Robert Paul

Experience

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  Wipro

  Jan 2008 - Jun 2010

  Associate
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  Mphasis

  Aug 2010 - May 2015

  Senior Infrastructure Engineer

  Windows Server AdministratorPhysical / Vmware VM Server build using VCenter 5.0Hands on experience on DELL and HP in terms of DRAC and ILO related issues.Deal with DNS, DHCP , Backup, Storage related issues on INC\​CRQ .

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  Tech Mahindra

  May 2015 - Nov 2018

  Team Lead

  Currently working as a Domain Admin for one of the clients and taking care of more than 50Domain Controllers in PROD/DEV Environment. Handling User/Infra AD , DNS etc related issues on daily basis.Getting hands on experience on Tools like Splunk, Change Auditor, EM7 . Getting exposure of Domain Controller promotion, creation & updation of Group Policy. checking on Domain Controllers Health almost every hours to make sure they are functioning properly.I also have got good experience in Server build both physical and Virtual , Have built all makes ( DEll, HP , IBM ) of server . Have used Norton Ghost as an Imaging Server to push images during server build. and also have built servers is various ways like PXE etc. I have used HPSA and WSUS for patching ,have also troubleshooted patching related issues from Microsoft system Center, WSUS Client , HPSA Client .I have also done decommissioning of servers using DOD Wipe .I have been a part of Operations team where have handled users/infra related issues on daily basis like Frequent Account Lockout, creating records in DNS, creating Scopes in DHCP , Managing Users & Groups , BSOD , Memory Leak , Analyzing Memory Dumps and many more .having experience in writing powershell script to automate AD, DNS, Windows and VmWare related tasks. Show less

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  IBM

  Nov 2018 - May 2024

  Vrealize Orchestrator Developer

  My current engagement in IBM---------------------------------------Working as a Cloud Engineer in Cloud Automation team.My routine work is to create, fix broken workflows in vRealize Orchestration to prevent any failures in the servers builds using vRealize Automation 7.6.I have worked on Windows and LinuX patterns like 2016/2012 Windows IIS, SQL,APP, MQ & Rhel 7/8 APP,MQ etc.CHEF is the Configuration Management tool that is integrated to VRO in our environment to call Roles/cookbooks/Recipes to deploy Software's/Settings etc., during the build. Hence I have hands on experience on CHEF to create roles/cookbooks/recipes to deploy software's/settings on both Windows and Linux VMs.As I am good at PowerShell scripting, any tasks or any issue related to PowerShell in Cloud Automation team comes to me as priority and I have been able to identify/fix all issues that have come across.My first engagement in IBM ----------------------------------I have been a part of transition of the project and where I have taken KT and started the project from Day 1, and have played important role in my team. I worked on INC, Created and implemented Changes, created and helped others to create PowerShell Scripts to automate bulk tasks. I got involved in all escalated issues from RTB and voluntarily help my colleagues whenever they face any issues.I have also done solutioning whenever I got such request from the solutioning team, I have been ranked 1st among my team across Pune and Bangalore for the year 2020 as I worked on high visibility projects which had too many issues and even got multiple appreciations.Have created several Powershell and PowerCli scripts to automate task around windows and VSphere. have created Chef Cookbooks to automate various softwares installation/uninstallation around windows. Show less

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  HCLTech

  Apr 2024 - now

  Consultant