SUMMARY

• Over 8 years of experience in System Administration primarily Virtual Infrastructure Administration mainly in VMware vSphere.
• Analytical, strategic planner with strong interpersonal communication, motivation, and presentation skill Creative and resourceful to develop and implement problem resolution Knowledgeable and result - oriented with strong work ethic and personal integrity.
• An efficient communicator with organizational and Human Relations management skills, to lead diverse project teams
• Experience in working with ESX/ESXi servers - Installation, configuration, management and maintenance.
• Experience in working with VMware vSphere 4.x and 5.x including teh latest vSphere 5.5 suite.
• Experience in working on Microsoft Hyper-V.
• Experience in implementing ESX/ESXi servers with efficient virtualization strategies by creating clones, templates, task scheduling, prioritizing VMs, creating and managing snap shots.
• Excellent noledge in creating and managing users, permission settings, roles and responsibility assignments and VM resource allocations on ESX/ESXi hosts.
• Experience in using powercli tool to automate teh basic vsphere administration activities like deploying VM’s from templates, configuring datastores and adding them to teh hosts etc…
• Experience in using desktop virtualization product VMware View suite application virtualization product Vmware Thinapp .
• Deployed and used Cisco Nexus 1000v virtual switches for VMware vSphere.
• Experience and understanding of cisco 3750 and 7000 series switches.
• Hands on experience with Cisco UCS rack servers, HP Proliant Servers and Dell Power Edge rack mount servers.
• Good understanding and hands on experience on storage types including iSCSI, NAS and SAN, VM creation capable file systems including VMFS and NFS.
• Experience in using Unisphere and Navisphere application to manage EMC VNX and Clariion storage arrays.
• Basic understanding of Cisco MDS SAN switches.
• Experience in configuring Netapp storage arrays for disaster recovery with Site Recovery Manager.
• Extensive experience in working with teh vMotion and Storage vMotion technology.
• Strong experience in configuring HA and DRS clusters, using EVC on a needed basis.
• Experience in P2V and V2V conversions using VMware Converter and Platespin Migrate.
• Expertise in deploying and using VC Operations.
• Extensive experience in upgrading ESX hosts and working with VMware modules - VI Client, vCenter Update Manager, vCenter Converter, Host profiles, Administrating VMs, vStandard switches, vDistributed switch, recovery modules, resource and performance monitoring.
• Extensive experience in building windows based servers (NT/ 2000/20 ) and managing entire Active Directory (Users, groups, FSMO roles, replication), LDAP services.
• Extensive experience in windows server Active Directory administration including deploying DC, RODC, IIS, Group policies, Security policies, DNS, DHCP, Backups and Restores, Failover Clustering, WSUS, Multiple Doman Trusting and many other windows products.
• Extensive experience in all forms of backup and recovery modules in windows server and VMware environments especially using vSphere Replication.
• Experience in working with resource and performance monitoring tools for VMs, Servers and VMware infrastructure.
• Implementation of third party tools across teh Datacenter like Symantec Backup Exec 10, 11,vRanger pro for backups, and applications related to Windows, security, mail servers, Tape drives, Monitoring, troubleshooting and Ticketing tools.
• Extensive experience in Windows 2012/2008/2003/2000 Servers at single or multi domain platforms.
• Experience in using PowerCLI to automate teh VMware Virtual infrastructure components deployments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Server: Cisco UCS C220 Rack servers, HP Proliant Blades BL460C / BL620C Series, HP Blade C3000 Servers, Dell M1000, Blade Server, Dell Poweredge R310 Rack Server Series, HP Blade enclosures, Dell Rack mounts, HP ML/DL Series and Hitachi Compute Blade 500/2000

Storage: EMC CLARiiON Series, VNX, Celerra,, EMC Symmetrix VMAX and DELL EqualLogic.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

VMware System Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring and managing vSphere 5.5 in prod environment.
• Verifying teh features and testing teh vSphere 5.5 RC in teh test environment.
• Worked on vSAN Beta and NSX 6.0 Beta
• Implemented solutions using vSAN, NSX and vCAC for teh R&D Team.
• Worked on vCAC 6.0 suite and vCloud Director 5.5.
• Implemented disaster recovery with Site Recovery Manager 5.5 on Netapp storage arrays using host array replication.
• Upgrading teh firmware on teh blades if required on HP Blade servers, Dell Racks & Cisco UCS.
• Creating luns on teh storage arrays and mask them to teh ESXi hosts.
• Maintaining teh infrastructure for teh VMware employees.
• Installing, configuring and maintaining teh VMware View environment to create and allocate desktops to employees on request.
• Refreshing and recomposing teh view desktops in teh maintenance window.
• Creating new view desktops and sync teh existing user profiles with teh new desktops.
• Using Thinapp application to virtualize teh new applications on teh view desktops and recomposes teh desktops with teh updated gloden image.
• Deployed Cisco Nexus 1000v and configured it to suit teh design requirements.
• Configured VDS and migrated VM’s to VDS from VSS.
• Configured and used Port mirroring and Netflow monitoring.
• Underwent training on vCenter Operations and Site Recovery Manager.
• Used powercli scripts to deploy new VM’s from teh existing templates.
• Updating teh antivirus on teh VM’s.
• Responsible for Active directory, DNS, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our environment.
• Used VMware vSphere auto deploy to install ESXi on diskless servers.
• Administered Clariion CX3/CX4 and VNXe using Navisphere and Unisphere.
• Maintained all network file system (NFS) mounts and also monitored and resolved troubleshooting issues and as an administrator created users and user groups, provided access rights and privileges to users.
• Used SnapView to fullest by having SnapView sessions, so as to recover teh critical or original data even after being manipulated.
• Creating Raid groups out of physical disks, creating LUNs, masking teh luns to teh required ESXi hosts as part of teh daily administration tasks.
• Adequate noledge and hands on experience on providing file level and block level storage to hosts.

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

Windows/VMware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Administrating production servers/network infrastructure dat includes Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory design, installation and deployment of enterprise-wide Group Policies using Active Directory components. Domain Controllers, IIS Web Servers (HTTP/S, FTP and SMTP), Exchange 2003 Mail Servers, NAS, File and print Servers, RADIUS and Terminal Servers on Windows 2003/2008.
• Executed and performed Product support and installation documentation.
• Responsible for software upgrades, application support and optimization.
• Planned and implemented project for enterprise web applications.
• Expertise in using VMware Update Manager.
• Build and troubleshooting experience With VMware ESX 3/4.x, vCenter server 3/4x and VMware vSphere Suite Expertise in migrations from ESX 3.0.1 to 3.5 to 4.0
• Strong experience with teh VMware HA (High Availability), Fault Tolerance, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and VMware Distributed Power Management (DPM)
• Managed snapshots, clones, templates during patch releases and new server deployments, Experience with installing, configuring and troubleshooting VMware Lab Manager
• Installed and Implemented VMwareESXi 5.0 host servers with vSphere Client, vSphere Configured HBAs and iSCSI SAN storage.
• Familiar with backup and restore of VMware host server configuration, Virtual Machine backup, snapshot, P2V-V2V conversation with VMware converter and with other third party converters, Patch updating, monitoring/reporting, SSH and SNMP and notification of alerts.
• Experience with VMware update manager to install patches and updates on ESX/ESXi 4.0 hosts and virtual machines.
• Installed and implement NFS server and configured with VMware Host servers for storage.
• Installed and implemented open source Open Filer 2.3 iSCSI SAN with RAID 10for VMware and other servers with iSCSI initiators. Also managing iStore SAN and Symantec Backup Exec
• Configured and ImplementedVMware on HP Proliant Blade Servers.
• Installed and implemented Manage Engine monitoring application and configured SNMP and WMI on Servers and other network devices for reporting and alerts notifications.
• Responsible for helpdesk support using Spiceworks ticketing system, inventory and system reporting.
• Participated in teh migration planning, developing, testing and moving teh migration process onto full-fledged production network.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003/2008, Exchange Server 2003, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, VMware ESXi 4/5 Server, VMware vSphere 4/5, ESX 4/5, VMware vCenter, VMware Standalone Convertor, Open filer iSCSI SAN/NAS, iStore SAN, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell PowerVault NAS

Confidential, Englewood, CO

VMware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Planning and Installing VMware ESX4.0 Server installation.
• Installing and configuring vCenter Server and Update Manager.
• Creating and Managing Virtual Networks and Storage Devices, Virtual Machines.
• Migrating and Importing Virtual Machines P2V, V2V.
• Managing Resource Allocation.
• Maintaining VMWARE Servers using VI client 4.0.
• User management in VMware servers.
• VMware workstation installations
• Lab Setup as per Client and user’s requirement.
• Installation of Windows 2003 Servers.
• User Profiles manage Implementing user policies and Group Policies.
• Joining Client to Domain, user Configuration Structure of ADS - Configuring ADC
• TREE Structure - Child Domain, Forest Structure, DC & ADC, Group Policy / System policies
• Disk Management-Basic & Dynamic Disks, Types of Volumes
• Manage Windows 2003 Servers and Exchange 2003 Servers
• Monitor and analyze email system (Exchange 2003) activities to ensure maximum performance, efficiency, security and availability.
• Clients Configuring Branch Power Systems and OPTICS Server Users Configuring
• FTP Server Shred Files configuring and i.e. Data store Configuring
• Symantec antivirus enterprise Servers Updating Client users configuring
• Day to day support for all teh user problems. Installing and configuring Antivirus Server and clients
• Maintaining regular Data Backup
• Configuring and Managing disk management
• Implementation and Managing teh online OS mirroring(RAID)

Environment: Windows 2000/2003, Exchange Server 2003, IIS 6.0, Exchange Server 2003, Windows XP/Vista, VMware ESX Server, VMware vSphere, VMware vCenter, VMware Standalone Convertor.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Windows/VMware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented VMware ESX servers for server consolidation.
• Lead Technology Implementation including vendor selection, System Architecture, Setting landscape, Capacity planning, security, storage management and High Availability.
• Installed VMware ESX server 3.5/4.0 . Created virtual machines on ESX Servers. Created standard images and deployed servers from teh images.
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented VMotion, Virtualized Windows servers using VMware Converter P2V and setup Lab Manager.
• Administrating production of servers/network infrastructure dat 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 teh 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.
• 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.

Environment: Windows, SQL Server 2000, IIS 6.0, Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft WSUS, Windows XP.

Confidential

Systems/VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured VMware Virtual Center Server.
• Installed and configured VMware ESX 3.x.
• Creating Virtual Machines.
• Installed VMware tools on teh virtual machines.
• Used vMotion to migrate virtual machine from one host to another for maintenance.
• Performed monitoring of Virtual datacenter.
• Creating templates and deploying through templates.
• Cloned Virtual Machines.
• Managing Virtual center permissions.
• Created and Managed VMware cluster with HA and DRS.
• Created and managed resource pools for Virtual Machines.
• Monitored and managed performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines.
• Used Virtual centre server for HA, DRS and vMotion.
• Configured VMware FT for mission critical servers.
• Worked on Migration concepts like vMotion and cold migration.
• Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network.
• Performed Troubleshooting ESX & Virtual Machines.
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
• Performed monitoring and tuning for ESX Servers, Virtual Center Server and Virtual Machines.
• Installed Virtual center components.
• Created Virtual switch.
• Configured Virtual switch settings and policies.
• Service console and VMkernel Port groups.
• Installed and configured 40 new servers with win 2003 Operating System and their required Applications.
• Configured teh Security Policies /group policies and changing teh registry to meet teh required security for teh Organization.
• Documentation of teh environment.

Environment: Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows NT Server, Windows XP/98

Confidential 

Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring, administration of Windows 2003 servers, Active Directory Services, DNS DHCP, wintel, FTP, WSUS, IIS Web Server and SQL Database Server, System Management Servers (SMS) servers.
• 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 User and group accounts, mail delivery, configuring MX records to enable and disable domain.
• Administering DHCP Server-creation of reservation and under reservation options,configuring of router IP address.
• Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment.
• Configure and Managed Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007 for teh users.
• Installation and Configuration ofExchangein complex environments with multiple AD domains and SMTP domains
• Teh e-mail migration activity
• Configured Terminal Server to access to teh servers using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
• Excellent understanding of SAN, NAS storage architecture.
• Responsible for Security Patch Management and Deployment to all clients using Microsoft WSUS.
• Management, Database Backup/Restoration, Import/Export of SQL Database, Transact SQL, Microsoft SQL Clustering, SQL Query analyser and profiler.
• Installing, configuring, administering, troubleshooting VMware server on ESX platform and VMware client, workstation.
• Developed design documents for application deployment and to standardize VMware platform deployment. Documentation on best practices, performance tuning, and capacity management in teh virtual environment.
• Analyze, log, track and complex software and hardware matters of significance pertaining to networking connectivity issues, printer, server, and application to meet business needs.
• Creating a backup job and also took backup of data center on daily, weekly and monthly basis.

Environment: Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows NT Server, Windows XP/98