Nivaskrishnan A
Sharjah
Summary
Highly skilled and results-driven Azure Administrator with over 9+ years of experience in deploying, managing, and optimizing Microsoft environments. Expertise in managing virtual machines, storage solutions, networking, and security within the Azure cloud ecosystem. Proven ability to design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructures that enhance performance and reduce costs. Experienced in automating tasks through windows and Azure PowerShell and Azure CLI, troubleshooting system issues, and ensuring the security and compliance of Azure environments. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver cloud solutions aligned with business goals and requirements. Committed to continuous learning and staying current with the latest Azure updates and best practices to drive organizational success.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IT Support Engineer
Al Diyafah High School
08.2023 - Current
- Creating and maintaining VMs in Widows Hyper V Environment
- Maintaining for Hyper V active & passive replication, Hyper V H/A, Windows server Storage & Net app, Veeam backup, Azure AD Connect, My Q printer centralized tools, Ruckus centralized wifi systems with cloud path, Maintaining of Forti analyzer for reports
- Checking daily VM back up status on Veeam Backup
- Deploy virtual machines to virtual networks using the Azure portal
- Monitor Azure resources, including virtual machines (VMs), storage accounts, virtual networks, and load balancers
- Configure and maintain Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), Network Security Groups (NSGs), Subnets
- Maintain and update documentation related to the Azure infrastructure, policies, and procedures
- Creating users in Office365 and assigning the necessary license to the user
- Office 365(complete package) as a global admin emails creation and all monitoring including troubleshooting and all applications in M365 portal
- Creating Teams Group using Teams admin portal
- Adding and Managing Azure AD B2B users
- Maintain Group Policy infrastructure
- Manage and administration of DHCP, DNS, File Sever and Print Servers
- Department application, file service, workstation and printer support
- Hardware maintenance for all non-Infrastructure-managed member servers
- Worked on Industry Standard ticketing tools like JIRA and Service Now for problem and incident process
Principal Infrastructure Engineer
Mphasis
05.2022 - 06.2023
- Creation and Managing Active directory infrastructure as a IT Tech support Specialist
- Includes FSMO roles, trusts, replication topology, etc
- Creation of all top-level OU hierarchies with standard sub-OUs, groups, and appropriate security permissions
- Monitoring changes to domain root and domain controllers OU to ensure unauthorized changes do not occur
- Monitoring connectivity, synchronization, replication, Netlogon, time services, FSMO roles, schema
- NTDS database partitions, DNS settings, SRV records, and trust relationship
- Review DC event and security logs and take corrective actions
- Managing Domain administration (Replication, Demote DC and Promote DC, Ad sits and Site link
- Group Policy Object (GPO) creation, troubleshooting, and management
- Monitoring changes to OU hierarchy to ensure unauthorized changes do not occur
- Manage Group Policy Object (GPO) links within their OU hierarchy
- Manage group policy at root of domain and for Domain Controllers OU
- Managing B2B users in Azure active directory
- AD connect sync & Troubleshooting End to end support
- Users & Group Based troubleshoot, Sign logs, Audit logs and conditional policy
- Creation/deletion/management of objects, i.e
- Local user accounts, groups, workstations, servers, printers, etc
- In their OU hierarchy
- Regularly perform housekeeping duties to keep their OU hierarchy clear of stale, unused, expired, and other no longer needed objects
- Create new computer accounts and join to directory services
- Provide the event logs for user logon related problem using Splunk tools
- Creating User in Office 365 using Exchange server and assigning license to end user
- Department application, file service, workstation and printer support
- Hardware maintenance for all non-Infrastructure-managed member servers
- Creating and managing Azure virtual Machine, Azure Vnet and Azure Network Security Group and Azure Storage
- Installing and Managing Hyper V Virtual Machine
- Managing Identity Access Management of Azure Subscription, Azure AD, Azure AD Application Proxy, Azure AD Connect
- Adding and Managing Azure AD B2B users
- Configuring and managing Azure Ad Connect, Azure AD health and Microsoft Azure
- Attending bridge call when critical & high tickets to address the issues
- Helping team members to struck in any point to handle the issues
IT Technical Support Specialist
Randox Laboratories
02.2021 - 04.2022
- Support for more than 3000+ users windows 2012/2008/2003 physical and Virtual servers in Active Directory environment
- Managing and administration of Active Directory infrastructure
- Maintain Group Policy infrastructure
- Creating User in Office 365 using Exchange server
- Monitoring Users and computer using Lansweeper
- Creating Teams Group using Teams admin portal
- Creating distribution group in Active directory users and computers
- Creating Security group in Active Directory users and computers
- Manage and administration of DHCP, DNS, File Sever and Print Servers
- Manage user in Remote desktop service
- Take care of escalations from ground level teams
- Designed, planned and implemented Group Policy, delegation strategies and OU structure
- Attending daily meeting and provide the daily updates and discuss about the long pending issues
- Attending bridge call when critical & high tickets to address the issues
- Helping other teams to resolve issues from Active Directory
- Supporting on call for critical issues in off business hours
- Worked on Industry Standard ticketing tools like JIRA and Service Now for problem and incident process
- Writing QA for critical issues based on customer requests
System Administrator
SNN Builders Pvt Ltd
09.2015 - 02.2021
- Installing and troubleshooting operating system
- (Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, 2016)
- Installations and hardware equipment changes
- Providing remote support to different locations through Team Viewer, Any desk
- Responsible for providing 1st /2nd level desktop support to end-users in troubleshooting and resolving application related issues
- Handling technical related issues and Co-ordinate with various Teams and giving support to Desktop Level, Windows Level, Server level and Network level issues
- Installing, Updating and troubleshooting Sophos Endpoint Protection and Patches
- Giving VPN Access to End User through Cyber roam Firewall
- Creating Identity User in cyber roam firewall to access VPN
- Monitoring centralized Wi-Fi Access point
- Creating user, group object and OU's
- Creating incremental backup in AWS S3 storage using Cloud berry Software
- Creating Windows server in AWS Ec2 instance for cloud Tally
- Creating user in Office 365
- Maintaining G suite mail account for 250 Users
- Maintaining Zoho Email Ids for 100 Users
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Technology
K.S.Rangasamy Colllege of Technology
TamilNadu06-2006
Skills
- Azure Virtual Machine Administration
- Azure Networking and Security
- Azure Storage Administration
- Azure Monitoring
- Azure VPN Configuration
- Migrating on Prem Vm to Azure
- Office 365 Administration
- Hyper Failover cluster Administration
- Veeam back solution
- Power shell scripting
- Windows Administration
- Windows Multidomian Active directory
- Disaster recovery planning
Certification
Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104): Certificate No:8DBE64-56A0AE
Additional Information
UAE Driving License
Timeline
IT Support Engineer
Al Diyafah High School
08.2023 - Current
Principal Infrastructure Engineer
Mphasis
05.2022 - 06.2023
IT Technical Support Specialist
Randox Laboratories
02.2021 - 04.2022
System Administrator
SNN Builders Pvt Ltd
09.2015 - 02.2021
Bachelor of Science - Computer Technology
K.S.Rangasamy Colllege of Technology
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