CAREER OBJECTIVE:

• To Serve the Organization as a System Administrator with dedication and commitment to get better results.
• Have a total of 11+ years of experience in the field of Computer Hardware & Networking where Planning, Implementation, Administration and troubleshooting are involved with many platforms like Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/2008 , Linux,Microsoft Exchange 2003 and VMware virtualization ESX 4.0,4.1,ESXi 5.0.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• VMware VSphere
• VMware ESX 4.0,4.1 and ESXi 5.0
• Core Windows 2000 and 2003
• Active Directory 2000 and 2003
• Exchange Server 2003 iSCSI,SAN,NAS,Data store
• Windows 2003/2008 Terminal server
• WSUS 3.2
• Trend Micro office scan 10.5 and Trend Micro ScanMail 10.2 For Microsoft Exchange.

KEY SKILLS:

• Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 operating system.
• Windows 2003/2008 R2 Terminal Server.
• Exchange Server 2003.
• Domain Controller, Domain Name System, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and Global Catalog Server.
• Group Policy, Active Directory, FSMO roles, Sites Replication. vSphare 4.0 and 5.0 (ESX,ESXi servers, Virtual Center, HA,FT, DRS,DPM,VDSwitch, P2V, VM provisioning, automation).
• FC SAN storage(HP P2000G3 MSA)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

System Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Being a Team Leader of 8 Engineers team that is maintaining the 100+ Servers (HP Servers - ML 350G4P,DL380G6,DL580G5,G7 running Windows 2000/2003/2008 , linux operating systems and ESX hosts.
• Complete Management of DATA Center Includes Servers & Storage
• Administration and monitoring of SAN Storage
• LUN Creation and presentation to ESXs Host.
• Daily Monitoring of Hardware of Servers and SAN
• Data Center Hardware Commission and Decommission
• Planning,Design,install and configure VMware ESX, ESXi, within vSphere 4 and 5 environments with VirtualCenter management, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion and VMware Data Recovery.
• Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates. Completed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) migration of Windows 2000, 2003, & 2008, as well as Linux servers from VMware and legacy hardware.
• Patch management to ESX host from update manager and command line.
• HP P2000G3 MSA Architecture, Configuration and Installation.
• Hands on experience in iSCSI, NFS, and Fiber Channel protocols, Fiber Channel cabling.
• Responsible for maintaining IT infrastructure including server hardware, VMware environment, data storage, switching and routing, backups, email, firewall, spam filtering, AV, network monitoring, and all Microsoft technologies.
• Installing, configuring & managing Win 2008, Win2003 and Win2000 Servers as a domain controllers.
• Lead design, deployment, and maintenance of a broad range of Microsoft technologies including Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, Exchange Server 2003, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), DNS, WINS, DHCP, Active Directory, Group Policy Design and Implementation, IIS, and Terminal Services, Remote Desktop Services.
• Responsible for design, implementation and maintenance of HP & IBM servers and storage hardware, Cisco routing and Catalyst switching, Cisco PIX, Cyberoam UTM, TrendMicro AntiVirus, AntiSpam and AV filtering.
• Installing and configuring ESX server
• Installation and configuration of virtual machines in an Enterprise SAN and NAS environment.
• Configurations of Virtual switches and network connections.
• Root Cause & Sytem Log Analysis and Reporting.
• Troubleshooting Problems with the help of Event Logs.
• Manage Task,Events and Alarms.
• Creating local and Global Groups and implementing Group Policies.
• Creating standard server build.
• Implementing RAID 1 and RAID 5 on mission critical servers such as domain controllers, Excahange, file servers,database server and ESX hosts.
• Securing Network Resources with NTFS permissions, Security Policies.
• Creation of User Accounts, Creation of OUs and Applying Group Policies.
• Managing the User Profiles.
• Apply Group Policies.
• Managing the User Profiles, Computers, Groups and Shared Resources.
• Coordinated with the application team for critical problems to resolve.
• Dedicated Team Player with strong analytical, problem solving, decision making, communication & interpersonal skills

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Being a Team Leader of 8 Engineers team that is maintaining the server and network infrastructure Administration and Maintenance of Windows based network of over 500 computers and 36 Servers (HP Servers -ML 350G4P,DL380G6,DL580G5,G7 and Compaq Servers - ML530,SUN,IBM Netfinity) running Windows 2000/2003 and linux operating systems.
• Complete Management of DATA Center Includes Servers & Storage
• Administration and monitoring of SAN Storage
• LUN Creation and presentation to ESXs Host.
• Daily Monitoring of Hardware of Servers and SAN
• Data Center Hardware Commission and Decommission
• Installed and configured Layer-3 Core Switch (CISCO 3550) for IP routing and sub-netting. Configured Layer-2 Switches of CISCO and D-Link make and monitored the installation of approximately 1,000 networking points across the campus.
• Designed and deployed Active Directory on Windows 2003 Server and messaging system MS Exchange 2003 with TrendMicro antispam offer the best possible spam and virus protection.
• Installed many rack mounted servers including Compaq ProLiant ML530, HP ML 350G6, HP DL380G6,DL580G5,G7 Designed Campus Wide Information System (CWIS).
• Designed a new data center room for placing servers, racks, UPSs, fiber and UTP terminations, switches and other networking equipments to protect from any physical malpractice. Monitor the commissioning of APC networking Racks with APC make SNMP enabled UPS (smart UPS RT 5000), KVM Switches.
• Design and Deploy TrendMicro Office Scan 10.5 Server.
• Design and Deploy VMware Datacenter(storage with FC connectivity).
• Patch management to ESX host from update manager and command line.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• I have designed, build and manage 225 nodes network for Ministry of Defence using optical fiber (single and multimode) cable, Switches, router, media converter, servers (Acer Altos 600), and fractional leased line.
• Successfully installed and configured a Router (Allied Telesyn 7224) as a RADIUS server
• This combination is used for authentication of PSTN users.
• Successfully configured squid proxy server in REDHAT linux 9.0 with user authentication.
• Set up Linux firewall router to increase network protection.
• Successfully configured Sendmail to work together with Spam Assassin and Clam Antivirus to offer the best possible Spam and Virus Protection.
• Setting up TCP/ IP and connecting to the Internet
• Maintaining Servers Hardware.
• Increased security level of operating systems
• Apply system level patches and upgrades on a regular basis or as and when necessary.
• Many day-to-day problem solving and user assistance activities, such as troubleshooting systems, setting up out-of-office messages, e-mail troubleshooting and the like.
• Keeping the machines stable and other routine system administration task.
• Administration of the Radius on router that caters to the PSTN users. Implement and monitor security on all Linux servers.
• Also constantly monitor logs for any undesirable activity.

Confidential

Customer Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assembling and Integration of Multimedia Based PCs.
• Loading of all types of Software.
• Configuration Internet and Internet Solutions.
• Installation and Configuration of Network OS (Win NT 4.0)
• Installation of any type of Add-on Cards.
• Handling under Warranty as well as AMC PCs and paid Calls.