Groupwise mailboxes at several different sites connected to the same MTA
- Resolved issues with Netware Groupwise servers
General Knowledge
- Highly familiar with both Windows and Linux environments
- Ability to approach issues from a unique perspective attempting to not only solve an issue but gain understanding of what caused it and how to prevent it from reoccurring