OBJECTIVE

• Seeking a consultant position in the field of IT System admin, Virtualization & cloud computing technologies to best utilize of my skills
• To contribute my abilities, skills, past experience, education and desire for growth to a professional organization that will help to promote a positive and valuable work environment

SUMMARY

• Over 8 + years of experience in Information Technologies with expertise in area of Windows server, VMware virtualization technologies, server automation & Monitoring tool and some of the Storage technologies
• Experience in installing, administrating & managing Windows server operating system (2000, 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2) and their standard, Enterprise & Datacenter Edition
• Hands on experience in Windows Active Directory administration, DNS, GPU, GPO, DHCP, LDAP
• Experience in handling more than 3000+ mix of Windows server, 200+ ESXi servers, Remote data center, Multiple vCenter
• Experience in Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File and Print Servers, IIS (Web server), FTP, Terminal Server, NAT, Microsoft Clustering and Exchange mail server in windows base server environment
• Excellent knowledge in creating and managing users, permission setting, roles and responsibility assignment and VM resource allocation on ESXi hosts
• Extensive experience in VMware ESX/ESXi hosts 3.5, 4.1 & 5.x hypervisor and Microsoft virtual server as well Hyper V
• Experience VMware clustering, HA, DRS rules, vMotion, Storage vMotion, Snapshot manager, Cloning, Template creation and deployment & VMware View 4.x/5.x, Site Recovery manager (SRM)5.0
• Experience in creating Virtual Machine, template creation, cloning them, VM tools 3.0/5.0/7.0 install and upgrade
• Strong understanding and hands on P2V, V2V, P2P using vConverter, Double Take
• Hands on experience in Virtual standard switch, Virtual Distributed switch, VLAN mapping into VMware
• Good understanding of windows and VMware server automation using scripting language Power shell, VB Script, Power CLI
• Proficient in monitoring Windows server, network devices via System Center Operation Manager(SCOM) 2007 R2
• Proficient in deploying windows server patches using SCCM
• Hands on experience on Data Center Disaster recovery on virtual platform
• Efficiently co - ordinate with tech representative and vendor to resolve the problem
• Worked at Tier 3 support representative for Windows and VMware in multi city complex environment
• Hands on experience on deployment solutions like HP Altiris, VMware Template, and ESXi host deployment via UDA
• Strong problem solving skill and a strong knowledge of ITIL processes like, incident management, change management, patching cycle etc

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization Products: Vsphere 3.x/4.0/4.1/5.x, ESX/ESXi server 3.x/4.x/5.x, vCenter Server 3.x/4.x/5.x, DRS, HA and FT. VMware update manager, P2V vConverter, P2P Double Take Converter, VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure(VDI) VMware view, VMware SRM 5.0, Microsoft Hyper v and Microsoft Virtual server 2005

Operation System: Windows Server NT 4.0/2000/2003/2003 R2/2008/2008R2, Windows XP/Vista/7, Wintel, Linux, Unix

System Automation: System Center Operation Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Scripting via Power shell, Power CLI, VB Script, HP SIM & IBM Director

Application Servers: Microsoft Active Directory 2000/2003/2008/2008 R2, DHCP, DNS, WINs, IIS 6.0/7.0, FTP, DFS, Double Take Replication, LDAP, Windows clustering 2003/2008

Hardware: HP Proliant Rack Mount 380/490/360 BL 460/480/490 G3/G4/G5/G6/G7 series, HP EVA 4400, HP HSA 300, HP MSA 1000, IBM Blade Center S, IBM 3690s series, Dell Power Edge Server, Dell Rack mount Servers, iSCSI/SATA/SAS hard disk drives, Floppy drives, CD drives, ECC/non-ECC registered, Fabric HBA 4GB/6GB/8GB cards, Fabric switches and cable

Database: SQL Server 2008/2008/2008 R2

Programming Skills: Power shell, PowerCLI, VBScript, Batch Script, C, C++, VB 6.0

DR Tool: VMware SRM 5.0, Double Take

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

VMware consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installation and configuration of ESX 5.0/5.1 in New- HP Proliant series Servers in a core new Data-Center.
• Installation and configuration of Windows servers 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 Virtual Machines in the ESX host clusters.
• Installation of Vcenter server and Configuring ESX - host’s within the cluster using VMotion and HA.
• Running patches and updates through update manager for the Esxi hosts.
• Installation of windows server 2008 R2 in physical servers that host the primary Caremark duties.
• Installation of Red Hat Linux that supports the telephony adapter servers for the Caremark callcenter.
• Configured and provisioned storage for the virtual environments (ESX) and individual hosts on VNX 5500 with Unisphere.
• Configured Physical Servers for Nuance Text to speech (TTS).
• Actively participated in Migration of Servers to the new Data-centre.
• Actively discussed with the vendors on software installations and CVS Caremark vendor specifications for the new server.
• Scheduled backup jobs in over 500+ physical/virtual servers.
• Configuration of RDM and Cluster environment for Windows Servers 2008 with SQL 2008 cluster.
• Participated in Troubleshooting and configuration of Network issues for the VCenter in the New Data-centre Environment.
• Maintained Team Track ticketing for the Day 2 Day update of the Servers Installation Progress.
• Configured IIS, Asp.Net, Java for the new servers.
• Provisioned storage requests from EMC storage for the new datacentre environment.
• Extensive troubleshooting VMware, clusters, network, sharing, zoning issues and working with app-vendors to resolve the issues.
• Involved in daily ticketing of GPO, AD management, User permissions, Network sharing.
• Involved in Daily meetings with App-vendors and client to accommodate on-going project issues, management and requests monitoring.

Confidential, Wallingford CT

Sr. System engineer

Responsibilities:

• Handling complex enterprise environment with 3000+ Windows servers and 200+ ESXi hosts in two datacenter and multiple remote locations
• Installation and support of VMWARE ESX/ESXi 3.5/4.x/5.x server which hosts the virtual servers for the test/dev/staging environment.
• Build and administer vCenter 4.1/5.0, VMware cluster, HA, DRS, Snapshot, Clone
• Taking care of P2v, V2v, P2p using vConverter & double take
• Performance tuning for VMware ESXi hosts and Virtual Machine, setting up their CPU affinity rules, allocating resources and fine tuning storage
• Administering VMware VDI, allocating new VDI and maintaining
• Monitoring the resources and services on the servers using System Center Operation Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2, HP SIM & IBM Director, worked as SCOM administrator.
• Storage configuration using SAN with IBM Blade Center s, HP EVA series
• Supporting SAN infrastructure, NAS infrastructure
• Installation and Support of Windows NT/ 2000/2003/2008/2008 R2 servers functioning in Multi-Tier application environments.
• Managed shared folders & groups using DFS, applied NTFS/Active Directory file permissions, create user profile and user rights restrictions and password management.
• Possess excellent Windows server skills in the areas of Active directory, Domain architecture, TCP/IP, DNS, Wins system, availability, scheduling, server capacity and performance.
• Implementation and Maintenance of Group Policies and Active Directory Replication.
• Level-2/3 troubleshooting clustered file & print server support for user base over 2000 users.
• Installation and Administration of HP Proliant servers, C7000 Enclosure, Dell Power Edge, Compaq.
• Troubleshooting hardware issues like, RAM, HDD, CPU, Blue screen etc on all server hardware
• Installation, Configuration and troubleshooting of DNS and DHCP.
• Installation and Administration of Fail over cluster in Windows 2000/2003/2008 environment.
• Patch Management using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
• Taking Care of all the Escalations and the priority issues, outage calls during off hours.
• Attend the meetings with application teams on weekly basis to discuss the issues and the plans ahead.
• Sending weekly incident reports, change management advance notification & Availability to the client.
• The escalation chart is prepared for the client for their day-to-day problems
• Proposed optimized solutions through best practices procedures and processes

Confidential, Lowell MA

Windows VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Successfully designed and implemented VMware ESX servers for server consolidation.
• Built Windows 2008/2003 Servers on standalone and blade servers based on application design and deployed stack on these servers
• Managed servers and client computers using SCCM 2007 thus reducing costs of maintenance of the systems.
• Installed VMware ESX server 2.5/3.0/3.5/4.1 in a total of 360 ESX’s, 4000+ servers & four VC’s. Created virtual machines on ESX Servers. Created standard images and deployed servers from the images.
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented VMotion, Virtualized Windows servers using VMware Converter P2V and setup Lab Manager.
• Installed SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 servers clustered and non-clustered and creating SQL Database.
• Deployed 250 VM’s with Windows 7 operating system for the end users.
• Administrating production of servers/network infrastructure that includes Windows Administration of Domain Controllers, IIS Web Servers, Exchange Mail Servers, WSUS Patching servers, print Servers, System Management Servers (SMS), Terminal Servers, RAS and File servers on Windows 2003 and windows 2000 in the data centre/server farm.
• Administrating DNS, DHCP, and Exchange & ISA servers. Created and managed user and group accounts in User Manager and in MS Exchange Administration.
• Experienced 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.
• Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment.
• Installed & configured Windows 2008 with Active Directory service.
• Installation and Configuration of networks, router/switches configuration and wireless access point/router with security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, Access Control Lists on router/switches, VLANs (port mapping, naming etc.), and routing IP address in both LAN/WAN and wireless networks.
• LAN Cabling, RJ-45 crimping, Labeling, Patch Panel, PC Junction boxes, Phone Switches and Rack set-up.
• Installed and managed McAfee EPO software on servers and clients.
• Responsible for Desktop, Laptop, Network and Outlook support & troubleshooting client’s issues.
• Troubleshoot and monitored network using SNMP and Microsoft MOM monitoring tools and also used ping, Cisco CLI, trace route for debugging them.
• Familiar with web based .Net application integration in IIS web server, IIS Clustering, Load Balancing, Logging and Reporting.
• Lead Technology Implementation including vendor selection, System Architecture, Setting landscape, Capacity planning, security, storage management and High Availability.
• Disaster recovery planning, implementation and recovering systems during crash or hardware failure.
• Experience in IT decision-making, policy direction, planning, and team management. Participated in the migration planning, developing, testing and moving the migration process onto full-fledged production network.
• Coordinate hardware and software installations and upgrades to ensure work is performed in accordance with company policy. Recommends resolutions to complex matters of significance and coordinate the implementation of the approved course of action.
• Coordinate and monitor troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common system problems: document system events to ensure continuous functioning. Recommend course of action and implement as approved.
• Coordinate testing, upgrade and configuration of system files and services. Ensure changes are in accordance with appropriate operating procedures.

Confidential

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Successfully designed and implemented VMware ESX servers for server consolidation.
• Built Windows 2003/2008 Servers on standalone and HP blade servers based on application design and deployed stack on these servers using CA unicenter software deployment.
• Installed VMware ESX server 2.5/3.0/3.5 in a total of 300 ESX’s, 3200+ servers & six VC’s. Created virtual machines on ESX Servers. Created standard images and deployed servers from the images.
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented VMotion, Virtualized Windows servers using VMware Converter P2V and setup Lab Manager.
• Responsible for object relational mapping (ORM) for Java Language and providing framework for mapping and object oriented domain model to a traditional relational database.
• Installed SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 servers clustered and non-clustered and creating SQL Database
• Deployed 350 VM’s with Windows 7 professional operating system for the end users.
• Administrating production of servers/network infrastructure that includes Windows Administration of Domain Controllers, IIS Web Servers, Exchange Mail Servers, WSUS Patching servers, print Servers, System Management Servers (SMS), Terminal Servers, RAS and File servers on Windows 2003 and windows 2000 in the data centre/server farm.
• Administrating DNS, DHCP, and Exchange servers. Created and managed user and group accounts in User Manager and in MS Exchange Administration.
• Installed, configuration and maintenance of Nod32 with Microsoft Windows and Linux.
• Experienced 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.
• Experience with Apple Intel Architecture used for Apple Macintosh Personal Computers.
• Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment.
• Installed & configured Windows 2008 with Active Directory service.
• Installation and Configuration of networks, router/switches configuration and wireless access point/router with security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, Access Control Lists on router/switches, VLANs (port mapping, naming etc.), and routing IP address in both LAN/WAN and wireless networks.
• Responsible for Desktop, Laptop, Network and Outlook support & troubleshooting client’s issues.
• Troubleshoot and monitored network using SNMP and Solar winds network monitoring tools and also used ping, Cisco CLI, trace route for debugging them.
• Lead Technology Implementation including vendor selection, System Architecture, Setting landscape, Capacity planning, security, storage management and High Availability.
• Disaster recovery planning, implementation and recovering systems during crash or hardware failure.
• Responsible for generic LDAP operation, used to define new operations that were not part of the original protocol specification. StartTLS is one of the most significant extensions used with in LDAP.
• Experience in IT decision-making, policy direction, planning, and team management. Participated in the migration planning, developing, testing and moving the migration process onto full-fledged production network.
• Coordinate hardware and software installations and upgrades to ensure work is performed in accordance with company policy. Recommends resolutions to complex matters of significance and coordinate the implementation of the approved course of action.
• Coordinate and monitor troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common system problems: document system events to ensure continuous functioning. Recommend course of action and implement as approved.
• Coordinate testing, upgrade and configuration of system files and services. Ensure changes are in accordance with appropriate operating procedures.

Confidential

Windows - Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured & administer Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise Server.
• Managed Domain Controllers and Additional Domain Controllers.
• Implementing Disaster Recovery in Windows 2000/2003 Domain.
• Configured of Domain Naming Server (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
• Implemented Disaster Recovery by Optimizing FSMO roles Placement.
• Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all windows based servers. Planning and implementing fault tolerance and strategies for backup and restoring files on the network using different media devices like tape drives, compact disk and additional hard disk etc.
• Installing, troubleshooting and supporting of 1000+ Desktops, Laptops, Network Devices, and Computer Peripherals.
• Created User Accounts, Configuring User Profiles, Creating local and Global Groups and implementing Group Policies
• Sharing Folders, Planning and Assigning NTFS Permissions and System Policies
• Installed of Operating Systems Win98, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2000, Win 2003 etc.
• Configuration and Managing Remote Installation Service(RIS)
• Implemented user administration like adding, deleting and modifying user accounts
• Responsible for operations and maintenance for TCP/IP schema.
• Routing via EIGRP, OSPF and BGP and network addressing.
• Installation and troubleshooting Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3550, 3560 series switches and cisco 2600 and 3600 series routers.
• Planning and scheduling the network down time for various upgrades and maintenance check.
• Support & Training - Provide necessary help / training to IT Helpdesk / Telecom Support Personal to resolve day-to-day issues.