SUMMARY

• Certified VMware Consultant with over all Seven years’ Experience in System Administration & VMware Virtualization Infrastructure with extensive e xperience in consolidation, management, administration and maintenance of virtual infrastructure and clients.
• Design, install, maintain the virtual infrastructure using ESXi & ESX, vSphere, vCenter server, Lab Manager, vCloud Director, VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), vRealize Operations Manager, VMware NSX, Horizon view, Workspace One, VMware Airwatch, App volumes.
• Experience in virtualization and cloud computing environment with VMware Horizon View 5.x, 6.x and 7.0 with Cloud Pod Architecture . Creating and updating golden images, managing the desktop pools.
• Sound knowledge on ESXi Architecture, guest OS installation, setting up of Virtual Machine priorities, Cloning, Templets, Snapshots.
• Experience in P2V, V2V Migration using VMware vCenter Converter/Plate Spin Power Convert.
• Strong understanding with VMware Networking concepts like creation of vSwitches, Port groups, NIC Teaming and vLAN.
• Practical work experience in install, maintain, monitor and troubleshoot the hardware Blade/Rack Nodes in the datacenters, Configuring Zoning for Storage and SAN Switches.
• Experience with x86/x64 Intel, HP, Dell hardware like Blade servers, Rack mounted servers, desktops, laptops and other peripherals.
• Knowledge about SAN/vSAN configuration and implementation, Storage components like Internal storage, attached storage, SAN switches, HBA, LUN and Mapping, RAID groups, Volume groups.
• Installation of Citrix Presentation server / Xen app 5.0 & Citrix Client Tools.
• Designing and configuring of vRealize Automation workflows and schemas.
• Systems and network administration, Windows 2003/2008, 2012/16 servers and Linux appliances with best practices.
• Experience in Active Directory, GPO, DNS, DHCP, File share & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), FTP, Terminal Server, Microsoft Clustering and ISA Server.
• Experience with Chef to manage development machines that run under VMware Fusion or VMware Workstation.
• Experience in Managing Multiple Windows Systems with Microsoft SCCM 2007/12/16 providing Patch Management, Remote Control, Software Distribution and OS deployment .
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts (i.e. Configuration of Networks, Router Configuration and Wireless Security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering and Routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel and Wireless Networks).
• Provided on - call troubleshooting support for corporate datacenters on Windows servers, SQL, VMware environment, and Exchange 2013 servers.
• Used PowerShell to automate the Tasks and Schedule Backup, Maintenance jobs on servers.
• Experience with Veeam/ AVAMAR Backup and Replication products .
• Experience with ServicNow\Remedy Tool for ticketing process on fixing Incident Reports and creating change requests according to environment changes and Datacenter Migrations.
• Familiar with Data Center/Server Farm environment like Servers Deployment, Maintaining AC cooling, Environmental Sensing Devices, Power and UPS monitoring.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware: ESX 3.x, 4.x, ESXi 4.x, 5.x, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, VCenter, Horizon View VDI (v 5,6,7), NSX 6.x, App Volumes, User Environment Manager (UEM), VMware Standalone Converter, VMware Airwatch, vIDM, UAG 3.5

Monitoring & Capacity Planning: vCenter Operations Standard(vROPs), Capacity IQ, Solar Winds Virtualization Manager

Operating Systems: Windows 2003, 2008 R2, 2012, 2016, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Microsoft Services: AD, PowerShell, DNS, Cluster, Exchange 2010/13, O365, Windows Hyper-V

Storage Hardware: NetApp 8.1, EMC CX 340, VNX 5300 & Dell Power Edge M620, M100E, M710, HP EVA 8400

Backup & Replication: Dell EMC Networker, Avamar, VEEAM/ AVAMAR Backup & Replication, Zerto replication

Technical Applications: Fiddler, Wireshark, Office 365, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), PlateSpin Power convert, Power Recon, Solar winds, vShield Edge

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Infrastructure Engineer

Confidential, Wayne, PA

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing and creating business models, logical specifications and/or user requirements to provide solutions for the Windows/VMware platform environments.
• Creating, managing and Monitoring ESXi Platforms and Datastores using vCenter Server and Analyze and execute Horizon View Performance tuning strategies using vROP’s.
• Creating host profiles and deploy it to multiple ESXi nodes from vCenter servers.
• Building and managing VMware Horizon 6.3.2/6.7/7: View Connection server, View composer, Unified Access Gateway.
• Added Cloud Pod Architecture for Horizon view environment with High Availability and distributed processing load between two horizon production Datacenters.
• Created and managed Virtual Desktop pools (Floating and Dedicated) in Horizon environment for 1600 plus users with 10,000 VDI desktops and growing every month.
• Played a vital role in building gold images for multiple desktop pools and cloning gold images using guest customization specs according to requirement, provisioning linked clones by taking Snapshots of GI.
• Published RDSH applications and Desktops via Horizon environment.
• Responded to server down alerts in a timely manner and brought them up via HP iLO/ Dell DRAC and update the firmware for vXRail and HP hardware.
• Built and Supported Enterprise print environments (Windows Print management, Ringdale Print management with Canon Printers, Y-Soft print management for Xerox Printers.
• Implementing the application architecture, creating system procedures and working with engineers to ensure that the applications functions normally.
• Installed, Configured and Administering Microsoft Windows 2008/12/16 servers across all Datacenters.
• Participating in Scrum meetings, communicating with Business Analysts, Engineers, Change Control Analysts, and Risk Analysis to understand the business needs and implement proposed solutions into a functional design.
• Creating Vanguard Windows Endpoints; developing standard process documents and guidelines and working on tools and applications necessary to ensure optimal performance of Vanguard’s endpoint business systems.
• Developed PowerShell scripts to automate various tasks in Exchange 2013 and provide support for O365 .
• Provided support to troubleshoot and resolve the issues with Security applications, Networking, GPO for business applications .
• Maintaining and optimizing application platforms; submitting and implementing controlled changes to comply with auditing and systems support requirements.
• Experience in managing endpoints with SCCM by providing Patch Management, Remote Control, Software Distribution and OS deployment.
• Provide planning, installation, testing and technical support for company applications.
• Provide Tier III level support for network issues that come through the customer support center.
• Document all infrastructure utilizing Visio and creating crossing training plan to integrate VDI support and knowledge throughout EUS Desktop Engineering.

Environment: VMware ESXi 5.x/6.x, VMware Horizon View 6.x, 7.x, VMware Unified Access Gateway (UAG 3.5 and 3.8), VMware Airwatch, Workspace One, VMware Identity manager, Windows Server 2008R2/12/16, Active Directory, Exchange, O365, Ringdale Print management, Y-Soft Xerox Print management, Windows Print management, Splunk Cloud, HP ProLiant Servers and Dell EMC Hardware (VxRail E560), HP ProLiant BL 460c Gen8.

Senior VDI Administrator

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, implement and maintain VMware infrastructure (ESXi 6.5/6.0/5.5 on VMware vCenter 6.5 environment and VMware Horizon View 6.2.3)
• On-Site at a University Health facility working with their IT staff to help them roll out a new Horizon View 6.2.3 environment.
• Configuring and managing VMware ESXi nodes on Dell Chassis M1000.
• Responsible for successfully upgrading all ESXi 5.1 to ESXi 6.5 hosts from and vCenter servers to vSphere 6.5
• Coordinating procurement, installation, and configuration of any new hardware or software required to support the upgraded environment configuration.
• Managed VMware ESXi hosts using vSphere client and Web client. Performing vMotion and storage vMotion. Creating Clusters for High Availability and Dynamic Resource Scheduling.
• Creating host profiles and deploy to hosts in VMware clusters.
• Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS).
• Reconfigured all ESXi network connectivity utilization including VLAN tagging and teaming on dell switch.
• Creating and Troubleshooting Virtual Networks and vSwitches.
• Migrating production VMs using Storage vMotion to new Datacenter with zero downtime.
• Configured storage LUNs for VMFS on Dell EqualLogic PS6210.
• Troubleshooting SAN related issues and firmware upgradations of SANs in VMware and dell EqualLogic storage.
• Installing, configuring and troubleshooting VMware Horizon View 5.3.2 & 6.2.3.
• Experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting VMware View Composer and View Connection Manager to make virtual desktop infrastructure efficient and to simplify desktop administrative management tasks.
• Creating clones, templates, taking Snapshots for golden images VM’s and patching the updates to all servers.
• Building new Golden images for Persistence and Non-Persistence desktops for VDI Environment.
• Worked with each department to determine what applications they need and the best way to deliver them that provides the best user experience.
• Responsible for deploying, managing, and maintaining Dell blade server (Power Edge M620, M630) and Dell Storage.
• Provide on-call support, troubleshooting, incident notification and resolution, problem management and root cause identification.
• Creating documentation for core competencies and creating crossing training plan to integrate VDI support and knowledge throughout EUS Desktop Engineering.
• Provide detailed plan to address requested changes - to include technical specifications, effort quantification and resource estimate.

Environment: Windows 2008/20012 R2/2012, Windows 10/Win 7, VMware ESX 5.1,5.5,6.5 Server, Dell PowerEdge Blade and rack servers, Dell EqualLogic PS6100, PS6210 storage, Dell Chassis M1000, Remote desktop services.

VMware Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Design, Implement and troubleshooting VMware platforms like vCenter server 5.5, VMware NSX, vRealize Operation, VMware Converter 5.5
• Administration of VMware ESXi nodes on HP Chassis 7000, DL380P GN8.
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESXi nodes, vCenter servers using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades.
• Using Chef to provision and manage VMs with VMware vCenter. Chef's knife-vsphere plugin lets you integrate Chef with existing vSphere Client installation. By using knife to list, clone, and delete VMs that are managed with vCenter.
• Installing and managing VMware View 5.3 environment which includes components like VMware Connection, Composer, Security servers.
• Creating and updating golden images and recompose the desktop pool according to requirements.
• Played a vital role in creating Virtual Machines, cloning virtual machines, converting P2V (used standard VMware converter tool), VM-Provisioning (Linked clones, Full clones) taking Snapshots of virtual servers while updating the servers.
• Managed VMware ESXi platforms using vCenter server and vSphere client. Performing vMotion, storage vMotion, HA, DRS. Creating clusters for High Availability and Dynamic Resource Scheduler.
• Experience on creating host profiles and deploy to hosts in VMware clusters.
• Validating existing infrastructure and suggesting new network designs according to requirement.
• Experience with vSphere Host Profiles, Standard and Distributed Switches setup. LUN creation and storage mapping administration and configuring multi pathing.
• Handled the VMware NSX solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS). Provided day-to-day system administration and technical support for Windows 2003, 2008, 2012 Servers and Azure.
• Experience in Managing Multiple Windows Systems with Microsoft SCCM 2012/16 providing Patch Management, Remote Control, Software Distribution and OS deployment.
• Experience in Installation, Configuration and integration of NetApp filers with the Windows and UNIX environment
• Installing and configuring consoles for any new Servers, Storage Devices, Routers and Switches. Audit data center spares, cabinets, rows, hardware, and fiber and patch cables and cross connects specifics for periodic reports.
• Performed maintenance for windows servers (2008,2012) with security patches from Microsoft and Creating users, editing user login scripts and granting permission to directories and shared files. Managing groups permissions and administrator rights according to business requirement.
• Attending new project call and provide solution, suggestion for the environment setup based on business requirement as per the standard.
• Provide on-call support, troubleshooting, incident notification and resolution, problem management and root cause identification.

Environment: Exchange Server 2003, Windows 2003/2008 R2/2012, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, Linux Servers, PowerCLI, Chef, VMware ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5/6.0 , PowerShell, VMwareESX4.0, VMware NSX 6.2, VCAC5.1, 5.2 VMware View, VMware Lab Manager, VMware converter 4, P2V, V2V, VMotion, HP DL360PG6, G7, G8.

VMware/Windows Engineer

Confidential, Irving, TX

Responsibilities:

• Designing / Deploying / Managing of VMware Products include vSphere, vCenter, vCenter Operation Manger.
• Implementation of VMware, Cisco and EMC based virtualized infrastructure for enterprise scale deployments.
• Installation and configuration of ESXi 5.0/5.1 in New- HP ProLiant series Servers in a core new Datacenter.
• Installation and configuration of Windows servers (2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012R2) VM’s in the ESXi clusters.
• By using Chef, I was managing and developing machines that run under VMware Fusion or VMware Workstation. With Chef community's knife-vSphere plugin I was integrating with existing vSphere Client installations.
• Managing and monitoring vCenter Servers, Clusters and resource pools for CaaS (Computing as a Service) instance builds.
• Worked on vCOPS 5.8/5.7 configuration and performance analysis on vSphere 5.5 infrastructure.
• Migrating infrastructure VMs from vSphere ESXi hosts and Configured vMotion, vSwitch, and VLAN in VMware vCenter.
• Administrated the environment having about 100+ hosts and about 3000+ VMs.
• Creating and Configuration of virtual machines, installing VM Tools into VM’s and allocating for end user.
• Creating and deploying of Templates and Snapshots for Virtual Machines.
• Manage VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), vMotion and High Availability (HA) Clusters.
• Creating and configuring vNetwork Standard Switch (vSwitch) and Distributed Virtual Switch (dvSwitch).
• Configuration of different Port Groups Policies, applying security policy and Traffic Shaping.
• Experience in troubleshooting Level 3 issues on the NetApp filers in SAN and NAS environments.
• Performed Hot Cloning, Cold Cloning, and Classic vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Security hardening and Monitoring of VM’s & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) for Security Compliance.
• Configuration, Administration and Monitoring HA, Fault Tolerance and DRS Clusters in Virtual Center Server.
• Designing and Deploying Active Directory Domain. Installing and Configuring DNS Servers and DHCP Server.
• Implementing Active Directory Sites and Services for optimizing the replication and logon traffic.
• Setting up the UCS Servers from the scratch such as configuring Fabric inters connectors and MDS Switch for Cisco UCS.
• Creating Service profiles and performing day to day operations of Cisco UCS.
• Worked extensively with team in case of Cisco UCS failure and fixing the issues.
• Ensure compliance of all Standard Operating Procedures and other network related procedures for the SAN environment.
• Daily duties Involve Storage allocations/ de-allocations from VMAX and Brocade Switched Zonings and planning for migrating production from DMX to VMAX, VNX 5500.

Environment: Exchange Server 2003, Windows 2003/2008 R2/2012, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, Linux Servers, PowerCLI, DMX, VMware ESXi 4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5 , PowerShell, VMwareESX4.0, VCAC5.1,5.2 VMware View, VMware NSX 6.0.5, VMware Lab Manager, VMware converter, Plate Spin Migrate, HP DL360PG6, G7, G8, HPC700.

System Admin

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Experience supporting/troubleshooting distributed/client server/virtualized servers and applications in an enterprise environment >200 servers.
• Installation and configuration of Windows servers 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, Virtual Machines in the ESX host clusters.
• Experience with managing VMware ESX in Production environments.
• Build, configure and deploy VM’s and templets.
• Completed physical to virtual migrations of windows servers using VMware converter 5.0.
• Provisioning new virtual servers according to requirement.
• Deep knowledge in virtualization technologies; VMware vSphere, Windows Hyper-V.
• Image and rebuild computers/ laptops, Maintain schedule for all maintenance contract clients.
• Experienced with VMware enterprise features (DRS, HA, VMotion, VCB, SRM, Update Manager)
• Experience with security\vulnerability patching of VMware\vSphere hosts and Virtual machines, including deployment and process documentation.
• Specialized in PowerShell, PowerCLI Windows batch scripting. Strong propensity to automate routine tasks via scripting.
• Experience supporting MS Windows network infrastructure; including any of the following: Active Directory, WINS, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Exchange.
• Reviewed supporting our MS Windows infrastructure and virtualization technologies.
• Installs, configures and maintains operating system workstations and servers, including web servers, in support of business processing requirements.
• Functional knowledge of core protocols such as TCP/IP, SSH, SMTP, LDAP, NFS, DNS, A ctive Directory, Tomcat, IIS.
• Configuring and managing print servers and print queues. Manage and control all print queries, create end user documentation as required.

Environment: Windows 2003/2008R2 Servers, VMware ESX servers, SQL/Oracle RDBMS on Windows and UNIX, IIS, DHCP, DHS, Active Directory, Print Management, Windows 7.

System Admin

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assembled, configured, installed, tested and repaired computer hardware and software.
• Management of Active directory and windows server infrastructure.
• Provided technical support for the users and resolving software/hardware issues.
• Performed hands-on administration and monitoring of Local Area network (LAN).
• Experience with solar winds monitoring tools for servers and network devices.
• Image and rebuild computers/ laptops, Maintain schedule for all maintenance contract clients.
• Resolved Microsoft desktop applications (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook) issues.
• Managed the installation and configuration of Windows 2003/08 Server/Workstations.
• Created user and computer accounts on the Active directory users and computers.
• Configured servers for DHCP, WINS and DNS services.
• Provided Norton Antivirus support for virus security.
• Configuring and managing print servers and print queues.
• Perform password resets, configure desktop machines and network connectivity.

Environment: Windows 2003/2008 Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Backup and Recovery, IIS (HTTP and FTP), ISA, Terminal Services, Disk Management and File Sharing