Summary

• Strong knowledge and experience in VMware products such as vCloud Automation Center vCAC , VMware vFabric Application Director vAppDirector , VMware ESXi Hypervisor, vCenter Server, vCenter Orchestrator, PowerShell scripting, vCenter Operation Manager, IT Business Manager, VMware Network and Security vCNS , Log Insight, Site Recovery Manger, Configuration Manager, NSX Switching and Routing Architect and Infrastructure Solutions Engineer. With the VMware products I installed and configured Linux servers, Ubuntu, CentOS, Microsoft products such as Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 and MS SQL. In addition I carry extensive experience in Cisco UCS and Nexus switches, Enterasys blade routers and switches using multiple protocols like TCP/IP, OSPF, Multicast, and others similar protocols. Technical Proficiencies /Qualifications
• Designed and implemented VMware vCloud Automation Center vCAC 6 as a standalone and distributed architecture with VMware vFabric Application Director 6, vCenter Orchestrator, IT Business Manager, vCenter Operation Manager, vCenter Infrastructure Navigator, Log InSight, Chargeback, vSAN, and NSX networking capacity into virtual data centers, using guidelines from vCloud Automation Tool vCAT and related sites.
• Installed and configured vCloud Automation Center 6 SSO, vCAC Appliance, Infrastructure as a Service IaaS , Postgre Database Server and MS SQL Database server, Active Directory. Using Infrastructure Administrator I added tenants and Identity Stores for different Tenants, Created Business Groups, configured Provider Virtual Data Center vDC , Provider vDC Network External Network, Private Routed Networks , Set End Points and Resource Reservation, set custom dictionary, Network pools and profiles. Created Business Groups, Blueprints, Services for Infrastructure as a Service IasS , Platform as a Service PaaS , and Software as a Service SaaS , Advance Services vCO , and entitlement.
• Created vCloud Provider for vApp Director, Blueprints and deployments using vApp Directors, Manage Catalogs items for Private, Public and Hybrid vCloud as
• Add Tenants and Identity stores for the different Tenants
• Cloud Computing - VMware vSphere 5.x, 4.x Design, consolidation, configuration, implementation, management troubleshoot virtual computing solution that include high-availability, resource pool DRS , standard and distributed virtual switches, datastore, security, Vsphere central management, and VMware disaster recovery VDR
• Storage Area Networks SAN , Network Attached Storage NAS and Direct Attached Storage DAS installation and configurations including zoning for single-initiator and security EVA4400, MSA3012fc, MSA2000 series
• Used storage protocols - Fiber Channel and Storage protocols arranged into logical, redundant storage containers or RAID arrays
• Brocade 8/8 SAN switches installation and configuration
• Enterasys Enterprise routers and switches N1, N3, N5, N7, S-series , Enterasys G3, C3, C2, A2, X-series
• Enterasys Intrusion Defense and Prevention Systems IDS/IPS Dragon
• Enterasys Advanced Dragon Security Command Console DSCC
• Policy enable networking including network access control NAC
• Palo Alto Networks next generation firewalls with Panorama firewall centralized management PA-5000, PA-4000 and PA-500 series , Application Visibility, decryption, Policy Control, Device Management, Global Protect Remote users , App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID, IPS, Antivirus, Botnet Protection, Data Filtering, URL Filtering, Networking VPN and Redundancy Resiliency
• Enterprise Architecture Implementations of Local Area Network LAN , Virtual LAN VLAN and Wide Area Network WAN
• Network Administration, Security and Architect designs of Windows 2008 R2 , Windows 2003, Windows 2000 and Windows NT Servers, MS SQL 2000 and 2008 , MS Exchange, Internet Information Servers, Active Directory, Radius Server and Internet Authentication Service IAS , TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, WINS, IPX/SPX, EGD UDP , AppleTalk, SNMP, Net flow, OSPF, RIPv2, VRRP, static route and multi-arm routing

• Backup devices and software such as HP MSA2024, Compaq Spectrum Backup Autoloaders, Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R2, VERITAS Enterprise Backup Exec with agents for MS SQL, Exchange, Intelligence Disaster Recovery IDR and VMware Site Recovery

• MS Office Suite Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, etc...

• Maintenance, repair and upgrade of numerous servers, desktops, laptops, printers and accessories such as HP Servers, Compaq, Dell, IBM, Toshiba, Sony, Gateway and clone computers

• Network Monitoring Tools - HP Open view, Plixer Scrutinizer, LANScope, Solar Winds Network Analyzer, Network Performance Monitor, Configuration Manager using Net flow, jflow or sflow

VMware Other Specfic Experience Bullet Points

• Planning and installing VMware ESX and ESXi
• Installation and configuring vCenter Server and vCenter Update Manager
• Creating and managing virtual networks
• Network standard switches
• Network distributed switches vDS
• Create and manage VLAN's
• Configuring virtual switch security Promiscuous mode, MAC address changes and forged Transmits
• Creating and managing storage devices
• Storage array architectures
• RAID Technology
• Protocols
• Creating VMFS datastore LUN
• Virtual machines VM level storage configuration
• LUN Zoning multi-initiator, two zone and single-initiator zoning
• Creating and managing VM
• Migrating and importing VM
• Installing VMware vCenter converter and perform P2V migration
• Installing the guided consolidation converter
• Configuring and managing VMware vSphere access controls
• Managing resource allocation DRS, clusters, resource pools, VM resources
• Implementing high availability, VM fault tolerance and data recovery
• Monitor VMware vSphere performance alarms
• VMware vSphere security firewall, leveraging AD, configure network security policy
• Configure Site Recovery Manager SRM Replication for VM vSphere Replication VR using the replication technology included in ESX servers with the assistance of virtual applications to replicate virtual machines between sites. VR is provided by vSphere Replication Servers VR Servers or VRS . VR Servers are managed by the vSphere Replication Management Server VRMS . Both VRMS and VR Servers are virtual appliance. VRMS provides a way to manage VR Servers across multiple hosts.
• Installed and configured vCenter Operation Manager. It is used to monitor the health, risk and efficiency while detect problems in the VMware environment and proactively notify administrators. It detects problems in VMware objects, including VM's, hosts, clusters, datastores and vCenter Servers.
• Utilized VMware vCenter Orchestrator to automate workflows, advance services in vCAC and it service delivery tasks across both VMware and 3rd party applications

Work History

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Title: Consultant, vCloud Architect and Engineer

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Title: Systems Engineer/Marketing

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Title: Consultant, Technology Services

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Title: Cyber Security Specialist

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Title: Network Design Engineer for Nuclear Plant Controls

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Title: Senior Network Security Analyst

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Title: Information Technology Specialist /Security Specialist

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Title: Director of Information Technology

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Title: Senior Network Engineer

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Title: Senior Systems Engineer