Amit Saini
Professional Experience
Information Technology Administrator - IT
Sonasoft Corporation - San Jose, CA - United States(Full-time - January 2005 - June 2011)
- Managing Active Directory / Domain
- Managed MS Exchange Server 2000, 2003, 2007, later migrated to 2010
- Managed MS SQL Server 2005, 2008
- Installation: MS Exchange, MS SQL, AD (win 2008 server)
- Repairing / Troubleshooting pc’s / servers
- Maintaining the backup/recovery of File System, Exchange Server, SQL Server
- Managing Email Archiving Server / eDiscovery
- Managed Storage Appliances: IP SAN (iSCSI), NAS
- Cloning Systems using Active Disk Image
- Setting up and managing firewall / router / switches
- Managed Backups/Restores (Bare-Metal Recovery)
- Google Apps
- Configuring iPhones for Exchange Users
- Virtual VMware Environment Installations
Tech Administrator
Federation of Indian Association - Fremont, CA - United States(Volunteer Work - Since January 2003)
- Built PHP based website
- Mail Server Setup - Google Apps
- Extended support was provided onsite and offsite
- Hardware/Software repairing
- eCommerce management online/offline
- Developed/Administrated the FIA website
- Website - increasing hits by 100-200% (SEO)
Project Manager
DeVry University - Fremont, CA - United States(Student Project - January 2007 - January 2008)
- OCARS is an integrated system that addresses specific problems such as the current traffic light override system, the lack of real-time Emergency Vehicle status reporting, and the manual transposition of case information.
- Visual Studio .NET / Java Programming
- Micro-Chip Programming using C++
- Tested Web UI in Selenium
- Shadowing others in the team
- Written manual / documentation
- Hands-on with creating the device
Education
Computer Engineering Technology (CET)
DeVry University (October 2005 - November 2007)
Skills
Top Skills
- windows environments
- Exchange Server
- SQL Server
- managing AD
- Networking
- Troubleshooting Issues
- Backup
- Recovery
- Archiving
- DNS
- RAID
- Automated Testing
- eDiscovery
Technical Skills
- Support: Exchange 2003 2007 2010, SQL Server 2005 2008. Backup and Recovery Tools.
- Hardware: Computer / server assembling, understanding of all computer & non-computer related hardware.
- Operating Systems: Windows Servers 2003 2008, Windows OS (3.1 – Win7), MAC Leopard, UNIX, LINUX.
- Languages: C, C++, Java, HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, JSP, XML, Visual Basic, VHDL, MATLab, and basic Javascript.
- Development Tools: Automation tools, VMWare tools, Hyper-V, SSH, GEdit, JCreator, Visual C++, Visual Studio .net, JBuilder / Borland, Quartus II, MatLab, Multisim, MS FrontPage, Dreamweaver CS4, Flash CS4, Photoshop CS4, & Illustrator CS4.
- Network Protocols: DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, TCP/IP, Sub netting, router configuration, FTP protocols/applications, scripting, and RAID controllers.
- Security: SSL, Digital Signature, Encrypting / Decrypting, Hardware / Software Firewall, Adware / Spyware scanner & Virus scanner for additional security.
- Installation Experience: Win 95/98/2000/NT/XP/Vista/Win7, Win Server 2003/2008, Linux Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu/Mint/RedHat, repairing & troubleshooting hardware/software problems.
- Office Tools: CRM / MS Word / PowerPoint / Excel / Access / Outlook / Visio.
Project: Migrating Exchange 2007 to 2010
- Backed up mail stores
- Used SonaExchange migration feature
- All emails migrated in couple hours
- Minimum downtime for our employees
- Better performance
Project: Migrating Exchange 2007 to Google Apps (cloud)
- Used Google's Migration Tool
- Contacts, Emails, and Calendar migrated
- Minimum downtime for employees
- All emails migrated into cloud successfully in couple hours
- Better performance
Project: Virtual Environment Setup
- Dell Server
- Installed OS: Windows Server 2003, 2008
- Installed MS SQL Server: 2005, 2008
- New Domain Setup
- VMware Software
- Installed Exchange Server: 2007, 2010
- Active Directory
- IP Configuration
Project: Router Flash / Config / Tested
- Linksys WRT54G
- Flashed it with DD-WRT
- QA/Testing
- Comparison with other open source software’s
- Better functionality
- Flexibility / Capability of Enterprise Level routers/firewalls
- Much better control over bandwidth usage
- VPN setup
- Savings for the Company
Project: Custom built NAS Storage
- I used the following setup: Core 2 Duo, 500GB HD for the OS, and 4 2TB SATA Hard drives
- RAID 1 - Mirroring & Duplexing setup
- Accomplished in 2 days
- Speed was improved from our previously built NAS storage
- Savings for the company and money be used else where needed
Project: Email Archiving / Backup / Recovery for Sonasoft Infrastructure
- Used SonaFile to backup files/folders
- Backup Setup: Incrementals, Differentials, and Fulls
- SonaExchange to backup main Exchange Server
- SonaSQL to backup all SQL Databases
- SonaVault to archive all the incoming/outgoing emails
Project: Marketing - Sonasoft Videos
- Shot a video with HD Camera
- Edited the video
- Spreaded the video across all major video sharing sites
- Posted on major bookmarking sites
- Result: Increase in hits to our website, equal to more leads
Project: Developed a blog website: DesiToob.com
- PHP
- CSS
- Graphic Designing
- Search Engine Optimization
- Marketing: Social Media, Bookmarking Sites, etc.
- Embedded Videos
- Results: Hits on the website was doubled in less than 2 weeks. 200% increase
Project: Developed a Video Sharing Website: DesiLoop.net
- Linux Server Setup: CentOS
- LAMP installation
- Video Components installation
- Graphic Designing
- Marketing: Social Media, Bookmarking Sites, etc.