Ashish Soni

About Ashish Soni

A highly accomplished and results-driven IT professional with over 13 years of experience…

Experience

1. Senior M365 Engineer

   Owens & Minor

   Jun 2024 — Present · Pune, IN

   As a Project Lead for Modern Workplace & Endpoint Management, I am responsible for leading the strategic design, implementation, and ongoing management of Owens & Minor\'s endpoint ecosystem. Core Responsibilities:Intune & Hybrid Environment Management: Spearheaded the end-to-end design and administration of the corporate Intune tenant. I successfully engineered the hybrid-join and enrollment process for the existing Windows device fleet.Device Provisioning & Lifecycle: Led the implementation of Windows Autopilot for hybrid-joined devices, revolutionizing the new device provisioning workflow from a manual process to a zero-touch, automated experience.Endpoint Security & Compliance: Architected and deployed configuration policies to enforce company-wide security standards and ensure all devices remain compliant. I migrated legacy Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to Intune, standardizing device settings for a modern management approach. Operating System & Updates: Drove the successful Windows 10 to Windows 11 feature upgrade project across the organization by meticulously configuring and managing Windows update rings.Application Management: Developed a robust application management strategy, including the packaging and deployment of both Win32 apps and MS Store Apps. You also customized and standardized the PSADT (PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit) for branded and streamlined application delivery.Systems Optimization: Enhanced network efficiency and performance by implementing Delivery optimization and Connected Caches to reduce bandwidth consumption during large-scale deployments and updates.Technical Integration: Configured co-management to facilitate a phased transition from traditional management systems to a cloud-first approach, ensuring a smooth and non-disruptive migration.Automation: Authored, managed, and deployed complex PowerShell scripts to automate critical administrative tasks, report on device health, and ensure consistency across the fleet.

Education

• SVITS, Indore

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE)

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Application Packaging
• Wise Packaging
• Wise Packaging Studio
• Wise Installer
• Windows Installer
• App-V
• Sccm
• Vbscript
• Batch Files
• Msi
• Msi Packaging
• Os Imaging
• Imagex
• Mdt
• Java
• Unix
• Sql
• Requirements Analysis
• Windows Installer (Msi)
• System Center Configuration Manager (Sccm)