SUMMARY:

• 7 + years of experience in Information Technologies wif expertise in area of Windows server, VMware virtualization technologies, Monitoring tool and few of teh Storage technologies.
• Experience in installing, administrating & managing Windows server operating system(NT, 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2,2012, 2012 R2) and their standard, Enterprise & Datacenter Edition.
• Hands on experience in Windows Active Directory administration, DNS, GPU, DHCP, LDAP
• Experience in handling more TEMPthan 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
• Limited experience in Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010.
• Excellent noledge 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 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 & 2012 R2
• Hands on experience installing, configuring, managing and troubleshooting VMware vSphere 4.1-5.5, VMware Horizon/View, VMware ThinApp, SRM( Site Recovery Manager)
• 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 5.0
• Experience in creating Virtual Machine, template creation, cloning them, VM tools 3.0/5.0/7.0install and upgrade
• Strong understanding and hands on P2V, V2V, P2P using Vconvertor, Double Take
• Hands on experience in Virtual standard switch, Virtual Distributed switch, VLAN mapping into VMware
• HP Proliant Blades BL460C / BL620C Series, HP Blade C7000 Servers, Dell M1000. Blade Server, Dell Poweredge R310, R710/R720 Rack Server Series, HP Blade enclosures, Dell Rack mounts, HP ML/DL Series, Fujitsu Primergy Series.
• 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
• Experience wif Linux based system administration using Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Hands on experience on Data Center Disaster recovery on virtual platform
• Efficiently co-ordinate wif tech representative and vendor to resolve teh 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 noledge of ITIL processes like, incident management, change management, patching cycle etc
• Experience in handling Wintel admin team off shore, train them to increase work efficiency
• Strong fundamental in Storage Area Network(SAN), NAS boxes, different RAID level 1,10, 5, and different drive types SCSI, SAS, SATA

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization Products: Hyper-V 2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2 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, Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure(VDI) VMware Horizon (wif view), VMware SRM 5.0, Microsoft Hyper v and Microsoft Virtual server 2005

Operation System: Windows Server NT /2003/2003R2/2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2, Windows XP/Vista/7, Wintel, Linux(Red Hat Enterprise Linux), Unix

System Automation: System Center Operation Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)2012, Scripting via Power shell, Power CLI, VB Script

Application Servers: Microsoft Active Directory 2000/2003/2008/2008 R2/2012,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 c7000 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

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Lake Zurich, IL

Sr. Systems / VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Part of Atos Hardware Refresh Project (Hardware & OS) for Siemens Group & Siemens IT Solutions, global partners of Atos to migrate all Windows 2003 servers to Windows 2008/2012 systems.
• Part of teh Build & Migration team for teh Atos Hardware Refresh Project, implementing upgrades to all physical and virtual servers for Siemens at teh Lake Zurich Data-Center & remote Siemens sites.
• Meet wif peers and customers to review solution, migration, functional testing procedures improvement across all Siemens sectors wif multiple Project Managers.
• Collect hardware, operating system, application and service information from Windows based servers using command line, VBS, batch scripting, wmi, etc.
• Implement change and incident management (ITSM) and get approvals using HP Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) software by creating and submitting RFCs (Request for Change)
• Build, Installation and deployment of new physical servers which include Dell PowerEdge R6/R7/R8 series, Fujitsu Primergy RX series and HP ProLiant Rack and Blade BL460c servers wif HP C3000 and C7000 chassis.
• Install customized, production-ready Wintel 2008/2012 OS on all new physical servers for local and remote Data centers.
• Co-ordinate wif offshore networking teams and onsite CSS technicians & network engineers to configure networking & reachability for remote physical servers.
• Co-ordinate wif internal teams for migration of additional services (me.e. applications, web services, database, backup, anti-virus, etc.)
• Troubleshoot networking & reachability for Dell iDRAC, Fujitsu iRMC and HP Insight server management software suites.
• Install pre-production, up-to-date hardware updates and patches for all physical builds.
• Install and configure Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) on new builds.
• Configure latest MS .NET versions, Domain and Anti-Virus settings for new builds.
• Configure MS Web Server, HTTP & FTP Servers ( IIS) on new builds.
• Configure, install and set-up Dell MD1200 external storage for Dell Servers.
• Implement Siemens Cyber Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) compliance tests and remediation tasks before deploying servers into production environment.
• Perform Active Directory configurations on all servers in pre-production environment. Set up administrative groups by domain for all new builds.
• Writing PowerShell scripts to automate tasks being executed by teh Active Directory & Identity Management Team.
• Scripts to add & remove specific accounts.
• Scripts to update Active Directory accounts wif data provided by HR team related to a particular account (Title, location, team etc.)
• Scripts to query Active Directory for new contractor accounts created wifin a specific time frame and send a HTML email to teh listed manager dat contains links to processes for changing managers or contract status
• Assistance wif VMware vCenter Orchestrator to automate VMware vCloud Suite, vSphere and other virtualization management system processes.
• Provision and Installation of Desktop services using Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and VMWare Horizon (wif View).
• Migrate existing data to new servers using Dell Secure Copy and RoboCopy. Configure ConfigSoft in pre-production environment to set up server back-ups.
• Involved wif pre-production monitoring, patching and back-up configuration for all physical builds.
• Build and Deploy virtual servers on VMware Platform and perform system updates pre-production.
• Administration of vCenter 4.1/5.0, VMware cluster, HA, DRS, Snapshot, and Clone.
• Installation and support of VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5/4.x/5.x server which hosts teh virtual servers for teh test/development/staging environment.
• Configuration and administration of Web Servers, FTP Servers and print servers.
• Migrate Windows 2003 servers to 2008/2012 Windows systems.
• Perform P2P, V2P, V2V and P2V Migrations.
• Perform physical to physical migrations to 2008/2012 using PlateSpin on existing 2003 servers.
• Perform Virtual migrations on vCenter and administer virtual clusters.
• Installation, Configuration and troubleshooting of DNS and DHCP.
• Implement and conduct post migration User Acceptance Testing for issues before deploying servers into production environment.
• Decommissioning of legacy hardware/servers (5 - 10 servers per week) post successful migrations & deployment of new servers into production.
• Resolve problems and issues including, but not limited to: Failed migrations, Overall server and services health check, Server hardware and operating system status (down or failed component, non-functional OS, application or service), File and Print services, Related storage, anti-virus, css, backup, database, networking and additional services.
• Update and maintain WLI (Work Level Instructions) process documentation post successful migrations.

Confidential, ORLANDO, FL

Sr. Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• 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 teh 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 Web servers and FTP servers.
• Responsible for running Wintel on host operating systems (and applications) such as Microsoft Windows to run in a protected, virtual environment in a window on Mac OS X.
• Installation and support of VMWARE ESX/ESXi 3.5/4.x/5.x server which hosts teh virtual servers for teh test/development/staging environment.
• Build and administer vCenter 4.1/5.0, VMware cluster, HA, DRS, Snapshot, Clone
• Administering Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) & VMWare View, allocating new VDI and maintenance.
• Conducted Hyper-V (P to V) & (V to V) migrations for server 2003 & 2008 servers into teh new Windows 2012 environment.
• Using VMWare vCloud Suite to move existing VMware vSphere virtual machines to infrastructure clouds.
• Use teh VMware vCloud Connector to connect your internal vSphere infrastructure wif their vCloud datacenters.
• Implemented Virtual to Virtual server conversion using VMware converter vSphere to Hyper V
• Accessed Citrix XenApp webtool to use Virtual Machine Manager Console for (P to V) & (V to V) HyperV cluster conversions
• Taking care of P2V, V2V, P2P using Vconvertor& double take
• Installation and Administration of Fail over cluster in Windows NT/2003/2008 environment.
• Managing teh backups using teh Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)and Backup Exec System Recovery.
• Monitoring teh servers using HP Systems Insight Manager to find any issues wif teh server’s hardware.
• Performed day to day Unix system administration tasks such as user accounts, logon scripts, directory services, file system shares, and permission
• Configuring SUDO and granting root permission to users for performing certain activities for Linux based system administration.
• Installing and configuring various services like DNS, DHCP, NFS, Send Mail, Apache Web Server, Samba, SSH, http, RPM Package Movement on RHEP environment.
• Setting up and maintaining Domain Names System (DNS) servers on RHEP.
• Performed system administration for Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010.
• Performed Configuration changes and project resolutions, Management Agent, monitoring and tuning performance related issues.
• Monitoring teh resources and services on teh servers using System Center Operation Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2.
• Patch Management using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
• Storage configuration using SAN wif IBM Blade Center s, HP EVA series
• Supporting SAN infrastructure, NAS infrastructure
• Participation on disaster recovery planning, mock drill and preparation
• Providing support for teh infrastructure present in various locations across US.
• Taking Care of all teh Escalations and teh priority issues.
• Attend teh meetings wif application teams on weekly basis to discuss teh issues and teh plans ahead.
• Sending weekly incident reports, Availability to teh client.
• Teh escalation chart is prepared for teh client for his day-to-day problems
• Proposed optimized solutions through best practices procedures and processes

Environment: Windows NT/2003/2008, Exchange Server 2003/2010, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0/4.1/5.x Server vCenter 4.1/5.0, HA, DRS, vMotion, Vconvertor, Double take, Open filer iSCSI SAN/NAS, iStore SAN, EMC DMX-3,5 and Clarion, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell PowerVault NAS, HP Proliant, SCOM, SCCM Firewall, Remote desktop services

Confidential, NJ

Windows VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed 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 teh systems.
• Installed VMware ESX server 2.5/3.0/3.5/4.1/5. x 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 teh 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 wif Windows 7 operating system for teh end users.
• Building new servers daily in legacy VMware from, and Hyper-V for applications
• Provision and Administer Hyper-V hosts, Guest OS wif SCVMM 2012 SP1 admin console.
• Manage and administer private clouds in Hyper-V infrastructure.
• Knowledge of on-boarding and off- boarding processes related to FIM 2010.
• Created FIM Workflow and Policy Engine.
• 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 NT in teh data center/server farm using FIM.
• Setup NFS and Samba File sharing setup on Linux and Windows servers.
• Setup and configured Apache in Red Hat.
• Setup security using SUDO, TCP Wrappers, SSH using Red Hat.
• Implemented NFS for administrative and project requirements .
• Worked closely wif database administration staff to ensure optimal performance of databases, and maintain development applications and databases in Linux environment.
• Monitoring system resources, logs, disk usage, scheduling backups and restore on RHEP.
• Administrating DNS, DHCP, and Exchange & ISA servers. Created and managed user and group accounts in User Manager and in MS Exchange Administration.
• Experienced wif 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 wif Active Directory service.
• Installation and Configuration of networks, router/switches configuration and wireless access point/router wif 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 wif 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 teh migration planning, developing, testing and moving teh migration process onto full-fledged production network.
• Coordinate hardware and software installations and upgrades to ensure work is performed in accordance wif company policy. Recommends resolutions to complex matters of significance and coordinate teh implementation of teh 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 wif appropriate operating procedures.

Environment: Windows NT/2003, SMS, SQL Server 2005, Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft WSUS, Windows XP/7, VMware ESX-ESXi Server, vCenter Sever, Open filer, IBM TSM, EMC SAN, Dell NAS, HP blade

Confidential, Long Island, NY

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• VMware implementation and expansion work. Creation & troubleshooting of Virtual Network, ESX/Hyper-V & Virtual Machines. Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates.
• VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates. Migrated datacenters and converted physical servers to virtual servers using VMware and HP Blade servers resulting in a reduction of racks and power usage, decrease downtime during maintenance and upgrades and improved monitoring.
• Management of a 200 node ESX Farm running 1800 plus VM’s.
• Designed and implemented fully automated DRS and HA clusters wif HP and Hitachi SAN storage.
• Worked on large datacenter consolidations and completed them successfully using P2V conversion tool - vCenter Converter.
• Extensively worked on VMware Update manager for Host upgrades and patches. Migrate / Upgrade ESX Host from 3.5 to 4.0-1 and from 4.0-1 to ESXI 5.0. Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware Capacity planner.
• Configure and administrate new baselines using VUM (VMware update manager).
• Created and managed resource pools for Virtual Machines. Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual Center server for HA, DRS. Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using teh vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Configure and Implement Citrix Xen in Citrix Farms
• Maintain Microsoft Windows Servers (2003 and 2008), DNS DHCP and Active Directory. Experience in Remote support tools like Citrix, DSView, ILO, PC-Anywhere and RDP.
• VMware view and Hyper-V design and Virtual desktop deployments along wif ThinApp Packaging: Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7/Wintel.
• Handled multiple tasks to meet project deadlines

Environment: Windows NT/2003, SMS, SQL Server 2000, IIS 6.0, Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft WSUS, Windows XP, VMware ESX Server, vCenter Server, Open filer, IBM TSM, EMC SAN, Dell NAS, Zywall and SonicWALL Firewall.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

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 NT/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 teh 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 2003
• 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 teh network down time for various upgrades and maintenance check.
• Support & - Provide necessary halp / to IT Helpdesk / Telecom Support Personal to resolve day-to-day issues.

Confidential

Windows - Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configuration, operation and troubleshooting of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP routing protocol in Cisco Routers & L3 Switches.
• Configuration of Printer, Modem, Scanner.
• Configuration of Domain Naming Server (DNS)
• Configuration of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
• Configuration and Managing Remote Installation Service(RIS)
• Configuring New WAN links and Monitor Network Performance
• Installation of Operating Systems Win98, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2003 etc.
• Install and maintain of Hardware, Operating System
• Monitor Routers and Internet Connectivity
• Implement network monitoring tool for monitoring servers, routers other network resources
• Adding and deleting users and granting user level
• Resolving Network Problem related to connectivity and assessing resources.
• Responsible for ensuring each reported problem is resolved in timely manner
• System Troubleshooting in case of a failure and maintain server uptime above 99.99%.
• Providing Capacity Planning review for all teh servers.
• Patching all Windows servers and workstations wif Company standards
• Customize teh 2000/2003 servers in terms of Registry, Audit/Account/Security policy, patching, to sustain Company Standard Operating Environment
• Configuring & administering Domain Naming Server (DNS),Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Distributed File System.(DFS),Internet Information Service.(IIS) and Remote Access Service(RAS)
• Assist staff wif teh installation, configuration, and ongoing usability of desktop computers, peripheral equipment and software wifin established standards and guidelines.
• Work wif vendor support contacts to resolve technical problems wif desktop computing equipment and software.
• Train and orients staff on use of hardware and software.