1. SHAHRIAR E. NOURI
sn@s4h.com
SYNOPSIS: Multi-disciplined IT Professional with strong foundations in Microsoft
Database Technologies Architecture, security practices and applications,
network and systems design and administration, software development,
project management, product training, operations management and team
leadership with over 15 years of experience leading Enterprise and large-
scale public and private-sector projects. Experienced in deploying and
managing high-availability, Mission Critical enterprise class applications
from inception to production for 24/7 operational environments. Other key
skills include delivering complex solutions to large-scale and multinational
organizations.
SKILLS: SQL Server BizTalk, PKI, EDI, ETL, .net, Visual Basic, C#, SharePoint,
SOA, XML, RFID, Hyper-V, Hardware Security Modules (HSM),
Cryptography, Intrusion Prevention, Detection, and Mitigation, Risk
Management, Identity Management
O/S: All Windows Server OS Versions, UNIX, Sun, IBM
NETWORK
ENVIRON-
MENTS: TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, TLS/SSL
DIRECTORIES: LDAP, AD
EXPERTIES: Senior SQL Engineer, Senior BizTalk Engineer, Senior IT Security
Management, Mission Critical System Architecture, SQL Server
Environment Assessment and Optimization, Virtual and Physical
Infrastructure design and build, Security Audit, Business and Technical
Architect, SQL High Availability (Clustering and Always On), Disaster
Recovery, EDI, HL7, Process Optimization, Cryptography and PKI. SOA
(Service Oriented Architecture), Enterprise Application Development,
Network Management, Business Continuity, Identity and Access
Management, Vulnerability Assessment, Business Process Automation,
BizTalk Server Environment Review and Optimization.
EXPERIENCE:
Microsoft 06/2012
Sr. Consultant
State of New Jersey, Motor Vehicle Commission
Built the highly available Test, Production and Disaster Recovery environments for CDLIS
2. (Commercial Driver License Information System) modernization. Each environments consist of 2
IIS 8.5 servers, 4 BizTalk 2013 R2 and 2 clustered SQL 2012 servers. Optimized the SQL
servers for high availability and high throughput. Configured the 4 server BizTalk 2013 R2 group
including the Enterprise Service Bus, Business Activity Monitor and BizTalk Health Monitor.
Created a 5 server virtualized environment for development utilizing AlwaysOn technology to
attain high availability without the need for expensive shared storage. Created Build and
operations documents for SQL, BizTalk and application systems.
Colorado National Guard
Built and configured a 3 node AlwaysOn SQL Server 2012 environment utilizing the existing
virtual infrastructure resources. Upgraded all SQL 2005 and 2008 databases to SQL 2012.
Attained a SLA of 99.99 without using a shared drive infrastructure. Optimized the performance
and response of databases by configuring the disk subsystem for minimal disk contention.
Mayo Clinic
Completed an assessment of the SQL Server Patch Management process and the configuration of
the SQL Server High Availability clustering environment. Performed PAL (Performance
Analysis of Logs), MAP (Microsoft Assessment and Planning) and MBSA (Microsoft Baseline
Security Analyzer) analysis of production environment with over 6500 SQL databases running on
288 physical and virtual servers. Created a recommendations report covering architectural,
hardware and software changes to increase the current SLA of 98.2 to 99.99 on most mission
critical systems. The final report included several Zero Cost recommendations with 20-40% gain
in performance.
Customs And Border Protection
Designed, developed and deployed a MVC4 and Data Entity Framework based web application
to monitor and manage mission critical production BizTalk and SQL Server systems. By reducing
the time to troubleshoot and resolve incidents reported by SCOM, the BTAdmin application
significantly increased the general availability and health of the mission critical systems.
Conducted Environments Review/Health Check on production systems Troubleshoot and
resolved production issues.
First American Insurance
Delivered system assessment and production readiness report for a IBM mainframe to SQL
Server 2008 R2 migration for a Real Estate Title search corporation.
OpalStaff 02/12 – 05/12
Delta Dental (Advantica)
BizTalk Architect
Troubleshoot and fixed a BizTalk EDI (HIPPA/HL7) processing system for an insurance
claim/eligibility processor. Created documentation for the existing application. Train staff on
troubleshooting and support processes. Created a recommendation document for the next phase
of developments.
TASSA Corp. 09/11 – 01/12
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
3. Rockville, MD
SQL and BizTalk Architect
Migrated an Access database application developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratories to SQL
Server 2008 R2. The original application included a large number of Functions, Macros and
custom Reports which were not supported by any existing migration tools. Created and
configured the UAT, Test and development environments for the Enterprise Interface Gateway
project. Designed the STSMS (Standard Technical Specification Management System) to
automate the process of reviewing and approval of changes requested by industry (Reactors
Owners Group) to the operating and new reactor designs utilizing Microsoft BizTalk and
SharePoint. Oversee the development of multiple SharePoint and BizTalk applications to
streamline the processing of new reactors licensing process.
Enlightened Inc. 08/11 – 09/11
Washington, DC Government
Criminal Justice Coordinating Consul (Contract)
BizTalk Architect
Created and configured the production environment for the Case Initiation project to interface
and sync the arrest data from MPD (Metropolitan Police Department) to different government
agencies. The system used BizTalk 2009, ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) and SQL Server 2008 in
a Hi-Availability configuration, to automate transferring of documents needed for creating a case
in court systems from MPD to US Attorney Office, Office of Attorney General, Public Defendant
System and Pre-Court office.
Webworld Technologies 07/08 – 06/11
Technical Director
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Designed and implemented the Enterprise Interface Gateway infrastructure using Microsoft
BizTalk 2006 R2 for US Nuclear Regulatory Commission allowing real time interface between
the enterprise project management systems which was SQL Server 2008 based the HR system
which was based on PeopleSoft and the legacy systems based on Sybase.
American Red Cross
Created a new interface based on BizTalk between HR (ADP) and Time & Expenses (Concur)
systems that will feed ARC ADP employee additions and changes to Concur.
Wasabi Sushi
Designed and implemented a system to track the time each Sushi plate stays on the conveyer belt
using RFID, Microsoft BizTalk 2006 R2 and SQL Server 2008
Army Emergency Relief
Conducted a vulnerability assessment testing as part of the C&A process.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Designed an automated system to generate Excel reports from the uploaded DISA results
utilizing BizTalk, SQL Server and Excel Pivot Table services.
4. Classique Home 02/08 – 07/08
Senior Consultant
Recreated a security infrastructure for their multiple retail outlets utilizing VPN tunneling
through Internet. Created a patch management system to maximize the security while keeping a
low profile on the performance of the system.
Citigroup 07/06 – 0208
Assistant Vice President (Senior Technology Specialist)
Redesigned the infrastructure for the Citi Identity Management system (A SOA based system to
manage X.509 certificates life cycle on hardware token) based on a SQL Server 2005 and
BizTalk 2006 R2 environment. Designed a COB (Continuation of Business) system that included
data synchronization between Databases (Microsoft SQL Server 2005) and HSM (Hardware
Security Modules, Safenet LunaSA) located in US and Europe.
Citigroup 04/05 – 06/06
Senior Consultant (Contract)
Designed and implemented the training and demonstration system for a platinum level project
which offers state of the art reporting and account management to corporate and government
treasurers using Microsoft Hyper-V technology.
System4hire.com 12/01 – 02/05
Network Architect
Design and setup of a farm of Windows 2000 servers for an ASP to be used as application servers
for remote delivery of applications over Internet utilizing native Win2000 Active Directory,
Terminal Services, Citrix Metaframe 1.8 and XPe, Nfuse, DNS, Exchange2000, MSSQL2000.
Setup and administer an Exchange2000 server, Conferencing server and outlook web client.
Design and implement network security for the servers utilizing packet filtering, data encryption
(PKI and triple des), authentication and Group policy.
NetDocs LLC 05/00 – 11/01
Senior Consultant
Chubb Computer Services
Citrix Architect / System Engineer
Design and setup of a load balanced Compaq 8000 server farm running Windows2000 advanced
server and Citrix Metaframe 1.8 for publishing Campus2000 (a campus management application)
to be used by over 600 users in 11 cities. Develop an OLAP cube from student registration
database to provide real time reporting for use by executives and R&D.
Mascott Corp.
System Engineer
Designed and setup a Citrix farm to run restaurant management software for use by managers
remotely. Upgrade an existing Windows NT network to Active Directory. Implemented GPO’s to
secure user access and upgraded the existing MSAccess based management application to
MSSQL2000.
5. Schering-Plough Research Institute 02/99 – 05/00
Senior Consultant (Contract)
Designed and implemented remote access connectivity for apx.1200 telecommuters utilizing
Windows Terminal Servers and Citrix Metaframe 1.8 in a Novell 5.0 environment. Created
remote access to internal Oracle databases for international and subsidiary organizations by
enabling them to use Clintrial, SAS and Prosit applications over slow network connections.
CERTIFICATIONS:
CISSP, Certified Information Systems Security Professional
MCTS, BizTalk Server 2006
MCTS, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
CCA, Citrix Certified Administrator
MCSE, MCP + Internet, Microsoft Certified System Engineer
Lucent Certified Wireless Specialist
EDUCATION:
Southern Illinois University (Mechanical Engineering Major)