SUMMARY

• 6+ years of experience in IT as a System administrator specialized in the areas of VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), VMware Virtualization, AWS Cloud implementation, Citrix XenDesktop, Windows Server ( R2) and Virtual Desktop Environment Administration.
• Experience in Designing, Installing, Configuring, Administrating and Troubleshooting VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Environment.
• Experience in Citrix Xen Desktop and Citrix Provisioning services.
• Experienceofover5yearsinVirtualizationwithInstallation,Configuration, administration, Support of VMware ESXi, Windows Server, RHEL.
• Proficient in Windows 20k serversandupgradeof2003serversto2008serversand2012serversas per the versions used like standard and enterprise upgrade and active directory administration.
• ExperienceinActiveDirectory,GPOs,DNS,DHCP,File&PrintServer,IIS(WebServer),IIS … FTP, Terminal Server, RIS, RRAS, NAT, WSUS, Microsoft Clustering, Exchange Mail Server and ISA Server.
• Expertise in building Microsoft Windows 2012,2008,2003,2000serversusingHPSmartStart, Array configurations, diagnosing server, Updating Firmware and PSP, Application Software under multi - platform environments, deployment & monitoring physical Servers.
• ResponsibleproductionsupportofActivedirectory(AD),GPO,GPP,Domainusers,Usersandgroupsand given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment.
• Managing/AdministratingCitrixXenApp5.0serversusingCitrixAccessManagementConsole,Presentation Server Console, and Delivery Service Console.
• ExtensiveexperienceinVirtualizationwithVMwarevSphere,ESXi 4.1/5.0/5.5/6.0/6.5 vCenter.
• ExperienceinVMwareView4.x/5.0,VirtualDesktopInfrastructure(VDI),UpdateManager,DRS,HA, VMware vCenter Orchestrator (vCO),vCenter Operations Manager (vCOps),vSphere Replicator, vSOM.
• ExperienceindeployingVirtualMachines(VM's)throughTemplates,ConvertingPhysicaltoVirtual(P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) machines using Plate spin, Double-Take, VMware convertor and vCenter Guided Consolidation.
• StrongexperiencewithVMwareHA(HighAvailability),FaultTolerance,DistributedResourceScheduler
• Experience in VMware vRealize Automation 6.2(vRA) and VMware vRealize Operations (vROPs).
• ExperiencewithVMwarevCloudsuite5.1involvingvCD,vShield,vCAC,vCenterOperationManager (vCOPs).
• Expertise level and experience in working with vMotion and Storage vMotion technology.
• Administrating,creatingandmodifyingDNSrecords,DHCPscopeandreservation,DFSlink,webservers includingrecord/scopecreation,troubleshootingandWINSandDNSandmanaginguserandgroupaccounts Administration.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, Open Office, Visio, Outlook, Printing, and Windows networking.
• Hands-on experience on Microsoft debugging tools like Procmon, Adplus, Poolmon, Windbgand Debug Diag 1.1.
• Used to establish user accounts and group policies with troubleshooting existing GPOs.
• Experience inWriting/MaintainingandtroubleshootingscriptswritteninMSPowerShelland/orVBscriptfor build and operations environment to develop/test/implement automation tools.
• Extensiveunderstandingofnetworkingconcepts,(IE.Configurationofnetworks,TCP/IP,VPN,VLANs,and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel virtual networking, wireless networks & Cloud computing concepts).
• Handsonexperienceinupdating/upgradingESXihypervisorservers,VirtualCenterserversandwindows virtual machines using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades for Patching.
• Strong knowledge and hands on experience in data center Migration.
• Experience in managing multiple Windows systems with Microsoft SCCM 2007 providing patch management, remote control, software distribution and OS deployment.
• Administering SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery strategies.
• Experiencewithautomation/configurationmanagementusingPuppetenterpriseanddeployedagent servers.
• Configured, Migrated and Upgraded Citrix Presentation server and deployed Citrix XenApp 6.5.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP protocol suite, virtual networks, wireless networks & Cloud computing concepts.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization: View 7.0/6, VMware VSphere, VCenter Server, Site Recovery Management (SRM), VMware infrastructure 3.0/3.5/4.5/5.1/5.5 , vCloud Suite5.1, vSOM, vCenter Lab Manager 4, vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, Symantec backup, vRangerPro, Double-Take Converter, vRealize Automation 6.2(vRA), vCenter Operations manager(vCOPs), VMware vRealize Operations (vROPs), PlateSpin, vBlock, vSphere Replicator.

Windows Administration: ConfigurationofDHCPandDNS,installationandconfigurationofVPNclient,WindowsServer 20k -installation and configuration, installation and configuration of Active Directory creating users and groups, setting user access controls, domains creation and setup.

Networking: OSI Model, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and sub netting, Ethernet LAN, TCP/IP, UDP, switches, routing concepts, virtual network concepts including vSwitches, VLANs, dvSwitch, TCP/IP stack for virtualization, configuration of printers and, scanners, Cisco NSX.

CITRIX: XenApp, and XenServer 6.0

Operating Systems: Microsoft Server Live Communications / Exchange Server 2007/10, Linux Red Hat (RHEL 5 to RHEL 6), Suse, VMware ESXi server.

Programming Languages: C, C++, VBScript, PowerShell, Power CLI, MS SQL server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VMWARE/VDI ADMINISTRATOR

Confidential, Chicago, IL

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, Install, Configure and Administration of VMware Horizon View 7.0/6.2/5.3 and vCloud Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment.
• Day to day activities include management of Horizon ViewVDIEnvironment, Red Hat Linux and Windows server Environment pertaining to on premise VMware Cluster and public AWS cloud.
• Excellent Administration and troubleshooting skills in issues related to View Connection servers, View Manager, View Security servers, View Composer, View Pools, View desktops, Snapshot, Win7 OS Templates creation.
• Deployed VMware App Volumes and User Environment Management for faster application delivery, unified applications and user management to Horizon View Virtual desktops.
• Deployed RDSH Desktop Hosts, RDS Hosted Apps and Horizon Linux Desktops using Horizon 7.0 & 6.2, using the Blast Protocol, new improved Blast Extreme protocol and PCoIP protocol toVDI users.
• As part of migrating from traditional application delivery to users we are using VMware App Volumes along with VMware ThinApp 5.0 for legacy applications to, virtualize applications and deliver to users on demand with isolation from OS and better user rich Experience and for better manageability.
• Hands on Experience in deploying new VMware Horizon 7 features instant Clones, Blast Extreme, Identity Manager, Smart policies, Horizon Access Point, Horizon Linux Desktops.
• Implemented Trend Micro Deep Security AV using VMware vShield network security Endpoint technology to better control the traffic flow monitoring inVDIEnvironment and provide agent less AV Scan.
• Hands on experience in deploying public cloud Infrastructure using AWS Cloud.
• AWS hands-on experience with AWS Compute Technology (EC2, EC2 Containers, Elastic Beanstalk, and Lambda), AWS Storage & Content Delivery (S3, Elastic File System, Glacier, Storage Gateway) and AWS IAM.
• Administration knowledge of Managed Database experience on AWS (RDS, Dynamo DB, Elastic Cache, Redshift, DMS)
• Hands on Experience in Network Cloud integration with AWS& on premise. VPC, VPN, Direct Connect, and Route 53.
• Current Role involves VMware ESXi server Builds and Windows server OS 2008/2012 builds in Test and Production Environments.
• Windows 2008/2012 Server administration, clustering and implementation of DC, DNS, IIS, File and DHCP servers.
• Install, configure, maintain, troubleshoot and Administration of VSphere 5.5, ESXi 6.5, Virtual Center 5.5, which includes clean and in-place upgrade methods involving in upgrading the ESXi, VCenter Servers and SQL Servers (2005/2008).
• Experience on ESXi Troubleshooting, Virtual Center Administration and creating Host Profiles, Distributed Switch network, HA, DRS, VMotion, Storage VMotion, FT, Resource pools.
• Responsible for the implementation of VMware ViewVDIupgrades, Change Management, Problem Management, and ITIL related process.
• Work in conjunction withVDIProject Teams in design, development and implementation ofVDI-related operational procedures, standards and deliverables pertaining to newVDIprojects.
• Monitoring and reporting the health status of VMware Horizon View VDI environments and VSphere environments using vCOPS/vROPS. Responsible for using Power CLI and power shell scripts for better management of VSphere and VDI environments.
• Implemented PCoIP Network bandwidth optimization techniques over long distance WANVDIusing PCOIP ADM templates and applied PCoIP Optimization settings using Group Policies.
• Involved in setting up and configuring of EMC SAN, NAS, iSCSI,Netapp storage from Virtual platform end.
• Responsible for setting up of HP G7 Blade servers, cisco UCSB series hardware servers in datacenters in adding memory, storage, network cards and network cable setup
• Provide 24*7 hr. VMware andVDIproduction L3/L2 support.

ENVIRONMENT: Horizon View 7.0, VMware Horizon 6.2/5.3, VMware App Volumes, VSphere Suite 5.1 and 5.5, ESXi 6.0 and 6.5, Virtual Center 5.1 and 5.5, ThinApp 5.0, AWS Cloud, MS Azure, VShield, Trend Micro AV, View Persona, SASGrid, RHEL Linux, VCAC, VCO, VMware Converter, Comvault, Avamar, Okta, RSA Secure ID, SCCM, SCOM, Service Now, DataDomain, Cisco UCS, HP DL G5, G7 and HP Blade BL 460c G8 servers, TinTri Storage, Netapp Storage, EMC Xtreme I/O.

VMWARE ADMINISTRATOR

Confidential, KANSAS CITY, MO

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Architecture, design, install, configure VMware ESXi 6.5 environments with Virtual Center management, Lab Manager, vCloud Director, vCloud automation center, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion, VMware Data Recovery, VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), vCenter Operations Manager (vCOps), ThinApp and VMware View desktop virtualization infrastructure (VDI).
• Installing and Managing ESX and ESXi on HP, DELL and Installation of vCenter Server, vCenter Components and upgrading VMware Tools.
• Management and integration of ESX server, create a new storage space, creation of VMFS data store, Configuration networking for the virtual machines.
• P2V, V2V conversions of Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 servers using Enterprise Converter.
• Configure and manage User, Group, Permission, Role, Resource pool on VMware virtual center.
• Configuration, Management and Troubleshooting on websites running on Microsoft IIS 6.0 and 7.0.
• Configuration, management and Troubleshooting Microsoft Physical and Virtual Clusters and NLBS.
• Troubleshooting application related to Citrix server background.
• Server Security to include maintaining most current OS MS patches, Symantec Antivirus and OS Hardening.
• Plan and schedule OS upgrades & firmware upgrades.
• Management of virtual machines, their resource pools and capacity planning
• Security hardening and Monitoring of VMs & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) for Security Compliance.
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Migration VM ware convertor, Virtual Infrastructure client.
• Installation/configuration of virtual machines in an Enterprise SAN environment.
• Performing VMware crash/error analysis, Root cause Analysis, Coordinate Post Problem Analysis and Trend Analysis.
• Managing Windows 2003/2008 Cluster Servers For file and database, connected via Storage Area Network.
• Health Checkup of all the Production Servers, monitoring what's up alerts on a routine basis.
• Hardening of Servers to ensure proper security measures are implemented.
• Installation & configuration Of HP Blade servers, HP ProLiant BL-460c G7, and Network load balancing, and network redundancy.
• Involved in datacenter migration projects and Performed Preparatory work for physical and virtual migrations and worked with the storage team regarding the storage and LUN capacity.
• Design, implementing and managing Active Directory, Internet Information Server (IIS), MSOffice 2003/07/10, Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)/ System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Systems Management Server (SMS), Point of Sale (POS), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Forefront Identity Manager (FIM).
• Windows Server 2003/08 R2 installation, deployments, troubleshooting, automation and performed P2V migrations of production, QA and development servers.
• Generated reports with Health analyzer giving recommendations and resolving performance and tuning issues in the HA, DRSclusters and virtual Datacenters.
• Windows Server 2003/08 R2 installation, deployments, troubleshooting, automation and performed P2V migrations of production, QA and development servers.
• Developed and recommended solutions utilizing Remedy to support defined business processes and operational goals.
• Installed and the managed the active directory, Created the GPO's based on the requirements and placed them as an OU.
• Managed ISA server 2004 Firewall and set the various filters.

ENVIRONMENT: Windows 2012/2008/2003 , Windows7,MicrosoftDFS,ActiveDirectory,DNS,WINS,DHCP,TCP/ IP, NTFS, Dell Power Edge, IBM, HP ProLiant G3, G5 Blade Servers, IIS Servers, IBM TSM backup,VMware ESX 4.0 & 5.0 Servers, Exchange Server 2010/2013.

VMWARE ADMINISTRATOR

Confidential - Austin, TX

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Planning, managing and Installation of VMware ESX 5.0 /5.1 server, Installation and configuration of virtual center database and installation of VMware infrastructure virtual machine.
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual Center Server for HA, DRS.
• Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) and internal storage.
• Administered and setup print servers in Windows 2008/2003 server.
• Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network in ESXi &Virtual Machines.
• Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates.
• Administrator for windows server and all related server services including FTP, AD, DNS, DHCP and VPN.
• Creating a test Environment in VM Machines for Production Team to test their applications.
• Monitor around 600 physical servers with SCOM and SCCM 2007 and HP insight manager.
• Experience with data center hosting web sites maintaining application servers.
• Installed, configured and administering Microsoft Windows 2008/2012 servers.
• Perform regular maintenance of Server 2008 and 2003, which consist of adding users, editing user login scripts and granting permission to directories and shared files.
• Creation and Deployment of Virtual Machines in datacenter, setup of their VLAN/Port-group.
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Migration VM ware convertor, Virtual Infrastructure client.
• Installation/configuration of virtual machines in an Enterprise SAN environment.
• Backup & Restore management of the Virtual Machines.
• Network Configuration on ESX servers which include Bonds & VLANs.
• Performance monitoring & tuning.
• Scheduling of backups and System security.
• Intensive working with Windows WSUS, Patch Management, and Windows/Linux OS build outs.
• Interact with our clients to resolve their problems in a timely and accurate manner.

ENVIRONMENT: VCenter,ESXi5.0,VMotion,VSphere,HA,Cloning,Snapshots,HPProLiant Servers, HA/DRS.

VMWARE/SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Confidential

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 400+ physical and VMware ESX virtual servers in a mixed Red Hat Linux and Windows.
• Designed and Implemented virtualization solutions based on VMware ESX 3, 3.5 and vCenter Server components and managed virtual center permissions.
• Configured automated VM migrations using automated scripts. Standardized network cable runs for VMware hosts across multiple data center.
• Performed troubleshooting of operating system and software infrastructure issues on Domain Controllers, Member Servers, Server Clusters, and Virtual Machine Farms
• Installed & Configured Networks, & Wireless Access Point/Router with security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, Access Control Lists on router/switches in both LAN/WAN & wireless networks. LAN Cabling, RJ-45 crimping, Labeling, Patch Panel, PC Junction boxes, Phone Switches & Rack set-up
• Worked with Network Concepts such as OSI model, IP protocols such as TCP/IP, IP addressing, subnets, routingprotocolslike OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, BGP and STP.
• Installed and supported 100+ Desktops, Laptops, Network Devices and Computer Peripherals with the IT team.
• Was Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment.
• Installed, configured, administered Windows 2003 servers, Active Directory Services, FTP, WSUS, IIS Web Server &SQL Database Server.
• Was Responsible for Security Patch Management and Deployment to all clients using Microsoft WSUS.
• User Support - Monitored and troubleshoot system performance, server and user related issues. Provided support to users to resolve their day-to-day issues related to OS, E-mail, Account issues, hardware etc.
• Was Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all windows based servers. Planned and implemented fault tolerance & strategies for backup & restoring files on the network using different media devices like tape drives, compact disk & additional hard disk etc.
• Implemented cross-functional IT skills so our team was well prepared and resilient when faced with challenging issues, which greatly improved IT incident response times and work quality.
• Vendor Management - Build strong relationship with new / existing vendors to get good support and pricing. Selected and recommended the right product and the source at the appropriate price range for the business user.
• Support and - Provided necessary help / assistance to IT Helpdesk / Telecom Support Personal to resolve day-to-day issues.
• Implemented & Managed Symantec Antivirus console.
• Installed & configured 40 new servers at client location with win 2003 Operating System and their required Applications.
• Configured the Security Policies /group policies & changing the registry to meet the required security for the Organization.
• Setup & configured various RAID1&RAID5. Applied patches and upgrades to the servers.
• Responsible for troubleshooting network, database, applications, & web performance issues. Documented and maintained automation scripts for administration of servers.

ENVIRONMENT: VMware vSphere 3.5/4/0, Windows 2000/03/08R2 Servers, Active Directory, NAS, IIS 4/5/6, Cisco routers and switches, HP DL and ML server series, IBM xSeries and System x servers, HP Insight Manager, IBM Director, Cisco Enterprise Network.