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 VMware vCenter Converter.
• Worked closely with SAN admin team in LUN creation by supporting multiple storage connectivity options.
• Such as FC - SAN, ISCSI and internal storage.
• Basic Configuration, Monitoring & VLAN setup on Cisco 1900, 2950, 2960, 2500, 2600, 1800
• IP addressing and subnetting, Routing concepts
• Sound knowledge of routing protocols - RIP V1/V2, OSPF, IGRP & EIGRP
• Experience includes server builds and migrations of Linux, Windows, and 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
• Yum/Rpm/Zypper/Yast
• Zabbix/Nagios/Nmon/Icinga
• Awk/Sed
• Fibre Channel SAN iSCSI
• ESXI 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5 /6.0
• VMwareVMotion
• VConverter
• Update Manager
• Mysql/MariaDB/MongoDB
• Dell Servers
• Blade Servers
• HPProLiant servers
• Iptables
• Enterprise IT Apps
• Aurora
• Database Apps

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Lead

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured, optimized and maintained Linux based distro
• Research, Compile, install and configure 3rd party & open source projects as required
• Designed, implemented test automation, automate tasks, day to day administration
• Strong experienced and support on Linux distributions over command line
• Installed, administered puppet master and agent, monitored system using puppet
• Configuration management & automate the management of infra servers using puppet
• Installed, configured & upgraded Linux based Mysql, mariadb, Mongodb, Puppet, samba, OpenSSH, NFS, PHP, Apache, Nginx, 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
• Automated processes & simplified tasks using Shell, perl and python, debugging scripts
• Performed ansible asks, write yml files, integrate with Zabbix, manage agent config, inventory, software deployment, software update without downtime
• Performed network discovery, configuration, permissions management
• Physical, logical disk volume and volume group management via command line
• Extend and resize filesystems viz Ext3, ext4, XFS, CIFS
• Good practice of bash scripting, extensive knowledge of devops in service lifecycle
• 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
• Write scripts to make process more efficient & reproducible, generate sys activity reports
• Manage full life cycle of large and complex infrastructure projects
• Technical process & procedures improvements, use case & template documentation
• Built, configured and deployed VMs using templates, tasks assignment to the team
• Work as a part of team to develop systems that support R&D application requirements including storage and backup of terabytes of data
• Documentation & train engineers and users - Recommend & establish written policies & general user documentation for software and hardware operation & use, publish self-help guides for end-users & technical guides for IT & post them on the corporate intranet
• Responsible for decision-making and timely decisions when necessary
• Participate on a project team involved in the development of software for products with focus on virtualization solutions

Confidential

IT Consultant (Linux)

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 setup & configuration of puppet configuration management, wrote & applied manifests and maintained SSL certificates
• Installed and configured ansible, perform admin tasks, configuration management, writing of modules for execution on remote VMs
• Simplified tasks, continual process & procedure improvements using shell and perl scripts
• Extensive knowledge of Python Scripting Language
• Knowledge of devops for development and production support
• 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 Virtual Box 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

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, distri 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 LVM commands
• 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
• Performed PERL & SHELL scripting language for Process & Procedures improvements

Confidential

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.

Confidential

System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• 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

Confidential

Windows Team Member

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

Confidential

System Administrator

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 point of contact for network / IT related issues.

Confidential

Computer Technician/Network Support

Responsibilities:

• 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