Gora Bhattacharjee

Phone: - 00919615618591 E-mail:- gora.bhattacharjee@gmail.com

00919402380758 gbhattacharjee@yahoo.com

Objective

To devote cent-percent on the job, to dedicate on the technically challenging jobs,

gather knowledge from new technologies. To be the man of full dedication, sincerity,
devotion, honesty to the challenging jobs.

Summery

• 8+ years of IT experience with 2 years in the field of Computer Service

Engineer Hardware, networking and system administration, 6+ years of System
Administration experience including UNIX, Linux, Windows NT/2000/2003, VMWare,
Citrix, MS Exchange Server as well as DBA.
• More than 2 years 6 months VB programmer in two different projects.
• Excellent experience in Installation and Configuration of all flavors of Linux
• Provide infrastructure solution using VMWare VI3 for server consolidation, to
improve performance and availability of the systems
• Extensive Systems Administration & troubleshooting experience on Windows
2K3/2000/XP/ Domain, Active Directory and IIS. Experience of Windows NT 4.0
domain to Windows 2000 domain migration.
• Experience in design, implementation & troubleshooting of heterogeneous
LANs, WANs. Prepared detail case study with network diagram for network
enhancement. Prepared documents for all new configurations and installations
• Support and troubleshooting in a business critical production environment
(24/7)
• Excellent knowledge in System tuning, including kernel compilation and tuning
system parameters for optimal performance and security.
• Clustering experience, including experience using Open filer SAN/NAS with
shared file-systems and dedicated hardware load balancing.
• Expert administration skills in implementation, configuration and management
of SQL Server 2000 in a replicated/clustered environment
• Self-motivated and possess ability for critical thinking, analysis, good
interpersonal and communication skills.
• Team-oriented, technically motivated and creative.
• User-oriented with a desire to learn client's business requirements.
• Excellent communication skills, management and leadership qualities.

Professional Achievements

1. ICFAI University Tripura IT infrastructure

 • Designed and implemented LAN, Planned for the requirement of servers for 5
Universities of North East including ICFAI University Tripura.
• Successfully completed ICFAI University Management System a software
project.
• Successfully implemented virtualization of physical servers of the university
and a project is completed successfully on virtualization other 5 universities of
ICFAI in North-East.
• Planned, Designed and implementation of Wireless LAN networking of Hostel
in ICFAI University for all the 5 North-East Universities of ICFAI
2. HCL Infosystems Guwahati
• Installation and commissioning of Layer 3 Switches in different BSNL sites in
the North-East.
3. JNV, Under Govt. of India, MHRD
• Planned designed and implemented LAN and WAN for 41 Institutes in North-
East under Smart School project connecting all the sites with Regional Office
Shillong and Head Quarter
• Installed and maintained Windows 2000 server, Sun Solaris 10 Servers
• Installed MS Exchange server and configured clients for the entire network
• Successfully completed Project NVS Information System a software project.
• Trained Faculties and Administrators for the Smart School
4. Tata InfoTech
• Successfully installed and maintained several servers for SIPARD
• Trained State employees in different subjects for computer Literacy Program
• Successfully completed Student Information and Billing System a software
project.

Technical Skills

SOFTWARE: Office XP, 2003, MS Project 2000, Outlook 98\Outlook2000\Outlook

XP\Outlook 2003, Netscape, FrontPage 2000\ 2002, Outlook Web Access 5.5\2000\2003,
Visio 2003

BACK OFFICE PRODUCTS: Exchange Server 5.5/2000/2003/2007, IIS 5.0 & 6.0, Windows
NT Server Tools, Active Directory 2000\2003, Windows 2000 Performance Monitor,
Remote Desk Control

OPERATING SYSTEMS: MS-DOS, MS Windows 3.1, MS Windows 95, Windows 98,

Windows ME, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Pro, MS Windows NT 4.0, MS
Windows 2000 Professional/ Server, Windows 2003 server, SuSE Linux, RadHat Linux,
UNIX, FreeBSD, Sun Solaris 10.

LANGUAGE / SCRIPT: - BASIC, FORTRAN, C, C++, VB, VB.Net, PL/SQL, HTML, DHTML,
XML, VB-Scripts, UNIX Shell Scripting
RDBMS: - SQL, Oracle, MS-Access.
Installation, Configuration & Administration: - SuSE Linux, RadHat Linux, UNIX, FreeBSD, Sun
Solaris 10, Win 2000/2003, Ms Exchange Server, Win XP, VMWare, Citrix, AD, LDAP, NFS,
NIS, FTP, IIS, SAMBA, DHCP, DNS, TFTP

Networking: - LAN, WAN

Installation and configuration of Routers, IBM Servers.

MS Exchange Server Expertise

Installation, configuration and management of Microsoft Exchange Server system
version 5.5, 2000/2003/2007. Setup, configured and integrated Microsoft Exchange
2007 with Active Directory 2003. Creating server catalog. Updating Active Directory
Schema. Managing Exchange Server with Exchange Management Console. Moving
users and mail boxes, creating sets of mail boxes. Managing groups, membership and
users. Managing distributed groups from Outlook using Dynamic Distribution Groups.
Setting Mailbox quotas. Setting up email address policies. Working with Exchange
Management shell for scripting, Testing Exchange Server for client connection, mail
flow and other tests to ensure efficiency of the server .Creating and managing storage
groups and database. Cleaning item cache, recovering items and mailbox, fixing
failed database. Managing public folders with GUI and Power Shell. Creating backup,
backup storage groups and restoring backups. Creating policies for attachment
filtering , blocking attachments, recipient filtering, per user SCL processing, creating
Edge Transport Rules, Outlook Junk filtering. Managing Outlook Web Access. Server-
based Active Synchronization. Managing unified messaging system. Massaging record
managements. Exporting and importing data from PST. Deploying local continuous
replication (LCR), cluster continuous replication (CCR), standby continuous replication
(SCR)
System Administration Technical Expertise:
• Installation and troubleshooting of Windows, Ms Exchange Server 2007, SuSE
Linux, RedHat Linux, Unix, Solaris 10.
• Installation and Troubleshooting TCP/IP network configuration of Windows
9X/2K/XP/2k3 Server, Win AD, Linux, Solaris, UNIX
• Active Directory tree design, LDAP
• Implementing domain and local policies, implementing GPOs, software
deployment, configuring mandatory roaming profiles, managing users at a domain
level.
• Domain security auditing, MS Exchange Server Security auditing
• Configuration of 2K, SuSE, DNS servers, DHCP servers, RIS servers, RRAS via
RIP, primary and clone domain controllers, MS Exchange Server 2007.
• Troubleshooting and configuration of Office 2003
• Network, process, and asset documentation
• Installing, configuring antivirus
• Capacity planning
• Installation configuration and troubleshooting of Router as well as Linux Router
(Vyatta open-source Router/ Firewall /VNP)
• Administration of Windows 2003 Active Directory & Exchange 2003 accounts
• Administered Active Directory, MS Exchange Server 5.5/2003/2007
• Working and Managing Active Directory.
• Managing Symantec Antivirus Corp. Edition. E-Scan Antivirus Corporate Edition
• Maintaining the documentation of all networking links (Dc, ADC (remote
Location) and all Application Links).
• Monitoring the network links of all locations and given first level support
(checking CRC in link and etc...) and co-ordinate with vendor to resolve it ASAP.
• Managing MS Exchange client (MS Outlook 2003/2007).
• Monitoring of all remote location Networks, Internet and etc.
• Troubleshooting of PCs of Remote Locations.
• Administration & Maintenance of Hubs, Switches & Layout of Network.
• Support for the customized software and troubleshooting.
• Taking backup and restore of the data and troubleshooting.
• Administered the Active Directory for domain, including addition/deletion of
accounts, Group Policy creation and implementation, and Organizational Unit
creation and implementation.
• Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server, 2003 Standard, Enterprise R2, and
Web Edition: Installation, configuration and troubleshooting including: OS build, IIS
5.0/6.0, NLB, Microsoft Clustering Services, NT Backup, SNMP/WMI, and Security
Configuration (SCW).
• TCP/IP and Networking: Design, configuration, troubleshooting 2000
Mixed/2000 Native/2003 Active Directory Domains: Design, installation,
configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting including: DNS, WINS, Group
Policy.
• Corporate Anti-Virus: Deploying, definition updates, Spyware and Malware
detection and removal.
• ESX Server 2.5.x, 3.x: Design, Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Installed and configured VMWare ESXi Server to virtualized Development
environment for cost reduction. VMware VI3/VirtualCenter Server: Design,
installation, and implementation including: Licensing, HA/DRS Clusters, Networking
including vLAN tagging, Fiber Channel/iSCSI SAN configuration, VM creation and
management including Resource Pooling
• Strong hands on experience of implementing and managing Windows 2003
based servers with Microsoft Technologies such as Exchange 2003/2007 and SQL
2000 (Standalone and Clustered), Active Directory, SMS 2003 and Internet
Information Server.
• In depth knowledge in Hardware assembling, Installing, Configuring and
troubleshooting on Intel based Servers and Workstations. Also providing support to
the desktop clients for Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT and Windows
98/95.
• Implemented PC imaging technologies such as SMS 2003 and Norton Ghost,
PC Network Clone which help to reduce mass PC deployment.
• Installed and configured MS Exchange 2003 and MS SQL 2000 in a Cluster
environment integrated with Windows 2003 Active Directory with redundant Root
and Child Domain Controllers in one forest and under one tree for two domain
structures.
 • Managing SMS 2003 integrated with Active Directory for packaging, software
deployment and pc imaging. Proficient in Windows Server Update Service for
Microsoft patch deployment.
• Design and Implemented Active Directory Migration from Windows 2000 to
Windows 2003 based on locations configuring sites and Organizational Units for
more than 2500 users. Also established domain wide Group Policies.
• Design and Implemented two Microsoft Cluster Server for SQL application and
Databases with Active-Passive fail over capability. One of them configured on
Windows 2000 Advanced Server and other was on Windows NT 4.0 Server
Enterprise Edition.
• Administered SQL Server 2000 for more than 15 databases for Backup and
Restore, SQL Performance and connectivity, Log backup and restore.
• Installed, configured and managed Microsoft Exchange Server system version
5.5, 2000, 2003 and 2007. Setup, configured and integrated Microsoft Exchange
2007 with Active Directory 2003.
• Design, implemented and supported DNS, WINS and DHCP servers on Windows
NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Advanced Server.

Migration:
• Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 Advanced server.
• Windows 2000 Advanced server to Windows 2003 server Enterprise Edition.
• Microsoft IIS 4.0 and 5.0.
• Microsoft Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2007.
• Windows NT 4.0 Domain to Windows 2000 Active Directory for then 1400
users.
• Windows 2000 Active Directory to Windows 2003 Active Directory.

Hardware Setup:
• Assembled and configure hardware from IBM, Dell, HP and Compaq.
• RAID 1 and RAID 5 setup on Hardware and software basis.
• SCSI Interface Card and Hard Drives setup.
• Firmware, BIOS and Driver upgrade.

VMware Technical Expertise

• Planned and Designed VMWare hardware/configuration for 5 Universities of

ICFAI
• Design, implement and support of DRS cluster
• Documentation done for overall process from Design-configure-implement and
post-implementation of VMWare ESX 3.5
• Implemented Open Filer OS to act as a virtual SAN/NAS
• Server consolidation done on IBM servers using VI3 consolidation tools
• Used DRS, HA and VMotion to get optimum performance and high availability
of the ESX on all five Universities
• Responsible for setting up Linux server with disk quotas for users
 • Partitioning of Linux using DISKDRUID, FDISK and RAID options.
• Setup/Configuration of Third party applications across Unix / Linux and
Windows 2003
• Performed the modification of the system Boot Loader
• Configuration and maintenance of NFS and DNS Servers on Linux
• Managed User Logins Adding, Deleting and Modifying.
• Designed, installed and configured Active Directory servers for User
authentication
• Install and configure IIS servers along with Apache servers for Managing
plugins for the application servers and to host websites with SSL
• Creating new file system, permitting user to mount file system, monitoring
free space, disk usage, Locating files and checking & clearing of log files.
• P2V used for migration from physical windows box to virtual
• Used Virtual Center Management Server 2.5 to manage Data centers of ESX
servers centrally
• VM networking done using different VLAN tagging methods like VST and VGT
• Setup security for the VM farms
• Setup RSA security for virtual machines to provide two factor authentication
• Patching of ESX servers by creating Patch repository on Apache server
• Provided Domain level support for the existing network
• SQL Server 2000 Cluster setup in ESX server environment using RDM (Raw
Device Mappings) to access San Disk directly from virtual SAN
• Day to day maintenance of SLES9 and SLES10 servers like upgrading Linux
kernel and apply latest Linux patches, updating VMWare tools on Windows as well
as SLES9.3/10.1 boxes
• Used VM templates, Cloning to deploy new servers in no time
• Configured Xen Virtualization on SLES 10 (64 bit) for DEV and QA environment
• Day to day maintenance of Virtual servers including monitoring of
performance, resource management, troubleshooting of VM Farms
• Overall technical support provided to the Universities 24X7 on call basis.

Education & Certification

Qualification

• Obtained PGDCA from ICEI in the year 2002 with A grade

• Obtained ADHN & SA from RIT Bangalore in the year 1999 with A
grade
• Obtained BE Electrical Degree from Tripura Engineering College,
Tripura University in the year 1998 with 64.56%
• Obtained DCA from ICEI in the year 1998 with grade A
• Obtained DISM & STCC from Compu-Care in the year 1998 with A
grade
• Obtained AISSCE certificate from CBSE in the year 1992 with 63.13%
• Obtained AISSE certificate from CBSE in the year 1989 with 63.13%
• Appearing for MCSC Exam
Brain bench Certification
Brain bench transcript ID: - 5544664
1. Computer Fundamentals (WinXP)
2. Computer Fundamentals (Win95/98)
3. DOS 6.2
4. Math Fundamentals
5. Software Testing

Professional Experiences

System Administrator (Team Leader North East Universities) 27 Dec 2007 to working
ICFAI University Tripura

Job Profile: - Designed and implemented LAN, Planned for the requirement of servers
for 5 Universities of North East including ICFAI University Tripura. Administration of 13
Servers, 207 PCs each in 5 North East Universities located in 5 different states.
Managing 15 staffs working under me for system administration as well as hardware
maintenance, supporting the out station team via telephone. Managing database
server, Domain Server, MS Exchange Server, DNS Server, SPSS Server, E-Scan
Antivirus Server etc remotely and on the site as when required for each University.
Successfully completed virtualization of Server in VMWare ESXi server, implemented
VMotion and VRun on the servers, created consolidated back system for the servers.
Planned, Designed and implemented wireless LAN of Hostels in the 5 Universities of
ICFAI. Planned and Designed VMWare hardware/configuration for 5 Universities of
ICFAI . Design, implement and support of DRS cluster. Documentation done for overall
process from Design-configure-implement and post-implementation of VMWare ESX
3.5. Implemented Open Filer OS to act as a virtual SAN/NAS. Server consolidation
done on IBM servers using VI3 consolidation tools. Used DRS, HA and VMotion to get
optimum performance and high availability of the ESX on all five Universities.
Responsible for setting up Linux server with disk quotas for users. Partitioning of Linux
using DISKDRUID, FDISK and RAID options. Setup/Configuration of Third party
applications across Unix / Linux and Windows 2003. Performed the modification of the
system Boot Loader. Configuration and maintenance of NFS and DNS Servers on
Linux. Managed User Logins Adding, Deleting and Modifying. Designed, installed and
configured Active Directory servers for User authentication. Install and configure IIS
servers along with Apache servers for Managing plugins for the application servers
and to host websites with SSL. Creating new file system, permitting user to mount file
system, monitoring free space, disk usage, Locating files and checking & clearing of
log files. P2V used for migration from physical windows box to virtual. Used Virtual
Center Management Server 2.5 to manage Data centers of ESX servers centrally . VM
networking done using different VLAN tagging methods like VST and VGT. Setup
security for the VM farms. Setup RSA security for virtual machines to provide two
factor authentication. Patching of ESX servers by creating Patch repository on Apache
server. Provided Domain level support for the existing network. SQL Server 2000
Cluster setup in ESX server environment using RDM (Raw Device Mappings) to access
 San Disk directly from virtual SAN. Day to day maintenance of SLES9 and SLES10
servers like upgrading Linux kernel and apply latest Linux patches, updating VMWare
tools on Windows as well as SLES9.3/10.1 boxes. Used VM templates, Cloning to
deploy new servers in no time. Configured Xen Virtualization on SLES 10 (64 bit) for
DEV and QA environment. Day to day maintenance of Virtual servers including
monitoring of performance, resource management, troubleshooting of VM Farms.
Overall technical support provided to the Universities 24X7 on call basis.

Project
1. ICFAI University Management System
Operating System -- Widows NT/ 98
Front End: - Vb / VB.net
Back End -- Sql Server 2000.
Client: - ICFAI
Team Member -- 10
Description: - The project intended for the management of the ICFAI University Tripura.
Library Management
Employee Management
Student Management
Asset Management
System Management
2. Conversion of Physical Servers to Virtual Server under ESXi Server
(The Project is on Virtualization of Physical servers in 5 Universities of ICFAI University in
North East base station at Agartala)
Team Member: - 16
Role Played: - Team Leader
1. Physical Server virtualization via VMWare Importer & VMWare Converter
2. Implementation of the servers with Openfiler NAS/SAN Server for
consolidated backup
3. Implementation of VRun & Vmotion for the servers
4. Server automation for disaster recovery management with site recovery
manager

Team Leader HCL Infosystems Guwahati 27 July 2007 to 25 th Dec 2007

HCL Infosystems Guwahati (BSNL Broad Band Multi-play Project)

Job Profile: - As a team leader I was given responsibility for three states viz. Nagaland,
Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh. Installation and commissioning of Layer 3 switches in
different sites of BSNL.

Faculty cum System Administrator 1st December 2002 to 24 July 2007

J. N. V, Under Govt of India, MHRD
Job Profile: - Design and implementation of LAN & WAN of all the Institutes (41 Institutes)
of North East of India under, NVS, MHRD Govt. of India, working under Smart School
Project. Installation and maintenance Win 2000 Server & Sun Solaris10 Server. Remote
Administration of all Smart Schools of North East. Maintenance of 41 Nodes and 2
Servers per each School. Remote boot system installation, maintenance and
administration of remote installation. Administration of Office Automation Software, MS
Exchange Server as well as daily backup, backup restoration. Maintaining Hardware,
Network and Software and their up-gradation as per requirement. Security & Firewall
implementation and maintenance. Proxy Server & Mail Server installation and
maintenance. Training Teachers as well as Students for smooth running of Smart School.
Successfully completed Project NVS Information System in VB. Created database system
in SQL Server 2000 for information storage. Installation configuration and
troubleshooting of Linux Router (Vyatta open-source Router / Firewall/VNP) in all 41 JNVs.
Imparting training to the System Administrators of JNVs of the same for its smooth
implementation. Successfully completed NVS Information System.

Project
NVS Information System
Operating System -- Widows 2000/ XP
Front End: - Vb6
Back End -- Sql Server 2000.
Client: - NVS
Team Member -- 10
Description: - The project was developed in three stages 1. HQ Level, 2. RO Level, 3.
School level Consisting of NVS account management, student enrollment, payment
record, bills, employee records, payroll management, asset tracking of the organization,
monthly, half-yearly and annual report generation for the organization in different levels.

Role & responsibility: - Analyzing software requirement, Module design planning, Module
distribution planning, Designing modules of the software in different levels & Coding
modules. Analyzing requirements for improvements in different modules by consulting
concerned department. Checking and verification of different modules, Rectification of
bugs tracked while verifying, Manual testing of database connectivity, consistency &
integrity. Installation testing, Security testing of database

Faculty cum System Administrator 3rd March 2002 to 30 November 2002

Tata Infotech, A.T.C. Agartala

Job Profile: - Worked as System Administrator, installation of server, nodes for state of art
Lab, day-to-day administration of servers and nodes. Deputed in SIPARD (Sate Institute
of Public Administration and Rural Development) as Faculty cum System Administrator.
Successfully completed project Student Information and Billing system.
Project
Student Information and Billing System
Operating System: - Widows 98
Front End -- Vb6,
Back End -- Sql Server 2000
Client: - SIPARD
Team Member: - 5
Description: - The project was developed for student enrollment, attendance, payment
record, bills, employee records, payroll management, asset tracking of the organization,
monthly, half-yearly and annual report generation for the organization.

Role & responsibility: - Analyzing software requirement, designing modules of the software,
Coding different modules. Analyzing requirements for improvements in different modules
by consulting client, Checking and verification of different modules of other team
members. Rectification of bugs tracked by other team members. Manual testing of
database connectivity and consistency. Documentation of the project.

Service Engineer January 2000 to 28 February 2002

Akal Computers

Job Profile: - Attending customer call as when required. Rectifying defective PCs,
Installation of software as required by the customers. Worked as marketing executive
too.

6 Trainee Hardware Engineer

Name of the Organization: - R.I.T
Duration of Work: - 6 Months
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