Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA 4.5)
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security (MCSE on Security 2003)
Microsoft Certified System Engineer: Messaging (MCSE on Messaging 2000/2003)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE 4.0/2000/2003)
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)


 
Skills Summary

 

Citrix Software: Presentation Server 4.0-4.5, Smart Auditor, EdgeSight Server.
Operating systems: Windows2000/2003, WindowsXP, WindowsNT4.0, Windows CE, Cisco IOS 10-12, Novell NetWare 5, MacOS.
Server Software: Microsoft IIS 5-6, Microsoft, Microsoft ISA 2000-2004 Server, Microsoft Exchange 5.5/2000/2003, Microsoft SQL 7.0-2000, SQL 2000 Clustering, Lotus Domino 5.5/6.0 Server, Microsoft Shared Portal 2000-2003 Server, VMWare GSX Consolidating servers, WSUS 2.0.
Antivirus software: McAfee VSE 7i-8i / E-policy Orchestrator 3.6-4.0 (including management of 1500+ PCs, deployment, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, generating weekly reports)
Backup software: HP Open View Data Protector 5.5/6.0, CA BrighStor ArcServer v11
Programming: Batch jobs, VBScript, Windows scripting (including WMI programming, ActiveX, ADO, CDO)
Other Software / Skills: Norton Ghost / Acronis / ImageCast standalone / multicasting imaging software, Windows OS Lockdown tools.
Hardware: Dell / IBM / Compaq workstations, IBM Blade Centres
Networking: LAN, TCP/IP stack, IPX/SPX-NWLink, DNS/DDNS, WINS, DHCP, RRAS, NT/NetWare/Mac interoperability, distance-vector and link-state routing protocols, WAN connectivity (Dial-up, Cable, xDSL), VPN, IPSec, CA, QoS, NAT, VLAN.



Employment History

 
May 2007 - "HP Enterprise Services"
Citrix Engineer / Windows Infrastructure Analyst - Ireland

 

1. Citrix Farm 4.0-4.5 configuration, support and maintenance (administrations tasks, software installations, load balancing, load evaluators, printers management, resources management, DS management, License server, Web Interface management for 800+ users)
2. Citrix Farm 4.0 migration (Application + Server migration from PS4.0 to PS4.5)
3. Smart Auditor (installation, support and maintenance, monitoring users issues)
4. EdgeSight (Installation, configuration and support, reports management, resources monitoring)
5. XenServer 5.5 (maintenance and support of 10 XenServers)
6. Vbscript Exchange 2003 querying, making mailbox reports, mailbox creation/movement (ADO Interface)
7. McAfee e-policy Orchestator 3.6-4.0 monitoring, configuring, troubleshooting, making weekly reports
8. McAfee VirusScan 8.0 client configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting; totally more than 1500 clients
9. VBscript software and hardware inventory from more than 1500 client computers (WMI Interface)
10. VBscript Active Directory 2003 querying, updating, creating/modifying users/groups objects (ADSI Interface)
11. WSUS 2.0 (including WSUS configuration, Windows updates testing, updates deployment)
12. AppSense lockdown application, including installation, configuration and deployment, user environment management.


 

March 2006 - March 2007 "ISS International"
Senior Windows Administrator - Latvia

 

1. Implementation and Integration of network services such as DNS, DDNS, WINS, DHCP, RIS, RRAS, WSUS, Active Directories.
2. Planned, implemented and fully supported Windows 2000/2003 network (Windows servers, desktop, laptops).
3. Trained and utilized on HP Open View Data Protector.
4. Design and deployment of Windows 2000 environment. Server migration from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 using Norton Ghost, Image Cast, Sys Prep, and other tools.
5. Installation, configuration and daily support of 10 VMWare GSX Virtual servers.
6. Management and troubleshooting. This involved maintenance, backup, replication, recovery strategies
Upgrading and maintaining software applications and hardware drivers, ongoing patching, and documenting of various processes.
7. Consulting, delivery of Active Directory design, implementation, and migration, along with Microsoft server products.
8. Advising company managers on Microsoft practices and solutions. Designed and implemented solutions based on existing scenario/problem requirements.


 

April 2000 – March 2006 "Riga City Council"
Senior Network Engineer/ Security engineer– Latvia

 

1. Responsible for 45 IBM, HP, Compaq and Dell servers running Microsoft OS with SQL 2000, Exchange 2000, Internet Information Services 5.0.Citrix Farm 4.0-4.5 configuration, support and maintenance (administrations tasks, software installations, load balancing, load evaluators, printers management, resources management, DS management, License server, Web Interface management for 800+ users)
2. Setup and administration of Lotus R5 Domino Server as mail / application server for 600+ users.
3. Responsible for secure communication and traffic encryption using IPSec between different parts of Deparment.
4. Providing technical security oriented courses and seminars for technical department.
Develop and implement server environment standards.
5. Ongoing analysis and troubleshooting of advanced Win2K/Exchange 2000/ISA and network issues in production environment that are escalated from second level technical support teams, often involving extensive research (undocumented environment-specific issues).
6. Installation and configuration of Certificate Authority services.
7. Securing Web services with CA certificates in order to securely communicate over SSL.
8. Traffic monitoring and logs analysis using different monitoring tools such as Network Monitor etc.
Designed and developed Microsoft ISA Server Cluster workflow automation mechanisms for 600+ client PCs and wrote documentation on this subject.
9. Designed and developed Secure Network Topology in the complex IP network environment based on Microsoft ISA Servers, which consists of firewall, secure NAT and WebProxy clients.
10. Administering of Microsoft Shared Portal Server for office needs (including document exchange, meeting schedules, news, chat).
11. Implementing and fully support Exchange Server 2000, Microsoft ISA Server, SQL Server 7.0 and 2000, IIS 5.0, Fax Servers, DSL line and routing, migrated company's database from SQL 7.0 to SQL 2000


 

January 1999 - March 2000 "Deutsche Netzwerk Telefonie"
IP Telephony Engineer - Germany

 

1. Installated and configured Cisco and Vocaltec IP Telephony Gateways.
2. Monitored VoIP Gateways / Gatekeepers using HP OpenView, troubleshot in case of emergency.
Configured and monitored Cisco switches, Cisco routers and PIX firewalls.
3. Configuration of Cisco IOS v. 10x-12x.
4. Analyzed VoIP traffic, logged to SQL server, reported custom reports.
5. Built tables in MS SQL 7 and programmed a migration tool that exported a custom database of over 15,000 documents from Exchange to MSSQL Server.
6. Documented quality results choosing different voice codec and voice compression algorithms.
7. Installed and configured E1, T1 and ISDN in various technical scenarios.
9. Advised and chose the best Cisco / Dialogic VoIP equipment for Dentel clients.
10. Administered and configured Nortel telephone stations.
11. Developed (using Visual C++) and wrote documentation for billing software.
11. Worked with IP Telephony Engineers world wide in order to setup VoIP networks.