SUMMARY

• 10+ years of experience in Systems Administration, Networking and Virtualization technologies
• 5+ years of experience in Designing, Architecting, Implementing and Supporting IT infrastructure
• Experienced in designing new virtual infrastructure using VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper - V technologies
• Built, troubleshot and upgraded ESX / ESXi, vCenter servers and various components
• Worked extensively on Templates, Clones, vMotion, svMotion, VMware FT, HA and DRS, VDS
• Performed patch management and upgrades using VMware update manager
• Performed P2V and V2V conversions using VMware converter enterprise 5, 4 and 3
• Designed and Implemented VDI environments with VMware View
• Designed & implemented Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity with VMware SRM 5.x and 6.x
• Strong experience with VMware NSX, vRA and vRO workflow design and development
• Strong knowledge on Application virtualization
• Experienced provisioning workloads in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud
• Proficient in Amazon EC2, VPC, S3, EBS, ELB, Auto Scale, IAM, AMI
• Sound knowledge in Amazon RDB, Security, Monitoring and management tools such as Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, migration tools and so on
• Light Experience and sound knowledge on Microsoft Azure services
• Hands on experience in migrating to MS Exchange Online and deploying Microsoft Office 365
• Implemented and supported Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure
• Designed and implemented Windows Active Directory, DHCP and DNS infrastructures
• Upgraded, updated and restructured Domain infrastructures
• Configured and maintained Exchange, SQL, IIS servers
• Supported Windows 10/8/7, SharePoint, Lync environments
• Performed large scale data migration
• Worked on Red Hat Linux and CentOS
• Designed and implemented Network infrastructure and troubleshoot connectivity issues
• Managed and configured Cisco routers and L2/L3 switches, HP and Dell switches
• Configured and troubleshoot routing protocols such as RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP
• Implemented security solutions with Cisco ASA, ISE, FirePower, Palo Alto Firewall
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (i.e. LAN & WAN, TCP/IP v4 & v6, wired and wireless networks, Firewall)
• Configured Cisco, Dell, HP switches and routers
• Sound knowledge on FC SAN, iSCSI SAN and NAS storage Networking
• Sound knowledge on IBM Storwize, HP Lefthand, Dell EqualLogic, EMC Clariion, Celerra. VNX and Nimble Storage
• Efficient in analyzing customer needs and propose solutions
• Capable of working independently as well as a team member

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware: ESX/ESXi Server 6.x, 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, vSphere 6.x, 5.x, 4.x & vCenter Server 2.5, vRealize Suite - Orchestrator (vRO), Automation (vRA), Operations (vROps), VMware Converter 6, 5, 4 & 3, SRM 6.x, 5.x, Horizon View 7.x, 6.x, 5.x, 4.x, NSX 7.x, 6.x, vCloud Director 5.x

Microsoft: Windows Server 2016, 2012, 2008 & 2003, Hyper-V (2012 & 2008), Microsoft Office 365, Exchange online, Microsoft Azure, Exchange 2010, 2007 & 2003, MS SQL 2014, 2012 & 2008, Terminal Server 2012 & 2008, IIS 7.0 & 6.0, Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista & XP, System Center Configuration Manager 2012

UNIX: Red Hat 7.0, 6.0 & 5.0, CentOS 7.0 & 6.0, Ubuntu Server & Desktop

Networking: TCP/IPv4 and IPv6, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS and BGP, MPLS, VPLS, Multicast, Site-to-Site VPN, Remote Access VPN, FlexVPN, DMVPN Network Monitoring with Solar Winds and Wireshark

Storage Technologies: IBM Storewize, Nimble Storage, HP LeftHand, EMC VNX, Clariion, Celerra, Dell EqualLogic

Scripting: Python, PowerShell, JavaScript

Miscellaneous: Barracuda Cloud Backup, Symantec Backup Exec, Docker, Citrix XenApp Microsoft Visio 2013 & 2010, MS Office 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007 and 2003

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, MO

Sr. Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured servers for physical & virtual environments (IBM x series, Cisco UCS, Dell M1000e blade, Dell PowerEdge, HP Proliant, HP C3000)
• Configured Storage for physical & virtual environments (IBM Storewize, Dell Equallogic, HP LeftHand, Buffalo TerraStation, EMC VNX)
• Configured switches and routers for physical & virtual environments (Cisco, Dell, HP, Adtran)
• Set up Site-to-Site & Remote access VPN (cisco 5525x) on multisite environments
• Configured and troubleshot cisco VPN devices
• Set up Barracuda Backup devices, Dell Tape Backup system & Symantec Backup Exec
• Virtualized existing physical infrastructure, used VMware converter
• Provisioned ESXi server, vCenter Server, Storage, Networking
• Provisioned Templates and deployed virtual machines
• Managed, monitored & troubleshot vSphere environment and virtual machines
• Upgraded vSphere from4.1 & 5.0 to 5.5, 5.5 to 6.0, 6.0 to 6.5
• Deployed virtual infrastructure and automated implementation process with vRealize Orchestrator and vRealize Automation
• Designed & Implemented Active Directory Infrastructures
• Upgraded Active Directory infrastructures to Windows Server 2012 R2 environment
• Re-structured Microsoft Active Directory domain infrastructure
• Migrated users, computer accounts, servers & mailboxes, used ADMT & WS2012 Migration tools
• Configured and troubleshot DNS, DHCP, Print & WSUS servers
• Configured & Implemented Group Policy
• Provisioned & troubleshot Windows Hyper-V environment
• Configured SQL servers (2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014)
• Created, Migrated, Backed up & Restored Microsoft SQL databases
• Configured Exchange server 2010
• Performed mailbox migration from Exchange 2007 to 2010
• Migrated Microsoft Exchange to Exchange Online
• Configured DFS
• Performed scripted large scale data migration
• Provisioned print servers and deployed printers
• Configured & Upgraded Microsoft Terminal Servers
• Troubleshot and supported Windows server (2012, 2008, 2003, 2000) issues
• Provisioned and deployed thin clients (HP), Confidential Clients
• Managed, maintained and troubleshot physical server & network environment
• Provisioned servers on Microsoft Azure cloud and Amazon Web Services cloud
• Deployed Microsoft Office 365

Confidential, NY

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on virtualization projects in VMware vSphere 5.0 environment
• Performed Active directory domain migration
• Participated in customer IT infrastructure plan and design process
• Provided on and off site customer support
• Provided front end support for Microsoft Office and other productivity suites
• Help manage and maintain mobile devices
• Implemented VDI with VMware View 4.5 & 5.0
• Prepared thin clients for deployment with VDI
• Prepared Desktop and packaged Microsoft Office for VDI deployment
• Provisioned and deployed thin/zero clients (HP & PANO)
• Configured Cisco Switches (2960, 3650, 3750), Routers and ASAs
• Configured Dell PowerVault servers, HP Servers, HP & EMC storage

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in a L2 network upgrade project in Simsbury, CT
• Was responsible for racking-stacking and cabling Cisco switches
• Configured switches (2960 & 6509)to integrate with the existing infrastructure
• Monitored, troubleshoot and, supported post migration phase
• Documented the entire project-work
• Collaborated with the team constantly

Confidential, New York

Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed, Implemented & Administered VMware environments with vSphere
• Built, deployed and, configured ESX and ESXi hosts
• Updated & patched existing hosts and vCenter Server
• Configured vCenter server, Virtual networks and Storage
• Implemented clusters, HA, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, FT
• Consolidated servers using P2V and V2V
• Built VMs and configured according to client requirements
• Set up Backup and recovery of virtual machines using VCB and VMware Data Recovery
• Worked on SAN environment with EMC Celerra and Clariion storage
• Provided remote tech support in network connectivity and desktop issues
• Managed & upgraded windows 2003 and 2008 domain infrastructures
• Configured and installed of Red Hat servers and workstations
• Performed basic Linux activities