PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• IT Professional with 7+ years experience in Systems and Network Administration with a primary focus on installation, configuration, and administration of VMware vSphere, ESX 3.0 3.5 and 4.0,4.1 and 5.0,5.1 VMware Vcenter 4.0,4.1 and 5.0, 5.1 and Windows server 2000/2003/2008 R2.
• 5+ years in the area of Virtualization with VMware ESX 3.X, 4.X, and 5.0,5.1 servers and Virtual Center server
• Extensive experience with VMware VDI and View 4.0, 4.5,4.6 and 5.0,5.1
• Sound knowledge on ESXi and ESX Architecture, guest OS installation, setting up of VM priorities, Cloning and Snapshots.
• Sound knowledge on Virtual Center server 4.0, 4.1 and 5.0,5.1 for managing multiple ESX servers and linked vCenter servers.
• Excellent experience and knowledge with designing installing and implementing VMware ESX server, VMware virtual center, setting up V - Motion, HA, DRS, and related VMware products such as VM Workstation, VMware converter VM Backup products and other products for virtualization.
• Worked on different VMware products like VMware ESX server, VMware vCenter, VMware view, VMware Lab manager, VMware SRM, VMware Capacity IQ, VMware vShield.
• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter and PlateSpin.
• Strong understanding of VMware Networking concepts like creation of Vswitches, different types of port groups, NIC Teaming and VLAN Problem management on VMware ESX 3.X and Virtual Center and vMotion.
• Excellent experience with VMware update manager to install patches and updates on ESX hosts and virtual machines.
• Excellent experience with designing and implementing VMware backup products and disaster recovery solutions.
• Cisco Unified Computing Platform deployment in converged infrastructure environments (Cisco Confidential 5108 Chassis, Cisco Confidential B230 M2,B250 M3, B440 M1)
• Expertise in automation of Confidential environments using Confidential PowerTool
• Experience of fiber SAN/iSCSI SAN/NAS (EMC (CX30), NetApp, Dell MD30001 Dell MD 1000,) storage technology and work with SANs in VMware environments and troubleshooting SAN related issues and upgraded firmware of SANs in VMware and different environments.
• Experience with HP Blade System C-class enclosure (3000/7000) using Onboard Administrator and Virtual Connect
• Windows 2000/2003 and 2008 Server Active Directory Administration
• Excellent troubleshooting skills both with hardware and software in windows environment
• Excellent knowledge on Microsoft Hyper V.
• Excellent Documentation skills using Microsoft Office Visio.
• Excellent leadership qualities, good communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Extremely self-motivated, quick learner, team player
• Can work on 24/7 basis and oncall.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

VMware: VSphere, VMware ESX and ESXi 3, 3.5, 4.0, ESXi 4.1 and 5.0, Virtual center server 2.5, 4.0, 4.1 and 5.0, Vmware View .4.0.4.5 and 4.6,VMware converter, VMware Update Manager, HA, DRS, VCB, SRM, Vmotion and SVmotion, Thinapp,, VMware Workstation, VMware capacity planner.

Operating System: Windows XP, vista, windows 7 Windows Server OS - 2000, NT, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, Linux, Unix.

Application Servers: Confidential, DHCP, Windows Active Directory Services,SCCM 2007. 2012, FTP, SFTP, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007/2010 , Microsoft SharePoint 2007/2010

Infrastructure Hardware: Cisco Confidential, DELL Power Edge servers, Dell Laptops and DesktopsHP Blade servers, HP Proliant servers and Other HP hardware, Net gear, Cisco & HP Switches, EMC SAN, VMAX, VNXEMC Clarian.

Backup Software’s: Symantec backup exec and vRanger Pro, Veeam tools

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Massachusetts

VMware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured and installed ESXi 5.1 on HP DL and BL servers.
• Configured Datastores from NFS, SAN and ISCSI storage for ESXi 5.1 Host.
• Created VMs, Host Clusters, Storage Clusters, Host Profiles and Storage Profiles.
• Created VM Templates, Configured Templates and deployed Templates.
• Reconfigured Alarms and Alerts for newly deployed ESXi Hosts.
• Created and managed the VMware cluster with HA and DRS.
• Monitoring and managing performances of ESX/ESXi servers and virtual machines.
• Working on Migration concepts like vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Analyze existing infrastructure using VMware Capacity Planner
• Performed data store migration using VMware storage vMotion on Netapps NFS, dell ISCSI SAN Storage
• Assisted in P2V conversions of Windows servers using VMware vConverter
• Hands on exposure on VMware Data Protection, vCenter Operation Manager, vSphere Multi-Hypervisor Manager, vSphere Replication and VMware Site Recovery Manager.
• Configured the NTP server in ESX Server for the time synchronization between ESX and VM’s.
• Generated report summary and performance for ESX Servers and VM’s.
• Created snapshot’s for the VM’s and also created new folders, data centers, clusters and resource pools in the VC.
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades.
• ThinApp Packages Applications Upgrades and deployment testing and Production Implementation.
• Worked on Active Directory for creating Users and Groups.
• Involved in Installation and Configuration and Maintenance of Windows 2008/2003on HP Proliant Servers for Dev, Test and Production Instances.
• Created User Accounts and Groups in Active Directory (AD).
• Design, implement and maintain Microsoft WSUS infrastructure.
• Used Vranger to backup and restore vmdk files of windows VMs

Confidential, New Jersey

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for VMware Infrastructure Administration of Virtual Infrastructure 5.0 environment.
• Virtualized 450+ servers using VMconverter.
• Handling different aspects of the project such as Capacity planning, Performance /Capacity Monitoring, Storage optimization, Provisioning process, Virtual infrastructure management & automation
• Cisco Confidential Deployment and Implementation for Virtual Environments.
• P2V conversions of Windows servers using VMware vConverter.
• Migration of existing VMs from HP Blades to Cisco Confidential .
• Performing upgrade of the Virtual Infrastructure.
• Configuring and managing VMware cluster with High Availability and Distributed Resource Scheduling..
• Monitoring and managing performances of ESX/ESXi servers and virtual machines.
• Design and Implementation of VMware ESX server infrastructure in multisite/multi Datacenter environments.
• Configuring and managing Cisco Confidential Service Profiles, vNIC/vHBA interfaces, MAC/UUID/WWPN/WWNN identity pools, various Server, Network and Storage related policies.
• Configuring Cisco Confidential Fabric Interconnect upstream connectivity for LAN with Cisco Nexus 5548 and upstream connectivity for SAN with Cisco MDS switches.
• Configuring and managing Virtual Port Channel based clustering on the Cisco Nexus 5K series.
• Administering Cisco Nexus 1000v Distributed switch using Virtual Supervisor Module.
• Healthcheck on VMware Infrastructure using VMware Health check tool and custom scripts
• Installation and configuration of Windows 2008 environment.

Confidential, Indianapolis

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed and maintained large scale VMware ESX infrastructure
• Responsible for ESX server deployments, system updates/upgrades, system health and status monitoring.
• Installed and configured VMware ESX 3.x and 4 and configured VMware Virtual Center Server, Installing Virtual center components and Managed Virtual center permissions.
• Created Virtual Machines in large scale and Installed VMware tools
• Capacity planning, Using enterprise capacity planner for Data center consolidation
• Upgraded the ESX servers from Vi3 to Vsphere4
• Created standard template and deployed virtual machines through templates, involved in Cloning Virtual Machines
• Converted physical machines to virtual machines (P2V migration) using VMware enterprise converter and PlateSpin
• Configured Vmotion, and performed Storage Vmotion and Monitored performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines
• Configured fault tolerance ( Confidential ) for mission critical Virtual Machines Configured and Managed VMware cluster with HA and DRS
• Configured and Managed resource pools and VAPPS for Virtual Machines
• Used Virtual centre server for HA, DRS and Vmotion and cold migration
• Upgraded ESX servers using VMware Host update utility and update plugin
• Designed and implemented of Virtual Network and involved in troubleshooting network
• Guided and involved in Performance monitoring and tuning for ESX Servers, Virtual Center Server and Virtual Machines
• Created Distributed Virtual switch, Configuring Virtual switch settings and policies
• Service console and VMkernal Port groups

Confidential, PA

VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured VMware ESX 3.x and virtual infrastructure client
• Created VMs in large scale and installed different guest OS and Customized windows 2000/2003 servers in terms of Registry, Audit/Account/Security policy, patching, to sustain Company Standard Operating Environment
• Installation of VC server and Installing Virtual center components and Managed ESX servers host from Virtual center
• Updated ESX host’s using VMware Update manager.
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines
• Created standard templates from VMs and deployed virtual machines from templates
• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter.
• Used capacity planner for Data center consolidation and migration
• Worked on resource management framework like creation resource pools, adding the VMs into Resource pools.
• Worked on VMware clustering like HA and DRS clusters using VC.
• Configured Migration concepts like Vmotion, Storage Vmotion and cold migration
• Created Virtual switch, Configuring Virtual switch settings and setting policies.
• Connecting to ESX server by using VIC, putty and Web access.
• Working on networking concepts like creation Vswitches, different types of port groups, Nic Teaming and VLAN Taking and managing snapshots using snapshot manager
• Migrating Physical Machines to Virtual Machines (P2V) and Virtual Machines to Virtual Machines (V2V) using VMware converter and vcenter Guided Consolidation.
• Migrated Linux based machines and Power off Machines to virtual machines using VMware converter boot CD.
• Performed Hot Cloning, Cold Cloning, Classic VMotion and Storage VMotion.
• Security hardening and Monitoring of VM’s & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) for Security Compliance.
• Training users in best practices for efficient utility of resources.
• Production Support regarding Server build and Virtualization
• Installed and Configured Confidential Servers, DHCP Server and DFS Server. configuring & administering Domain Naming Server ( Confidential ),Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Distributed File System.(DFS),Internet Information Service.(IIS) and Remote Access Service(RAS)
• Assist staff with the installation, configuration, and ongoing usability of desktop computers, peripheral equipment and software within established standards and guidelines.

Confidential, Miami, Fl

System’s administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed Windows NT, Server2003, Workstation, Proxy Server, Configuration, implementation and maintenance.
• Managed Domain Controllers and Additional domain controllers.
• Symantec antivirus console management, updating antivirus definitions through centralize Symantec antivirus server.
• Migration of active directory services from Win NT to Win 2k to Win 2003.
• Patching all Windows servers and workstations with Company standards
• Customized windows 2000/2003 servers in terms of Registry, Audit/Account/Security policy, patching, to sustain Company Standard Operating Environment configuring & administering Domain Naming Server ( Confidential ),Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• Assist staff with the installation, configuration, and ongoing usability of desktop computers, peripheral equipment and software within established standards and guidelines.
• Work with vendor support contacts to resolve technical problems with desktop computing equipment and software.
• Assist in maintaining LAN/WAN records and, as appropriate, telephone systems cable
• Attended professional training from VMware
• Involved in installing of ESX servers and configurations
• Used capacity planer in consolidating the datacenter
• Created Virtual machines and installed OS and applications according to standards
• Configured and troubleshoot the network settings to virtual environment created
• Migrated the physical machines to virtual environment using VMware enterprise converter

Confidential

IT Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of Domain Naming Server ( Confidential )
• Configuration of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
• Configuration and Managing Remote Installation Service(RIS), FTP server
• User, group, OU creation, implementing group policies.
• Configuration of Printer, Modem, Scanner.
• Semantic antivirus console management, updating antivirus definitions through centralize Symantec antivirus server.
• Installation of Operating Systems Win98, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2000, Win 2003.Linux .etc
• Trouble shooting the networking related problems
• Installation of various software’s