PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Upto 7+ years of IT experience primarily in Virtual infrastructure resources specializing in VMware 3.5, 4.0, 4.1 and 5.0; VMware vCenter server 4.0, 4.1,5.0.
• Extensive experience in working with ESXi servers - configuration, Installation, management and maintenance.
• Experience in administrating and managing a 200 node VMware ESXi environment with multiple clusters.
• Experience in implementing ESXi servers with efficient virtualization strategies by creating clones, templates, task scheduling, prioritizing VMs, creating and managing snap shots.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft server technologies, such as Microsoft server 2003/2008, Exchange 2003/2007, Office Communicator 2007, and how they interact on the network.
• Advanced knowledge of backup server technologies such as Symantec Backup Exec versions 11d, 12 and 2012.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Server technologies, such as Microsoft server 2003/2008, Exchange 2003/2007, Active Directory, Windows Update Server (WSUS), and Windows Deployment Server (WDS) and how they interact on the network.
• Excellent knowledge in creating and managing users, permission settings, roles and responsibility assignments and VM resource allocations on ESXi hosts.
• Experience in upgrading ESX/ESXi host, vCenter Servers from 3.5 to 4.0 to 5.0
• Experience with VMware view 5.1/4.6/4.5/4.0 and Virtual desktops deployments.
• Hands on experience with HP Proliant Servers, IBM Blade HS20P Servers / and Dell Power Edge rack mount servers.
• Strong understanding of VMware Networking concepts like creation of vSwitches, with different types of port groups. Good understanding of Cisco USC manager.
• Good understanding about SAN, iSCSI, NAS Configuration and Implementation including attached storages, SAN Switches, HBA, VM creation capable file systems including VMFS and NFS.
• Experience in Network LAN/WAN deployment.
• Extensive experience in working with the vMotion technology and Storage vMotion technology.
• Strong experience in configuring HA and DRS clusters, using EVC on as needed basis.
• Configured, Monitored and Maintained Virtual server farms consisting VMWARE, and Hyper V.
• Experience in P2V and V2V conversions using VMware vConverter.
• Good expertise in Patch Management of ESX Hosts using VMware Update Manager.
• Experience with DNS/DFS/DHCP/WINS Standardizations and Implementations.
• Experience in Active Directory, GPOs, File & Print Server, FTP, Terminal Server, NAT, and Exchange Mail Server.
• Experience with HP Blade System C-class enclosure (7000) and IBM chassis using Onboard Administrator and virtual Connect.
• Experience in Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2008R2 server architecture and administration.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, Visio and Outlook.
• Excellent leadership qualities, good communication skills and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Virtualization Products: VMware ESXi3.x/4.x/5.x, vCenter Server, VMWare Stand-alone Converter, VMware Lab Manager, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

Operating System: Windows Server 2012/2012R2/2008/2008R2, Windows 7/8, RHEL 4/5/6.5

Application Servers: Microsoft Active Directory, Office365, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2010, DHCP, DNS, Solarwinds, Kiwi Syslog, Unitrends backup, Roadnet 3.x, Sharepoint, Lync, File server.

Hardware: Dell PowerEdgeR610/620/710 Servers, Dell PowerVault NX3000 and NX3100 Servers, HP ProLiantDL320/360/380 G5/G6/G7/G8 Servers, IBM v3700, EMC VNX-5300, EMC VNXe3100, NetApp FAS/E Series, NIC and HBA cards, iSCSI/SATA Hard drives, Dell and HP KVM device/switch.

Protocols: TCP/IP, SNMP, IMAP, FTP, RDP, HTTPS.

VoIP: 3CX, Asterix, Digium, FreePBX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

VMware Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Successfully designed and implemented new VMware Environment using IBM servers for consolidating existing Physical and Virtual infrastructure.
• As a part of System optimization project work involved migrating VMs from old VMware platform ESXi 4.0/4.1 to new ESXi 5.1/5.5 to increase the performance and stability on the systems.
• Built Windows 2012/R2/2008/R2 Servers on VMs, physical standalone based on application requirements.
• Installed VMware ESXi 5.1/5.5 in a total of 14 ESX’s, 500+ servers & 2 VC’s. Created virtual machines on ESX Servers. Created standard templates and deployed servers from the templates.
• Assigned volumes and LUNS from IBM, HP3Par Storage to application and database servers using Qlogic Fiber Channel Swtiches.
• Administered DNS, DHCP, and Exchange & ISA servers. Created and managed user and group accounts in User Manager and in MS Exchange Administration.
• Implemented Windows infrastructure platform for Office365 Project which included installation of ADFS, ADFS Proxy, Dirsync and Hybrid Exchange 2010 servers.
• Integrated Office365 products with E3 Subscription licenses which included Microsoft Office 2013 software such as Office, Lync, One Drive, Sharepoint and Visio 2013.
• Worked on building VMs for Solarwinds Application to monitor all the systems connected on the network. Deployed VMs with Operating System 2012 R2 and configured Solarwinds application Servers and database Servers with required specifications and licenses.
• Configured SQL 2012 Server for Solarwinds Database Server and created the required database instances various Solarwinds Modules.
• Optimized Solarwinds Orion Website to grant access to the Application users using Windows Authentication with required privileges and conducted sessions on the functionality of the Solarwinds Modules which included NPM, NCM, SAM, FSM, WHD, VMAN and IPAM.
• Installed Kiwi Syslog servers on Windows VMs to consolidate the network devices system logs and monitor them through single platform to troubleshoot the issue.
• Worked with Unitrends Backup solution and created retention policies to backup critical data on both physical and virtual systems, Exchange servers, File servers, Application Servers, SQL 2012/2008/2005 database servers, NAS devices and VMs.
• Lead role in managing and upgrading critical applications for storefront such as Roadnet Transportation Suite used for selecting delivery timeslots for customers. Created a process plan for upgrading the application and upgrading the connected oracle database schema version from version 3.5 to 3.6.
• Experience with x86 / x64 Intel, HP, IBM & Dell hardware like rack-mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Managing Exchange 2003 servers and troubleshooting issues related to mail delivery, configuring MX records to enable and disable domain. Flip the Exchange services from Active to Passive node to install the patches and perform maintenance work on the Exchange servers.
• Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment.
• Worked on Datacenter and System Optimization Project which included replacement of Server hardware, Qlogic Fiber Channel Switches, cables, PDU, Storage drives etc.
• Part of On-call rotation Process for providing support 24x7 to fix the operational issues critical windows application servers. Performed maintenance work after regular hours of Production to avoid any major impact on the storefront and Plant operations.

Confidential, Fredericksburg, VA

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• VMWARE ESX 3.x to 5.x Servers Installation, Configuration & Administration.
• Responsible for Virtual Server building using VMWare.
• Virtual Center Server & License Server Installation and Configuration.
• Configured HA, DRS& Resource Pool and Managed the Cluster Level.
• Configured VMotion, Alerts, Alarms, NTP.
• Managing Configuration and managing HA Settings and Customizing HA for Virtual Machines plus.
• Configuring DRS in a Cluster. And the DRS Automation Level Using DRS Affinity Rules.
• VM Ware Infrastructure Client configuration and managing the VM's through VI Client.
• Migrate Physical Servers to Virtual Server using VMware Converter (P2V Converter)
• Creation & Configuration of Virtual Switches, Ports, Port Groups and setting up layer 2 Security Policies for Virtual Networks.
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.
• Creating templates from VM's, deploy VM's from templates and allocate resources.
• Creating duplicate VMs using Cloning feature.
• Troubleshooting issues relating to VMotion such as compatibility issues.
• Analyzing the VM-support logs for ESX servers and Virtual Center logs to diagnose the root cause for the problem and troubleshooting them.
• Implemented and Configured VM Ware Infrastructure cluster running on IBM Blade servers.
• Deploying various patches by using WINSCP.
• Taking care of Patch Management in ESX Server through Update Manager & Accessing the ESX Server using Putty.
• Responsible for Virtual Provisioning and Monitoring.
• Expertise in building the monitor server which can monitor network devices, servers with its available services and any SNMP enabled devices and send instant alert.
• Expertise in configure and managing DNS, DHCP etc.
• Handling all Kinds of Wintel and hardware issues.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

VMware Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Upgrading ESX/ESXi server using VMware Update Manager.
• NIC teaming for ESX/ESXi Servers.
• Installing and maintaining vCenter Servers.
• Taking regular backup of vCenter Server machines by using Snapshot.
• Cloning Virtual Machines.
• Converting Virtual Machines running on Workstation to VMs on ESX Server (V2V)
• Converting Physical machines to Virtual Machines using VMware Converter (P2V)
• Changing the configuration of VM's on need basis.
• Taking Snapshots and reverting back as per the requirements.
• Monitoring Server Health Status of the CPU processors, Memory, Temperature &Voltage.
• Setting up and troubleshooting features like HA/FT/DRS with EVC for the Virtual Machines.
• Troubleshooting issues related to Virtual Machine VMotion, snapshots, clones, templates.
• Creating daily report on resource usage and resource availability.
• Provide to new hires on how to use the virtualization environment.
• Delegating permissions on Resource Pools to users using Access Controls.
• Creating Virtual Machine Templates.
• Good knowledge on Installation and Configuration of Windows 2003/2008 Servers, Win7and Windows 2007 operating systems.
• Managing Blade servers by using Cisco UCS.
• Configuring and managing windows Clusters.
• Knowledge on Active Directory Services on Windows Server 2008.
• Managing and implementing various services such as DNS and DHCP, RDS etc.
• Creating and Managing User accounts in Active Directory.
• Assigning Folder Permissions to users.
• Creating users/groups manage permissions and administrator rights.
• Ability to create shares and give user access to the share folders.
• Able to understand computer hardware and other operating system's function.
• To work on Active Directory - Creation of User IDs, Provide Access to users for different project groups.
• Ensuring that the goals of the Incident Management process are achieved; restoring normal service as soon as possible based on customer perspective and within defined SLA; detecting, logging, categorizing and prioritizing incidents; providing initial Incident Support.

Confidential, Malaysia

Technical Support Executive

Responsibilities:

• Expertise in configure and managing DNS, DHCP etc.
• Expertise in implementation, configuration, administration of Linux/Windows Servers.
• Expertise in manual/automated backup systems and restore.
• Expertise in Planning and designing Windows Active Directory Environment.
• Good in Group Policy Object Administration & Trouble Shooting.
• Expertise in Working with ADS, DHCP, DNS Server Roles, Domain Controllers.
• Expertise in IIS Server for using web based Applications.
• Handling all Kinds of Wintel and hardware issues.
• VM Ware Infrastructure Client configuration and managing the VM's through VI Client.
• Migrate Physical Servers to Virtual Server using VMware Converter (P2V Converter).
• Creation & Configuration of Virtual Switches, Ports, Port Groups and setting up layer 2 Security Policies for Virtual Networks.
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.
• Creating templates from VM's, deploy VM's from templates and allocate resources.
• Creating duplicate VMs using Cloning feature.
• Troubleshooting issues relating to VMotion such as compatibility issues.
• Analyzing the VM-support logs for ESX servers and Virtual Center logs to diagnose the root cause for the problem and troubleshooting them.
• Implemented and Configured VM Ware Infrastructure cluster running on IBM Blade servers.
• Deploying various patches by using WINSCP.