Prakash Palanivel

Prakash Palanivel

Infrastructure & System Administration Engineer

Experienced IT professional with expertise in Active Directory, PowerShell Automation, Nutanix Infrastructure, Microsoft 365, Virtualization, Cloud Infrastructure, and Enterprise IT Operations.

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9+

Years Experience

8+

Enterprise Projects

500+

Users Supported

24/7

Infrastructure Operations

About Me

IT Infrastructure professional with 9+ years of experience in System Administration, Enterprise IT Support, Infrastructure Management, PowerShell Automation, Active Directory Administration, Virtualization, Cloud Infrastructure, and Microsoft 365 Administration.

Technical Skills

Infrastructure

Windows Server
Active Directory
Group Policy
Hyper-V
Nutanix

Automation

PowerShell
Monitoring Scripts
Reporting Automation
Infrastructure Monitoring

Cloud & Collaboration

Microsoft 365
SharePoint
Teams Administration
Cloud Management

Projects

Enterprise infrastructure, automation, monitoring, and security engineering projects.

Active Directory Health Monitoring Framework

AD Framework Architecture AD Health Report

Enterprise-grade PowerShell framework designed to monitor Active Directory infrastructure health, replication, FSMO roles, DNS status, and critical services.

PowerShell Active Directory HTML Monitoring Automation
View Repository

View HTML Report

Secure Linux SFTP Infrastructure

Secure enterprise SFTP infrastructure built on Linux using OpenSSH, user isolation, Fail2Ban protection, secure file transfer policies, and hardened authentication mechanisms.

Secure Linux SFTP
Linux SFTP OpenSSH Security Fail2Ban
Coming Soon

Enterprise Zabbix Monitoring Infrastructure

Zabbix Dashboard

Enterprise infrastructure monitoring solution using Zabbix for server monitoring, alerting, visualization, and infrastructure health tracking across Windows and Linux environments.

Zabbix Linux Monitoring Grafana Alerting
Coming Soon

Cloud Infrastructure Operations

Managed enterprise Azure and hybrid cloud infrastructure, supporting critical business applications, Microsoft 365 services, RDP/RDS environments, and high-availability cloud operations.

Azure Microsoft 365 RDP/RDS Cloud Operations Hybrid Infrastructure
Coming Soon

Enterprise Virtualization Infrastructure

Managed enterprise virtualization infrastructure using Nutanix, Hyper-V, and VMware platforms, supporting virtual machine provisioning, resource optimization, high availability, and production workload management.

Nutanix Hyper-V VMware Virtualization High Availability
Coming Soon

Infrastructure Security Operations

Managed enterprise infrastructure security operations including Sophos Firewall administration, VPN security, Nessus vulnerability scanning, patch compliance, threat monitoring, and infrastructure hardening.

Sophos Firewall Nessus VPN Security Vulnerability Management
Coming Soon

Enterprise Patch Management Infrastructure

Implemented centralized Windows patch management infrastructure using WSUS for automated update deployment, compliance monitoring, security patching, and enterprise endpoint maintenance.

WSUS Patch Management Windows Server Security Updates Compliance
Coming Soon

AD Change Monitoring Framework

Active Directory auditing and monitoring framework designed to track changes, security events, administrative activities, and infrastructure modifications.

Coming Soon

Infrastructure Architecture Gallery

Enterprise infrastructure architecture, monitoring topology, cloud operations, virtualization, and security engineering designs.

Professional Experience

May 2025 – Present

Senior Customer Support Engineer
(System & Cloud Infrastructure)

Lapiz Digital Services | Chennai, India

Managing Azure & Sify cloud infrastructure, Nutanix virtualization, Microsoft 365, Zabbix monitoring, Sophos firewall, PowerShell automation, and enterprise IT operations.

Oct 2019 – Oct 2024

System Administrator

Al Majed Group W.L.L | Doha, Qatar

Managed Active Directory, Hyper-V virtualization, GPO implementation, VPN access, patch management, backup operations, and enterprise infrastructure support.

Mar 2019 – Aug 2019

IT Systems Engineer

Lanco Engineering & Contracting | Doha, Qatar

Delivered L1/L2 support, Microsoft 365 administration, NAS storage management, network support, and disaster recovery operations.

Nov 2017 – Oct 2018

Desktop Support Engineer

Abenz Tech Solution | Chennai, India

Provided onsite and remote support, collaboration tools management, LAN/WAN troubleshooting, and endpoint administration.

May 2016 – Oct 2017

Customer Support Engineer

Aforeserve.com Ltd | Chennai, India

Delivered enterprise technical support, system installation, network troubleshooting, firewall support, and endpoint management.

Certifications

Microsoft Career Essentials

Microsoft & LinkedIn Learning

CCNA

Cisco Certified Network Associate

Windows Server Administration

Windows Server & Active Directory Administration

Microsoft 365 Administration

Microsoft 365 Administration & Collaboration Tools

Tools & Technologies

Cloud & Virtualization

Microsoft Azure
Nutanix
Hyper-V
VMware

Monitoring & Security

Zabbix
Nessus
Sophos Firewall
WSUS

Administration & Automation

Active Directory
PowerShell
Microsoft 365
Group Policy

Professional Achievements

99.9% Infrastructure Uptime

Maintained stable enterprise infrastructure operations with proactive monitoring, patch management, and incident response.

PowerShell Automation

Developed automation scripts for monitoring, reporting, and administrative task optimization.

Enterprise Infrastructure Management

Managed production servers, virtualization platforms, Active Directory, and Microsoft 365 environments.

Monitoring & Security Operations

Implemented infrastructure monitoring, vulnerability management, firewall administration, and patch management solutions.

Contact

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/prakash-palanivel

GitHub: github.com/prakash-palanivel