Danyal H.

IT Infrastructure Consultant | FortiGate | Proxmox | CrowdStrike | Microsoft 365 | Windows Server | MSP Support I design, deploy, and support secure, highly available IT infrastructure for businesses and MSPs — firewalls, networks, virtualization, storage, servers, cloud, and endpoint security. Data center-grade architecture, delivered with clear documentation and fast response. 🔹 Data Center & Infrastructure Deployment Enterprise data center design and management with capacity planning, fault tolerance, redundancy, scalability, and best-practice architecture. 🔹 Virtualization & Enterprise Storage (SAN / NAS) Proxmox VE clustering, high availability (HA), and storage integration with ZFS, Ceph, SAN and NAS. Hyper-V and VMware for hybrid and legacy workloads. Storage design for virtualized workloads, file services, and backups — high performance, data integrity, and clean integration with Proxmox, Windows Server, and backup platforms. 🔹 Fortinet — FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiAP FortiGate firewall deployment and administration: complex firewall policies, NAT, security profiles (IPS, AV, Web Filtering, Application Control), deep packet inspection, SSL VPN, IPsec VPN, and Site-to-Site VPN for remote access and multi-branch connectivity. FortiSwitch and FortiAP management through Security Fabric, VLAN segmentation, SD-WAN, HA clustering, traffic shaping, and advanced troubleshooting. 🔹 Cisco (L2/L3 & Wireless) Layer 2/3 switching — VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, OSPF, STP, ACLs, QoS — and enterprise network design, plus Cisco wireless deployment with secure SSID configuration. 🔹 SonicWall, OPNsense, pfSense & Ubiquiti UniFi Firewall deployment, IPsec and OpenVPN tunnels, IDS/IPS, multi-WAN failover, and secure remote access. Hands-on with UniFi UDM Pro, switches, and access points, including Site Magic, security hardening, and high-availability setups. 🔹 Endpoint & Data Protection CrowdStrike Falcon across the full module stack: NGAV — Falcon Prevent: next-gen antivirus, machine-learning malware prevention, policy design and tuning EDR — Falcon Insight: detection and response, threat hunting, triage, containment, remediation, Real-Time Response (RTR) SIEM — Falcon Next-Gen SIEM / LogScale: log ingestion, data connectors, correlation rules, dashboards, alerting ITDR — Falcon Identity Threat Detection & Response: Active Directory and Entra ID protection, identity risk visibility, credential attack and lateral movement detection Sensor rollout at scale, host groups, exclusions, USB device control, host firewall management Also FortiEDR, FortiEndpoint, FortiClient EMS, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint protecting servers and user endpoints. 🔹 Windows Server (2003–2025) & Core Infrastructure Services Deployment, migration, and administration of: Active Directory (AD DS), DNS, and DHCP Group Policy (GPO) and security hardening Remote Desktop Services (RDS) File & Print Services, DFS, and Storage Services Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Windows Server Backup and Failover Clustering WSUS and patch management Secure, highly available identity, access, application, and storage infrastructure for enterprise environments. 🔹 Microsoft 365, Email Security & Identity Management Microsoft 365 and Entra ID (Azure AD) administration: Exchange Online, Microsoft Purview (email security, DLP, anti-phishing, anti-spam), Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, and email migration. Identity, access, and data governance policies, plus productivity rollouts with Microsoft Copilot for Business. 🔹 Backup & Disaster Recovery Veeam, Veritas NetBackup, and Proxmox Backup Server — tested backup and DR strategies with realistic RPO/RTO targets. 🔹 Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Hetzner, PhoenixNAP, and Contabo — hybrid deployments integrating on-prem storage and Proxmox workloads with cloud services. 🔹 Monitoring & Performance Optimization PRTG, Zabbix, and SolarWinds for proactive issue detection and rapid resolution across infrastructure, storage, and network health. 🔹 IT Support & Helpdesk Operations Ticketing system management, SLA handling, escalations, and leading IT support teams. Also: domain and public DNS records, web hosting services, and SSL configuration and deployment. Send me a message with your project details — firewall, network, cluster, server, tenant, or ongoing MSP support — and I'll tell you exactly how I would approach it. Skills: FortiGate | FortiSwitch | FortiAP | Fortinet Security Fabric | CrowdStrike Falcon | NGAV | EDR | SIEM | ITDR | Proxmox VE | VMware | Hyper-V | ZFS | Ceph | Windows Server | Active Directory | Microsoft 365 | Entra ID | Exchange Online | Veeam | Veritas NetBackup | pfSense | OPNsense | SonicWall | Cisco | UniFi | Azure | SAN/NAS | Network Security | MSP Support | Systems Administrator