EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• Over 16 years of experience as a System Administrator, System Analyst, Windows Team Member, Senior Windows Exchange Admin, Senior System Engineer, Lead in a Data center Infrastructure production, development and test environments.
• VMware/IT Consultant with over 7 years IT experience including Managing UCS manager and migration/installation/deployment and implementation of Linux, Windows and VMware systems for complex enterprise IT infrastructure firms.
• Experience in Managing VM's and ESXI hosts using VMware VSphere Client.
• Extensive Knowledge in Advanced Features of ESX VMotion, HA, DRS.
• Experience in P2V, V2V Migration using VMware Converter and cloning.
• Experience in using Templates and convert them into VM's.
• Clone VM’s in ESXI 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5
• Upgrade Vsphere client 4.0 /4.1 to 5.0 and 5.1
• Migrate VM's from one ESX host to another and Migrate VM's from one data store to another.
• Remediate patches to ESXI hosts using update manager.
• Convert physical to Virtual servers using VmwarevCenter Converter.
• Worked closely with SAN admin team in LUN creation by supporting multiple storage connectivity options.
• Such as FC - SAN, ISCSI and internal storage.
• Experience includes server builds and migrations of Linux, Windows, MS Exchange 2007/2010/2013.
• Installed Windows Server 2003 on Blade Server’s series 490c, 460c, Proliant 370/380, managed Citrix Server, created accounts and log off users. Migrated DFS from Windows to Net Apps Box.
• 7 years of experience with VMware.
• 6 years of experience with CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora
• 3 years of experience with MS Exchange 2003/2007
• 6 years of experience with MS Active Directory.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Linux - RedHat/CentOS/Fedora/ Ubuntu

SAMBA/Vsftpd/Httpd/Nginx/NFS

Mysql/MariaDB/MongoDB

Ansible

Zabbix/Nagios/Nmon/Icinga

PHP/OpenSSH/Firewalld/Iptables

Ext3/Ext4/XFS/Cifs

Windows Server

Active Directory

SHELL/PERL

XPS 20K, EMC

Fibre Channel SAN iSCSI

ESXI 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5 /6.0

VMwareVMotion

VConverter

Update Manager

DHCP/DNS

Infoblox

Dell Server

Blade Server

HPProLiant servers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

Lead

Responsibilities:

• Installation, configuration, administration & troubleshooting of Windows 2K8 & 2012 servers in AD environment
• Managed AD domain services, user, resource management &complex file permissions
• Installed and configured DFS, DHCP, DNS, backup and restore
• Installed, configured and managed Hyper-V with the guest Windows 2008 & 2012 VMs
• Installed& configured MS SQL database &WSUS to deploy latest product updates
• Installed, configured& managed windows server 2012 backup,windows system resource manager, failover clustering
• Managed windows deployment services to deploy windows operating systems over network and windows based business application servers
• Designed, implemented test automation, automate tasks, day to day administration
• Strong Technical support on Linux distributions over command line
• Installed, configured and upgraded Linux based Mysql, mariadb, Mongodb, Nagios, NRPE, samba, OpenSSH, NFS, PHP, Nginx, Apache http, NFS, Vsftpd, iptables, firewalld, vnc
• Installed &configured Ethernet interface, network bonding, applications and monitoring tools, optimize resources, created & managed Users, groups, SSH login Public key
• Automate administrative tasks through scripting, debugging shell scripts
• Physical, logical disk volume and volume group management via command line
• Extend and resize filesystems viz Ext3, ext4, XFS, CIFS,
• Implementation of Zabbix, Nagios and cockpit tools for monitoring virtual machines
• Strong knowledge of linux kernel configuration, performance monitoring, tuning, administration, Configuration and security hardening
• Repository and package management using yum, rpm, zypper and dnf
• Manage, maintain, remote vCenter server, ESXI cluster and VMs via browsers
• Troubleshoot, Diagnose and resolve complex linux issues including system performance
• Create scripts to make process more efficient and reproducible, generate system activity reports
• Manage full life cycle of large and complex infrastructure projects
• Technical process & procedures improvements, use case & template documentation
• Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates, tasks assignment to the team
• Participate on a project team of engineers involved in the development of software for products with focus on virtualization solution
• Work as part of a team to develop systems that support R&D application requirements including storage and backup of terabytes of data.
• Documentation& Train Engineers and Users - Recommend and establish written policies and general user documentation for software and hardware operation and use, publish self-help guides for end-users and technical guides for IT and posts them on the corporate intranet.
• Responsible for decision-making and timely decisions when necessary
• Generate new solutions by combining, changing, or reapplying existing ideas, search for new and better alternatives to improve performance

Confidential

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate and administer Production & Development systems and storage
• Troubleshooting of hardware, software, network, OS, Clustering & Virtualization issues
• Designed & implemented solutions to complex technical problems
• Built, Deployed and Migrated ESXi, vSphere and VMs, Datacenter & apps migration
• Managed VMware Virtualization vSphere Client, vCenter, P2V & V2V Conversions
• Performed VMware Clustering (HA/FT/DRS), performance tuning, monitoring & security
• Managed VMware storage provisioning (LUN provisioning, masking, VMFS, Datastores)
• Performed VMware Upgrades, Patching Using Update Manager, VMFS & VMDK Backups
• Created clones & templates, deployed VMs using OVF Templates
• Installed & Upgraded Linux OS viz, CentOS, Fedora, Redhat, Ubuntu, OpenSuse, LinuxMint
• Repository & Package Management: Rpm, YUM, apt-get, zipper & DNF, EPEL Rpmforge
• Manage DHCP and DNS Server, Create & Configure Xfs, Btrfs, Ext4, File Systems
• Performed User & Group Management, cron jobs, Installed & configured Firewalld
• Written SHELL& PERL Scripts to minimize time & continual process & procedure improvements, intermediate of Python Scripting Language
• Physical & logical disk volume and volume group management from command terminal
• Configured and managed Network, IP Using Network Manager & Nmcli
• Installed and Configured Network Bonding, WireShark, OpenNMS
• Managed Services & process using Systemctl Cmds & Text Processing Tools & Utils.
• Installed & Configured VirtualBox for Guest OS Virtual Machines.
• Deployed Virtual Machines using Network Install, viz…Http, FTP & NFS
• Performed Backup, restore & troubleshooting, secured server with SElinux & SSH
• Installed & Configured Zenoss, Munin, Nmon & Monitorix, nagios, collectctl & Zabbix
• Planned, built, managed and support MS Active Directory(2003 & 2008 R2, 2012)
• Managed and supported SAN, SAN Array & virtual infrastructure migrations
• Experienced dealing with critical incidents, categorize & prioritize as they occur, documented technical process and procedures, created Visio diagrams.

Confidential, ST. Louis, MO

Senior System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed and Configured VMware 5.1 ESXi Host Server’s.
• Managed enterprise IT, LAN, WAN and datacenter operations
• Responsible for the coordinated management of IT projects and organizational objectives.
• Managed enterprise IT product selection, inventory and deployment
• Managed SAN storage, performed VMware backup using disk based & Robotic Tape Library
• Research, acquire, implement enterprise SAN, unified NAS solutions & disk based backups
• Managed & Maintained Virtualization infra support (VMware ESX/ESXi/vSphere 4.0, 4.1, 5.1)
• VMware - spearheaded enterprise virtualization initiative, Design, Deploy & Migration
• Installed, configured & maintained VMware vSphere, vCenter, Clustering (HA/FT/DRS)
• Performed VMware security, auditing, performance monitoring, tuning &troubleshooting
• VMware Virtualization virtual networking (VLANs, NIC Teaming, vDS and vSS)
• VMware virtual storage provisioning &management (VMFS, Datastores, iSCSI, NFS, LUNS)
• Performed VMware Auto Deploy and Host Profiles configuration and management
• Performed patch & upgrade hosts using Update Manager & P2V & V2V Conversions
• Installed, Configured and created Hyper-V Hosts, Cluster and guest OS
• Installed Linux using KickStart & Linux-Ask Methods, distris viz...Centos, Fedora, Redhat, Ubuntu
• Installed & Configured DHCP Server, Created & Managed Btrfs, Xfs, Ext4, Ext3 & other FS.
• Setup Primary Master & Secondary Slave DNS Server,
• Installed KVM and performed Linux Upgrade
• Performed User & Group Management, File & Dir Management, Install & Upgrade Kernel
• Scheduled & Managed Jobs using cron & package repository using YUM, RPM & DNF cmds
• Physical, logical disk volume and volume group management from command terminal
• Installed & Configured Password Less Login using Public-Private Keys for SSH Remote Login.
• Installed & Configured Network including Block Unwanted IP, Assign Multiple IP to Single NIC
• Installed & configured Secure NFSv3 & NFSv4 with Kerberos, NTP Server & Clients
• Installed & Configured Authentication Server viz...Open LDAP Administration & Dir Server
• Installed, Configured & Maintained File Servers: Samba, NFS, Ftp, Http & Apache web server
• Installed, Configured, Upgraded & migrated Mysql, MongoDB, MariaDB, LAMP (PHP)
• Configured & Managed Firewalld & IPTables: Add/Remove Ports & Services
• Managed & Maintained Failures & Warnings with a Minimal Time, Incident & Service Requests
• MS Active Directory(2003 & 2008 R2) Architect, management and support
• Provided detailed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) documentation to Problem Management
• Documented Incident Management process, IT Doc, user guides, network Visio diagrams
• PERL & SHELL scripting language knowledge to improve the Process & Procedures.

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Windows Exchange Administrator / Sr. Windows Exchange Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed & Configured Exchange front end & back end servers, AD management & Support
• MS Active Directory Group Policy implementation and management
• MS Active Directory Sites and Services management
• MS Active Directory Permissions implementation and management
• MS Exchange Server management, Clustering, implementation and support
• MS Internet Information Services (IIS), FTP Web Servers setup and management
• Migrated Active Directory from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008R2 Server.
• Installed DNS, DHCP and SCOM 2007 on Windows 2003 Active Directory platform
• Installed and configured BlackBerry devices.
• Storage Area Network information storage (SAN), management and support
• Research and development / Test and evaluate software and hardware
• Built, deployed, managed Servers, Audit & daily checklists, Data Backup & Disaster Recovery
• Deployed & managed Symantec Endpoint Protection Anti-Virus for enterprise setup
• Created & involved in IT Documentation, user guides using Microsoft Visio & Office
• Remote support and troubleshooting of VPN, Citrix and remote desktop issues
• Used Remedy ticketing system with change management control.
• System Analyst
• Unisys Global Services, February 2005 to February 2006
• Standardized systems setup and installation
• TCP/IP based LAN/WAN support
• Hardware & Software build, migration, deployment and support
• Installed Windows 2003 Server on HPProLiant Servers
• Involved in Active Directory design, implementation and administration.
• Installed and configured Fedora and centOS Linux
• Installed and configured MS Windows 2000 and 2003
• Installed and configured Active Directory on MS 2003 operating system
• Performed creation and configuration of backup and restoration policies
• Performed Plan, administrative and execution of tasks

Windows Team Member

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• User Security and Policy assignment, End user systems & Network Support
• Installed and configured Linux and Windows operating systems
• Migrated active directory on windows 2003 to windows 2008
• Installed and configured applications on Linux and Windows platforms
• Involved in Active Directory design, implementation and administration.
• Installed, configured, administered and monitored exchange 2003 & windows 2003 servers.
• Router Configuration, DHCP / DNS
• Windows Active Directory Support and TCP/IP Network Troubleshooting

System Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Windows 2003 servers and client workstations
• Involved and performed windows & linux Server Administration and monitoring
• Created user in Exchange Server and mail boxes.
• Installed DHCP and DNS through Active Directory.
• User & Group Management: Add/Delete/Modify user account & password reset
• Network Troubleshooting, Applications support and deployment performed ppoint of contact for network / IT related issues.
• Computer Technician/Network Support
• Creative InfoTech - Compaq Service Provider, November 1998 to December 2002
• Installed and configured windows 2000
• Installed and configured Microsoft windows server and client operating systems
• Troubleshooting of hardware and software
• Performed drivers Installation and upgrade
• Installed and configured MS SQL, Office and other applications
• Performed servers build
• TCP/IP Network Support and Troubleshooting