Brayan Dsouza

IT Assistant | System Administrator

About Me

Dedicated IT professional with experience in Remote IT Support, server and network administration, and cloud technologies. Proficient in managing Active Directory, FortiGate firewalls, Microsoft 365 environments. Commitment to staying current with the latest IT trends. Seeking challenging opportunities within a professionally managed organization to continue advancing in the field of IT.

Work Experience

2022 - Present
Nasser Rashid Lootah Sons & Associates Group

IT Assistant

  • Serve as a primary point of contact for over 60 staff members across 5 offices for IT related. Provided support over phone, service desk requests, and emails.
  • Administrating our active directory instance by creating/updating/disabling AD objects and OU's as per our business requirements and ensuring our AD forest is organized and tidied up.
  • Configured NVRs for CCTV systems, ensuring consistent and accurate recording through regular checks.
  • Implemented, managed biometric attendance systems (Hikvision, ZKTeco), issue employee access cards.
  • Managed NEC PABX, including NEC SL2100 and SL9100, overseeing and configuring IP and digital telephones.
  • Administered on-site and remote servers to ensure optimal performance and security.
  • Configured and managed FortiGate firewall, overseeing VPN, SSL VPN, web filter, and application filter configurations to ensure network security and compliance.
  • Implement computer security measures using Sophos Antivirus administration and Sophos endpoint protection to enhance system security and protect against cyber threats.
  • Configured access points, network printers, and networking devices to ensure an efficient network infrastructure.
  • Configure and setup new laptops and desktops as per the needs of the business.
  • Administrating and monitoring on-premise hosts and VMs that host applications like Controller for UniFi Switches and access points, ERP applications, and Card access control system.
  • Managed Microsoft 365 (M365) tenants, new user creation & setup, license allocation, and SharePoint administration.
  • Configured, monitored scheduled backup with Acronis, Veeam, safeguarding data integrity & enabling effective disaster recovery.
  • Managed and tracked renewals for software licensing, AMCs, and coordinated with vendors.
  • Served as primary contact for MSPs and AMC providers, scheduling maintenance. Maintained network and IT documentations.
  • Implemented Zabbix to monitor server, Fortigate interface traffic loads, and uptim
2021 - 2022
Netrix LLC
Client: sharktech.net

Systems Engineer

  • Built, configured, and managed dedicated servers for the clients via IPMI, IPMI Viewer.
  • Inventory management within the data center, remotely accessing unused servers to evaluate hardware specifications for allocation to new customers requiring similar configurations.
  • Installed server Operating systems like, CentOS, Alma Linux, Ubuntu Server, and Windows Server, and Installed Hypervisor (VMWare ESXi, Proxmox, Xen Server) using IPMI. Collaborated with on-site datacenter team on changing faulty hardware on the servers.
  • Configured hardware RAID using LSI, Adaptec, & Avago cards. Intel Onboard / Software raid / OS-level raids (Windows and Linux).
  • Performed disk management functions like disk partitioning, creating LVMs, mounting file systems, and monitoring free disk space.
  • Configured network on Windows &Linux servers. Active directory user creation and password reset.
  • Managing DNS servers - Reverse DNS (rDNS) for IPv4 and IPv6.
  • Performing Stress tests on CPU, RAM tests, and Disk health and age regularly using smartctl (S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools).
  • Responding to tickets raised by the customer regarding servers using the WHMCS helpdesk.
2018 - 2022
Diya Systems
Client: Bluehost.com

L2 Administrator

  • Quickly resolving escalated issues regarding websites and servers via Salesforce CRM by utilizing an excellent understanding of concepts like DNS, TCP/UDP, HTTP(S), SSH, FTP, and SMTP.
  • Enhancing customer satisfaction by promptly responding to tickets and providing resolutions in a professional manner.

L1 Administrator

  • Answered on average 30+ customer queries per day via Live Chat and resolved 85% of the queries on the first interaction itself.
  • Successfully assist customers with setting up DNS, troubleshoot customer DNS issues, and escalate major issues to higher teams as necessary.
  • Assisted and helped the team with their tasks addressing any issues that arose during the team leader's absence.

Technologies

  • IT Support & Administration:

    Active Directory, Microsoft 365 - User Management | Zoho ServiceDesk

  • Network & Security:

    FortiGate (100F, 60F Wifi and 60D) Firewall - VPN & SSL VPN Configuration - Web & Application Filtering - Sophos Anti-virus - Network Printers – Access Point installation.

  • Server Management:

    Windows Server - Linux Server (CentOS, Alma Linux, Ubuntu, Debian) - Hypervisor Installation (VMWare ESXi, Proxmox) - Backup Solutions (Acronis, Veeam).

  • Software Configuration:

    NVR - CCTV Systems- Biometric Attendance Systems (Hikvision, Zkteco - Biotime) - PABX Systems (NEC SL2100, SL9100) - RAID Setup (LSI, Adaptec, Avago)

  • Web Hosting & DNS Management:

    DNS Configuration and Management (Cloudflare and other DNS providers) – Website Management (Wordpress) - Web Server (Apache, NGINX)

  • Monitoring & Performance:

    Zabbix – Grafana – Prometheus – Uptime Kuma


TRAINING

Security Systems Technician (CCTV Systems) – SIRA

Aman Security Training, Dubai, UAE

NDG Linux Essentials

Cisco Network Academy, netcad.com

RHCSA and RHCE Training

ITTC, Mangaluru, India

Hardware and Networking

CTTI COMPUTER EDUCATION, Mangaluru, India

Education

  • Bachelor of Computer Application
    St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru, India
    2017

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Kannada