SUMMARY

• Over 8+ years of experience as a Systems Administrator with extensive knowledge in VMware Virtualization
• Extensive experience in Installing and Configuring vCenter, VMware Vsphere (Infrastructure Virtualization suite), ESX/ESXi Server, Virtual Machines and vSphere Client.
• Experience with Data Centre Migration
• Managing Access Control through vCenter server, Optimizing Resource Utilization, Load Balancing (VMware DRS) and ensuring High Availability (VMware HA).
• Managed Cisco routers, switches, Juniper SSG and wireless infrastructure.
• Experience in administering Windows Terminal Server, Group Policy management and Active Directory environment, DNS, DHCP.
• Experience in Troubleshoot networking issues from cabling, ISA proxy destination/user sets, DHCP reservations (Windows Server 2K/03), migration to Cisco switches.
• Administering, Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2008 R2/2003/2000 Active Directory Infrastructure Managing over 1200+ servers.
• Experience in implementing and configuring hardware and software RAID under Windows NT/ 2000/2003/2008.
• Good experience in Blade server hardware, RAID, Microsoft Windows Clusters. Compaq / HP Blade Server hardware maintenance. HP Insight Manager
• Expertise in WINS, DNS, DHCP and Active Directory services in Windows 2003/2008 servers
• Deploying Virtual Machines (VM’s) through Templates, Converting Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) Machines.
• Proficient Experience in installation and configuration of VMware ESX 3.0/3.54.0/4.5/5.0/5.1/5.5 , vSphere 4.0/4.1/4.5/5.0/5.1/5.5 , VMware ESXi 4.1/5.0/5.5,6.0 VMware Virtual Center 2.0/2.5/3.5/4.0/5.0/5.5.
• Experience in configuring VMware CPU and memory shares for virtual machines.
• Experience in building VMware virtual machines from templates and CD/ISO image.
• Administration of VMware Virtual Center and virtualization services VMware DRS, VMware HA, VMotion and SVMotion.
• Experience in configuringVMware standard VSwitch&DVSwitch.
• Experience incloning VMs and deploy new virtual machines fromclones.
• Converted many (P2V) physical servers to Virtual Machines using VMware vCenter Converter part of decommission legacy servers effort.
• Experience in migrating the virtual machines between the ESX (i) Hosts using cold migration and VMotion.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hypervisor: vSphere 5.5/ 5.1 / 5.0 / 4.1 / 4.0 , ESXi 5.5/5.1 / 5.0, ESX 4.1 / 4.0

VMware Tools: VMware Standalone Convertor, Vsphere CLI, VMware Power CLI, VShield Manager, VCenter, VCenter Update Manager, HA, DRS, Storage vMotion, Host Profiles, vApp, VMware vCenter Heartbeat, VMware vSphere Client, VMware Thinapp, P2V, V2V, VMware Consolidated Backup, Cisco routers and switches, ASA firewalls, Juniper SSG, HP & DELL servers, VMware Management Assistant, Capacity Planning, Plate spin Power convert

Operating Systems: Windows 2003/2008/2012 ; Windows XP/7 /8; Red Hat Linux.

Protocols/Services: TCP/IP, SMTP, PPP, HTTP, Telnet, SSH, DNS, DHCP, FTP and IIS

Applications: IIS, Tomcat, MSOffice 2010, MS Visio

Database: Oracle 8i, Confidential DB2, Sql Server, MS Access

Other Management Tools: HP Onboard Administrator, HP Virtual Connect Manager, Avocent DS View, Putty, MKS Integrity Change Management Software, Groundworks VI Monitoring Tool, Vkernel Monitoring Software, Microsoft Robocopy GUI, Solar winds IP Address Tracker, Veeam Backup, FastSCP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VMWARE Admin

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, Implementation and Troubleshooting VMware ESX 6.0/5.5/5.0/4.1 Hosts, VMware vSphere virtual center.
• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter, Double Take, Recovery Point Approach.
• Administration of VMware ESX and ESXi Servers on HP Chassis 7000, DL380P GN8.
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades.
• Managed VMwareESX (i) hosts usingvSphere client and Web client.
• Managed Cisco routers, switches, Juniper SSG and wireless infrastructure.
• Performing VMotion and storage VMotions.
• Supported Mainframe Servers, ODBC drivers, Citrix/Juniper VPN
• Creating Clusters for High Availability and Dynamic Resource Scheduling.
• Played a vital role in Creating Virtual Machines, Cloning virtual machines, converting P2V(used standard VMware converter tool), VM - Provisioning (Linked clones, thin disks, de-duplication ) taking Snapshots of virtual servers, HA, DRS, VMotioning.
• Experience on creatinghost profilesand deploy to hosts in a VMware clusters.
• Experience in installing and configuring Microsoft Windows 2008 Servers from ILO management tool on Rack servers and blades.
• Experience with vSphere Host Profiles, Standard and Distributed Switches setup.
• LAN/WAN network diagnose and troubleshoot on layer 1, 2, 3 problems and informed NOC team for corrective action (Worked with CISCO IOS & JUNIPER JUNOS.
• LUN creation and storage mapping administration and configuring Multipathing.
• Monitored, troubleshot, configured and secured Core Cisco 6500 catalysts, router/switches.
• Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS).
• Troubleshoot networking issues from cabling, ISA proxy destination/user sets, DHCP reservations (Windows Server 2K/03), migration to Cisco switches.
• Working with Cisco routers and L3/L2 switches.
• Provided day to day system administration and technical support for Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 Servers.
• Installing and configuring consoles for any new Servers, Storage Device, Routers and Switches.
• Tested 'Migration and Upgrade' MOP's for Juniper MX-960's in our customers core.
• Audit data center spares, cabinets, rows, hardware, and fiber and patch cables and cross connects specifics for periodic reports.
• Attending new project call and provide solution, suggestion for the environment setup based on business requirement as per the standard.
• Provide on-call support, troubleshooting, incident notification and resolution, problem management and root cause identification.

ENVIRONMENT: VMware Infrastructure 4.0, 5.0 and 5.5, vCenter Server, VCenter operation Manager, VMware standalone converter, Windows 2012/2008/2003 Server, HPC7000,DL380P GN8, Cisco Nexus 5000K 7600 series, Dell PowerEdge Servers, EMC VNX 5200, 5500, VMAX, EMC Recovery,P2V,V2V,VMotion.

Confidential, Austin, TX

VMWARE ADMIN

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, Implementation and Troubleshooting VMware ESX 5.1 Hosts, VMware vSphere virtual center.
• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter, Plate Spin.
• Administration of VMware ESX and ESXi Servers on HP Blade Servers C7000 and C3000.
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades.
• Experience with vSphere Host Profiles, Standard and Distributed Switches setup.
• Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS).
• Periodic update of patches, drivers and firmware’s for all our Global ESX hosts.
• Installation and configuration of Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008 Servers on Virtual Machines.
• Provided day to day system administration and technical support for Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers.
• Configuring and Managing Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP.
• Provide server and client support for all issues such as: logon failures, account lockout, network connectivity, DNS and name resolution, authentication problems.
• Building new VMware virtual machines to meet the specifications provided by the client.
• Experience in deploying newVirtual MachinesfromOVF/OVA templates.
• CreatingRoles and permissions in VMware ESX Server 4.1/5.1
• MigratedVMware ESX 4.1 to ESXi 5.1usingVMware update Manager.
• Experience onhot andcold cloneprocess.
• Installed/updated patches on VMware ESX (i) hosts usingVMware Update Manager tool.
• UpdatedVMware toolson virtual machines usingUpdate Manager tool.
• Provided 24/7 On Call support onsite and remotely on rotation basis.

ENVIRONMENT: VMware Infrastructure 4.1/5.1, vCenter Server, Windows 2000/2003/2008 Server, Plate Spin, VMware VCenter Converter, Active Directory Migration, TCP/IP, DNS, Windows Clustering, FTP, File and Printer Server,P2V,V2V,VMotion.

Confidential, FL

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installation and implementation of VCenter server to administrate the ESX servers which include licensing, HA/DRS clustering, managing the Fiber channel/ISCSI SAN storage configuration.
• Participated in 24/7 support roles for servers, to help maintain and troubleshoot both software and hardware.
• Managed Esx servers and VCentre.
• Ensuring Data Protection and Disaster Recovery by using VMotionand VMware Consolidated Backup.
• Installed and configuring VMware Vsphere products.
• Managed Microsoft 2003/2008 active directory server.
• Managed Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007 Server.
• Migrated production applications from physical servers to virtual instances within the downtime window.
• Migrated the physical servers to virtual instances using VMWARE P2V converter and PLATESPIN tools.
• Converted P2V and V2V using VMware Standalone Converter.
• Created Clusters for High Availability and Dynamic Resource Scheduling.
• Utilized the Hot plug option for windows 2008 Servers and added processors, RAM, NIC, disks to the VM
• Troubleshooting issues relating to v motion such as compatibility issues with help of event log.
• Monitored all UNIX Servers for CPU utilization, Network traffic, and hard drive space and Memory.
• Using the Linux system with yum and downloading the rpm package files with Yum downloader.
• Using Red hat package Manager and runs yum automatically.
• Installing and managing Antivirus on all the servers and desktop.
• Admin knowledge of Microsoft SQL and Oracle Database.
• Maintaining antivirus Server.

ENVIRONMENT: Vsphere 4.0, ESX 3.5/4.0, Virtual Sphere, VMotion, VMware HA, VMware DRS Clusters, Red Hat servers, Veritas Net backup, windows 2003/2008 server.

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installed and configured over 100+ VMware VSphere 4.0 ESX/ESXi nodes, vCenter and vClient.
• Configured Management and Resource Cluster, Add Host to a Cluster, Configure its licenses, Network Configuration, DNS and NTP.
• Administration of environment running ESX/ESXi Hosts and Virtual Machines.
• Manage Virtual Machines, Installing VMware Tools, Creating Templates, Cloning, Deploy Virtual Machinesusing Templates, Converting Physical to Virtual Machines (P2V).
• Manage user permissions in vCenter Server.
• ManageVMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), vMotion and High Availability (HA) Clusters.
• Worked closely with Storage and Networking teams to manage the allocated SAN, FiberandNetworkingInfrastructure.
• Update the Patches for ESX Servers using VMware Update Manager in Virtual Center.
• Monitor capacity, performance and utilization across all Windows Server and its Hardware.
• Installed SQL 2005/2008 clustered and non-clustered servers and also, Creating SQL Database.
• Day to day support and maintenance of Operating Systems.
• Coordinate/Facilitate all planned and unplanned power outages for all environments.
• Worked on Symantec AntivirusandSymantec Endpointprotection for administering updates and cleanup of a community of workstations.
• Managing Incident tickets and Change Management.

Environment: VSphere 4.0, ESX 3.5/4.0, Virtual Center, VMotion, VMware HA, VMware DRS Clusters, Virtual Machines on Windows 2003/2008 and Red Hat servers OS Platform

Confidential

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installed Windows 2000/2003 Server for the organization with over 200 clients.
• Created the User Accounts and Profiles, assigned permissions using Active Directory.
• Administered the Group Policy to automatically upgrade and repair software installations.
• Installation and support for desktops with Windows 2000/XP Operating systems.
• Provide Remote Support and administration on network for internal and external clients using tools like Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDP).
• Created Virtual Machines for member servers which host services like IIS, DNS, and DHCP.
• Installed VMware Converter to convert Physical to Virtual(P2V) and Virtual to Virtual(V2V) machines.
• Provide day to day support (troubleshooting and installing) for more than 200 users for hardware, network and software including Microsoft Office applications, Mail clients and other network related issues.
• Installation and configuration of network Printers.
• Provided the backup and recovery of the files and data, worked on Windows Firewall, Terminal Server, and Troubleshooting computer related problems. Attending client calls related to computers and network problems.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003 Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Backup and Recovery, IIS (HTTP and FTP), Managing the Domain and Domain Controller, ISA, Terminal Services, Disk Management and File Sharing.