Mitchell Kamal

Secret level security clearance

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
 Infrastructure/Cloud Architect with 15 years of experience in Information Technology with a strong
background in server hardware, storage, virtualization, and core IT applications.
 Strong skill set in leading the design and implementation of projects on a global scale has helped
clients achieve significant return on value.
 Has an extensive background in enterprise virtualization and server technologies, core messaging and
database technologies, as well as the ability to develop massively scalable solutions.
 A versatile technology advocate, demonstrating his flexibility and deep technical aptitude with his
comfort with the Microsoft and Linux infrastructure stacks, as well as VMware and Hyper-V.
 As a former long-time employee of Digital, Compaq, and HP, has specialized knowledge of the HP
server and storage hardware platforms.
 Onboarded 15000-20000 new storage devices – HP storage, SAN, for multiple locations.
 HP OneView Administration for infrastructure management.
 Has excellent written and verbal communication skills.

EDUCATION:
 Bachelor’s of Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Training and Certifications:

 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCITP) (Certified, Enterprise)
 VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP)
 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) (Certified, Windows 2003 Track)
 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) (Certified, Widows 2000 Track)
 Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) (Trained and Certified, RHEL3)
 Certified Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Training
 Certified Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Training
 Certified Active Directory Design Training
 Certified Windows 2000 Server Training
 Certified Windows NT 4.0 Server Training
 Seminars and Training on Red Hat Linux, including Linux for Itanium Architectures
 Seminars and Training on Microsoft Exchange 4.0, 5.5, and 2000

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
 Operating Systems: Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows
2000/XP/NT4/9X/3X, Hyper V, VMware ESX, vSphere 4, VMware Server, XenServer, Citrix
MetaFrame Presentation Server 4.0, RHEL 3/4/5, SuSE Linux 10, Digital Unix, Open VMS.
 Applications and Platforms: Microsoft Exchange 2013/2010/2003/2000/5.5, Microsoft Lync
Server, IIS, Apache Web Server, Tomcat, WebSphere Application Server (WAS), WebLogic,
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS), SQL Server 2008/2005/2000, Active Directory,
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), ADAM, Novell Groupwise, Oracle 10g/9i, Microsoft
Online Solutions (MSOL), Microsoft Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS), Amazon EC2
Cloud, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Small Business Server (SBS) 2008/2003.
 Storage: EMC, HP 3 PAR, Dell, NetApp, Mylex, Swxcr, Data Protector, Legato, IBM, ARC,
Veritas, EMC Avamar.
 Backup: Symantec Backup Exec 2010/12/11/10, VERITAS through 9.0, ARC, EMC Legato,
Double Take, Windows Backup/NetBackup.
 Scripting/Programming: Visual Basic/VBA/VBScript/ASP, Perl, C, C++, dbase III+, SQL,
HTML.
 Tools: MS Office, SSH, telnet, FTP, Gopher, engine, Fax nation, Postfix 2.1.5, BIND.
 Monitoring Tools: BMC Patrol, NetIQ AppManager, HP OpenView, CA Nimbus, MOM.
 Antivirus/Antispam: Symantec, McAfee, Antigen, Forefront, Trend Micro, Clamav, CA, Blue Coat,
Barracuda, Postini, Proofpoint, AVG.
 Networking: Cisco ASA (7.x-8.x), Cisco PIX (6.x-7.x), Cisco Catalyst Switches, HP ProCurve
Switches.
 Other: Active Directory Design, Migration, and Implementation; Exchange Server Design,
Migration, and Implementation; Blackberry Server Design and Implementation; Virtualization and
Storage Consolidation Engineering.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

PC King Corp June 2012 to 2023

Infrastructure Architect
 Domain Consolidations.
 Account migrated from multiple forest to single instance.
 Computer account migrations from multiple forest to single instance.
 Server migrations from multiple forest to single instance.
 Consolidated DNS records.
 Tenant to Tenant migrations.
 Sharegate migration of carbonatation objects.
 Bit Titan used for mail object migration.
 Custom scripts to move Azure registered applications.
 Custom scripts to move shared objects to new instance.

Crane/NTT DATA June 2018 to Dec 2023

 Specialized in the HP server and storage hardware platforms.
 Designed and implemented new HP servers and storage.
 Setting up monitoring tool like HPE OneView, NetIQ AppManager and BMC to monitor disk
failure.
 HP OneView administration, installation, configuration, and monitor.
 Onboarded 10000 new storage devices for multiple locations.
 Installed MIM 2016 - Microsoft Identity Manager.
 Created connectors to existing legacy HR systems.
 Worked with vendor to create custom feeds for identity management.
 Converted all systems and provisioning processes to use central management.

Crane/Fallon/Blue Cross/Draper/NaviSite June 2012 to May 2018

 Configured HP OneView and used for management and monitoring of the blade environment.
 Onboarded 8000 new storage devices for multiple locations.
 Active Directory Upgrade and migration.
 Upgraded all systems to Windows 2016.
 Upgraded domain and forest to 2016.
 Consolidated and decommissioned legacy Group Policy Object.
 Integrated current directory with corporate MIM cloud instance.
 Migrated 1500 users and computes to a new central domain from multiple forest.
 Migrated users from legacy mail to office 365.
 Migrated users from Lync server on-premises to office 365.
 Upgraded from ADFS 2.0 to 4.0.
 Upgraded form DirSync to Azure AD Connect.
 Managed Azure AD and all security components.
 TEAM migration from Skype for Business.
 SharePoint 2016 migration and administration.
 Built out Production, Stage, and Development environments.
 Migrated 3 TB of data to all environments
 Designed maintenance and works flows to facilitate the current environment.
 Deep level trouble shooting of complex problems
 Mentor admins for operations
 Developed PowerShell maintenance procedures for operational efficiency.

Exchange Migration Architect Draper

 Enterprise analysis of existing environment
 Remediation of Exchange 2010 preparing for migration
 Design and review with onsite team
 Implementation of Exchange 2016
 Development of migration plan
 Developed migration scripts for mailboxes
 Developed migration script for public folder migration
 Migration of pilot group
 Remediation of local needs
 Full migration of enterprise to Exchange 2016.

Active Directory, VMware Architect (All NaviSite clients)

 Design and implement Active Directory infrastructure
 Design and implement SharePoint 2013 and 2016
 Migration of data to SharePoint 2013 and 2016
 Microsoft Azure migrations and deployment
 Deployment and configuration Azure AD Connect
 User Environment Manager deployment and migration of 1000 clients
 Domain and forest Migrations
 Upgrades from 2003 to 2012 R2
 Developed scripts to manage and report on infrastructure
 Developed PowerShell scripts to manage virtual environment
 Developed QA standard post deployment scripts to standardize builds
 Created gold template for server infrastructure
 Created gold VDI template for user environment
 Failover clusters
 Disaster recovery site
 Oracle RAC 12C
 Hyper V 2012 R2
 Data center migrations including V2V and P2V
 Designed and implemented VMware clustered environment
 Microsoft Exchange consultant (Blue Cross Blue Shield, NTT Data, Vicor, Biogen)
 Installed infrastructure for federation and directory synchronization with office 365 platform
 Installed and configured hybrid servers for migration of 6000 mailboxes to office 365
 Installed and managed Microsoft Exchange 2010 on multiple servers with the following roles Edge,
CAS/HUB, and Mailbox role with DAG
 Including Multiple DAGs over disperse geographic locations
 Migrated from Microsoft Exchange 2003 to 2010 10000 users with no interruption in service
 Supported active sync, Good technologies, and Blackberry Enterprise Server
 Developed and tested disaster recovery of the Microsoft Exchange 2010 environment
 Disaster recovery of single mailbox and who server restorations
 Set up best practice or monitoring, backups, antivirus, and fault tolerance for the Exchange 2010
environment
 Migrated 6000 mailboxes to office 365
 Migrated 5000 Lync users from on-premises to cloud
 Developed architecture documentation for ongoing support
 Developed operational documentation
 Implemented policies and procedures for the new support model
 Developed roadmap and ongoing strategies for upcoming technologies
 VMware architect
 Windows and Active Directory architect
 Skype for Business 2015 architect
 Lync 2013 architect
 Lync 2010 architect

NTT DATA, Inc May 2006 to June 2012

Senior Infrastructure Architect
 Designed, implemented migration of an on-premises exchange infrastructure of 5000 seats to Office
365 tenant.
 Designed, implemented, and led project migrating multiple Data Center servers to VMware ESX 4.1
platform on various hardware from HP and Dell. DoCoMo USA 1500 users.
 Installed Microsoft SQL Server 2005 multi-node clusters for mission critical application for a major
Health Care Provider. Configured Analysis Services, SQL Server Agent jobs, and tested high
availability functions.

Fallon Community Health Plan - 2800 users

 Installed Exchange Server 2010 in high-availability clustered environment; migrated users from
Exchange 2007, integrated third-party anti-virus and spam filtering.

Connecticut Community Health Network - 4000 users

 Deployed and managed Citrix MetaFrame environment hosting dozens of thick-client applications.

Yankee Candle Company - 2000 users

 Developed tools and work instructions for schema migration from legacy version of Windows-to-
Windows 2008 R2.

Fallon Community Health Plan - 2800 users

 Installed and configured Hyper V Server 2008 R2 in production environment, consolidating various
physical servers onto single flexible infrastructure delivery platform. Performed scripted virtual
server migrations from one Hyper V server to another.
New England Dairy Councel - 100 users
 Deployment and configuration of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) for various clients.
 Design, execution, and documentation of migration of Small Business Server 2003 (SBS 2003) to
Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008).
 Design and implementation of System Configuration Manager 2007 for enterprise-level deployment.

Fallon Community Health Plan, State of Rhode Island - 5000 users

 Migrated infrastructure for organizations to and from various cloud solutions providers, including
Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Online Solutions.

Ligonior Ministries - 1000 users

 Configured various network firewall and proxy devices to implement and enforce network security
and provide VPN tunnels; devices configured include Cisco ASA 5500-series appliances, Cisco PIX
500-series firewalls, and Blue Coat reverse proxy devices.

Yankee Candel Company

 Created value for customers by designing and implementing iSCSI SAN solutions on NetApp,
EqualLogic, and HP to reduce costs and enable rapid infrastructure deployment.

ANP Power Company - 2000 users

Server migration and Exchange 2010 migration (State of Rhode Island)

 Lead Architect for Platform and application migration.
 Designed and implemented new HP servers and storage for the ESX 5.0 cluster.
 Designed and implanted new architecture and upgraded of Active Directory to Windows 2008 R2.
 Designed and implemented Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 migration.
 Created procedures and facilitated the process of Motioning systems from legacy hardware and ESX
platform to new.
 Managed disaster recovery design and implementation.
 Tested disaster recovery scenario and documented for compliance.
 Knowledge transfer to offshore resources when migration was complete.

Connecticut Community Health Network - 4000 users

Microsoft Cloud Migration
 Lead Architect for on-premises servers to Office 365
 Worked with leadership members to identify pilot users
 Implemented pilot user moves and used use case to determine design flaws
 Remediated design and operations guide to minimize issues during mass migration
 Managed and implemented migration of remaining users
 Worked operational issues after migration
 Knowledge transfer to local resources when migration was complete.

Ligonior Ministries - 1000 users, Magnarelli Associates 150 users

Infrastructure deployment and migration to VMware platform (Fallon)
 Brought in to restore backups for VMware ESX system following SAN failure, rebuilding LUNs on
EMC Clarion SAN for the virtual servers.
 Successfully restored seven servers, including Red Hat Linux servers, Windows Server 2003 domain
controller, web server, file server, and servers supporting key department application.
State of Rhode Island - 5000 users
Acting IT Directory
 Supported department IT environment consisting of fifteen servers, an EMC Clarion SAN, and two
hundred servers of different operating systems, including Windows 2000/2003 Server, AIX, Linux,
and Novell Netware.
 Migrated email for the department from GroupWise 3.x to Microsoft Exchange 2003.
 Migrated existing NAS infrastructure to Dell iSCSI infrastructure.
State of Rhode Island - 5000 users
Senior Systems Engineer for Data Center Consolidation/Virtualization Project
 Deployed physical HP servers and storage hardware; configured remote access with iLO, Avocent
Rackview networked KVM, and network-enabled APC PDUs.
 Created VMware ESX 3.5 virtual hosting environment on HP servers. Estimated capacity and based
on historical trend data and sized LUNs and VMs.
 Created and managed fiber-channel (FC) HP StorageWorks SAN and installed active-passive cluster
of SQL Servers to support public web-based OLTP consumer-oriented application.
 Deployed Cisco Catalyst 2900-series LAN switches; configured VLANs and ports to trunk broadcast
domains to VMware ESX hosts.
 Executed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) conversions of multiple Windows 2003 web servers running the
company’s e-commerce sites on IIS and .NET, several Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers running
various home-grown application software and open-source software (RADIUS Server, FreeTDS,
BIND), and management/monitoring servers.
 Installed four new Active Directory domain controllers running Windows Server 2008, transferred
the FSMO roles, and raised the domain’s “functional level” after demoting and retiring existing
Windows 2000 domain controllers.
 Installed four Microsoft Exchange 2007 servers in a fault-tolerant environment with Standby
Continuous Replication (SCR), then migrated all corporate email from existing Exchange 2003
cluster.
 Upgraded two Blackberry Enterprise Servers to RIM’s 5.0 release of the software. Executed Physical-
to-Virtual (P2V) conversions of the BES servers.

DoCoMo USA and Japan (1500 users, B2B systems)

Senior Systems Administrator in Managed Services Environment
 Installed Exchange 2010 into environment onto HP hardware. Migrated Exchange 2003 mailboxes to
Exchange 2010.
 Upgraded domain controllers to Windows Server 2008.
 Created Windows Server 2003 Microsoft terminal services “cloud” environment for thick-client
financial application. Supported remote printing in “cloud” server environment.
 Deployed CA eTrust anti-virus solution across the enterprise.
 Regularly advised CIO on infrastructure design and emerging technology trends.