SUMMARY:

• 10+ years' experience as a Citrix, VMware and Windows System Administrator.
• Experience in Installation (Server Build) of all type of Windows Operating Systems (2000/03/08 R2 server), VMware and Application software under multi - platform environments, deployment & monitoring servers, disk quota management & distributed file systems.
• Hands on Experience on VMware ESX 4.0/5.0 /5.5 Servers.
• SAN Storage zoning and Provisioning storage to windows servers and VMware environment.
• Installed Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 and manage the farm through Studio and Director Access Management Console.
• Migrated the Windows Infrastructure from one Datacenter to another Datacenter
• Experience working in complex directory environments with experience supporting Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory (AD). virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) using VMware Horizon View.
• Good exposure to Enterprise level Hardware and tool framework (HP, DELL, IBM).
• Designed and implemented Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, and AD Enabled applications.
• Microsoft applications including WINS, DNS, DHCP, SQL, printing, Proxy, IIS, Active Directory, SMTP, FTP, and Domain Controllers.
• Monitored and Managed Citrix Metaframe Presentation Servers using Edge Site citrix tool.
• Created a test Environment in Citrix or VMware for Production Team to test their applications
• Built VMware session on ESX 3.0/4.0/5.0 Server, Cloning, and Creating Templates
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of ESX VMOTION, SVMOTION, HA and DRS including vSphere Update Manager, VMware Data Recovery, vCenter Lab Manager and vCenter Orchestrator.
• Experience in P2V, V2V MIGRATION using VMware Converter / Plate Spin 6.8.x. Creating host and client VM templates and cloning.
• Experience in iSCSI SAN, NAS, NFSstorage and RAID (0, 1, 10, 01, and 5) concepts.
• Configured Hardware monitoring across the organization using HP SIM and or IBM Director
• Exposure to Disaster Recovery (Platespin/Double Take tools), High availability, VCenter operations Manager, Windows deployment service.
• Experience in Windows 2008, Windows 2003, Windows 2000 standalone & cluster servers
• Hard working individual with excellent intercommunication skills to deal with both technical and non-technical departments.
• Flexible and adaptive to new environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003, Windows 2008 and 2012R2Server, Windows NT 4 Server and Workstation, Windows XP, Windows Vista (Professional and Home)

Networking Protocols: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, WINS, Active Directory, Terminal Services, FTP

Virtualization: VMware ESX 4.0,5.0,5.5, Putty, Vmconverter, VMware vSphere, VM vCenter server, VMware vMotion, VMware view, VMware ThinApp, VMware Workstation, VMware Player, Xenserver, Microsoft Hyper V, vCloud Manager, Vcloud Directory

Terminal Application Servers: Citrix Metaframe PS 3.0/4.0/4.5 and XenApp 4.5/5.0/6.5, PVS, Xen Desktop7.6 VDI infrastructure

Databases: SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 , Oracle8i, 9i, 10g, MS-Access, My SQL

Storage: ISCSI, SAN, NAS, DAS

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, DC

VMware Administrator, Windows Admin

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining around 65+ VMware ESXi 5.5 Hosts& 700+ guest virtual machines (VMs) in DataCenter.
• Installed and configured vCenterServers and also configured Clusters and resource pools for virtual datacenters.
• Experience with Cisco UCS and HP c7000 blade chassis administration
• Working in data center checking the connectivity from HP C7000 to SAN, Juniper MX960 and supporting the hard ware issues in the lab.
• Installed, configured and maintained Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008 Operating Systems.
• P2V conversions of Windows 2000, Windows 2003 & 2008 servers using VMware Converter.
• Designed and implemented fully automated DRS and HA clusters with HP servers and Hitachi SAN storage.
• Build, configure and deploy VMware Virtual Machines and templates.
• Creating and managing multiple snapshots.
• Configured Clusters for the ESXihosts and created Anti-Affinity rules in the DRS to either keep the VMs together or separate them on ESXi hosts.
• Data center Migrations, Horizon View 7.3- Virtual desktop infrastructure, cloud computing, vRealize Automation, vRealize Operations Manager, vRealize Orchestrator, vCloud Air
• Created Standard and Distributed Switches (dvSwitch) in the vCenterservers for making use of best network design and stability across the vCenterservers.
• Installed and configured vCenterupdatemanager for installing ESXi patches and also to upgrade ESXi Kernel.
• Took active part in troubleshooting vCenter and ESXi issues and also in system hardware failures.
• Migrating infrastructure VMs from vshpere ESXi hosts.
• Configuration of VMotion, vSwitch, and VLAN in VMware Virtualcenter.
• Created resource pools and added VM's into the pools.
• Providing and maintaining user access in VMware virtual Center, configuring mail alert for any failure in HA, DRS, CPU and memory.
• Working on troubleshooting the triggered alarms generated from VMware vCenter Server and solving the SNMP traps rise in vcenter.
• Responsible for performing monthly patching on infrastructure servers.
• Using Hot Plug feature for increasing the performances of virtual machine.
• Troubleshooting Backup & Restore issues and provide Root Cause Analysis in client format.
• Responsible for generating monthly CaaS usage reports to management for billing purpose.
• Research, troubleshoot, and resolve system performance issues and outages.
• Validating and supporting new cloud solutions. This involves UAT, ORT testing and driving operational requirements. Outputs include Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Execution and Production Verification.
• Provided 24/7 on call support for offshore team.
• Symantec antivirus console management, updating antivirus definitions through centralize Symantec antivirus server.
• Worked on Vsphere Data Protection for virtual machine backups and disaster recovery.
• Managed separate VMware clusters like QA, Development and Production.
• Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware Capacity planner.
• VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates.
• Migrated datacenters and converted physical servers to virtual servers using VMware Converter.
• Created and Managed resource pools for Virtual Machines
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESXi servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual center server for HA, DRS.
• Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the VMotion and Storage VMotion.
• Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) and internal storage.
• Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network, ESX & Virtual Machines
• Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates

Environment: vSphere 5.1, 5.5, Desktop Virtualization (VDI), Vapp, VApp Template, VCOPS, VSAN, Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2

Confidential, San Rafael, CA

VMware/Citrix Admin

Responsibilities:

• Consolidating physical servers to virtual infrastructure.
• Management of VMware vCloud infrastructure hosted using VCD 5.1 and 5.5.
• Installation of Vsphere/ESX 5.0/5.5, VC server, VI client and SQL Database connectivity.
• Involved in day-to-day activities of remote maintenance / troubleshooting of Windows Server & VMware ESX servers’ in production / lab environment.
• Troubleshooting of VMware ESX server 5.x, online/Offline sVmotion data store migration activity
• Creating Host profiles on Vsphere 5.5 hosts
• Configuring DRS.
• Implemented and designed cloud solution based on VMware VCloud Director for users.
• Server build for physical server on HP hardware DL380 & DL580 for Windows 2000/2003
• Installation, troubleshooting & performance issues related to VM
• Making templates for different servers as per business requirements.
• Monitoring ESX hosts and resolving critical alerts reported.
• Installing windows server 2008 R2 for different roles.
• Deploying GPO for user and computer objects.
• Post installation configurations.
• Creating host records on DNS for web server.
• Analyzing Client’s environment, existing infrastructure and proposing a solution.
• Deploying and configuring Citrix Access Gateway to leverage connectivity for external users.
• Deploying Web interface/XenApp sites for thick, thin and mobile clients.
• Configuring Citrix /TS license servers in enterprise.
• Deployed different farms for different verticals according to the business requirements.
• Assessing the possible scope for virtualization and planning the virtualization.
• Installing and configuring Xen server, planning the storage and network.
• Configuring HA, fail over with Xen Motion and setting DR environment in backup site for primary Xenserver pool.
• Configuring template for XenApp 6.0
• Configuring Xen Desktop farm and provisioning server farm.
• Planning HA and DR for XenApp and Xen Desktop.
• Deploying DDC and provisioning services, deploying VDI.
• Configuring golden image for windows7 and optimizing VDisks.
• Streaming application using Citrix profiler/App-V.
• Deploying Citrix clients with SCCM 2005 and GPO.
• Printer configurations on Citrix servers.
• Configuring Citrix policies, configuring load evaluator and configuring Edgesight monitoring.
• Provisioned ESXi Clusters and Infrastructure services across VBlock platform using EMC Unified Infrastructure Manager and its integration with vCloud Director.
• Migrating XP farm to PS 4.0.
• Participating in the Load test and sanity testing.
• Analyzing the application candidates for Citrix environment.
• Documenting the standard operational process for support groups.
• Documenting play books for help desk.
• Attending and resolving escalated issues.

Environment: vSphere 5.1, 5.5 vCloud Manger 5.1, 5.5, Desktop Virtualization (VDI), Vapp, VApp Template, vCloud Director (vCD), VCOPS, VSAN, Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R

Confidential, Melbourne, FL

VMware Engineer, vCloud Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performing installation, configuration and administration of VMware ESX 4.0, VSphere 4.1 & ESXi 5.0 hosts and virtual machines.
• Managing security permissions for access to VMWare virtual center.
• Created templates on windows 32/64 bit and updating vm’s and using templates with update manager for migration from 4.1 to 5.0 environments.
• Worked on cisco routers and cisco 1900, 2900 series switches.
• Virtualized 450+ servers using Vmware converter.
• VMware vCloud 1.5 to 5.5 installation/configuration/administration and troubleshooting issues in vCloud.
• Expertise in virtualization solutions based on VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0/4.1, ESX 4.1/4.0, Vcenter 5.0/4.1/4.0.
• Worked closely with other departments/organization and collaborating with other IT staff.
• Administration and troubleshooting Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and DFS issues.
• Installation and configuration of Microsoft SQL 2008 on failover cluster.
• Deployed VApp workflow is to provide a single call workflow that can instantiate a VApp Template from vCloud Director (vCD) and performing a number of operations on the resulting VApp before deploying and powering it on.
• Worked on protocols - LDAP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, NTP, and FTP.
• Datacenter/Server consolidation and virtualization using VMware technologies experience with continuity of operations for large-scale virtualized data centers; strong knowledge of VMware ESX and VI3.x, and VMware vSphere 4 features including VMotion, HA, Virtual SMP, Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS) and vSwitch design
• Installing patches on Microsoft windows servers and VMware ESX hosts.
• Design and Implemented VMware SRM 4.5 in Proof of Concepts projects
• Extensive knowledge in installing, managing and supporting the Active Directory Environment
• Experience with large number of P2V and V2V migrations using VMware/Platespin and doubletake convertor tools
• Planned and implemented future IT developments and undertaking project work.
• Proactively address network, storage, or system performance issues with assistance from the Enterprise Engineering team.
• Documented the virtual infrastructure.
• Hands on experience on Automation and deployment of all virtual machines
• Worked on VIEW 4.5 Application packaging using the VMware ThinApp 4.5.
• Deployed, secured, analyzed, administered and troubleshoot VMware VI3.5 platforms
• Knowledge of maintaining business continuity and performing Disaster Recovery (DR) using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
• Implemented VDI solutions using VMware ESX hypervisor on HP ProLiant DL 360 G6 and BL 480 G6 servers.
• Installed/configured and troubleshoot VMware VCloud Director and administrating multiple labs and test environment.
• Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) and internal storage.
• Assisted the development and execution of enterprise workstation remote imaging deployment methodology.
• Worked with infrastructure team to build and deploy standardized desktops.

Environment: vSphere 5.1, 5.5 vCloud Manger 5.1, 5.5,ESXi hosts, VMs, VMware ESXi Servers, HP C7000/Cisco UCS Blade Server, View 5 Desktop Virtualization (VDI)

Confidential, San Jose,CA

VMware/Windows Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installing and Maintaining Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers.
• Worked with all components of HP (Smart Start, Insight Manager, Diagnostics, Network Configuration Utility, etc.)
• Teaming NIC's using HP Teaming software for redundancy during failures.
• Update patches on Servers Working Experience with Active Directory Components (AD Users and Computers, DNS, DHCP and WINS etc.)
• Resolved Problems related to Disk Space Usage.
• Migration/ upgrading from Windows server 2003 to Server 2008.
• Resolved problems related to performance metrics such as Processor Usage, Memory etc.
• Perform day-to-day operation and troubleshooting of VMs.
• Keep Virtual hardware and VMware tools updated to keep a healthy environment
• Maintaining Print servers, Application servers and File Servers.
• Responsible for day-to-day administration and monitoring of Windows 2003, Terminal servers
• Work with storage team to create LUNs/NFS and Map it to VMware vSphere ESX (i) hosts.
• Experience in installing and configuring vSphere ESXI 3.5 on HP blade servers and Cisco UCS blade servers
• Performing Installation, Configuration, and troubleshooting vCenter server
• Experience in configuring VMware standard vSwitch & dvSwitch.
• Experience in configuring VMware virtual machine port groups, consoleports groups, VMKernel port groups and VLANs.
• Experience in installing and configuring VMware Virtual Center servers and VMware vCenter Appliance.
• Managed VMware ESX (i) hosts using vSphere client and Web client.
• Played a vital role in Creating Virtual Machines, cloning virtual machines, converting P2V (used standard
• VMware converter tool), VM-Provisioning taking Snapshots of virtual servers, HA, DRS, VMotioning.
• Experience on creating host profiles and deploy to hosts in a VMware clusters.
• Created and documented process for deploying Virtual machines on VMware.
• Experience in Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP
• Define acceptable performance threshold for CPU/HDD/RAM utilization for assigned servers and monitor them regularly.
• Installing and configuring quota management in windows 2008
• Installing and configuring Hyper-V in Windows 2008.
• Remote Administration using terminal service
• Generating reports software compliance using ESM
• Monthly Health reports for all the servers and network devices
• Monitoring ILL Bandwidth and latency
• Backup and recovery of system state backup
• Backup and Recovery Management using EMC Networker
• Validating Backup Tapes.
• Install and configuring mail accounts, configure mail accounts to end users.
• Involved in server hardware planning &implementation changes
• Looked after VMware infrastructure
• Engaged in installation, configuration and troubleshooting of VcenterServer
• Developed templates for cloning
• Looked after Users &Groups Active Directory
• Configured different Internal Applications &Language Conversion Tools like Systran
• Involved in installation configuration of storage and managed disks using RAID levels
• Engaged in Hardware & Software RAID Management

Environment: vSphere 5.1, 5.5 vCloud Manger 5.1, Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 9X/2K/XP/7.

Confidential, Boston, MA

VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation of ESX server and creation of VMs and install different guest OS.
• Installation of VC server and Installing Virtual center components.
• Updating ESX host’s using Vmware Update manager.
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines.
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter.
• Working on VMware clustering like HA and DRS clusters using VC.
• Working on Migration concepts like Vmotion and cold migration, Storage Vmotion
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
• Managing an ESX server host from Virtual center.
• Creating Virtual switch.
• Connecting to ESX server by using VIC, putty and Web access.
• Working on networking concepts like creation Vswitches, different types of port groups, Nic
• Environment: Windows 2000/2003, SMS, IIS 6.0, Microsoft WWSUS, Windows XP, VMware ESX Server, VMware Workstation

Environment: Windows 2000/2003, SMS, IIS 6.0, Microsoft WWSUS, Windows XP, VMware ESX Server, VMware Workstation