SUMMARY:

• IT professional with 9+ Years of experience in progressive hands - on experience in the analysis, administration, management, and support of information management systems.
• Extensive experience in Windows, Virtualization technologies and Storage area network solutions. Windows/Wintel, VMware Systems deploying virtual networks and upgrading systems, including hardware, software, networks, databases, servers and peripheral devices.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of ESX VMOTION, HA and DRS including VMware Lab Manager.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with implementing and administering vBlock.
• Experience in P2V, V2V Migration using VMware Standalone Converter.
• Extensive experience in Windows 2012 R2/2012/2008 R2/2008/2003 Servers at single or multi domain platforms.
• Worked on Microsoft Office365 and Migration of mailboxes from Exchange 2003 platform to Office365.
• Experience in Microsoft Office 365 solutions such as Exchange, Office, Lync, One Drive and SharePoint.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features like vMotion, Storage vMotion and Network/Storage IO Control.
• Excellent experience in working on configuring ESXi hosts and clusters with all advanced features like HA, DRS, DPM etc.
• Experience in P2V, V2V MIGRATION using VMware Converter and Plate Spin tools.
• Experience in working on Host Profiles, Resource pools, storage profiles, VMFS data store and templates for client VMs. Very good experience in creating DRS affinity, anti-affinity rules as required by business.
• Monitoring of VM’s & ESXi server components (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) and security hardening for Security Compliance. Extensive experience with Windows clustering on virtualized environments.
• Worked on PowerShell which is used for management of a system. Experience on PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE). Experience with 2-factor authentication.
• Experience with HP, IBM and Dell hardware including rack-mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Designed and implemented infrastructure for major Projects and applications such Solarwinds, Kiwi Syslog, Roadnet Transportation Suite and Office365. Experience consolidating domains and forests using ADMT.
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (IE. Configuration of networks, router configuration and wireless security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, VLANs, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel and wireless networks).
• Administering production servers/network infrastructure that includes Domain Controllers, Exchange 2003/2010 Mail Servers, File and Print Servers and Terminal Servers on Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012R2.
• Worked with Windows 2003, 2008r2, 2012, 2012 R2 Active Directory configurations in a single forest, multiple domains infrastructure.
• Implementation and Designing of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Active Directory enabled applications. Implemented Patch management solution - WSUS for managing patches for windows servers.
• Implemented Microsoft Cluster Services(MSCS) for web services (IIS8.0) providing High Availability (HA) and failback for the business-critical web applications hosted. Worked on VRA/VRO, configuration to automate the deployments.
• Advanced knowledge of multi-user operating systems Installation and configuration.
• Maintaining the File Server and Print Server and cloning the Desktops on Network in Windows environment.
• Experience in disaster recovery in physical and virtual environments with vCenter Site Recovery Manager.
• Experience with static desktop and dynamic desktop supporting technologies such as Thin Cloning, Provisioning, Application Virtualization (App-V). Responsible for Security Patch Management and Deployment to all clients using Microsoft WSUS.
• Installing, configuring, administering, troubleshooting VMware server on ESX platform and VMware client, workstation.
• Troubleshoot and Resolve configuration related VMware vblock issues.
• Experience in PowerShell and PowerCLI for automating VM build process.
• Implementation of View 5.0, View 4.5 Desktop Virtualization View 4.6, VDI on Cisco UCS.
• Excellent understanding of networking fundamentals and network security. Experienced in installation, configuration, design and ongoing maintenance of Cisco router and switches.
• Experience with Datacenter Infrastructure involving work with maintenance on server hardware, storage devices, network devices and Power Distribution Units (PDUs).
• Strong communication and people skills, both written and verbal. Able to assess and resolve client issues quickly.
• Ability to maintain a reliable and methodical approach to support and Documentation. Quick learner, highly motivated team player with excellent organizational and analytical skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

VMware: VMware vSphere 5.0/5.5/6.0, vCenter Server 5.0/5.5/6.0, ESX 5.0/5.5/6.0, VMware Update Manager, HA, DRS, FT, vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMware Converter, SRM PlateSpin Migrate, Double-take, VMware Capacity Planner, vCloud and Workspace Suite, VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), VBlock, VMware Data Center Virtualization, VCOPS.

Windows Administration: Configuration of DHCP and DNS, installation and configuration of VPN client, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 R2 - installation and configuration, installation and configuration of Active Directory creating users and groups, SCCM, setting user access controls, domains creation and setup.

Networking: OSI Reference Model, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting, Ethernet LAN, TCP/IP, UDP, switches, routing concepts, virtual network concepts including vSwitches, VLANs, dvSwitch, TCP/IP stack for virtualization, configuration of printers and, scanners.

Hardware: HP ProLiant DL380 G5/G6 Intel Xeon, HP ProLiant DL385 G6/G7 AMD Opteron, Dell PowerEdge 2850, 2950, R710, HP BL 460c G5/G6 blade servers, C7000 HP Chassis, Cisco UCS, NetApp Series, EMC, Hitachi, IBM.

Operating System: Windows Server OS - 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012R2, Windows 7/XP/NT Wintel Servers, Hyper-V and RHEL.

Mobility Management: Air Watch

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Middleton,WI

Sr. VMware/Windows Engineer

• Extensive knowledge and experience in the area of Virtualization with VMware vSphere, ESXi 6.0,5.5,5.0, servers, vCenter server 5.5,5.0,4.1, vCenter Converter, VMware Orchestrator (vCO), VCenter Operations Manager and vSphere Replicator.
• Handled extensive P2V and V2V of production servers of windows 2003, 2008 as well as Linux 5.8 and 6.3
• Responsible for designing, administrating creating and documenting the new ACL policies enterprise LDAP.
• Administer Microsoft SCCM 2012 environment, including creating or editing security groups, application deployments (collections, advertisements, task sequences, and PowerShell scripts), patch management, general troubleshooting, log analysis, upgrade and recommendations on current infrastructure.
• Develop and migrate servers, relational databases (SQL) &websites to Microsoft azure cloud.
• Installing and configuring the windows server 2008R2 in production and development environment.
• Installing and upgrading the ESX/ESXi hosts and vCenters
• Upgrade the servers from 2003 to 2008R2 and 2012.
• Automatic patches deployment using TSM (Tivoli Endpoint Manager)
• Creating change records for Server builds for new servers to track the process.
• Migrating Virtual Machines between the data centers.
• Administration and troubleshooting DNS relative problems on Windows environment.
• Participated in UPS devices replacement in data centers.
• Architecture, design, install, configure VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), v Realize Operations Manager, vRealize Log Insight, vR Network Insight.
• Support & trouble-shooting bugs & issues faced by Air Watch Production and Enterprise users worldwide.
• Resolving High Incident Issues that directly impact customer's production.
• Assisting throughout the life-cycle of Air Watch products in technical terms including pre-sale support, implementation and post-sales support.
• Working closely with L3 to identify known issues & innovate permanent solutions for such issues.
• Guide to install and maintain Windows/Linux servers and Air Watch product components.
• Creating the Backup’s and restoring the data for servers on scheduled basis.
• Experience in decommissioned and rebuild the servers in Data Centers.
• Experience with Data Centers on small and large scale.
• Track the issues and document the development process for program references.
• Communicate with Subject Matter Experts/Users to resolve and clarify any issues that are raised during the development cycle. Supporting Disaster Recovery Planning and Activation. IIS Management.
• Scripting and automating tasks using VBScript and PowerShell.
• Manage access control within vRealize Operations Manager
• Experience in managing the operational dashboards, widgets, views and reports in vRO.
• Hands on design and development experience with vRealize Automation (vRA) and vRealize Orchestration (vRO
• Experience in WAN, VMPLS, VLAN, Routing, Firewall. Experience in DFS, DNS, GPO.
• Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines. Deploying VMs through Templates.
• Configured and Managed Windows Failover Clustering on 2012 Server for SQL environment (GUI mode and PowerShell)
• In depth knowledge of solutions such as server virtualization, high-availability clustering.
• Deployment and performance guides for Virtual Networking
• Managing and monitoring the ESXi hosts and clusters in vCenter.
• Creating estimated reports, pro-active capacity requirements, tuning and alerts in VCOPS.
• Design and deploy ESXi and VCenter Servers.
• Creating and Managing Data Stores (Fiber Channel,NFS),HA/DRS,SDRS/vStandard Switch/vDS,PortGroups,NIC-Teaming,Portchannel in ESXi hosts
• Performing vMotion, Cloning, Snapshot, FT, Update Manger, Host Profile, Manage OS Templates and Multipathing
• Manage NSX network components such as controller,edgegateway and distributed routers
• Create and Manage VXLAN and Manage ESXi cluster in NSX
• Plan and applying ESXi patches, upgrades using VUM.
• Periodic Firmware/BIOS/device driver updates on Cisco UCS, HP blade servers.
• Working with Network/Security team to resolve Network/Security related issues and Coordinate with vendor to resolve hardware issues for servers and application issues
• Responsible for attending change management meetings and submitting reports to management and follow ITIL Process
• Troubleshooting ESXi host and VMs performance issues.
• Involved VMware / Windows servers / Application upgrade projects and create design / process (Run Book) documents
• Applying VMware best practices to ESXi/vCenter environment and MS best practices to Windows environment and Capacity planning for VMware / Windows Servers pools.
• Managing DFS shares and user permissions.
• Migrating/upgrading complex Windows application from 2003 to Windows 2008 and 2012.
• Manage deploy software using SCCM 2012 R2. Manage LAB environment for new products and software’s.
• Remedy for managing the IR/PM tickets. Provided 24/7 support.
• Documented the update process from vSphere 5.5 and 6.0 including host patches, OS level upgrades, virtual switch changes and VM version upgrades.
• Experience in combining Linux servers to Active Directory to enforce password policy uniformly and simplify dual factor authentication.
• Configure and troubleshoot issues with DNS, DHCP, services including Terminal Services, IIS, Certificate Services, Active Directory Federation Services and hardware virtualization utilizing Hyper-V
• Deploying Web Apps and Creating Web-Jobs Sync on premises Active Directory users to office 365 with ADCONNECT and ADFS to make easy to user moving.
• Worked with Network team to troubleshoot misconfigured network, VLANs etc.
• Experience in building configuring various Application Servers like Microsoft IIS 5.0/6.0, MS-Proxy Server 2.0, ISA, DNS, WINS, DHCP, File and Printer Servers, FTP and Citrix
• Implemented and supported backup software like VERITAS net backup for configuring VMware image level backups and also OS level backs.
• Designed and implemented software update services and antivirus system for various data centers using SUS 2.0 and Symantec antivirus 10.0.
• Involved in supporting RHEL 4.x/5.x/6.x running on HP, Dell & Cisco HW and involved in patching using Yum repository and Satellite servers and also build RHEL servers using kickstart.
• Very Strong Scripting background VB, WMI, ADSI Scripting, Shell scripting, Vsphere Scripting using PowerCLI
• Handled VMware infrastructure VCentre Servers 4.0.0, 4.1 and clients VMs.
• Experience in IBM Blade Centre H series Blades HS12, HS22. With Fiber SAN DS3400.
• Experience in deploying Virtual Machines (VM’s) through Templates, Converting Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) Machines using Platespin, Double take and VMware convertor.
• Build various version of LINUX/UNIX for infrastructure and troubleshoot them. Linux 4.X to 6.X
• Created and installed Infrastructure requirement application, E.g. SCCM, SCOM, Casper, SEP etc.
• Experience with enterprise backup systems & disaster recovery operations; familiarity with SAN technologies; solid understanding of vSphere 4 implementation with shared storage fiber channel, ISCSI, NFS / VMFS strategies for performance & optimization.
• Establish user accounts and group policies and also troubleshoot the existing GPOs
• Implemented VDI (Virtual desktop infrastructure) technology using VMware VIEW 4.5/4.6
• Expertise with Disaster Recovery tools SRM 5.0 & Double Take, deployment of business-critical technologies - VMware SRM 4.0 and VMware View.
• Managed Active Directory by creating new accounts, resetting passwords, unlocking accounts, adding users and GP.
• Provided 24/7 production support for Windows/Virtual Servers.

Confidential,Santa Clara,California

Sr. System Admin (VMware/Windows/Wintel)

• Worked in Converged Infrastructure Operations Team with an Environment consisting of several hundred servers running on Win2003 R2, Win2008R2, Win 2012R2, vSphere 5.5/6.0.
• Building Win2012R2 Servers as per the requirements given, on the VCE vBlock.
• Resolving Tickets pertaining to Infrastructure Operations Team using Ticketing System.
• Working to maintain and resolve issues pertaining to shared folders on Isilon and EMC Celerra.
• Using Powershell scripts to automate processes pertaining to installing softwares on Windows Server 2012R2
• Administering and implementing Exchange 2007 & Exchange 2013.
• Managing and Troubleshooting issues with Win 2003, Win 2008 R2, Win 2012 R2 Servers.
• Working with VCE vBlock, vSphere 5.5/6.0 for managing the vCenters.
• Managing users on Exchange 2007 & Exchange 2013. Storage Zoning through Fabric interconnect.
• Coordinating with network teams for new network subnets and Creating Van and attaching it to network templates on UCS. Worked with SQL servers, administration, setting up data base.
• Implemented various configurations for creating new Azure profiles.
• Implemented and Manage VMware vRealize Orchestrator (vRO), VMware vRealize Automation (vRA), vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) and vblock.
• Worked on Hybrid cloud management of the enterprise using VMware vRealize Orchestrator (vRO), VMware vRealize Automation (vRA). Managed cloud servers on AWS EC2.
• Deployment of windows servers on Virtual environment using MDT tool and VM templates.
• Deploy, Maintain and monitor clusters and resource pools hosted on VSphere suite.
• Deployment of ESXi host and guest operating systems. Patching using Update Manager.
• As a part of data center consolidation performing P2V Migrations. Patching Production\DEV\Test servers.
• Handling technical issues of all on-shore and off-shore VDI pools. VDI pools entitlements.
• Working on production issues on windows servers hosted on different Data centers across the world.
• Working on ITSM Remedy tool for creating, accepting incidents and change requests.
• Handling decommissions of servers and single point of contact for all decommissions orders across the globe.
• Working on One time activities like DISK, RAM and CPU s up gradation\De-gradation, service level changes and Backup configurations as per change management process.
• Created Firewall Zoning policies for data-flows traversing third party vendor sites.
• Firewall Policy Optimization using third party tool Tufin to ensure better performance of the firewall.
• Successfully worked on design and deployment of mid to large scale SCCM infrastructures.
• Experienced using Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM) / Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to develop custom operating system images, patching solutions, troubleshooting and maintenance plans, Application Virtualization (App-V) and VDI
• Making servers complaint before delivering to the customer. Deploying patches using WSUS and SCCM.
• Creating groups, users and object in active directory.
• Expertise in planning, implementing, configuring the following SCCM Versions in a large Scale Environment in SCCM 2007 R3, SCCM 2012, MDT 2012, SMS. Migrating user mailboxes from Exchange 2007 to 2013.
• Security hardening and Monitoring of VM's & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) for Security Compliance.
• Working with Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), FTP.
• Strong Knowledge in creating various objects like User Accounts, Computer Accounts, and Auto logon accounts. Managed and troubleshoot Windows 2008/2012 R2 file servers, Active Directory, WINS, DHCP, DNS, FTP, IIS & storage servers. Updating service account passwords.

Confidential,Denver,CO

VMware/Windows System Administrator

• Design and deploy ESXi and VCenter Servers.
• Design and deploy HA Clusters and handle the ESX Hosts.
• Work with Network team and design the network for Chassis and blades.
• Install, configure the IBM. HP and Cisco UCS Blades, Chassis.
• Work with Storage team and design the storage requirements for VMWare environment.
• Creating estimated reports, pro-active capacity requirements, tuning and alerts in VCOPS.
• Installation and configuration of Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 virtual machines in ESX clusters.
• Create VMs on ESX hosts for installing, configuring and managing guest operating systems such as Windows server 2003, Windows 2008, Windows 2012. Execute P2V conversions for multiple physical servers.
• Trouble shooting issues related to VMware ESX host, VMware virtual center, HA, DRS, VMware update manager.
• Creating PowerShell and PowerCLI script for automating VM build process, worked with clones and snapshots of Virtual Machines. Sequence applications using APP-V sequencer and use full infrastructure to publish them.
• Part of the Data Center migration team, handling server backups and maintaining the server inventory list, getting server up and running after the Data Center migration.
• Created the Images for Windows and using those Images for bringing back the physical servers, which went down after migration. Performed the back up of virtual machines by taking snapshot.
• Establishing Single Sign on access between two applications using Active Directory Federation Service Software(ADFS).
• Administrating the Domain and Services, Active Directory, GPO, IIS (performing code loads on the production environment), Generating certificate request and Installing VeriSign certificate on the website.
• Day to day management and maintenance of the MS Windows server environment, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Backup Server, Antivirus, File Servers, etc.
• Executing seamless upgradeof vBlock infrastructure from vSphere, Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus switches to EMC VNX arrays per VCE released certification matrix.
• Responsible for testing and deploying Microsoft updates and service packs using WSUS and SCCM.
• Analyzing logs and Monitoring servers. Taking daily and weekly backups of servers using NT backup.
• Program and deploy custom FTP service application for customer support team worldwide
• Responsible for sending the WSUS and Symantec report weekly to all the engineers and have to make sure all the desktops are up to date with latest Microsoft updates and Symantec Definitions.
• Handling migration of Windows 2003 Servers to Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012 R2.
• VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates.
• Using Virtual center server for HA, DRS, and Vmotion and Storage Vmotion.
• Creating and Managing VMware cluster with HA and DRS.

Confidential,Cleveland,OH

Windows and VMware Admin

• Installed 2008 and 2012 Windows VM's in Virtual Datacenter.
• Installed, configured and deployment of VMware products such as VMware vSphere 5.x/6.x ESXi servers, Virtual Center Server 5.x.
• Experience in installing, configuring and successfully upgrading all hosts and vCenter servers from ESXi 4.x to ESXi 5.x. IIS, DNS, DHCP setup on various 2008, 2012 servers.
• Hands on exposure on VMware Data Protection, vCenter Operation Manager, vSphere Multi-Hypervisor Manager, vSphere Replication and VMware Site Recovery Manager.
• Cloning, deploying VM's to Template, Templates to VM's, VMotion, Storage VMotion etc.
• 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.
• Reconfigured all ESX network connectivity utilization including VLAN tagging and teaming and also the configuration of many dvSwitches, VLAN tagging. Migrating production VMs using Storage vMotion to new virtual datacenter with zero downtime.
• Configured storage LUNs for VMFS and raw disk mappings (RDM's) on an HP EVA 4400.
• Design and Plan the Upgrade to vSphere 5.x. Involved in DR design and planning.
• Installing, configuring & Managing Active Directory in Windows 2003. Active Directory Group policy management.
• Single-Forest and Multi-Domain Active directory administration for 5000+ USERS.
• Deploying, Configuring and Managing of Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers.
• Support and maintain VMware vSphere Server Virtualization Environment.
• Install configure and manage VM machines and templates.
• Converting physical machines to virtual machines. DNS & DHCP Management.
• Providing application virtualization solutions with APP-V, VMWare ThinApp.
• Coordination, support and troubleshooting of various IT Applications in Windows and Linux.
• Test and recommend Replication/Backup solutions for VMware, SAN and Disaster Recovery.
• Provision VMware Data store's and configure storage for Virtual Machines.
• Re -Designed Net Backup schedule and upgraded Oracle and SQL servers. Optimized system availability and equipped. Planning Backup/Restoration Strategy for 24x7 operation support.
• Suggesting patches/upgrades to maintain security level.
• Hands on experience with Windows 2000, 2003, 2008R2 and 2012R2 server.
• Involved in Installation and Configuration and Maintenance of Windows 2008/2003on HP Proliant Servers for Dev, Test and Production Instances. Interacts directly with executive level management for internal tasks and projects.
• Coordinated with external vendors to provide timely service and issue remediation.
• Provide On-site support, on call support UCS/ VMware (24X7), provides assistance in project related tasks, supporting the offshore team.

Confidential,Princeton,NJ

Jr. System Admin

• Managed Virtualization Environment using VMware ESX 4.x, VMware VSphere 5.x, Virtual Center, and VI Client. Updated and documented Helpdesk tickets with Remedy ticket system.
• Performed Computer Systems Repairs and services.
• Installation, Configuration, Administration and Troubleshooting of RHEL 5.x, AIX, ESX 4.x, 5.x, Vsphere 5.0, Virtual Center, VI Client. Creating and Managing Virtual Machines and Templates.
• Exposure to other Backup Technology - Backup Exec, EMC Avamar, EMC Networker, and Troubleshooting issues related to backup environment. Migration of Windows servers from VMware ESX 4.x to VMware ESX 5.x Farms.
• Installation and Configuration of networks, router/switches configuration and wireless access point/router with security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, Access Control Lists on router/switches, VLANs (port mapping, naming etc.), and routing IP address in both LAN/WAN and wireless networks.
• Creating Clusters for High Availability (HA) and Distributive Resource Scheduling (DRS).
• Configured Resource Pool, V Motion, Alerts, Alarms, NTP.
• Experience in iSCSI SAN, NAS, and NFS Storage and RAID technologies.
• Migrate Physical Servers to Virtual Server using VMware Converter (P2V Converter).
• Migrating of Virtual Machines using V Motion.
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.
• Creating Templates from VM’s, deploy VM’s from templates and allocate resource.
• Monitoring of Virtual Machine’s & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk and Network Utilization) for Security.
• Analyzing and reporting Virtual environment usage through VFoglight report and presenting the same to Site Lead and Stake holders. Installing, configuring and troubleshooting VMware. Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines.
• Working on VMware clustering like HA clusters using VC. Experienced running script to reboot windows.
• Responsible for software upgrades. Converting P2V and V2V using VMware Standalone Converter.
• Creating duplicate Virtual Machine’s using cloning technology (hot & cold). Migration of Virtual Machines using V-Motion.
• Creating Clusters for High Availability and Dynamic Resource Scheduling.
• Creation of Virtual Switches, Ports and Port groups and setting up Layer 2 Security Policies for Virtual Networks.
• Troubleshooting issues relating to Vmotion such as compatibility issues with help of event log.
• Setting up Users and Groups for access to the Virtual Center.
• Moving VM’s from one LUN to another LUN using Storage V-Motion.
• Ran PowerShell scripts to reconfigure the SQL databases, SQL Servers for the TempDB, MaxDOP and memory configurations. Root Cause & System Log Analysis and reporting.
• Performance tuning of VMware servers, Virtual sessions and management of server resources between Virtual Machines. Organize tasks, events and Configuring alarms.