SUMMARY:

• 9+ years of experience in building IT systems infrastructure, implementation, support and administration. over 5 years of experience in server virtualization (hypervisors) platforms like VMware vSphere 5.x/6.0, ESX/ESXi 4.x, 5.x, VMware
• Workstation and Fusion, Windows Hyper - V and 7+ years of experience in various OS environments like Windows and Linux administration. Played key role in handling critical issues and supporting all aspects of projects lifecycle through ITIL framework.
• Seeking a responsible job with an opportunity for professional challenges and to enhance my professional skills in a dynamic and stable workplace thus achieving company’s goals.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hypervisors: VMware vSphere 5.x/6.0, VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, Windows Hyper-V 2012R2, Citrix Xen (Server/App/Desktop)

VMware: ESX/ESXi 4.X/5.x, vSphere 5.x/6.0, vCenter, vSphere Client, Web Client, vMotion, svMotion, HA&DRS Clusters, Fault Tolerance (FT), Update Manager (VUM), Data Protection (VDP), vShield Manager, vSwitch (vSS & vDS), vApp, VSA, Cloning, Templates, Snapshots

VDI: VMware Horizon View, Windows Hyper-V, RDS, Citrix Xen Desktop

Network/Server OS: Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012R2, Linux (RHEL)

Client OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8.1/10, Linux CentOS, RedHat, Ubantu

Networking: TCP/IP, UDP, LAN,WAN, DNS, DHCP, vSS, vDS

MS Services: AD, LDAP, GPO/GPM, DNS, DHCP, IIS, FTP, WSUS, WDS, RDS, DFS,FSRM, SCCM, File & Print

MS Applications: Office 2007/2010/2013, Office 365, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Remote Admin Tools: Exchange 2010 Management, SCCM 2012 R2, ADDS, DNS, DHCP

Scripting: Windows PowerShell, VMware vCLI, vMA, SSH Client, DCUI

IM Services: IBM Lotus Notes, MS Office Communicator 2007 R2

Ticketing Tools: BMC Remedy, IBM ITSM, SolarWinds, Manage Engine, Service Now

Hardware: Dell PowerEdge M600 series,, HP Proliant BL460C G8, Cisco UCS B200, DELL iDRAC7, M1000e Chassis, HP c7000 Enclosure, Quantum Scalar i500 Tape Drives, Quantum/Fujifilm (Ultrium LTO 4/6) Tapes, F5 Load Balancer, Cisco Routers, Modems, KVM Switches, Thin Clients, X86 & X64 Processors (Intel/AMD), Desktops, Laptops, Printers, Scanners, Hard Drives (IDE/SATA/SAS/SSD), etc,.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Designing and building VMware vSphere 5.x/6.0, ESX/ESXi 4.x/5.x host environments on multiple hardware platforms.
• Experienced on hardware platforms like Intel/AMD (32-bit & 64-bit) processors, IBM, DELL & HP (Blade and Rackmount) servers, Cisco routers, Desktops, Laptops and other peripherals.
• Installation and configuration of VMware ESX/ESXi 4.x, 5.x, 6.0 Hosts, VMs with Guest OS and vCenter servers.
• Monitoring, managing and troubleshooting ESX/ESXi Hosts, VMs and Guest OS using vCenter, vSphere Client and Web Client.
• Experience working on SolarWinds and Splunk Dashboards for Server and Disk Alerts.
• Experience in performing P2V and V2V migrations using VMware Convertor and PlateSpin.
• Expertise in creating, deploying and configuring new VMs with Guest OS and VMware Tools installation.
• Proficient in taking VMs Snapshots, perform Cloning of VMs, creating Templates from VMs and deploying VMs using Templates.
• Creating and managing VMFS Datastores.
• Adding Storage/LUNs to ESX/ESXi hosts and VMs using HBAs and RDM techniques.
• Converting new iSCSI SAN LUNs to Datastores and adding them to ESX/ESXi hosts and VMs as required.
• Knowledge on storage concepts like VMFS Datastore, SAN, NAS, FC SAN, and iSCSI.
• Proficient with migration of VMs using vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Configuring and managing HA and DRS clusters using physical hosts in a datacenter.
• Maintaining servers and applications high availability by configuring Fault Tolerance (FT).
• Knowledgeable on advance features like vMotion, svMotion, evMotion, HA & DRS Clusters and FT concepts.
• Perform patching and upgrades using vSphere Update Manager (VUM) and Shavlik Protect.
• Configuring VLANs, Ports and Port Groups using vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) and Distributed Switch (vDS).
• Create/modify Roles and Permissions on ESX/ESXi servers, VMs and vCenter.
• Create, configure and manage Resource Pools and CPU Load Balancing.
• Experience with installation and configuration of VMware vShield Manager and vSphere Data Protection (VDP).
• Experience in configuring Cluster Groups, Resource Pools and Host Profiles, vShield EndPoint, etc.
• Troubleshooting vSphere ESX/ESXi hosts, VMs, Virtual Networking and Storage issues using vCLI.
• Knowledgeable with Scripting tools like vCLI, vMA, SSH Client and Windows PowerShell.
• Experienced with installation and configuration of Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2 on multiple hardware platforms.
• Experience in installation and administration of Domain Controller (DC), Additional DC, CDC, RODC Clients and Member servers.
• Proficient with Transfer and Seize of FSMO roles to a Domain Controller.
• Configuration and administration of System Center 2012 R2 (SCCM and SCOM).
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft services like Active Directory (AD), Group Policies, DHCP, DNS, FTP, IIS Web, File & Print services, FSRM, WSUS, WDS, RDS, VDI-Virtual Desktops, Hyper-V, etc.
• Performing various user administration tasks like create users, groups and OUs using AD.
• Providing security level permissions and share level permissions to users on files and folders.
• Creating local profiles, roaming profiles and home folders.
• Applying group policies on users, computers and OUs using GPO/GPM.
• Create, modify and monitor DHCP Scope, Scope Options and IP Reservations.
• Create and configure Forward & Reverse lookup zones, Host, Alias and Pointer records in DNS.
• Installation and configuration of File Server Resource Manager (FSRM).
• Installation and configuration of DFS Namespace and DFS Replication.
• Configuring IIS Web service, virtual directories, hosting websites, redirecting websites and FTP sites.
• Troubleshooting OS and other applications issues occurring in Windows.
• Deployment of client OS and other software’s onto other computers using WDS service.
• Performing patch management using WSUS.
• Installation and administration of MS Exchange 2010 Server.
• Experience with Office Communicator 2007 R2 and IBM Lotus Notes messaging services.
• Configuration of Remote Desktop services and Microsoft Clustering.
• Working knowledge of MS Office tools such as Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.
• Worked on ticketing tools like BMC Remedy and IBM ITSM.
• Support all aspects of project life cycle through ITIL, Service, Change, Incident and Problem management.
• Experience in working with project management team to define project requirements, coordinate with project team, evaluate hardware requirements and recommend computing solutions.
• Training and assisting new associates about client and project workflow, and thus driving the process attain SLAs.