Hari Prasad

About Hari Prasad

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Experience

1. Lead IT Consultant Tech Lead

   Gid

   Oct 2024 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   Led the successful migration of on-premises infrastructure to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), enabling centralized identity and access management and improving organizational security posture. Utilized Azure AD for role-based access control (RBAC), single sign-on (SSO), conditional access policies, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) across enterprise applications. Designed, implemented, and maintained Azure infrastructure, including virtual machines (VMs), virtual networks, Azure Storage, NSGs, load balancers, and resource groups to support scalable and secure cloud solutions. Administered and configured Microsoft Intune for mobile device management (MDM) enforced compliance policies, device profiles, and conditional access for secure endpoint management. Set up and managed a complete SCCM/MECM infrastructure Successfully executed vSphere infrastructure upgrades, including ESXi host upgrades, vCenter Server migrations, and environment optimization for enhanced stability and performance. Configured and maintained vSphere High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) clusters to ensure fault tolerance and efficient resource utilization. Enforced security best practices across hybrid environments by implementing Azure Security Center recommendations, Intune compliance policies, endpoint protection, and regular vulnerability assessments. Automated routine infrastructure tasks using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Bash Maintained detailed documentation for system configurations, troubleshooting procedures, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and architectural diagrams. Integrated Okta as a centralized identity provider for Office 365, internal applications, ITSM platforms, and third-party SaaS applications Provided tier-3 escalation support for infrastructure-related issues and collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve performance bottlenecks, outages, and misconfigurations.