SUMMARY

• 14+ years of total experience on IT infrastructure, Storage design and implementation, Disaster recovery, Windows and Linux server administration, Backup solutions, Monitoring and security implementations.
• Having 5+ years of experience in Virtual Datacenter Consolidation, VMWare administration, Cisco UCS Management, SAN and NAS Storage, Storage replication, Backup solutions and Disaster recovery implementations.
• Having 5+ years of experience on administering windows server environments (2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012) and Linux environments.
• Managing the virtual environment with more than 15 clusters with more than 100 hosts with 2000+ servers
• Applying patches to ESXi hosts through vCenter Update Manager.
• Provisioned more than 1500 servers include Windows 2012 R2, 2008 R2, 2003 and RHEL 6.x
• Having well - handled experience on design and implement of virtualization infrastructure using VMWare vSphere suite 4.x, 5.x, Cisco UCS with SAN and NAS storage.
• Diverse experience on the installing/upgrading ESXi hypervisors, Hyper-V and Xen Servers.
• Well hands-on experience on implementing vSphere features like HA, vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, EVC, SSO, Linked-in mode configuration, FT, vSphere Standard Switch, vSphere Distributed Switch, Resource Pool, VMWare Data recovery plug-in etc.
• Have good knowledge on Open Stack.
• Setting up VMWare SRM, Storage Replication and Recovery Plan for our DC.
• Handling all the P2V and V2V migrations using VMware vCenter standalone converter for our DC.
• Hands-on experience in provisioning virtualized corporate desktops (VDI) using Vmware Horizon View.
• Well experience on Cisco UCS, UCS Manager (UCSM), UCS Central (UCSC), Firmware upgrade, Manage Chassis, Manage Blade servers, Service Profile setup, Network setup, Fabric Interconnects, configure ports and port channels and Zoning.
• Configuring RAID and RAID groups, storage Pools, Thick and thin provision LUNs.
• Administering multiple Domains, Active Directory Forests, trust setup, dcpromo, DHCP, DNS, TCP-IP, FTP, IIS 6.0 and 7.0 servers.
• Updates, patching and software installations via group policies (GPO)
• Extensive experience on windows backup servers like Crash Plan PROe, Symantec’s Net Backup, Execute Backup etc.
• Implemented CA SiteMinder v6, v12 policy-based authentication for the government project. Also having more experience on Identity Manager.
• Well-handled experience on Apache 2.0, WebSphere installation, configuration and administration, Subversion (SVN) version management system.
• Having well scripting knowledge on PowerShell, vSphere CLI, Power CLI and Linux Bash Shell, Perl, Java Script or similar languages.
• Working experience on JAVA, JSP, EJB, HTML, XHTML, CSS, Java script, XML, JDBC, Oracle 11g, Tomcat 6 etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization Technology: VMWare vSphere suite 4.x, 5.x, VMWare Horizon View 5.x, vSphere SRM 5.x, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Xenserver

Virtualization Tools/Features: VMware vSphere Client, VMware vSphere Web Client, vCOPS, vCOM, vCenter Orchestrator 5.x, vCenter Standalone Converter (P2V), vSphere CLI, vShield, HP 3PAR Management 4.4.1, 3PAR InServ CLI

Storages: HP 3PAR 7400 SAN Array, EMC VNX series and NAS storages

Computing system: Cisco UCS, Cisco UCS Central, Cisco UCS Manager 2.1, 2.2, Chassis, B & C series blades

Backups: Symantec Net Backup 7.x, Symantec Backup Exec 12.x, CrashPlan Proe

Monitoring Tool: Solarwinds, PRTG

Security systems: CA SiteMinder v6/v12, CA Identity Manager (IDM)

Operating System: Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012,, Cent OS Linux, Red Hat Linux (RHEL) 6.5, Ubuntu 14.x

Servers: IIS 7.0/6.0, Tomcat, WebSphere 7.0, HTTP/Apache 2.x

Knowledge of: Open Stack

Programming languages and web technologies: JAVA 2.0, JSP, EJB, Java Script, HTML

Scripting languages: POWER Shell, vSphere CLI, Bash Shell, Perl, Java script, VB Script

Protocol: SSH, SNMP, DHCP, FTP, Active Directory, DNS

Version Control: CVS, Subversion (SVN)

Domains: Healthcare, Eligibility system

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Lexington, KY

Sr. Virtualization Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setting up VMWare environment includes ESXi installation, Configuration and Management, Vcenter setup, Adding new Networks, Adding Hosts, Cluster creation, HA setup, and Applying patches using VMWare Update Manager etc.
• Involved in UCS Setup, Blade server setup, Network Setup, Service Profile setup, Template creations, Firmware upgrade, Fabric Interconnect setup and Zoning.
• Responsible for SAN Management, LUN creation, CPG creation, VV Creation, VV export to LUNs, storage replication setup and backup.
• Implemented Site Recovery manager implementation using HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Plug-in.
• Setting up Storage replication from Site to Site and implemented VMWare Site Recovers Manager 5.5 (SRM) for the disaster recovery of Virtual infrastructure.
• Administration of Vcenter servers, linked mode configuration, SSO integration, vSphere Standard and Distributed Switch setup etc.
• Responsible for adding Cluster creation, enable HA, DRS, Affinity Rules creation, vMotion setup, Fault Tolerance (FT) setup, Resource pool setup, VMware EVC, etc.
• Provisioned more than 1500 virtual servers for customers including Windows 2012 R2/2008 R2/2008/2003, RHEL 6.5, Cent OS 6 and Ubuntu 14.x.
• Responsible for converting Physical to Virtual servers using Vcenter Standalone Converter.
• Administering VMWare Horizon View, new VDI deployment etc.
• Implemented the Solarwinds monitoring tool to monitor infrastructure, networking and servers resource utilization.
• Automated the Virtualization management system process using VMWare Orchestrator.
• PRTG monitor setup for all servers in various levels include Servers heartbeat, CPU utilization, Disk space, Memory utilization, WMI and SNMP based monitoring, Service monitoring, FTP file transfer monitoring etc.
• Administrating windows server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012 R2. Responsible for manage hardware’s including processor, memory, network adapter, installing Roles, Features, Patch update and other software installation, Performance tuning and trouble shooting.
• Administrating Domain controllers, trust setup, Active Directory and Group Policy Management etc.

Environment: VMWare suite 4.x, 5.x, ESXi 4.x, 5.x, Cisco UCS, Cisco UCS Manager 2.1 (3a), HP 3PAR 7400 SAN Array, EMC2 Storage, VMWare vCenter 4.x, 5.x, VMWare SRM 5.5, vSphere Client, vSphere Web Client, P2V converter, VMware vSphere PowerCLI, HP 3PAR Management 4.4.1, 3PAR InServ CLI, Solar Winds, PRTG Monitoring Tool, Cisco Nexus 7000 switch, Windows server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012 R2, RHEL 6.5, Ubuntu 14.04, Active Directory, DNS, FTP, McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6 security suites, Crash Plan PROe enterprise and Symantec Net Backup 7.5.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Sr. Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Designed 3 tier infrastructures with SiteMinder and Identity manager security systems.
• Architected, installed and maintained Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2 servers and RHEL 4.x for both production and development environments.
• Responsible for software installation, configuration and management of applications.
• Involved in performance tuning, troubleshooting and patch updates.
• Created windows 2003 Active Directory Domain network and managed servers through it.
• Responsible for adding servers/work stations to domains and applying group policy.
• Upgraded the SiteMinder from v6.x to v12.x
• Developed SiteMinder Rules, Rules group and Policies based on the business requirements.
• Responsible for setup and troubleshooting workstations (Windows XP), network printers and other devices for the project.
• Customized the identity manager rules for the application.
• Responsible for installation and configuration of SiteMinder v6.x security system.
• Integrated large scale application system with SiteMinder policy-based authentication system.
• Responsible for setup IIS 6.0, Apache 2.0 and IBM HTTP servers for the deployment.
• Implemented Identity Manager for the project using CA Identity Manager.
• Managing the Web and Application server, WAR deployment, Log setup and Performance tunings.
• Implemented SiteMinder, Identity Manager for UAT, Pilot and production environments.
• Responsible for WebSphere 7.x application infrastructure design and implementations.
• Installed IBM WebSphere 7.0 and doing configuration, Cluster setup, Node management etc.
• Automated the process of WebSphere build deployment (WAR file) using Shell and Perl script.
• Installed and configured Subversion version control system for multiple projects.
• Automated the process ticket validation with subversion and Track Record.
• Developed an automated system to deploy reports into Business Object Enterprise server using BOE SDK.
• Automated the process of archiving Crystal reports using BOE SDK.
• Scheduling CA Autosys jobs for batch cycle (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual)

Environment: Windows servers 2003/2008/2008 R2, RHEL 4.x, Cent OS, Active Directory, SiteMinder v12 and v6, WebSphere 7.0, Apache Tomcat 6.0, IBM HTTP server, IIS 6.0, Subversion version control, Tortoise SVN, ANT, JETTY server, Business Objects Enterprise (BOE), CA Autosys Job scheduler, JAVA 2.0, Oracle 10g/11g

Confidential, Cheyenne, WY

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Developed SiteMinder Rules, Rule group and Policies based on the business requirement.
• Responsible for setup windows XP workstation for the team members.
• Involved in setting up windows server 2003/2008 and network devices.
• Responsible for the performance tuning, troubleshoot and patch update.
• Implemented SiteMinder 6.0 policy based authentication system for the project.
• Responsible for adding servers/workstations to domains and applying group policy.
• Testing of all SiteMinder configurations and policies against the Project’s security policies.
• Responsible for the software installation, configuration, website setup and troubleshooting.
• Involved on setting up 3 tier architecture for the project.
• Installing and configuring WebSphere 6.5 application server, Tomcat 4.0, Clear Quest version control system.
• Involved in the installation, configuration and deployment of Actuate reports for the project.
• Involved in analyse and review the Functional Specifications and to bring out suggesting measures for better design.
• Involved in the Database table design to suit the Application requirement.

Environment: Windows server 2003, 2008, Windows XP, SiteMinder v6.0, WebSphere 6.5, Apache Tomcat 4.0, IBM HTTP server, IIS, Clear Quest version control, ANT tool, JAVA 2.0, JDBC, Oracle 10, Actuate Reports.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the project design, requirement analysis, team discussion, and planning the test phase for development, UAT and production environments.
• Worked on the development of modules for various project using JAVA, JSP, Servlets, JDBC with Oracle database.
• Responsible for testing and validation the modules before releasing to testing environment.
• Involved in part of infrastructure team for the MVC implementation for the project.
• Managed team members and giving directions for the testing.
• Creating test cases and giving the direction to testing team to validate it.
• Implemented CVS source control tool for tracking the changes for the project.

Environment: Java 1.4, JSP, JDBC, HTML, XML, Java Script, Tomcat, IIS, Oracle 9i, CVS version control tool.