Ajitsinh Solanki Ajitsinh@yahoo.

com
Santa Clara, CA 95051 Cell # 408-203-2165

SUMMARY:
About 20 years of cumulative experience as Sr. Systems Administrator with strong TCP/IP, Windows 20003 and
Exchange 2003 servers, Firewall Security, Wireless Network with RADIUS Security and other Networking skills.

EDUCATION:
 Planning to gain PMI’s PMP – Project Management Professional Certification soon
 MCSE & MCSA for Windows 2000
 MCSE & MCP+I for Windows NT4
 Certified Web Administrator, World Wide Web Institute, Switzerland
 Certified Web Developer, World Wide Web Institute, Switzerland
 Working knowledge as Java Programmer
 UNIX Certificate of Achievement from Informatics, Singapore
 B.S. (Electronics) from KREC, Mangalore University, India

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
Proficient in the installation, configuration, maintenance and administration of the following:
O. S.: Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advance
Server, NT 4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows 95/98/Me, Apple MAC OS X, Novell NetWare
3.12/4.1/5.1, UNIX - Sun Solaris 7/8, Red Hat Linux 7.x, MS DOS 6.2
Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, NetBUEI, NWLink, IPX/SPX, SMTP, SNMP, PPP, PPTP, GRE,
L2TP, IPSec, ICMP, LDAP, SLIP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, IGRP, EIGRP etc
Database: MS SQL Server 7.0/2000, Access, Oracle 8.0/8i/9.0, IBM AIX, Informix Database, Informix
DataStage DS 390 - Data Warehousing s/w, Informix Media 360 etc
Test S/W: Mercury’s WinRunner, LoadRunner and TestDirector, Segue’s Silk Test
Virus S/W: McAfee Management Edition 2.5, VirusScan 4.5.1, Norton 2002, TrendMicro’s Server
Protect, OfficeScan Corporate Edition, ScanMail for Exchange, InterScan VirusWall
Source Code: Rational’s ClearCase, MS Visual SourceSafe 6.0, Borland Starbase StarTeam 5.2
Mail & RAS: Microsoft Exchange 2003/2000/5.5 Servers, Outlook 2003, IE 6.0, Netscape Navigator 4.7,
Qualcomm’s Eudora, OWA - Outlook Web Access, RRAS, PAL 4.x, VPN, SMS
Web Server: Internet Information Server 4/5 with Index & Transaction Servers, Proxy Server 2.0, Netscape
Enterprise Server and Application Server, Engage’s ProfileServer and AdManager
Web Related: PKI, PGP, Digital Certificate, SSL, Java 2 / JDK 1.2, AWT, Allaire JRun, JDBC/ODBC,
Applet, Servlet, JSP, Visual J++, Visual InterDev, HTML, Dynamic HTML, XML, MS Front
Page 2000, ws_ftp, JavaScript, DreamWeaver 4.0, Macromedia Flash 5.0
Other S/W: Microsoft C#, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0 with MSDN, Hummingbird’s
NFS Maestro Solo/Client 6.x, SAMBA, DataFocus’s MKS Toolkit, Araxis
Backup S/W: Veritas’ BackupExec 8.6, Legato’s NetWorker 5.5 for Windows/UNIX
Utility S/W: Microsoft Office 2003, Visio 2003, Project 2003, VNC, Symantec pcANYWHERE32 9.0,
Symantec Ghost 6.0, PQDI 5.0, Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0, WinZip 8.1, MeetingMaker 6.x
HARDWARE:
Servers: COMPAQ PROLIANT 2500/3000 & 370/530, Dell PowerEdge 1650, 6450, 2500, 4100/200,
4200, 6100/200, HP Vectra, 9000/D, Visualize 8132L, Sun ULTRA ENTERPRISE2, ULTRA 5,
SPARCstation 10/20, IBM AS/400e, RISCSystem/6000, Digital DEC 3000, VAX 4000-100A,
NCR, TANDEM
Laptop: Dell, IBM, NEC, Compaq, Gateway2000
Desktop: Dell OptiPlex, GX1, Dimension
Network: Cisco routers, 3Com switches, Frame Relays, T1/T3 lines, CSU/DSU unit etc
Firewalls: NetScreen 5/5XP/10, Cisco 506 & 515 PIX Firewall, Sofaware S-Box Safe@Office, Check Point
WORK EXPERIENCE:

Client: AMD, Inc. Systems Analyst

Sunnyvale, CA Jan 12, 2004 to Present
- As Systems Analyst responsible for installation, configuration and troubleshooting of Microsoft Windows 2003
and Exchange 2003 Servers, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Server/Professional, Office 2003 /
XP / 2000 with Outlook for Exchange Server Configuration, Outlook offline configuration, Personal Folders
configuration, Symantec (Veritas) Enterprise Vault, Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 etc
- Also install, configure and troubleshoot SAP, Metaframe, Citrix, MOM, WSUS, SMS, WorldAccess, VPN, PAL,
Blackberry, Palm Pilot, Microsoft Outlook, E*Trade EquityEdge, MeetingPlace, BaaN, DameWare, HINT,
HummingBird eXceed 7.0, HummingBird NFS Maestro, InfoPak 4.11, OSA – Oracle Sales Analyzer, Reflections
8.02, Remedy 5.1, take care of SLA, Change Requests, Trouble Tickets, Service Requests, RIS (Returns
Information System), Seagate Info 7.5 / Crystal 7.5 / Crystal Report Viewer, SecuRemote, SQL 2000 Server and
Client Tools, TN3270Plus, Visual SourceSafe, etc.
- Supported VP Forum, an Executive Conference from April 11 to 14, 2006 at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Santa
Clara, CA and supported Sales Leadership Alignment Conference from November 27 to 29, 2006 at Fairmont
Hotel in San Jose, CA.

BoardVantage, Inc. Network Engineer

Menlo Park, CA March 07, 2003 to Feb 29, 2004
Directly reporting to the C.T.O. of the company, responsible for monitoring and maintenance of hosted
environment with 10 Windows 2000 Servers and internal development/test environment systems. This entails
several tasks including the following:
 Hosted System Maintenance:
o Assist in monitoring/alerting on system performance and potential outages
o Monitor and manage the application of Security patch availability on operating system and back-end
applications for internal and hosted systems
o Help maintain the CISCO firewalls and their configuration
 Development Infrastructure Maintenance:
o Development servers: Monitor and apply as needed O/S patch and security updates
o Disaster Recovery: Perform daily tape backups of all critical data
o Help maintain the Checkpoint firewalls and their configuration
o Product Testing Environment: Built an isolated test client machine with various client configurations
(including different co-existing versions of IE and Netscape)
 Security Audit:
o Assisted in updating and hardening of firewall configuration, o/s, back-end applications, and host IDS
software on production systems
o Assist in building and maintaining a mimic of the production systems for ethical hacks and audit
o Helped in the vendor selection for the security audit

Quantum3D, Inc. Sr. Systems Administrator

San Jose, CA July 16, 2001 to January 31, 2003
Directly reported to Director of IT and responsible for installation, configuration, maintenance and
troubleshooting of following:
 Security Configuration and Maintenance:
o Monitoring: Perform daily network morning security checks. Check all servers system logs for ethical
hacking. Monitor Intrusion detection and took appropriate action as needed. Monitor and review firewalls logs,
modified rules as needed. Also configure IIS for W3C logging and further enabled extended logging of Client
IP, User Name etc and monitor log files at regular interval and blocked intruders accordingly.
o Firewall:
 Configure Cisco VPN Concentrator and NetScreen Firewall for Virtual IPs and mapped private IPs and
allowed ftp, http and DNS by opening relevant ports on firewall and helped remote and home users for
VPN connectivity problems.
 Secured private intranet by further blocking specific ports on firewall for Kaaza, Chat, and pass through
POP3 emails and logged and monitored traffic for security. Blocked inbound and outbound UDP ports
 1434 to prevent infection by W32.Slammer virus to internal MS SQL 2000 Servers and further tightened
security by adding more incoming and outgoing policies on firewall.
 Migrate and maintain ftp and web sites as a DMZ of firewall for better security and performance with
NAT, VLAN, and VIP.
o VPN:
 Remote configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco VPN concentrator with latest VPN client : this
prevented Federal servers access to specific users group and make sure not seen by rest of the company
users.
 Install and configure RRAS, RADIUS, IAS, LAN, WAN, setup NetScreen Firewalls with site-to-site
VPN for secure VPN tunnel & dialup access to provide remote secure connection for intranet and
mail systems.
o Network:
 Responsible for system patch and upgrade, to maintain basic network security
 Install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot Cisco routers 1700/2500, 3Com switches, firewalls, T1 lines
with CSU/DSU unit, frame relay and involve in security design, implementation and intrusion detection.
 Administration of 3Com 802.11b Wireless Access Point and client configuration. Further secured by
installing IAS-Internet Authentication Server and configuring WAP with RADIUS authentication. Finally
moved WAP to DMZ zone.
 Install terminal servers for remote administration and VNC on almost all servers and on some local and
remote workstations and administered remotely to troubleshoot minor day-to-day breakdowns also with
client terminal services. Troubleshoot remote XP clients with remote desktop connection. Also provide
phone and online support to remote and laptop users as and when needed even during weekends.
 Develop logon scripts and implement uniform and policy based user privileges.
 Network Infrastructure Maintenance:
o Windows 2000 Active Directory (AD), LDAP, Site Replications through RPC and/or IP
o Install and configure Active Directory, DC, PDC, BDC, DHCP, WINS and AD integrated DNS
servers, BIND, Backup Servers, Print Servers, Data Servers, Web Servers, TCP/IP and routing tables at
local and remote locations for forest wide 5 different sites in the same domain.
o Configure Domain Name System (DNS) to manage name resolution, schema, and replication.
o Administer the user environment and software with Group Policy at Organization, site and domain level.
o Install, upgrade, maintain and troubleshoot Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics 6.0 with Pervasive and Microsoft
SQL 2000 Server. Also provided support for WinFRX and Crystal Report.
o Administer an internal ‘php’ based bulletin board system using phpBB v2.0
o Install, Configure and Troubleshoot Microsoft Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP, MS Exchange 5.5/2000
Enterprise Servers, IIS 4.0/5.0, MS Office 2000/XP Std/Prof, Outlook 2002 / XP, & StarTeam
administration.
o Provided support for Lucent’s Intuity AUDIX and Definity Telephone Systems.
o Install, setup & configure network printers and troubleshoot the same as and when needed.
o Provide support to all end users Desktops and Laptops for all kind of hardware and software related issues.
 Development Infrastructure Maintenance:
o Involved in the setting up and troubleshooting of a demo environment that was used to showcase the
company’s different products
 Disaster Recovery and Defense Infrastructure:
o Backup:
 Implemented a back up plan that included:
a) Daily differential, weekly and monthly full backup on DDS-3 and SLR100 tapes with HP SureStore
and Tandberg Autoloader/Library by using Veritas BackupExec 8.6 on Windows 2000 Server for 3
different sites.
b) Manage Secure off-site storage of the tapes
c) Periodic verification of recovery procedures
 Install, Configure and Troubleshoot Veritas’ BackupExec 8.6, Network Associates’ Management Edition
2.5, McAfee VirusScan 4.5.1 with live upgrades and updates, TrendMicro OfficeScan 5.0 Corporate
Edition, ScanMail and InterScan
 Server and Client Station Protection:
o Install and maintain up-to-date virus protection for all the servers and client machines.
 Day to day troubleshooting of IT/MIS tickets and provide virus defense strategies as and when needed.
Monitor network for virus activity, stay current on latest virus patches. Apply updates/patches to all server
 immediately and other systems as needed.

Reinformatic Computer Corp. Systems Analyst

Queens, NY May 1, 2001 to July 15, 2001
Directly reported to IT Manager and responsible for installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
of LAN / WAN of Windows NT and UNIX/Linux networks and other tasks as mentioned below:
 Security Configuration and Maintenance:
o Install, maintain and troubleshoot Checkpoint Firewall and NetScreen Firewalls and configure ftp and
web sites with incoming and outgoing policies after moving them in DMZ zone. Locally and remotely
troubleshoot connectivity problems and even helped remote and home users with VPN connections.
 Install and configure VPN to securely access corporate network through dial-up and DSL/Cable modems.
 Network Infrastructure Maintenance:
 Install, configure, and troubleshoot SunOS/Solaris 7/8 on Enterprise Server 450 and Ultra 5 Sun boxes.
 Provide end-user support to multinational ClearCase users in a mixed NT/UNIX environment.
 Responsible for installation, configuration, Implementation of Windows 2000 Servers and NT Servers
with DHCP, WINS, RAS, and VPN on Compaq Proliant servers on Fast Ethernet over LAN and WAN
network.
 Install and maintain MS SQL Server 6.5/7.0 on NT Server and looked after design issues related to server
sizing, network throughput, security, user interfaces, and backup and recovery.
 Planned, designed and implemented total turnkey solutions for Internet and Intranet.
 Install, configure and troubleshoot different servers like WebLogic 5.x, IIS 4.0 with index & transaction
servers, Exchange 5.0/5.5 Servers, Application/Data Servers, SQL 6.5 Database Servers, Print Servers,
WINS/DNS/DHCP Servers with different network topologies and protocols like TCP/IP, NetBEUI, NwLink
AND IPX/SPX.
 Install, configure, troubleshoot and maintain Windows 2000 Server, Windows NT 4.0 Server, Workstation
4.0, Windows 95/98 on IBM & Compaq Servers and Desktops computers.
 Develop an information web site for a client – developed, deployed, tested and maintained a medium size
website. Also performed performance tuning on the site for faster loading.

Client: INFORMIX Software, Inc. Sr. Systems

Administrator
Menlo Park, CA July 24, 2000 to April 30, 2001
Directly reported to Manager – IS Operations and responsible for but not limited to following tasks:
 Security Configuration and Maintenance:
o Install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot Cisco routers, Firewall policies to monitor and control both
incoming and outgoing access and traffic for ftp site and web sites.
o Install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot Cisco routers 2500/4500, switches, hubs, firewalls, T1 lines,
frame relay, CSU/DSU unit.
o Install and configure RAS, LAN, WAN, PAL, VPN and OWA - Outlook Web Access & setup dialup access to
provide secure remote access into the company’s intranet and mail service.
 Network Infrastructure Maintenance:
o Install, Configure and Troubleshoot several software for development systems, including Microsoft Windows
2000 Servers, MS Visual C++, Visual Basic, Informix’s DataStage, DataFocus’s MKS Toolkit, On
Technology’s Meeting Maker, Microsoft Outlook, Qualcomm’s Eudora, Symantec pcANYWHERE32 9.0,
Araxis, ws_ftp, Attachmate EXTRA!
o Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting Rational’s ClearCase, SAMBA, Hummingbird’s NFS Maestro
Solo/Client and Disk Access for connectivity between NT and UNIX on different server/client environments
(including some mixed NT/UNIX environment)
o Migration of mail stores - including inbox with calendar, personal folders, personal address book, calendar -
between geographically remote and logically disparate Exchange Servers.
 Backup and Virus Protection:
o McAfee and Norton anti-virus softwares installation, upgradation and live updates for servers and client
workstations including laptops.
o Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of Veritas’ BackupExec, Legato’s NetWorker 5.5,
Symantec Norton 2000 and Network Associates’ McAfee 4.5 AntiVirus softwares for Windows
9x/NT/2000.
 o Daily incremental and weekly consolidated backup on DLT tapes III/IV with Overland LoaderXpress LXL
7110 on Sun’s Sparcstation10 by using Legato’s NetWorker 5.5 and Veritas BackupExec on NT 4.0 server.
o Install Symantec Norton Ghost 6.0 and backed up images for all workstations/laptops, Build m/c and few key
servers in order to assure fast recovery and instant operational environment for any user.

SOFTEK Computer Services Systems

Engineer
Gandhinagar, India April 1, 1991 to March 31, 2000
 Security Configuration and Maintenance:
o Being Systems Engineer monitor system performance and optimize server using Performance Monitor
and Network Monitor. Isolated and resolved problems by going through Event Viewer and logged data.
Edited registry as and when required.
o Troubleshoot boot failures, configuration errors, RAS problems and more.
o Implement and manage system policies, file and print permissions and rights.
o Design, implement and manage multiple master domains and resource domains by using 1 or 2 way trusts.
o Install, configure and administer remote servers and remote access services.
o Create new users, local/global groups, logon scripts and mandatory/roaming profiles. Assign trustee
rights. Administer security rights. Customize users desktop.
 Network Infrastructure Maintenance:
o Supervise plan, design, implementation, installation and configuration of Windows NT and Novell
NetWare networks as per client’s requirements.
o Install operating systems like Novell NetWare and Windows NT with fault tolerance like disk
mirroring/duplexing (RAID 1) and stripe sets with parity (RAID 5).
o Install, configure and troubleshoot IIS 4.0 with Transaction and Index Server, Proxy Server 2.0 and
Exchange Server 5.5 as per customer requirements.
o Install Windows NT Server to perform various server roles: PDC, BDC, and stand alone/member servers.
o Install, configure and troubleshoot TCP/IP, NetBEUI and IPX/SPX protocols.
o Install, configure and manage DHCP, DNS, WINS and RAS on different servers.
o Installation, configuration and administration of UNIX network as per requirements.
o Configure NT Server core services including Directory Replicator and License Manager. Perform domain
directory database synchronization.
o Install and configure network printers with TCP/IP and IPX/SPX on NT and Novell.
 Trained service engineers and technicians on card level and component level repairing, troubleshooting and
testing of different makes and models of microcomputers, printers and other peripherals like Digital Plotters,
HP Scanners, Digitizers and Sony 8” LDP-Laser disk players.

Essen Computers Limited Senior Engineer

Gandhinagar, India October 1, 1988 to March 31, 1991
 Network Infrastructure Maintenance:
 Design, install and configure Novell NetWare 2.x as dedicated and ver 3.x as dedicated/non-dedicated
Servers. Setup and Troubleshoot network printer.
 Upgrade, maintain and troubleshoot Novell NetWare versions from 2.x to 3.x and the computer hardware as
the need arise. Also done UNIX Administration.
 Create volume sets and disk mirroring/duplexing after creating appropriate partitions on hard disks. Help
backup operator in taking regular backups and restoring the data.
 Create new groups, users and login scripts. Manage user and group accounts. Administer security rights.
Install and configure IPX/SPX protocols.
 Troubleshoot boot failures, configuration errors, booting files corruption, virus infections, damaged booting
floppies, and hardware.

Gujarat Data Electronics Limited Production Engineer

Gandhinagar, India August 1, 1987 to September 30, 1988
 Support the production of different models of Casiotones (musical instruments), DTMF Telephones and high-
resolution 14” Color Monitors. Oversee assembly, inspection, test, troubleshoot, QC and dispatch functions.