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Ashwin Gangappa

Ashwin Gangappa

Singapore

Summary

To earn a strategic position in an organization of repute, where not only my expertise could be utilized to greater strengths, but also broaden the horizons of my skills with challenging opportunities.

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

A technical lead with more than 15 years of exemplary experience in core Exchange (On-prem and online) and Collaborated technologies with technical expertise in implementation, operations and support functions of mission-critical business solutions.

Scripting repetitive tasks to useful PowerShell scripts reducing hours of man efforts. Experience in providing excellent customer / End user Support. Handling customer escalations and high priority calls and driving them to closure within the stipulated SLAs. Engaging vendor calls for issues for all technologies supported. Managing end to end project executions. strong in ITIL Process like – Incident Management, change Management and Problem Management

Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Lead

Wipro Technologies
04.2023 - Current
  • Client - national University of Singapore (NUS)
  • Working as back-up of the EUC and DWS team lead
  • Ensuring that M365 services are operating smoothly and meeting business needs
  • Performing user management, Email Management, Collaboration and Communication, Security and Compliance
  • Managing TMES ESA for Anti-spam, Anti-malware, phishing, content filtering and email encryption
  • Managing mass mailing from NUS technical domain
  • Managing TM IMSVA for internal\External email routing
  • Exchange 2016 servers hosting SMTP relay for internal and external applications
  • Maintaining custom portals like Password reset, DL mgmt
  • And friendly email hosted on the OWA page
  • Synchronizing On-prem objects like users and DLs to Azure AD using AAD Connect
  • Patching the Exchange servers with cumulative updates
  • Perform BAU tasks for ADFS IDP like onboarding SAML and OAuth Applications for SSO
  • Maintain multiple ADFS farms and customize the landing pages as per business requirements
  • Recently migrated 2nd Factor Authentication from Symantec VIP to Azure AD MFA with number matching
  • Investigate and resolve issues related to ADFS, including authentication failures, trust relationship problems, and federation issues
  • Configure and optimize ADFS Proxy servers for secure external access
  • WorkspaceOne Access is also used to integrate Applications for SAML and OIDC authentication
  • Involved in planning and customizing custom Access policies
  • Monitor the Directory Sync to WS1 Access and fix any underlying issues
  • Troubleshoot IDP integration issues
  • Using WorkspaceOne UEM for Endpoint management
  • BAU tasks include handling enrolment issues, policy enforcement, Application lifecycle management
  • Renew all certificates used by supported applications annually and reset service account password periodically
  • Participating in project planning and ensuring that the work aligns with project goals and timelines
  • Developing and maintaining disaster recovery plans and backup strategies to protect the integrity and availability of all the managed and supported services
  • Performing Incident Management, Change Management, and problem management for managed services
  • Maintaining records, reports, and documentation related to supporting services and projects
  • Release Management: Vulnerability, patch management and deployment of new releases of different applications/software
  • Maintaining monthly Service Level Agreement for the managed services.

Technical Consultant

Wipro Technologies
09.2015 - 04.2023
  • Client - Credit Agricole Corp Investment Bank - specializes in the businesses of capital markets and investment and corporate banking (Singapore)
  • Global customer having more than 20K mailboxes in a high availability Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2016 DAG environment.
  • Involved in capacity planning for Exchange 2010/2016 servers.
  • v Design, Build and upgrade critical messaging infrastructure
  • Capacity Planning and taking proactive measures
  • Performing Monthly/Quarterly reports for the customer.
  • Automating Start of the day checks and day to day tasks using Power shell
  • Performing BAU activities, Maintenance and Upgrade activities for all the technologies supported – Exchange Server 2010/2016, Lync/Skype for Business, BlackBerry Work, AirWatch, IronPort and Enterprise Vault server.
  • Performing Disaster Recovery drills half yearly for all the technologies supported and handling Disaster Recovery situations.
  • Planning and forecasting changes, preparing change execution roadmaps and ensuring accuracy in execution.
  • Ensure that all documentation (Messaging Architecture, Mail Flow diagrams) is updated after changes.
  • Creating knowledge articles on crucial issues and sharing with the fellow team members for faster resolution.
  • Handling customer escalations and high priority calls and driving them to closure within the stipulated SLAs
  • Performing root cause analysis for all Major incidents, updating the Major incident report and presenting it to the Management board and working to close all the action items identified in the problem record for preventive measures.

Operations Lead specialist

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2008 - 04.2011
  • Client : BHP Billiton - Leading Global Resources Company (Australia)
  • Global customer having more than 100K mailboxes in a high availability Exchange 2007 environment including CCR and SCR configurations


Technical Lead

Wipro Technologies
06.2011 - 09.2015
  • Client - ArcelorMittal - Multinational Steel Manufacturing Corporation (Luxembourg)
  • Global customer having more than 130K mailboxes in a high availability Exchange 2010 DAG environment.
  • Worked as a L3 support Engineer supporting more than 100k mailboxes in a complex environment with multiple domains and an account\resource forest model.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (IT) -

Dr.AIT, B'lore - VTU
01.2007

Pre-University -

Vijaya Main PU college, B'lore - P.U. Board
01.2002

SSLC -

Cordial High School, B'lore - KSEEB
01.2000

Skills

  • Excellent communicator with strong presentation skills
  • Very customer oriented and focused on delivering a great service
  • Flexibility in working hours and practices
  • Good time management skills
  • Good documentation skills
  • Ability to learn and adapt quickly
  • Thorough & methodical with good attention to details where necessary
  • Active team-player and an able leader
  • Practical approach to error resolution
  • Exchange Online administration
  • Office 365 governance
  • Email migration expertise
  • Identity and Access Management
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Decision-Making
  • Technical Analysis

Certification

  • Microsoft Certified Exchange Administrator in Exchange 2003 server
  • Microsoft 365 Fundamentals – MS 900
  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate – MS 700

Languages

English, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi

Software

Office 365

Email Security appliances

Endpoint Security

Endpoint Management

Mobile Device Management

Archiving Solution

IM Solutions

Identity and Access Management

Azure AD

WIN Operating systems

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 01/28/85
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Visa Status: Singapore Work Permit (Employment Pass)

Hobbies and Interests

Swimming, Snooker, Badminton, Adventure sports

Timeline

Technical Lead

Wipro Technologies
04.2023 - Current

Technical Consultant

Wipro Technologies
09.2015 - 04.2023

Technical Lead

Wipro Technologies
06.2011 - 09.2015

Operations Lead specialist

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2008 - 04.2011

Bachelor of Engineering (IT) -

Dr.AIT, B'lore - VTU

Pre-University -

Vijaya Main PU college, B'lore - P.U. Board

SSLC -

Cordial High School, B'lore - KSEEB
Ashwin Gangappa