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Experience designing, implementing, supporting and maintaining enterprise scale IT solutions using AWS Cloud, Hybrid LAN/WAN with strong focus on information security. I have the ability to think globally and strategically when approaching technical problems. Accredited Company with ISO27001 security compliance.IT Manager/Infrastructure Architect/AWS @ Design and Architect public internet facing multiple data centers. Hands on data center management of Servers, Network, Firewall IDS and Load balancer. Migrated data centers and new office infrastructure from ground up which involved, system, performance, monitoring, calculating power and cooling capacity and maintain 24/7 uptime with HA. AWS Cloud Implementation, Large scale build, migrate and Management of AWS with Auto Scaling, Cloud Formation, Elastic Load Balancing, EC2, EBS, Storage IOPSoptimization, Snapshots, AMI Images, S3, VPC, RDS, Directory Service. Migrated on premise data center to AWS and configured Hybrid network. Certified the company’s infrastructure with ISO27001 Information security compliance by implementing required technical controls, preparation of Information Security Policy, Disaster Recovery, Business continuity process and manage internal and external audits. Lead a team of 7 engineers for Data Centers and internal network. Manage internal network with Active Directory for internal and remote users. Manage offshore network support team of engineers and operations team in multiple countries. • LAN/WAN, Cisco Firewall, Routers, Switches, Alert logic IDS, Load Balancer and storage. • Analyze new Vulnerabilities discovered through scanning and remediation approaches. • Linux administration of CentOS and Red hat distro utilizing Chef, Docker Container. • Automate system and application deployment. • Windows server administration with Active Directory. • Data Center evaluation and implementation. • AWS Cloud with AutoScaling, Elastic Load Balancer, S3, RDS, Cloud Formation. • VMWARE ESXi and Hypervisor with various types of storage systems. • In-memory analytic database of 20 TB in memory, 700 cores of CPU data warehouse. • Alertlogic IDS, Nessus, PCI scan, McAfee EPO, WSUS, SAS. Kognitio. • WordPress, SysAid, Jira, Graphite, Apache, MySQL and Nagios. • Manage LDAP, DNS, DHCP, IIS, CDN, VPN and Fiber WAN. From September 2008 to Present (7 years 2 months) Greater New York City AreaLead Systems Engineer @ Company serves largest collection of online databases containing premium business information in the world. Serving over 300K+ corporate customers with 24/7 SLA from redundant data centers. Managed day to day operation of company’s data center in Co-Lo for servers and network infrastructure and worked on migration of data centers. • Network infrastructure, backbone and multiple data centers support. 400+ Servers • Responsible for co-located data centers with large number of Web and database servers. • Data center upgrade and migration. • Implemented Active Directory network using Windows 2000/2003. • Advanced Group Policy configuration with Clustered systems. • Engineered Production Windows 2000/2003, Web/IIS, and server, DNS, DHCP, • Work with High availability Load Balanced environment. • Install and maintain Red hat Linux servers with Send mail, Apache, FTP and SSH. • Daily maintenance and administration of SQL 2000 and 2005 database servers. • Configured and monitor WSUS server to automate windows updates. • Support Symantec Enterprise Antivirus system. • Install and support Dell PowerEdge server equipment. Dell Open Manage, DRAC. • VMware Virtualization. • Routers, PIX Firewall, Load Balancer. • Planned and upgraded Network Infrastructure and data cabling. • Network security and Intrusion Detection. • Shell scripting and other programming languages to automate tasks. • Monitor network and server performance using Nagios and other utilities. • Linked and manage multiple locations with Fiber Optics and T1/DS3 backbone. • Planned and implemented VOIP phone PBX systems. • Support Blackberry. Manage Tape library with Backup Exec. • Designed, Engineer, Setup and monitor LAN/WAN and TCP/IP connectivity. • Install and configure Fabre SAN equipment. • Work closely with Company executives to provide high level support and present new technologies to help company’s growth. From June 2006 to August 2008 (2 years 3 months) New York, NYSenior Systems Engineer @ Data Center support for enterprise clients with 5 Million+ global users. • Network security and vulnerability management. • Designed, Budgeted and Implemented company wide new Network Infrastructure. • Day to day Network/servers support for Internal and external network. 500+ servers. • Installed and managed Windows 2000/2003 Enterprise Network with Active Directory. • IIS, DHCP, MS Exchange, DNS, SQL Server, TCP/IP and Terminal Server. • Linux administration with REDHAT and other flavors of Linux. • Installed and supported Apache, FTP, SSH servers, Write Shell Scripts. • Setup and use IDS and Nessus security scanner and a lot of PGP encryption processes. • Setup Firewall, Wi-Fi, VPN and Network Monitoring. • Implemented DDoS Protection and prevented large 30,000+ PPS DDoS attacks. • Planned and implemented high volume usage Power Backup system using APC equipment. • Daily setup and use of Veritas Backup Exec with DLT tapes. • Automated OS and software installation using RIS and advanced Group Policy. • Automated Antivirus management using McAfee EPO Server. • Automated Patch management with WSUS. • Configure Compaq/HP ProLiant and Dell servers with RAID. • Support hosting facility and LAN/WAN With Fiber Optics backbone. • Configure Routers and Switches. • Configured Connect Direct Server and IBM's Rational Requisite Pro server. • Disaster Recovery planning and testing. • Write Documentation and work with SOX Auditing. • Handle Purchasing of Servers, Desktop and other IT related equipment. • Implemented and managed VOIP PBX system for in house branch offices over WAN. • Supervised a team of desktop support personnel. From 2003 to 2006 (3 years) Greater New York City AreaSystems Administrator @ Global corporate TAX and Accounting service provider. Provided day to day Systems administration support in a team. • Administer Windows 2000 network in Active Directory environment. • Manage LAN/WAN, Routers, Switches and Firewall. • Administer Linux server for FTP, SSH and Apache. • Manage Exchange, SQL Server, IIS, DNS, DHCP, and VPN. • Used VMWARE to test new application deployment. • Administer Altigen PBX Phone systems. • Symantec Antivirus management. • Supervised a team of desktop support technicians. • Provided Level 3 Desktop Support to internal and remote users. • Communicate with different vendors for equipment purchase and leasing issues. From 2002 to 2003 (1 year) Greater New York City AreaNetwork Administrator @ Daily content provider of AOL.com. Served from data centers • Administered Firewall, Router, HUB’s, SWITCHES on T1 and SDSL,. • Administer Linux & Windows Active Directory, SQL, DNS, DHCP, IIS and Proxy Servers. • Maintain Apache, Jrun, MySQL, NIS and Samba servers. • Configure and maintain Dell Power Edge servers with Win2000 and Linux OS • Manage Nortel telephone extensions. Basic support on moving phone locations • Provide support for Outlook, Photoshop, MS Office and various other applications. • Graphics and Web Development using Photoshop, Flash, FrontPage, HTML, JSP. • Communicate with vendors for upgrading and purchasing computer. • Communicate with partners and other agency’s regarding technical issues. From 2000 to 2002 (2 years) Greater New York City AreaIT/Network Support @ • NT 4.0 Administration: Implemented and maintained NT 4.0 Network. • Maintained IIS 4.0 and Front-page extension (with virtual domains hosting). • UNIX administration on Sun-Solaris and Linux: Implement and administer UNIX. • Configure Apache web server, email server and install other software on UNIX. • Provided technical support over 800+ users. • Designed website using Microsoft Front Page 98/2000 and HTML language. • Setup and maintained web based online courses system Blackboard. From 1997 to 2000 (3 years) Greater New York City AreaBS, Computer Science @ City University of New York From 1996 to 2000 Syed CISSP is skilled in: Project Management, Team Leadership, Vendor Management, Program Management, Networking, Firewalls, Windows, Linux, Data Center, Information Security, Disaster Recovery, Servers, Cloud Computing, DNS, Network Security, Strategic Planning, Active Directory, ISO 27001, CRM, Business Analysis, Management, Security, VPN, IT Security, Firewall, Data Center Architecture, Information Technology..., Expense Reduction, IT Management, TCP/IP, Network Infrastructure..., IT Infrastructure Design, CISSP