SUMMARY

• 4 years of working experience in Windows server environment
• 4 years of experience in VMware vSphere 4.1, ESX/ESXi, vCenter
• 5 years of total IT professional experience
• Hands - on experience in VMware infrastructure, ESX/ESXi, vSphere client, vCenter
• Hands-on experience in storage vMotion, Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS), High Availability (HA) and Fault Tolerance (FT)
• Hands on experience in vCenter Server Plug-Ins P2V converter, VMware vCenter converter, VMware Update Manager
• Experience with Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007, Windows Server 2003/ 2008, 2008 R2, Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Routing and Remote Access
• Worked on networking concepts such as Configuration of networks, router configuration and wireless security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel and wireless networks
• Worked on FC SAN, iSCSI SAN and NAS Storage
• Experience in share point administration
• Experience in VM provisioning, Cloning, Creating Templates, Snapshots and Resource Pools
• Experience in configuring and maintain windows failover clusters
• Experience in P2V and V2V conversions using VMware vCenter Converter
• Configuration of Symantec end point protection suite policies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Newburgh, NY

VMware/Wintel Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Administered all technical support functions for EMEA home users & small businesses on Dell desktop systems
• Responsible for troubleshooting and resolving problems and incidents over the phone, and coordinating the dispatch of faulty parts to the customers
• P2V Hot conversions using converter enterprise and cold conversion using VMware Converter Boot CD
• Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS Storage
• Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network, ESX & Virtual Machines
• Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates
• Capacity planning of the virtual environment
• Performed system maintenance including but not limited to, system reimaging, Windows re-installation, hard drive formatting, and CHKDSK to improve system performance
• Involved in daily operations of maintaining Windows 2003 servers in a production environment.
• Handled Windows 2003 Messaging Administration and Infrastructure
• Responsible for Ability to maintain a reliable and methodical approach to support and documentation throughout the project.
• Implement TCP/IP, NetBEUI and NWD Link Protocol for the connectivity of the Network
• Involved in maintaining and managing servers on backup and restore systems as a part of the company’s disaster recovery plan
• Installation and configuration of Windows 2003 servers and workstations
• Implemented EMC storage solutions, Active Directory, DHCP, FTP, IIS & DNS configuration and management
• Performed periodic Backups, Upgraded and maintained antivirus software
• Document Management and process work flow. Setup of printers including: Network printers from print server and TCP/IP printing.

Environment: Windows 2003/2008 Server Administration, Active Directory, CLARIFY, TCP/IP, DHCP, Citrix Server 4.0, VMware

Confidential, Fort Myers, FL

Windows/VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed Enterprise Windows 2003, 2008 Systems Servers, Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain & DNS Server.
• Worked on Windows Server 2008 and worked on failover configuration on windows on Unscheduled and Scheduled Outages
• Upgrade the Windows NT 4.0 Domain System Network to Windows 2000 Domain System
• Implement the Windows Active Directory for the Domain Administer of Win 2000 Domains
• Implement Root, Forest and Child Domain System with Additional Domain Server in the different sites
• Implement Domain Name Server by Using Primary and Secondary DNS Servers
• Upgrade and Administer the Database Server by using SQL Server 2000
• Setup and configured network TCP/IP at all levels on LINUX servers
• Implement TCP/IP, NetBEUI and NWD Link Protocol for the connectivity of the Network
• Installation and configuration of ESX/ESXi servers.
• Registering ESX/ESXi hosts to vCenter server.
• Hardening of ESX/ESXi hosts for security and access control.
• Trouble shooting the connectivity issues between vCenter, hosts, virtual machines, LAN and storage availability.
• Adding the hosts to domain and DNS for active directory authentication and name resolution.
• Maintaining of storage and Datastores for vSphere.
• Installation of Virtual machines on ESX/ESXi hosts in a datacenter.
• Configuring HA for virtual machines.
• Performing P2V for old severs which are out of support using VMware Converter to new Vsphere 4 environment, Performing V2V with SAN migration on new vSphere 4 environment

Environment: IBM, DELL Servers, CISCO Routers/Switches, VMware, Windows NT 4.0/2000 Server, Win 2000 Professional, Win 95/98/ME, Novell Netware Servers, HP Servers, LINUX Servers

Confidential -Lucent, NJ

VMware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configuring, implementing and managing Virtual environment using VMware ESX 3.5 and ESXi 4.0 infrastructures.
• Performed P2V server migration using vCenter Converter
• Performed V2V migration using vMotion.
• Implementing and managing live migration of virtual machine disk files across storage arrays using Storage vMotion.
• Implementing and managing High Availability / Clustering environments using vCenter.
• Defining and implementing user configurations and policies.
• Adding/deleting/modifying user account information.
• Analyzingsystemfaults, troubleshooting and running diagnostic tests on operating systems and hardware to detect problems.
• Providing day-to-day onsite support for networked systems, hardware and related infrastructure
• Performing installation and management of NAS and SAN storage solutions.
• Designing, implementing and managing disaster recovery and backup process.

Confidential

Solutions Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Systems Analyst (VMware and SAN Storage subject matter expert) Involved with all major datacenter projects that involve SAN storage or virtualization.
• Architected and designed VMware ESX server infrastructure for multi-site/multi-datacenter environment.
• One of the first companies to fully integrate ESX virtualization in the DMZ network, eliminating 75 hardware based IIS web portal Servers.
• Used HP DL585 G2 and IBM x3850 with quad dual core processors and 72GB RAM as ESX server platform.
• Consolidated over 300 End of life servers into ESX 3 HA and DRS clusters.
• Responsible for keeping all VMware ESX servers up to date with patches and updates with minimal downtime using Vmotion for SAN attached VMs and Storage Vmotion for Local storage VMs.
• Created a virtual desktop solution for over 2000 mobile and offshore user base insuring company data stays in the company.
• Deploying and managing Windows, Linux and Solaris Operating systems in the virtual environment.
• Installing and configuring geo dispersed Microsoft Clusters with HP and Unisys 7000 hardware.
• Worked closely with MS SQL and Oracle DBA groups to determine best possible configuration for Storage LUN assignments and raid levels.

Confidential, Union, NJ

Windows Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Designing, configuring, implementing and managing DHCP, DNS servers.
• Defining and implementing user configurations and policies.
• Adding/deleting/modifying user account information.
• Supporting and maintaining antivirus products as well as host based firewalls.
• Designing, implementing and managing disaster recovery and backup process.
• Experienced in migrating VMware GSX to ESX 3.0
• Designing and implementing virtual infrastructure using VMware products.
• Migrating physical servers to the virtual environment.