Summary:

• Over 9 Years of experience as a Windows Systems, Server Administration in a Data center Infrastructure environments.
• Experience in Installation and Configuration of Windows Server 2000/2003/2008.
• Expertise in configuring and using Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and Group Policy
• Experience in creating maintaining Virtual Environment using VMware ESXi
• Expertise in maintaining Virtual servers using VMware Vsphere Client.
• Patch management and upgrades using Vmware update manager.
• Implemented and Managed HA and DRS clusters.
• Worked extensively on Templates, Clones and Vmotion
• Experience in converting Physical servers to Virtual servers using VMware vCenter Converter
• Implemented Microsoft Windows Server Update Services WSUS for Windows Patch Management.
• Experience in Disaster Recovery DR and Backup Management with Tivoli Storage Manager TSM
• Installing and Administering Symantec Antivirus and McAfee.
• Experience in User Administration, Resource Management, Performance Management.
• Experience in Microsoft Windows Clustering.
• Experience in Teaming multiple network adapters for network Redundancy using Broadcom software.
• Experience in various SAN fabrics FC SAN, ISCSI SAN and NAS storage.
• Installing and Configuring the Internet Information Services IIS 5.0/6.0/7.0 server and application integration in the Web Server.
• Expertise in Imaging, BOMC and Windows remote Installation.
• Install and configure SQL server 2005 and 2008 on Windows Server Platforms
• Strong Knowledge in the design and review of new windows application deployments in both workstations and Servers.
• Configure and maintaining the System Center Configuration Manager SCCM and System Center Operations Manager SCOM and HP System Insight Manager on the Windows 2003/2008 servers by deploying Enterprise and custom software's on the servers and workstations and monitoring them.
• Experience in managing File and Print servers.
• Hands on Experience with Hardware Installation, Upgrade and maintenance.
• Expertise in Troubleshooting, research, Development and supported 24/7 on call.
• Expertise on Change Management, Incident and Problem Management, SLA metrics.
• Hands on Experience on using BMC Remedy ticketing tool and IBM Manage now and Maximo ticketing tool for Change, Incident and Problem management.
• Strong communication skills, systematic approach and quick adaptability to newer technologies.
• Work well both independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge in Implementing ITIL

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Windows System Engineer

• Rack and Build IBM Xseries Servers and Install Windows Server 2003 and 2008 Operating Systems
• Installing and configuring Remote Supervisor Adapters on IBM Xseries servers and IMM on IBM Blade servers to manage servers Remotely.
• Installing and configuring IBM Tivoli Monitoring tools on the physical and Virtual servers.
• Installing and Configuring IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Backups
• Installed and Configured WSUS for applying OS patches on Windows Servers in the environment.
• Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory Implementation
• Promoting Physical Windows 2003/2008 servers to Domain Controller when required as a DC.
• Configuring/editing/creating user profiles in Windows 2003/2008 server Active Directory.
• Monitoring and Scheduling Backups on Windows Servers using TSM
• Provided Detail VMware Virtualization assessment report for hardware refresh project to migrate the Physical servers to Virtual servers.
• Experience in Managing VM's and ESXi hosts using Vmware Vsphere Client
• Extensive Knowledge in Advanced Features of ESX VMotion, HA, DRS
• Experience in P2V Migration using VMware Converter.
• Experience in using Templates and convert them into VM's
• Clone the VM's in ESXi 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1
• Upgrade Vsphere client 4.0 /4.1 to 5.0 and 5.1
• Migrate VM's from one ESX host to another and Migrate VM's from one datastore to another.
• Remediate patches to ESXi hosts using update manager
• Worked closely with SAN admin team in LUN creation by supporting multiple storage connectivity options such as FC -SAN, iSCSI and internal storage.
• Engage hardware and software vendors assist in improvement of current VMware environment and research and evaluation of the latest technologies.
• Migration of Windows 2000/2003 servers to Windows 2008
• Installing and configuring Microsoft Cluster servers on Windows Server 2003 and 2008.
• Experience in Teaming multiple network adapters for network Redundancy using Broad com software.
• Installed and Configured SQL Server 2005/2008
• Create, Transfer Migrate Data and Delete Shares and Printer Queues
• Administer Security settings and allocation of share space.
• Configuring and maintaining Printers in Network
• Resolve any issues in regards to access and usage of shares.
• Installing Citrix Zen App on the Windows Server 2003 and 2008.
• Installing and configuring the Citrix Client
• Performing Disaster Recovery DR activities
• Perform the user id Validation using IBM tools URT, QEV, CBN in the Environment.
• Assist to Application team in Installing Various Applications in the Windows environment.
• Actively participate in Server Auditing tasks.
• Creating an user accounts and make sure that they have appropriate groups assigned to the accounts
• Installing and configuring SAN disks
• Recover server from damages due to physical, operating system or application problems.
• Installing and configuring Symantec Antivirus corporate edition, SEP and installing the client's agents remotely using the centralized administration.

Creating a test Environment in VMware for Production Team to test their applications.

Working on various environments such as testing, implementation, Production support Giving Production support on 24/7 On Call rotation.

• Install and configure IIS on Windows Server 2003 and 2008
• Using BMC Remedy tool for solving problem, Incident tickets and performing Changes in Environment.
• Experience in auditing data center inventory.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003/2008, EMC SAN, IBM-SAN, SQL Servers /2003/2008, VMWARE ESX 3.5/4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1, BMC Remedy

Confidential

Windows System Engineer

• Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2000 and 2003
• Install and configure IBM monitoring tools on the Windows Environment.
• Install and configure TSM Backup clients on Windows Servers for scheduling backups.
• Supporting Citrix Meta frame Presentation Server XP/3.0 farm environment.
• Active Directory Infrastructure Administration.
• Maintenance of clusters server,file and print server and backup servers.
• Remote Desktop Monitoring using Microsoft Terminal Services/Client.
• Experience on VMWare ESX 2.5/ 3.0/3.5
• Build and Configure Virtual Servers using VMWare Infrastructure Client
• Experience in Remediate patches for ESX Hosts.
• Create Templates and Create VM's using these Templates using VI Client.
• Experience in Vmotion and HA on ESX clusters.
• Install and configure MS Clusters on Windows Server 2003.
• Installing and Administering Symantec Antivirus and McAfee.
• Experience in Teaming multiple network adapters for network Redundancy using Broadcom software.
• Strong Knowledge in the design and review of new windows application deployments in both workstations and Servers.
• Experience in managing File and Print servers.
• Installed and Configured SQL Server 2005
• Working on the regional server issues through Incidents Tickets using Remedy Tool
• Performing Disaster Recovery activities
• Applying OS security patches using Windows Update.
• Provide support in performance tuning and issue resolution.
• Configure and good understanding of MOM for monitoring.
• Creates and troubleshoots Windows Security Patch packages.
• Experience in various SAN fabrics FC SAN, ISCSI SAN and NAS storage.
• Installation, configuration of IIS, DNS, DHCP.
• Web Server Microsoft IIS administration.
• Ability to write scripts using win batch, batch files.
• Supporting 24/7 on call Rotation
• Documentation and Network Diagram creation using Visio.
• Documenting Procedures.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003, IIS, Citrix, VMWare ESX 2.5/3.0/3.5, SQL Servers 2000/2005.

Confidential

Windows System Administrator

• Installation, configuration and system administration of Windows Server 2000/2003
• Maintaining network running on Windows 2000/2003 for 900 Users.
• Active Directory User's Management for new employee joins and providing access to the resources and file permissions.
• Involved in the TCP/IP network configuration, Creating and deleting the user accounts across the location.

• Responsible for Domain controller's throughout organization.
• Monitored and maintained backups using TSM
• Managing Remote Servers through Terminal Services Manager.
• Maintaining corporate DNS system.

• Routine maintenance activities for optimal performance
• Installing .Net Framework 2.0 on Windows 2000/2003 Servers.
• Installing and Set up Print servers in the Network
• Installing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL server 2000
• Creating Virtual Sites and Directories in IIS and FTP server.
• Prepared Network Documentation and Created Disaster Recovery Plan.
• Setting up user accounts, Permissions and Passwords.
• Securing network resources with shared folder permissions, implementing file security system.
• Install Microsoft Patches on Windows 2000/2003 servers using Windows Update.
• Maintenance of clusters server, file and print server and backup servers.
• Making sure of available free disk space on C drive
• Allocating space and Memory when required
• Install and Configure network printers and File servers.
• Installation, configuration of IIS, DNS, DHCP.
• Repaired, trouble shoot and installed the operating system, computers and system devices
• Installed and managed All windows versions and provided Desktop support to the clients
• Configured DNS server to resolve the host names to IP addresses forward and backward look up zones
• Supporting Citrix Meta frame Presentation Server 2.0 farm environment
• Administer Security settings and allocation of share space.
• Configuring and maintaining Printers in Network
• Resolve any issues in regards to access and usage of shares.
• Ability to write scripts using win batch, batch files.
• Supported 24/7 on call Rotation for critical issues.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003, SQL Server 2000, IIS, Citrix, LAN/WAN.