SUMMARY:

• Confidential has 16+ years of IT experience with hands - on experience in Microsoft Technologies & Virtualization platform, support, designing, implementing, deploying, system integration, Migration and Project Management and coordination of IT projects for Oil & Gas industries, Manufacturing, Banking, Telecommunication & IT.
• He has extensive knowledge on VMware & Microsoft Windows Servers and worked on critical Datacenter Migration Projects and Lead Datacenter Operations.Being a VMware & Microsoft Certified (Microsoft Specialist, MCP, MCSA, and VCA-DCV/MOB/WF) with strong skills in IT infrastructure Management services on multiple technologies.
• He has worked on multiple projects and has gained expertise in both Production & development.
• He has developed, executed, deployed and supported multiple complex environments on High Availability, Hyper-V, VMware, SAP / IIS Website & Payroll Application.
• Knowledge of Project lifecycle and hands-on experience in Server administration, support, designing, implementing, deploying, system integration and coordination of IT projects for Oil & Gas industries, Manufacturing, Banking, Telecommunication & IT.
• More than 12 years of experience with Datacenter Operations knowledge on Server administration.
• Experience in VMware Virtualization environment for production systems including VCenter, ESXi Hosts, Host Cluster, High Availability, DRS, vSphere Distributed Switch, vMotion, VM Build, Administration Role, ESXi Host integration with Active Directory. Root Cause, System Log Analysis and reporting. Organize tasks, events and Configuring alarms.
• Design hardware configurations and conduct hardware capacity planning for VMware.
• Install, evaluate and maintain service packs, hot-fixes and security patches on VMware.
• Very good knowledge on working with VMware Virtualization, Datacenter Operation for HMI for ESP pumps & Gas Lift, Good understanding on PCN environments.
• Experience on Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2, Hyper-V 2012, Hyper-2012 R2, SCVMM, vMotion, VM Build, Root Cause, System Log Analysis and reporting.
• More than 12 Years of experience and In-depth knowledge of Windows 2003 server, Win 2008 R2, Windows 2012 & 2012 R2.
• Experience with ActiveDirectoryServices - Create, edit and maintain GPOs andActiveDirectory, DHCP and DNS.Configured Sites and Subnet for AD Replication Configured Trusts. Monitoring Replication using Replmon & Repadmin tools. Monitoring system logs alerts.
• Microsoft Failover Clustering & NLB.
• Has extensive knowledge on Hardware Load Balancer (Citrix NetScaler 9500) for System Support and Development. Has complete knowledge in High-Availability Architectures.
• More than 6 Years of experience and In-depth knowledge of ISA Server 2004/2006, Surf Control, MBSA, WSUS, Certificate Services, Bluecoat SG Proxy & Bluecoat Reporter Etc.
• Plan preventive maintenance activities, DR/BCP activities.
• Usage Monitoring, Management and Troubleshooting of Remote Access Tools - Remote Assistance, Remote Desktop, Terminal Services administration and optimization.
• Managing & Administrating File Server folder permission, Print servers, IIS servers.
• Knowledge on Tools WhatsUp Gold. Splunk Universal Forwarder, Solar Wind Orion, Hyena, Tree Size Prof. & Quest AD.
• In-depth knowledge of utilizing the available Hardware Resource with high performance.
• Quick-learner, Team-Player, Able to adapt to new work environments & technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Virtualization: VMware ESX Server 4.0, ESXi 4.1 / 5.0 / ESXi 5.1 & ESXi 5.5, VMware VSphere 4.1 / 5 & 5.5. Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2, Hyper-V 2012, Hyper-2012 R2, SCVMM.

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98, Win NT, Windows 2003 server, Win 2008 R2, Windows 2012 & 2012 R2.

Application Load Balancing: Citrix NetScaler 9500.

Internet & Security: ISA Server 2004/2006, Surf Control, MBSA, WSUS, Certificate Services, Bluecoat SG Proxy Etc.

Hardware Platforms: Worked on HP ProLiant Rack Mounted and Blade Servers, Dell Power Edge Rack Mounted and Blade Servers, IBM X series. HP DL 380 G4, G5, G6, G7 & G8. Dell 1950, 2950, R900, R710, R720, R730, R610, R410, R510.

Tools: WhatsUp Gold, Splunk Universal Forwarder, Solar Wind Orion, SCOM 2012 R2, Hyena, Tree Size Prof. & Quest AD.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

Confidential, CA

Sr. System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experience in VMware Virtualization design, implementation and migration, upgrades, Support, Documentation and Training.
• Providing support to Approx. 600 (Physical + Virtual) Servers for Primary & Remote Site.
• Experience on Active Directory, GPO, DNS, Working on AD Separation Project in Lab.
• Responsible for the Windows Server Uptime & Downtime, incidents and change management report. Providing 3rd level support for follow-up and resolution.
• Successful upgraded Symantec Endpoint Management Server and Symantec Live Update Administrator infrastructure along with Clients.
• Handling issues with servers in Datacenter and logging calls to venders for hardware supports.

Confidential

Sr. System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Being a Lead Datacenter Operations Specialist has Handled Team. Strong decision making and problem solving skills under critical Situations.
• Good knowledge on VMware Virtualization environment for production systems including VCenter, ESXi Hosts.
• Experience in VMware & Hyper-V Virtualization on new deployment design, upgrade, implementation and migration, Support, Documentation and Training.
• Providing High availability solution for Financial, Payroll, HR & other applications.
• Providing support to Approx. 1500 (Physical + Virtual) Servers for Primary & DR Site.
• Presenting Daily, Monthly & quarterly reports to Senior Management & Client for project review status.
• Mentoring and training up Team member & new resources.
• Created process documents and SOP to have awareness on current environment setup, Followed ISO 20000 & 270001 Security Process.
• Handling issues with servers in Datacenter and logging calls to venders for hardware supports.

Confidential

FMS Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managing Datacenter Operations - Support to Windows Active Directory based environment and Windows DC Environment; Working on Managing Squid Proxy.
• Active Directory Domain Services, DNS, DHCP & FTP Server.
• Good knowledge on Virtualization using VMware ESX Servers primarily used for testing of various applications systems.

Confidential

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managing Datacenter Operations.
• Responsible for troubleshooting and providing on-site technical support to client.
• Resolving the server Problem, Operating system related and network related queries of the client.

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshooting various hardware related problems Responsible for troubleshooting and providing on-site technical support to client.
• Troubleshooting day-to-day problems and documenting the procedures End-to-end support and administration.

Confidential

Sr. Customer Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• In-house Support to Windows based environment which includes all server as well as desktop related support.
• Monitoring Performance and Server Health, Providing application support to custom developed applications, Backup & Restoration