SUMMARY:

• Willing to Relocate - VMware Systems, Red Hat Enterprise/SUSE Linux, Windows Server Administrator with strong experience in the area of Virtualization with Installation, Configuration, Administration, Support of Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, RHEL 5.x/6.x and VMware ESXi 3/ 4/5/ 5.1/5.5/6.0/6.5/6.5 U1 and vCenter Server 4/5/ 5.1/5.5/6.0/6.5/6.5 U1.
• IT professional with experience in infrastructure. I’ve administered and migrated Unix, Windows, VMware servers, SAN, NAS storage and enterprise Cisco and Brocade fabric in healthcare.
• Experience in RHEL/CentOS 5.x/6.x/7.x Server provisioning, Upgrades, Patching, Configuration and Performance Tuning in Linux and VMware environments.
• Over 5+ years of experience working as a Linux/Unix Systems Engineer and Administrator in high end server/client environment consisting multi-operating systems (with emphasis on Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux environment)
• Installation, configuration, maintenance, tuning and troubleshooting of servers running on Red Hat enterprise Linux6.x/5.x, Solaris 10, 11 and IBM AIX 6.1/5. x.
• Expertise in Systems Administration, Information Analysis, Server Deployment and support.
• Expertise in the area of Virtualization with Installation, Configuration and Administration of VMware ESXi 3/ 4/5/ 5.1/5.5/6.0/6.5/6.5 U1 and vCenter Server 4/5/ 5.1/5.5/6.0/6.5/6.5 U1.
• Automated the cloud deployments using chef, Python and AWS Cloud Formation Templates.
• Build server deployment on Cloud (EC2) servers with help of DevOps tools like Puppet.
• Experience in Implementing Organization DevOps strategy in various environment of Linux and windows servers along with adopting cloud strategies based on Amazon Web Services.
• Technical proficiency in Linux Servers, AWS Cloud, Chef Automation, Build and Release using Jenkins, Server and System Logging and Monitoring, Infrastructure setup and management.
• Expert in Windows server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016 Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Group Policy deployment to ensure standard computer settings, software distribution and security policy enforcement.
• Strong experience with the VMware HA (High Availability), FT (Fault Tolerance), DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler, network and performance issues.
• Possess good experience in Requirement, Design, Implementation and Integration of projects.
• Good project implementation experience, team skills, troubleshooting, presentation abilities and issue resolution capabilities.
• Support VMware networking implementation including creation of vSwitches, port groups, connection types, network traffic and, security policy setting, NIC Teaming, load balancing.
• Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) and Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) conversions of physical/virtual machines using VMware Converter, Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Storage vMotion
• Hands-on experience with installation, configuration, patching and troubleshooting, Experience in updating vSphere hosts using update manager, troubleshooting Windows Installer (MSI) & Windows Installer
• Knowledge of Shell script, RAID, LVM and Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) and Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) conversions using VMware Converter
• Configure SNMP with MRTG for traffic monitoring, CPU Process, Memory, Hard Disk usages
• Knowledge of monitoring tool like Nagios, Cacti, Monit, Snmp with Mrtg, Configures CDN (cloudflare)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Windows Server: 2008/2008 R2/2012/R2, 2016, DNS, DHCP, Windows Active Directory Services

Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6/, CentOS 5/6 servers, Ubuntu.

Microsoft Services: Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010, Outlook 2003/2007/2010, FTP, DFS, SCCM, SCOM Double Take Replication, WSUS LDAP, Windows clustering 2003/2008, Windows clustering 2003/2008/2012, Wintel server.

Virtualization: Microsoft Hyper-V, Exchange server2003, 2007, 2010 VMware workstation 5.0/6.0, VSphere 3.x/4.x/5.x & 6.x (ESX/ESXi server 3.x/4.x/5.x &6.x VCenter Server 3.x/4.x/5.x & 6.x), DRS, HA and FT, VMware update manager, P2V vConverter, VUM, ESXI Patch management, VCOPS, VRealize VMware, VMware View, DFS, DHCP & DNS servers.

Hardware s and storage: HP C7000 Chassis, HP Proliant Rack Mount, Dell Power Edge Server, Cisco UCS Server, iSCSI SAN, FC SAN, NAS, EMC VMAX, VNX, EMC SAN storage, HP Proliant DL & BL Series, BMC Blade Logic, PowerShell, Installation of Hardware, Cable Management, VMware SRM, Oracle SQL, CommVault.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Windows and Vmware System Administrator

• Managing Linux, Unix and Windows server infrastructure.
• Managing applications built on Apache, Tomcat and MySQL.
• Continuously support applications team with performance tuning.
• Performed upgrade of VCSA 6.5 to VCSA 6.5 U1 using VAMI interface and Windows server 2016, 2012 R2 servers.
• Managing Postfix mail servers.
• Used Remedy Tool for Incident Reports/Tickets, Change Management, and Request Management in Remedy by meeting the SLA requirements.
• Expertise in documentation part. Designed multiple MOPS (Method of Procedures) for various tasks involving Linux Administration, Kickstart Configuration, ESXI Installations, Network Configuration, Data store Configuration, DNS setup, AD setup, DHCP configuration, vSphere update manager, database monitoring in VMware vCenter server.
• Configured and Updated Kickstart or Scripted Installation for various ESXi hosts 5.1/5.5/6.0/6.5/6.5 U1.
• Expertise in upgrading ESXi hosts using VMware Update Manager
• Installed/upgraded ESXi hosts on DELL servers through IDRAC console
• Performed VMware vCenter upgrades for 5.0/5.5/6.0 to vCenter 6.5U1 and VCSA 6.5U1 with both GUI and Command line automated process.
• Performed vulnerability scanning on web applications and databases to identify security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Oversee Vulnerability assessment /penetration testing of scoped systems and applications to identify system vulnerabilities.
• Performed upgrade of VCSA 6.5 to VCSA 6.5 U1 using VAMI interface and Windows server 2016, 2012 R2 servers.
• Expertise in configuring JSON files for the vCenter upgrade process with Command line interface.
• Installed, configured and managed the entire Windows Server 2003/2208/2012, RHEL 5/6 environment running on HP/Dell/Cisco hardware as well as on virtual machines on VMware ESXi hosts.
• Management of VMware workstation, VMware server, vSphere and VMware ESXi5.x and Esxi6.0 server, vCenter server.
• Support of malfunctioning hardware; communication with Redhat/Sun Micro-system Vendors for software/hardware problems.
• Datacenter Server Management for new installs and maintenance; tracing cables and power supply circuit sources under floor boards, connecting to cisco devices.
• Successfully Migrated Win XP users to Windows 7 using USMT (User State Migration Tool).
• Attend meeting and discuss livelihood of existent projects and time frame plus administrator issues;
• Configured VM's HA, DRS, FT settings and also Configured permissions, Roles in VMware virtual center.
• Responsible for the installation, configuration and support of VMware and the daily management/monitoring of the virtual environment utilizing PowerShell and PowerCLI. Installed and configured multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6/, CentOS 5/6 servers on both Physical Blades and VMware ESXi Virtual Environment.
• Use of PowerPoint, Visio and other Microsoft tools to make up documents, presentations and network diagram.
• Following complete ITIL process.

Environment: VMware ESX 5.5/5.0/4.0, vSphere 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 & Windows Server 2016, 2012, vCloud Director, DISA, IDRAC VLAN, IDRAC

Confidential, Sterling, VA

Systems Engineer (Windows/ Vmware)

• Worked on Planning, design and installation of VMware ESX 5.5 environment.
• Build Windows 2003, 2008, 2008R2 and2012, 2012 R2 OS and deployment of 2003, 2008, 2008R2 and 2012, 2012R2servers.
• Upgrades VMware environment 5.1/5.5 to 6.0 and upgrades all operating systems from Windows .
• Design and Implementation of FAS2000, FAS3000 and FAS6000 Filer's
• Migrated Standalone servers using converters like PlateSpin and VMware converter. P2V and V2V migrations.
• Planning, Design and Implementation of VDI's using VMware Horizon.
• Virtualized around 1200 VM's, Data center migrations.
• Build Windows 2003, 2008, 2008R2 and2012, 2012 R2 OS and deployment of 2003, 2008, 2008R2 and 2012, 2012R2servers.
• Implementation of Public/Private cloud infrastructure using VMware vCloud Director.
• Perform technical expertise for Windows systems environments on issues related to servers, local services, data centers, server configuration.
• Maintained records for event, audit and application logs and Creating, Monitoring, Updating, and Closing support cases/tickets through Salesforce
• Monitored all Windows backup and perform fine tuning every 15 days.
• Automation of many task using VMware VRealize Automation center VCAC and implemented many custom workflows using VRealize Orchestrator vRO.
• Performed many hot/cold VM provisioning and P2V, V2V migrations using PlateSpin and VMware Converter.
• Updated Windows 2003, 2008, 2k12 servers using SCCM and also upgraded all security patches. Upgrades VMware tools in all VM's.
• Integrated VCAC with VCenter Server, VCloud Director vCD, vRealize Orchestrator vRO, VCenter Operations Manager vCops, vRealize Business vRB.
• VMware patch management using VMware Update Manager and updating all server Certificates.
• Distributed resources in the VMware infrastructure using Distributed Resource Scheduler DRS.
• Troubleshooting of daily production, dev and QAT issues. Assigned storage in SAN and creation of VMFS data stores.
• Hands on experience with EMC storage celerra and clarion, VNX and VMAX.
• Hands on experience in iSCSI, NFS, and fiber channel protocols, fiber channel cabling, switching, and zoning from hardware and VCenter.
• Upgrading the Server Builds. Upgrading the NIC from 4gig to 10gig, teaming and VLan tagging for redundancy and fault tolerance.
• Managed around 200+ hosts with more than 3500 virtual machines in this environment
• Expert in automation & orchestration platforms centered on VMware VRealize.
• Installed and configured Nagios system; performed regular system and network monitor.
• Install and Management of VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and Patch management.
• Using VMware Update Manager for ESX server and Monitoring & resolving all the P1/P2/P3 tickets in our queue using windows and HPSM 9.0.
• Installed and configured vSphere ESXi on HP blade/Rack servers/Cisco UCS.
• Experience with VMware system patching using Update Manager.
• Implementation and Management of VMware workstation, VMware server, vSphere and VMware ESXi5.x and Esxi6.0 server, vCenter server, VI Client, VMware tools and VMware update manager etc. for Windows as well as Linux environment.
• Project management and documentation of technical procedures and instruction for team use and placing onto a Sharepoint network.

Environment: VMware ESX 5.5/5.0/4.0, vSphere 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 & Windows Server 2012R2/2008R2/2012/2003, Active Directory, vCops, VRops, Solar Winds, RVtools, DISA, VMware Horizon view 5.5, HP Proliant Servers, Dell Hardware, VMAX, VNX, CIA, Citrix XenApp 6.0 etc. PowerCLI

Confidential

Junior IT Engineer (Server-Windows, Network & Storage)

• Gathered business requirements. Developed business concepts into Use Cases, Class Diagrams, Component Diagrams.
• Managed individual project deliverables. Performed Root-Cause Analysis.
• Administrating production of server’s /network infrastructure that includes Windows Administration of Domain Controllers, IIS Web Servers, Exchange Mail Servers, print Servers, System Management Servers (SMS), Terminal Servers, RAS and File servers on Windows 2003 and windows 2000 in the data center/server farm.
• Installed, configured and managed the entire Windows Server 2003/2208/2012, RHEL 5/6 environment running on HP/Dell/Cisco hardware as well as on virtual machines on VMware ESXi hosts.
• Create and maintains all templates/images within in different virtualized environments through VMware vCenter server.
• Directed and scheduled everyday activities, host meetings and bridges of systems engineers, SQL DBAs and developers to support multiple datacenters.
• Installing and configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6 on ESXi 5.0/5.5/6.0 based environment residing on Dell/HP/CISCO blades as required for both Lab/Production.
• Responsible for the installation, configuration and support of VMware and the daily management/monitoring of the virtual environment utilizing PowerShell and PowerCLI. Installed and configured multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6/, CentOS 5/6 servers on both Physical Blades and VMware ESXi Virtual Environment.
• Provide support for mail, DNS, Proxy and Linux/ Unix OS support.
• Installation, Configuration and management of SQUID proxy servers with ACL's.
• Manage web proxy appliances such as Macafee web appliance, Content Keeper appliances for URL filtering and reporting.
• Designed and management of proxy auto-config file (.pac) for all locations of Siemens India.
• Implemented and management of Nginx reverse proxy to customize and secure internal application for restricted users.
• Build and Implement SUSE Linux servers.
• AIX system administration support.
• Implemented SAMBA server with Windows AD authentication and support for the same.
• Configuration of VSFTPD based Linux Server.
• Scheduling recurring tasks using Cron.
• Work experience of ticketing tools like Remedy, CA Management and Service now to track the team efforts.
• Followed standard ITIL processes in work environment.
• Responsible for the entire lifecycle process from server installation to decommission.
• Worked proactively in problem management through routine performance analysis, trend analysis, logs analysis of servers.
• Setup and maintain Master/Slave DNS server using BIND for multiple zones, configuring round robin load balancing of servers.
• Co-ordinate with third party vendors for hardware related issues.
• Prepare technical documents.

Environment: VMware ESX 5.5/5.0/4.0, vSphere 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 & Windows Server 2012R2/2008R2/2012/2003