SUMMARY

• Over 8+Years of IT networking experience in the areas of Confidential Network Administration, Server Consolidation, Active Directory Management,vSphere 5Enterpriseplus, Desktop Authority,Citrix Operations, Systems Management, Application Virtualization and QA Test Engineer.
• Worked with Windows2003, 2008, 2012 Active Directory configurations in asingle forest, and multiple domains infrastructure.
• Implementation and Designing ofActive Directory,DNS,DHCP, and Active Directory enabled applications.
• Implemented Patch management solution - WSUS for managing patches for windows servers. Also managed other Patch management Software's like Shavlik.
• Implemented Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS) for web services (IIS 7.0) providing High Availability (HA) and fail back for the business critical web applications hosted.
• Advanced knowledge ofmulti-user operating systems Installation and configuration.
• Maintaining the File Server and Print Server and cloning the Desktopson Network in Windows environment.
• Testing specialties include embedded firmware testing, 802.11 wifi testing, multilayer switched network testing, network management testing
• Followed Change Management and Problem management proceduresas part of steady state tasks for any kind of change which went in to the servers or even problem tickets which needed the Change tickets using tools like Remedy and PeopleSoft.
• Demonstrated high level of responsibility for researching, purchasing, and configuring any equipment needed for IT departments with little or no supervision.
• Expertise in VMware environments 2.5/3.0/3.5/4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1 and 5.5. InstalledESX/ESXiserver on DL580 series Servers and familiar withVMwareVirtualization. Managed virtual machines onESXservers. Familiar with ESX clustering,VMotion, HA & DRS.
• Trouble shooted DNS issues in infrastructure. Configured DHCP and managed different groups, distribution list and departmental mailbox in the Active Directory, Netapp, Nutanix Installation.
• Good Hardware knowledge of HP Proliant 360, 380 G5, G6, G7, G8 hardware.
• Strong knowledge of server infrastructure and application virtualization.
• Good knowledge of Symantec Netbackup 7.5, Backup Exec 12.0,Nutanix Hardware.
• Configured policies in Netbackup and Backup Exec.
• Good knowledge of ITIL Process. Worked on incidents, request and Change order to perform critical tasks.
• Worked as a Change Manager for approving my group's changes.
• Good at Data analysis, identifying and planning strategies, which provides performance driven metrics.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 8; Windows 7; Windows Vista; Windows XP; Windows NT 4.0;Novell NetWare; DOS and OS/2.

Confidential Servers: Windows 2000 Server; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Server, 2008 Core; AD 2003; AD DS 2008; Windows 2012 R2, Windows 2016 Technical Preview, Confidential Exchange 2003; Confidential Exchange 2007.

Server Services: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, Clean Server Installation/Migration, 2007/2012, SCOM, MOM, SCCM, SMS, SSL, SSH, FIM, UDP, MDT, Hyper- V,POS,Blackberry enterprise 4.0, MS SQL Server, MS SharePoint

Programming Languages: C, C++, VBScript, Power shell, MS SQL server, Java

Software: MS Office 2007; 2010; 2013,2016, Norton Utilities; WinFax; PC Anywhere; McAfee; WinZip; Symantec Ghost; Veritas; Heat; Remedy 7.0/6.0; DameWare Mini Remote Console; Email ( Confidential Exchange, Lotus Notes Mail); Oracle, Confidential WSUS, Windows Cluster Server, MS SQL 2000/2005, Active Directory, Group Policies, Distribution list, Departmental Mailbox and IIS.

Hardware: Intel, 3COM, HP Proliant DL380, HP ML570, HP Proliant Servers, HP Blade Servers, IBM x86 Servers, Dell PowerEdge M805 and HP Gen8.

Cluster: Windows 2003, 2008.

Virtualization: Confidential Virtual Server, VMware Vcenter 5.5, Hyper V.

Networking: Eicon Communications products such as OSI Gateway for DOS and OS/2; SNA Gateway; IPX/SPX; TCP/IP; Routers; Switches; Modems; Hubs and Bridges.

Backup Software: Symantec Netbackup 7.5, Backup Exec 12.0.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Software Engineer/Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Creating, installing, configuring and maintaining the Virtual Machines, installing guest Operating Systems (Windows)
• Participate in Planning and design to expand the use of VDI to additional use cases while scaling infrastructure to maintain peak performance.
• Monitor, tune and troubleshoot the VDI environment using vRealize Operations Manager.
• Manage an agentless antivirus solution in support of the VDI environment
• Setup Test Lab (Windows Severs 2k3, 2k8, 2012, 2016 with different roles).
• Tested Windows app such as Download manager, Network Connection creator
• Coordinated with manual testers and developers for hardware and software bug reporting, fixes.
• VMotion configuration & troubleshooting.
• Setup and administer Windows Server-based test environments utilizing GPU and Virtualization features.
• Configure and upgrade Self-Host environment and Install Server OS on self-Host Servers
• ImplementMicrosoft Cluster Services (MSCS) for web services (IIS 7.0) providingHighAvailability(HA) andfail backfor thebusiness criticalweb applications hosted
• Configure Connection Broker, Virtualization Host(RDVH), Session Host(RDSH) and create RDS Deployment
• Write Power shell automation script for configure Connection Broker (RDCB) and Virtual Hosts (RDVH)
• Validate RemoteFX Virtual GPU, Cluster Network Configuration, IP Configuration and Memory Dump settings.
• Installing, configuring and maintainingESX Servers(ESX3.5/ESXi4.0/ESXi4.1 andVMwareESX 5.1)andServer migrations from physical to Virtual using Hot and cold cloning technology inVMware.
• Work with Windows 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 Technical Preview Active Directoryconfigurations in asingle forest, and multiple domainsinfrastructure.
• Configuring ESXi 4.0 servers to use iSCSI & NAS storage
• Installing, configuring and maintaining of VMware ESXi 4.0 / Virtual Center Server.
• Installing, configuring and maintaining theVMwareESX 2.5x / Virtual Center 2.x servers
• Configure CSV (Cluster Shared Volume) Cache to improve Hyper-V performance via Power Shell
• Conduct Subjective test plan for testing codecs
• Write test cases, and run/ write test automation scripts in C# and/or Python, Perl or PHP.
• Install daily Windows Server builds that are both on-premise and cloud variants (Azure).
• Run manual test cases for target applications and E2E User Scenarios against new and legacy features.
• Perform detailed analysis of test results, publish reports in a timely manner and adjust test cases accordingly
• Work with QAteams in designing and executing test plans utilizing system, functional, usability, black and white box, performance and regression testing methodologies
• Implemented Migration by performingP2V, V2V and V2P conversions using vConverter and PlateSpin.
• Created virtual machines using Hyper-Vand deployed prepared pre-production environment
• Maintaining active directory system data and file server volume backups. Monitoring active directory integrity and replication.
• Troubleshoot network issues between Distributed vSwitch, Layer 2 switchesand resolved slow performance between SAN network and VM networks.
• Monitoring and managing virtual servers
• Configuring installed windows operating system roles to support RD scenarios
• Documenting the Software installation process for future knowledge transfer
• Documenting a test plan and test cases for each of the applications in the compatibility test matrix
• Conduct manual and exploratory testing for each of the application in the compatibility test matrix and report code defect
• Automating the application compatibility test cases so that it can be repeatable and used for regression testing
• Analyzing the results of automated tests to understand failures and to regression defects
• Interact with our clients to resolve their problems in a timely and accurate manner.

Environment: VCenter, ESXi 5.5 VMotion, vSphere, VDI, vRealize Operations Manager, HA, IIS6, Data center migration, P2V, V2V, Cloning, Snapshots, Apache, Linux Kernel 3.4, Platespin, PowerShell, SRM, Power CLI, Windows 2003/2008 Server, HP Blade C7000, HP Blade C3000, HP VC Flex 10, VMWare Automation, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Citrix, Symantec Antivirus 10.x, Symantec Net backup

Confidential, Scottsdale, AZ

Windows Admin

Responsibilities:

• Experience with installing, configuring and maintaining ESX Servers (ESX3.5/ESXi4.0/ESXi4.1 andVMwareESX 5.1)andServer migrations from physical to Virtual using Hot and cold cloning technology inVMware.
• Determining customer requirements and designing VMware-based solutions architectures spanningVMware's product portfolio from the Vcloud Suite to the Horizon Suite to meet the functional and business requirements of a range clients of various sizes and across verticals.
• Tested network management applications both platform and Web based UI dashboards by verifying device configuration and function while providing feedback to engineering for improved customer satisfaction
• Planning and executing data center consolidations, relocations and migrations.
• Participate in Planning and design to expand the use of VDI to additional use cases while scaling infrastructure to maintain peak performance.
• Monitor, tune and troubleshoot the VDI environment using vRealize Operations Manager.
• Work with the infrastructure team in support of the vCenter hosting the VDI environment.
• Designing and building new data centers.
• Good experience in configuring, optimizing and troubleshooting of Linux/Unix servers and the Networking setups.
• Installation, Configuration and Administration ofVMwareVSphere4, ESX 3.5 and ESXi Server,VMwareView.
• Designing, configuring, and administering LAN and WAN connectivity on Cisco hardware
• Configured and managed Cisco network hardware servicing the corporate LAN and 40+ remote point-of-sale offices.
• Configured and deployed over 30 Cisco UCS computing clusters withVMwareESXi 5 and vCenter 5
• Configured and deployed Cisco 1000v virtual switch module appliance within vCenter vSphere 5 infrastructure
• Deployed EMC VNXe SAN for vSphere 5 high availability management cluster configuration for customers
• Providing and maintaining user access invcentre, configuringmail alert for any failure in HA, DRS, CPUor memory.
• Design, configure, and support Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Technologies.
• Management & Troubleshooting of VM Environment for Desktops
• Installed necessary security patches every month to our production and pre-production environments.
• Wi-Fi network performance and stability testing, P2P local network testing.
• Patch management usingVMwareupdate manager for ESXi server.
• SAN space allocation for ESXi servers host Scanning and configuring LUN for ESX server.
• Configured Multiplestatic and dynamic IP addressesfor forward and dynamic routing.
• Provided support for teams in activities such as Load testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Involving in maintaining and updating Active directory, GPOs, Global Groups and Resultant set of Policy for authentication.
• Working on windows cluster services. .
• Managing Public keyand private keyInfrastructure(VeriSignMPKI).
• Involved in trouble shooting and fixing day-to-day problems of the application serversin production.

Environment: VM ware ESX 5.1, UCS C240 M3, PowerShell, Python, VDI, Data center migration, Windows 2008/2003, IIS6&IIS7, Power CLI, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, NTFS, P2V, V2V, Bluecat BCN - XMB Adonis (DHCP,DNS), JUNOS Space, Cisco Nexus 5K, CISCO switches, SRM, Platespin, HP P4000, Emulex NC553, NC551 HBA's, JUNPER SRX 240, VMwareLab Manager,VMwareconverter,VMwareVsphere client, Fault tolerance, High Availability and Distributed resource scheduling.

Confidential, Torrance, CA

Systems Administrator/Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Creating, Installing, configuring and maintaining the Virtual Machines, installing Guest Operating Systems like Windows, Linux.
• Installing, configuring and maintaining theVMwareESX 2.5x / Virtual Center 2.x servers.
• Worked with QAteams in designing and executing test plans utilizing system, functional, usability, black and white box, performance and regression testing methodologies
• Implemented Migration by performingP2V, V2V and V2P conversions using vConverter and PlateSpin.
• Implementation of changes on production servers in a large Web Center Environment.
• Created documentation for Server Builds, Application Installations, Mapping the drives and Issues which occur during software upgrades.
• Troubleshoot network issues between Distributed vSwitch, Layer 2 switchesand resolved slow performance between SAN network and VM networks.
• Monitoring and managing virtual servers
• Taking care of pre requisites for servers before going for production
• Updating service account passwords
• Installed, configured and managing network file servers, print servers and maintaining various logs.
• Created virtual machines using Hyper-Vand deployed prepared pre-production environment.
• Maintaining active directory system data and file server volume backups. Monitoring active directory integrity and replication.
• Logs file analysis using the Event Viewer and troubleshooting to resolve issues
• Provided support for teams in activities such as Load testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
• Involved in trouble shooting and fixing day-to-dayproblems of the applications in production
• Supported 24*7 on call schedule for Production support.

Environment: Windows Server 2000/2003, Windows xp/vista, Powershell, Java Script, vRealize Operations Manager, Platespin, P2V, V2V, Active Directory 2003, Linux Kernel 3.2, Open VMS, Vxworks, Shell Scripting, Ruby, IIS6, VMWare Automation, Power CLI, SQL Server 2000/2003, Python, HP Proliant Servers, HA/DRS, VMWare Orchestrator, Vcloud.

Confidential, CA

Systems Administrator/Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Creating, Installing, configuring and maintaining the Virtual Machines, installing Guest Operating Systems like Windows, Linux.
• Responsible of preparation of Test Planning and execution of workstation testing, applications testing, network performance testing, organizing and supporting UAT
• Testing specialties include 802.11 wifi testing, multilayer switched network testing, Web based enterprise applications and network management testing.
• Implemented Migration by performing P2V, V2V and V2P conversions using vConverter and PlateSpin.
• Installing, configuring and maintaining the VMware ESX 2.5x / Virtual Center 3.x, 2.x servers.
• Created documentation for Server Builds, Application Installations, Mapping the drives and Issues which occur during software upgrades.
• Troubleshoot network issues between Distributed vSwitch, Layer 2 switches and resolved slow performance between SAN network and VM networks.
• Done data import from Tape to data domain
• Upgraded NetBackup infrastructure from 7.5 to 7.6
• Web Server Administration - IIS 5.0 / IIS 6.0/ IIS 7.0
• Managing IIS 5.0 / IIS 6.0/IIS 7.0 Web servers and hosted web sites.
• Creating and configuring new internal & external websites (HTTP and HTTPS). configured storage units.
• Experienced in Automation
• Monitoring and managing virtual servers
• Taking care of pre requisites for servers before going for production
• Updating service account passwords
• Managed, led and supported Windows NT, 2000 and 2003 Active Directory domain network in multi locations.
• Installed, configured and managing network file servers, print servers and maintaining various logs.
• Created virtual machines using Hyper-V and deployed prepared pre-production environment.
• Maintaining active directory system data and file server volume backups. Monitoring active directory integrity and replication.
• Logs file analysis using the Event Viewer and troubleshooting to resolve issues.
• Provided support for teams in activities such as Load testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
• Involved in trouble shooting and fixing day-to-day problems of the applications in production
• Supported 24*7 on call schedule for Production support.

Environment: Windows Server 2000/2003,Windows xp/vista, PowerShell, Data Center Migration, P2V, V2V, Platespin, SRM, Linux Kernel v2.6 & v3.2, Power CLI, Active Directory 2003, IIS, SCCM, VMware, Python, VSphere, NetBackup 7.5 & 7.6, HP Proliant Servers, HA/DRS.

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Experienced working on NetBackup, starting from Installing, configuring and maintaining
• Experienced working on NetBackup versions 6.0 to 7.6
• Experienced in creating backup policies.
• Virtual Center Server & License Server Installation and Configuration
• Installation, Configuration and Administration of Virtual Infrastructure using ESX 3.X, VMware V sphere 4.x, Virtual center 4.X and 5.x Servers
• Installation and configuration of virtual machines in physical ESX server
• Creating and managing Resource Pools and adding the VM's into Resource pools, Installing VM Tools into VM's and allocating for end user and Setting up priorities on CPU, Memory (RAM) and other resources.
• Configuring dedicated vmkernel & multiple service Console for better performance.
• Migrate and manage virtual machines and ensure high availability of applications.
• Deploy virtual machines from templates and allocate resources, Manage VM's using VM ware virtual center and web access, Configurations of Virtual switched and network connections.
• Working on Netbackup, configuring storage units
• Worked on data domain. experienced in working retention policy and implementing DR plan
• Managed IM/Exchange server for critical clients.
• Manage VMware & Hyper-V virtual environments.
• Controlling ESX Server's in Virtual Center Configuring HA & DRS for ESX Server.
• Adding additional hardware resources and expanding the OS partition of VM's.
• Implementation and after configuration maintenance of HA, DRS and V Motion and Resource pool.
• Configured HA, DRS and Resource Pool and Manage the Cluster Level.
• VMware Connection Broker configured and managing the VM's through Connection Broker.
• Knowledge about the VMware Appliance software's. (ex. Thin stall, VDM, VMware Converter)
• Install, upgrade, maintain VMware server ESX 4/4.1/5 on Cisco UCS/IBM/HP machines.
• Experienced in Automation
• Network Teaming & Bridge mode configured in ESX Servers and Virtual Servers.
• Patch Management in ESX Servers & Windows Servers through update Manager.
• Troubleshooting and repairing Hardware, software and network related problems.
• Performing Daily server checklist of servers from all over the locations.
• Cisco UCS servers configuration, support, and upgrades. Configure RAID on servers, NIC cards, Mezzanine/MegaRAIDcards, and other hardware.
• Migrate physical server windows servers 2003/2008, Linux,, Cluster node servers to Virtual servers using VMware vCenter Converter and troubleshoot performance issue.
• Managed and troubleshoot Windows 2003/2008 file servers, Active Directory, WINS, DHCP, DNS, FTP, IIS & storage servers, 2005/2008 and Exchange Servers.
• SAN space allocation for esx servers host .Scanning and configuring LUN for ESX server.
• Configured Multiplestatic and dynamic IP addressesfor forward and dynamic routing.
• Provided support for teams in activities such as Load testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Analyzing and troubleshoot the IIS crashes with DebugDiag and other tools.
• Performance tuning of Windows and IIS servers.
• Root cause analysis and fixing the Windows / IIS Web Server Related issues
• Provide Level 3 Support and Implementation Engineer. Supported and/or Installed HP ProLiant Windows 2003/2008 Servers, Confidential Virtual Servers, VMware vSphere Client and 2005/2008.
• Provide support for systems and applications testing on the weekends by switching the production Environment to QA and normalize the systems after testing.
• Involving in maintaining and updating Active directory, GPOs, Global Groups and Resultant set of Policy for authentication.

Environment: VM ware ESX 5.1, UCS C240 M3, Windows 2008/2003, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, NTFS, SCCM, Bluecat BCN - XMB Adonis (DHCP,DNS), JUNOS Space, Cisco Nexus 5K, CISCO switches, HP P4000, Emulex NC553, NC551 HBA's, JUNPER SRX 240, Exchange Server 2003/2007/2010 , IIS, VMware Lab Manager, VMware converter, VMware VSphere client, Fault tolerance, High Availability and Distributed resource scheduling, Netbackup 7.6.